Alison M. Dunning

54.1k citations

148 papers · 8.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 50

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Genetics top 0.5%
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
Aging top 1%

Papers in

Genetics 88
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer 45
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 31
- Estrogen and related hormone effects 21
Molecular Biology 64
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 14
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 13

Co-authors: Paul D.P. Pharoah (69 shared papers)Douglas F. Easton (61 shared papers)Bruce A.J. Ponder (21 shared papers)Robert Luben (29 shared papers)Bruce A.J. Ponder (22 shared papers)Catherine S. Healey (20 shared papers)Catharine West (13 shared papers)Stacey L. Edwards (1 shared paper)
Journals: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention (18 papers)Cancer Research (10 papers)Breast Cancer Research (9 papers)International Journal of Cancer (8 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

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Alison M. Dunning

147 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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Beyond GWASs: Illuminating the Dark Road from Association to Function 2013 · 503 citations

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2013 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2009 Nature reviews. Cancer

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1	Normal tissue reactions to radiotherapy: towards tailoring treatment dose by genotype Nature reviews. Cancer ·Gillian C. Barnett, Catharine West, Alison M. Dunning, Rebecca Elliott, Charlotte E. Coles, Paul D.P. Pharoah, N.G. Burnet Hit paper breakdown →	2009	562
2	Beyond GWASs: Illuminating the Dark Road from Association to Function The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Stacey L. Edwards, Jonathan Beesley, Juliet D. French, Alison M. Dunning Hit paper breakdown →	2013	503
3	Association studies for finding cancer-susceptibility genetic variants Nature reviews. Cancer ·Paul D.P. Pharoah, Alison M. Dunning, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Douglas F. Easton	2004	395
4	Germline mutations of the BRCA1 gene in breast and ovarian cancer families provide evidence for a genotype–phenotype correlation Nature Genetics ·Simon A. Gayther, William Warren, Sylvie Mazoyer, Paul A. Russell, Patricia Harrington, Mathias Chiano, Sheila Seal, Rifat Hamoudi, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Alison M. Dunning, Richard R. Love, D. Gareth Evans, Doug Easton, David Clayton, Michael R. Stratton, Bruce A.J. Ponder	1995	376
5	A transforming growth factorbeta1 signal peptide variant increases secretion in vitro and is associated with increased incidence of invasive breast cancer. PubMed ·Alison M. Dunning, Peter Ellis, Simon McBride, Heidi L Kirschenlohr, Catherine S. Healey, Paul R. Kemp, Robert Luben, Jenny Chang‐Claude, (unknown), Vesa Kataja, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder, James C. Metcalfe	2003	304
6	Shortened Telomere Length Is Associated with Increased Risk of Cancer: A Meta-Analysis PLoS ONE ·Hongxia Ma, Ziyuan Zhou, Sheng Wei, Zhensheng Liu, Karen A. Pooley, Alison M. Dunning, Ulrika Svenson, Göran Roos, H. Dean Hosgood, Minxue Shen, Qingyi Wei	2011	280
7	Polymorphisms Associated With Circulating Sex Hormone Levels in Postmenopausal Women JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ·Alison M. Dunning, Mitch Dowsett, Catherine S. Healey, Louise Tee, Robert Luben, Elizabeth Folkerd, Karen Novik, Livia Kelemen, Soshiro Ogata, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Douglas F. Easton, N. E. Day, Bruce A.J. Ponder	2004	278
8	Independent validation of genes and polymorphisms reported to be associated with radiation toxicity: a prospective analysis study The Lancet Oncology ·Gillian C. Barnett, Charlotte E. Coles, Rebecca Elliott, Caroline Baynes, Craig Luccarini, Don Conroy, Jennifer Wilkinson, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Vivek Misra, Radka Platte, S. Gulliford, Matthew R. Sydes, Emma Hall, Søren M. Bentzen, David P. Dearnaley, N.G. Burnet, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Alison M. Dunning, Catharine West	2011	160
9	Effect of germ-line genetic variation on breast cancer survival in a population-based study. PubMed ·Ellen L. Goode, Alison M. Dunning, Bettina Kuschel, Catherine S. Healey, Nicholas Day, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Douglas F. Easton, Paul D.P. Pharoah	2002	155
10	The Extent of Linkage Disequilibrium in Four Populations with Distinct Demographic Histories The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Alison M. Dunning, Francine Durocher, Catherine S. Healey, M. Dawn Teare, Simon McBride, Francesca Carlomagno, Chun‐Fang Xu, Elisabeth Dawson, Susan Rhodes, Saeko Ueda, Eric Lai, Robert Luben, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, (unknown), Vesa Kataja, Gadi Rennart, Ian Dunham, Ian J. Purvis, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder	2000	143
