Timothy D. Spector

Active 1990–2024

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Timothy D Spector
137
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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,485 citing papers, 19.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 2,426 citing papers, 10.6% of this breakdownChina: 1,758 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownGermany: 1,112 citing papers, 4.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 1,022 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 998 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownCanada: 847 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownItaly: 709 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownFrance: 697 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSweden: 684 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSpain: 587 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownDenmark: 521 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.4%
  • Medicine42.9%
  • Neuroscience2.1%
  • Environmental Science2.1%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.6%
  • Immunology and Microbiology1.3%
  • Other4.6%

Topics

  • Gut microbiota and health6.9%
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology5.4%
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation3.2%
  • Diet and metabolism studies2.4%
  • Vitamin D Research Studies2.3%
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms1.9%
  • Other77.9%

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  1. Human Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell 2014 cited by 3,342

  2. Codiversification of gut microbiota with humans

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2022 cited by 202

  3. Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Irina Kowalska, Jenny A. Visser, Marianne Andersen, Ken K. Ong, Elisabet Stener‐Victorin, David A. Ehrmann, Richard S. Legro, Andres Salumets, Mark I. McCarthy, Laure Morin‐Papunen, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson, Unnur Styrkársdóttir, John R. B. Perry, Andrea Dunaif, Joop S.E. Laven, Steve Franks, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Corrine K. Welt - PLoS Genetics 2018 cited by 688

  4. Blue poo: impact of gut transit time on the gut microbiome using a novel marker

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Gut 2021 cited by 198

  5. Host genetic variation impacts microbiome composition across human body sites

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , - Genome biology 2015 cited by 793

  6. Human aging-associated DNA hypermethylation occurs preferentially at bivalent chromatin domains

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Genome Research 2010 cited by 771

  7. Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , David Karasik, Nathalie van der Velde, M. Arfan Ikram, Babette S. Zemel, Yanhua Zhou, Christian J. Carlsson, Ching‐Ti Liu, Fiona E. McGuigan, Cindy G. Boer, Klaus Bønnelykke, Stuart H. Ralston, John A. Robbins, John P. Walsh, M. Carola Zillikens, Claudia Langenberg, Ruifang Li‐Gao, Frances M. K. Williams, Tamara B. Harris, Kristina Åkesson, Rebecca D. Jackson, Gunnar Sigurðsson, Martin den Heijer, Bram C. J. van der Eerden, Jeroen van de Peppel, Timothy D. Spector, Craig E. Pennell, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Janine F. Felix, Jing Hua Zhao, Scott G. Wilson, Renée de Mutsert, Hans Bisgaard, Unnur Styrkársdóttir, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Eric Orwoll, Timo A. Lakka, Robert A. Scott, Struan F.A. Grant, Mattias Lorentzon, Cornelia M. van Duijn, James F. Wilson, Kari Stefansson, Bruce M. Psaty, Douglas P. Kiel, Claes Ohlsson, Evangelia Ntzani, André J. van Wijnen, Vincenzo Forgetta, Mohsen Ghanbari, John G. Logan, Graham R. Williams, J. H. Duncan Bassett, Peter I. Croucher, Εvangelos Εvangelou, André G. Uitterlinden, Cheryl L. Ackert‐Bicknell, Jonathan H. Tobias, David M. Evans, Fernando Rivadeneira - The American Journal of Human Genetics 2018 cited by 361

  8. Lumbar disc degeneration and genetic factors are the main risk factors for low back pain in women: the UK Twin Spine Study

    Authors: , , , , , , - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2011 cited by 478

  9. Virome Diversity Correlates with Intestinal Microbiome Diversity in Adult Monozygotic Twins

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , - Cell Host & Microbe 2019 cited by 233

  10. Shotgun Metagenomics of 250 Adult Twins Reveals Genetic and Environmental Impacts on the Gut Microbiome

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell Systems 2016 cited by 371

