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Overview

Claudia Langenberg is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their main fields of study encompass Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in these areas. The subfields of research include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized subjects, notably:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Langenberg has published extensively in various scientific venues, with the most frequent publications appearing in:

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

The scientist's research collaborations include multiple frequent co-authors such as Nicholas J. Wareham, Maik Pietzner, Eleanor Wheeler, Jian'an Luan, and Julia Carrasco-Zanini.

Among recent papers associated with or relevant to Langenberg's field, notable publications include:

  • "Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Using Mendelian Randomization" (2021, JAMA)
  • "Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology using mendelian randomisation (STROBE-MR): explanation and elaboration" (2021, BMJ)
  • "Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases" (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • "Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women" (2020, Nature Medicine)

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • 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

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Using Mendelian Randomization: The STROBE-MR Statement

    Veronika W. Skrivankova;Rebecca C. Richmond;Benjamin A. R. Woolf;James Yarmolinsky

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

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

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

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Type 2 diabetes and incidence of cardiovascular diseases: a cohort study in 1·9 million people

    Anoop Dinesh Shah;Claudia Langenberg;Claudia Langenberg;Eleni Rapsomaniki;Spiros Denaxas

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • 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

Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Jian'an Luan
Jian'an Luan University of Cambridge
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Robert A. Scott
Robert A. Scott University of Cambridge
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen

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