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Overview

Michael F. Seldin is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research covers several specialized subfields including Surgery, Hepatology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Oncology.

Their research addresses a range of topics, prominently featuring Liver Diseases and Immunity, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments, and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies. Additional areas of focus include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Seldin has contributed to numerous publications in various venues. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Hepatology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Microbiology, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology.

  • An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs (2021, Journal of Hepatology)
  • X Chromosome Contribution to the Genetic Architecture of Primary Biliary Cholangitis (2021, Gastroenterology)
  • Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut (2023, Nature Microbiology)
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies susceptibility loci for autoimmune hepatitis type 1 (2022, Hepatology)
  • A regulatory variant at 19p13.3 is associated with primary biliary cholangitis risk and ARID3A expression (2023, Nature Communications)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include Ruqi Tang, Yongyong Shi, Zhiqiang Li, Gideon M. Hirschfield, and Xiong Ma.

Best Publications

  • Uncoupling protein-2: a novel gene linked to obesity and hyperinsulinemia

    Christophe Fleury;Maria Neverova;Sheila Collins;Serge Raimbault

  • A missense single-nucleotide polymorphism in a gene encoding a protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPN22) is associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Ann B. Begovich;Victoria E H Carlton;Lee A. Honigberg;Steven J. Schrodi

  • Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci

    Eli A Stahl;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Gang Xie

  • Herpesvirus saimiri encodes a new cytokine, IL-17, which binds to a novel cytokine receptor.

    Zhengbin Yao;William C. Fanslow;Michael F. Seldin;Anne Marie Rousseau

  • Genome-wide association scan in women with systemic lupus erythematosus identifies susceptibility variants in ITGAM, PXK, KIAA1542 and other loci.

    John B. Harley;John B. Harley;John B. Harley;Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme;Lindsey A. Criswell;Chaim O. Jacob

  • STAT4 and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Elaine F. Remmers;Robert M. Plenge;Annette T. Lee;Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham

  • Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with C8orf13-BLK and ITGAM-ITGAX.

    Geoffrey Hom;Robert R. Graham;Barmak Modrek;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • TRAF1–C5 as a Risk Locus for Rheumatoid Arthritis — A Genomewide Study

    Robert M. Plenge;Mark Seielstad;Leonid Padyukov;Annette T. Lee

  • FADD/MORT1 is a common mediator of CD95 (Fas/APO-1) and tumor necrosis factor receptor-induced apoptosis.

    Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Clifford G. Tepper;Michael F. Seldin;Karen O'Rourke

  • A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vesela Gateva;Johanna K. Sandling;Geoff Hom;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • INTESTINAL TUMORIGENESIS IN COMPOUND MUTANT MICE OF BOTH DPC4 (SMAD4) AND APC GENES

    Kazuaki Takaku;Masanobu Oshima;Hiroyuki Miyoshi;Minoru Matsui

  • Two independent alleles at 6q23 associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Chris Cotsapas;Chris Cotsapas;Leela Davies;Alkes L Price;Alkes L Price

  • Common variants at CD40 and other loci confer risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Annette T Lee;Rachel Hackett

  • Ancestry informative marker sets for determining continental origin and admixture proportions in common populations in America

    Roman Kosoy;Rami Nassir;Chao Tian;Phoebe A. White

  • Human/mouse homology relationships.

    Ronald W. DeBry;Michael F. Seldin

  • Multiple polymorphisms in the TNFAIP3 region are independently associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Stacy L. Musone;Kimberly E. Taylor;Timothy T. Lu;Joanne Nititham

  • Molecular characterization of murine and human OX40/OX40 ligand systems: identification of a human OX40 ligand as the HTLV-1-regulated protein gp34.

    P.R. Baum;R.B. Gayle rd;F. Ramsdell;S. Srinivasan

  • Genetic analysis of MRL-lpr mice: relationship of the Fas apoptosis gene to disease manifestations and renal disease-modifying loci.

    Mark L. Watson;Jaya K. Rao;Gary S. Gilkeson;Philip Ruiz

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify three loci associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

    Xiangdong Liu;Pietro Invernizzi;Yue Lu;Roman Kosoy

  • Accounting for ancestry: population substructure and genome-wide association studies

    Chao Tian;Peter K. Gregersen;Michael F. Seldin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. Gregersen
Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Lindsey A. Criswell
Lindsey A. Criswell National Institutes of Health
Christopher I. Amos
Christopher I. Amos Baylor College of Medicine
Robert M. Plenge
Robert M. Plenge Bristol Myers Squibb
Annette T. Lee
Annette T. Lee Northwell Health
Daniel L. Kastner
Daniel L. Kastner National Institutes of Health
Timothy W. Behrens
Timothy W. Behrens Xaira Therapeutics
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada
Elaine F. Remmers
Elaine F. Remmers National Institutes of Health
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Soumya Raychaudhuri Brigham and Women's Hospital

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