Andrea Carmine Belin

Dr. Andrea Carmine Belin

Karolinska Insitutet
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Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 February 2022 in Nature Genetics
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HHHeidi Hautakangas
Heidi Hautakangas
BWBendik S. Winsvold
Bendik S. Winsvold
SRSanni E. Ruotsalainen
Sanni E. Ruotsalainen
GBGyda Bjornsdottir
Gyda Bjornsdottir
AHAster Harder
Aster Harder
MPMatti Pirinen
Matti Pirinen
Migraine affects over a billion individuals worldwide but its genetic underpinning remains largely unknown. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study of 102,084 migraine cases and 771,257 controls and identified 123 loci, of which 86 are previously unknown. These loci provide an opportunity to evaluate shared and distinct genetic components in the two main migraine subtypes: migraine with aura and migraine without aura. Stratification of the risk loci using 29,679 cases with subtype information indicated three risk variants that seem specific for migraine with aura (in HMOX2, CACNA1A and MPPED2), two that seem specific for migraine without aura (near SPINK2 and near FECH) and nine that increase susceptibility for migraine regardless of subtype. The new risk loci include genes encoding recent migraine-specific drug targets, namely calcitonin gene-related peptide (CALCA/CALCB) and serotonin 1F receptor (HTR1F). Overall, genomic annotations among migraine-associated variants were enriched in both vascular and central nervous system tissue/cell types, supporting unequivocally that neurovascular mechanisms underlie migraine pathophysiology.

10 March 2006 in Annals of Neurology
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DGDagmar Galter
Dagmar Galter
MWMarie Westerlund
Marie Westerlund
Andrea Carmine BelinAndrea Carmine Belin
Andrea Carmine Belin
ELEva Lindqvist
Eva Lindqvist
OSOlof Sydow
Olof Sydow
LOLars Olson
Lars Olson

1 December 2003 in Neurobiology of Disease
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DGDagmar Galter
Dagmar Galter
SBSilvia Buervenich
Silvia Buervenich
Andrea Carmine BelinAndrea Carmine Belin
Andrea Carmine Belin
MAMaria Anvret
Maria Anvret
LOLars Olson
Lars Olson

4 December 2000 in American Journal of Medical Genetics
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SBSilvia Buervenich
Silvia Buervenich
Andrea Carmine BelinAndrea Carmine Belin
Andrea Carmine Belin
MAMariette Arvidsson
Mariette Arvidsson
FXFengqing Xiang
Fengqing Xiang
ZZZhiping Zhang
Zhiping Zhang
GSGöran C. Sedvall
Göran C. Sedvall

1 March 2008 in Neuroscience
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MWM. Westerlund
M. Westerlund
Andrea Carmine BelinAndrea Carmine Belin
Andrea Carmine Belin
AAA. Anvret
A. Anvret
PBPaula Bickford
Paula Bickford
LOL. Olson
L. Olson
DGD. Galter
D. Galter

14 February 2008 in The FEBS Journal
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Andrea Carmine BelinAndrea Carmine Belin
Andrea Carmine Belin
MWMarie Westerlund
Marie Westerlund