Laboratory for Genetic Epidemiology


http://www.genepi.org.au

Our Publications

2007 Peer Reviewed Papers

  1. Huang RC, Burke V, Newnham JP, Stanley FJ, Kendall GE, Landau LI, Oddy WH, Blake KV, Palmer LJ, Beilin LJ. 2007. Perinatal and childhood origins of cardiovascular disease. International Journal of Obesity 31(2):236-44. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. Golledge J, Muller J, Shephard N, Clancy P, Smallwood L, Moran C, Dear AE, Palmer LJ, Norman PE. 2007. Association between osteopontin and human abdominal aortic aneurysm. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 27(3):655-60. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  3. McCaskie PA, Beilby JP, Chapman CM, Hung J, McQuillan BM, Thompson PL, Palmer LJ. 2007. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene haplotypes, plasma high-density lipoprotein levels and the risk of coronary heart disease. Human Genetics 121(3-4):401-11. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  4. Gallego PH, Shephard N, Bulsara MK, van Bockxmeer FM, Powell BL, Beilby JP, Arscott G, Le Page M, Palmer LJ, Davis EA, Jones TW, Choong CSY. 2007. Angiotensinogen gene T235 variant: a marker for the development of persistent microalbuminuria in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications (in press).
  5. Carter KW, Pluzhnikov A, Timms AE, Miceli-Richard C, Bourgain C, Wordsworth BP, Jean-Pierre H, Cox NJ, Palmer LJ, Breban M, Reveille JD, Brown MA. 2007. Combined analysis of three whole genome linkage scans for Ankylosing Spondylitis. Rheumatology 46(5):763-71. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  6. Bulsara MK, Holman CD, van Bockxmeer FM, Davis EA, Gallego PH, Beilby JP, Palmer LJ, Choong C, Jones TW. 2007. The relationship between ACE genotype and risk of severe hypoglycaemia in a large population-based cohort of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 50(5):965-71. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  7. Clarke GM, Carter KW, Palmer LJ, Morris AP, Cardon LR. 2007. Fine mapping versus replication in whole-genome association studies. American Journal of Human Genetics 81(5):995-1005. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  8. NCI-NHGRI Working Group on Replication in Association Studies, Chanock SJ, Manolio T, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Hunter DJ, Thomas G, Hirschhorn JN, Abecasis G, Altshuler D, Bailey-Wilson JE, Brooks LD, Cardon LR, Daly M, Donnelly P, Fraumeni JF Jr, Freimer NB, Gerhard DS, Gunter C, Guttmacher AE, Guyer MS, Harris EL, Hoh J, Hoover R, Kong CA, Merikangas KR, Morton CC, Palmer LJ, Phimister EG, Rice JP, Roberts J, Rotimi C, Tucker MA, Vogan KJ, Wacholder S, Wijsman EM, Winn DM, Collins FS. 2007. Replicating genotype-phenotype associations. Nature 447(7145):655-60. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  9. Saunders CL, Chiodini BD, Sham P, Lewis CM, Abkevich V, Adeyemo AA, de Andrade M, Arya R, Berenson GS, Blangero J, Boehnke M, Borecki IB, Chagnon YC, Chen W, Comuzzie AG, Deng HW, Duggirala R, Feitosa MF, Froguel P, Hanson RL, Hebebrand J, Huezo-Dias P, Kissebah AH, Li W, Luke A, Martin LJ, Nash M, Ohman M, Palmer LJ, Peltonen L, Perola M, Price RA, Redline S, Srinivasan SR, Stern MP, Stone S, Stringham H, Turner S, Wijmenga C, A Collier D. 2007. Meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies in BMI and obesity. Obesity 15(9):2263-75. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  10. Moroz P, Le MT, Norman PE. 2007. Homocysteine and abdominal aortic aneurysms. ANZ Journal of Surgery 77(5):329-32. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  11. Pierce R, White D, Malhotra A, Edwards JK, Kleverlaan D, Palmer L, Trinder J. 2007. Upper airway collapsibility, dilator muscle activation and resistance in sleep apnoea. The European Respiratory Journal 30(2):345-53. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  12. Glasson EJ, de Klerk NH, Bass AJ, Rosman DL, Palmer LJ, Holman CDJ. 2007. The Western Australian Geneological Database: Connecting Families Using Data Linkage. International Journal of Epidemiology (in press).
  13. Smallwood L, Allcock R, van Bockxmeer F, Warrington N, Palmer LJ, Iacopetta B, Norman PE. 2007. Polymorphisms of the interleukin-6 gene promoter and abdominal aortic aneurysm. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 35(1):31-6. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

