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Mercè Planas-Fèlix

Barcelona Supercomputing CenterORCID 0000-0002-8267-576XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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David TorrentsiD· 2 shared Elias Rodríguez-FosiD· 2 shared Aaron LeongiD· 1 shared Alex KentsisiD· 1 shared Alex Michael PagnozziiD· 1 shared Alex ProektiD· 1 shared Ali DursuniD· 1 shared Allan R LinnebergiD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedJan 14, 2026

A transposase-derived gene required for human brain development

Luz Jubierre, Sara A. Lewis, Rodrigo Lopez Gutierrez…·Alex Kentsis

This study identifies PGBD5 as a transposase-derived gene essential for brain development in humans and mice, with deficiency causing intellectual disability and seizures.

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GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedJan 16, 2018

A Comprehensive Reanalysis Of Publicly Available GWAS Datasets Reveals An X Chromosome Rare Regulatory Variant Associated With High Risk For Type 2 Diabetes.

Sílvia Bonàs‐Guarch, Marta Guindo-Martínez, Irene Miguel-Escalada…·David Torrents

The paper reanalyzes T2D GWAS data to identify a rare X chromosome variant associated with increased T2D risk in males.

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