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Genetics
UK
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
128
Citations
78442
World Ranking
273
National Ranking
51

Medicine

D-Index
128
Citations
78445
World Ranking
2659
National Ranking
277

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Jing Hua Zhao is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine. The scientist's work addresses several important subfields, including genetics, molecular biology, immunology, infectious diseases, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Bioinformatics and genomic networks
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets, 2023, Nature Immunology
  • Actionable druggable genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies repurposing opportunities for COVID-19, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Actionable druggable genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies repurposing opportunities for COVID-19, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Author Correction: Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets, 2023, Nature Immunology

The venues where their work is frequently published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Immunology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Medicine
  • Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • John Danesh
  • Adam S. Butterworth
  • Caroline Hayward
  • James E. Peters
  • Claudia Langenberg

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • 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

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

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

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

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Jian'an Luan
Jian'an Luan University of Cambridge
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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