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Yingchang Lu is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications also in Medicine.

Their subfields of study include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Sensory Systems, and Physiology.

Key topics addressed in Lu's work are Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, RNA modifications and cancer, Birth, Development, and Health, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Lu has published extensively, with frequent contributions to publication venues including UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes, and Nature Medicine.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Lu include:

  • Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Evaluating the Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores in Identifying High-Risk Individuals for Eight Common Cancers, 2020, JNCI Cancer Spectrum

Frequent co-authors contributing to Lu's research include Ruth J. F. Loos, Xiuqing Guo, Erwin P. Böttinger, Jerome I. Rotter, and Chen-Chi Wu.

Best Publications

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

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • 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

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

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

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

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

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

  • Multi-Ethnic Genome-wide Association Study for Atrial Fibrillation

    Carolina Roselli;Mark D. Chaffin;Lu Chen Weng;Lu Chen Weng;Stefanie Aeschbacher

  • An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

    Robert A. Scott;Laura J. Scott;Reedik Mägi;Letizia Marullo

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

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

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Association analyses based on false discovery rate implicate new loci for coronary artery disease.

    Christopher P Nelson;Christopher P Nelson;Anuj Goel;Anuj Goel;Adam S Butterworth;Stavroula Kanoni

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis

    Eleanor Wheeler;Aaron Leong;Ching-Ti Liu;Marie-France Hivert

  • Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

    Anubha Mahajan;Jennifer Wessel;Sara M. Willems;Wei Zhao

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Erwin P. Bottinger
Erwin P. Bottinger Hasso Plattner Institute
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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