Ana M. Valdes

Research interests

Publications

• Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals

  Nature Medicine · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-01183-8

• Vaccine side-effects and SARS-CoV-2 infection after vaccination in users of the COVID Symptom Study app in the UK: a prospective observational study

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00224-3

• The role of short-chain fatty acids in the interplay between gut microbiota and diet in cardio-metabolic health

  Gut Microbes · 2021 · 10.1080/19490976.2021.1897212

• Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2

  Nature · 2021 · 10.1038/s41586-021-04186-8

• Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection rescues B and T cell responses to variants after first vaccine dose

  Science · 2021 · 10.1126/science.abh1282

• RETRACTED ARTICLE: Role of the gut microbiome in chronic diseases: a narrative review

  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2021 · 10.1038/s41430-021-00991-6

• Deficiency of Prebiotic Fiber and Insufficient Signaling Through Gut Metabolite-Sensing Receptors Leads to Cardiovascular Disease

  Circulation · 2020 · 10.1161/circulationaha.119.043081

• Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19

  Nature Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0916-2

• Human postprandial responses to food and potential for precision nutrition

  Nature Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0934-0

• Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health

  BMJ · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2179

• The fecal metabolome as a functional readout of the gut microbiome

  Nature Genetics · 2018 · 10.1038/s41588-018-0135-7

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

  Nature Communications · 2018 · 10.1038/s41467-017-02662-2

• An atlas of genetic influences on human blood metabolites

  Nature Genetics · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2982

• Glycans Are a Novel Biomarker of Chronological and Biological Ages

  The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2013 · 10.1093/gerona/glt190

• Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

  Nature Genetics · 2013 · 10.1038/ng.2528

• Epigenome-Wide Scans Identify Differentially Methylated Regions for Age and Age-Related Phenotypes in a Healthy Ageing Population

  PLoS Genetics · 2012 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002629

• Genetics of the HLA Region in the Prediction of Type 1 Diabetes

  Current Diabetes Reports · 2011 · 10.1007/s11892-011-0223-x

• Sequence variants at CHRNB3–CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior

  Nature Genetics · 2010 · 10.1038/ng.573

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

  Genome Research · 2010 · 10.1101/gr.103101.109

• Bone mineral density, osteoporosis, and osteoporotic fractures: a genome-wide association study

  The Lancet · 2008 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(08)60599-1

• HLA DR-DQ Haplotypes and Genotypes and Type 1 Diabetes Risk

  Diabetes · 2008 · 10.2337/db07-1331

• Obesity, cigarette smoking, and telomere length in women

  The Lancet · 2005 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66630-5

• The role of HLA class II genes in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: molecular analysis of 180 Caucasian, multiplex families.

  PubMed · 1996

• Mutational processes of simple-sequence repeat loci in human populations.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 10.1073/pnas.91.8.3166

• Allele frequencies at microsatellite loci: the stepwise mutation model revisited.

  Genetics · 1993 · 10.1093/genetics/133.3.737

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