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DPhil Supervisor Profile
Mark McCarthy
MA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCP, FRSB, FMedSci
Visiting Professor of Diabetic Medicine
My group brings together large-scale genetic, genomic and clinical data relevant to type 2 diabetes and related conditions, and then uses it to explore mechanisms.
Key publications
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Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease.
Journal article
Horikoshi M. et al, (2016), Nature, 538, 248 - 252
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The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes.
Journal article
Fuchsberger C. et al, (2016), Nature, 536, 41 - 47
Recent publications
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Genetic Predisposition to Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases Among 160,000 Chinese adults.
Journal article
Gan W. et al, (2019), Diabetes
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ZRANB3 is an African-specific type 2 diabetes locus associated with beta-cell mass and insulin response.
Journal article
Adeyemo AA. et al, (2019), Nature communications, 10
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Exome sequencing of 20,791 cases of type 2 diabetes and 24,440 controls.
Journal article
Flannick J. et al, (2019), Nature, 570, 71 - 76
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Variation in the Plasma Membrane Monoamine Transporter (PMAT) (Encoded by SLC29A4) and Organic Cation Transporter 1 (OCT1) (Encoded by SLC22A1) and Gastrointestinal Intolerance to Metformin in Type 2 Diabetes: An IMI DIRECT Study.
Journal article
Dawed AY. et al, (2019), Diabetes Care, 42, 1027 - 1033
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Genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Africa.
Journal article
Chen J. et al, (2019), Diabetologia
ORCID
0000-0002-4393-0510