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Ans M.W. van den Ouweland

Ans M.W. van den Ouweland

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
33150
World Ranking
4685
National Ranking
110

Overview

Ans M.W. van den Ouweland is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific attention to Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism; Fibroblast Growth Factor Research; Epigenetics and DNA Methylation; Skin and Cellular Biology Research; Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer; and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise.

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • Retinal haemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau germline mutation carriers: progression, complications and treatment outcome, 2020, Acta Ophthalmologica
  • Disruption of TUFT1, a Desmosome-Associated Protein, Causes Skin Fragility, Woolly Hair, and Palmoplantar Keratoderma, 2023, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ans M.W. van den Ouweland are:

  • Anass Hajjaj
  • Koen A. van Overdam
  • Rogier A. Oldenburg
  • Anna E. Koopmans
  • Annelies de Klein

Publication venues where their research has appeared include:

  • Acta Ophthalmologica
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Identification and characterization of the tuberous sclerosis gene on chromosome 16

    Mark Nellist;Bart Janssen;Phillip T. Brook-Carter;Arjenne L. W. Hesseling-Janssen

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Low-penetrance susceptibility to breast cancer due to CHEK2(*)1100delC in noncarriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

    Hanne Meijers-Heijboer;Ans van den Ouweland;Jan Klijn;Marijke Wasielewski

  • Breast cancer after prophylactic bilateral mastectomy in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

    Hanne Meijers-Heijboer;Bert van Geel;Wim L.J. van Putten;Sonja C. Henzen-Logmans

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • THE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY-DISEASE-1 GENE ENCODES A 14-KB TRANSCRIPT AND LIES WITHIN A DUPLICATED REGION ON CHROMOSOME-16

    Christopher Ward;Belén Peral;Jim Hughes;Siep Thomas

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Identification of the familial cylindromatosis tumour-suppressor gene.

    Graham R. Bignell;William Warren;Sheila Seal;Meiko Takahashi

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Interaction Between Hamartin and Tuberin, the TSC1 and TSC2 Gene Products

    Marjon van Slegtenhorst;Mark Nellist;Bas Nagelkerken;Jeremy Cheadle

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • Mutational analysis of the TSC1 and TSC2 genes in a diagnostic setting: genotype--phenotype correlations and comparison of diagnostic DNA techniques in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

    Ozgur Sancak;Mark Nellist;Miriam Goedbloed;Peter Elfferich

  • Application of a 5-tiered scheme for standardized classification of 2,360 unique mismatch repair gene variants in the InSiGHT locus-specific database

    Bryony A Thompson;Bryony A Thompson;Amanda B Spurdle;John-Paul Plazzer;Marc S Greenblatt

  • Heterogeneity of Breast Cancer Associations with Five Susceptibility Loci by Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Per Hall;Heli Nevanlinna;Karen Pooley

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • A locus on 19p13 modifies risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is associated with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer in the general population

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Xianshu Wang;Zachary S. Fredericksen;Lesley McGuffog

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Common breast cancer-predisposition alleles are associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Antonis C. Antoniou;Amanda B. Spurdle;Amanda B. Spurdle;Olga M. Sinilnikova;Olga M. Sinilnikova;Sue Healey;Sue Healey

Frequent Co-Authors

Dicky J. J. Halley
Dicky J. J. Halley Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Heli Nevanlinna
Heli Nevanlinna University of Helsinki
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Peter Devilee
Peter Devilee Leiden University Medical Center
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Fergus J. Couch
Fergus J. Couch Mayo Clinic

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