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Nicola J. Camp is a researcher affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on medical research, particularly concerning cancer genetics and genomics.

Their main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 129 publications, and Medicine with 110 publications. Within these broader fields, their subfields of concentration are Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

Their research topics cover specific areas such as BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Nicola J. Camp has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Research
  • Blood

Their recent notable publications comprise:

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Pathology of Tumors Associated With Pathogenic Germline Variants in 9 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes, 2022, JAMA Oncology
  • Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study, 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Graham G. Giles
  • Manjeet K. Bolla
  • Roger L. Milne
  • Anna Jakubowska
  • Stig E. Bojesen

Best Publications

  • A Variant of the HTRA1 Gene Increases Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Zhenglin Yang;Nicola J. Camp;Hui Sun;Zongzhong Tong

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • A candidate prostate cancer susceptibility gene at chromosome 17p.

    Sean V. Tavtigian;Jacques Simard;David H F Teng;Vicki Abtin

  • Quantitative Trait Loci

    Nicola J. Camp;Angela Cox

  • Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Gene Polymorphism and Coronary Artery Disease

    Sheila E. Francis;Nicola J. Camp;Rachael M. Dewberry;Julian Gunn

  • Predisposition locus for major depression at chromosome 12q22-12q23.2.

    Victor Abkevich;Nicola J. Camp;Charles H. Hensel;Chris D. Neff

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Sonja I. Berndt;Christine F. Skibola;Christine F. Skibola;Vijai Joseph;Nicola J. Camp

  • HOXB13 is a susceptibility gene for prostate cancer: results from the International Consortium for Prostate Cancer Genetics (ICPCG)

    Jianfeng Xu;Ethan M. Lange;Ethan M. Lange;Lingyi Lu;Siqun L. Zheng

  • An analysis of linkage disequilibrium in the interleukin-1 gene cluster, using a novel grouping method for multiallelic markers.

    Angela Cox;Nicola J. Camp;Martin J.H. Nicklin;Francesco S. di Giovine

  • Genome-wide linkage using the Social Responsiveness Scale in Utah autism pedigrees

    Hilary Coon;Michele E Villalobos;Reid J Robison;Nicola J Camp

  • Genome-wide association study of follicular lymphoma identifies a risk locus at 6p21.32

    Lucia Conde;Eran Halperin;Nicholas K. Akers;Kevin M. Brown

  • An Interleukin-1 Genotype Is Associated with Fatal Outcome of Meningococcal Disease

    Robert C. Read;Nicola J. Camp;Franco S. di Giovine;Raymond Borrow

  • Novel Genetic Association Between the Corneodesmosin (MHC S) Gene and Susceptibility to Psoriasis

    Rachid Tazi Ahnini;Nicola J. Camp;Michael J. Cork;John B. Mee

  • A Combined Genomewide Linkage Scan of 1,233 Families for Prostate Cancer–Susceptibility Genes Conducted by the International Consortium for Prostate Cancer Genetics

    Jianfeng Xu;Latchezar Dimitrov;Bao Li Chang;Tamara S. Adams

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a novel susceptibility locus at 6p21.3 among familial CLL.

    Susan L. Slager;Kari G. Rabe;Sara J. Achenbach;Celine M. Vachon

  • Principal component analysis for selection of optimal SNP-sets that capture intragenic genetic variation.

    Benjamin D. Horne;Benjamin D. Horne;Nicola J. Camp

  • Genome-wide linkage analyses of extended Utah pedigrees identifies loci that influence recurrent, early-onset major depression and anxiety disorders.

    Nicola J. Camp;Nicola J. Camp;Michael R. Lowry;R. Lynn Richards;Agnes M. Plenk

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies discovers multiple loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Sonja I. Berndt;Nicola J. Camp;Christine F. Skibola;Christine F. Skibola;Joseph Vijai

  • Classification tree analysis: a statistical tool to investigate risk factor interactions with an example for colon cancer (United States).

    Nicola J. Camp;Martha L. Slattery

  • Genomewide Transmission/Disequilibrium Testing—Consideration of the Genotypic Relative Risks at Disease Loci

    Nicola J. Camp

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa A. Cannon-Albright
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright University of Utah
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Susan L. Slager
Susan L. Slager Mayo Clinic
Angela Cox
Angela Cox University of Sheffield
Celine M. Vachon
Celine M. Vachon Mayo Clinic
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
John J. Spinelli
John J. Spinelli University of British Columbia
Benjamin D. Horne
Benjamin D. Horne Stanford University
James R. Cerhan
James R. Cerhan Mayo Clinic
Hilary Coon
Hilary Coon University of Utah

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