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Mingyao Li

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1 ANNOVAR: functional annotation of genetic variants from high-throughput sequencing data. Nucleic Acids Res 2010 43.51
2 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature 2010 28.21
3 PennCNV: an integrated hidden Markov model designed for high-resolution copy number variation detection in whole-genome SNP genotyping data. Genome Res 2007 19.07
4 Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2011 13.25
5 Pathway-based approaches for analysis of genomewide association studies. Am J Hum Genet 2007 12.27
6 Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants. Nat Genet 2009 12.19
7 Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study. Lancet 2012 12.10
8 Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity. Nat Genet 2010 8.55
9 Concept, design and implementation of a cardiovascular gene-centric 50 k SNP array for large-scale genomic association studies. PLoS One 2008 7.16
10 Analysing biological pathways in genome-wide association studies. Nat Rev Genet 2010 6.63
11 A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium. Nat Genet 2009 6.31
12 Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies. Lancet 2011 5.26
13 Adjustment of genomic waves in signal intensities from whole-genome SNP genotyping platforms. Nucleic Acids Res 2008 4.22
14 Common variants at 10 genomic loci influence hemoglobin A₁(C) levels via glycemic and nonglycemic pathways. Diabetes 2010 4.07
15 Genome-wide analyses of exonic copy number variants in a family-based study point to novel autism susceptibility genes. PLoS Genet 2009 3.42
16 Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet 2012 3.21
17 Strong association of the Y402H variant in complement factor H at 1q32 with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Am J Hum Genet 2005 3.19
18 Diverse genome-wide association studies associate the IL12/IL23 pathway with Crohn Disease. Am J Hum Genet 2009 3.19
19 Design of the Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome-Wide Replication And Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) Study: A Genome-wide association meta-analysis involving more than 22 000 cases and 60 000 controls. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2010 3.15
20 Genome-wide association study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in 8,090 African Americans: the NHLBI CARe Project. PLoS Genet 2011 3.07
21 Common variation in KITLG and at 5q31.3 predisposes to testicular germ cell cancer. Nat Genet 2009 2.85
22 Association analysis of the FTO gene with obesity in children of Caucasian and African ancestry reveals a common tagging SNP. PLoS One 2008 2.67
23 To identify associations with rare variants, just WHaIT: Weighted haplotype and imputation-based tests. Am J Hum Genet 2010 2.63
24 A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci. Nat Genet 2012 2.60
25 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 2.53
26 The role of obesity-associated loci identified in genome-wide association studies in the determination of pediatric BMI. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 2.34
27 Toll-like receptor 4 variant D299G is associated with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2005 2.32
28 Simvastatin vs therapeutic lifestyle changes and supplements: randomized primary prevention trial. Mayo Clin Proc 2008 2.26
29 Secretory phospholipase A(2)-IIA and cardiovascular disease: a mendelian randomization study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 2.18
30 Lack of association between the Trp719Arg polymorphism in kinesin-like protein-6 and coronary artery disease in 19 case-control studies. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 2.17
31 Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height. Am J Hum Genet 2010 2.15
32 RNA-sequence analysis of human B-cells. Genome Res 2011 2.02
33 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 32 studies identifies multiple lipid loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 1.96
34 Enhanced statistical tests for GWAS in admixed populations: assessment using African Americans from CARe and a Breast Cancer Consortium. PLoS Genet 2011 1.94
35 GWAsimulator: a rapid whole-genome simulation program. Bioinformatics 2007 1.90
36 Loss-of-function variants in endothelial lipase are a cause of elevated HDL cholesterol in humans. J Clin Invest 2009 1.83
37 MaCH-admix: genotype imputation for admixed populations. Genet Epidemiol 2012 1.77
38 Association of the vitamin D metabolism gene CYP24A1 with coronary artery calcification. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010 1.69
39 A genome-wide association study identifies LIPA as a susceptibility gene for coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 1.63
40 ANGPT2 genetic variant is associated with trauma-associated acute lung injury and altered plasma angiopoietin-2 isoform ratio. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 1.62
41 Evaluating cost efficiency of SNP chips in genome-wide association studies. Genet Epidemiol 2008 1.60
42 U-statistics-based tests for multiple genes in genetic association studies. Ann Hum Genet 2008 1.53
43 A functional synonymous coding variant in the IL1RN gene is associated with survival in septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014 1.53
44 Common variants in HSPB7 and FRMD4B associated with advanced heart failure. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2010 1.51
45 Variation in the myosin light chain kinase gene is associated with development of acute lung injury after major trauma. Crit Care Med 2008 1.50
46 Interrogating local population structure for fine mapping in genome-wide association studies. Bioinformatics 2010 1.48
47 Fractalkine is a novel human adipochemokine associated with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes 2011 1.44
48 Adjustment for local ancestry in genetic association analysis of admixed populations. Bioinformatics 2010 1.44
49 Prioritized subset analysis: improving power in genome-wide association studies. Hum Hered 2007 1.40
50 Modeling genetic inheritance of copy number variations. Nucleic Acids Res 2008 1.39
51 A genome-wide study reveals copy number variants exclusive to childhood obesity cases. Am J Hum Genet 2010 1.36
