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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
38870
World Ranking
2284
National Ranking
54

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
38982
World Ranking
11145
National Ranking
440

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Marten H. Hofker is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily covers Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Gastroenterology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

Recent publications by Marten H. Hofker include:

  • Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a Dutch population, 2022, Nature
  • The Dutch Microbiome Project defines factors that shape the healthy gut microbiome, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Dutch Microbiome Project defines factors that shape the healthy gut microbiome, 2020, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Corrigendum to "NF-κB p65 serine 467 phosphorylation sensitizes mice to weight gain and TNFα-or diet-induced inflammation" [Biochim. Biophys. Acta Mol. Cell Res., 1864 (2017): 1785-1798], 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marten H. Hofker include:

  • Ranko Gaćeša
  • Alexander Kurilshikov
  • Arnau Vich Vila
  • Trishla Sinha
  • Marjolein A. Y. Klaassen

Throughout their career, Marten H. Hofker has contributed to publication venues such as:

  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Best Publications

  • Familial Hemiplegic Migraine and Episodic Ataxia Type-2 Are Caused by Mutations in the Ca2+ Channel Gene CACNL1A4

    Roel A. Ophoff;Gisela M. Terwindt;Monique N. Vergouwe;Ronald Van Eijk

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity.

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexander Kurilshikov;Marc Jan Bonder;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes.

    Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafn Benediktsson

  • Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes

    Julius Gudmundsson;Patrick Sulem;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Jon T. Bergthorsson

  • The effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome

    Marc Jan Bonder;Alexander Kurilshikov;Alexander Kurilshikov;Ettje F Tigchelaar;Zlatan Mujagic

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Nuclear factor kappaB signaling in atherogenesis

    Menno P.J. de Winther;Edwin Kanters;Georg Kraal;Marten H. Hofker

  • Chromosome 4q DNA rearrangements associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

    Cisca Wijmenga;Jane E. Hewitt;Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl;Lorraine N. Clark

  • Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease

    Michael V. Holmes;Folkert W. Asselbergs;Tom M. Palmer;Fotios Drenos

  • Role of ApoCs in Lipoprotein Metabolism Functional Differences Between ApoC1, ApoC2, and ApoC3

    Miek C. Jong;Marten H. Hofker;Louis M. Havekes

  • The Gut Microbiome Contributes to a Substantial Proportion of the Variation in Blood Lipids

    Jingyuan Fu;Marc Jan Bonder;María Carmen Cenit;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • FSHD associated DNA rearrangements are due to deletions of integral copies of a 3.2 kb tandemly repeated unit

    Judith C.T.Van Deutekom;Cisca Wljmenga;Esther A.E.Van Tlenhoven;Anne-Marie Gruter

  • Gut microbiota composition and functional changes in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome

    Arnau Vich Vila;Floris Imhann;Valerie Collij;Soesma A Jankipersadsing

  • Minor Xp21 chromosome deletion in a male associated with expression of duchenne muscular dystrophy, chronic granulomatous disease, retinitis pigmentosa, and McLeod syndrome

    Francke U;Ochs Hd;de Martinville B;Giacalone J

  • Dietary cholesterol, rather than liver steatosis, leads to hepatic inflammation in hyperlipidemic mouse models of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Kristiaan Wouters;Patrick J. van Gorp;Veerle Bieghs;Marion J. Gijbels

  • Trans-eQTLs reveal that independent genetic variants associated with a complex phenotype converge on intermediate genes, with a major role for the HLA.

    Rudolf S. N. Fehrmann;Ritsert C. Jansen;Jan H. Veldink;Harm-Jan Westra

  • Inhibition of NF-kappaB activation in macrophages increases atherosclerosis in LDL receptor-deficient mice.

    Edwin Kanters;Manolis Pasparakis;Marion J.J. Gijbels;Monique N. Vergouwe

  • Analysis of the tandem repeat locus D4Z4 associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

    Jane E. Hewitt;Jane E. Hewitt;Robert Lyle;Lorraine N. Clark;Elizabeth M. Valleley

  • Prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with closely linked RFLPs.

    E Bakker;N Goor;K Wrogemann;L.M Kunkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen
Louis M. Havekes
Louis M. Havekes Leiden University Medical Center
Marion J.J. Gijbels
Marion J.J. Gijbels Maastricht University
Jingyuan Fu
Jingyuan Fu University Medical Center Groningen
Rune R. Frants
Rune R. Frants Leiden University
Menno P.J. de Winther
Menno P.J. de Winther University of Amsterdam
Ko Willems van Dijk
Ko Willems van Dijk Leiden University Medical Center
Paul I. W. de Bakker
Paul I. W. de Bakker Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)
Lude Franke
Lude Franke University Medical Center Groningen
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester

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