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Ingrid Meulenbelt is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as Rheumatology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pharmacology, and Oncology.

Their academic output addresses various topics, including:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Among their recent publications are studies such as:

  • "Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations," 2021, published in Cell
  • "How does hip osteoarthritis differ from knee osteoarthritis?", 2021, published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • "Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations," 2021, published in Cell
  • "Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Metabolic Age Based on the BBMRI-NL 1 H-NMR Metabolomics Repository as Biomarker of Age-related Disease," 2020, published in Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Meulenbelt include:

  • Y.F. Ramos
  • Rodrigo Coutinho de Almeida
  • Rob G. H. H. Nelissen
  • H. Eka D. Suchiman
  • Margo Tuerlings

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

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

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Identification of new susceptibility loci for osteoarthritis (arcOGEN): A genome-wide association study

    E Zeggini;K Panoutsopoulou

  • Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders.

    S Ligthart;A Vaez;U Võsa;M G Stathopoulou

  • Republished: Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Osteoarthritis as a disease of the cartilage pericellular matrix

    Farshid Guilak;Robert J. Nims;Amanda Dicks;Chia Lung Wu

  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

    Cindy G Boer;Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas;Lorraine Southam;Lilja Stefánsdóttir

  • A genome-wide association study identifies an osteoarthritis susceptibility locus on chromosome 7q22.

    Hanneke J M Kerkhof;Rik J Lories;Ingrid Meulenbelt;Ingileif Jonsdottir

  • Identification of DIO2 as a new susceptibility locus for symptomatic osteoarthritis

    Ingrid Meulenbelt;Josine L. Min;Steffan Bos;Naghmeh Riyazi

  • Identification and systematic annotation of tissue-specific differentially methylated regions using the Illumina 450k array

    Roderick C. Slieker;Steffan D. Bos;Jelle J. Goeman;Judith Vmg Bovée

  • A meta-analysis of thyroid-related traits reveals novel loci and gender-specific differences in the regulation of thyroid function

    Eleonora Porcu;Marco Medici;Giorgio Pistis;Claudia B Volpato

  • Large-scale analysis of association between GDF5 and FRZB variants and osteoarthritis of the hip, knee, and hand

    Evangelos Evangelou;Kay Chapman;Ingrid Meulenbelt;Fotini B. Karassa

  • Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation

    Alexander Teumer;Alexander Teumer;Layal Chaker;Stefan Groeneweg;Yong Li

  • HIGH-YIELD NONINVASIVE HUMAN GENOMIC DNA ISOLATION METHOD FOR GENETIC STUDIES IN GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED FAMILIES AND POPULATIONS

    I. Meulenbelt;S. Droog;G.J.M. Trommelen;D.I. Boomsma

  • A meta-analysis of European and Asian cohorts reveals a global role of a functional SNP in the 5′ UTR of GDF5 with osteoarthritis susceptibility

    Kay Chapman;Atsushi Takahashi;Ingrid Meulenbelt;Chris Watson

  • Evidence for familial aggregation of hand, hip, and spine but not knee osteoarthritis in siblings with multiple joint involvement: the GARP study

    N Riyazi;I Meulenbelt;H M Kroon;K H Ronday

  • Genetic influences on disordered eating behaviour are largely independent of body mass index.

    M C T Slof-Op 't Landt;M C T Slof-Op 't Landt;M Bartels;E F van Furth;C E M van Beijsterveldt

Frequent Co-Authors

Margreet Kloppenburg
Margreet Kloppenburg Leiden University Medical Center
Rob G. H. H. Nelissen
Rob G. H. H. Nelissen Leiden University Medical Center
P. Eline Slagboom
P. Eline Slagboom Leiden University Medical Center
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Ana M. Valdes
Ana M. Valdes University of Nottingham
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eleftheria Zeggini
Eleftheria Zeggini Technical University of Munich
John Loughlin
John Loughlin Newcastle University
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Nigel K. Arden
Nigel K. Arden University of Oxford

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