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Overview

Ewan R. Pearson is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and the interdisciplinary area of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with specific attention to endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their publication record includes significant contributions to several subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, surgery, and epidemiology. The core topics of their research revolve around:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequent publication venues reflect their focus on diabetes and related medical research. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diabetes Care
  • Diabetologia
  • Diabetes
  • BMJ Open

Among the scientists frequently collaborating with Ewan R. Pearson are Andrew T. Hattersley, Paul W. Franks, Angus G. Jones, Adem Y. Dawed, and Leen M. 't Hart. These coauthors represent a network of researchers active in related fields.

Recent papers featuring Ewan R. Pearson's work include:

  • "Using machine learning approaches for multi-omics data analysis: A review," 2021, published in Biotechnology Advances
  • "Precision Medicine in Diabetes: A Consensus Report From the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)," 2020, published in Diabetes Care
  • "Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland," 2020, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Novel subgroups of type 2 diabetes and their association with microvascular outcomes in an Asian Indian population: a data-driven cluster analysis: the INSPIRED study," 2020, published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • "Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, Albuminuria, and Adverse Outcomes," 2023, published in JAMA

Best Publications

  • The mechanisms of action of metformin

    Graham Rena;D. Grahame Hardie;Ewan R. Pearson

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Activating Mutations in the Gene Encoding the ATP-Sensitive Potassium-Channel Subunit Kir6.2 and Permanent Neonatal Diabetes

    Anna L Gloyn;Ewan R. Pearson;Jennifer F. Antcliff;Peter Proks

  • Switching from insulin to oral sulfonylureas in patients with diabetes due to Kir6.2 mutations.

    Ewan R Pearson;Isabelle Flechtner;Pål R Njølstad;Maciej T Malecki

  • Genetic cause of hyperglycaemia and response to treatment in diabetes

    Ewan R Pearson;Bryan J Starkey;Roy J Powell;Fiona M Gribble

  • Metformin and the gastrointestinal tract.

    Laura J. McCreight;Clifford J. Bailey;Ewan R. Pearson

  • Molecular mechanism of action of metformin: old or new insights?

    Graham Rena;Ewan R. Pearson;Kei Sakamoto

  • Macrosomia and Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia in Patients with Heterozygous Mutations in the HNF4A Gene

    Ewan R Pearson;Sylvia F Boj;Anna M Steele;Timothy Barrett

  • Common variants near ATM are associated with glycemic response to metformin in type 2 diabetes.

    K. Zhou;K. Zhou;C. Bellenguez;C.C.A. Spencer;A.J. Bennett

  • Effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycaemic control and insulin resistance: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    P. S. George;E. R. Pearson;M. D. Witham

  • Precision Medicine in Diabetes: A Consensus Report From the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

    Wendy K. Chung;Karel Erion;Jose C. Florez;Andrew T. Hattersley

  • Variation in TCF7L2 Influences Therapeutic Response to Sulfonylureas A GoDARTs Study

    Ewan R. Pearson;Louise A. Donnelly;Charlotte Kimber;Adrian Whitley

  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism.

    Momoko Horikoshi;Hanieh Yaghootkar;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Ulla Sovio;Ulla Sovio

  • Sensitivity to sulphonylureas in patients with hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha gene mutations: evidence for pharmacogenetics in diabetes.

    E. R. Pearson;W. G. Liddell;M. Shepherd;R. J. Corrall

  • beta-cell genes and diabetes: molecular and clinical characterization of mutations in transcription factors

    Timothy M. Frayling;Julie C. Evans;Michael P. Bulman;Ewan Pearson

  • Molecular genetics and phenotypic characteristics of MODY caused by hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α mutations in a large European collection

    E. R. Pearson;S. Pruhova;C. J. Tack;A. Johansen

  • Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland.

    Stuart J McGurnaghan;Amanda Weir;Jen Bishop;Sharon Kennedy

  • Genetic evidence that raised sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes

    John R.B. Perry;Michael N. Weedon;Claudia Langenberg;Anne U. Jackson

  • Molecular and Clinical Characterization of Mutations in Transcription Factors

    Timothy M. Frayling;Julie C. Evans;Michael P. Bulman;Ewan Pearson

  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

    Momoko Horikoshi;Hanieh Yaghootkar;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Ulla Sovio

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Hattersley
Andrew T. Hattersley University of Exeter
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Colin N. A. Palmer
Colin N. A. Palmer University of Dundee
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Søren Brunak
Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen
Alex S. F. Doney
Alex S. F. Doney University of Dundee
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Andrew D. Morris
Andrew D. Morris University of Edinburgh
Sian Ellard
Sian Ellard University of Exeter

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