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Overview

Ilja M. Nolte is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans a range of topics within medicine, focusing heavily on genetics and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist has published extensively in multiple fields, with primary emphasis on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. More specifically, their subfield research covers Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

The main research topics covered by Ilja M. Nolte include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Renal and Vascular Pathologies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Translational Psychiatry

Ilja M. Nolte has collaborated regularly with several researchers, notably:

  • Harold Snieder
  • Stephan J. L. Bakker
  • Peter J. van der Most
  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga
  • Martin H. de Borst

Recent publications by Ilja M. Nolte include:

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome in 7,738 participants of the Dutch Microbiome Project, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Interleukin-6 Signaling Effects on Ischemic Stroke and Other Cardiovascular Outcomes, 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Leveraging functional genomic annotations and genome coverage to improve polygenic prediction of complex traits within and between ancestries, 2024, Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

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

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

  • Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index.

    Jian Yang;Andrew Bakshi;Zhihong Zhu;Gibran Hemani;Gibran Hemani

  • 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

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >80,000 subjects identifies multiple loci for C-reactive protein levels

    Abbas Dehghan;Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Maja Barbalic;Joshua C. Bis

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • 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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold Snieder
Harold Snieder University Medical Center Groningen
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Pim van der Harst
Pim van der Harst University Medical Center Utrecht

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