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  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Russia Leader Award
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Overview

Yurii S. Aulchenko is affiliated with GlaxoSmithKline in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad areas, they have contributed notably to Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health, and Immunology.

Their main research topics include genetic associations and epidemiology, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, galectins and cancer biology, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research.

Yurii S. Aulchenko has published regularly in several venues, with frequent contributions to UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Pain, and Nature Communications.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Glycosylation of immunoglobulin G is regulated by a large network of genes pleiotropic with inflammatory diseases, 2020, Science Advances
  • GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Analysis of genetically independent phenotypes identifies shared genetic factors associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Genome-wide association study identifies RNF123 locus as associated with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Prioritization of causal genes for coronary artery disease based on cumulative evidence from experimental and in silico studies, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Yakov A. Tsepilov, Frances M. K. Williams, Sodbo Sharapov, Maxim B. Freidin, and Pradeep Suri, indicating ongoing partnerships across genetics, pain research, and molecular biology domains.

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • 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

  • GenABEL: an R library for genome-wide association analysis

    Y. S. Aulchenko;S. Ripke;A. Isaacs;C. M. Van Duijn

  • Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity.

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexander Kurilshikov;Marc Jan Bonder;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease.

    Sudha Seshadri;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;M Arfan Ikram;Anita L. DeStefano

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts

    Yurii S Aulchenko;Samuli Ripatti;Ida Lindqvist;Dorret Boomsma

  • 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

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

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

  • Sequence variants at CHRNB3-CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior.

    Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Ida Surakka;Ida Surakka;Jacqueline M Vink

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations.

    Melanie Kolz;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Serena Sanna;Alexander Teumer

  • Twenty bone mineral-density loci identified by large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Fernando Rivadeneira;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Karol Estrada;Bjarni V. Halldorsson

  • 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

  • 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

Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Ben A. Oostra
Ben A. Oostra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Nicole Soranzo
Nicole Soranzo Wellcome Sanger Institute
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London

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