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Klaus Bønnelykke

Klaus Bønnelykke

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Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
29403
World Ranking
1196
National Ranking
17

Overview

Klaus Bønnelykke is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, working within the field of Medicine. They have contributed extensively to research focused on asthma and respiratory diseases, pediatric health, and chronic respiratory conditions.

Their research spans several subfields including Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Emergency Medical Services, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Klaus Bønnelykke's main research topics include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health

The scientist's frequent co-authors are:

  • Jakob Stokholm
  • Bo Chawes
  • Hans Bisgaard
  • Morten Arendt Rasmussen
  • Nicklas Brustad

Klaus Bønnelykke's work is published regularly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Allergy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • European Respiratory Journal

Recent publications include:

  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Role of viruses in asthma, 2020, Seminars in Immunopathology
  • Delivery mode and gut microbial changes correlate with an increased risk of childhood asthma, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut, 2023, Nature Microbiology
  • Urbanized microbiota in infants, immune constitution, and later risk of atopic diseases, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Childhood Asthma after Bacterial Colonization of the Airway in Neonates

    Hans Bisgaard;Mette Northman Hermansen;Frederik Buchvald;Lotte Loland

  • A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

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  • Reduced Diversity of the Intestinal Microbiota During Infancy Is Associated With Increased Risk of Allergic Disease at School Age

    Hans Bisgaard;Nan Li;Nan Li;Nan Li;Klaus Bonnelykke;Bo Lund Krogsgaard Chawes

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

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  • 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

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Patrick Sleiman;Kasper Nielsen;Eskil Kreiner-Møller

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Rhinovirus Wheezing Illness and Genetic Risk of Childhood-Onset Asthma

    Minal Çalışkan;Yury A. Bochkov;Eskil Kreiner-Møller;Klaus Bønnelykke

  • Cesarean Section and Chronic Immune Disorders

    Astrid Sevelsted;Jakob Stokholm;Klaus Bønnelykke;Hans Bisgaard

  • Maturation of the gut microbiome and risk of asthma in childhood.

    Jakob Stokholm;Jakob Stokholm;Martin J. Blaser;Jonathan Thorsen;Morten Arendt Rasmussen;Morten Arendt Rasmussen

  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

    Momoko Horikoshi;Robin N. Beaumont;Felix R. Day;Nicole M. Warrington;Nicole M. Warrington

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Fish Oil–Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring

    Hans Bisgaard;Jakob Stokholm;Bo L Chawes;Nadja H Vissing

  • Variants of DENND1B Associated with Asthma in Children

    Patrick M. A. Sleiman;James Flory;Marcin Imielinski;Jonathan P. Bradfield

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.

    Janine F. Felix;Jonathan P. Bradfield;Claire Monnereau;Ralf J P Van Der Valk

  • Association of bacteria and viruses with wheezy episodes in young children: prospective birth cohort study.

    Hans Bisgaard;Mette Northman Hermansen;Klaus Bønnelykke;Jakob Stokholm

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Bisgaard
Hans Bisgaard University of Copenhagen
Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia
Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia University of Copenhagen
Craig E. Pennell
Craig E. Pennell University of Newcastle Australia
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Elina Hyppönen
Elina Hyppönen University of South Australia
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Nicholas J. Timpson
Nicholas J. Timpson University of Bristol

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