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2024

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Citations
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World Ranking
1437
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award

Overview

Diana Zelenika is affiliated with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on specific subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent publications include work on genetic factors influencing disease and metabolic conditions. Notable papers include:

  • Multiple apical plasma membrane constituents are associated with susceptibility to meconium ileus in individuals with cystic fibrosis, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease, 2020, UNC Libraries

Zelenika's research topics cover a range of areas related to respiratory and metabolic health, notably:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Their frequent coauthors over multiple publications include:

  • Cristen J. Willer
  • Derrick Bennett
  • Lori L. Bonnycastle
  • Anne Jackson
  • Sarah Parish

Their work has appeared consistently in UNC Libraries, demonstrating a pattern of publication in this venue.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

    Jeffrey C. Barrett;Sarah Hansoul;Dan L. Nicolae;Judy H. Cho

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • 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

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • 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

  • 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

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • 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

  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five susceptibility loci for glioma

    Sanjay Shete;Fay J. Hosking;Lindsay B. Robertson;Sara E. Dobbins

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for pulmonary fibrosis.

    Tasha E. Fingerlin;Elissa Murphy;Weiming Zhang;Anna L. Peljto

  • Novel Crohn Disease Locus Identified by Genome-Wide Association Maps to a Gene Desert on 5p13.1 and Modulates Expression of PTGER4

    Cécile Libioulle;Edouard Louis;Sarah Hansoul;Cynthia Sandor

  • Lung cancer susceptibility locus at 5p15.33

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Rayjean J Hung;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • 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

Mark Lathrop
Mark Lathrop McGill University
Simon Heath
Simon Heath Pompeu Fabra University
Vincent Chouraki
Vincent Chouraki University of Lille
Pilar Galan
Pilar Galan Paris 13 University
Anne Boland
Anne Boland University of Paris-Saclay
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Robert Clarke
Robert Clarke University of Oxford
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Benjamin F. Voight
Benjamin F. Voight University of Pennsylvania

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