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2024

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Peter Lichtner is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans several disciplines within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. They have contributed extensively to Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Immunology.

Their recent publications include multiple studies on genetic and cardiovascular disorders. Notable papers are:

  • "Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Transethnic Genome-Wide Association Study Provides Insights in the Genetic Architecture and Heritability of Long QT Syndrome," 2020, Circulation
  • "Genome-wide association analyses identify new Brugada syndrome risk loci and highlight a new mechanism of sodium channel regulation in disease susceptibility," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Congenital heart disease risk loci identified by genome-wide association study in European patients," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "SCN5A Mutation Type and a Genetic Risk Score Associate Variably With Brugada Syndrome Phenotype in SCN5A Families," 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Lichtner include:

  • Thomas Meitinger (10 publications)
  • Karen Morrison (7 publications)
  • Ashwin Ashok Kumar Sreelatha (7 publications)
  • Rejko Krüger (7 publications)
  • Thomas Gasser (7 publications)

Lichtner's work has been published regularly in a number of venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 4 publications
  • Nature Genetics, 3 publications
  • Movement Disorders, 3 publications
  • Neurology, 2 publications
  • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, 2 publications

Their research covers diverse topics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach involving genetics, neurology, cardiology, and immunology. Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • RNA Regulation and Disease
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias
  • Ion Channel Regulation and Function
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Best Publications

  • Mutations in LRRK2 Cause Autosomal-Dominant Parkinsonism with Pleomorphic Pathology

    Alexander Zimprich;Alexander Zimprich;Saskia Biskup;Petra Leitner;Peter Lichtner

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

    Javier Simón-Sánchez;Claudia Schulte;Jose M Bras;Jose M Bras;Manu Sharma

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Polymorphisms in FKBP5 are associated with increased recurrence of depressive episodes and rapid response to antidepressant treatment

    Elisabeth B Binder;Daria Salyakina;Peter Lichtner;Gabriele M Wochnik

  • A Mutation in VPS35, Encoding a Subunit of the Retromer Complex, Causes Late-Onset Parkinson Disease

    Alexander Zimprich;Anna Benet-Pagès;Walter Struhal;Elisabeth Graf

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Hypothetical LOC387715 is a second major susceptibility gene for age-related macular degeneration, contributing independently of complement factor H to disease risk

    Andrea Rivera;Sheila A. Fisher;Lars G. Fritsche;Claudia N. Keilhauer

  • Germline mutations in breast and ovarian cancer pedigrees establish RAD51C as a human cancer susceptibility gene

    Alfons Meindl;Heide Hellebrand;Constanze Wiek;Verena Erven

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Haploinsufficiency of TBK1 causes familial ALS and fronto-temporal dementia

    Axel Freischmidt;Thomas Wieland;Benjamin Richter;Wolfgang Ruf

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions

    Juliane Winkelmann;Barbara Schormair;Peter Lichtner;Stephan Ripke

  • Yersinia pestis genome sequencing identifies patterns of global phylogenetic diversity

    Giovanna Morelli;Yajun Song;Yajun Song;Camila J Mazzoni;Mark Eppinger

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • 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

Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Juliane Winkelmann
Juliane Winkelmann Technical University of Munich
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Thomas Gasser
Thomas Gasser University of Tübingen
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Alexander Zimprich
Alexander Zimprich Medical University of Vienna

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