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Cheryl A. Winkler is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in nephrology, genetics, molecular biology, epidemiology, and obstetrics and gynecology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including renal diseases and glomerulopathies, chronic lymphocytic leukemia research, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, renal and related cancers, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, and celiac disease research and management.

Frequent co-authors in Cheryl A. Winkler's publications include:

  • Jeffrey B. Kopp
  • Avi Z. Rosenberg
  • Teruhiko Yoshida
  • Khun Zaw Latt
  • Yongmei Zhao

Their recent papers provide insight into ongoing research trends and recent advances, including:

  • Genetics in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference (2022), published in Kidney International
  • The evolving story of apolipoprotein L1 nephropathy: the end of the beginning (2022), published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • Urine Single-Cell RNA Sequencing in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Reveals Inflammatory Signatures (2021), published in Kidney International Reports
  • Dysregulated microRNAs in Hepatitis B Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Potential as Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets (2020), published in Frontiers in Oncology
  • Kidney disease and APOL1 (2021), published in Human Molecular Genetics

Cheryl A. Winkler's publications appear most frequently in venues such as:

  • Kidney International Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • UNC Libraries

This body of work demonstrates a sustained engagement with nephrology and related biomedical research fields, combining clinical and molecular approaches. The scientist's contributions span both fundamental biology and applied medical research addressing kidney diseases, cancer biology, and related disorders.

Best Publications

  • Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene

    Michael Dean;Mary Carrington;Cheryl Winkler;Gavin A. Huttley

  • Association of trypanolytic ApoL1 variants with kidney disease in African Americans.

    Giulio Genovese;Giulio Genovese;David J. Friedman;Michael D. Ross;Laurence Lecordier

  • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

    Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

  • Influence of combinations of human major histocompatibility complex genes on the course of HIV–1 infection

    Richard A. Kaslow;Mary Carrington;R. Apple;L. Park

  • Genetic basis for species vulnerability in the Cheetah

    Stephen J. O'Brien;M. E. Roelke;L. Marker;A. Newman

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

  • Genetic Restriction of AIDS Pathogenesis by an SDF-1 Chemokine Gene Variant

    Cheryl Winkler;William Modi;Michael W. Smith;George W. Nelson

  • APOL1 Genetic Variants in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and HIV-Associated Nephropathy

    Jeffrey B. Kopp;George W. Nelson;Karmini Sampath;Randall C. Johnson;Randall C. Johnson

  • MYH9 is a major-effect risk gene for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

    Jeffrey B Kopp;Michael W Smith;George W Nelson;Randall C Johnson

  • MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans

    W H Linda Kao;Michael J Klag;Lucy A Meoni;David Reich;David Reich

  • APOL1 Risk Variants, Race, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Afshin Parsa;W. H Linda Kao;Dawei Xie;Brad C. Astor

  • Dating the Origin of the CCR5-Δ32 AIDS-Resistance Allele by the Coalescence of Haplotypes

    J. Claiborne Stephens;David E. Reich;David B. Goldstein;Hyoung Doo Shin

  • CD2-associated protein haploinsufficiency is linked to glomerular disease susceptibility.

    Jeong M. Kim;Hui Wu;Gopa Green;Cheryl A. Winkler

  • A High-Density Admixture Map for Disease Gene Discovery in African Americans

    Michael W. Smith;Michael W. Smith;Nick Patterson;James A. Lautenberger;Ann L. Truelove;Ann L. Truelove

  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri

  • Accounting for multiple comparisons in a genome-wide association study (GWAS)

    Randall C Johnson;Randall C Johnson;George W Nelson;Jennifer L Troyer;James A Lautenberger

  • Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

    Peter H. Sudmant;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Bradley J. Nelson;Fereydoun Hormozdiari

  • Genetic restriction of HIV-1 pathogenesis to AIDS by promoter alleles of IL10.

    Hyoung Doo Shin;Cheryl Winkler;J. Claiborne Stephens;Jay Bream

  • HIV-1 infection in a man homozygous for CCR5▵32

    Thomas R O'Brien;Cheryl Winkler;Michael Dean;Julie Ae Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Jeffrey B. Kopp
Jeffrey B. Kopp National Institutes of Health
Susan Buchbinder
Susan Buchbinder University of California, San Francisco
James J. Goedert
James J. Goedert National Institutes of Health
Barry I. Freedman
Barry I. Freedman Wake Forest University
David Vlahov
David Vlahov Yale University
Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith Johns Hopkins University
Mary Carrington
Mary Carrington Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Carl D. Langefeld
Carl D. Langefeld Wake Forest University
Donald W. Bowden
Donald W. Bowden Wake Forest University

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