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Overview

Peter S. Braund is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental, and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, RNA modifications and cancer, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy, Coronary Artery Anomalies, and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research.

Peter S. Braund's frequent co-authors include Christopher P. Nelson, Nilesh J. Samani, Lawrence F. Bielak, Jennifer A. Brody, and Jessica D. Faul.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on genetics and cardiovascular research. Notable papers include:

  • A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height (2022, Nature)
  • Polygenic basis and biomedical consequences of telomere length variation (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection identifies risk variants and genes related to artery integrity and tissue-mediated coagulation (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA variants in cardiovascular diseases (2022, PLoS Genetics)

Peter S. Braund has published predominantly in Nature Genetics and UNC Libraries, with additional publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, and PLoS Genetics. The majority of their work appears in Nature Genetics, reflecting a strong focus on genetic research within medical and biological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Genomewide association analysis of coronary artery disease.

    Nilesh J. Samani;Jeanette Erdmann;Alistair S. Hall;Christian Hengstenberg

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

    Veryan Codd;Christopher P Nelson;Eva Albrecht;Massimo Mangino

  • Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies

    Nadeem Sarwar;Adam S. Butterworth;Daniel F. Freitag;John Gregson

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Genetic Loci Associated With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Paul Elliott;John C. Chambers;Weihua Zhang;Robert Clarke

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3

    Jeanette Erdmann;Anika Großhennig;Peter S Braund;Inke R König

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Genome-wide haplotype association study identifies the SLC22A3-LPAL2-LPA gene cluster as a risk locus for coronary artery disease

    David-Alexandre Trégouët;Inke R König;Jeanette Erdmann;Alexandru Munteanu

  • Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genes for Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease: Serum Urate and Dyslipidemia

    Chris Wallace;Stephen J. Newhouse;Peter Braund;Feng Zhang

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Christopher P. Nelson
Christopher P. Nelson University of Leicester
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford
Alistair S. Hall
Alistair S. Hall University of Leeds
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Martin D. Tobin
Martin D. Tobin University of Leicester
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Massimo Mangino
Massimo Mangino King's College London
Pim van der Harst
Pim van der Harst University Medical Center Utrecht
Patricia B. Munroe
Patricia B. Munroe Queen Mary University of London

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