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Eliecer Coto is affiliated with the University of Oviedo in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Genetics.

Their work addresses multiple topics including COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, interferon and immune responses, Diabetes and associated disorders, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions.

Eliecer Coto has published in several notable venues, with frequent publications in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Medicine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Life, Journal of Hypertension, and Circulation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Eliecer Coto include:

  • The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Coronavirus Disease 2019, 2021, European Cardiology Review
  • Angiotensin-converting enzymes (ACE, ACE2) gene variants and COVID-19 outcome, 2020, Gene
  • The Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 gene (IFITM3) rs12252 C variant is associated with COVID-19, 2020, Cytokine
  • Natural History of MYH7-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Association between the interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 gene (IFITM3) rs34481144 / rs12252 haplotypes and COVID-19, 2021, Current Research in Virological Science

They collaborate frequently with several co-authors, including Juan Gómez, Elías Cuesta-Llavona, Rebeca Lorca, Guillermo M. Albaiceta, and Daniel Vázquez-Coto.

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

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

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

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

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

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Unified Criteria for Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of ADPKD

    York Pei;James Obaji;Annie Dupuis;Andrew D. Paterson

  • Comparison of phenotypes of polycystic kidney disease types 1 and 2

    Nick Hateboer;Marjan A v Dijk;Nadja Bogdanova;Eliecer Coto

  • Angiotensin-converting enzymes (ACE, ACE2) gene variants and COVID-19 outcome.

    Juan Gómez;Guillermo M. Albaiceta;Marta García-Clemente;Carlos López-Larrea

  • Gut microbiota dysbiosis in a cohort of patients with psoriasis.

    C Hidalgo-Cantabrana;J Gómez;S Delgado;S Requena-López

  • Mutations in filamin C cause a new form of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Rafael Valdés-Mas;Ana Gutiérrez-Fernández;Juan Gómez;Eliecer Coto

  • Convergent genetic and expression data implicate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Lesley Jones;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    P. Coto-Segura;N. Eiris-Salvado;L. González-Lara;R. Queiro-Silva

  • A complete mutation screen of PKHD1 in autosomal-recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) pedigrees

    Sandro Rossetti;Roser Torra;Eliecer Coto;Mark Consugar

  • Profile of microRNAs in the plasma of Parkinson’s disease patients and healthy controls

    Lucía F. Cardo;Eliecer Coto;Lorena de Mena;Renée Ribacoba

  • Genome-wide haplotype association study identifies the FRMD4A gene as a risk locus for Alzheimer's disease.

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Benjamin Grenier-Boley;Benjamin Grenier-Boley;Benjamin Grenier-Boley;Denise Harold;Diana Zelenika

  • Genotype-Renal Function Correlation in Type 2 Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

    Riccardo Magistroni;Ning He;Kairong Wang;Robin Andrew

  • Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms and risk of Parkinson's disease in Spanish population

    Cecilia Huerta;Mónica G. Castro;Eliecer Coto;Marta Blázquez

  • Assessing the role of the TREM2 p.R47H variant as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.

    Agustín Ruiz;Oriol Dols-Icardo;María J. Bullido;Pau Pastor

  • Evidence of the association of BIN1 and PICALM with the AD risk in contrasting European populations

    Jean Charles Lambert;Jean Charles Lambert;Jean Charles Lambert;Diana Zelenika;Mikko Hiltunen;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki

  • A spectrum of mutations in the second gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD2)

    B. Veldhuisen;J.J. Saris;S. de Haij;T. Hayashi

  • In Vivo Interleukin-6 Protects Neutrophils from Apoptosis in Osteomyelitis

    Víctor Asensi;Eulalia Valle;Alvaro Meana;Joshua Fierer

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria Alvarez
Victoria Alvarez University of Oviedo
Carlos López-Larrea
Carlos López-Larrea Central University Hospital of Asturias
Pau Pastor
Pau Pastor University of Navarra
Julio Bobes
Julio Bobes University of Oviedo
Vincent Chouraki
Vincent Chouraki University of Lille
María J. Bullido
María J. Bullido Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Ortega
Francisco Ortega Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Kevin Morgan
Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital

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