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Colin Angus

Senior Research Fellow, ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Verified email at sheffield.ac.uk
Cited by 13893

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

…, YA Amoako, GGH Amul, CL Andrei, C Angus… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall
association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate …

Developmental pathways in colon cancer: crosstalk between WNT, BMP, Hedgehog and Notch

FE Bertrand, CW Angus, WJ Partis, G Sigounas - Cell cycle, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A hallmark of cancer is reactivation/alteration of pathways that control cellular differentiation
during developmental processes. Evidence indicates that WNT, Notch, BMP and Hedgehog …

Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox—a systematic review

J Boyd, O Sexton, C Angus, P Meier, RC Purshouse… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims The alcohol harm paradox (AHP) posits that disadvantaged
groups suffer from higher rates of alcohol‐related harm compared with advantaged groups …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

…, JA Anderson, CL Andrei, T Andrei, C Angus… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and
quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is …

[HTML][HTML] The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of …

…, N Alvis-Guzman, NH Anber, C Angus… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases (collectively referred to as cirrhosis in
this paper) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, although the burden and …

[HTML][HTML] Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a …

…, R Ancuceanu, CL Andrei, S Androudi, C Angus… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for
understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect …

A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

SJ Smartt, TW Chen, A Jerkstrand, M Coughlin… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Gravitational waves were discovered with the detection of binary black-hole mergers and
they should also be detectable from lower-mass neutron-star mergers. These are predicted …

Myasthenic antibodies cross-link acetylcholine receptors to accelerate degradation

DB Drachman, CW Angus, RN Adams… - … England Journal of …, 1978 - Mass Medical Soc
The decrease of acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junctions of myasthenic patients
has been attributed to an antibody-mediated autoimmune process that accelerates receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study

J Holmes, Y Meng, PS Meier, A Brennan, C Angus… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Several countries are considering a minimum price policy for alcohol, but
concerns exist about the potential effects on drinkers with low incomes. We aimed to assess …

First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the dark energy survey: constraints on cosmological parameters

…, S Allam, P Andersen, C Angus… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first cosmological parameter constraints using measurements of type Ia
supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). The …