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Qiuyin Cai is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The scientist's work encompasses molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, oncology, and pathology and forensic medicine as key subfields.

The scientist has investigated various topics including genetic associations and epidemiology, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, nutritional studies and diet, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Qiuyin Cai has contributed to numerous publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height, 2022, Nature
  • The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Charting Tumor Transitions across Space and Time at Single-Cell Resolution, 2020, Cell
  • Differential pre-malignant programs and microenvironment chart distinct paths to malignancy in human colorectal polyps, 2021, Cell
  • An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Qiuyin Cai include:

  • Wei Zheng
  • Xiao-Ou Shu
  • Jirong Long
  • Xingyi Guo
  • William J. Blot

The scientist's findings are often published in journals such as Cancer Research, UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

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

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

  • 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

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

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

  • Antioxidant and antipromotional effects of the soybean isoflavone genistein.

    Huachen Wei;Ronald Bowen;Qiuyin Cai;Stephen Barnes

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

    Yoon Shin Cho;Chien Hsiun Chen;Chien Hsiun Chen;Cheng Hu;Jirong Long

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a new breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q25.1

    Wei Zheng;Jirong Long;Yu Tang Gao;Chun Li

  • 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

  • The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Charting Tumor Transitions Across Space and Time at Single-Cell Resolution

    Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Philipp Oberdoerffer;Tal Nawy

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • Meta-analysis identifies common variants associated with body mass index in east Asians

    Wanqing Wen;Yoon Shin Cho;Wei Zheng;Rajkumar Dorajoo;Rajkumar Dorajoo

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • The landscape of recombination in African Americans

    Anjali G. Hinch;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon;Nick Patterson;Yunli Song

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia.

    Qing Lan;Chao A. Hsiung;Keitaro Matsuo;Yun Chul Hong

  • Mixed-backbone oligonucleotides as second generation antisense oligonucleotides: In vitro and in vivo studies

    Sudhir Agrawal;Zhiwei Jiang;Qiuyan Zhao;Denise Shaw

  • Effect of dietary genistein on antioxidant enzyme activities in SENCAR mice

    Qiuyin Cai;Huachen Wei

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jirong Long
Jirong Long Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Yu-Tang Gao
Yu-Tang Gao Fudan University
Yong-Bing Xiang
Yong-Bing Xiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wanqing Wen
Wanqing Wen Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hui Cai
Hui Cai Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
William J. Blot
William J. Blot Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria

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