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Badri N. Vardarajan

Badri N. Vardarajan

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Genetics

D-Index
54
Citations
25376
World Ranking
3607
National Ranking
1562

Overview

Badri N. Vardarajan is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, along with Medicine. Within these broader areas, their subfields include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics addressed in Badri N. Vardarajan's work cover Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Recent papers by Badri N. Vardarajan include:

  • Cell subtype-specific effects of genetic variation in the Alzheimer's disease brain, 2024, Nature Genetics
  • Stem cell-derived neurons reflect features of protein networks, neuropathology, and cognitive outcome of their aged human donors, 2021, Neuron
  • Genetic variants and functional pathways associated with resilience to Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Brain
  • Sex differences in the genetic architecture of cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Brain
  • Association Between Common Variants in RBFOX1, an RNA-Binding Protein, and Brain Amyloidosis in Early and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease, 2020, JAMA Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Badri N. Vardarajan include Richard Mayeux, Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer, Rafael Lantigua, Annie Lee, and Jonathan L. Haines.

Common venues where their research has been published include Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain, Acta Neuropathologica, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • De novo mutations in congenital heart disease with neurodevelopmental and other congenital anomalies.

    Jason Homsy;Samir Zaidi;Yufeng Shen;James S. Ware;James S. Ware;James S. Ware

  • Variants in the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter (ABCA7), Apolipoprotein E ε4, and the Risk of Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease in African Americans

    Christiane Reitz;Gyungah Jun;Adam Naj;Ruchita Rajbhandary

  • A multi-omic atlas of the human frontal cortex for aging and Alzheimer’s disease research

    Philip L. De Jager;Philip L. De Jager;Yiyi Ma;Cristin McCabe;Jishu Xu

  • Common genetic variants in the CLDN2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci alter risk for alcohol-related and sporadic pancreatitis

    David C. Whitcomb;Jessica LaRusch;Alyssa M. Krasinskas;Lambertus Klei

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein

    G. Jun;C. A. Ibrahim-Verbaas;M. Vronskaya;J-C Lambert;J-C Lambert;J-C Lambert

  • Increased Frequency of De Novo Copy Number Variants in Congenital Heart Disease by Integrative Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array and Exome Sequence Data

    Joseph T. Glessner;Alexander G. Bick;Kaoru Ito;Jason G. Homsy

  • A Comprehensive Genetic Association Study of Alzheimer Disease in African Americans

    Mark W. Logue;Matthew Schu;Badri N. Vardarajan;Jacki Buros

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Whole exome sequencing study identifies novel rare and common Alzheimer's-Associated variants involved in immune response and transcriptional regulation

    Joshua C Bis;Xueqiu Jian;Brian W Kunkle;Yuning Chen

  • Evidence for a role of the rare p.A152T variant in MAPT in increasing the risk for FTD-spectrum and Alzheimer's diseases

    Giovanni Coppola;Subashchandrabose Chinnathambi;Jason Ji Yong Lee;Beth A. Dombroski

  • BCL11A is a major HbF quantitative trait locus in three different populations with β-hemoglobinopathies ☆

    Amanda E. Sedgewick;Nadia Timofeev;Paola Sebastiani;Jason C.C. So

  • Effects of multiple genetic loci on age at onset in late-onset Alzheimer disease: a genome-wide association study.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Christiane Reitz;Brian W. Kunkle

  • Convergent genetic and expression data implicate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Lesley Jones;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Whole exome sequencing study identifies novel rare and common Alzheimer's-Associated variants involved in immune response and transcriptional regulation

    Joshua C. Bis;Xueqiu Jian;Brian W. Kunkle;Yuning Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Mayeux
Richard Mayeux Columbia University
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University
Eden R. Martin
Eden R. Martin University of Miami
Gary W. Beecham
Gary W. Beecham University of Miami
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Adam C. Naj
Adam C. Naj University of Pennsylvania

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