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Melanie Waldenberger

Melanie Waldenberger

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Genetics

D-Index
98
Citations
39635
World Ranking
803
National Ranking
66

Overview

Melanie Waldenberger is affiliated with Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany, with a research profile primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main research topics associated with Melanie Waldenberger include epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetic associations and epidemiology, RNA modifications and cancer, birth, development, and health, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and genetic syndromes and imprinting.

Waldenberger's publication record includes contributions to several frequent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Clinical Epigenetics, Nature Communications, UNC Libraries, and Human Molecular Genetics.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Waldenberger are:

  • Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers, 2024, Nature
  • Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Epigenetic scores for the circulating proteome as tools for disease prediction, 2022, eLife
  • Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits, 2024, Nature Genetics
  • DNA methylation signature of chronic low-grade inflammation and its role in cardio-respiratory diseases, 2022, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Waldenberger include Annette Peters, Christian Gieger, Rory Wilson, Wolfgang Rathmann, and Daniel Levy, indicating a broad network within the fields of genetics and molecular epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • An atlas of genetic influences on human blood metabolites

    So-Youn Shin;Eric B Fauman;Ann-Kristin Petersen;Jan Krumsiek

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Tobacco smoking leads to extensive genome-wide changes in DNA methylation.

    Sonja Zeilinger;Brigitte Kühnel;Norman Klopp;Hansjörg Baurecht;Hansjörg Baurecht

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • DNA methylation and body-mass index: a genome-wide analysis

    Katherine J Dick;Katherine J Dick;Christopher P Nelson;Christopher P Nelson;Loukia Tsaprouni;Johanna K Sandling;Johanna K Sandling

  • Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA

    Johannes Kettunen;Ayşe Demirkan;Ayşe Demirkan;Peter Würtz;Harmen H M Draisma

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity in Europe: a collaborative analysis of ten large cohort studies.

    Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk;Marja-Liisa Nuotio;Marja-Liisa Nuotio;Sandra N Slagter;Dany Doiron

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • The OncoArray Consortium: A Network for Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Common Cancers.

    Christopher I. Amos;Joe Dennis;Zhaoming Wang;Jinyoung Byun

  • Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis

    Beben Benyamin;Tonu Esko;Janina S. Ried;Aparna Radhakrishnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Konstantin Strauch
Konstantin Strauch Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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