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Michael Christiansen

Michael Christiansen

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18667
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208

Overview

Michael Christiansen is affiliated with the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

Their publications reflect a concentration on topics related to birth, development, and health, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, gestational diabetes research and management, COVID-19 impact on reproduction, cardiovascular issues in pregnancy, congenital heart disease studies, and global maternal and child health.

Michael Christiansen has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • European Journal of Pediatrics

Among their recent papers are:

  • Danish premature birth rates during the COVID-19 lockdown, 2020, Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
  • Transethnic Genome-Wide Association Study Provides Insights in the Genetic Architecture and Heritability of Long QT Syndrome, 2020, Circulation
  • A Case Report of Monkeypox in a 4-Year-Old Boy from the DR Congo: Challenges of Diagnosis and Management, 2020, Case Reports in Pediatrics
  • Fasting Plasma GLP-1 Is Associated With Overweight/Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • The Role of Leptin in Fetal Growth during Pre-Eclampsia, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Michael Christiansen collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Paula L. Hedley
  • Ulrik Lausten-Thomsen
  • Gitte Hedermann
  • Lone Krebs
  • Christian M. Hagen

Best Publications

  • Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A as a Marker of Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Antoni Bayes-Genis;Cheryl A. Conover;Michael T. Overgaard;Kent R. Bailey

  • The genetic basis of long QT and short QT syndromes: a mutation update.

    Paula L. Hedley;Paula L. Hedley;Poul Jørgensen;Poul Jørgensen;Sarah Schlamowitz;Romilda Wangari

  • Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome: familial evaluation identifies inheritable heart disease in the majority of families.

    Elijah R. Behr;Chrysoula Dalageorgou;Michael Christiansen;Petros Syrris

  • Mutations in Calmodulin Cause Ventricular Tachycardia and Sudden Cardiac Death

    Mette Nyegaard;Michael Toft Overgaard;Mads Toft Søndergaard;Marta Vranas

  • Functional effects of KCNE3 mutation and its role in the development of Brugada syndrome.

    Eva Delpón;Jonathan M Cordeiro;Lucía Núñez;Poul Erik Bloch Thomsen

  • Fibrosis, Connexin-43, and Conduction Abnormalities in the Brugada Syndrome.

    Koonlawee Nademanee;Hariharan Raju;Sofia V. de Noronha;Michael Papadakis

  • The E1784K mutation in SCN5A is associated with mixed clinical phenotype of type 3 long QT syndrome

    Naomasa Makita;Elijah Behr;Wataru Shimizu;Minoru Horie

  • Danish premature birth rates during the COVID-19 lockdown.

    Gitte Hedermann;Paula Louise Hedley;Marie Bækvad-Hansen;Henrik Hjalgrim

  • Idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy in children is caused by mutations in cardiac sarcomere protein genes

    Juan Pablo Kaski;Petros Syrris;Michael Burch;Maria-Teresa Tome-Esteban

  • Expression of Recombinant Human Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A and Identification of the Proform of Eosinophil Major Basic Protein as its Physiological Inhibitor*

    Michael T. Overgaard;Jesper Haaning;Henning B. Boldt;Inger M. Olsen

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 Protease Produced by Smooth Muscle Cells Increases in the Coronary Artery After Angioplasty

    Antoni Bayes-Genis;Robert S. Schwartz;Debra A. Lewis;Michael T. Overgaard

  • The genetic basis of Brugada syndrome: a mutation update.

    Paula L. Hedley;Paula L. Hedley;Poul Jørgensen;Poul Jørgensen;Sarah Schlamowitz;Johanna Moolman‐Smook

  • Echocardiographic Strain Imaging to Assess Early and Late Consequences of Sarcomere Mutations in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Ho Cy;Carlsen C;Thune Jj;Havndrup O

  • Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) in Ovine, Bovine, Porcine, and Equine Ovarian Follicles: Involvement in IGF Binding Protein-4 Proteolytic Degradation and mRNA Expression During Follicular Development

    Sabine Mazerbourg;Michael T. Overgaard;Claus Oxvig;Michael Christiansen

  • ADAM12: a novel first-trimester maternal serum marker for Down syndrome.

    Jennie Laigaard;Tina Sørensen;Camilla Fröhlich;Bent Nørgaard Pedersen

  • Gain of function in IKs secondary to a mutation in KCNE5 associated with atrial fibrillation

    Lasse S. Ravn;Yoshiyasu Aizawa;Guido D. Pollevick;Jacob Hofman-Bang;Jacob Hofman-Bang

  • Reduction of the disintegrin and metalloprotease ADAM12 in preeclampsia.

    Jennie Laigaard;Tina Sørensen;Sophie Placing;Peter Holck

  • Cardiac myosin binding protein-C mutations in families with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: disease expression in relation to age, gender, and long term outcome.

    Stephen P. Page;Stavros Kounas;Petros Syrris;Michael Christiansen

  • Evidence that the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 protease in human ovarian follicular fluid is pregnancy associated plasma protein-A.

    Cheryl A. Conover;Claus Oxvig;Michael T. Overgaard;Michael Christiansen

  • Increased risk of preterm delivery and pre-eclampsia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and hyperandrogenaemia.

    KV Naver;J Grinsted;SO Larsen;PL Hedley;PL Hedley

Frequent Co-Authors

Paal Skytt Andersen
Paal Skytt Andersen Statens Serum Institut
Michael Theisen
Michael Theisen University of Copenhagen
Claus Oxvig
Claus Oxvig Aarhus University
David M. Hougaard
David M. Hougaard Statens Serum Institut
Michael Toft Overgaard
Michael Toft Overgaard Aalborg University
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University
Finn Sellebjerg
Finn Sellebjerg Copenhagen University Hospital
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen Copenhagen University Hospital

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