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Publications: DR Alice Williamson

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Zorn S, Bounds R, Williamson A, Lawler K, Hanssen R, Keogh J, Henning E, Smith M et al. ( 2025 ) . Obesity due to MC4R deficiency is associated with reduced cholesterol, triglycerides and cardiovascular disease risk . Nature Medicine1 - 9 .
Zoodsma M, Beuchel C, Yasmeen S, Kohleick L, Nepal A, Koprulu M, Kronenberg F, Mayr M et al. ( 2025 ) . A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum . Nature Genetics vol. 57 , ( 10 ) 2445 - 2455 .
Hodgson S, Williamson A, Bigossi M, Stow D, Jacobs BM, Samuel M, Gafton J, Zöllner J et al. ( 2024 ) . Genetic basis of early onset and progression of type 2 diabetes in South Asians . Nature Medicine vol. 31 , ( 1 ) 323 - 331 .
Alwan H, Luan J, Williamson A, Carrasco-Zanini J, Stewart ID, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Pietzner M ( 2024 ) . Testing for a causal role of thyroid hormone measurements within the normal range on human metabolism and diseases: a systematic Mendelian randomization . EBioMedicine vol. 107 ,
Williamson A, Fatumo S ( 2024 ) . Genomic diversity improves disease discovery for all . Science vol. 385 , ( 6706 ) 255 - 256 .
Smith K, Deutsch AJ, McGrail C, Kim H, Hsu S, Huerta-Chagoya A, Mandla R, Schroeder PH et al. ( 2024 ) . Author Correction: Multi-ancestry polygenic mechanisms of type 2 diabetes . Nature Medicine vol. 30 , ( 7 ) 2091 - 2091 .
Smith K, Deutsch AJ, McGrail C, Kim H, Hsu S, Huerta-Chagoya A, Mandla R, Schroeder PH et al. ( 2024 ) . Multi-ancestry polygenic mechanisms of type 2 diabetes . Nature Medicine vol. 30 , ( 4 ) 1065 - 1074 .
Suzuki K, Hatzikotoulas K, Southam L, Taylor HJ, Yin X, Lorenz KM, Mandla R, Huerta-Chagoya A et al. ( 2024 ) . Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology . Nature vol. 627 , ( 8003 ) 347 - 357 .
Smith K, Deutsch AJ, McGrail C, Kim H, Hsu S, Mandla R, Schroeder PH, Westerman KE et al. ( 2023 ) . Multi-ancestry Polygenic Mechanisms of Type 2 Diabetes Elucidate Disease Processes and Clinical Heterogeneity .
Alwan H, Luan J, Williamson A, Steward I, Wareham N, Langenberg C, Pietzner M ( 2023 ) . Testing for a causal role of thyroid hormone measurements within the normal range: a systematic mendelian randomization study . Endocrine Abstracts
Duckett K, Williamson A, Kincaid JWR, Rainbow K, Corbin LJ, Martin HC, Eberhardt RY, Huang QQ et al. ( 2023 ) . Prevalence of Deleterious Variants in MC3R in Patients With Constitutional Delay of Growth and Puberty . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism vol. 108 , ( 12 ) e1580 - e1587 .
Williamson A, Norris DM, Yin X, Broadaway KA, Moxley AH, Vadlamudi S, Wilson EP, Jackson AU et al. ( 2023 ) . Genome-wide association study and functional characterization identifies candidate genes for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake . Nature Genetics vol. 55 , ( 6 ) 973 - 983 .
Broadaway KA, Yin X, Williamson A, Parsons VA, Wilson EP, Moxley AH, Vadlamudi S, Varshney A et al. ( 2023 ) . Loci for insulin processing and secretion provide insight into type 2 diabetes risk . American Journal of Human Genetics vol. 110 , ( 2 ) 284 - 299 .
Lam BYH, Williamson A, Finer S, Day FR, Tadross JA, Gonçalves Soares A, Wade K, Sweeney P et al. ( 2021 ) . MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty . Nature vol. 599 , ( 7885 ) 436 - 441 .
Wade KH, Lam BYH, Melvin A, Pan W, Corbin LJ, Hughes DA, Rainbow K, Chen J-H et al. ( 2021 ) . Loss-of-function mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor in a UK birth cohort . Nature Medicine vol. 27 , ( 6 ) 1088 - 1096 .
Zoodsma M, Beuchel C, Yasmeen S, Kohleick L, Nepal A, Koprulu M, Kronenberg F, Mayr M et al. . A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum .
Hodgson S, Bui V, Bigossi M, Stow D, Maroteau C, Williamson A, Hu S, Blee AM et al. . Exome-wide association study in 54,698 south Asians identifies novel type 2 diabetes associations with RNF19A, HNF4A, and dissects role of coding variants in GP2 and CDKAL1 .
Smith K, Deutsch AJ, McGrail C, Kim H, Hsu S, Mandla R, Schroeder PH, Westerman KE et al. . Multi-ancestry Polygenic Mechanisms of Type 2 Diabetes Elucidate Disease Processes and Clinical Heterogeneity .
Suzuki K, Hatzikotoulas K, Southam L, Taylor HJ, Yin X, Lorenz KM, Mandla R, Huerta-Chagoya A et al. . Multi-ancestry genome-wide study in >2.5 million individuals reveals heterogeneity in mechanistic pathways of type 2 diabetes and complications .
Siddiqui M, Hodgson S, Williamson A, Stow D, Jacobs B, Samuel M, Gafton J, Zöllner J et al. . Partitioned polygenic scores highlight role of beta-cell function and unfavourable fat distribution patterns in young onset type 2 diabetes in south Asians .
Wade K, Lam B, Melvin A, Pan W, Corbin L, Hughes D, Rainbow K, Chen J et al. . Prevalence and expressivity of loss of function mutations in the Melanocortin 4 Receptor (MC4R) in a UK birth cohort .
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