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Christian Dina

Christian Dina

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Medicine

D-Index
85
Citations
46889
World Ranking
14351
National Ranking
460

Overview

Christian Dina is affiliated with the University of Nantes in France and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research interests and main topics of study include genetic associations and epidemiology, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, forensic and genetic research, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Christian Dina has published in numerous scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • European Heart Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Genetics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysms identifies 17 risk loci and genetic overlap with clinical risk factors (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Dyslipidemia, inflammation, calcification, and adiposity in aortic stenosis: a genome-wide study (2023, European Heart Journal)
  • Genetic and In Vitro Inhibition of PCSK9 and Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis (2020, JACC Basic to Translational Science)
  • Functionally validated SCN5A variants allow interpretation of pathogenicity and prediction of lethal events in Brugada syndrome (2021, European Heart Journal)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Jean-Jacques Schott
  • Richard Redon
  • Matilde Karakachoff
  • Thierry Le Tourneau
  • Vincent Probst

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study identifies novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes

    Robert Sladek;Ghislain Rocheleau;Johan Rung;Christian Dina

  • A mutation in the human leptin receptor gene causes obesity and pituitary dysfunction

    Karine Clément;Christian Vaisse;Najiba Lahlou;Sylvie Cabrol

  • 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

  • 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

  • Variation in FTO contributes to childhood obesity and severe adult obesity

    Christian Dina;David Meyre;Sophie Gallina;Emmanuelle Durand

  • 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

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

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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Genetic variation in the gene encoding adiponectin is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the japanese population

    Kazuo Hara;Philippe Boutin;Yasumichi Mori;Kazuyuki Tobe

  • Genomewide Search for Type 2 Diabetes–Susceptibility Genes in French Whites: Evidence for a Novel Susceptibility Locus for Early-Onset Diabetes on Chromosome 3q27-qter and Independent Replication of a Type 2–Diabetes Locus on Chromosome 1q21–q24

    Nathalie Vionnet;El Habib Hani;Sophie Dupont;Sophie Gallina

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Genome-wide association study for early-onset and morbid adult obesity identifies three new risk loci in European populations

    David Meyre;Jérôme Delplanque;Jean-Claude Chèvre;Cécile Lecoeur

  • An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

    Robert A. Scott;Laura J. Scott;Reedik Mägi;Letizia Marullo

  • Single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotypes in the both proximal promoter and exon 3 of the APM1 gene modulate adipocyte-secreted adiponectin hormone levels and contribute to the genetic risk for type 2 diabetes in French Caucasians

    Francis Vasseur;Nicole Helbecque;Christian Dina;Stéphane Lobbens

  • A variant near MTNR1B is associated with increased fasting plasma glucose levels and type 2 diabetes risk

    Nabila Bouatia-Naji;Amélie Bonnefond;Amélie Bonnefond;Christine Cavalcanti-Proença;Christine Cavalcanti-Proença;Thomas Sparsø

  • Multifocal Ectopic Purkinje-Related Premature Contractions A New SCN5A-Related Cardiac Channelopathy

    Gabriel Laurent;Samuel Saal;Mohamed Yassine Amarouch;Delphine M. Béziau

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • 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

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
David Meyre
David Meyre University of Lorraine
Richard Redon
Richard Redon University of Nantes
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen

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