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66
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52706
World Ranking
8421
National Ranking
3793

Overview

Ling Lin is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and focuses research primarily within the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work notably intersects cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, pharmacology, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics emphasize various aspects of sleep science, including sleep and wakefulness research, sleep-related disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea. Additional areas of study include cannabis and cannabinoid research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Ling Lin has contributed to multiple publications across several prominent academic journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SLEEP
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Recent papers include:

  • "Narcolepsy risk loci outline role of T cell autoimmunity and infectious triggers in narcolepsy" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Kleine-Levin syndrome is associated with birth difficulties and genetic variants in the TRANK1 gene loci" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Multiancestry analysis of the HLA locus in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases uncovers a shared adaptive immune response mediated by HLA-DRB1*04 subtypes" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Proteomic biomarkers of sleep apnea" (2020), published in SLEEP
  • "Proteomic Biomarkers of the Apnea Hypopnea Index and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights into the Pathophysiology of Presence, Severity, and Treatment Response" (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ling Lin include:

  • Emmanuel Mignot
  • Aditya Ambati
  • Guo Luo
  • Hanna M. Ollila
  • Isabelle Arnulf

Best Publications

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • VarScan 2: Somatic mutation and copy number alteration discovery in cancer by exome sequencing

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Qunyuan Zhang;David E. Larson;Dong Shen

  • Somatic mutations affect key pathways in lung adenocarcinoma

    Li Ding;Gad Getz;David A. Wheeler;Elaine R. Mardis

  • The Sleep Disorder Canine Narcolepsy Is Caused by a Mutation in the Hypocretin (Orexin) Receptor 2 Gene

    Ling Lin;Juliette Faraco;Robin Li;Hiroshi Kadotani

  • Recurring mutations found by sequencing an acute myeloid leukemia genome.

    Elaine R. Mardis;Li Ding;David J. Dooling;David E. Larson

  • DNMT3A Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Timothy J. Ley;Li Ding;Matthew J. Walter;Michael D. McLellan

  • The origin and evolution of mutations in acute myeloid leukemia.

    John S. Welch;Timothy J. Ley;Daniel C. Link;Christopher A. Miller

  • Genome remodelling in a basal-like breast cancer metastasis and xenograft

    Li Ding;Matthew J C Ellis;Shunqiang Li;David E. Larson

  • Characterizing the cancer genome in lung adenocarcinoma

    Barbara A. Weir;Barbara A. Weir;Michele S. Woo;Gad Getz;Sven Perner;Sven Perner

  • The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight.

    Francine E. Garrett-Bakelman;Francine E. Garrett-Bakelman;Manjula Darshi;Stefan J. Green;Ruben C. Gur

  • A CLOCK Polymorphism Associated with Human Diurnal Preference

    Daniel Katzenberg;Terry Young;Laurel Finn;Ling Lin

  • Complex HLA-DR and -DQ Interactions Confer Risk of Narcolepsy-Cataplexy in Three Ethnic Groups

    Emmanuel Mignot;Ling Lin;William Rogers;Yutaka Honda

  • Narcolepsy onset is seasonal and increased following the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in China.

    Fang Han;Ling Lin;Simon C. Warby;Juliette Faraco

  • Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus.

    Joachim Hallmayer;Juliette Faraco;Ling Lin;Stephanie Hesselson

  • Elevated anti-streptococcal antibodies in patients with recent narcolepsy onset

    Adi Aran;Ling Lin;Sona Nevsimalova;Giuseppe Plazzi

  • Mapping Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility to the HLA-DR Locus in African Americans

    Jorge R. Oksenberg;Lisa F. Barcellos;Bruce A.C. Cree;Sergio E. Baranzini

  • Mosaic and Intronic Mutations in TSC1/TSC2 Explain the Majority of TSC Patients with No Mutation Identified by Conventional Testing.

    Magdalena E. Tyburczy;Kira A. Dies;Jennifer Glass;Susana Camposano

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Mignot
Emmanuel Mignot Stanford University
Giuseppe Plazzi
Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna
Fabio Pizza
Fabio Pizza University of Bologna
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Li Ding
Li Ding Washington University in St. Louis
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital
Elaine R. Mardis
Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University
Poul Jennum
Poul Jennum University of Copenhagen
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier

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