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Gerard J. te Meerman is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main fields of study Gerard engages in include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Their work covers several significant research topics:

  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics

Gerard J. te Meerman has coauthored multiple scientific publications with the following frequent collaborators:

  • Edgar T. Hoorntje
  • Charlotte Burns
  • Luisa Marsili
  • Ben Corden
  • Victoria N. Parikh

Their research has appeared in various publication venues, including:

  • Annals of Neurology
  • Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Diagnostics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among their notable papers are:

  • CAG Repeat Size Influences the Progression Rate of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Variant Location Is a Novel Risk Factor for Individuals With Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Due to a Desmoplakin ( DSP ) Truncating Variant, 2022, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Limitations of Semi-Automated Immunomagnetic Separation of HLA-G-Positive Trophoblasts from Papanicolaou Smears for Prenatal Genetic Diagnostics, 2025, Diagnostics
  • Variant location is a novel risk factor for individuals with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy due to a desmoplakin (DSP) truncating variant, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Evidence based selection of housekeeping genes

    Hendrik J. M. de Jonge;Rudolf S. N. Fehrmann;Eveline S. J. M. de Bont;Robert M. W. Hofstra

  • Trans-eQTLs reveal that independent genetic variants associated with a complex phenotype converge on intermediate genes, with a major role for the HLA.

    Rudolf S. N. Fehrmann;Ritsert C. Jansen;Jan H. Veldink;Harm-Jan Westra

  • Common variants in 22 loci are associated with QRS duration and cardiac ventricular conduction.

    Nona Sotoodehnia;Aaron Isaacs;Paul I W de Bakker;Marcus Dörr

  • Gene expression analysis identifies global gene dosage sensitivity in cancer

    Rudolf S. N. Fehrmann;Juha M. Karjalainen;Małgorzata Krajewska;Harm-Jan Westra

  • Unraveling the regulatory mechanisms underlying tissue-dependent genetic variation of gene expression

    Jingyuan Fu;Marcel G. M. Wolfs;Patrick Deelen;Harm-Jan Westra

  • Low-penetrance Genes and Their Involvement in Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility

    Mirjam M. de Jong;Ilja M. Nolte;Gerard J. te Meerman;Winette T. A. van der Graaf

  • Survival-related profile, pathways, and transcription factors in ovarian cancer.

    Anne P. G Crijns;Rudolf S. N Fehrmann;Steven de Jong;Frans Gerbens

  • PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS OF CYSTIC-FIBROSIS

    GerardJ. Te Meerman;LeoP. Ten Kate;CharlesC.H.M. Buys

  • PLS3 mutations in X-linked osteoporosis with fractures

    Fleur S. van Dijk;M. Carola Zillikens;Dimitra Micha;Markus Riessland

  • Association between toll-like receptor 4 and inflammatory bowel disease

    Liekele E Oostenbrug;Joost P. H. Drenth;Dirk J de Jong;Ilja M Nolte

  • HLA class II expression by Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells is an independent prognostic factor in classical Hodgkin's lymphoma

    Arjan Diepstra;Gustaaf W. van Imhoff;Henrike E. Karim-Kos;Anke van den Berg

  • Contribution of rare and common variants determine complex diseases-Hirschsprung disease as a model.

    Maria M. Alves;Yunia Sribudiani;Rutger W W Brouwer;Rutger W W Brouwer;Jeanne Amiel;Jeanne Amiel

  • Serum chemokine levels in Hodgkin lymphoma patients: highly increased levels of CCL17 and CCL22.

    Marijke Niens;Lydia Visser;Ilja M. Nolte;Gerrit van der Steege

  • Severe myocardial fibrosis caused by a deletion of the 5' end of the lamin A/C gene.

    J. Peter van Tintelen;Rene A. Tio;Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse;Jop H. van Berlo

  • Interleukin-10 and Fas polymorphisms and susceptibility for (pre)neoplastic cervical disease

    M Zoodsma;Ilja Nolte;M Schipper;E Oosterom

  • Survival and clinical outcome in patients with cystic fibrosis, with or without neonatal screening.

    Jeannette E. Dankert-Roelse;Gerard J. te Meerman;Albert Martijn;Leo P. ten Kate

  • MixupMapper: correcting sample mix-ups in genome-wide datasets increases power to detect small genetic effects.

    Harm-Jan Westra;Ritsert C. Jansen;Rudolf S. N. Fehrmann;Gerard J. te Meerman

  • Sensitive Monogenic Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis by Targeted Haplotyping.

    Carlo Vermeulen;Geert Geeven;Elzo de Wit;Marjon J.A.M. Verstegen

  • Current smoking-specific gene expression signature in normal bronchial epithelium is enhanced in squamous cell lung cancer

    Mirjam C. Boelens;Anke van den Berg;Rudolf S. N. Fehrmann;Marie Geerlings

  • HLA-G protein expression as a potential immune escape mechanism in classical Hodgkin's lymphoma.

    A Diepstra;S Poppema;M Boot;L Visser

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilja M. Nolte
Ilja M. Nolte University Medical Center Groningen
Robert M.W. Hofstra
Robert M.W. Hofstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Elisabeth G.E. de Vries
Elisabeth G.E. de Vries University Medical Center Groningen
Anke van den Berg
Anke van den Berg University Medical Center Groningen
Charles H.C.M. Buys
Charles H.C.M. Buys University of Groningen
Jan H. Kleibeuker
Jan H. Kleibeuker University Medical Center Groningen
Harry J.M. Groen
Harry J.M. Groen University Medical Center Groningen
Rolf H. Sijmons
Rolf H. Sijmons University of Groningen
Sibrand Poppema
Sibrand Poppema Sunway University

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