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Spain
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
83130
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4426
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Roberto Elosua is affiliated with the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia in Spain. Their research output spans multiple disciplines primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, encompassing a total of 245 and 73 publications respectively.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several specialized journals, including:

  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Revista Española de Cardiología
  • Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications

Roberto Elosua's main research subfields include cardiology and cardiovascular medicine with 102 publications, genetics with 32 publications, surgery with 28, molecular biology with 27, and public health, environmental, and occupational health with 16.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics as evidenced by their publication themes. These include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Roberto Elosua include:

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans, 2020, Nature
  • A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes, 2023, Nature
  • Transcript expression-aware annotation improves rare variant interpretation, 2020, Nature
  • Characterising the loss-of-function impact of 5' untranslated region variants in 15,708 individuals, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A missense variant in Mitochondrial Amidoxime Reducing Component 1 gene and protection against liver disease, 2020, PLoS Genetics

Frequent collaborators with Roberto Elosua include:

  • Jaume Marrugat (44 joint publications)
  • Irene R. Dégano (31 joint publications)
  • Stacey Gabriel (20 joint publications)
  • Diego Ardissino (20 joint publications)
  • Rafel Ramos (20 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

    Monkol Lek;Konrad J. Karczewski;Konrad J. Karczewski;Eric V. Minikel;Eric V. Minikel;Kaitlin E. Samocha

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

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

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

  • Validation of the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire in Spanish men. The MARATHOM Investigators.

    R. Elosua;J. Marrugat;L. Molina;S. Pons

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

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

  • 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

Jaume Marrugat
Jaume Marrugat Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
John Danesh
John Danesh University of Cambridge
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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