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Selected Publications

Just JJ. Genetic predisposition to HIV infection and AIDS:A review of the literature examining associations with HLA. Hum Immunol 1995; 44:156-168.

McCarthy JJ and Hilfiker R. The use of single-nucleotide polymorphism maps in pharmacogenomics. Nat Biotechnol 2000 May; 18:505-508.

Ginsburg GS and McCarthy JJ. Personalized medicine: revolutionizing drug discovery and patient care. Trends Biotechnol 2001 Dec; 19(12):491-496.

McCarthy JJ, Lehner T, Reeves C, Moliterno DJ, Newby LK, Rogers WJ and Topol, EJ. Association of genetic variants in the HDL receptor, SR-B1, with abnormal lipids in women with coronary artery disease. J Med Genet 2003 Jun; 40(6):453-8.

McCarthy JJ, Lewitzky S, Reeves C, Permutt A, Glaser B, Groop LC, Lehner T and Meyer JM. Polymorphisms of the HDL receptor gene associated with HDL cholesterol levels in diabetic kindred from three populations. Hum Hered 2003;55(4):163-70.

McCarthy JJ, Meyer J, Moliterno DJ, Newby LK, Rogers WJ and Topol, EJ. Evidence for substantial effect modification by gender in a large-scale genetic association study of the metabolic syndrome. Hum Genet 2003 Dec;114(1):87-98.

McCarthy JJ, Parker A, Salem R, Moliterno DJ, Wang Q, Plow EF, Rao S, She GQ, Rogers WJ, Newby LK, Cannata R, Glatt K and Topol EJ. Large-scale Association Analysis for Identification of Genes Underlying Premature Coronary Heart Disease: Cumulative Perspective from Analysis of 111 Candidate Genes. J Med Genet 2004 May;41(5):334-41.

Richard E, von Muhlen D, Barrett-Connor EL, Alcaraz J, Davis R and McCarthy JJ. Modification of the effects of estrogen therapy on HDL cholesterol levels by polymorphisms of the HDL-C receptor, SR-BI: The Rancho Bernardo Study. Atherosclerosis 2005 Jun; 180(2):255-262.

McCarthy JJ. Gene by sex interaction in the etiology of coronary heart disease and the preceding metabolic syndrome. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007 Feb; 17(2): 153-161.

McCarthy JJ, Patel K, McHutchison JG. Strong Racial Differences in Lipid Metabolism Genetic Associations with Hepatic Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Infected Patients. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA November 3, 2008

Patel K, Lucas J, Thompson JW, Moseley MA, Uzarski DM, Tillmann HL, Califf R, McCarthy JJ and McHutchison J for The MURDOCK Study. High Predictive Accuracy of an Unbiased Proteomic Profile to Predict Sustained Virologic Response in Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, San Francisco, CA, November 2, 2008.

Lao XQ, Thompson A, McHutchison JG and McCarthy JJ. Age and sex differences in lipid response to chronic infection with the Hepatitis C Virus in the U.S. NHANES Cohorts. Presented at the 19th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Hong Kong, February 2009.

McCarthy JJ, Somji A, Weiss LA, Steffy B, Vega R, Barrett-Connor E, Talavera G and Glynne R. Polymorphisms of the Scavenger Receptor Class B Member 1 are associated with insulin resistance with evidence of gene by sex interaction. J Clin Endocrin Metab 2009 (in press).

Suchindran S, Vana A, Alcaraz J, Shaffer R and McCarthy JJ. Racial differences in the modifying effect of family history on risk factors associated with diabetes in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. Genet Med 2009 (in press).

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