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Michael Y. Tsai is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specific engagement in the subfields of surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, nutrition and dietetics, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Lipoproteins and cardiovascular health
  • Fatty acid research and health
  • Birth, development, and health
  • Gestational diabetes research and management
  • Cardiac imaging and diagnostics
  • Diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins
  • Aortic thrombus and embolism

Michael Y. Tsai has contributed to a substantial number of publications in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Current Developments in Nutrition

Their recent papers include:

  • Remnant cholesterol predicts cardiovascular disease beyond LDL and ApoB: a primary prevention study, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies, 2021, Nature Communications
  • High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Modifies the Cardiovascular Risk of Lipoprotein(a), 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Independent Association of Lipoprotein(a) and Coronary Artery Calcification With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Y. Tsai are:

  • Cuilin Zhang
  • Natalie L. Weir
  • Weihua Guan
  • Matthew J. Budoff
  • Harpreet Bhatia

Best Publications

  • Peroxynitrite-mediated tyrosine nitration catalyzed by superoxide dismutase

    Harry Ischiropoulos;Ling Zhu;Jun Chen;Michael Tsai

  • Kinetics of superoxide dismutase- and iron-catalyzed nitration of phenolics by peroxynitrite.

    Joseph S. Beckman;Harry Ischiropoulos;Ling Zhu;Mark van der Woerd

  • Prospective study of coronary heart disease incidence in relation to fasting total homocysteine, related genetic polymorphisms, and B vitamins: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

    Aaron R. Folsom;F. Javier Nieto;Paul G. McGovern;Michael Y. Tsai

  • 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

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials.

    Daniel I Swerdlow;David Preiss;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Michael Holmes

  • Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease

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

  • LDL particle subclasses, LDL particle size, and carotid atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

    Samia Mora;Moyses Szklo;James D. Otvos;Philip Greenland

  • Incorporation and Clearance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Erythrocyte Membranes and Plasma Phospholipids

    Jing Cao;Kerry A. Schwichtenberg;Naomi Q. Hanson;Michael Y. Tsai

  • Genome-wide association study of plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids in the InCHIANTI Study.

    Toshiko Tanaka;Toshiko Tanaka;Jian Shen;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Aliaksei Kisialiou

  • Genetic loci associated with plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE Consortium.

    Rozenn N. Lemaitre;Toshiko Tanaka;Weihong Tang;Ani Manichaikul

  • Dyslipidemia Prevalence, Treatment, and Control in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Gender, Ethnicity, and Coronary Artery Calcium

    David C. Goff;Alain G. Bertoni;Holly Kramer;Denise Bonds

  • ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Coronary Heart Disease: Pooling Project of 19 Cohort Studies

    Liana C. Del Gobbo;Fumiaki Imamura;Stella Aslibekyan;Matti Marklund

  • Cystathionine β‐synthase mutations in homocystinuria

    Jan P. Kraus;Miroslav Janošík;Viktor Kožich;Roseann Mandell

  • Association of low-frequency and rare coding-sequence variants with blood lipids and coronary heart disease in 56,000 whites and blacks.

    Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;Joshua C. Bis;Arend Voorman

  • Are inflammatory factors related to retinal vessel caliber? The Beaver Dam Eye Study

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein;Michael D. Knudtson;Tien Y. Wong

  • Large-Scale Gene-Centric Meta-analysis across 32 Studies Identifies Multiple Lipid Loci

    Folkert W. Asselbergs;Yiran Guo;Yiran Guo;Erik P A Van Iperen;Suthesh Sivapalaratnam

  • trans-Palmitoleic acid, other dairy fat biomarkers, and incident diabetes: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Marcia C de Oliveira Otto;Rozenn N Lemaitre;Amanda M Fretts

  • The Effect of Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy on Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Periodontitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Steven P. Engebretson;Leslie G. Hyman;Bryan S. Michalowicz;Elinor R. Schoenfeld

  • HMG-COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITION, TYPE 2 DIABETES, AND BODYWEIGHT: EVIDENCE FROM GENETIC ANALYSIS AND RANDOMISED TRIALS

    D Swerdlow;D Preiss;A D Hingorani;N Sattar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Donna K. Arnett
Donna K. Arnett University of South Carolina
Stephen S. Rich
Stephen S. Rich University of Virginia
Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Rozenn N. Lemaitre
Rozenn N. Lemaitre University of Washington
Lyn M. Steffen
Lyn M. Steffen University of Minnesota
Ingrid B. Borecki
Ingrid B. Borecki Washington University in St. Louis
James S. Pankow
James S. Pankow University of Minnesota
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

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