  11. The gut microbiome: what the oncologist ought to know

    Authors: , , , , , - British Journal of Cancer 2021 cited by 147

  12. Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Veikko Salomaa, Harry Campbell, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Braxton D. Mitchell, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Anneli Pouta, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Elizabeth A. Streeten, Evropi Τheodoratou, Antti Jula, Nicholas J. Wareham, Claes Ohlsson, Timothy M. Frayling, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Timothy D. Spector, J. Brent Richards, Terho Lehtimäki, Willem H. Ouwehand, Peter Kraft, Cyrus Cooper, Winfried März, Chris Power, Ruth J. F. Loos, Thomas J. Wang, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, John C. Whittaker, Aroon D. Hingorani, Elina Hyppönen - PLoS Medicine 2013 cited by 1,053

  13. HLA Alleles Associated With Risk of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Influence the Gut Microbiome

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , - Arthritis & Rheumatology 2019 cited by 183

  14. Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jana V. van Vliet‐Ostaptchouk, N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret, Esther Zimmermann, Natalia V. Rivera, Toshiko Tanaka, Heather M. Stringham, Günther Silbernagel, Stavroula Kanoni, Mary F. Feitosa, Søren Snitker, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Jeffery Metter, Maria Teresa Martínez Larrad, Mustafa Atalay, Maarit Hakanen, Najaf Amin, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Anders Grøntved, Göran Hallmans, John-Olov Jansson, Johanna Kuusisto, Mika Kähönen, Pamela L. Lutsey, John J. Nolan, Luigi Palla, Oluf Pedersen, Louis Përusse, Frida Renström, Robert A. Scott, Dmitry Shungin, Ulla Sovio, Tuija Tammelin, Tapani Rönnemaa, Timo A. Lakka, Matti Uusitupa, Manuel Serrano‐Ríos, Luigi Ferrucci, Claude Bouchard, Aline Meirhaeghe, Mao Fu, Mark Walker, Ingrid B. Borecki, George Dedoussis, Andreas Fritsche, Claes Ohlsson, Michael Boehnke, Stefania Bandinelli, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Shah Ebrahim, Debbie A. Lawlor, Vilmundur Guðnason, Tamara B. Harris, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Karen L. Mohlke, Albert Hofman, André G. Uitterlinden, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli T. Raitakari, Bo Isomaa, Pål R. Njølstad, José C. Florez, Simin Liu, Andy Ness, Timothy D. Spector, E Shyong Tai, Philippe Froguel, Heiner Boeing, Markku Laakso, Michael Marmot and 16 more - PLoS Medicine 2011 cited by 565

  15. Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jian’an Luan, H-Erich Wichmann, Christopher Gillson, Stephen J Chanock, Richard B Hayes, Eleftheria Zeggini, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Joshua C. Randall, Christian Gieger, Iris M. Heid, Claudia Lamina, H-Erich Wichmann, Sonja I. Berndt, Richard B. Hayes, Stephen J. Chanock, Leena Peltonen, Guillaume Lettre, Steven A. McCarroll, Dawn M Waterworth, Lauren Gianniny, Konstantinos Papadakis, Mikko Kuokkanen, David P Strachan, Candace Guiducci, Noel L. P. Burtt, Rachel Hackett, Eleanor Wheeler, Nicole Soranzo, Steven A. McCarroll, Guillaume Lettre, Inês Barroso, Serena Sanna, Kijoung Song, Dawn Waterworth, Noha Lim, Vincent Mooser, Konstantinos Papadakis, David Hadley, David P. Strachan, David J. Hunter, Frank B. Hu, Lu Qi, David J. Hunter, Frank B. Hu, Lu Qi, Eleanor Wheeler, Luigi Ferrucci, Nicole Soranzo, Rosa Maria Roccasecca, Inês Barroso, Peter Almgren, Leif C Groop, Manuela Uda, Serena Sanna, Antonella Mulas, Paul Scheet, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Timothy M. Frayling, Michael N. Weedon, Karol Estrada, Narisu Narisu, M. Carola Zillikens, Leonie C. Jacobs, Lachlan Coin, Paul Elliott, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Guangju Zhai, Timothy D. Spector, Nicole Soranzo, Toshiko Tanaka and 45 more - Nature Genetics 2008 cited by 1,722

