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837

Overview

Amy Hutchinson is affiliated with the National Cancer Institute in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and periodontics.

The scientist has focused on topics such as epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer genomics and diagnostics, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, gut microbiota and health, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, RNA modifications and cancer, and lymphoma diagnosis and treatment.

Notable recent publications by Amy Hutchinson include:

  • "Frequency of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Cancer-Susceptibility Genes in Patients With Osteosarcoma," 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • "Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Radiation-related genomic profile of papillary thyroid carcinoma after the Chernobyl accident," 2021, Science
  • "Genetic regulation of OAS1 nonsense-mediated decay underlies association with COVID-19 hospitalization in patients of European and African ancestries," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Lack of transgenerational effects of ionizing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl accident," 2021, Science

Amy Hutchinson has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Belynda Hicks, Stephen J. Chanock, Kristine Jones, Meredith Yeager, and Casey Dagnall. These collaborations include numerous joint publications, highlighting a consistent professional association in the cancer research field.

Their research has been published in prominent venues, reflecting the breadth of their scientific contributions. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cancer Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood
  • Nature Communications

Amy Hutchinson's scientific output totals over 90 publications in medicine and over 60 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, underscoring a sustained research career focusing on cancer susceptibility, genomic profiling, radiation effects, and genetic regulation mechanisms relevant to disease susceptibility and treatment.

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer

    David J Hunter;David J Hunter;Peter Kraft;Kevin B Jacobs;David G Cox

  • A photoreceptor cell-specific ATP-binding transporter gene (ABCR) is mutated in recessive Stargardt macular dystrophy

    Rando Allikmets;Nanda Singh;Hui Sun;Noah F. Shroyer

  • Mutation of the Stargardt Disease Gene (ABCR) in Age-related Macular Degeneration

    R. Allikmets;N. F. Shroyer;N. Singh;J. M. Seddon

  • A Human Placenta-specific ATP-Binding Cassette Gene (ABCP) on Chromosome 4q22 That Is Involved in Multidrug Resistance

    Rando Allikmets;Lynn M. Schriml;Amy Hutchinson;Vincenzo Romano-Spica

  • Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Peter Kraft

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1).

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Kevin B Jacobs;Peter Kraft;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager

  • A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Christian C. Abnet;Neal D. Freedman;Nan Hu;Zhaoming Wang;Zhaoming Wang

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • Characterization of the Human ABC Superfamily: Isolation and Mapping of 21 New Genes Using the Expressed Sequence Tags Database

    Rando Allikmets;Bernard Gerrard;Amy Hutchinson;Michael Dean

  • A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci

    Nathaniel Rothman;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Nuria Malats

  • Anthropometric measures, body mass index, and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan).

    Alan A. Arslan;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Charles Kooperberg;Xiao Ou Shu

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia.

    Qing Lan;Chao A. Hsiung;Keitaro Matsuo;Yun Chul Hong

  • Genotype/Phenotype analysis of a photoreceptor-specific ATP-binding cassette transporter gene, ABCR, in Stargardt disease.

    Richard Alan Lewis;Noah F. Shroyer;Nanda Singh;Rando Allikmets

  • Pancreatic cancer risk and ABO blood group alleles : results from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium

    Brian M. Wolpin;Peter Kraft;Myron Gross;Kathy Helzlsouer

  • Genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma identifies two susceptibility loci on 2p21 and 11q13.3

    Mark P. Purdue;Mattias Johansson;Diana Zelenika;Jorge R. Toro

  • Identification of a new prostate cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 8q24

    Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Julia Ciampa;Kevin B Jacobs

  • Genotyping microarray (gene chip) for the ABCR (ABCA4) gene.

    K. Jaakson;J. Zernant;J. Zernant;M. Kulm;A. Hutchinson

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Sonja I. Berndt;Christine F. Skibola;Christine F. Skibola;Vijai Joseph;Nicola J. Camp

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Kevin B. Jacobs
Kevin B. Jacobs Progenity (United States)
Zhaoming Wang
Zhaoming Wang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Margaret A. Tucker
Margaret A. Tucker National Institutes of Health
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Demetrius Albanes
Demetrius Albanes National Institutes of Health
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University
Joseph F. Fraumeni
Joseph F. Fraumeni National Institutes of Health
Nilanjan Chatterjee
Nilanjan Chatterjee Johns Hopkins University

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