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Daniel R. Witte

Daniel R. Witte

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
22990
World Ranking
17561
National Ranking
192

Overview

Daniel R. Witte is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has an extensive research portfolio in the field of Medicine, with a concentration on Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. Their work spans related subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics encompass a range of biomedical and clinical areas such as:

  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

Recent publications by Daniel R. Witte include:

  • Obesity and Kidney Function: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study (2021), published in Clinical Chemistry
  • Genome-wide association study and functional characterization identifies candidate genes for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake (2023), published in Nature Genetics
  • Plasma lipid metabolites associate with diabetic polyneuropathy in a cohort with type 2 diabetes (2021), published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Changes in type 2 diabetes incidence and mortality associated with introduction of HbA1c as diagnostic option: A Danish 24-year population-based study (2022), published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Longitudinal Change in Serum Neurofilament Light Chain in Type 2 Diabetes and Early Diabetic Polyneuropathy: ADDITION-Denmark (2024), published in Diabetes Care

Frequently publishing in journals such as Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes Care, Endocrine Connections, and SSRN Electronic Journal, Daniel R. Witte's work contributes across multiple respected venues.

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Dorte Vistisen
  • Lasse Bjerg
  • Annelli Sandbæk
  • Marit E. Jørgensen
  • Torben Hansen

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Vascular risk factors and diabetic neuropathy

    Solomon Tesfaye;Nish Chaturvedi;Simon E.M. Eaton;John D. Ward

  • 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

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

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Trajectories of glycaemia, insulin sensitivity, and insulin secretion before diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: an analysis from the Whitehall II study

    Adam G Tabák;Adam G Tabák;Markus Jokela;Markus Jokela;Tasnime N Akbaraly;Tasnime N Akbaraly;Eric J Brunner

  • Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot;Yingchang Lu;Yingchang Lu;Heather M Highland;Heather M Highland;Claudia Schurmann

  • Endothelial function predicts progression of carotid intima-media thickness.

    Julian P. J. Halcox;Ann E. Donald;Elizabeth Anne Ellins;Daniel R. Witte

  • Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

    Anubha Mahajan;Jennifer Wessel;Sara M. Willems;Wei Zhao

  • Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

    Matthew R. Robinson;Aaron Kleinman;Mariaelisa Graff;Anna A.E. Vinkhuyzen

  • Psychosocial Stress at Work Doubles the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Middle-Aged Women: Evidence from the Whitehall II Study

    Alexandros Heraclides;Tarani Chandola;Daniel R. Witte;Eric J. Brunner

  • Dietary patterns and 15-y risks of major coronary events, diabetes, and mortality

    Eric J Brunner;Annhild Mosdøl;Daniel R Witte;Pekka Martikainen

  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism.

    Momoko Horikoshi;Hanieh Yaghootkar;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Ulla Sovio;Ulla Sovio

  • A germline variant in the TP53 polyadenylation signal confers cancer susceptibility

    Simon N. Stacey;Patrick Sulem;Aslaug Jonasdottir;Gisli Masson

  • A genome-wide association study in the Japanese population identifies susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes at UBE2E2 and C2CD4A-C2CD4B

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Kazuo Hara;Shiro Maeda;Kazuki Yasuda

  • Relationship Between Risk Factors and Mortality in Type 1 Diabetic Patients in Europe The EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study (PCS)

    Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu;Nish Chaturvedi;Daniel R. Witte;Lynda K. Stevens

  • GLP-1 Response to Oral Glucose Is Reduced in Prediabetes, Screen-Detected Type 2 Diabetes, and Obesity and Influenced by Sex: The ADDITION-PRO Study

    Kristine Færch;Signe S. Torekov;Dorte Vistisen;Nanna B. Johansen

  • Diabetes and cancer (1): evaluating the temporal relationship between type 2 diabetes and cancer incidence

    J. A. Johnson;B. Carstensen;B. Carstensen;D. Witte;S. L. Bowker

  • Trans-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

    Mahajan A;Spracklen Cn;Zhang W;Ng Mc

  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

    Momoko Horikoshi;Hanieh Yaghootkar;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Ulla Sovio

Frequent Co-Authors

Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Torben Jørgensen
Torben Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Niels Grarup
Niels Grarup University of Copenhagen
Eric J. Brunner
Eric J. Brunner University College London
Allan Linneberg
Allan Linneberg University of Copenhagen
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London

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