Genetics of Complex Traits, Genetics of Obesity, Behavioral Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology
Selected Publications
Price, RA, Li, W-D, Zhao, H: FTO gene SNPs associated with obesity in cases, controls and extremely discordant sister pairs. BMC Medical Genetics 9: 4, 2008.
Saunders CL, Chiodini B, Sham P, Lewis CM, Collier DA and the BMI-GSMA consortium: Abkevich V, Adeyemo AA, de Andrade M, Arya R, Berenson GS, Blangero J, Borecki IB, Chagnon YC, Chen W, Comuzzie AG, Deng H-W, Duggirala R, Feitosa MF, Froguel P, Hanson RL, Hebebrand J, Huezo-Dias P, Kissebah AH, Li W-D, Luke A, Martin L, Nash M, Öhman M, Palmer LJ, Peltonen L, Perola M, Price RA, Srinivasan SR, Stern MP, Stone SV, Wijmenga C, Wu X: Meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies in body mass index and obesity. Obesity 15(9): 2263-2275, Sep 2007.
Dong C., Li WD., Li D., Price RA.: Extreme obesity is associated with attempted suicides: results from a family study. International Journal of Obesity 30(2): 388-90, Feb 2006.
Dong C., Li WD., Geller F., Lei L., Li D., Gorlova OY., Hebebrand J., Amos CI., Nicholls RD., Price RA.: Possible genomic imprinting of three human obesity-related genetic loci. American Journal of Human Genetics 76(3): 427-37, Mar 2005.
Dong C., Li WD., Li D., Price RA.: Interaction between obesity-susceptibility loci in chromosome regions 2p25-p24 and 13q13-q21. European Journal of Human Genetics 13(1): 102-8, Jan 2005.
Malhotra A., Coon H., Feitosa MF., Li WD., North KE., Price RA., Bouchard C., Hunt SC., Wolford JK., The American Diabetes Association GENNID Study Group.: Meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies for quantitative lipid traits in African Americans. Human Molecular Genetics 14(24): 3955-62, Dec 15 2005.
Dong C., Sanchez LE., Price RA.: Relationship of obesity to depression: a family-based study. International Journal of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 28(6): 790-5, Jun 2004.
Li, Wei-Dong. Dong, Chuanhui. Li, Ding. Zhao, Hongyu. Price, R Arlen.: An obesity-related locus in chromosome region 12q23-24. Diabetes 53(3): 812-20, Mar 2004.
Li WD., Dong C., Li D., Garrigan C., Price RA.: A quantitative trait locus influencing fasting plasma glucose in chromosome region 18q22-23. Diabetes 53(9): 2487-91, Sep 2004.
Dong, C, Wang, S, Li, W-D, Li, D, Zhao, H, Price, RA. : Interacting genetic loci on chromosomes 20 and 10 influence extreme human obesity. American Journal of Human Genetics 72: 115-124, 2003.
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