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Konstantin Strauch is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a specific focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cancer Research, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scientific contributions address a variety of topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Konstantin Strauch's recent papers demonstrate a focus on both genetic and clinical research. Notable publications include:

  • "Sorafenib Maintenance After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3-Internal Tandem Duplication Mutation (SORMAIN)" (2020) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging" (2021) in Genome Biology
  • "Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function" (2022) in Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association analyses identify new Brugada syndrome risk loci and highlight a new mechanism of sodium channel regulation in disease susceptibility" (2022) in Nature Genetics
  • "Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction" (2020) in Nature Communications

The frequent coauthors working with Konstantin Strauch are:

  • Annette Peters
  • Thomas Meitinger
  • Martina Müller-Nurasyid
  • Christian Gieger
  • Philipp S. Wild

Their research has been published most often in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • European Heart Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE

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

  • 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

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • 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

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • 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

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

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

  • Tobacco smoking leads to extensive genome-wide changes in DNA methylation.

    Sonja Zeilinger;Brigitte Kühnel;Norman Klopp;Hansjörg Baurecht;Hansjörg Baurecht

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • 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

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

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

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • Sorafenib Maintenance After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3–Internal Tandem Duplication Mutation (SORMAIN)

    Andreas Burchert;Gesine Bug;Lea V. Fritz;Jürgen Finke

  • Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology

    Manuel A. Ferreira;Judith M. Vonk;Hansjörg Baurecht;Ingo Marenholz;Ingo Marenholz

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

    Kyle J Gaulton;Kyle J Gaulton;Teresa Ferreira;Yeji Lee;Anne Raimondo

  • Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis

    Eleanor Wheeler;Aaron Leong;Ching-Ti Liu;Marie-France Hivert

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

    Day Fr;Thompson Dj;elgason H;Chasman Di

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Harald Grallert
Harald Grallert Helmholtz Zentrum München
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Melanie Waldenberger
Melanie Waldenberger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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