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Wilfried Karmaus is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a specific emphasis on epigenetics and DNA methylation.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Asthma and Respiratory Diseases
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Wilfried Karmaus has published extensively across various subfields such as molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The majority of their publications fall within medicine and biochemistry-related fields.

The scientist's recent significant papers include:

  • "Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age" (2020) published in Genome Medicine
  • "DNA methylation and body mass index from birth to adolescence: meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association studies" (2020) published in Genome Medicine
  • "Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in newborns and children show widespread sex differences in blood DNA methylation" (2022) published in Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research
  • "DNA methylation at birth is associated with lung function development until age 26 years" (2020) published in European Respiratory Journal
  • "Bisphenol a Exposure, DNA Methylation, and Asthma in Children" (2020) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Karmaus frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Syed Hasan Arshad, John W. Holloway, Hongmei Zhang, Susan Ewart, and Ali H. Ziyab.

Their publications appear frequently in these journals:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Epigenetics Insights
  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Genome Medicine

Best Publications

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    J.L. Min;G. Hemani;E. Hannon;K.F. Dekkers

  • Does a higher number of siblings protect against the development of allergy and asthma? A review

    W Karmaus;C Botezan

  • Low blood lead levels associated with clinically diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and mediated by weak cognitive control.

    Joel T. Nigg;G. Mark Knottnerus;Michelle M. Martel;Molly Nikolas

  • Mite allergen exposure is a risk for the incidence of specific sensitization

    Joachim Kuehr;Thomas Frischer;Rolf Meinert;Regina Barth

  • Maternal BMI at the start of pregnancy and offspring epigenome-wide DNA methylation: findings from the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics (PACE) consortium

    Gemma C. Sharp;Gemma C. Sharp;Lucas A. Salas;Lucas A. Salas;Claire Monnereau;Claire Monnereau;Catherine Allard

  • Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight

    Leanne K. Küpers;Claire Monnereau;Gemma C. Sharp;Paul Yousefi;Paul Yousefi

  • In utero exposure to organochlorines and age at menarche

    O. Vasiliu;J. Muttineni;W. Karmaus

  • Filaggrin loss-of-function mutations are associated with food allergy in childhood and adolescence

    Devasmitha Venkataraman;Devasmitha Venkataraman;Nelís Soto-Ramírez;Ramesh J. Kurukulaaratchy;John W. Holloway

  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation and childhood asthma

    Sarah E. Reese;Cheng-Jian Xu;Herman T. den Dekker;Mi Kyeong Lee

  • Influence of atopy and asthma on exhaled nitric oxide in an unselected birth cohort study

    Martha Scott;Abid Raza;Wilfried Karmaus;Frances Mitchell

  • Does the Sibling Effect Have Its Origin In Utero? Investigating Birth Order, Cord Blood Immunoglobulin E Concentration, and Allergic Sensitization at Age 4 Years

    Wilfried Karmaus;Hasan Arshad;Jörg Mattes

  • Cohort Profile: Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium

    Janine F Felix;Bonnie R Joubert;Andrea A Baccarelli;Gemma C Sharp;Gemma C Sharp

  • Immune markers in breast milk and fetal and maternal body fluids: a systematic review of perinatal concentrations.

    Saroochi Agarwal;Wilfried Karmaus;Susan Davis;Venu Gangur

  • Study on the Prevention of Allergy in Children in Europe (SPACE): allergic sensitization in children at 1 year of age in a controlled trial of allergen avoidance from birth

    Gerhard Halmerbauer;Christian Gartner;Michael Schierl;Hassan Arshad

  • Infections and atopic disorders in childhood and organochlorine exposure

    Wilfried Karmaus;Joachim Kuehr;Hermann Kruse

  • Sensitization to mite allergens is a risk factor for early and late onset of asthma and for persistence of asthmatic signs in children

    Joachim Kuehr;Thomas Frischer;Rolf Meinert;Regina Barth

  • PCB exposure in utero and via breast milk. A review.

    E. P. DeKoning;W. Karmaus

  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age

    Simon Kebede Merid;Alexei Novoloaca;Gemma C. Sharp;Leanne K. Küpers;Leanne K. Küpers;Leanne K. Küpers

  • The influence of gender and atopy on the natural history of rhinitis in the first 18 years of life.

    R. J. Kurukulaaratchy;W. Karmaus;A. Raza;S. Matthews

  • Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight

    Leanne K. Kupers;Claire Monnereau;Gemma C. Sharp;Paul Yousefi

  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation and childhood asthma

    Sarah E. Reese;Cheng-Jian Xu;Herman T. den Dekker;Mi Kyeong Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Holloway
John W. Holloway University of Southampton
Syed Hasan Arshad
Syed Hasan Arshad University of Southampton
Graham Roberts
Graham Roberts University of Southampton
Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Joachim Kuehr
Joachim Kuehr University of Freiburg
Caroline L. Relton
Caroline L. Relton University of Bristol
Catarina Almqvist
Catarina Almqvist Karolinska Institute
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen

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