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Overview

Mary L. Marazita is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Periodontics, Surgery, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably in Cleft Lip and Palate Research, Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments, Dental Health and Care Utilization, dental development and anomalies, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Frequent publication venues for Mary L. Marazita include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Dental Research, Scientific Reports, JDR Clinical & Translational Research, and UNC Libraries.

Mary L. Marazita has collaborated extensively with several co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators are Seth M. Weinberg, John R. Shaffer, Azeez Butali, Elizabeth J. Leslie, and Jeffrey C. Murray.

Recent publications include:

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2024: phenotypes around the world, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Expanding the genetic architecture of nicotine dependence and its shared genetics with multiple traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genome-wide Enrichment of De Novo Coding Mutations in Orofacial Cleft Trios, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns, 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Best Publications

  • Cleft lip and palate: understanding genetic and environmental influences.

    Michael J. Dixon;Mary L. Marazita;Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray

  • Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene variants and the risk of isolated cleft lip or palate.

    Theresa M. Zucchero;Margaret E. Cooper;Brion S. Maher;Sandra Daack-Hirsch

  • The PhenX Toolkit: Get the Most From Your Measures

    Carol M. Hamilton;Lisa C. Strader;Joseph G. Pratt;Deborah Maiese

  • A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

    Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Genetic epidemiological studies of early-onset deafness in the U.S. school-age population

    Mary L. Marazita;Lynn M. Ploughman;Brenda Rawlings;Elizabeth Remington

  • Disruption of an AP-2 alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip

    Fedik Rahimov;Mary L Marazita;Axel Visel;Margaret E Cooper

  • Idiopathic congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: Analysis of genes pertinent to early autonomic nervous system embryologic development and identification of mutations in PHOX2b

    Debra E. Weese-Mayer;Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis;Lili Zhou;Brion S. Maher

  • Genetics of cleft lip and cleft palate.

    Elizabeth J. Leslie;Mary L. Marazita

  • Anthropometric precision and accuracy of digital three-dimensional photogrammetry: comparing the Genex and 3dMD imaging systems with one another and with direct anthropometry.

    Seth M. Weinberg;Sybill Naidoo;Daniel P. Govier;Rick A. Martin

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate identify six new risk loci

    Kerstin U. Ludwig;Elisabeth Mangold;Stefan Herms;Stefanie Nowak;Stefanie Nowak

  • Maternal Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations Are Associated with Small-for-Gestational Age Births in White Women

    Lisa M. Bodnar;Janet M. Catov;Joseph M. Zmuda;Margaret E. Cooper

  • Impaired FGF signaling contributes to cleft lip and palate

    Bridget M. Riley;M. Adela Mansilla;Jinghong Ma;Sandra Daack-Hirsch

  • Medical Sequencing of Candidate Genes for Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate

    Alexandre Rezende Vieira;Joseph Ross Avila;Sandra Daack-Hirsch;Ecaterina Dragan

  • The Pittsburgh Fistula Classification System: A Standardized Scheme for the Description of Palatal Fistulas

    Darren M. Smith;Lisa Vecchione;Shao Jiang;Matthew Ford

  • Dopamine system genes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis.

    Brion S. Maher;Mary L. Marazita;Robert E. Ferrell;Michael M. Vanyukov

  • Digital three-dimensional photogrammetry: evaluation of anthropometric precision and accuracy using a Genex 3D camera system.

    Seth M. Weinberg;Nicole M. Scott;Katherine Neiswanger;Carla A. Brandon

  • Meta-analysis of 13 genome scans reveals multiple cleft lip/palate genes with novel loci on 9q21 and 2q32-35

    Mary L. Marazita;Jeffrey C. Murray;Andrew C. Lidral;Mauricio Arcos-Burgos

  • A specific requirement for PDGF-C in palate formation and PDGFR-alpha signaling.

    Hao Ding;Xiaoli Wu;Hans Boström;Injune Kim

  • Evidence for Autosomal Dominant Inheritance and Race-Specific Heterogeneity in Early-Onset Periodontitis

    Mary L. Marazita;John A. Burmeister;John C. Gunsolley;Thomas E. Koertge

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleanor Feingold
Eleanor Feingold University of Pittsburgh
Daniel W. McNeil
Daniel W. McNeil West Virginia University
Jeffrey C. Murray
Jeffrey C. Murray University of Iowa
Terri H. Beaty
Terri H. Beaty Johns Hopkins University
Jacqueline T. Hecht
Jacqueline T. Hecht The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Ingo Ruczinski
Ingo Ruczinski Johns Hopkins University
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Alan F. Scott
Alan F. Scott Johns Hopkins University
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Andrew C. Lidral
Andrew C. Lidral University of Iowa

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