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Overview

Dan E. Arking is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Arking's work often intersects with genetics, molecular biology, cardiology, clinical biochemistry, and physiology.

Their contributions to the fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of particular focus include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Physiology

Main topics addressed in Arking's research are:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Arking has published research extensively, with frequent appearances in specific scientific journals and repositories. The most common venues for their publications include:

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

Recent papers featuring Arking's research include:

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program, 2021, Nature
  • Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Thinking outside the nucleus: Mitochondrial DNA copy number in health and disease, 2020, Mitochondrion
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of chronic liver disease, 2023, Nature

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Arking's scientific work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Eric Boerwinkle
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Stephen S. Rich
  • Jennifer A. Brody
  • Xiuqing Guo

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Transactivation of miR-34a by p53 broadly influences gene expression and promotes apoptosis

    Tsung Cheng Chang;Erik A. Wentzel;Oliver A. Kent;Kalyani Ramachandran

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

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

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

  • Association between Microdeletion and Microduplication at 16p11.2 and Autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Yiping Shen;Joshua M. Korn;Joshua M. Korn;Dan E. Arking

  • 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

  • Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis.

    Tsung Cheng Chang;Duonan Yu;Yun Sil Lee;Erik A. Wentzel

  • Dysregulation of TGF-β activation contributes to pathogenesis in Marfan syndrome

    Enid R. Neptune;Pamela A. Frischmeyer;Dan E. Arking;Loretha Myers

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

    Jeanne E Savage;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

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

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

  • 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

  • Association between microdeletion and microduplication at 16p11.2 and autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Yiping Shen;Joshua M. Korn;Dan E. Arking

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient—Part III: Executive Summary of the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Task Force Report

    Morteza Naghavi;Erling Falk;Harvey S. Hecht;Michael J. Jamieson

  • Genomic alterations in cultured human embryonic stem cells

    Anirban Maitra;Dan E. Arking;Narayan Shivapurkar;Morna Ikeda

  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • A common genetic variant in the neurexin superfamily member CNTNAP2 increases familial risk of autism.

    Dan E. Arking;David J. Cutler;Camille W. Brune;Tanya M. Teslovich

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

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
Aravinda Chakravarti
Aravinda Chakravarti New York University Langone Medical Center
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Nona Sotoodehnia
Nona Sotoodehnia University of Washington
Christopher Newton-Cheh
Christopher Newton-Cheh Harvard University
Alvaro Alonso
Alvaro Alonso Emory University

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