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Braxton D. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum of topics within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on genetics and molecular biology related to cardiovascular medicine and cancer research.

Their substantial publication record highlights significant contributions to fields such as genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms. Key areas of study include bioinformatics and genomic networks, advanced neuroimaging techniques, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Braxton D. Mitchell include Bruce M. Psaty, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Eric Boerwinkle, and Myriam Fornage.

Regular publication venues for their work feature respected platforms such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Stroke, Nature Communications, and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Braxton D. Mitchell are:

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes (2020) published in Nature
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale (2020) published in Nature Genetics
  • Genetic basis of lacunar stroke: a pooled analysis of individual patient data and genome-wide association studies (2021) published in The Lancet Neurology
  • A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation (2022) published in Nature Genetics
  • rs641738C>T near MBOAT7 is associated with liver fat, ALT and fibrosis in NAFLD: A meta-analysis (2020) published in Journal of Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy

    Aaron I. Vinik;Raelene E. Maser;Braxton D. Mitchell;Roy Freeman

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Prospective Analysis of The Insulin-Resistance Syndrome (Syndrome X)

    Steven M Haffner;Rodolfo A Valdez;Helen P Hazuda;Braxton D Mitchell

  • 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

  • Association of Cytochrome P450 2C19 Genotype With the Antiplatelet Effect and Clinical Efficacy of Clopidogrel Therapy

    Alan R. Shuldiner;Jeffrey R. O’Connell;Kevin P. Bliden;Amish Gandhi

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in confirmed prediabetic individuals. Does the clock for coronary heart disease start ticking before the onset of clinical diabetes

    Steven M. Haffner;Michael P. Stern;Helen P. Hazuda;Braxton D. Mitchell

  • Hyperinsulinaemia: the key feature of a cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome

    E. Ferrannini;E. Ferrannini;S. M. Haffner;B. D. Mitchell;M. P. Stern

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong;Jun Wu;Ruben Hernaez;Ruben Hernaez

  • The Association Between Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy and Mortality in Individuals With Diabetes: A meta-analysis

    Raelene E. Maser;Braxton D. Mitchell;Aaron I. Vinik;Roy Freeman

  • A null mutation in human APOC3 confers a favorable plasma lipid profile and apparent cardioprotection

    Toni I. Pollin;Coleen M. Damcott;Haiqing Shen;Sandra H. Ott

  • Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

    Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena;Claudia Langenberg;Toshiko Tanaka;Toshiko Tanaka

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Shuldiner
Alan R. Shuldiner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Steven J. Kittner
Steven J. Kittner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jeffrey R. O'Connell
Jeffrey R. O'Connell University of Maryland, Baltimore
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
John Blangero
John Blangero The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Jonathan Rosand
Jonathan Rosand Harvard University
Michael P. Stern
Michael P. Stern The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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