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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
Upsetting the balance: VGF and the regulation of body weight.
Authors: Authors: Altshuler D, Hirschhorn JN.
Neuron
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A new class of histone H2A mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae causes specific transcriptional defects in vivo.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Bortvin AL, Ricupero-Hovasse SL, Winston F.
Mol Cell Biol
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Evidence that SNF2/SWI2 and SNF5 activate transcription in yeast by altering chromatin structure.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Brown SA, Clark CD, Winston F.
Genes Dev
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SPT3 is required for normal levels of a-factor and alpha-factor expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Winston F.
Mol Cell Biol
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Nature
Authors: Authors: Post-translational control of beige fat biogenesis by PRDM16 stabilization
2022 09; 609(7925):151-158.
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Am J Hum Genet
Authors: Authors: A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids
2022 08 04; 109(8):1366-1387.
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J Med Genet
Authors: Authors: Endocrine and behavioural features of Lowe syndrome and their potential molecular mechanisms
2022 Jul 08.
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Diabetologia
Authors: Authors: Genome-wide meta-analysis and omics integration identifies novel genes associated with diabetic kidney disease
2022 Sep; 65(9):1495-1509.
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Nat Commun
Authors: Authors: Orgo-Seq integrates single-cell and bulk transcriptomic data to identify cell type specific-driver genes associated with autism spectrum disorder
2022 06 10; 13(1):3243.
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Nature
Authors: Authors: A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height
2022 Oct; 610(7933):704-712.
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