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Patrik K. E. Magnusson

Patrik K. E. Magnusson

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Medicine

D-Index
146
Citations
102646
World Ranking
1318
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - ACM Fellow For contributions to full-system simulation.

Overview

Patrik K. E. Magnusson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, focusing primarily on research in Medicine, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers the fields of Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on genetic associations, epidemiology, and the interplay of environmental factors such as air quality and climate change on health. Notable topics in their research include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Birth, Development, and Health, Noise Effects and Management, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Magnusson include:

  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up, 2020, eLife
  • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • A genome-wide association study of the frailty index highlights brain pathways in ageing, 2021, Aging Cell

Magnusson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Dorret I. Boomsma (33 joint publications)
  • Nancy L. Pedersen (30 joint publications)
  • Göran Pershagen (28 joint publications)
  • Debora Rizzuto (28 joint publications)
  • Karin Leander (27 joint publications)

The scientist publishes often in a variety of venues, most commonly in:

  • UNC Libraries (33 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (17 publications)
  • Nature Communications (8 publications)
  • Environment International (6 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (4 publications)

Patrik K. E. Magnusson's research spans multiple subfields, frequently addressing genetic influences on health outcomes and environmental effects on public health. The body of work also engages with complex longitudinal data and genome-wide association methodologies to explore the genetic underpinnings of disease and aging-related traits.

Among other recognitions, Magnusson has been awarded the ACM Fellow honor in 2011 for contributions to full-system simulation.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • A polygenic burden of rare disruptive mutations in schizophrenia

    Shaun M Purcell;Jennifer L Moran;Menachem Fromer;Douglas Ruderfer

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • 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

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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