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Overview

Eranga N. Vithana is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant emphasis on ophthalmology and related subfields.

Specifically, their subfields of study include:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Eranga N. Vithana's research covers a range of topics mainly related to eye health and genetics. Key areas include:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders

The scientist has published frequently in several prominent venues, including:

  • Nature Communications
  • Ophthalmology
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Communications Biology
  • European Journal of Human Genetics

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Characteristics of p.Gln368Ter Myocilin Variant and Influence of Polygenic Risk on Glaucoma Penetrance in the UK Biobank," 2021, Ophthalmology
  • "Integrating genetic regulation and single-cell expression with GWAS prioritizes causal genes and cell types for glaucoma," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Evaluation of Generative Adversarial Networks for High-Resolution Synthetic Image Generation of Circumpapillary Optical Coherence Tomography Images for Glaucoma," 2022, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • "Evaluation of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma Susceptibility Loci for Estimating Angle Closure Disease Severity," 2020, Ophthalmology

Eranga N. Vithana has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Tin Aung
  • Ching-Yu Cheng
  • Puya Gharahkhani
  • Pirro G. Hysi
  • Alex W. Hewitt

Best Publications

  • 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 meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

    Norihiro Kato;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Fumihiko Takeuchi;Niek Verweij

  • A Human Homolog of Yeast Pre-mRNA Splicing Gene, PRP31, Underlies Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa on Chromosome 19q13.4 (RP11)

    Eranga N. Vithana;Leen Abu-Safieh;Maxine J. Allen;Alisoun Carey

  • Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration: same or different disease?

    Augustinus Laude;Peter D. Cackett;Eranga N. Vithana;Ian Y. Yeo

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus.

    Yi Lu;Veronique Vitart;Kathryn P. Burdon;Chiea Chuen Khor

  • Alpha-b crystallin gene (CRYAB) mutation causes dominant congenital posterior polar cataract in humans

    Vanita Berry;Peter Francis;M. Ashwin Reddy;Dean Collyer

  • Mutations in HPRP3, a third member of pre-mRNA splicing factor genes, implicated in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa

    Christina F Chakarova;Matthew M Hims;Hanno Jörn Bolz;Leen Abu-Safieh

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies TXNRD2 , ATXN2 and FOXC1 as susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

    Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Stephanie J. Loomis;Jae H. Kang;R. Rand Allingham

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify three new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

    Eranga N Vithana;Eranga N Vithana;Chiea-Chuen Khor;Chiea-Chuen Khor;Chiea-Chuen Khor;Chunyan Qiao;Monisha E Nongpiur;Monisha E Nongpiur

  • Mutations in sodium-borate cotransporter SLC4A11 cause recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED2)

    Eranga N Vithana;Patricio Morgan;Periasamy Sundaresan;Neil D Ebenezer

  • SLC4A11 mutations in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

    Eranga N. Vithana;Patricio E. Morgan;Vedam Ramprasad;Donald T.H. Tan

  • Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers

    Juliet D. French;Maya Ghoussaini;Stacey L. Edwards;Kerstin B. Meyer

  • Genome-wide analysis of multi-ancestry cohorts identifies new loci influencing intraocular pressure and susceptibility to glaucoma

    Pirro G Hysi;Ching-Yu Cheng;Henriët Springelkamp;Stuart Macgregor

  • Common variants near ABCA1 and in PMM2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma

    Yuhong Chen;Ying Lin;Eranga N Vithana;Liyun Jia

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Tan Do;Hongyan Jia;Masakazu Nakano

  • Collagen-related genes influence the glaucoma risk factor, central corneal thickness

    Eranga N. Vithana;Tin Aung;Chiea Chuen Khor;Belinda K. Cornes

  • Nine loci for ocular axial length identified through genome-wide association studies, including shared loci with refractive error

    Ching-Yu Cheng;Ching-Yu Cheng;Maria Schache;M. Kamran Ikram;M. Kamran Ikram;M. Kamran Ikram;Terri L. Young;Terri L. Young

  • New loci and coding variants confer risk for age-related macular degeneration in East Asians

    Ching Yu Cheng;Kenji Yamashiro;Li Jia Chen;Jee Yun Ahn

  • A human homologue of yeast pre mRNA-splicing gene, PRP31, underlies autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa on chromosome 19q13.4 (RP11).

    EN Vithana;L Abu-Safieh;MJ Allen;A Carey

Frequent Co-Authors

Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Ching-Yu Cheng
Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore
Yik Ying Teo
Yik Ying Teo National University of Singapore
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Terri L. Young
Terri L. Young University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney

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