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Overview

Manjinder S. Sandhu is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a broad range of topics primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable expertise in Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their scholarly contributions encompass significant themes including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Vitamin D Research Studies, Viral-associated Cancers and Disorders, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research, as well as Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Sandhu's recent papers include:

  • "Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in young African children," published in 2021 in BMC Medicine
  • "Distinct genetic architectures and environmental factors associate with host response to the γ2-herpesvirus infections," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "Sociodemographic inequities associated with participation in leisure-time physical activity in sub-Saharan Africa: an individual participant data meta-analysis," published in 2020 in BMC Public Health
  • "Africa-specific human genetic variation near CHD1L associates with HIV-1 load," published in 2023 in Nature
  • "Transcriptomics and chromatin accessibility in multiple African population samples," published in 2023 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sandhu include Deepti Gurdasani, Tommy Carstensen, Segun Fatumo, Cristina Pomilla, and Alexander J. Mentzer.

Their work has been published in prominent venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • BMC Medicine
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Public Health

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • 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

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

    M N Weedon;H Lango;C M Lindgren;C M Lindgren;C Wallace

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Triglyceride-mediated pathways and coronary disease : collaborative analysis of 101 studies

    N Sarwar;M S Sandhu

  • A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

    Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Michael C. Westaway;Craig Muller;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa

  • Association between C reactive protein and coronary heart disease: mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    G. Eiriksdottir;T. B. Harris;L. J. Launer;V. Gudnason

  • Insights into human genetic variation and population history from 929 diverse genomes.

    Anders Bergström;Anders Bergström;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Ruoyun Hui;Ruoyun Hui;Mohamed A. Almarri

  • Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution

    Cecilia M. Lindgren;Iris M. Heid;Joshua C. Randall;Claudia Lamina

  • A General Approach for Haplotype Phasing across the Full Spectrum of Relatedness

    Jared O'Connell;Deepti Gurdasani;Olivier Delaneau;Nicola Pirastu

  • 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

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University
Robert Luben
Robert Luben University College London
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen

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