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Thomas Quertermous

Thomas Quertermous

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Genetics

D-Index
124
Citations
77096
World Ranking
321
National Ranking
166

Medicine

D-Index
124
Citations
78141
World Ranking
3162
National Ranking
1746

Overview

Thomas Quertermous is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their body of work includes a focus on molecular biology and immunology, with significant output in the fields of genetics and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The scientist's research encompasses a variety of interconnected topics such as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, congenital heart defects, aortic aneurysm repair treatments, genetic associations and epidemiology, aortic disease and treatment approaches, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms.

Quertermous has published in multiple scientific journals and venues, with key publication outlets including:

  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (32 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (22 publications)
  • Circulation (11 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (7 publications)
  • Circulation Research (5 publications)

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to transcriptomics, vascular biology, and disease mechanisms. Notable publications include:

  • "Population-scale tissue transcriptomics maps long non-coding RNAs to complex disease" (2021, Cell)
  • "Single-Cell Transcriptomic Profiling of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype Modulation in Marfan Syndrome Aortic Aneurysm" (2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology)
  • "Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility profiling highlights regulatory mechanisms of coronary artery disease risk" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Properties of structural variants and short tandem repeats associated with gene expression and complex traits" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Environment-Sensing Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Inhibits the Chondrogenic Fate of Modulated Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerotic Lesions" (2020, Circulation)

Collaboration appears to be a significant aspect of Quertermous's research endeavors. Frequent co-authors include Paul Cheng, Trieu Nguyen, Quanyi Zhao, Chad S. Weldy, and Disha Sharma, indicating ongoing partnerships across a network of researchers in related fields.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding human endothelium-derived relaxing factor/nitric oxide synthase.

    S P Janssens;A Shimouchi;T Quertermous;D B Bloch

  • A long noncoding RNA protects the heart from pathological hypertrophy

    Pei Han;Pei Han;Wei Li;Wei Li;Chiou Hong Lin;Jin Yang

  • Opportunities and challenges for transcriptome-wide association studies.

    Michael Wainberg;Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong;Nicholas Mancuso;Alvaro N. Barbeira

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

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

  • Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies

    Muredach P Reilly;Mingyao Li;Jing He;Jane F Ferguson

  • Genetic Structure, Self-Identified Race/Ethnicity, and Confounding in Case-Control Association Studies

    Hua Tang;Tom Quertermous;Beatriz Rodriguez;Sharon L.R. Kardia

  • 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

Themistocles L. Assimes
Themistocles L. Assimes Stanford University
Carlos Iribarren
Carlos Iribarren Kaiser Permanente
Euan A. Ashley
Euan A. Ashley Stanford University
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Devin Absher
Devin Absher University of Queensland
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Benjamin F. Voight
Benjamin F. Voight University of Pennsylvania

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