2006 Peer Reviewed Papers

  1. Carter KW, McCaskie PA, Palmer LJ. 2006. JLIN: a java based linkage disequilibrium plotter. BMC Bioinformatics 7:60. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. Willwerth BM, Schaub B, Tantisira KG, Gold DR, Palmer LJ, Litonjua AA, Perkins DL, Schroeter C, Gibbons FK, Gillman MW, Weiss ST, Finn PW. 2006. Prenatal, perinatal, and heritable influences on cord blood immune responses. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 96(3):445-53. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  3. Kim SH, Oh JM, Kim YS, Palmer LJ, Suh CH, Nahm DH, Park HS. 2006. Cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1 promoter polymorphism is associated with aspirin-intolerant asthma in males. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 36(4):433-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  4. Gold DR, Willwerth BM, Tantisira KG, Finn PW, Schaub B, Perkins DL, Tzianabos A, Ly NP, Schroeter C, Gibbons F, Campos H, Oken E, Gillman MW, Palmer LJ, Ryan LM, Weiss ST. 2006. Associations of cord blood fatty acids with lymphocyte proliferation, IL-13, and IFN-gamma. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 117(4):931-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  5. Schaeffer L, Gohlke H, Muller M, Heid IM, Palmer LJ, Kompauer I, Demmelmair H, Illig T, Koletzko B, Heinrich J. 2006. Common genetic variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster and their reconstructed haplotypes are associated with the fatty acid composition in phospholipids. Human Molecular Genetics 15(11):1745-56. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  6. Hui J, Palmer LJ, James AL, Musk AW, Beilby JP. 2006. AluyMICB dimorphism within the class I region of the major histocompatibility complex is associated with asthma and airflow obstruction in the Busselton population. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 36(6):728-34. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  7. McCaskie PA, Cadby G, Hung J, McQuillan BM, Chapman CM, Carter KW, Thompson PL, Palmer LJ, Beilby JP. 2006. The C-480T hepatic lipase polymorphism is associated with HDL-C but not with risk of coronary heart disease. Clinical Genetics 70(2):114-21. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  8. Lee JD, Palmer LJ. 2006. The Western Australian Twin Register: a population-based register of adult and child multiples. Twin Research and Human Genetics 9(6):712-7. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  9. Meuleners LB, Harding A, Lee AH, Legge M. 2006. Fragility and crash over-representation among older drivers in Western Australia. Accident Analysis and Prevention 38(5):1006-10. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  10. Meuleners LB, Lee AH, Cercarelli LR, Legge M. 2006. Estimating crashes involving heavy vehicles in Western Australia, 1999-2000: a capture-recapture method. Accident Analysis and Prevention 38(1):170-4. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

