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Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez

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Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
17938
World Ranking
3543
National Ranking
181

Overview

Maria Martinez is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans core subfields including molecular biology, genetics, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and neurology.

The scientist's work addresses various topics such as genetic associations and epidemiology, RNA regulation and disease, bioinformatics and genomic networks, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological diseases and metabolism, RNA research and splicing, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Prominent recent publications by Maria Martinez include:

  • Finding genetically-supported drug targets for Parkinson's disease using Mendelian randomization of the druggable genome, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Identification of sixteen novel candidate genes for late onset Parkinson's disease, 2021, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Regulatory sites for splicing in human basal ganglia are enriched for disease-relevant information, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A national programme to scale-up decentralised hepatitis C point-of-care testing and treatment in Australia, 2023, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Maria Martinez frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jean-Christophe Corvol
  • Demis A. Kia
  • Daniah Trabzuni
  • Patrick A. Lewis
  • Sebastian Guelfi

The publications of Maria Martinez appear in notable venues such as:

  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • European Psychiatry (3 publications)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (2 publications)
  • JAMA Neurology (1 publication)
  • Molecular Neurodegeneration (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

    Mike A Nalls;Nathan Pankratz;Christina M. Lill;Chuong B. Do

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Early-Onset Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease: Prevalence, Genetic Heterogeneity, and Mutation Spectrum

    Dominique Campion;Cécile Dumanchin;Didier Hannequin;Bruno Dubois

  • Imputation of sequence variants for identification of genetic risks for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Michael A Nalls;Vincent Plagnol;Dena G Hernandez

  • Genome-wide scan for autism susceptibility genes. Paris Autism Research International Sibpair Study.

    Anne Philippe;Anne Philippe;Maria Martinez;Michel Guilloud-Bataille;Christopher Gillberg

  • New susceptibility locus for rheumatoid arthritis suggested by a genome-wide linkage study

    François Cornélis;Sabine Fauré;Maria Martinez;Jean-François Prud’homme

  • Comprehensive research synopsis and systematic meta-analyses in Parkinson's disease genetics: the PDGene database.

    Christina M. Lill;Johannes T. Roehr;Johannes T. Roehr;Matthew B. McQueen;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fotini K. Kavvoura

  • No significant association of 14 candidate genes with schizophrenia in a large European ancestry sample: Implications for psychiatric genetics

    Alan R. Sanders;Jubao Duan;Douglas F. Levinson;Jianxin Shi

  • Unbiased screen for interactors of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 supports a common pathway for sporadic and familial Parkinson disease

    A. Beilina;I. N. Rudenko;A. Kaganovich;L. Civiero

  • Mutations of the presenilin I gene in families with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Dominique Campion;Dominique Campion;Jean-Michel Flaman;Alexis Brice;Didier Hannequin

  • Suggestive evidence for a schizophrenia susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q and a confirmation in an independent series of pedigrees

    Qiuhe Cao;Maria Martinez;Jing Zhang;Alan R. Sanders

  • Genome-wide scan identifies TNIP1, PSORS1C1, and RHOB as novel risk loci for systemic sclerosis.

    Yannick Allanore;Yannick Allanore;Mohamad Saad;Philippe Dieudé;Jérôme Avouac;Jérôme Avouac

  • A Third Major Locus for Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia Maps to 1p34.1-p32

    Mathilde Varret;Jean-Pierre Rabès;Bruno Saint-Jore;Ana Cenarro

  • Using genome-wide complex trait analysis to quantify ‘missing heritability’ in Parkinson's disease

    M.F. Keller;M. Saad;M. Saad;J. Bras;F. Bettella

  • Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease on the basis of clinical and genetic classification: a population-based modelling study

    Mike A Nalls;Cory Y McLean;Jacqueline Rick;Shirley Eberly

  • Genomewide Linkage Scan of 409 European-Ancestry and African American Families with Schizophrenia: Suggestive Evidence of Linkage at 8p23.3-p21.2 and 11p13.1-q14.1 in the Combined Sample

    Brian K. Suarez;Jubao Duan;Alan R. Sanders;Anthony L. Hinrichs

  • Genome-wide association study confirms BST1 and suggests a locus on 12q24 as the risk loci for Parkinson's disease in the European population

    Mohamad Saad;Mohamad Saad;Suzanne Lesage;Suzanne Lesage;Suzanne Lesage;Aude Saint-Pierre;Aude Saint-Pierre;Jean-Christophe Corvol

  • Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer disease: genotype-specific risks by age and sex

    H Bickeböller;D Campion;A Brice;P Amouyel

  • Genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease at the MAPT locus.

    R.S. (R. S.) Desikan;A.J. (A. J.) Schork;Y. Wang;Y. Wang;Aree Witoelar

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Thomas Gasser
Thomas Gasser University of Tübingen
Peter Heutink
Peter Heutink German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Andrew B. Singleton
Andrew B. Singleton National Institutes of Health
Dominique Campion
Dominique Campion University of Rouen
Mike A. Nalls
Mike A. Nalls National Institutes of Health

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