Marcus Pembrey

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bristol
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Common polymorphism in H19 associated with birthweight and cord blood IGF-II levels in humans
    Clive J Petry
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital Level 8, Box 116, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    BMC Genet 6:22. 2005
  2. ncbi Male-line transgenerational responses in humans
    Marcus E Pembrey
    Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, UK
    Hum Fertil (Camb) 13:268-71. 2010
  3. ncbi Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans
    Marcus E Pembrey
    Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, England, UK
    Eur J Hum Genet 14:159-66. 2006
  4. ncbi The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): a resource for genetic epidemiology
    Marcus Pembrey
    Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    Eur J Endocrinol 151:U125-9. 2004
  5. ncbi Parental and grandparental ages in the autistic spectrum disorders: a birth cohort study
    Jean Golding
    Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Bristol, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 5:e9939. 2010
  6. ncbi The search for genenotype/phenotype associations and the phenome scan
    Richard Jones
    ALSPAC, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:264-75. 2005
  7. ncbi Genetic epidemiology: some special contributions of birth cohorts
    Marcus Pembrey
    Institute of Child Health, University College London, and Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 18:3-7. 2004
  8. ncbi Maternal-fetal interactions and birth order influence insulin variable number of tandem repeats allele class associations with head size at birth and childhood weight gain
    Ken K Ong
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Diabetes 53:1128-33. 2004
  9. ncbi Beta2-adrenoceptor polymorphisms and asthma from childhood to middle age in the British 1958 birth cohort: a genetic association study
    Ian P Hall
    Division of Therapeutics and Molecular Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
    Lancet 368:771-9. 2006
  10. ncbi A common haplotype of the glucokinase gene alters fasting glucose and birth weight: association in six studies and population-genetics analyses
    Michael N Weedon
    Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
    Am J Hum Genet 79:991-1001. 2006

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Common polymorphism in H19 associated with birthweight and cord blood IGF-II levels in humans
    Clive J Petry
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital Level 8, Box 116, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    BMC Genet 6:22. 2005
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  2. ncbi Male-line transgenerational responses in humans
    Marcus E Pembrey
    Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, UK
    Hum Fertil (Camb) 13:268-71. 2010
    ..Whilst the mediating molecular mechanism(s) is unknown, the sex-specific transmission patterns and exposure-sensitive periods suggest a pre-evolved transgenerational response mechanism...
  3. ncbi Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans
    Marcus E Pembrey
    Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, England, UK
    Eur J Hum Genet 14:159-66. 2006
    ..Such responses add an entirely new dimension to the study of gene-environment interactions in development and health...
  4. ncbi The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): a resource for genetic epidemiology
    Marcus Pembrey
    Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    Eur J Endocrinol 151:U125-9. 2004
    ....
  5. ncbi Parental and grandparental ages in the autistic spectrum disorders: a birth cohort study
    Jean Golding
    Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Bristol, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 5:e9939. 2010
    ..A number of studies have assessed ages of parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), and reported both maternal and paternal age effects. Here we assess relationships with grandparental ages...
  6. ncbi The search for genenotype/phenotype associations and the phenome scan
    Richard Jones
    ALSPAC, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:264-75. 2005
    ..We believe that this approach can generate data that will be useful in answering generic questions about genotype/phenotype associations as well as in discovering novel ones...
  7. ncbi Genetic epidemiology: some special contributions of birth cohorts
    Marcus Pembrey
    Institute of Child Health, University College London, and Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 18:3-7. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi Maternal-fetal interactions and birth order influence insulin variable number of tandem repeats allele class associations with head size at birth and childhood weight gain
    Ken K Ong
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Diabetes 53:1128-33. 2004
    ..Our results indicate that complex prenatal and postnatal gene-maternal/fetal interactions influence size at birth and childhood risk factors for adult disease...
  9. ncbi Beta2-adrenoceptor polymorphisms and asthma from childhood to middle age in the British 1958 birth cohort: a genetic association study
    Ian P Hall
    Division of Therapeutics and Molecular Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
    Lancet 368:771-9. 2006
    ..We aimed to relate the long-term prevalence of asthma or wheeze to functional coding region polymorphisms in the ADRB2 gene...
  10. ncbi A common haplotype of the glucokinase gene alters fasting glucose and birth weight: association in six studies and population-genetics analyses
    Michael N Weedon
    Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
    Am J Hum Genet 79:991-1001. 2006
    ..In conclusion, a comprehensive analysis of common variation of the glucokinase gene shows that this is the first gene to be reproducibly associated with fasting glucose and fetal growth...
  11. ncbi Type 2 diabetes TCF7L2 risk genotypes alter birth weight: a study of 24,053 individuals
    Rachel M Freathy
    Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
    Am J Hum Genet 80:1150-61. 2007
    ..In conclusion, we have identified the first type 2 diabetes-susceptibility allele to be reproducibly associated with birth weight. Common gene variants can substantially influence normal birth-weight variation...
  12. ncbi Investigation of UBE3A and MECP2 in Angelman syndrome (AS) and patients with features of AS
    Megan P Hitchins
    Molecular Embryology Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom
    Am J Med Genet A 125:167-72. 2004
    ..While MECP2 mutations can cause a phenotype reminiscent of AS in rare cases, they fail to account for the excess of sporadic patients with a definitive clinical diagnosis of AS...
  13. ncbi Genetic variation in the type 2 insulin-like growth factor receptor gene and disparity in childhood height
    Clive J Petry
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Growth Horm IGF Res 15:363-8. 2005
    ..We hypothesised that polymorphisms in the IGF2R gene could alter size at birth and childhood growth...