  16. TwinsUK: The UK Adult Twin Registry Update

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Twin Research and Human Genetics 2019 cited by 203

  17. Longitudinal multi-omics analysis identifies early blood-based predictors of anti-TNF therapy response in inflammatory bowel disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Amy Kenyon, Christina Kratsch, Roland Krause, Gordan Lauc, Massimo Mangino, Gioacchino Natoli, Marek Ostaszewski, Marija Pezer, Jeroen Raes, Souad Rahmouni, Marilou Ramos‐Pamplona, Benedikt Reiz, Elisa Rosati, Despina Sanoudou, Venkata Satagopam, Reinhard Schneider, Jonas Schulte-Schrepping, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Kenneth G. C. Smith, Timothy D. Spector, Doris Vandeputte, Sara Vieira‐Silva, Aleksandar Vojta, Stefanie Warnat‐Herresthal, Vlatka Zoldoš, Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis, Stefan Schreiber, Philip Rosenstiel - Genome Medicine 2022 cited by 71

  18. Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Natasja M. van Schoor, Nathalie van der Velde, C.P.G.M. de Groot, Anke W. Enneman, L. Adrienne Cupples, Sarah L. Booth, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Ching‐Ti Liu, Yanhua Zhou, Samuli Ripatti, Claes Ohlsson, Liesbeth Vandenput, Mattias Lorentzon, Johan G. Eriksson, M. Kyla Shea, Denise K. Houston, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Ching‐Ti Liu, Kurt K. Lohman, Luigi Ferrucci, Munro Peacock, Christian Gieger, Marian Beekman, P. Eline Slagboom, Joris Deelen, Diana van Heemst, Marcus E. Kleber, Winfried März, Ian H. de Boer, Alexis C. Wood, Jerome I. Rotter, Stephen S. Rich, Cassianne Robinson‐Cohen, Martin den Heijer, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, Alana Cavadino, Peter K. Joshi, James F. Wilson, Caroline Hayward, Lars Lind, Karl Michaëlsson, Stella Trompet, M. Carola Zillikens, André G. Uitterlinden, Fernando Rivadeneira, Linda Broer, Lina Zgaga, Harry Campbell, Evropi Τheodoratou, Susan M. Farrington, Maria Timofeeva, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Ana M. Valdes, Emmi Tikkanen, Terho Lehtimäki, Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen, Mika Kähönen, Olli T. Raitakari, Vera Mikkilä, M. Arfan Ikram, Naveed Sattar, J. Wouter Jukema, Nicholas J. Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, Nita G. Forouhi, Thomas E. Gundersen, Kay‐Tee Khaw, Adam S. Butterworth, John Danesh, Timothy D. Spector and 4 more - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 403

  19. Investigating the Causal Relationship of C-Reactive Protein with 32 Complex Somatic and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Large-Scale Cross-Consortium Mendelian Randomization Study

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Hugh S. Markus, James T. Elder, Jo Knight, Dan E. Arking, Timothy D. Spector, Bobby P. C. Koeleman, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Javier Martı́n, Andrew P. Morris, Rinse K. Weersma, Cisca Wijmenga, Patricia B. Munroe, John R. B. Perry, Jennie G. Pouget, Yalda Jamshidi, Harold Snieder, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh - PLoS Medicine 2016 cited by 206

  20. Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Myles Wolf, Kenneth Rice, David Goltzman, Nick Hidiroglou, Martin Ladouceur, Nicholas J. Wareham, Lynne J. Hocking, Deborah Hart, Nigel Arden, Cyrus Cooper, Suneil Malik, William D. Fraser, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Guangju Zhai, Helen M. Macdonald, Nita G. Forouhi, Ruth J. F. Loos, David M. Reid, Alan J. Hakim, Elaine Dennison, Ching‐Ti Liu, Chris Power, Helen E. Stevens, Laitinen Jaana, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Nicole Soranzo, Jörg Bojunga, Bruce M. Psaty, Mattias Lorentzon, Tatiana Foroud, Tamara B. Harris, Albert Hofman, John-Olov Jansson, Jane A. Cauley, André G. Uitterlinden, Quince Gibson, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, David Karasik, David S. Siscovick, Michael J. Econs, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, José C. Florez, John A. Todd, Josée Dupuis, Elina Hyppönen, Timothy D. Spector - The Lancet 2010 cited by 1,542