52 Genome-wide comparison of African-ancestry populations from CARe and other cohorts reveals signals of natural selection. Am J Hum Genet 2011 1.35
53 Associations of CFHR1-CFHR3 deletion and a CFH SNP to age-related macular degeneration are not independent. Nat Genet 2010 1.35
54 A second independent locus within DMRT1 is associated with testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.34
55 Examination of type 2 diabetes loci implicates CDKAL1 as a birth weight gene. Diabetes 2009 1.34
56 Loss-of-function DNA sequence variant in the CLCNKA chloride channel implicates the cardio-renal axis in interindividual heart failure risk variation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.33
57 Joint regression analysis of correlated data using Gaussian copulas. Biometrics 2008 1.28
58 Dense genotyping of candidate gene loci identifies variants associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 1.27
59 Role of BMI-associated loci identified in GWAS meta-analyses in the context of common childhood obesity in European Americans. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2011 1.21
60 Investigation of the locus near MC4R with childhood obesity in Americans of European and African ancestry. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 1.19
61 A Gaussian copula approach for the analysis of secondary phenotypes in case-control genetic association studies. Biostatistics 2011 1.18
62 The role of height-associated loci identified in genome wide association studies in the determination of pediatric stature. BMC Med Genet 2010 1.17
63 A review of family-based tests for linkage disequilibrium between a quantitative trait and a genetic marker. PLoS Genet 2008 1.12
64 Transferability and fine mapping of type 2 diabetes loci in African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource Plus Study. Diabetes 2012 1.12
65 Genome wide association identifies PPFIA1 as a candidate gene for acute lung injury risk following major trauma. PLoS One 2012 1.11
66 Evaluating the impact of sequencing depth on transcriptome profiling in human adipose. PLoS One 2013 1.11
67 Examination of all type 2 diabetes GWAS loci reveals HHEX-IDE as a locus influencing pediatric BMI. Diabetes 2009 1.10
68 The novel atherosclerosis locus at 10q11 regulates plasma CXCL12 levels. Eur Heart J 2011 1.07
69 IL1RN coding variant is associated with lower risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome and increased plasma IL-1 receptor antagonist. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013 1.03
70 Comparison of matrix metalloproteinase 9 and brain natriuretic peptide as clinical biomarkers in chronic heart failure. Am Heart J 2008 1.03
71 Gene-based interaction analysis by incorporating external linkage disequilibrium information. Eur J Hum Genet 2010 1.02
72 Genetics of coronary artery calcification among African Americans, a meta-analysis. BMC Med Genet 2013 0.99
73 A naturally occurring variant of endothelial lipase associated with elevated HDL exhibits impaired synthesis. J Lipid Res 2009 0.97
74 PennSeq: accurate isoform-specific gene expression quantification in RNA-Seq by modeling non-uniform read distribution. Nucleic Acids Res 2013 0.97
75 Risk Factors and Outcomes for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Bloodstream Infection in Children. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010 0.92
76 Tissue-specific RNA-Seq in human evoked inflammation identifies blood and adipose LincRNA signatures of cardiometabolic diseases. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014 0.90
77 Translational studies of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ in inflammation and atherosclerosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 0.89
78 Candidate gene association study of coronary artery calcification in chronic kidney disease: findings from the CRIC study (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort). J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 0.88
79 BMD-associated variation at the Osterix locus is correlated with childhood obesity in females. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2011 0.88
80 Mining the LIPG allelic spectrum reveals the contribution of rare and common regulatory variants to HDL cholesterol. PLoS Genet 2011 0.88
81 A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Estimating and Inferring Differential Isoform Expression for Multi-Sample RNA-Seq Data. Stat Biosci 2013 0.87
82 Improving power and robustness for detecting genetic association with extreme-value sampling design. Genet Epidemiol 2011 0.86
83 The value of statistical or bioinformatics annotation for rare variant association with quantitative trait. Genet Epidemiol 2013 0.84
84 Genetic determinants of the ankle-brachial index: a meta-analysis of a cardiovascular candidate gene 50K SNP panel in the candidate gene association resource (CARe) consortium. Atherosclerosis 2012 0.79
85 Genome-wide linkage and association analysis of rheumatoid arthritis in a Canadian population. BMC Proc 2007 0.79
86 Testing genetic association with rare variants in admixed populations. Genet Epidemiol 2012 0.78
87 Development of a genotyping microarray for studying the role of gene-environment interactions in risk for lung cancer. J Biomol Tech 2013 0.78
88 GENIE: a software package for gene-gene interaction analysis in genetic association studies using multiple GPU or CPU cores. BMC Res Notes 2011 0.78
89 Association of schizophrenia with the phenylthiocarbamide taste receptor haplotype on chromosome 7q. Psychiatr Genet 2012 0.77
90 Novel variants in the PRDX6 Gene and the risk of Acute Lung Injury following major trauma. BMC Med Genet 2011 0.76
91 Comments on the entropy-based transmission/disequilibrium test. Hum Genet 2007 0.75
92 Pathway-Wide Association Study Implicates Multiple Sterol Transport and Metabolism Genes in HDL Cholesterol Regulation. Front Genet 2011 0.75
93 Gene Mapping in Admixed Families: A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of the Transmission Disequilibrium Test and a Possible Solution. Hum Hered 2017 0.75
94 Genetic association with rheumatoid arthritis-Genetic Analysis Workshop 15: summary of contributions from Group 2. Genet Epidemiol 2007 0.75
95 A powerful approach to test an optimally weighted combination of rare variants in admixed populations. Genet Epidemiol 2015 0.75
96 Semiparametric odds ratio model for case-control and matched case-control designs. Stat Med 2013 0.75