Nora Franceschini

Research interests

Publications

• Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

  Nature · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03205-y

• Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

  Nature · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03779-7

• Association Between Immune Dysfunction and COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in the US

  JAMA Internal Medicine · 2021 · 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7024

• Uganda Genome Resource Enables Insights into Population History and Genomic Discovery in Africa

  Cell · 2019 · 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.004

• Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

  PLoS ONE · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198166

• Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

  Nature Genetics · 2017 · 10.1038/ng.3752

• Trans-ethnic meta-regression of genome-wide association studies accounting for ancestry increases power for discovery and improves fine-mapping resolution

  Human Molecular Genetics · 2017 · 10.1093/hmg/ddx280

• Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms

  Nature Genetics · 2017 · 10.1038/ng.3874

• Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci

  Nature Genetics · 2016 · 10.1038/ng.3660

• The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

  Nature Genetics · 2016 · 10.1038/ng.3667

• Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

  Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14618

• A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

  EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) · 2015

• Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

  Nature Genetics · 2015 · 10.1038/ng.3412

• Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare and Low-Frequency Coding Variants Associated with LDL Cholesterol

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.01.010

• Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

  Nature · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13545

• Meta-analysis of Correlated Traits via Summary Statistics from GWASs with an Application in Hypertension

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2014 · 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.11.011

• APOL1 Variants Associate with Increased Risk of CKD among African Americans

  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2013 · 10.1681/asn.2013010113

• Generalization and Dilution of Association Results from European GWAS in Populations of Non-European Ancestry: The PAGE Study

  PLoS Biology · 2013 · 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001661

• Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

  Nature Genetics · 2012 · 10.1038/ng.1051

• A Bivariate Genome-Wide Approach to Metabolic Syndrome

  Diabetes · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.2337/db10-1011

• Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

  Nature Genetics · 2011 · 10.1038/ng.941

• Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

  Nature Genetics · 2010 · 10.1038/ng.714

• Change in Estimated GFR Associates with Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality

  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2009 · 10.1681/asn.2009010025

• Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche

  Nature Genetics · 2009 · 10.1038/ng.386

• Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

  Nature Genetics · 2009 · 10.1038/ng.500

• Clinical and pathologic characteristics of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis pathologic variants

  Kidney International · 2006 · 10.1038/sj.ki.5000160

• Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in HIV-Infected Patients: Recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

  Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 10.1086/430257

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