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William Hennah
William
Hennah
Group Leader
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Finland FIMM
Helsinki
Finland
United Kingdom

EMBO LTF

2006
University of Edinburgh
Molecular Medicine Centre
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
www.genetics.med.ed.ac.uk/psygen/projects/t1-11/bioinformatics/
Research Interests
Genomic and Computational Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder
DISC1
Hennah W, Porteous D
The DISC1 pathway modulates expression of neurodevelopmental, synaptogenic and sensory perception genes.
PLoS ONE. 2009;4(3):e4906. Epub 2009 Mar 20.
PMID: 19300510
Hennah W, Thomson P, McQuillin A, Bass N, Loukola A, Anjorin A, Blackwood D, Curtis D, Deary IJ, Harris SE, Isometsä ET, Lawrence J, Lönnqvist J, Muir W, Palotie A, Partonen T, Paunio T, Pylkkö E, Robinson M, Soronen P, Suominen K, Suvisaari J, Thirumalai S, Clair DS, Gurling H, Peltonen L, Porteous D.
DISC1 association, heterogeneity and interplay in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18317464
Tomppo L, Hennah W, Miettunen J, Järvelin MR, Veijola J, Ripatti S, Lahermo P, Lichtermann D, Peltonen L, Ekelund J.
Association of variants in DISC1 with psychosis-related traits in a large population cohort.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;66(2):134-41.
PMID: 19188535
Tomppo L, Hennah W, Lahermo P, Loukola A, Tuulio-Henriksson A, Suvisaari J, Partonen T, Ekelund J, Lönnqvist J, Peltonen L.
Association Between Genes of Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) Interactors and Schizophrenia Supports the Role of the DISC1 Pathway in the Etiology of Major Mental Illnesses.
Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Feb 27. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19251251
Hennah W, Tomppo L, Hiekkalinna T, Palo OM, Kilpinen H, Ekelund J, Tuulio-Henriksson A, Silander K, Partonen T, Paunio T, Terwilliger JD, Lönnqvist J, Peltonen L.
Families with the risk allele of DISC1 reveal a link between schizophrenia and another component of the same molecular pathway, NDE1.
Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Mar 1;16(5):453-62.
PMID: 17185386

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