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Cecilia M. Lindgren

Cecilia M. Lindgren

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Genetics
UK
2024

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Best Female Scientists

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145
Citations
139008
World Ranking
183
National Ranking
16

Genetics

D-Index
146
Citations
139001
World Ranking
151
National Ranking
27

Medicine

D-Index
146
Citations
139665
World Ranking
1310
National Ranking
137

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Cecilia M. Lindgren is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these domains, they have contributed to subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Physiology.

Their work engages with a variety of topics, highlighting areas like Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Ovarian Function and Disorders, RNA Research and Splicing, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals (2020, Nature Metabolism)
  • A brief history of human disease genetics (2020, Nature)
  • The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Genetic basis of lacunar stroke: a pooled analysis of individual patient data and genome-wide association studies (2021, The Lancet Neurology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Andrew P. Morris, Michael V. Holmes, Lars Lind, Reedik Mägi, and Triin Laisk.

They have a consistent publication record in several venues, with a particular emphasis on:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • PGC-1alpha-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes

    Vamsi K Mootha;Cecilia M Lindgren;Cecilia M Lindgren;Karl-Fredrik Eriksson;Aravind Subramanian

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

    Timothy M. Frayling;Nicholas J. Timpson;Michael N. Weedon;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • 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

  • Replication of Genome-Wide Association Signals in UK Samples Reveals Risk Loci for Type 2 Diabetes

    Eleftheria Zeggini;Michael N. Weedon;Cecilia M. Lindgren;Timothy M. Frayling

  • 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

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • The common PPARgamma Pro12Ala polymorphism is associated with decreased risk of type 2 diabetes.

    David Altshuler;Joel N. Hirschhorn;Joel N. Hirschhorn;Joel N. Hirschhorn;Mia Klannemark;Cecilia M. Lindgren;Cecilia M. Lindgren

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Timothy M. Frayling
Timothy M. Frayling University of Geneva
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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