2005 Peer Reviewed Papers

  1. Carter KW, McCaskie PA, Palmer LJ. 2005. Genome-wide linkage and association mapping of disease genes with the GAW14 simulated datasets. BMC Genetics 6 Suppl 1:S41. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. McCaskie PA, Carter KW, McCaskie SR, Palmer LJ. 2005. The effect of missing data on linkage disequilibrium mapping and haplotype association analysis in the GAW14 simulated datasets. BMC Genetics 6 Suppl 1:S151. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  3. Timpson NJ, Lawlor DA, Harbord RM, Gaunt TR, Day IN, Palmer LJ, Hattersley AT, Ebrahim S, Lowe GD, Rumley A, Davey Smith G. 2005. C-reactive protein and its role in metabolic syndrome: mendelian randomisation study. The Lancet 366(9501):1954-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  4. Davey Smith G, Ebrahim S, Lewis S, Hansell AL, Palmer LJ, Burton PR. 2005. Genetic epidemiology and public health: hope, hype, and future prospects. The Lancet 366(9495):1484-98. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  5. Burton PR, Scurrah KJ, Tobin MD, Palmer LJ. 2005. Covariance components models for longitudinal family data. International Journal of Epidemiology 34(5):1063-77. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  6. Palmer LJ, Cardon LR. 2005. Shaking the tree: mapping complex disease genes with linkage disequilibrium. The Lancet 366(9492):1223-34. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  7. Bollerslev J, Wilson SG, Dick IM, Islam FM, Ueland T, Palmer L, Devine A, Prince RL. 2005. LRP5 gene polymorphisms predict bone mass and incident fractures in elderly Australian women. Bone 36(4):599-606. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  8. Levy BD, Bonnans C, Silverman ES, Palmer LJ, Marigowda G, Israel E. 2005. Diminished lipoxin biosynthesis in severe asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 172(7):824-30. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  9. Mukherjee S, Rodrigues E, Aeschliman DB, Houk RS, Palmer LJ, Woodin MA, Weker R, Christiani DC. 2005. Urinary metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in boilermakers exposed to metal fume and residual oil fly ash. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 47(6):484-93. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  10. Turner SW, Palmer LJ, Gibson NA, Rye PJ, Goldblatt J, Landau LI, Le Souef PN. 2005. The effect of age on the relationship between birth order and immunoglobulin E sensitization. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 35(5):630-4. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  11. Turner SW, Palmer LJ, Rye PJ, Gibson NA, Young S, Goldblatt J, Landau LI, Le Souef PN. 2005. Determinants of airway responsiveness to histamine in children. European Respiratory Journal 25(3):462-7. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  12. Leonard H, Petterson B, De Klerk N, Zubrick SR, Glasson E, Sanders R, Bower C. 2005. Association of sociodemographic characteristics of children with intellectual disability in Western Australia. Social Science and Medicine 60(7):1499-513. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  13. Williams K, Glasson EJ, Wray J, Tuck M, Helmer M, Bower CI, Mellis CM. 2005. Incidence of autism spectrum disorders in children in two Australian states. Medical Journal of Australia 182(3):108-11. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  14. James AL, Palmer LJ, Kicic E, Maxwell PS, Lagan SE, Ryan GF, Musk AW. 2005. Decline in lung function in the Busselton Health Study: the effects of asthma and cigarette smoking. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 171(2):109-14. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  15. Larkin EK, Elston RC, Patel SR, Tishler PV, Palmer LJ, Jenny NS, Redline S. 2005. Linkage of serum leptin levels in families with sleep apnea. International Journal of Obesity 29(3):260-7. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  16. Beilby JP, Chapman CM, Palmer LJ, McQuillan BM, Thompson PL, Hung J. 2005. Stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) gene 5A/6A promoter polymorphism is associated with blood pressure in a community population. Journal of Hypertension 23(3):537-42. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  17. Meuleners LB, Lee AH, Legge M, Cercarelli LR. 2005. Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 16(1):37-40. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  18. Burton PR, Scurrah KJ, Tobin MD, Palmer LJ. 2005. Covariance components models for longitudinal family data. International Journal of Epidemiology 34(5):1063-77. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  19. Flicker L, Almeida OP, Acres J, Le MT, Tuohy RJ, Jamrozik K, Hankey G, Norman P. 2005. Predictors of impaired cognitive function in men over the age of 80 years: results from the Health in Men Study. Age and Ageing 34(1):77-80. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

