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Eric J.G. Sijbrands is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields including Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, such as Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations and Quality of Life, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Eric J.G. Sijbrands include:

  • Maryam Kavousi
  • Mandy van Hoek
  • Sunny S Singh
  • Yolanda B. de Rijke
  • Petra J. M. Elders

Eric J.G. Sijbrands has published extensively in several journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • Atherosclerosis
  • European Heart Journal
  • CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers by Eric J.G. Sijbrands are:

  • Reducing the Clinical and Public Health Burden of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Sharing ICU Patient Data Responsibly Under the Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Joint Data Science Collaboration: The Amsterdam University Medical Centers Database (AmsterdamUMCdb) Example*, 2021, Critical Care Medicine
  • The Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) Familial Hypercholesterolemia Variant Curation Expert Panel consensus guidelines for LDLR variant classification, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Lipoprotein(a) is associated with the onset but not the progression of aortic valve calcification, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Cross-Laboratory Standardization of Preclinical Lipidomics Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry and Multiple Reaction Monitoring, 2021, Analytical Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • 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

  • 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

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • 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

  • Simvastatin with or without Ezetimibe in Familial Hypercholesterolemia

    John J.P. Kastelein;Fatima Akdim;Erik S.G. Stroes;Aeilko H. Zwinderman

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts

    Yurii S Aulchenko;Samuli Ripatti;Ida Lindqvist;Dorret Boomsma

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • 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

  • Efficacy of statins in familial hypercholesterolaemia: a long term cohort study

    Jorie Versmissen;Daniëlla M Oosterveer;Mojgan Yazdanpanah;Joep C Defesche

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • High Serum Uric Acid as a Novel Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes

    Abbas Dehghan;Mandy van Hoek;Eric J.G. Sijbrands;Albert Hofman

  • Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in Children with familial hypercholesterolemia: A randomized controlled trial

    Albert Wiegman;Barbara A. Hutten;Eric de Groot;Jessica Rodenburg

  • An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

    Robert A. Scott;Laura J. Scott;Reedik Mägi;Letizia Marullo

  • Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

    Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena;Claudia Langenberg;Toshiko Tanaka;Toshiko Tanaka

  • Review of first 5 years of screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia in the Netherlands

    Marina A. W. Umans-Eckenhausen;Joep C. Defesche;Eric J. G. Sijbrands;Robert L. J. M. Scheerder

  • 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

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Abbas Dehghan
Abbas Dehghan Imperial College London
John J.P. Kastelein
John J.P. Kastelein University of Amsterdam
Jacqueline C.M. Witteman
Jacqueline C.M. Witteman Erasmus University Rotterdam
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Samuli Ripatti
Samuli Ripatti University of Helsinki
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Benjamin F. Voight
Benjamin F. Voight University of Pennsylvania

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