Karol Estrada

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

meta-analysis 2022

A systematic review and functional bioinformatics analysis of genes associated with Crohn's disease identify more than 120 related genes

BMC genomics ·doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08491-y

BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease is one of the two categories of inflammatory bowel diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract. The heritability estimate has been reported to be 0.75. Several genes linked to Crohn's disease risk have been i…

meta-analysis 2015

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Nature ·doi:10.1038/nature14132

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links…