2004 Peer Reviewed Papers

  1. Oguma T, Palmer LJ, Birben E, Sonna LA, Asano K, Lilly CM. 2004. Role of prostanoid DP receptor variants in susceptibility to asthma. New England Journal of Medicine 351(17):1752-63. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. Tantisira K, Klimecki WT, Lazarus R, Palmer LJ, Raby BA, Kwiatkowski DJ, Silverman E, Vercelli D, Martinez FD, Weiss ST. 2004. Toll-like receptor 6 gene (TLR6): single-nucleotide polymorphism frequencies and preliminary association with the diagnosis of asthma. Genes and Immunity 5(5):343-6. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  3. Whitsett JA, Bachurski CJ, Barnes KC, Bunn PA Jr, Case LM, Cook DN, Crooks D, Duncan MW, Dwyer-Nield L, Elston RC, Fessler MB, Franklin WA, Friedman N, Garcia JG, Geraci MW, Glasgow C, Glasser SW, Hardie WD, Henning LM, Johnson GL, Kawkitinarong K, Keith RL, Korfhagen TR, Leikauf GD, Liggett SB, Malcolm KC, Malkinson AM, Mariani TJ, McDowell SA, McGraw DW, Medvedovic M, Moss J, Nogee LM, Nonas S, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Palmer LJ, Peters DG, Prows DR, Redline S, Regev A, Sartor MA, Schwartz DA, Silverman EK, Steagall WK, Stearman RS, Taveira-DaSilva A, Tichelaar JW, Tomlinson CR, Tsukada K, Weaver TE, Wert SE, Wesselkamper SC, Worthen GS, Xu Y, Zerbe L, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Choi AM, Kaminski N. 2004. Functional genomics of lung disease. Second annual Pittsburgh International Lung Conference, October 2003. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 31(2 Suppl):S1-81. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  4. Hendrie D, Hall SE, Arena G, Legge M. 2004. Health system costs of falls of older adults in Western Australia. Australian Health Review 28(3):363-73. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  5. Bittles AH, Glasson EJ. 2004. Clinical, social, and ethical implications of changing life expectancy in Down syndrome. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 46(4):282-6. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  6. Glasson EJ, Bower C, Petterson B, de Klerk N, Chaney G, Hallmayer JF. 2004. Perinatal factors and the development of autism: a population study. Archives of General Psychiatry 61(6):618-27. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  7. Silverman ES, Palmer LJ, Subramaniam V, Hallock A, Mathew S, Vallone J, Faffe DS, Shikanai T, Raby BA, Weiss ST, Shore SA. 2004. Transforming growth factor-beta1 promoter polymorphism C-509T is associated with asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 169(2):214-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  8. Mukherjee S, Palmer LJ, Kim JY, Aeschliman DB, Houk RS, Woodin MA, Christiani DC. 2004. Smoking status and occupational exposure affects oxidative DNA injury in boilermakers exposed to metal fume and residual oil fly ash. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 13(3):454-60. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  9. Patel SR, Palmer LJ, Larkin EK, Jenny NS, White DP, Redline S. 2004. Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and diurnal leptin rhythms. Sleep 27(2):235-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  10. Hui J, Oka A, Tomizawa M, Tay GK, Kulski JK, Penhale WJ, Iaschi SP, Makino S, Tamiya G, Inoko H. 2004. Identification of two new C4 alleles by DNA sequencing and evidence for a historical recombination of serologically defined C4A and C4B alleles. Tissue Antigens 63(3):263-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  11. Iaschi SPA, Hui J, Chong FN, Strange A, Strange M, Bencini R, Tay GK. 2004. Comparison of the milk quality of the South African Boer and Australian range land goats. Small Ruminant Research 53:181-184.
  12. Turner SW, Palmer LJ, Rye PJ, Gibson NA, Judge PK, Cox M, Young S, Goldblatt J, Landau LI, Le Souef PN. 2004. The relationship between infant airway function, childhood airway responsiveness, and asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 169(8):921-7. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  13. Palmer LJ, Buxbaum SG, Larkin EK, Patel SR, Elston RC, Tishler PV, Redline S. 2004. Whole genome scan for obstructive sleep apnea and obesity in African-American families. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 169(12):1314-21. