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Eric D. Wieben

Eric D. Wieben

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Genetics

D-Index
61
Citations
12995
World Ranking
3064
National Ranking
1338

Overview

Eric D. Wieben is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing particularly on subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, genetics, hematology, molecular biology, and ophthalmology.

Wieben's research spans several main topics including:

  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Hemoglobinopathies and related disorders
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Iron metabolism and disorders
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Blood groups and transfusion
  • Retinal development and disorders

The scientist has published work in various journals, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Blood
  • Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Molecular Neurodegeneration

Some recent papers include:

  • "TCF4-mediated Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: Insights into a common trinucleotide repeat-associated disease" (2020) published in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • "Comparison of TCF4 repeat expansion length in corneal endothelium and leukocytes of patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy" (2021) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Disease Expression and Familial Transmission of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy With and Without CTG18.1 Expansion" (2021) published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "Improved Characterization of Complex β-Globin Gene Cluster Structural Variants Using Long-Read Sequencing" (2021) published in Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • "Characterization of a dual media system for culturing primary normal and Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) endothelial cells" (2021) published in PLoS ONE

Frequent coauthors working alongside Eric D. Wieben include:

  • Michael P. Fautsch
  • Eric W. Klee
  • Keith H. Baratz
  • Ross A. Aleff
  • Tommy A. Rinkoski

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive assessment of RNA-seq accuracy, reproducibility and information content by the Sequencing Quality Control Consortium

    Zhenqiang Su;Paweł P. Łabaj;Sheng Li;Jean Thierry-Mieg

  • PredictSNP: robust and accurate consensus classifier for prediction of disease-related mutations.

    Jaroslav Bendl;Jan Stourac;Ondrej Salanda;Antonin Pavelka

  • Complete primary structure of a human plasma membrane Ca2+ pump.

    A K Verma;A G Filoteo;D R Stanford;E D Wieben

  • Thiopurine Methyltransferase Pharmacogenetics: Human Gene Cloning and Characterization of a Common Polymorphism

    Carol Szumlanski;Diane Otterness;Chengtao Her;Daniel Lee

  • The genomic landscape of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors

    Michaela S. Banck;Rahul Kanwar;Amit A. Kulkarni;Ganesh K. Boora

  • Preemptive genotyping for personalized medicine: design of the right drug, right dose, right time-using genomic data to individualize treatment protocol.

    Suzette J. Bielinski;Janet E. Olson;Jyotishman Pathak;Richard M. Weinshilboum

  • Discovery of recurrent t(6;7)(p25.3;q32.3) translocations in ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphomas by massively parallel genomic sequencing.

    Andrew L. Feldman;Ahmet Dogan;David I. Smith;Mark E. Law

  • Human Aromatase: Gene Resequencing and Functional Genomics

    Cynthia X. Ma;Araba A. Adjei;Oreste E. Salavaggione;Josefa Coronel

  • Increased levels of mRNAs for tubulin and other flagellar proteins after amputation or shortening of Chlamydomonas Flagella

    Paul A. Lefebvre;Carolyn D. Silflow;Eric D. Wieben;Joel L. Rosenbaum

  • A common trinucleotide repeat expansion within the transcription factor 4 (TCF4, E2-2) gene predicts Fuchs corneal dystrophy.

    Eric D. Wieben;Ross A. Aleff;Nirubol Tosakulwong;Malinda L. Butz

  • Human liver dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase: molecular cloning and expression of cDNA.

    D M Otterness;E D Wieben;T C Wood;W G Watson

  • Human catechol O-methyltransferase genetic variation: gene resequencing and functional characterization of variant allozymes

    Alison Shield;Bianca Thomae;Bruce Eckloff;Eric Wieben

  • 3' tag digital gene expression profiling of human brain and universal reference RNA using Illumina Genome Analyzer

    Yan W. Asmann;Eric W. Klee;E. Aubrey Thompson;Edith A. Perez

  • Human Arsenic Methyltransferase (AS3MT) Pharmacogenetics GENE RESEQUENCING AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS STUDIES

    Thomas C. Wood;Oreste E. Salavagionne;Baidehi Mukherjee;Liewei Wang

  • Sentieon DNASeq Variant Calling Workflow Demonstrates Strong Computational Performance and Accuracy.

    Katherine Irene Kendig;Saurabh Baheti;Matthew A Bockol;Travis M Drucker

  • Gemcitabine Pharmacogenomics: Cytidine Deaminase and Deoxycytidylate Deaminase Gene Resequencing and Functional Genomics

    Judith A. Gilbert;Oreste E. Salavaggione;Yuan Ji;Linda L. Pelleymounter

  • SLC6A4 variation and citalopram response

    D.A. Mrazek;A.J. Rush;J.M. Biernacka;D.J. O'Kane

  • Dok-7 Myasthenia: Phenotypic and Molecular Genetic Studies in 16 Patients

    Duygu Selcen;Margherita Milone;Xin Ming Shen;C. Michel Harper

  • Prevalence of CDKN2A mutations in pancreatic cancer patients: implications for genetic counseling

    Robert R McWilliams;Eric D Wieben;Kari G Rabe;Katrina S Pedersen

  • Abnormal processing of the human cholecystokinin receptor gene in association with gallstones and obesity

    Laurence J. Miller;Eileen L. Holicky;Charles D. Ulrich;Eric D. Wieben

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce W. Eckloff
Bruce W. Eckloff Mayo Clinic
Liewei Wang
Liewei Wang Mayo Clinic
Eric W. Klee
Eric W. Klee Mayo Clinic
Daniel J. Schaid
Daniel J. Schaid Mayo Clinic
Jin Jen
Jin Jen Bristol Myers Squibb
Judy C. Boughey
Judy C. Boughey Mayo Clinic
Brooke L. Fridley
Brooke L. Fridley University of Kansas
Richard Gray
Richard Gray University of Oxford

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