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2025

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  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Gerd Utermann is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with contributions in specialized areas such as Surgery, Cancer Research, and Genetics.

The scientist's scholarly work addresses multiple main topics including Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, as well as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Utermann's recent publication includes the paper titled Lipoprotein(a) in women twins: heritability and relationship to apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes. This paper was published in 2020 through UNC Libraries.

  • Melissa A. Austin
  • C. Sandholzer
  • Joseph V. Selby
  • Beth Newman
  • Ronald M. Krauss

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerd Utermann include:

  • Melissa A. Austin
  • C. Sandholzer
  • Joseph V. Selby
  • Beth Newman
  • Ronald M. Krauss

The main venue where their research has been published is UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Lp(a) glycoprotein phenotypes. Inheritance and relation to Lp(a)-lipoprotein concentrations in plasma.

    G Utermann;H J Menzel;H G Kraft;H C Duba

  • Relation of serum lipoprotein(a) concentration and apolipoprotein(a) phenotype to coronary heart disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.

    Mary Seed;Fritz Hoppichler;David Reaveley;Susan McCarthy

  • The apolipoprotein E polymorphism : a comparison of allele frequencies and effects in nine populations

    D M Hallman;E Boerwinkle;N Saha;C Sandholzer

  • Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in the Finnish population: gene frequencies and relation to lipoprotein concentrations.

    C Ehnholm;M Lukka;T Kuusi;E Nikkilä

  • Lipoprotein(a): resurrected by genetics.

    F. Kronenberg;G. Utermann

  • Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in health and disease.

    Gerd Utermann

  • Effects of the apolipoprotein(a) size polymorphism on the lipoprotein(a) concentration in 7 ethnic groups

    C. Sandholzer;D. M. Hallman;N. Saha;G. Sigurdsson

  • Structure, function, and genetics of lipoprotein (a)

    Konrad Schmidt;Asma Noureen;Florian Kronenberg;Gerd Utermann

  • UNIPARENTAL PATERNAL DISOMY IN A GENETIC CANCER-PREDISPOSING SYNDROME

    I. Henry;C. Bonaiti-Pellié;V. Chehensse;C. Beldjord

  • Switch from antagonist to agonist of the androgen receptor blocker bicalutamide is associated with prostate tumour progression in a new model system

    Z Culig;J Hoffmann;M Erdel;I E Eder

  • Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia. Abnormal binding of mutant apoprotein E to low density lipoprotein receptors of human fibroblasts and membranes from liver and adrenal of rats, rabbits, and cows.

    W J Schneider;P T Kovanen;M S Brown;J L Goldstein

  • Mutations in the Δ7-sterol reductase gene in patients with the Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome

    Barbara U. Fitzky;Martina Witsch-Baumgartner;Martin Erdel;Joon No Lee

  • Role of Lipoprotein(a) and Apolipoprotein(a) Phenotype in Atherogenesis Prospective Results From the Bruneck Study

    Florian Kronenberg;Martina F. Kronenberg;Stefan Kiechl;Evi Trenkwalder

  • Molecular Genetic Analyses of the Tyrolean Ice Man

    Oliva Handt;Martin Richards;Marion Trommsdorff;Christian Kilger

  • Adaptations to Climate-Mediated Selective Pressures in Humans

    Angela M. Hancock;David B. Witonsky;Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu;Cynthia M. Beall

  • Genetics of the apolipoprotein E-system in man

    Gerd Utermann;Ulrich Langenbeck;Ulrike Beisiegel;Wilfried Weber

  • MYO5B mutations cause microvillus inclusion disease and disrupt epithelial cell polarity

    Thomas Müller;Michael W Hess;Natalia Schiefermeier;Kristian Pfaller

  • Genetics of the quantitative Lp(a) lipoprotein trait. III. Contribution of Lp(a) glycoprotein phenotypes to normal lipid variation.

    Eric Boerwinkle;Hans Jürgen Menzel;Hans Georg Kraft;Gerd Utermann

  • The apolipoprotein (a) gene: a transcribed hypervariable locus controlling plasma lipoprotein (a) concentration.

    H. G. Kraft;S. Köchl;H. J. Menzel;C. Sandholzer

  • Changes of genetic apolipoprotein phenotypes caused by liver transplantation. Implications for apolipoprotein synthesis.

    H G Kraft;H J Menzel;F Hoppichler;W Vogel

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Kronenberg
Florian Kronenberg Innsbruck Medical University
Andreas R. Janecke
Andreas R. Janecke Innsbruck Medical University
Gottfried Baier
Gottfried Baier Innsbruck Medical University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Andreas Gal
Andreas Gal Universität Hamburg
Bernd Wissinger
Bernd Wissinger University of Tübingen
Peter Nürnberg
Peter Nürnberg University of Cologne
John R. Heckenlively
John R. Heckenlively University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard I. Kelley
Richard I. Kelley Kennedy Krieger Institute
Robert W. Mahley
Robert W. Mahley University of California, San Francisco

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