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Themistocles L. Assimes

Themistocles L. Assimes

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108
Citations
81434
World Ranking
5860
National Ranking
3144

Overview

Themistocles L. Assimes is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

Themistocles L. Assimes has contributed extensively to the understanding of genetic factors involved in various diseases and traits. Their work covers main research topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Birth, Development, and Health, and Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock.

Frequent publication venues for Assimes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Circulation
  • Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Nature Genetics

Some of the recent significant papers authored by Themistocles L. Assimes include:

  • "Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations" (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • "Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program" (2024, Science)
  • "Genotyping Array Design and Data Quality Control in the Million Veteran Program" (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)

Themistocles L. Assimes has collaborated frequently with several co-authors in their research projects. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Philip S. Tsao
  • Scott M. Damrauer
  • Kyong-Mi Chang
  • Julie A. Lynch
  • Catherine Tcheandjieu

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

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • 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

  • 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

  • An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan

    Morgan E. Levine;Ake T. Lu;Austin Quach;Brian H. Chen

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

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

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

  • DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan.

    Ake T. Lu;Austin Quach;James G. Wilson;Alex P. Reiner

  • 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

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

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

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies

    Nadeem Sarwar;Adam S. Butterworth;Daniel F. Freitag;John Gregson

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

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

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

  • 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

Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Thomas Quertermous
Thomas Quertermous Stanford University
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
Devin Absher
Devin Absher University of Queensland
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Philip S. Tsao
Philip S. Tsao Stanford University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck

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