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Kerstin Wirkner

Leipzig UniversityORCID 0009-0000-1301-7125Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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A. Veronica WitteiD· 1 shared Alfred AnwanderiD· 1 shared Andrej TereniD· 1 shared Arno VillringeriD· 1 shared Cornelia EnzenbachiD· 1 shared Franziska Georgia RauscheriD· 1 shared Frauke BeyeriD· 1 shared Holger KirsteniD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceImaging NeurosciencePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2026

Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness reflects characteristics of brain grey and white matter

Nazife Ayyıldız, Karsten Mueller, Samyogita Hardikar…·Arno Villringer

The paper investigates associations between retinal nerve fibre layer thickness and brain grey/white matter structure, finding some links but not supporting cardiovascular risk factor associations.

DOI 10.1162/imag.a.1174

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinePLoS ONEPeer-reviewedNov 18, 2025

Genome- and Transcriptome-wide association meta-analysis reveals new insights into genes affecting coronary and peripheral artery disease

Michael Rode, Maciej Rosołowski, Katrin Horn…·Markus R. Scholz

This study identifies new gene loci and pathways associated with ankle-brachial index through genome- and transcriptome-wide association analyses, revealing shared genetic mechanisms with coronary artery disease and inflammation.

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humanbulk RNA-seq

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