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Overview

Richard N. Bergman is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on metabolism and related diseases.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, their subfields of focus encompass:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Richard N. Bergman's work covers a range of key topics, including:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Frequent publication venues for Bergman include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Diabetes
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • American Journal of Dermatopathology
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bergman demonstrate their involvement in a variety of clinical and translational research topics. Examples include:

  • Chronic mirabegron treatment increases human brown fat, HDL cholesterol, and insulin sensitivity (2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • Updated S2K guidelines on the management of pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus initiated by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (2020, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)
  • Updated S2K guidelines for the management of bullous pemphigoid initiated by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (2022, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)
  • The Type 2 Diabetes Knowledge Portal: An open access genetic resource dedicated to type 2 diabetes and related traits (2023, Cell Metabolism)
  • Defining cutoffs to diagnose obesity using the relative fat mass (RFM): Association with mortality in NHANES 1999-2014 (2020, International Journal of Obesity)

Bergman collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Anne Jackson
  • Lori L. Bonnycastle
  • Marilyn Ader
  • Orison O. Woolcott
  • Cathryn M. Kolka

Best Publications

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

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

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • A genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Finns detects multiple susceptibility variants.

    Laura J. Scott;Karen L. Mohlke;Lori L. Bonnycastle;Cristen J. Willer

  • 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

  • Quantitative estimation of insulin sensitivity.

    R N Bergman;Y Z Ider;C R Bowden;C Cobelli

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Physiologic evaluation of factors controlling glucose tolerance in man: measurement of insulin sensitivity and beta-cell glucose sensitivity from the response to intravenous glucose.

    R. N. Bergman;L. S. Phillips;Claudio Cobelli

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • 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

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • Quantification of the relationship between insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in human subjects. Evidence for a hyperbolic function.

    S E Kahn;R L Prigeon;D K McCulloch;E J Boyko

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

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

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

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins National Institutes of Health
Anne U. Jackson
Anne U. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Karen L. Mohlke
Karen L. Mohlke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Inga Prokopenko
Inga Prokopenko University of Surrey
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London

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