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Veli-Matti Kosma is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research spans a significant number of publications primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

The subfields of study they focus on are:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Surgery

The main research topics that characterize their work include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Circular RNAs in diseases

Veli-Matti Kosma has contributed to numerous scientific publications with notable recent papers including:

  • "FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population" (2023) published in Nature
  • "FinnGen: Unique genetic insights from combining isolated population and national health register data" (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Genetic Risk Factors Associated With Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy" (2023) published in JAMA Cardiology
  • "Predicting breast cancer risk using interacting genetic and demographic factors and machine learning" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Narcolepsy risk loci outline role of T cell autoimmunity and infectious triggers in narcolepsy" (2023) published in Nature Communications

The frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Throughout their career, Veli-Matti Kosma has collaborated often with several researchers, including:

  • Heiko Runz
  • Anders Mälarstig
  • Graham J. Mann
  • Robert Graham
  • Sally John

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Hyaluronan in peritumoral stroma and malignant cells associates with breast cancer spreading and predicts survival.

    Päivi Auvinen;Raija Tammi;Jyrki Parkkinen;Markku Tammi

  • A common coding variant in CASP8 is associated with breast cancer risk

    Angela Cox;Alison M. Dunning;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Sabapathy Balasubramanian

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • A recurrent mutation in PALB2 in Finnish cancer families

    Hannele Erkko;Bing Xia;Jenni Nikkilä;Johanna Schleutker

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • A Comparison of Diets with and without Oats in Adults with Celiac Disease

    Esko K. Janatuinen;Pekka H. Pikkarainen;Tarja A. Kemppainen;Veli-Matti Kosma

  • Tumor Cell-associated Hyaluronan as an Unfavorable Prognostic Factor in Colorectal Cancer

    Kirsi Ropponen;Markku Tammi;Jyrki Parkkinen;Matti Eskelinen

  • Heterogeneity of Breast Cancer Associations with Five Susceptibility Loci by Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Per Hall;Heli Nevanlinna;Karen Pooley

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Arto Mannermaa
Arto Mannermaa University of Eastern Finland
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University
Fergus J. Couch
Fergus J. Couch Mayo Clinic

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