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David Karasik

David Karasik

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Genetics

D-Index
67
Citations
21047
World Ranking
2508
National Ranking
19

Overview

David Karasik is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and has a substantial research footprint in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist has contributed notably to topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Bone health and osteoporosis research, Bone Metabolism and Diseases, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA Research and Splicing, and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications.

Karasik has published research in several prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include Bone Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Endocrinology, and Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Zebrafish models of sarcopenia, 2020, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • A regulatory variant at 3q21.1 confers an increased pleiotropic risk for hyperglycemia and altered bone mineral density, 2021, Cell Metabolism
  • Alzheimer's disease as a chronic maladaptive polyamine stress response, 2021, Aging
  • mRNA-lncRNA Co-Expression Network Analysis Reveals the Role of lncRNAs in Immune Dysfunction during Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection, 2021, Viruses

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Karasik include:

  • Douglas P. Kiel
  • Fernando Rivadeneira
  • Hou-Feng Zheng
  • Cheng-Da Yuan
  • Kathryn L. Lunetta

Best Publications

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Twenty bone mineral-density loci identified by large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Fernando Rivadeneira;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Karol Estrada;Bjarni V. Halldorsson

  • An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

    John A Morris;John P Kemp;John P Kemp;Scott E Youlten;Laetitia Laurent

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture.

    Hou Feng Zheng;Vincenzo Forgetta;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Karol Estrada

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

    Lisette Stolk;John R B Perry;John R B Perry;Daniel I. Chasman;Chunyan He

  • Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile.

    Tuomas O Kilpeläinen;M Carola Zillikens;Alena Stančákova;Francis M Finucane

  • Genome-wide Association Study in 79,366 European-ancestry Individuals Informs the Genetic Architecture of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels

    Xia Jiang;Xia Jiang;Paul F. O'Reilly;Hugues Aschard;Hugues Aschard;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche.

    John R B Perry;Lisette Stolk;Nora Franceschini;Kathryn L Lunetta;Kathryn L Lunetta

  • Collaborative Meta-analysis: Associations of 150 Candidate Genes With Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fracture

    J. Brent Richards;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fernando Rivadeneira;Unnur Styrkársdóttir

  • Large-Scale Analysis of Association Between LRP5 and LRP6 Variants and Osteoporosis

    Joyce B J. van Meurs;Thomas A. Trikalinos;Thomas A. Trikalinos;Stuart H. Ralston;Susana Balcells

  • Genome-wide association with bone mass and geometry in the Framingham Heart Study

    Douglas P Kiel;Serkalem Demissie;Josée Dupuis;Kathryn L Lunetta

  • Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

    Carolina Medina-Gomez;John P. Kemp;John P. Kemp;Katerina Trajanoska;Jian'an Luan

  • Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair EDITORIAL COMMENT

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J. Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Day Fr;Thompson Dj;elgason H;Chasman Di

  • Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile

    Tuomas O. Kilpelainen;M. Carola Zillikens;Alena Stancakova;Francis M. Finucane

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas P. Kiel
Douglas P. Kiel Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Yi-Hsiang Hsu
Yi-Hsiang Hsu Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Joanne M. Murabito
Joanne M. Murabito Boston University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Claes Ohlsson
Claes Ohlsson University of Gothenburg
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health

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