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Nicole Brenner

German Cancer Research CenterORCID 0000-0002-7690-4925Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 3 Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1

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Tim WaterboeriD· 3 shared Andrew F. OlshaniD· 2 shared Brenda B. DiergaardeiD· 2 shared Geoffrey LiuiD· 2 shared Mark GormleyiD· 2 shared Miranda PringiD· 2 shared Paul BrennaniD· 2 shared Aida Ferreiro-IglesiasiD· 1 shared

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2022-2025 · peak 1/yr

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Cross-ancestral GWAS identifies 29 novel variants across Head and Neck Cancer subsites

Elmira Ebrahimi, Apiwat Sangphukieo, Hanla A. Park, Valérie Gaborieau, Aida Ferreiro-Iglesias, Brenda B. Diergaarde, Wolfgang Ahrens, Laia Alemany, Lidia MRB Arantes, Jaroslav A. Betka, Scott Victor Bratman, Cristina Canova, Michael Conlon, David Ian Conway, Mauricio Cuello, , Paolo Garzino‐Demo

This study conducts a cross-ancestral GWAS and fine mapping of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma subsites, identifying 29 novel variants and highlighting gene-environment interactions.

Nature Communications · Oct 2, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Associations of genetic and infectious risk factors with coronary heart disease

Flavia Hodel, Zhi Ming Xu, Christian Wandall Thorball, Roxane de La Harpe, Prunelle Letang-Mathieu, Nicole Brenner, Julia Butt, Noemi Bender, Tim Waterboer, Pedro Manuel Marques-Vidal, Péter Vollenweider, Julien Vaucher, Jacques Fellay

This study identifies high polygenic risk and infection with Fusobacterium nucleatum as independent risk factors for incident coronary heart disease in a population cohort.

eLife · Jan 24, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Investigating the effect of sexual behaviour on oropharyngeal cancer risk: a methodological assessment of Mendelian randomization

Mark Gormley, Tom Dudding, Linda Kachuri, Kimberley Burrows, Amanda Chong, Richard Michael Martin, Steven J. Thomas, Jessica Tyrrell, Andy Ness, Paul Brennan, Marcus Robert Munafo, Miranda Pring, Stefania Boccia, Andrew F. Olshan, Brenda B. Diergaarde, , Rebecca Claire Richmond

This study uses Mendelian randomization to assess the causal effect of sexual behavior on oropharyngeal cancer risk, finding attenuated associations after adjusting for confounders.

BMC Medicine · Jan 30, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine