Dr Upekha Liyanage
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
Casual Academic - SLCU
Medical School
Casual Academic-4
School of Public Health
Journal Articles
Liyanage, U. E., Law, M. H., Antonsson, A., Hughes, M.C.B., Gordon, S., van der Pols, J. C. and Green, A. C. (2022). Polygenic risk score as a determinant of risk of keratinocyte cancer in an Australian population‐based cohort. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 36 (11), 2036-2042. doi: 10.1111/jdv.18466
Liyanage, Upekha, MacGregor, Stuart, Bishop, D. Timothy, Shi, Jianxin, An, Jiyuan, Ong, Jue Sheng, Han, Xikun, Scolyer, Richard A., Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Byrne, Enda M., Green, Adèle C., Saw, Robyn P. M., Thompson, John F., Stretch, Jonathan, Spillane, Andrew, Jiang, Yunxuan, Tian, Chao, 23andMe Research Team, Gordon, Scott G., Duffy, David L., Olsen, Catherine M., Whiteman, David C., Long, Georgina V., Iles, Mark M., Landi, Maria Teresa and Law, Matthew H. (2022). Multi-trait genetic analysis identifies auto-immune loci associated with cutaneous melanoma. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 142 (6), 1607-1616. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.08.449
Rodriguez-Acevedo, Astrid J., Antonsson, Annika, Liyanage, Upekha E., Hughes, Maria Celia, Gordon, Scott, van der Pols, Jolieke and Green, Adele C. (2022). Associations of keratinocyte cancers with snp variants in the sonic hedgehog pathway. BMC Cancer, 22 (1) 490, 490. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09565-6
Hughes, Maria Celia B., Antonsson, Annika, Rodriguez-Acevedo, Astrid J., Liyanage, Upekha E., Green, Adele C. and van der Pols, Jolieke C. (2022). Dark green leafy vegetable intake, MTHFR genotype, and risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Dermatology, 238 (4), 1-5. doi: 10.1159/000520941
Miura, Kyoko, Yu, Regina, Sivapalan, Krishnaa, Liyanage, Upekha E, Entwistle, Timothy, McKenzie, Scott C and Green, Adèle C (2021). Weight gain after heart transplantation in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), Publish Ahead of Print (9), 1107-1116. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001566
Lee, Ruby Chia‐Lin, Stevenson, Paul, Yeung, Chester, Lai, Alexander, Liyanage, Upekha, Gordon, Louisa, Green, Adele C, Isbel, Nicole, Campbell, Scott, Griffin, Anthony and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2021). Evolution of skin cancer numbers in solid organ transplant recipients: a pilot study. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 63 (1), e83-e86. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13685
Antonsson, Annika, Rodriguez-Acevedo, Astrid J., Liyanage, Upekha E., Hughes, Maria Celia B., van der Pols, Jolieke C. and Green, Adele C. (2021). Host genetic polymorphisms associated with beta human papillomavirus seropositivity. Archives of Virology, 166 (9), 2569-2572. doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05137-4
Senkevich, Konstantin, Bandres-Ciga, Sara, Yu, Eric, Liyanage, Upekha E., Noyce, Alastair J. and Gan-Or, Ziv (2021). No evidence for a causal relationship between cancers and Parkinson's disease. Journal of Parkinsons Disease, 11 (2), 801-809. doi: 10.3233/JPD-202474
Ong, Jue-Sheng, Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C., Han, Xikun, An, Jiyuan, Esophageal Cancer Consortium, Liyanage, Upekha, Dusingize, Jean-Cluade, Schumacher, Johannes, Gockel, Ines, Böhmer, Anne, Jankowski, Janusz, Palles, Claire, O’Mara, Tracy, Spurdle, Amanda, Law, Matthew H., Iles, Mark M., Pharoah, Paul, Berchuck, Andrew, Zheng, Wei, Thrift, Aaron P., Olsen, Catherine, Neale, Rachel E., Gharahkhani, Puya, Webb, Penelope M., MacGregor, Stuart and 23 and Me Research Team (2021). A comprehensive re-assessment of the association between vitamin D and cancer susceptibility using Mendelian randomization. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 246, 246. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20368-w
Dusingize, Jean Claude, Olsen, Catherine M., An, Jiyuan, Pandeya, Nirmala, Liyanage, Upekha E., Law, Matthew H., Neale, Rachel E., Ong, Jue-Sheng, MacGregor, Stuart and Whiteman, David C. (2020). Genetically determined risk of keratinocyte carcinoma and risk of other cancers. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50 (4), 1316-1324. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa265
Liyanage, Upekha E., Law, Matthew H., Han, Xikun, An, Jiyuan, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Gharahkhani, Puya, Gordon, Scott, Neale, Rachel E., Olsen, Catherine M., MacGregor, Stuart and Whiteman, David C. (2019). Combined analysis of keratinocyte cancers identifies novel genome-wide loci. Human Molecular Genetics, 28 (18), 3148-3160. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz121
Liyanage, U. E., Law, M. H., Melanoma Meta-analysis Consortium, Barrett, J. H., Iles, M. M. and MacGregor, S. (2019). Is there a causal relationship between vitamin D and melanoma risk? A Mendelian randomization study. British Journal of Dermatology, 182 (1) bjd.18238, 97-103. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18238
Liyanage, Upekha E., Ong, Jue-Sheng, An, Jiyuan, Gharahkhani, Puya, Law, Matthew H. and MacGregor, Stuart (2019). Mendelian randomization study for genetically predicted polyunsaturated fatty acids levels on overall cancer risk and mortality. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 28 (6), 1015-1023. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-18-0940
Liyanage, Upekha E., Law, Matthew H., Ong, Jue Sheng, Cust, Anne E., Mann, Graham J., Ward, Sarah V., Gharahkhani, Puya, Iles, Mark M. and MacGregor, Stuart (2018). Polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of melanoma: a Mendelian randomisation analysis. International Journal of Cancer, 143 (3), 508-514. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31334
Samarakoon, Lasitha, Fernanado, Tharanga, Liyanage, Eshwari, Wirithamulla, Himaru and Perera, Kaluarachige Sunil (2014). Unusual case of recurrent thigh lump in a girl: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 8 (1) 245. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-245
Thesis
Liyanage, Upekha Eshwaree (2020). Genetics of Skin Cancer. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/df60df5