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Valeriya Lyssenko

Valeriya Lyssenko

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D-Index
92
Citations
57840
World Ranking
11063
National Ranking
47

Overview

Valeriya Lyssenko is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, and Physiology.

The primary focus of their research covers critical topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Diabetes and associated disorders, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease.

Their recent publications include:

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Determinants of penetrance and variable expressivity in monogenic metabolic conditions across 77,184 exomes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Replication and cross-validation of type 2 diabetes subtypes based on clinical variables: an IMI-RHAPSODY study, 2021, Diabetologia
  • Genetics of diabetes-associated microvascular complications, 2023, Diabetologia
  • Distinct Molecular Signatures of Clinical Clusters in People With Type 2 Diabetes: An IMI-RHAPSODY Study, 2021, Diabetes

Their frequent co-authors include Leif Groop, Peter M. Nilsson, Mikael Åkerlund, Emma Ahlqvist, and Türküler Özgümüş.

Valeriya Lyssenko has published in various journals multiple times, with frequent publications in UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetologia, Diabetes, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for Type 2 Diabetes and Triglyceride Levels

    Richa Saxena;Benjamin F. Voight;Valeriya Lyssenko;Noël P. Burtt

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • 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

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

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

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

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Clinical risk factors, DNA variants, and the development of type 2 diabetes.

    Valeriya Lyssenko;Anna Jonsson;Peter Almgren;Nicoló Pulizzi

  • Mechanisms by which common variants in the TCF7L2 gene increase risk of type 2 diabetes

    Valeriya Lyssenko;Roberto Lupi;Piero Marchetti;Silvia Del Guerra

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Kazuki Yasuda;Kazuaki Miyake;Yukio Horikawa;Kazuo Hara

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Common variant in MTNR1B associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and impaired early insulin secretion.

    Valeriya Lyssenko;Cecilia L F Nagorny;Michael R Erdos;Nils Wierup

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Tiinamaija Tuomi
Tiinamaija Tuomi University of Helsinki
Jose C. Florez
Jose C. Florez Harvard University
Inga Prokopenko
Inga Prokopenko University of Surrey
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University

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