Professor Tim Spector Professor Tim Spector Academics Supervisors Professor of Genetic Epidemiology Head of Department, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology. Contact details tim.spector@kcl.ac.uk
Impacts of dietary exposure to pesticides on faecal microbiome metabolism in adult twins Mesnage, R., Bowyer, R. C. E., El Balkhi, S., Saint-Marcoux, F., Gardere, A., Ducarmon, Q. R., Geelen, A. R., Zwittink, R. D., Tsoukalas, D., Sarandi, E., Paramera, E. I., Spector, T., Steves, C. J. & Antoniou, M. N., Dec 2022, In: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. 21, 1, 46. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-022-00860-0 Self-reported COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake among participants from different racial and ethnic groups in the United States and United Kingdom COPE Consortium, Dec 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, p. 636 1 p., 636. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28200-3 Yoghurt consumption is associated with changes in the composition of the human gut microbiome and metabolome Le Roy, C. I., Kurilshikov, A., Leeming, E. R., Visconti, A., Bowyer, R. C. E., Menni, C., Falchi, M., Koutnikova, H., Veiga, P., Zhernakova, A., Derrien, M. & Spector, T. D., Dec 2022, In: BMC Microbiology. 22, 1, p. 39 1 p., 39. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02364-2 RELATION OF PULSE WAVE VELOCITY TO CONTEMPORANEOUS AND HISTORICAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN FEMALE TWINS: Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure Keehn, L., Mangino, M., Spector, T., Chowienczyk, P. & Cecelja, M., 21 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hypertension. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review Concordance of B- and T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection, irrespective of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 Österdahl, M. F., Christakou, E., Hart, D., Harris, F., Shahrabi, Y., Pollock, E., Wadud, M., Spector, T. D., Brown, M. A., Seow, J., Malim, M. H., Steves, C. J., Doores, K. J., Duncan, E. L. & Tree, T., Nov 2022, In: Journal of Medical Virology. 94, 11, p. 5217-5224 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.28016 Postprandial Responses to a Standardised Meal in Hypertension: The Mediatory Role of Visceral Fat Mass Louca, B., Berry, S., Bermingham, K., Franks, P. W., Wolf, J., Spector, T., Valdes, A. M., Chowienczyk, P. & Menni, C., Nov 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 21, p. 4499 4499. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14214499 Machine learning integration of multimodal data identifies key features of blood pressure regulation Louca, B., Tran, T., du Toit, C., Christofidou, P., Spector, T., Massimo, M., Suhre, K., Padmanabhan, S. & Menni, C., Oct 2022, In: EBioMedicine. 84, p. 104243 104243. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104243 Circulating inflammatory proteins associate with response to immune checkpoint inhibition therapy in patients with advanced melanoma Rossi, N., Lee, K. A., Bermudez, M. V., Visconti, A., Thomas, A. M., Bolte, L. A., Björk, J. R., de Ruijter, L. K., Newton-Bishop, J., Harland, M., Shaw, H. M., Harries, M., Sacco, J., Board, R., Lorigan, P., de Vries, E. G. E., Segata, N., Taams, L., Papa, S., Spector, T. D., & 6 othersNathan, P., Weersma, R. K., Hospers, G. A. P., Fehrmann, R. S. N., Bataille, V. & Falchi, M., Sep 2022, In: EBioMedicine. 83, p. 104235 104235. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104235 Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention LifeLines Cohort Study, Sep 2022, In: Nature genetics. 54, 9, p. 1332-1344 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01165-1 Pulmonary Function and Blood DNA Methylation A Multiancestry Epigenome-Wide Association Meta-analysis Lee, M., Huan, T., McCartney, D. L., Chittoor, G., de Vries, M., Lahousse, L., Nguyen, J. N., Brody, J. A., Castillo-Fernandez, J., Terzikhan, N., Qi, C., Joehanes, R., Min, J. L., Smilnak, G. J., Shaw, J. R., Yang, C. X., Colicino, E., Hoang, T. T., Bermingham, M. L., Xu, H., & 42 othersJustice, A. E., Xu, C. J., Rich, S. S., Cox, S. R., Vonk, J. M., Prokic, I., Sotoodehnia, N., Tsai, P. C., Schwartz, J. D., Leung, J. M., Sikdar, S., Walker, R. M., Harris, S. E., van der Plaat, D. A., Van Den Berg, D. J., Bartz, T. M., Spector, T. D., Vokonas, P. S., Marioni, R. E., Taylor, A. M., Liu, Y., Barr, R. G., Lange, L. A., Baccarelli, A. A., Obeidat, M., Fornage, M., Wang, T., Ward, J. M., Motsinger-Reif, A. A., Hemani, G., Koppelman, G. H., Bell, J. T., Gharib, S. A., Brusselle, G., Boezen, H. M., North, K. E., Levy, D., Evans, K. L., Dupuis, J., Breeze, C. E., Manichaikul, A. & London, S. J., 1 Aug 2022, In: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 206, 3, p. 321-336 16 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202108-1907OC View all publications
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