  21. The human gut and groundwater harbor non-photosynthetic bacteria belonging to a new candidate phylum sibling to Cyanobacteria

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , - eLife 2013 cited by 429

  22. Diet quality and risk and severity of COVID-19: a prospective cohort study

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Gut 2021 cited by 209

  23. Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Fabiola Del Greco M, Luisa Foco, Martin Gögele, Andrew A. Hicks, James P. Cook, Lars Lind, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Johan Sundström, Christopher P. Nelson, Muhammad Riaz, Nilesh J. Samani, Gianfranco Sinagra, Sheila Ulivi, Mika Kähönen, Pashupati P. Mishra, Nina Mononen, Kjell Nikus, Mark J. Caulfield, Anna F. Dominiczak, Sandosh Padmanabhan, May E. Montasser, Jeff O’Connell, Kathleen A. Ryan, Alan R. Shuldiner, Stefanie Aeschbacher, David Conen, Lorenz Risch, Sébastien Thériault, Nina Hutri‐Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen, Olli T. Raitakari, Catriona L. K. Barnes, Harry Campbell, Peter K. Joshi, James F. Wilson, Aaron Isaacs, Jan A. Kors, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Paul L. Huang, Vilmundur Guðnason, Tamara B. Harris, Lenore J. Launer, Albert V. Smith, Erwin P. Böttinger, Ruth J. F. Loos, Girish N. Nadkarni, Michael Preuß, Adolfo Correa, Hao Mei, James G. Wilson, Thomas Meitinger, Martina Müller‐Nurasyid, Annette Peters, Mélanie Waldenberger, Massimo Mangino, Timothy D. Spector, Michiel Rienstra, Yordi J. van de Vegte, Pim van der Harst, Niek Verweij, Stefan Kääb, Katharina Schramm, Moritz F. Sinner, Konstantin Strauch, Michael J. Cutler, Diane Fatkin, Barry London, Morten S. Olesen, Dan M. Roden and 87 more - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 111

  24. Genome-wide association study identifies loci influencing concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Larry D. Atwood, Ingrid B. Borecki, Morris J Brown, Pimphen Charoen, Francesco Cucca, Debashish Das, Eco J. C. de Geus, Anna Dixon, Angela Döring, Georg Ehret, Guðmundur I. Eyjólfsson, Martin Farrall, Nita G. Forouhi, Nele Friedrich, Wolfram Goessling, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Tamara B. Harris, Anna‐Liisa Hartikainen, Simon Heath, Gideon M. Hirschfield, Albert Hofman, Georg Homuth, Elina Hyppönen, Harry L.A. Janssen, Toby Johnson, Antti J. Kangas, Ido P. Kema, Jens‐Peter Kühn, Sandra Lai, Mark Lathrop, Markus M. Lerch, Yun Li, T. Jake Liang, Jing‐Ping Lin, Ruth J. F. Loos, Nicholas G. Martin, Miriam F. Moffatt, Grant W. Montgomery, Patricia B. Munroe, Kiran Musunuru, Yusuke Nakamura, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Isleifur Olafsson, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Anneli Pouta, Bram P. Prins, Inga Prokopenko, Ralf Puls, Aimo Ruokonen, Markku J. Savolainen, David Schlessinger, Jeoffrey Schouten, Udo Seedorf, Srijita Sen‐Chowdhry, Katherine A. Siminovitch, Johannes H. Smit, Timothy D Spector, Wenting Tan, Tanya M. Teslovich, Taru Tukiainen, André G. Uitterlinden, Melanie M. van der Klauw, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Chris Wallace, Henri Wallaschofski, H‐Erich Wichmann, Gonneke Willemsen, Peter Würtz, Chun Xu and 37 more - Nature Genetics 2011 cited by 595