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Barbara Elaine Stranger

Barbara Elaine Stranger

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Genetics

D-Index
67
Citations
50798
World Ranking
2468
National Ranking
1106

Overview

Barbara Elaine Stranger is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Key subfields include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Oncology.

The scientist's research covers a range of study topics, notably Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, RNA Research and Splicing, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Sex and Gender in Healthcare, and Gene Expression and Cancer Classification.

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Cell
  • Cancer Research
  • Genome biology

Barbara Elaine Stranger has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • François Aguet
  • Sarah Kim-Hellmuth
  • Meritxell Oliva
  • Kristin Ardlie
  • Ayellet V. Segrè

Recent publications by Stranger highlight contributions to genetic regulation, tissue-specific gene expression, and proteomics. Notable papers include:

  • "The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues," 2020, Science
  • "The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues," 2020, Science
  • "Cell type-specific genetic regulation of gene expression across human tissues," 2020, Science
  • "Determinants of telomere length across human tissues," 2020, Science
  • "A Quantitative Proteome Map of the Human Body," 2020, Cell

The work of Barbara Elaine Stranger contributes to understanding genetic mechanisms underlying human tissue variation, gene expression influenced by sex differences, and the molecular anatomy of the human proteome. Their research intersects multiple disciplines, offering insights relevant to genetics, molecular biology, and clinical medicine.

Best Publications

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    F Aguet;AN Barbeira;R Bonazzola;A Brown

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

    Yukinori Okada;Yukinori Okada;Di Wu;Di Wu;Di Wu;Gosia Trynka;Gosia Trynka;Towfique Raj;Towfique Raj

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Relative Impact of Nucleotide and Copy Number Variation on Gene Expression Phenotypes

    Barbara E. Stranger;Matthew S. Forrest;Mark Dunning;Catherine E. Ingle

  • Population genomics of human gene expression

    Barbara E. Stranger;Alexandra C. Nica;Matthew S. Forrest;Antigone Dimas

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Exploring the phenotypic consequences of tissue specific gene expression variation inferred from GWAS summary statistics.

    Alvaro N. Barbeira;Scott P. Dickinson;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Jiamao Zheng

  • Common Regulatory Variation Impacts Gene Expression in a Cell Type–Dependent Manner

    Antigone S. Dimas;Samuel Deutsch;Barbara Elaine Stranger;Barbara Elaine Stranger;Stephen B. Montgomery

  • Progress and Promise of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Human Complex Trait Genetics

    Barbara Elaine Stranger;Eli A. Stahl;Towfique Raj

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Genome-Wide Associations of Gene Expression Variation in Humans

    Barbara E Stranger;Matthew S Forrest;Andrew G Clark;Andrew G Clark;Mark J Minichiello

  • Chromatin marks identify critical cell types for fine mapping complex trait variants

    Gosia Trynka;Cynthia Sandor;Buhm Han;Han Xu;Han Xu

  • Patterns of \(Cis\) Regulatory Variation in Diverse Human Populations

    Barbara Elaine Stranger;Stephen B. Montgomery;Stephen B. Montgomery;Antigone S. Dimas;Leopold Parts

  • Polarization of the effects of autoimmune and neurodegenerative risk alleles in leukocytes.

    Towfique Raj;Katie Rothamel;Sara Mostafavi;Chun Ye

  • Candidate causal regulatory effects by integration of expression QTLs with complex trait genetic associations.

    Alexandra C. Nica;Stephen B. Montgomery;Stephen B. Montgomery;Antigone S. Dimas;Antigone S. Dimas;Barbara Elaine Stranger;Barbara Elaine Stranger

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    François Aguet;Alvaro N Barbeira;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Andrew Brown

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Towfique Raj
Towfique Raj Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis University of Geneva
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Soumya Raychaudhuri Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Stephen B. Montgomery
Stephen B. Montgomery Stanford University
Eric R. Gamazon
Eric R. Gamazon Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lori B. Chibnik
Lori B. Chibnik Harvard University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Christophe Benoist
Christophe Benoist Harvard University

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