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James S. Pankow is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans several key fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 265 and 139 publications in these respective fields. Within these broad domains, their work extensively covers subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary research topics addressed by Pankow include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Noise Effects and Management, as well as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) research. These topics reflect a diverse but interconnected range of biomedical interests.

Frequent collaborators in Pankow's research include Pamela L. Lutsey, Josef Coresh, Eric Boerwinkle, David Couper, and Weihong Tang. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications, indicating sustained research partnerships.

The venues where Pankow often publishes include UNC Libraries, with 75 publications, Circulation (35 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 18, Alzheimer's & Dementia with 10, and Communications Medicine having 9 publications. This mix reflects engagement with both clinical and basic research audiences.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James S. Pankow illustrate the range of their research interests and the impact of their work. These include:

  • Hearing intervention versus health education control to reduce cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss in the USA (ACHIEVE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging, 2021, Genome biology
  • Second international consensus report on gaps and opportunities for the clinical translation of precision diabetes medicine, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Interleukin-6 Signaling Effects on Ischemic Stroke and Other Cardiovascular Outcomes, 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Risk of Progression to Diabetes Among Older Adults With Prediabetes, 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine

Best Publications

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Glycated Hemoglobin, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk in Nondiabetic Adults

    Elizabeth Selvin;Michael W. Steffes;Hong Zhu;Kunihiro Matsushita

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • Low-grade systemic inflammation and the development of type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.

    Bruce B. Duncan;Bruce B. Duncan;Maria Inês Schmidt;Maria Inês Schmidt;James S. Pankow;Christie M. Ballantyne

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Recent Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease — Mortality, Morbidity, Medical Care, and Risk Factors

    Paul G. Mcgovern;James S. Pankow;Eyal Shahar;Katherine M. Doliszny

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

    Robert A. Scott;Laura J. Scott;Reedik Mägi;Letizia Marullo

  • The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

    Wanda K. Nicholson;Keiko Asao;Frederick Brancati;Josef Coresh

  • Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

    Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena;Claudia Langenberg;Toshiko Tanaka;Toshiko Tanaka

  • Acute-phase Inflammatory Response to Periodontal Disease in the US Population

    Gary D Slade;Steven Offenbacher;James D Beck;Gerardo Heiss

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Elizabeth Selvin
Elizabeth Selvin Johns Hopkins University
Josée Dupuis
Josée Dupuis McGill University
James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Aaron R. Folsom
Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Kari E. North
Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jose C. Florez
Jose C. Florez Harvard University
Myriam Fornage
Myriam Fornage The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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