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Overview

Daniel T. O'Connor is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields they have contributed to include Molecular Biology, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Genetics.

The main topics of their work cover areas such as Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with them, including Matteo D'Antonio, Jennifer Nguyen, Timothy D. Arthur, Kelly A. Frazer, and Hiroko Matsui.

O'Connor has published extensively in venues such as Nature Communications, UNC Libraries, JAAOS Global Research and Reviews, Cells, and Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel T. O'Connor highlight their involvement in cutting-edge research:

  • Fine mapping spatiotemporal mechanisms of genetic variants underlying cardiac traits and disease, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Complex regulatory networks influence pluripotent cell state transitions in human iPSCs, 2024, Nature Communications
  • eQTL mapping in fetal-like pancreatic progenitor cells reveals early developmental insights into diabetes risk, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Natural History of Opioid Use in Naive and Tolerant Patients in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, 2024, JAAOS Global Research and Reviews
  • Wnt/PKC Signaling Inhibits Sensory Hair Cell Formation in the Developing Mammalian Cochlea, 2025, Cells

Best Publications

  • Effect of ramipril vs amlodipine on renal outcomes in hypertensive nephrosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

    L. Y. Agodoa;L. Appel;G. L. Bakris;G. Beck

  • The Chromogranin–Secretogranin Family

    Laurent Taupenot;Kimberly L. Harper;Daniel T. O'Connor

  • Secretion of chromogranin A by peptide-producing endocrine neoplasms.

    Daniel T. O'Connor;Leonard J. Deftos

  • Novel autocrine feedback control of catecholamine release. A discrete chromogranin a fragment is a noncompetitive nicotinic cholinergic antagonist.

    S. K. Mahata;D. T. O'connor;M. Mahata;Seung Hyun Yoo

  • Plasma hydrogen peroxide production in hypertensives and normotensive subjects at genetic risk of hypertension.

    Fred Lacy;Daniel O'Connor;Geert Schmid-Schönbein

  • Genetic influences on endometriosis in an Australian twin sample

    Susan A Treloar;Daniel T O’Connor;Vivienne M O’Connor;Nicholas G Martin

  • Assessment of Plasma C-Reactive Protein as a Biomarker of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk

    Satish A. Eraly;Satish A. Eraly;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Donald A. Barkauskas

  • Hypertension from targeted ablation of chromogranin A can be rescued by the human ortholog

    Nitish R. Mahapatra;Daniel T. O’Connor;Sucheta M. Vaingankar;Amiya P. Sinha Hikim

  • Plasma Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Human Essential Hypertension Role of Heredity, Gender, and Ethnicity

    Fred Lacy;Mala T. Kailasam;Daniel T. O’Connor;Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein

  • Whole-Genome Analysis of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Travis Dunckley;Matthew J. Huentelman;David W. Craig;John V. Pearson

  • Genomewide Linkage Study in 1,176 Affected Sister Pair Families Identifies a Significant Susceptibility Locus for Endometriosis on Chromosome 10q26

    Susan A. Treloar;Susan A. Treloar;Jacqueline Wicks;Jacqueline Wicks;Dale R. Nyholt;Dale R. Nyholt;Grant W. Montgomery;Grant W. Montgomery

  • Chromogranin A: Immunohistology reveals its universal occurrence in normal polypeptide hormone producing endocrine glands

    Daniel T. O'Connor;Daniel T. O'Connor;Douglas Burton;Douglas Burton;Leonard J. Deftos;Leonard J. Deftos

  • Radioimmunoassay of Chromogranin a in Plasma as a Measure of Exocytotic Sympathoadrenal Activity in Normal Subjects and Patients with Pheochromocytoma

    Daniel T. O'Connor;Keevin N. Bernstein

  • Comparison of cross-sectional renal function measurements in African Americans with hypertensive nephrosclerosis and of primary formulas to estimate glomerular filtration rate ☆ ☆☆ ★ ★★

    Julia Lewis;Lawrence Agodoa;DeAnna Cheek;Tom Greene

  • Early decline in the catecholamine release-inhibitory peptide catestatin in humans at genetic risk of hypertension.

    Daniel T O'Connor;Mala T Kailasam;Brian P Kennedy;Michael G Ziegler

  • Chromogranin: widespread immunoreactivity in polypeptide hormone producing tissues and in serum.

    Daniel T. O'Connor;Daniel T. O'Connor

  • Chromogranin A, the major catecholamine storage vesicle soluble protein. Multiple size forms, subcellular storage, and regional distribution in chromaffin and nervous tissue elucidated by radioimmunoassay.

    D T O'Connor;R P Frigon

  • Chromogranin A in uremia: progressive retention of immunoreactive fragments.

    Ray J. Hsiao;Matthew S. Mezger;Daniel T. O'Connor

  • Laminar, tangential and regional organization of the noradrenergic innervation of monkey cortex: Dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunohistochemistry

    John H. Morrison;Stephen L. Foote;Daniel O'Connor;Floyd E. Bloom

  • IMMUNOREACTIVE HUMAN CHROMOGRANIN A IN DIVERSE POLYPEPTIDE HORMONE PRODUCING HUMAN TUMORS AND NORMAL ENDOCRINE TISSUES

    Daniel T. O’Connor;Douglas Burton;Leonard J. Deftos

Frequent Co-Authors

Sushil K. Mahata
Sushil K. Mahata University of California, San Diego
Michael G. Ziegler
Michael G. Ziegler University of California, San Diego
Nicholas J. Schork
Nicholas J. Schork Translational Genomics Research Institute
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Rebecca E. Lee
Rebecca E. Lee Arizona State University
Andrew J. Pollard
Andrew J. Pollard University of Oxford
Dewleen G. Baker
Dewleen G. Baker University of California, San Diego
Anatoly V. Zayats
Anatoly V. Zayats King's College London
Richard J. Simpson
Richard J. Simpson La Trobe University
Gregory A. Wurtz
Gregory A. Wurtz King's College London

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