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2024

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Arif B. Ekici is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work also in medical sciences. The main subfields of study include molecular biology, genetics, immunology, nephrology, and cancer research.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics, emphasizing:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Chronic kidney disease and diabetes
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Ekici has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women" (2021), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus" (2022), published in Nature Medicine
  • "A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses" (2020), published in Nature Genetics
  • "The complement system drives local inflammatory tissue priming by metabolic reprogramming of synovial fibroblasts" (2021), published in Immunity

Frequent collaborators in Ekici's work include:

  • Matthias Schmid
  • Kai-Uwe Eckardt
  • André Reis
  • Peter A. Fasching
  • Philipp Kirchner

Best Publications

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

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

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

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

  • Range of genetic mutations associated with severe non-syndromic sporadic intellectual disability: an exome sequencing study.

    Anita Rauch;Dagmar Wieczorek;Elisabeth Graf;Thomas Wieland

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk

    Ganna Chornokur;Hui-Yi Lin;Jonathan P. Tyrer;Kate Lawrenson

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

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Inherited Mutations in 17 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes Among a Large Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cohort Unselected for Family History of Breast Cancer

    Fergus J. Couch;Steven N. Hart;Priyanka Sharma;Amanda Ewart Toland

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

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

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

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • Locally renewing resident synovial macrophages provide a protective barrier for the joint

    Stephan Culemann;Anika Grüneboom;José Ángel Nicolás-Ávila;Daniela Weidner

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

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

  • Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

    Catherine M Phelan;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Jonathan P Tyrer;Siddhartha P Kar

  • Mutations in the Pericentrin (PCNT) Gene Cause Primordial Dwarfism

    Anita Rauch;Christian T. Thiel;Detlev Schindler;Ursula Wick

  • Common variants at TRAF3IP2 are associated with susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

    Ulrike Hüffmeier;Steffen Uebe;Arif B Ekici;John Bowes

  • GWAS meta-analysis and replication identifies three new susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer

    Paul D.P. Pharoah;Ya Yu Tsai;Susan J. Ramus;Catherine M. Phelan

  • A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer at 2q31 and 8q24

    Ellen L Goode;Georgia Chenevix-Trench;Honglin Song;Susan J Ramus

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • CNTNAP2 and NRXN1 are mutated in autosomal-recessive Pitt-Hopkins-like mental retardation and determine the level of a common synaptic protein in Drosophila.

    Christiane Zweier;Christiane Zweier;Eiko K. de Jong;Markus Zweier;Alfredo Orrico

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Matthias W. Beckmann
Matthias W. Beckmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
André Reis
André Reis University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University

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