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Alan R. Shuldiner is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's work includes significant contributions to genetics and molecular biology, with a focus on subfields such as genetics, molecular biology, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and hematology.

The primary topics of Alan R. Shuldiner's research include genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, pancreatic function and diabetes, cancer genomics and diagnostics, epigenetics and DNA methylation, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, and acute myeloid leukemia research.

Alan R. Shuldiner has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications

Among the recent papers are:

  • Exome sequencing and analysis of 454,787 UK Biobank participants, 2021, Nature
  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Exome sequencing and characterization of 49,960 individuals in the UK Biobank, 2020, Nature
  • Advancing human genetics research and drug discovery through exome sequencing of the UK Biobank, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Common and rare variant associations with clonal haematopoiesis phenotypes, 2022, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alan R. Shuldiner include:

  • John D. Overton
  • Jeffrey G. Reid
  • Gonçalo R. Abecasis
  • Aris Baras
  • Luca A. Lotta

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Association of Cytochrome P450 2C19 Genotype With the Antiplatelet Effect and Clinical Efficacy of Clopidogrel Therapy

    Alan R. Shuldiner;Jeffrey R. O’Connell;Kevin P. Bliden;Amish Gandhi

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Identification of omentin as a novel depot-specific adipokine in human adipose tissue: possible role in modulating insulin action

    Rong-Ze Yang;Mi-Jeong Lee;Hong Hu;Jessica Pray

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • TCF7L2 polymorphisms and progression to diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program.

    Jose C. Florez;Kathleen A. Jablonski;Nick Bayley;Toni I. Pollin

  • Omentin Plasma Levels and Gene Expression Are Decreased in Obesity

    Celia M. De Souza Batista;Rong Ze Yang;Mi Jeong Lee;Nicole M. Glynn

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong;Jun Wu;Ruben Hernaez;Ruben Hernaez

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Braxton D. Mitchell
Braxton D. Mitchell University of Maryland, Baltimore
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Caroline S. Fox
Caroline S. Fox MSD (United States)
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jeffrey R. O'Connell
Jeffrey R. O'Connell University of Maryland, Baltimore
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen

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