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2021
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Overview

Lisa F. Barcellos is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specific work in Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their research include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

The scientist has authored multiple recent papers such as:

  • Locus for severity implicates CNS resilience in progression of multiple sclerosis (2023, Nature)
  • From the prodromal stage of multiple sclerosis to disease prevention (2022, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • Polygenic risk score association with multiple sclerosis susceptibility and phenotype in Europeans (2022, Brain)
  • Gut microbiome is associated with multiple sclerosis activity in children (2021, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology)
  • A validation study for remote testing of cognitive function in multiple sclerosis (2020, Multiple Sclerosis Journal)

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Neurology, PLoS ONE, and Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Lisa F. Barcellos collaborates regularly with several researchers. Frequent co-authors are Emmanuelle Waubant, Tanuja Chitnis, Amy Waldman, Soe Mar, and Mary Rensel.

Best Publications

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Risk alleles for multiple sclerosis identified by a genomewide study.

    David A. Hafler;Alastair Compston;Stephen Sawcer;Mark J. Daly

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Interactions between genetic, lifestyle and environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis

    Tomas Olsson;Lisa F. Barcellos;Lars Alfredsson

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Interleukin 7 receptor α chain (IL7R) shows allelic and functional association with multiple sclerosis

    Simon G. Gregory;Silke Schmidt;Puneet Seth;Jorge R. Oksenberg

  • A high-density screen for linkage in multiple sclerosis.

    Sawcer S;Ban M;Maranian M;Yeo Tw

  • 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

  • Heterogeneity at the HLA-DRB1 locus and risk for multiple sclerosis

    Lisa F. Barcellos;Lisa F. Barcellos;Lisa F. Barcellos;Stephen Sawcer;Patricia P. Ramsay;Sergio E. Baranzini

  • HLA-DR2 dose effect on susceptibility to multiple sclerosis and influence on disease course

    L.F. Barcellos;J.R. Oksenberg;A.B. Begovich;E.R. Martin

  • Fine-Mapping the Genetic Association of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Multiple Sclerosis: HLA and Non-HLA Effects

    Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Lisa F. Barcellos;Lisa F. Barcellos;Rogier Q. Hintzen;Catherine Schaefer

  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

    Jamie McDonald;Jennifer Graves;Amy Waldman;Timothy Lotze

  • Association Mapping of Disease Loci, by Use of a Pooled DNA Genomic Screen

    Lisa F. Barcellos;William Klitz;L. Leigh Field;Rose Tobias

  • An application of Random Forests to a genome-wide association dataset: Methodological considerations & new findings

    Benjamin A Goldstein;Alan E Hubbard;Adele Cutler;Lisa F Barcellos

  • Maternal BMI at the start of pregnancy and offspring epigenome-wide DNA methylation: findings from the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics (PACE) consortium

    Gemma C. Sharp;Gemma C. Sharp;Lucas A. Salas;Lucas A. Salas;Claire Monnereau;Claire Monnereau;Catherine Allard

  • Interaction between adolescent obesity and HLA risk genes in the etiology of multiple sclerosis

    Anna Karin Hedström;Izaura Lima Bomfim;Lisa Barcellos;Milena Gianfrancesco

  • The role of the CD58 locus in multiple sclerosis

    Philip L. De Jager;Clare Baecher-Allan;Lisa M. Maier;Ariel T. Arthur

  • Clustering of autoimmune diseases in families with a high-risk for multiple sclerosis: a descriptive study.

    Lisa F Barcellos;Lisa F Barcellos;Lisa F Barcellos;Brinda B Kamdar;Patricia P Ramsay;Cari DeLoa

  • A second major histocompatibility complex susceptibility locus for multiple sclerosis

    Tai Wai Yeo;Philip L. De Jager;Simon G Gregory;Lisa F. Barcellos;Lisa F. Barcellos

  • Mendelian randomization shows a causal effect of low vitamin D on multiple sclerosis risk.

    Brooke Rhead;Maria Bäärnhielm;Milena Gianfrancesco;Amanda Mok

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge R. Oksenberg
Jorge R. Oksenberg University of California, San Francisco
Stephen L. Hauser
Stephen L. Hauser University of California, San Francisco
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Stephen Sawcer
Stephen Sawcer University of Cambridge
David A. Hafler
David A. Hafler Yale University
Joseph L. Wiemels
Joseph L. Wiemels University of Southern California
Lindsey A. Criswell
Lindsey A. Criswell National Institutes of Health
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Jonathan L. Haines
Jonathan L. Haines Case Western Reserve University
Lars Alfredsson
Lars Alfredsson Karolinska Institute

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