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  14. Tantisira KG, Lake S, Silverman ES, Palmer LJ, Lazarus R, Silverman EK, Liggett SB, Gelfand EW, Rosenwasser LJ, Richter B, Israel E, Wechsler M, Gabriel S, Altshuler D, Lander E, Drazen J, Weiss ST. 2004. Corticosteroid pharmacogenetics: association of sequence variants in CRHR1 with improved lung function in asthmatics treated with inhaled corticosteroids. Human Molecular Genetics 13(13):1353-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  15. Turner SW, Khoo SK, Laing IA, Palmer LJ, Gibson NA, Rye P, Landau LI, Goldblatt J, Le Souef PN. 2004. beta2 adrenoceptor Arg16Gly polymorphism, airway responsiveness, lung function and asthma in infants and children. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 34(7):1043-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  16. Celedon JC, Lange C, Raby BA, Litonjua AA, Palmer LJ, DeMeo DL, Reilly JJ, Kwiatkowski DJ, Chapman HA, Laird N, Sylvia JS, Hernandez M, Speizer FE, Weiss ST, Silverman EK. 2004. The transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFB1) gene is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Human Molecular Genetics 13(15):1649-56. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  17. Palmer LJ, Valinsky L, Pikora T, Landau LI. 2004. Do regular check ups and preventive drug use reduce asthma severity in school children? Australian Family Physician 33(7):573-6. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  18. Schroeter CH, Schaub B, Gold DR, Contreras PJ, Manrique O, Gillman MW, Weiss S, Palmer LJ, Perkins D, Finn PW. 2004. Nuclear factor kappa B activation in human cord blood mononuclear cells. Pediatric Research 56(2):212-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  19. Tay GK, Iaschi SPA, Bellinge RHS, Chong FN, Hui J. 2004. The development of a sequence based typing of myostatin (GDF8) to identify the double muscling phenotype in the goat. Small Ruminant Research 52:1-12.
  20. Morar B, Gresham D, Angelicheva D, Tournev I, Gooding R, Guergueltcheva V, Schmidt C, Abicht A, Lochmuller H, Tordai A, Kalmar L, Nagy M, Karcagi V, Jeanpierre M, Herczegfalvi A, Beeson D, Viswanathan V, Carter KW, Reeve J, de Pablo R, Kuncinskas V, Kalaydjieva L. 2004. Mutation History of the Roma/Gypsies. American Journal of Human Genetics 75(4):596-609. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  21. Burke V, Beilin LJ, Blake KV, Doherty D, Kendall GE, Newnham JP, Landau LI, Stanley FJ. 2004. Indicators of fetal growth do not independently predict blood pressure in 8-year-old Australians: a prospective cohort study. Hypertension 43(2):208-13. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  22. Newnham JP, Doherty DA, Kendall GE, Zubrick SR, Landau LL, Stanley FJ. 2004. Effects of repeated prenatal ultrasound examinations on childhood outcome up to 8 years of age: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 364(9450):2038-44. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  23. Turner SW, Khoo SK, Laing IA, Palmer LJ, Gibson NA, Rye P, Landau LI, Goldblatt J, Le Souef PN. 2004. beta2 adrenoceptor Arg16Gly polymorphism, airway responsiveness, lung function and asthma in infants and children. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 34(7):1043-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  24. Oddy WH, Sherriff JL, de Klerk NH, Kendall GE, Sly PD, Beilin LJ, Blake KB, Landau LI, Stanley FJ. 2004. The relation of breastfeeding and body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: a prospective cohort study to age 6 years. American Journal of Public Health 94(9):1531-7. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  25. Hinwood AL, de Klerk N, Rodriguez C, Runion T, Jacoby P, Landau LI, Murray F, Feldwick M, Spickett J. 2004. Changes in daily air pollution and mortality in Perth: A case crossover study. Environmental Health 4:13-23.
  26. Hansen J, Alessandri PT, Croft ML, Burton PR, de Klerk NH. 2004. The Western Australian Register of Childhood Multiples: effects of questionnaire design and follow-up protocol on response rates and representativeness. Twin Research 7(2):149-61. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  27. Norman PE, Jamrozik K, Lawrence-Brown MM, Le MT, Spencer CA, Tuohy RJ, Parsons RW, Dickinson JA. 2004. Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm. BMJ 329(7477):1259. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  28. Norman P, Le M, Pearce C, Jamrozik K. 2004. Infrarenal aortic diameter predicts all-cause mortality. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 24(7):1278-82. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  29. Hankey GJ, Eikelboom JW, Loh K, Yi Q, Pizzi J, Tang M, Hickling S, Le M, Klijn CJ, Dusitanond P, van Bockxmeer F, Gelavis A, Baker R, Jamrozik K. 2004. Is there really a power shortage in clinical trials testing the "homocysteine hypothesis?". Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 24(8):e147. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

