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Sergi Castellví-Bel

Sergi Castellví-Bel

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Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
9880
World Ranking
3588
National Ranking
62

Overview

Sergi Castellví-Bel is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research publications focus extensively on colorectal cancer, genetics, and epidemiology. They have contributed to multiple scientific venues and collaborated with a range of frequent co-authors in their field.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • CNApp, a tool for the quantification of copy number alterations and integrative analysis revealing clinical implications, 2020, eLife
  • Genetic architectures of proximal and distal colorectal cancer are partly distinct, 2021, Gut

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marc J. Gunter
  • Hermann Brenner
  • Andrew T. Chan
  • Li Li
  • Loïc Le Marchand

Sergi Castellví-Bel has a consistent publication record in several scientific journals and platforms, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancers
  • Gastroenterology
  • eLife
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Focused subfields include:

  • Oncology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery

The scientific topics covered in their research feature:

  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study identifies colorectal cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 10p14 and 8q23.3

    Ian P.M. Tomlinson;Emily Webb;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Peter Broderick

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Somatic POLE proofreading domain mutation, immune response, and prognosis in colorectal cancer: a retrospective, pooled biomarker study

    Enric Domingo;Enric Domingo;Luke Freeman-Mills;Emily Rayner;Mark Glaire

  • Risk of cancer in cases of suspected lynch syndrome without germline mutation.

    María Rodríguez–Soler;Lucía Pérez–Carbonell;Carla Guarinos;Pedro Zapater

  • Multiple Common Susceptibility Variants near BMP Pathway Loci GREM1, BMP4, and BMP2 Explain Part of the Missing Heritability of Colorectal Cancer

    Ian P. M. Tomlinson;Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona;Sara E. Dobbins;Albert Tenesa

  • Comparison between universal molecular screening for Lynch syndrome and revised Bethesda guidelines in a large population-based cohort of patients with colorectal cancer

    Lucía Pérez-Carbonell;Clara Ruiz-Ponte;Carla Guarinos;Cristina Alenda

  • A High Degree of LINE-1 Hypomethylation Is a Unique Feature of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

    Marina Antelo;Francesc Balaguer;Francesc Balaguer;Jinru Shia;Yan Shen

  • Performance of different microsatellite marker panels for detection of mismatch repair-deficient colorectal tumors

    Rosa M. Xicola;Xavier Llor;Elisenda Pons;Antoni Castells

  • Ataxia-Telangiectasia: Identification and Detection of Founder-Effect Mutations in the ATM Gene in Ethnic Populations

    Milhan Telatar;Sharon Teraoka;Zhijun Wang;Helen H. Chun

  • Linkage of DFNB1 to non-syndromic neurosensory autosomal-recessive deafness in Mediterranean families.

    P Gasparini;[No Value] Estivill;[No Value] Volpini;A Totaro

  • Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk.

    Minta Thomas;Lori C. Sakoda;Michael Hoffmeister;Elisabeth A. Rosenthal

  • Update on genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer and polyposis.

    Laura Valle;Richarda M. de Voer;Yael Goldberg;Wenche Sjursen

  • The transcription factor GATA6 enables self-renewal of colon adenoma stem cells by repressing BMP gene expression

    Gavin Whissell;Elisa Montagni;Paola Martinelli;Xavier Hernando-Momblona

  • Cumulative impact of common genetic variants and other risk factors on colorectal cancer risk in 42 103 individuals

    Malcolm G. Dunlop;Albert Tenesa;Susan M. Farrington;Stephane Ballereau

  • Circulating Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Associate With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Based on Serologic and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.

    Neil Murphy;Robert Carreras-Torres;Mingyang Song;Andrew T. Chan;Andrew T. Chan

  • Cumulative Burden of Colorectal Cancer Associated Genetic Variants Is More Strongly Associated With Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Cancer

    Alexi N. Archambault;Yu Ru Su;Jihyoun Jeon;Minta Thomas

  • A candidate gene study of capecitabine-related toxicity in colorectal cancer identifies new toxicity variants at DPYD and a putative role for ENOSF1 rather than TYMS

    Dan Rosmarin;Claire Palles;Alistair Pagnamenta;Kulvinder Kaur

  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare pathogenic variants in new predisposition genes for familial colorectal cancer

    Clara Esteban-Jurado;Maria Vila-Casadesús;Pilar Garre;Juan José Lozano

  • Comparison of predictive models, clinical criteria and molecular tumour screening for the identification of patients with Lynch syndrome in a population-based cohort of colorectal cancer patients

    J Balmaña;F Balaguer;S Castellví-Bel;E W Steyerberg

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Antoni Castells
Antoni Castells University of Barcelona
Pavel Vodicka
Pavel Vodicka Czech Academy of Sciences
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Angel Carracedo
Angel Carracedo University of Santiago de Compostela
Ludmila Vodickova
Ludmila Vodickova Charles University
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Victor Moreno
Victor Moreno University of Barcelona
Luis Bujanda
Luis Bujanda University of the Basque Country
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Annika Lindblom
Annika Lindblom Karolinska Institute

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