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Joel Naom Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital
Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School.
617-919-2129
Hirschhorn Lab Website
Contribution of clinical correlates and 13 C-reactive protein gene polymorphisms to interindividual variability in serum C-reactive protein level.
Authors: Authors: Kathiresan S, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Guo CY, Gona P, Keaney JF, Wilson PW, Newton-Cheh C, Musone SL, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Levy D, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Benjamin EJ.
Circulation
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Haplotype structures and large-scale association testing of the 5' AMP-activated protein kinase genes PRKAA2, PRKAB1, and PRKAB2 [corrected] with type 2 diabetes.
Authors: Authors: Sun MW, Lee JY, de Bakker PI, Burtt NP, Almgren P, Råstam L, Tuomi T, Gaudet D, Daly MJ, Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler D, Groop L, Florez JC.
Diabetes
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Haplotype analysis of the HSD17B1 gene and risk of breast cancer: a comprehensive approach to multicenter analyses of prospective cohort studies.
Authors: Authors: Feigelson HS, Cox DG, Cann HM, Wacholder S, Kaaks R, Henderson BE, Albanes D, Altshuler D, Berglund G, Berrino F, Bingham S, Buring JE, Burtt NP, Calle EE, Chanock SJ, Clavel-Chapelon F, Colditz G, Diver WR, Freedman ML, Haiman CA, Hankinson SE, Hayes RB, Hirschhorn JN, Hunter D, Kolonel LN, Kraft P, LeMarchand L, Linseisen J, Modi W, Navarro C, Peeters PH, Pike MC, Riboli E, Setiawan VW, Stram DO, Thomas G, Thun MJ, Tjonneland A, Trichopoulos D.
Cancer Res
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Conserved noncoding sequences are selectively constrained and not mutation cold spots.
Authors: Authors: Drake JA, Bird C, Nemesh J, Thomas DJ, Newton-Cheh C, Reymond A, Excoffier L, Attar H, Antonarakis SE, Dermitzakis ET, Hirschhorn JN.
Nat Genet
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Common genetic variation in IGF1 and prostate cancer risk in the Multiethnic Cohort.
Authors: Authors: Cheng I, Stram DO, Penney KL, Pike M, Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN, Hirschhorn J, Altshuler D, Henderson BE, Freedman ML.
J Natl Cancer Inst
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Igf-I genetic variation and breast cancer: the multiethnic cohort.
Authors: Authors: Setiawan VW, Cheng I, Stram DO, Penney KL, Le Marchand L, Altshuler D, Kolonel LN, Hirschhorn J, Henderson BE, Freedman ML.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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High-density haplotype structure and association testing of the insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) gene with type 2 diabetes in 4,206 people.
Authors: Authors: Florez JC, Wiltshire S, Agapakis CM, Burtt NP, de Bakker PI, Almgren P, Bengtsson Boström K, Tuomi T, Gaudet D, Daly MJ, Hirschhorn JN, McCarthy MI, Altshuler D, Groop L.
Diabetes
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A candidate gene approach to searching for low-penetrance breast and prostate cancer genes.
Authors: Authors: Hunter DJ, Riboli E, Haiman CA, Albanes D, Altshuler D, Chanock SJ, Haynes RB, Henderson BE, Kaaks R, Stram DO, Thomas G, Thun MJ, Blanché H, Buring JE, Burtt NP, Calle EE, Cann H, Canzian F, Chen YC, Colditz GA, Cox DG, Dunning AM, Feigelson HS, Freedman ML, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci E, Hankinson SE, Hirschhorn JN, Hoover RN, Key T, Kolonel LN, Kraft P, Le Marchand L, Liu S, Ma J, Melnick S, Pharaoh P, Pike MC, Rodriguez C, Setiawan VW, Stampfer MJ, Trapido E, Travis R, Virtamo J, Wacholder S, Willett WC.
Nat Rev Cancer
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Genetic variation in the HSD17B1 gene and risk of prostate cancer.
Authors: Authors: Kraft P, Pharoah P, Chanock SJ, Albanes D, Kolonel LN, Hayes RB, Altshuler D, Andriole G, Berg C, Boeing H, Burtt NP, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Calle EE, Cann H, Canzian F, Chen YC, Crawford DE, Dunning AM, Feigelson HS, Freedman ML, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci E, Gonzalez CA, Haiman CA, Hallmans G, Henderson BE, Hirschhorn JN, Hunter DJ, Kaaks R, Key T, Le Marchand L, Ma J, Overvad K, Palli D, Pike MC, Riboli E, Rodriguez C, Setiawan WV, Stampfer MJ, Stram DO, Thomas G, Thun MJ, Travis R, Trichopoulou A, Virtamo J, Wacholder S.
PLoS Genet
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Comprehensive survey of common genetic variation at the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 locus and relations to circulating plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels.
Authors: Authors: Kathiresan S, Gabriel SB, Yang Q, Lochner AL, Larson MG, Levy D, Tofler GH, Hirschhorn JN, O'Donnell CJ.
Circulation
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