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Yuji Zhang

University of Maryland, BaltimoreORCID 0000-0002-5429-6762Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineFrontiers in Cardiovascular MedicinePeer-reviewedMar 13, 2026

Pathway-Specific Polygenic Risk Scores for Blood Pressure Traits in a West African Cohort

Gregory Bormes, Vanessa Robbin, Tinashe Chikowore…·Bamidele O. Tayo

The paper develops pathway-specific polygenic risk scores for hypertension in a West African cohort, finding improved predictive power compared to baseline models.

DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1707809

humanGWAS summary statistics

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintOct 24, 2024

An mTOR-Tfeb-Fabp7a signaling axis can be harnessed to ameliorate bag3 cardiomyopathy in adult zebrafish

Yonghe Ding, Feixiang Yan, Baul Yoon…·Xiaolei Xu

The paper identifies an mTOR-Tfeb-Fabp7a signaling pathway that can repair proteostasis defects and cardiac dysfunction in zebrafish BAG3 cardiomyopathy.

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zebrafishexperimental assay

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GeneticseLifePeer-reviewedOct 18, 2022

A phenotype-based forward genetic screen identifies Dnajb6 as a sick sinus syndrome gene

Yonghe Ding, Di Lang, Jianhua Yan…·Xiaolei Xu

This study identifies Dnajb6 as a gene causing sick sinus syndrome through a phenotype-based genetic screen in zebrafish.

14 citations

zebrafishexperimental assay

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