Laurence J Howe

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Laurence J Howe is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurence J Howe has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Genetics, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Laurence J Howe's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (12 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (6 papers). Laurence J Howe is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (12 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (6 papers). Laurence J Howe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Netherlands. Laurence J Howe's co-authors include George Davey Smith, Gibran Hemani, Neil M Davies, David M. Evans, Beaté St Pourcain, Sarah J. Lewis, Evie Stergiakouli, Charles Laurin, Benjamin Elsworth and Nicole M. Warrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

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Laurence J Howe

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and genetic correlation analysis

2016 406 citations Jie Zheng, A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu et al. Bioinformatics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Education and cardiovascular disease: a within-family Mendelian randomization analysis 2025 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Paul Remy Jones, Laxmi Bhatta, Laurence J Howe, María Fernanda Vinueza‐Veloz, Neil M Davies, George Davey Smith, Øyvind Næss, Ben Brumpton	0
2	The impact of fatty acids biosynthesis on the risk of cardiovascular diseases in Europeans and East Asians: a Mendelian randomization study 2022 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Maria Carolina Borges, (unknown), Jie Zheng, Gibran Hemani, Laurence J Howe, Amand F. Schmidt, James R Staley, R Thomas Lumbers, Albert Henry, Rozenn N. Lemaître, Tom R. Gaunt, Michael V. Holmes, George Davey Smith, Aroon D. Hingorani, Debbie A. Lawlor	8
3	Reproducible disease phenotyping at scale: Example of coronary artery disease in UK Biobank 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Riyaz Patel, Spiros Denaxas, Laurence J Howe, Rosalind M. Eggo, Anoop D Shah, Naomi E. Allen, John Danesh, Aroon D. Hingorani, Cathie Sudlow, Harry Hemingway	4
4	Evaluating indirect genetic effects of siblings using singletons 2022 ·PLoS Genetics ·Laurence J Howe, David M. Evans, Gibran Hemani, George Davey Smith, Neil M Davies	9
5	Taller height and risk of coronary heart disease and cancer: A within-sibship Mendelian randomization study 2022 ·eLife ·Laurence J Howe, Ben Brumpton, Humaira Rasheed, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, George Davey Smith, Neil M Davies	7
6	Modeling assortative mating and genetic similarities between partners, siblings, and in-laws 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Fartein Ask Torvik, Espen Moen Eilertsen, Laurie J. Hannigan, Rosa Cheesman, Laurence J Howe, Per Magnus, Ted Reichborn‐Kjennerud, Ole A. Andreassen, Pål R. Njølstad, Alexandra Havdahl, Eivind Ystrøm	30
7	Interpreting Mendelian-randomization estimates of the effects of categorical exposures such as disease status and educational attainment 2021 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Laurence J Howe, Matthew Tudball, George Davey Smith, Neil M Davies	30
8	Assortative mating and within-spouse pair comparisons 2021 ·PLoS Genetics ·Laurence J Howe, Thomas Battram, Tim Morris, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Gibran Hemani, Neil M Davies, George Davey Smith	10
9	Vitamin D and the risk of treatment-resistant and atypical depression: A Mendelian randomization study 2021 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Ryan Arathimos, Amy Ronaldson, Laurence J Howe, Chiara Fabbri, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Matthew Hotopf, Fiona Gaughran, Cathryn M. Lewis, Alex Dregan	11
10	Polygenic risk scores for coronary artery disease and subsequent event risk amongst established cases 2020 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Laurence J Howe, Frank Dudbridge, Amand F. Schmidt, Chris Finan, Spiros Denaxas, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Aroon D. Hingorani, Riyaz Patel	23
11	Cleft lip/palate and educational attainment: cause, consequence or correlation? A Mendelian randomization study 2020 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Christina Dardani, Laurence J Howe, Nandita Mukhopadhyay, Evie Stergiakouli, Yvonne Wren, (unknown), Amy Davies, Karen Ho, Seth M. Weinberg, Mary L. Marazita, Elisabeth Mangold, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Caroline L. Relton, George Davey Smith, Sarah J. Lewis, Jonathan Sandy, Neil M Davies, Gemma C. Sharp	23
12	Genetic evidence for assortative mating on alcohol consumption in the UK Biobank 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Laurence J Howe, Daniel J. Lawson, Neil M Davies, Beaté St Pourcain, Sarah J. Lewis, George Davey Smith, Gibran Hemani	32
13	Prenatal alcohol exposure and facial morphology in a UK cohort 2019 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Laurence J Howe, Gemma C. Sharp, Gibran Hemani, Luisa Zuccolo, Stephen Richmond, Sarah J. Lewis	15
14	Is population structure in the genetic biobank era irrelevant, a challenge, or an opportunity? 2019 ·Human Genetics ·Daniel J. Lawson, Neil M Davies, Simon Haworth, Bilal Ashraf, Laurence J Howe, Andrew Crawford, Gibran Hemani, George Davey Smith, Nicholas J. Timpson	57
15	Investigating the shared genetics of non-syndromic cleft lip/palate and facial morphology 2018 ·PLoS Genetics ·Laurence J Howe, Myoung Keun Lee, Gemma C. Sharp, George Davey Smith, Beaté St Pourcain, John R. Shaffer, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Elisabeth Mangold, Mary L. Marazita, Eleanor Feingold, Alexei I. Zhurov, Evie Stergiakouli, Jonathan Sandy, Stephen Richmond, Seth M. Weinberg, Gibran Hemani, Sarah J. Lewis	37
16	Facial Genetics: A Brief Overview 2018 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·Stephen Richmond, Laurence J Howe, Sarah J. Lewis, Evie Stergiakouli, Alexei I. Zhurov	87
17	Y Chromosome, Mitochondrial DNA and Childhood Behavioural Traits 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Laurence J Howe, A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu, George Davey Smith, Santiago Rodrı́guez, Evie Stergiakouli	4
18	Body mass index, body dissatisfaction and adolescent smoking initiation 2017 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Laurence J Howe, (unknown), Michelle Taylor, Jon Heron, Marcus R. Munafò, Amy E. Taylor	34
19	LD hub and MR-base: online platforms for preforming LD score regression and Mendelian randomization analysis using GWAS summary data 2016 ·Behavior Genetics ·Jie Zheng, Philip Haycock, Gibran Hemani, Benjamin Elsworth, Hashem A. Shihab, Charles Laurin, A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Laurence J Howe, Kaitlin H. Wade, Nicole M. Warrington, Hilary K. Finucane, Alkes L. Price, Verneri Anttila, Lavinia Paternoster, Richard M. Martin, Caroline L. Relton, Tom R. Gaunt, George Davey Smith, Benjamin M. Neale, David M. Evans	5
20	LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and genetic correlation analysis breakdown → 2016 ·Bioinformatics ·Jie Zheng, A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Benjamin Elsworth, John P. Kemp, Laurence J Howe, Philip Haycock, Gibran Hemani, Katherine E. Tansey, Charles Laurin, Beaté St Pourcain, Nicole M. Warrington, Hilary K. Finucane, Alkes L. Price, Brendan Bulik‐Sullivan, Verneri Anttila, Lavinia Paternoster, Tom R. Gaunt, David M. Evans, Benjamin M. Neale	406

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