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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan

Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan

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Medicine

D-Index
99
Citations
45495
World Ranking
8471
National Ranking
4374

Overview

Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the medical and biological sciences. Their research focuses on inflammatory bowel diseases and related gastrointestinal disorders, with interdisciplinary engagement in genetics, epidemiology, and immunology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers such as:

  • Changing Global Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Sustaining Health Care Delivery Into the 21st Century (2020), published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Dietary Guidance From the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (2020), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Depression and anxiety in inflammatory bowel disease: epidemiology, mechanisms and treatment (2022), Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Leveraging polygenic enrichments of gene features to predict genes underlying complex traits and diseases (2023), Nature Genetics
  • The landscape of immune dysregulation in Crohn's disease revealed through single-cell transcriptomic profiling in the ileum and colon (2023), Immunity

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hamed Khalili (45 joint publications)
  • Kristin E. Burke (40 joint publications)
  • Bharati Kochar (39 joint publications)
  • Ramnik J. Xavier (33 joint publications)
  • Emily W. Lopes (33 joint publications)

Publications by Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan are often found in key journals such as:

  • Gastroenterology (97 publications)
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (42 publications)
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (27 publications)
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology (23 publications)
  • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (14 publications)

The main fields of study comprising their work are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields including:

  • Genetics (197 publications)
  • Epidemiology (156 publications)
  • Surgery (85 publications)
  • Immunology (53 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (34 publications)

The prominent research topics covered include:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (368 publications)
  • Microscopic Colitis (258 publications)
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis (82 publications)
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders (38 publications)
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (38 publications)
  • Gut microbiota and health (36 publications)
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (34 publications)

Best Publications

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • Multi-omics of the gut microbial ecosystem in inflammatory bowel diseases.

    Jason Lloyd-Price;Jason Lloyd-Price;Cesar Arze;Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Melanie Schirmer;Melanie Schirmer

  • Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infections

    Christina M Surawicz;Lawrence J Brandt;David G Binion;Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan

  • Epidemiology and risk factors for IBD

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan

  • ACG Clinical Guideline: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults

    David T Rubin;Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan;Corey A Siegel;Bryan G Sauer

  • Intra- and Inter-cellular Rewiring of the Human Colon during Ulcerative Colitis

    Christopher S. Smillie;Moshe Biton;Jose Ordovas-Montanes;Keri M. Sullivan

  • Environmental triggers in IBD: a review of progress and evidence.

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Charles N. Bernstein;Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Andrew Macpherson

  • A novel Ruminococcus gnavus clade enriched in inflammatory bowel disease patients

    Andrew Brantley Hall;Andrew Brantley Hall;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Jenny Sauk;Jenny Sauk;Ashley Garner;Ashley Garner

  • A Prospective Study of Long-term Intake of Dietary Fiber and Risk of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Hamed Khalili;Gauree G. Konijeti;Leslie M. Higuchi

  • Dynamics of metatranscription in the inflammatory bowel disease gut microbiome

    Melanie Schirmer;Melanie Schirmer;Eric A. Franzosa;Eric A. Franzosa;Jason Lloyd-Price;Jason Lloyd-Price;Lauren J. McIver;Lauren J. McIver

  • Higher Predicted Vitamin D Status Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Crohn's Disease

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Hamed Khalili;Leslie M. Higuchi;Ying Bao

  • Long-term intake of dietary fat and risk of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease

    Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan;Hamed Khalili;Gauree G Konijeti;Leslie M Higuchi

  • Excess hospitalisation burden associated with Clostridium difficile in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan;Emily L McGinley;David G Binion

  • Clostridium difficile infection: epidemiology, risk factors and management.

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan

  • Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Association With Disease Activity and Quality of Life

    Alex Ulitsky;Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Amar Naik;Sue Skaros

  • Gut Microbiome Function Predicts Response to Anti-integrin Biologic Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Chengwei Luo;Vijay Yajnik;Hamed Khalili

  • Clostridium difficile and inflammatory bowel disease

    Mazen Issa;Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;David G. Binion

  • Aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and risk for Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis: a cohort study.

    Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Leslie M. Higuchi;Edward S. Huang;Hamed Khalili

  • Systematic review with meta-analysis: comparative efficacy of biologics for induction and maintenance of mucosal healing in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis controlled trials.

    Aurada Cholapranee;Glen S Hazlewood;Gilaad G. Kaplan;Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet

  • Geographical variation and incidence of inflammatory bowel disease among US women

    Hamed Khalili;Edward S Huang;Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan;Leslie Higuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Isaac S. Kohane
Isaac S. Kohane Harvard University
Elizabeth W. Karlson
Elizabeth W. Karlson Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert M. Plenge
Robert M. Plenge Bristol Myers Squibb
Guergana Savova
Guergana Savova Harvard University
Robert S. Sandler
Robert S. Sandler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mingyang Song
Mingyang Song Harvard University

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