2003 Peer Reviewed Papers

  1. Palmer LJ, Buxbaum SG, Larkin E, Patel SR, Elston RC, Tishler PV, Redline S. 2003. A whole-genome scan for obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. American Journal of Human Genetics 72(2):340-50. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. Grasemann H, Storm van's Gravesande K, Buscher R, Knauer N, Silverman ES, Palmer LJ, Drazen JM, Ratjen F. 2003. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase variants in cystic fibrosis lung disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 167(3):390-4. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  3. Lazarus R, Klimecki WT, Raby BA, Vercelli D, Palmer LJ, Kwiatkowski DJ, Silverman EK, Martinez F, Weiss ST. 2003. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the Toll-like receptor 9 gene (TLR9): frequencies, pairwise linkage disequilibrium, and haplotypes in three U.S. ethnic groups and exploratory case-control disease association studies. Genomics 81(1):85-91. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  4. Cardon LR, Palmer LJ. 2003. Population stratification and spurious allelic association. The Lancet 361(9357):598-604. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  5. Beilby JP, Hunt CC, Palmer LJ, Chapman CM, Burley JP, McQuillan BM, Thompson PL, Hung J. 2003. Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms are associated with carotid plaque formation but not with intima-media wall thickening: results from the Perth Carotid Ultrasound Disease Assessment Study (CUDAS). Stroke 34(4):869-74. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  6. Palmer LJ, Celedon JC, Chapman HA, Speizer FE, Weiss ST, Silverman EK. 2003. Genome-wide linkage analysis of bronchodilator responsiveness and post-bronchodilator spirometric phenotypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Human Molecular Genetics 12(10):1199-210. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  7. Storm van's Gravesande K, Wechsler ME, Grasemann H, Silverman ES, Le L, Palmer LJ, Drazen JM. 2003. Association of a missense mutation in the NOS3 gene with exhaled nitric oxide levels. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 168(2):228-31. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  8. Chapman CM, Beilby JP, Humphries SE, Palmer LJ, Thompson PL, Hung J. 2003. Association of an allelic variant of interleukin-6 with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in an Australian community population. European Heart Journal 24(16):1494-9. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  9. Tian W, Boggs DA, Uko G, Essiet A, Inyama M, Banjoko B, Adewole T, Ding WZ, Mohseni M, Fritz R, Chen DF, Palmer LJ, Fraser PA. 2003. MICA, HLA-B haplotypic variation in five population groups of sub-Saharan African ancestry. Genes and Immunity 4(7):500-5. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  10. Almasy L, Amos C, Bailey-Wilson J, Cantor R, Jaquish C, Martinez M, Neuman R, Olson J, Palmer L, Rich S, et al. 2003. Proceedings of the Genetic Analysis Workshop 13: analysis of longitudinal family data for complex diseases and related risk factors. November 11-14, 2002. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. BMC Genetics 4 Suppl 1:S1-106. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  11. Patel SR, Celedon JC, Weiss ST, Palmer LJ. 2003. Lack of reproducibility of linkage results in serially measured blood pressure data. BMC Genetics 4 Suppl 1:S37. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  12. Palmer LJ, Scurrah KJ, Tobin M, Patel SR, Celedon JC, Burton PR, Weiss ST. 2003. Genome-wide linkage analysis of longitudinal phenotypes using sigma2A random effects (SSARs) fitted by Gibbs sampling. BMC Genetics 4 Suppl 1:S12. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  13. Fry MJ, Cartwright DW, Huang RC, Davies MW. 2003. Preterm birth a long distance from home and its significant social and financial stress. Australian New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 43(4):317-21. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  14. Carter K, Bellgard M. 2003. MASV--Multiple (BLAST) Annotation System Viewer. Bioinformatics 19(17):2313-5. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  15. Stevenson M, D'Alessandro P, Bourke J, Legge M, Lee AH. 2003. A cohort study of drink-driving motor vehicle crashes and alcohol-related diseases. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 27(3):328-32. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  16. Oka A, Hayashi H, Tomizawa M, Okamoto K, Suyun L, Hui J, Kulski JK, Beilby J, Tamiya G, Inoko H. 2003. Localization of a non-melanoma skin cancer susceptibility region within the major histocompatibility complex by association analysis using microsatellite markers. Tissue Antigens 61(3):203-10. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  17. Glasson EJ, Sullivan SG, Hussain R, Petterson BA, Montgomery PD, Bittles AH. 2003. Comparative survival advantage of males with Down syndrome. American Journal of Human Biology 15(2):192-5. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  18. Bittles AH, Glasson EJ, Sullivan SG, Hussain R. 2003. Changing patterns of lifestyle and life expectancy in people with intellectual disability. Medicinskaya Genetika 2:83-8.
  19. Sullivan SG, Glasson EJ, Hussain R, Petterson BA, Slack-Smith LM, Montgomery PD, Bittles AH. 2003. Breast cancer and the uptake of mammography screening services by women with intellectual disabilities. Preventive Medicine 37(5):507-12. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  20. Palmer LJ, Redline S. 2003. Genomic approaches to understanding obstructive sleep apnea. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 135(2-3):187-205. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  21. Oddy WH, Sly PD, de Klerk NH, Landau LI, Kendall GE, Holt PG, Stanley FJ. 2003. Breast feeding and respiratory morbidity in infancy: a birth cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 88(3):224-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  22. Oddy WH, Kendall GE, Blair E, De Klerk NH, Stanley FJ, Landau LI, Silburn S, Zubrick S. 2003. Breast feeding and cognitive development in childhood: a prospective birth cohort study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 17(1):81-90. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

