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Gerjan Navis is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research is situated mainly within the field of Medicine, supported by extensive publications spanning several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Nephrology.

The scientist's publication record includes 299 works primarily focused on various medical disciplines, with a strong emphasis on nutritional and renal topics. Their main research areas cover Nutritional Studies and Diet, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Sodium Intake and Health, and Folate and B Vitamins Research.

Navis has contributed to multiple articles in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Nutrients
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Clinical Nutrition

Selected recent papers by Gerjan Navis include:

  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), SARS-CoV-2 and the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2020, The Journal of Pathology
  • Cohort Profile Update: Lifelines, a three-generation cohort study and biobank, 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Genetic analysis in European ancestry individuals identifies 517 loci associated with liver enzymes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and sarcopenic overweight in the general population: The lifelines cohort study, 2021, Clinical Nutrition
  • Interleukin 6 and Development of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in the General Population, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association

Gerjan Navis has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Stephan J. L. Bakker
  • Martin H. de Borst
  • António W. Gomes-Neto
  • Stefan P. Berger
  • Louise H. Dekker

Their research interests and scientific contributions reflect a focus on understanding the roles of nutrition and kidney function in overall health, aging, and disease management. This is further evidenced by the significant presence of their work across multiple related disciplines and in leading medical journals.

Best Publications

  • Tissue distribution of ACE2 protein, the functional receptor for SARS coronavirus. A first step in understanding SARS pathogenesis

    I. Hamming;W. Timens;M. L.C. Bulthuis;A. T. Lely

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Angiotensin?converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), SARS?CoV?2 and the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID?19)

    Arno R. Bourgonje;Amaal Eman Abdulle;Wim Timens;Jan Luuk Hillebrands

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • New Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race.

    Lesley A Inker;Nwamaka D Eneanya;Josef Coresh;Hocine Tighiouart

  • Increased Central Venous Pressure Is Associated With Impaired Renal Function and Mortality in a Broad Spectrum of Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

    Kevin Damman;Vincent M. van Deursen;Gerjan Navis;Adriaan A. Voors

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Comparative Performance of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Equations for Estimating GFR Levels Above 60 mL/min/1.73 m2

    Lesley A Stevens;Christopher H Schmid;Tom Greene;Yaping Lucy Zhang

  • Worsening Renal Function and Prognosis in Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Kevin Damman;Gerjan Navis;Adriaan A. Voors;Folkert W. Asselbergs

  • Immediate Postoperative Renal Function Deterioration in Cardiac Surgical Patients Predicts In-Hospital Mortality and Long-Term Survival

    Berthus G Loef;Anne H Epema;Ton D Smilde;Robert H Henning

  • CKD Prevalence Varies across the European General Population

    Katharina Brück;Vianda S. Stel;Giovanni Gambaro;Stein Hallan

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Effect of TREM-1 blockade and single nucleotide variants in experimental renal injury and kidney transplantation

    Alessandra Tammaro;Jesper Kers;Diba Emal;Ingrid Stroo

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Extremes Identifies Variant near UMOD Associated with Hypertension

    Sandosh Padmanabhan;Olle Melander;Toby Johnson;Anna Maria Di Blasio

  • FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

    Jian Yang;Jian Yang;Ruth J F Loos;Ruth J F Loos;Joseph E. Powell;Joseph E. Powell;Sarah E. Medland

  • Decreased cardiac output, venous congestion and the association with renal impairment in patients with cardiac dysfunction.

    Kevin Damman;Gerjan Navis;Tom D. J. Smilde;Adriaan A. Voors

  • New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

    Christian Gieger;Aparna Radhakrishnan;Ana Cvejic;Weihong Tang

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan J. L. Bakker
Stephan J. L. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen
Harry van Goor
Harry van Goor Radboud University
Pim van der Harst
Pim van der Harst University Medical Center Utrecht
Ron T. Gansevoort
Ron T. Gansevoort University Medical Center Groningen
Hans L. Hillege
Hans L. Hillege University Medical Center Groningen
Harold Snieder
Harold Snieder University Medical Center Groningen
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Ilja M. Nolte
Ilja M. Nolte University Medical Center Groningen
Dick de Zeeuw
Dick de Zeeuw University of Groningen
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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