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Rolf D. Horstmann is affiliated with the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany. The scientist's research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with contributions to subfields including Physiology, Genetics, and Hematology.

Their work extensively covers topics such as:

  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders

One recent publication authored alongside Thorsten Thye is titled "Human genetic variant E756del in the ion channel PIEZO1 not associated with protection from severe malaria in a large Ghanaian study", published in 2021 in the Journal of Human Genetics. This paper has been cited 12 times.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Thorsten Thye
  • Jennifer A. Evans
  • Gerd Ruge
  • Wibke Loag
  • Daniel Ansong

Rolf D. Horstmann's publications have appeared in the Journal of Human Genetics, indicating a focus on genetic aspects in their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Evolution and transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis in a Russian population

    Nicola Casali;Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy;Yanina Balabanova;Simon R Harris

  • Antiphagocytic activity of streptococcal M protein: selective binding of complement control protein factor H.

    R D Horstmann;H J Sievertsen;J Knobloch;V A Fischetti

  • Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Muminatou Jallow;Yik Ying Teo;Yik Ying Teo;Kerrin S. Small;Kerrin S. Small;Kirk A. Rockett;Kirk A. Rockett

  • Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2.

    Thorsten Thye;Fredrik O. Vannberg;Sunny H. Wong;Ellis Owusu-Dabo

  • Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria.

    Christian Timmann;Thorsten Thye;Maren Vens;Jennifer Evans

  • Autophagy gene variant IRGM -261T contributes to protection from tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis but not by M. africanum strains.

    Christopher D. Intemann;Thorsten Thye;Stefan Niemann;Edmund N. L. Browne

  • Pore-forming peptide of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica.

    Matthias Leippe;Sebastian Ebel;Oeyvind L. Schoenberger;Rolf D. Horstmann

  • Genomic DNA differences between pathogenic and nonpathogenic Entamoeba histolytica.

    Egbert Tannich;Rolf D. Horstmann;Jurgen Knobloch;Hans Henning Arnold

  • Common variants at 11p13 are associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis

    Thorsten Thye;Ellis Owusu-Dabo;Fredrik O Vannberg;Reinout van Crevel

  • Microevolution of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia

    Nicola Casali;Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy;Yanina Balabanova;Olga Ignatyeva

  • Connexin 26 R143W mutation associated with recessive nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness in Africa.

    George W. Brobby;Bertram Müller-Myhsok;Rolf D. Horstmann

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling trypanotolerance in a cross of tolerant West African N’Dama and susceptible East African Boran cattle

    Olivier H. Hanotte;Y. Ronin;Morris Agaba;P. Nilsson

  • Hemoglobin Variants and Disease Manifestations in Severe Falciparum Malaria

    Jiirgen May;Jennifer A. Evans;Christian Timmann;Christa Ehmen

  • Pattern of connexin 26 (GJB2) mutations causing sensorineural hearing impairment in Ghana.

    Christoph Hamelmann;Geoffrey K. Amedofu;Katrin Albrecht;Birgit Muntau

  • Susceptibility to tuberculosis is associated with variants in the ASAP1 gene encoding a regulator of dendritic cell migration

    James Curtis;Yang Luo;Helen L Zenner;Delphine Cuchet-Lourenço

  • Primary structure of the 170-kDa surface lectin of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica

    Egbert Tannich;Frank Ebert;Rolf D. Horstmann

  • A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria.

    Eric Akum Achidi;Tsiri Agbenyega;Stephen Allen;Olukemi Amodu

  • High mortality of infant bacteraemia clinically indistinguishable from severe malaria

    J.A. Evans;A. Adusei;C. Timmann;J. May

  • Primary and secondary structure of the pore-forming peptide of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica

    M. Leippe;E. Tannich;R. Nickel;G. van der Goot

  • Genomewide Linkage Analysis Identifies Polymorphism in the Human Interferon-γ Receptor Affecting Helicobacter pylori Infection

    Thorsten Thye;Gerd D. Burchard;Manfred Nilius;Bertram Müller-Myhsok

Frequent Co-Authors

Egbert Tannich
Egbert Tannich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Stefan Niemann
Stefan Niemann Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Francis Drobniewski
Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London
Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes
Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes Kiel University
Matthias Leippe
Matthias Leippe Kiel University
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm
Olivier Hanotte
Olivier Hanotte University of Nottingham
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Andre Franke
Andre Franke Kiel University

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