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Stefan Johansson

Stefan Johansson

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77
Citations
20946
World Ranking
18465
National Ranking
100

Overview

Stefan Johansson is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Psychiatry and Mental health.

Johansson's work concentrates on several interconnected topics including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Adrenal Hormones and Disorders, Birth, Development, and Health, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Genomics and Rare Diseases, and Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Their recent publications include:

  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage, 2020, Nature Communications
  • European and multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of atopic dermatitis highlights importance of systemic immune regulation, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Shared genetic background between children and adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • GWAS for autoimmune Addison's disease identifies multiple risk loci and highlights AIRE in disease susceptibility, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Johansson include:

  • Pål R. Njølstad (55 publications)
  • Marc Vaudel (42 publications)
  • Øyvind Helgeland (30 publications)
  • Ole A. Andreassen (24 publications)
  • Bo Jacobsson (22 publications)

Johansson's work is commonly published in high-profile venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 25 publications, Nature Genetics (5 publications), Nature Communications (4 publications), Frontiers in Immunology (3 publications), and Translational Psychiatry (2 publications).

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Maternal Obesity and Risk of Preterm Delivery

    Sven Cnattingius;Eduardo Villamor;Stefan Johansson;Anna-Karin Edstedt Bonamy

  • Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: A meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

    Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen;Lu Qi;Soren Brage;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • The genetics of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults, a review

    B. Franke;S. V. Faraone;Philip Asherson;J. Buitelaar

  • Loss-of-function mutations in SLC30A8 protect against type 2 diabetes

    Jason Flannick;Jason Flannick;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Nicola L. Beer;Nicola L. Beer;Suzanne B R Jacobs

  • Long‐term pattern of alternative stable states in two shallow eutrophic lakes

    Irmgard Blindow;Gunnar Andersson;Anders Hargeby;Stefan Johansson

  • Impact of inflammation on epigenetic DNA methylation - a novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

    P. Stenvinkel;M. Karimi;S. Johansson;J. Axelsson

  • Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot;Yingchang Lu;Yingchang Lu;Heather M Highland;Heather M Highland;Claudia Schurmann

  • Mutations in the CEL VNTR cause a syndrome of diabetes and pancreatic exocrine dysfunction.

    Helge Raeder;Stefan Johansson;Pål I Holm;Pål I Holm;Ingfrid S Haldorsen

  • Risk of High Blood Pressure Among Young Men Increases With the Degree of Immaturity at Birth

    Stefan Johansson;Anastasia Iliadou;Niklas Bergvall;Torsten Tuvemo

  • A common variant of the latrophilin 3 gene, LPHN3, confers susceptibility to ADHD and predicts effectiveness of stimulant medication

    Arcos-Burgos M;Jain M;Acosta Mt;Shively S

  • Noninvasive acoustic cell trapping in a microfluidic perfusion system for online bioassays.

    Mikael Evander;Linda Johansson;Tobias Lilliehorn;Jure Piskur

  • Can Association Between Preterm Birth and Autism be Explained by Maternal or Neonatal Morbidity

    Susanne Buchmayer;Stefan Johansson;Anna Johansson;Christina M. Hultman

  • Dominant Mutations in the Autoimmune Regulator AIRE Are Associated with Common Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases.

    Bergithe E. Oftedal;Alexander Hellesen;Alexander Hellesen;Martina M. Erichsen;Eirik Bratland

  • Mutations in ABHD12 Cause the Neurodegenerative Disease PHARC: An Inborn Error of Endocannabinoid Metabolism

    Torunn Fiskerstrand;Dorra H'mida-Ben Brahim;Stefan Johansson;Abderrahim M'zahem

  • Multicenter analysis of the SLC6A3/DAT1 VNTR haplotype in persistent ADHD suggests differential involvement of the gene in childhood and persistent ADHD.

    Barbara Franke;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Stefan Johansson;Stefan Johansson;Martine Hoogman

  • Meta-analysis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor p.Val66Met in adult ADHD in four European populations†‡

    C. Sanchez-Mora;M. Ribases;J. A. Ramos-Quiroga;M. Casas

  • Maternal Obesity and Risk of Preterm Delivery

    S. Cnattingius;E. Villamor;S. Johansson;A.K. Edstedt Bonamy

  • Loss-of-function mutations in SLC30A8 protect against type 2 diabetes

    Jason Flannick;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Nicola L. Beer;Suzanne B. R. Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Pål R. Njølstad
Pål R. Njølstad University of Bergen
Jan Haavik
Jan Haavik University of Bergen
Anders Molven
Anders Molven University of Bergen
Sven Cnattingius
Sven Cnattingius Karolinska Institute
Klaus-Peter Lesch
Klaus-Peter Lesch University of Würzburg
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga Autonomous University of Barcelona
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Laurence A. Bindoff
Laurence A. Bindoff Haukeland University Hospital

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