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Peter Lichtner

Helmholtz MunichORCID 0000-0001-5981-7996Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 2 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Genetic & Genomic Medicinenpj Parkinson's DiseasePeer-reviewedApr 20, 2026

Genome-wide association study of copy number variations in Parkinson's disease

Z. Landoulsi, Ashwin Ashok Kumar Sreelatha, Kuznetsov N.…·Rachel J. Saunders-Pullman

This study conducts a genome-wide association study of copy number variations in Parkinson's disease, identifying a significant PRKN deletion but limited replication in an independent dataset.

DOI 10.1038/s41531-025-01245-z

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GenomicsJournal of Clinical InvestigationPeer-reviewedNov 17, 2020

Genome-wide association study in European patients with congenital heart disease identifies risk loci for transposition of the great arteries and anomalies of the thoracic arteries and veins and expression of discovered candidate genes in the developing heart

Harald Lahm, Meiwen Jia, Martina Dreßen…·Markus Krane

This study identifies genetic risk loci for congenital heart disease subtypes and shows candidate genes play essential roles in heart development.

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GeneticsNeurology GeneticsPeer-reviewedDec 1, 2018

Atrial Fibrillation Genetic Risk Differentiates Cardioembolic Stroke from other Stroke Subtypes

Sara L. Pulit, Lu-Chen C Weng, Patrick F. McArdle…·Eric Boerwinkle

The paper assesses if genetic risk for atrial fibrillation explains cardioembolic stroke risk using genome-wide data from the Stroke Genetics Network.

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GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedJun 12, 2017

Genetic diagnosis of Mendelian disorders via RNA sequencing

Laura Sophie Kremer, Daniel M. Bader, Christian Mertes…·Holger Prokisch

This study uses RNA sequencing to identify genetic diagnoses in mitochondrial disease patients by detecting aberrant gene expression and splicing events.

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