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Manuela Uda is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Genetics, Rheumatology, Physiology, Hematology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their recent scientific contributions cover diverse topics such as Iron Metabolism and Disorders, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Folate and B Vitamins Research, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Ovarian function and disorders, and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment.

Among the recent papers attributed to Manuela Uda are:

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies in >80 000 Subjects Identifies Multiple Loci for C-Reactive Protein Levels, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Novel loci and biomedical consequences of iron homoeostasis variation, 2024, Communications Biology
  • Editorial: Female Infertility: Genetics of Reproductive Ageing, Menopause and Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • The genetic association between personality and major depression or bipolar disorder. A polygenic score analysis using genome-wide association data, 2020, Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine)
  • Common variants in the GDF5-UQCC region are associated with variation in human height, 2020, UNC Libraries

Manuela Uda has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Serena Sanna
  • Christian Erikstrup
  • Daníel F. Guðbjartsson
  • Susan Mikkelsen
  • Hreinn Stefánsson

Their publications appear predominantly in venues such as UNC Libraries, Communications Biology, Frontiers in Genetics, and Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine).

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

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R 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

  • Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.

    Angelo Scuteri;Serena Sanna;Wei-Min Chen;Manuela Uda

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

  • 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

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.

    Crisponi L;Deiana M;Loi A;Chiappe F

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

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

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations.

    Melanie Kolz;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Serena Sanna;Alexander Teumer

  • Genome-wide association study shows BCL11A associated with persistent fetal hemoglobin and amelioration of the phenotype of β-thalassemia

    Manuela Uda;Renzo Galanello;Serena Sanna;Guillaume Lettre;Guillaume Lettre

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

David Schlessinger
David Schlessinger National Institutes of Health
Serena Sanna
Serena Sanna National Research Council (CNR)
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicole Soranzo
Nicole Soranzo Wellcome Sanger Institute
Toby Johnson
Toby Johnson Queen Mary University of London
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London

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