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  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Anna Wedell is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and focuses on research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with over 190 publications in these fields. Their work extensively covers genetics and molecular biology, with additional contributions in plant science, cancer research, and physiology.

The main research topics addressed by Wedell include:

  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and rare diseases
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Cancer genomics and diagnostics
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics

Wedell's publication record spans multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wedell include:

  • Integration of whole genome sequencing into a healthcare setting: high diagnostic rates across multiple clinical entities in 3219 rare disease patients, 2021, Genome Medicine
  • Large-scale targeted sequencing identifies risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Rare deleterious mutations of HNRNP genes result in shared neurodevelopmental disorders, 2021, Genome Medicine
  • Solving patients with rare diseases through programmatic reanalysis of genome-phenome data, 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Complex genomic rearrangements: an underestimated cause of rare diseases, 2022, Trends in Genetics

Frequent collaborators in Wedell's research include Jesper Eisfeldt, Maria Pettersson, Ann Nordgren, Anna Hammarsjö, and Daniel Nilsson. These coauthors have contributed alongside Wedell in numerous publications.

In recognition of contributions to science, Wedell was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Mutational spectrum of the steroid 21-hydroxylase gene in Sweden: implications for genetic diagnosis and association with disease manifestation.

    A Wedell;A Thilén;E M Ritzén;B Stengler

  • An international effort towards developing standards for best practices in analysis, interpretation and reporting of clinical genome sequencing results in the CLARITY Challenge.

    Catherine A. Brownstein;Alan H. Beggs;Nils Homer;Barry Merriman

  • Sex-typed toy play behavior correlates with the degree of prenatal androgen exposure assessed by CYP21 genotype in girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

    Anna Nordenström;Anna Servin;Gunilla Bohlin;Agne Larsson

  • Glucokinase mutations associated with non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus have decreased enzymatic activity: implications for structure/function relationships.

    M. Gidh-Jain;J. Takeda;L. Z. Xu;A. J. Lange

  • Cognitive functions in children at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia treated prenatally with dexamethasone

    Tatja Hirvikoski;Anna Nordenstrom;Torun Lindholm;Frank Lindblad

  • Steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency: two additional mutations in salt-wasting disease and rapid screening of disease-causing mutations

    Anna Wedell;Holger Luthman

  • An international classification of inherited metabolic disorders (ICIMD).

    Carlos R Ferreira;Shamima Rahman;Shamima Rahman;Markus Keller;Johannes Zschocke

  • Steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency: three additional mutated alleles and establishment of phenotype-genotype relationships of common mutations.

    A Wedell;E M Ritzén;B Haglund-Stengler;H Luthman

  • Integration of whole genome sequencing into a healthcare setting: high diagnostic rates across multiple clinical entities in 3219 rare disease patients

    Henrik Stranneheim;Henrik Stranneheim;Henrik Stranneheim;Kristina Lagerstedt-Robinson;Kristina Lagerstedt-Robinson;Måns Magnusson;Måns Magnusson;Malin Kvarnung;Malin Kvarnung

  • Fertility, sexuality and testicular adrenal rest tumors in adult males with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

    Henrik Falhammar;Helena Filipsson Nyström;Urban Ekström;Seth Granberg

  • A full-coverage, high-resolution human chromosome 22 genomic microarray for clinical and research applications.

    Patrick G. Buckley;Kiran Kumar Mantripragada;Magdalena Benetkiewicz;Isabel Tapia-Páez

  • Mutations in SLC12A5 in epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures

    Tommy Stödberg;Amy McTague;Arnaud J. Ruiz;Hiromi Hirata

  • AGC1 deficiency associated with global cerebral hypomyelination.

    Rolf Wibom;Francesco M. Lasorsa;Virpi Töhönen;Michela Barbaro

  • Genotyping is a valuable diagnostic complement to neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

    Anna Nordenström;Astrid Thilén;Lars Hagenfeldt;Agne Larsson

  • Adenosine Kinase Deficiency Disrupts the Methionine Cycle and Causes Hypermethioninemia, Encephalopathy, and Abnormal Liver Function

    Magnus K. Bjursell;Magnus K. Bjursell;Henk J. Blom;Jordi Asin Cayuela;Martin L. Engvall;Martin L. Engvall

  • From cytogenetics to cytogenomics: whole-genome sequencing as a first-line test comprehensively captures the diverse spectrum of disease-causing genetic variation underlying intellectual disability

    Anna Lindstrand;Anna Lindstrand;Jesper Eisfeldt;Maria Pettersson;Maria Pettersson;Claudia M. B. Carvalho

  • Isolated 46,XY Gonadal Dysgenesis in Two Sisters Caused by a Xp21.2 Interstitial Duplication Containing the DAX1 Gene

    Michela Barbaro;Mikael Oscarson;Jacqueline Schoumans;Johan Staaf

  • Neu-Laxova syndrome is a heterogeneous metabolic disorder caused by defects in enzymes of the L-serine biosynthesis pathway

    Rocio Acuna-Hidalgo;Denny Schanze;Ariana Kariminejad;Ann Nordgren;Ann Nordgren

  • Molecular model of human CYP21 based on mammalian CYP2C5: structural features correlate with clinical severity of mutations causing congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

    Tiina Robins;Jonas Carlsson;Maria Sunnerhagen;Anna Wedell

  • Mutational Spectrum of the Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Gene In Sweden: Implications for Genetic Diagnosis and Association With Disease Manifestation

    Anna Wedell;Astrid Thilén;E. Martin Ritzén;Barhro Stengler

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Wibom
Rolf Wibom Karolinska Institute
Holger Luthman
Holger Luthman Lund University
Ann Nordgren
Ann Nordgren Karolinska University Hospital
Magnus Nordenskjöld
Magnus Nordenskjöld Karolinska Institute
Nils-Göran Larsson
Nils-Göran Larsson Karolinska Institute
Henk J. Blom
Henk J. Blom Erasmus MC
Leendert H. J. Looijenga
Leendert H. J. Looijenga Princess Máxima Center
Paul I. W. de Bakker
Paul I. W. de Bakker Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)
Edwin M. Stone
Edwin M. Stone University of Iowa
Val C. Sheffield
Val C. Sheffield University of Iowa

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