11	IGF1 and IGFBP3 tagging polymorphisms are associated with circulating levels of IGF1, IGFBP3 and risk of breast cancer Human Molecular Genetics ·Ali Alzahrani, Manjinder S. Sandhu, Robert Luben, Deborah J. Thompson, Caroline Baynes, Karen A. Pooley, Craig Luccarini, Hannah Munday, Barbara Perkins, Paula Marincola Smith, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Nicholas J. Wareham, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Alison M. Dunning	2005	142
12	Familial defective apolipoprotein B-100: detection in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, and clinical characteristics of ten cases Atherosclerosis ·Anne Tybjærg‐Hansen, John J. Gallagher, John B. Vincent, Richard S. Houlston, Philippa J. Talmud, Alison M. Dunning, Mary Seed, Anders Hamsten, Steve E. Humphries, N. B. Myant	1990	136
13	A common variant in BRCA2 is associated with both breast cancer risk and prenatal viability Nature Genetics ·Catherine S. Healey, Alison M. Dunning, M. Dawn Teare, Diana Chase, Louise Parker, John Burn, Jenny Chang‐Claude, Arto Mannermaa, Vesa Kataja, David G. Huntsman, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Robert Luben, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder	2000	135
14	Telomere Length in Prospective and Retrospective Cancer Case-Control Studies Cancer Research ·Karen A. Pooley, Manjinder S. Sandhu, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Mitul Shah, Kristy Driver, Robert Luben, Sheila Bingham, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Kay‐Tee Khaw, Douglas F. Easton, Alison M. Dunning	2010	128
15	Errors in the Polymerase Chain Reaction Nucleic Acids Research ·Alison M. Dunning, Philippa J. Talmud, Steve E. Humphries	1988	128
16	Saliva samples are a viable alternative to blood samples as a source of DNA for high throughput genotyping BMC Medical Genomics ·Jean Abraham, Mel Maranian, Inmaculada Spiteri, Roslin Russell, Susan Ingle, Craig Luccarini, Helena Earl, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Alison M. Dunning, Carlos Caldas	2012	120
17	Association between Common Variation in 120 Candidate Genes and Breast Cancer Risk PLoS Genetics ·Paul D.P. Pharoah, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Alison M. Dunning, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder, (unknown)	2007	120
18	Red clover-derived isoflavones and mammographic breast density: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial [ISRCTN42940165] Breast Cancer Research ·Charlotte Atkinson, Ruth Warren, Evis Sala, Mitch Dowsett, Alison M. Dunning, Catherine S. Healey, Shirley A. Runswick, Nicholas Day, Sheila Bingham	2004	116
19	Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and epithelial ovarian cancer risk International Journal of Cancer ·Annika Auranen, Honglin Song, Christy Waterfall, Richard A. DiCioccio, Bettina Kuschel, Susanne K. Kjær, Estrid Høgdall, Claus Høgdall, J. F. Stratton, Alice S. Whittemore, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Karen Novik, Alison M. Dunning, Simon A. Gayther, Paul D.P. Pharoah	2005	116
20	Common BRCA1 Variants and Susceptibility to Breast and Ovarian Cancer in the General Population Human Molecular Genetics ·Alison M. Dunning, Mathias Chiano, Neil R. Smith, J. Dearden, Martin Gore, Suzy Oakes, Charles B. Wilson, M. Stratton, Julian Peto, Douglas F. Easton, David Clayton, Bruce A.J. Ponder	1997	105

About Alison M. Dunning

Alison M. Dunning is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cancer Research and Oncology, having authored 148 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include BRCA gene mutations in cancer (45 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (31 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (21 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (16 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (15 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (14 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (13 papers) and Effects of Radiation Exposure (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (3.1k citations), Aging (190 citations), Cancer Research (1.5k citations), Oncology (1.7k citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (1.0k citations). Alison M. Dunning has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Paul D.P. Pharoah, Douglas F. Easton, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Robert Luben, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Catherine S. Healey, Catharine West, Stacey L. Edwards, Juliet D. French and Jonathan Beesley. Their work appears in journals such as Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Research, International Journal of Cancer and Human Molecular Genetics.

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