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2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
112
Citations
56519
World Ranking
493
National Ranking
32

Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
56753
World Ranking
5083
National Ranking
280

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Holger Prokisch is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 380 publications in this field. Subfields of their work include molecular biology, genetics, clinical biochemistry, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Prokisch's research include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Prokisch has published extensively in several scientific venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • Movement Disorders
  • Nature Communications

Some recent publications by Prokisch include:

  • "Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "Genetics of mitochondrial diseases: Identifying mutations to help diagnosis" (2020, EBioMedicine)
  • "Monogenic variants in dystonia: an exome-wide sequencing study" (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Clinical implementation of RNA sequencing for Mendelian disease diagnostics" (2022, Genome Medicine)
  • "Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function" (2022, Nature Genetics)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Prokisch include:

  • Robert Kopajtich
  • Thomas Meitinger
  • Johannes A. Mayr
  • Saskia B. Wortmann
  • Vicente A. Yépez

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • ACSL4 dictates ferroptosis sensitivity by shaping cellular lipid composition

    Sebastian Doll;Bettina Proneth;Yulia Y Tyurina;Elena Panzilius

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

    Urmo Võsa;Annique Claringbould;Annique Claringbould;Harm-Jan Westra;Marc Jan Bonder

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations.

    Melanie Kolz;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Serena Sanna;Alexander Teumer

  • Novel biomarkers for pre-diabetes identified by metabolomics

    Rui Wang-Sattler;Zhonghao Yu;Christian Herder;Ana C Messias

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast

    Lars M. Steinmetz;Curt Scharfe;Adam M. Deutschbauer;Dejana Mokranjac

  • A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium

    Nicole Soranzo;Nicole Soranzo;Tim D Spector;Massimo Mangino;Brigitte Kühnel

  • The Parkinson disease causing LRRK2 mutation I2020T is associated with increased kinase activity

    Christian Johannes Gloeckner;Norbert Kinkl;Annette Schumacher;Ralf J. Braun

  • Genetic diagnosis of Mendelian disorders via RNA sequencing

    Laura S. Kremer;Daniel M. Bader;Daniel M. Bader;Christian Mertes;Robert Kopajtich

  • SLC2A9 influences uric acid concentrations with pronounced sex-specific effects.

    Angela Döring;Christian Gieger;Divya Mehta;Henning Gohlke

  • Differences between human plasma and serum metabolite profiles

    Zhonghao Yu;Gabi Kastenmüller;Ying He;Petra Belcredi

  • Unraveling the polygenic architecture of complex traits using blood eQTL metaanalysis

    Võsa U;Claringbould A;Westra H;Bonder Mj

  • Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation markers in peripheral blood from Indian Asians and Europeans with incident type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study.

    John C Chambers;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Benjamin Lehne;Alexander Drong

  • Phenotypic spectrum associated with mutations of the mitochondrial polymerase γ gene

    R Horvath;G Hudson;G Ferrari;N Futterer

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations

    M. Kolz;T. Johnson;S. Sanna;A. Teumer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Tobias B. Haack
Tobias B. Haack University of Tübingen
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich
Johannes A. Mayr
Johannes A. Mayr Paracelsus Medical University
Thomas Klopstock
Thomas Klopstock Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Sperl
Wolfgang Sperl Paracelsus Medical University
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor Newcastle University
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Herder
Christian Herder Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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