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Witigo V Schönfels

University Hospital Schleswig-HolsteinORCID 0000-0002-0611-4223Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genetics· 1 Pathology· 1

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Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 2 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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André FrankeiD· 2 shared Clemens SchafmayeriD· 2 shared Greta BurmeisteriD· 2 shared Henry VölzkeiD· 2 shared Jochen HampeiD· 2 shared Sebastian HinziD· 2 shared Stephan BuchiD· 2 shared Wolfgang LiebiD· 2 shared

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PathologyCellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and HepatologyPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2026

Hepatocyte Circadian Clocks Control Cholesterol Metabolism and Protect From Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)

Leonardo Vinícius Monteiro de Assis, Lina Jegodzinski, Julica Inderhees…·Henrik Oster

This study shows that hepatocyte circadian clocks regulate cholesterol metabolism and protect against MASH, with Bmal1 playing a specific role in this process.

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mousebulk RNA-seq

Genetic & Genomic MedicineGutPeer-reviewedApr 22, 2021

Genome-wide analysis of 944,133 individuals provides insights into the etiology of hemorrhoidal disease

Tenghao Zheng, David Ellinghaus, Simonas Juzėnas…·André Franke

This study performs a genome-wide association analysis of hemorrhoidal disease in 944,133 individuals, identifying 102 risk loci and linking them to vascular and tissue development pathways.

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humanGWAS summary statistics

GeneticsScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedJan 28, 2019

Common variants in ABCG8 and TRAF3 genes confer risk for gallstone disease and gallbladder cancer in admixed Latinos with Mapuche Native American ancestry

Bernabé I. Bustos, Eduardo Pérez‐Palma, Stephan Buch…·Juan Francisco Miquel

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humanGWAS summary statistics