Pier Franco Pignatti

Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction

Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Unnur Steina Björnsdóttir, Eva Halapi et al. · Nature Genetics · 2009 · 762 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +11

FADS genotypes and desaturase activity estimated by the ratio of arachidonic acid to linoleic acid are associated with inflammation and coronary artery disease

Nicola Martinelli, Domenico Girelli, Giovanni Malerba et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2008 · 328 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cardiology +17

A degradation-sensitive anionic trypsinogen (PRSS2) variant protects against chronic pancreatitis

Heiko Witt, Miklós Sahin‐Tóth, Olfert Landt et al. · Nature Genetics · 2006 · 251 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +8

Variation in a Repeat Sequence Determines Whether a Common Variant of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene Is Pathogenic or Benign

Joshua D. Groman, Timothy Hefferon, Teresa Casals et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2004 · 251 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13

SNPs of the <i>FADS</i> Gene Cluster are Associated with Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in a Cohort of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Giovanni Malerba, Linda Schaeffer, Luciano Xumerle et al. · Lipids · 2008 · 237 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14