Books

  1. Elston RC, Olson JM, Palmer LJ. 2002. Biostatistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons 831 p. [Amazon Paperback]
  2. Davey-Smith G, Burton PR, Palmer LJ. 2007. An introduction to genetic epidemiology. Bristol, UK: Policy Press 224 p. [Policy Press], [Amazon Hardcover], [Amazon Paperback]
  3. Davey-Smith G, Ebrahim S, Lewis SJ, Palmer LJ. 2007. Mendelian Randomization - how genetic epidemiology can contribute to understanding the determinants of population health. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (in press).

Book Chapters

  1. Fallin D, Palmer LJ. 2005. Parental effects. In: Armitage P, Colton T, editors. Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, 2nd Edition. London: Wiley.
  2. Palmer LJ. 2005. Human Genome Project. In: Armitage P, Colton T, editors. Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, 2nd Edition. London: Wiley.
  3. Mamotte C, Christiansen F, Palmer LJ. 2005. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs): Technologies and applications. In: Walker JM, Rapley R, editors. Medical BioMethods Handbook. Totowa: Humana Press.
  4. Silverman ES, Hjoberg J, Palmer LJ, Tantisira K, Weiss ST, Drazen JM. 2003. Application of pharmacogenetics to the therapeutics of asthma. In: Eissa NT, Huston D, editors. Therapeutic Targets of Airway Inflammation. New York: Marcel Dekker. Volume 177 p 823-838.

Review Articles

  1. Palmer LJ, Redline S. 2003. Genomic approaches to understanding obstructive sleep apnea. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 135(2-3):187-205. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. Lilly CM, Palmer LJ. 2005. The role of prostaglandin D receptor gene in asthma pathogenesis. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 33(3):224-6. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

Edited Conference Proceedings

  1. Almasy L, Amos CI, Bailey-Wilson JE, Cantor RM, Jaquish CE, Martinez M, Neuman RJ, Olson JM, Palmer LJ, Rich SS, Spence MA, MacCluer JW, editors. 2003. Proceedings of the Genetic Analysis Workshop 13: analysis of longitudinal family data for complex diseases and related risk factors. November 11-14, 2002. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. BMC Genetics 4 Suppl 1:S1-106. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

Invited Editorial / Commentary

  1. Palmer LJ. 2003. Loosening the cuff: important new advances in modeling antihypertensive treatment effects in genetic studies of hypertension. Hypertension 41(2):197-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  2. Palmer LJ. 2004. The New Epidemiology: putting the pieces together in complex disease aetiology. International Journal of Epidemiology 33(5):925-8. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  3. Smith GD, Gwinn M, Ebrahim S, Palmer LJ, Khoury MJ. 2006. Make it HuGE: human genome epidemiology reviews, population health, and the IJE. International Journal of Epidemiology 35(3):507-10. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
  4. Palmer LJ. 2007. UK Biobank: bank on it. Lancet 369(9578):1980-2. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

Letters to the Editor

  1. Palmer LJ, Buxbaum SG, Larkin EK, Patel SR, Elston RC, Tishler PV, Redline S. 2004. Linkage to apnea-hypopnea index across the life-span: is this a viable strategy? American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 170(11):1260-1. [NCBI PubMed Entry - author reply in Full Text PDF only]
  2. Scurrah K, Gurrin L, Palmer L, Burton P. 2005. Estimation of genetic and environmental factors for binary traits using family data. Statistics in Medicine 24(10):1613-7. [NCBI PubMed Entry]

Software

  1. Carter KW, McCaskie PA, Palmer LJ. 2004. JLIN: a java based linkage disequilibrium plotter. [www.genepi.org.au/jlin/]. Version 1.0 published online 25th June 2004. Last update: Version 1.5.2 released March 2006.
  2. Carter KW, Palmer LJ. 2004. JLGraph: java linkage plotter. [www.genepi.org.au/jlgraph/]. Version 1.0 published online 25th June 2004.
  3. McCaskie PA, Carter KW, Palmer LJ, Hazelton M. 2005. SimHap: A comprehensive modeling framework and simulation-based approach to haplotype analysis for opulation data. [www.genepi.org.au/simhap/]. Version 1.0 published online 25th February 2005. Last update: Version Beta 2.1.1 released March 2006.