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George P. Patrinos

George P. Patrinos

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
16423
World Ranking
14802
National Ranking
36

Overview

George P. Patrinos is affiliated with the University of Patras in Greece and has a significant publication record in fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans diverse topics with a focus on pharmacogenetics, genomics, and pharmaceutical economics.

The primary fields of study for Patrinos include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Key subfields of their work cover:

  • Pharmacology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Patrinos has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • Human Genomics
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology
  • The Pharmacogenomics Journal
  • Pharmacogenomics

Recent publications highlight their ongoing contributions to important topics in genetics and pharmacogenomics. Some notable papers are:

  • A 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel to prevent adverse drug reactions: an open-label, multicentre, controlled, cluster-randomised crossover implementation study (2023, The Lancet)
  • Human genetic factors associated with susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease severity (2020, Human Genomics)
  • Clinically relevant updates of the HbVar database of human hemoglobin variants and thalassemia mutations (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • Triangulating nutrigenomics, metabolomics and microbiomics toward personalized nutrition and healthy living (2023, Human Genomics)
  • Economic evaluation in psychiatric pharmacogenomics: a systematic review (2021, The Pharmacogenomics Journal)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Patrinos include:

  • Christina Mitropoulou
  • Maria Koromina
  • Bassam R. Ali
  • Stavroula Siamoglou
  • Manousos E. Kambouris

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Gene conversion: mechanisms, evolution and human disease

    Jian-Min Chen;David Neil Cooper;Nadia Chuzhanova;Claude Férec

  • Defining the disease liability of variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene

    Patrick R Sosnay;Karen R Siklosi;Fredrick Van Goor;Kyle Kaniecki;Kyle Kaniecki

  • HbVar: A relational database of human hemoglobin variants and thalassemia mutations at the globin gene server.

    Ross C. Hardison;David H.K. Chui;Belinda Giardine;Cathy Riemer

  • Haploinsufficiency for the erythroid transcription factor KLF1 causes hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin

    Joseph Borg;Petros Papadopoulos;Marianthi Georgitsi;Laura Gutiérrez

  • Updates of the HbVar database of human hemoglobin variants and thalassemia mutations

    Belinda Giardine;Joseph Borg;Emmanouil Viennas;Cristiana Pavlidis

  • IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HBVAR DATABASE OF HUMAN HEMOGLOBIN VARIANTS AND THALASSEMIA MUTATIONS FOR POPULATION AND SEQUENCE VARIATION STUDIES

    George P. Patrinos;Belinda Giardine;Cathy Riemer;Webb Miller

  • Computational approaches in target identification and drug discovery

    Theodora Katsila;Georgios A. Spyroulias;George P. Patrinos;Minos-Timotheos Matsoukas

  • Implementing Pharmacogenomics in Europe: Design and Implementation Strategy of the Ubiquitous Pharmacogenomics Consortium

    C. H. van der Wouden;A. Cambon-Thomsen;E. Cecchin;K. C. Cheung

  • HbVar database of human hemoglobin variants and thalassemia mutations: 2007 update.

    Belinda Giardine;Sjozef van Baal;Polynikis Kaimakis;Cathy Riemer

  • Multiple interactions between regulatory regions are required to stabilize an active chromatin hub

    George P. Patrinos;Mariken de Krom;Ernie de Boer;An Langeveld

  • Global implementation of genomic medicine: We are not alone

    Teri A. Manolio;Marc Abramowicz;Fahd Al-Mulla;Warwick Anderson

  • Genomic rearrangements in inherited disease and cancer.

    Jian-Min Chen;David Neil Cooper;Claude Férec;Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki

  • RD-Connect: An Integrated Platform Connecting Databases, Registries, Biobanks and Clinical Bioinformatics for Rare Disease Research

    Rachel Thompson;Louise Johnston;Domenica Taruscio;Lucia Monaco

  • Human genetic factors associated with susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease severity.

    Cleo Anastassopoulou;Zoi Gkizarioti;George P. Patrinos;George P. Patrinos;Athanasios Tsakris

  • Systematic documentation and analysis of human genetic variation in hemoglobinopathies using the microattribution approach

    Belinda Giardine;Joseph Borg;Joseph Borg;Douglas R Higgs;Kenneth R Peterson

  • DNA hypermethylation: when tumour suppressor genes go silent

    George A. Garinis;George P. Patrinos;Nick E. Spanakis;Panayiotis G. Menounos

  • Realities and expectations of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine: impact of translating genetic knowledge into clinical practice.

    Alessio Squassina;Mirko Manchia;Mirko Manchia;Vangelis G Manolopoulos;Mehmet Artac

  • Krüppeling erythropoiesis: An unexpected broad spectrum of human red blood cell disorders due to KLF1 variants

    Andrew Perkins;Xiangmin Xu;Douglas R. Higgs;George P. Patrinos

  • Implementing Pharmacogenomics in Europe: Design and Implementation Strategy of the Ubiquitous Pharmacogenomics Consortium (vol 101, pg 341, 2017)

    CH van der Wouden;A Cambon-Thomsen;E Cecchin;KC Cheung

Frequent Co-Authors

David Neil Cooper
David Neil Cooper Cardiff University
Ron H.N. van Schaik
Ron H.N. van Schaik Erasmus University Rotterdam
Paolo Fortina
Paolo Fortina Thomas Jefferson University
Federico Innocenti
Federico Innocenti University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ross C. Hardison
Ross C. Hardison Pennsylvania State University
Fahd Al-Mulla
Fahd Al-Mulla Kuwait University
Milan Macek
Milan Macek Charles University
David H.K. Chui
David H.K. Chui Boston University
Peter J. van der Spek
Peter J. van der Spek Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mauno Vihinen
Mauno Vihinen Lund University

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