Harm-Jan Westra

Harm-Jan Westra

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

H-index: 61

Europe-Netherlands

About Harm-Jan Westra

Harm-Jan Westra, With an exceptional h-index of 61 and a recent h-index of 52 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, specializes in the field of Genetics, Bioinformatics, Complex Diseases, Gene Expression.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Non-coding autoimmune risk variant defines role for ICOS in T peripheral helper cell development

PICALO: principal interaction component analysis for the identification of discrete technical, cell-type, and environmental factors that mediate eQTLs

Co-expression in tissue-specific gene networks links genes in cancer-susceptibility loci to known somatic driver genes

Identification of genetic variants that impact gene co-expression relationships using large-scale single-cell data

Linking the gut microbiome to host DNA methylation by a discovery and replication epigenome-wide association study

Meta-analysis of harmonized brain transcrip-tomics data

KidneyNetwork: using kidney-derived gene expression data to predict and prioritize novel genes involved in kidney disease

Brain expression quantitative trait locus and network analyses reveal downstream effects and putative drivers for brain-related diseases

Harm-Jan Westra Information

University

Position

Postdoc at the University Medical Center Groningen

Citations(all)

34728

Citations(since 2020)

20257

Cited By

20113

hIndex(all)

61

hIndex(since 2020)

52

i10Index(all)

92

i10Index(since 2020)

84

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Harm-Jan Westra Skills & Research Interests

Genetics

Bioinformatics

Complex Diseases

Gene Expression

Top articles of Harm-Jan Westra

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Non-coding autoimmune risk variant defines role for ICOS in T peripheral helper cell development

Nature Communications

Taehyeung Kim

Marta Martínez-Bonet

Qiang Wang

Nicolaj Hackert

Jeffrey A Sparks

...

2024/3/9

PICALO: principal interaction component analysis for the identification of discrete technical, cell-type, and environmental factors that mediate eQTLs

Genome Biology

Martijn Vochteloo

Patrick Deelen

Britt Vink

BIOS Consortium

Ellen A Tsai

...

2024/1/22

Co-expression in tissue-specific gene networks links genes in cancer-susceptibility loci to known somatic driver genes

medRxiv

Carlos G Urzua-Traslavina

Tijs van Lieshout

Floranne Boulogne

Kevin Domanegg

Mahmoud Zidan

...

2023

Identification of genetic variants that impact gene co-expression relationships using large-scale single-cell data

Genome Biology

Shuang Li

Katharina T Schmid

Dylan H de Vries

Maryna Korshevniuk

Corinna Losert

...

2023/4/18

Linking the gut microbiome to host DNA methylation by a discovery and replication epigenome-wide association study

bioRxiv

Ayşe Demirkan

Jenny van Dongen

Casey T Finnicum

Harm-Jan Westra

Soesma Jankipersadsing

...

2023/11/6

Meta-analysis of harmonized brain transcrip-tomics data

Nature Genetics

Martijn Vochteloo

Harm-Jan Westra

2023/3

KidneyNetwork: using kidney-derived gene expression data to predict and prioritize novel genes involved in kidney disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Floranne Boulogne

Laura R Claus

Henry Wiersma

Roy Oelen

Floor Schukking

...

2023/11

Brain expression quantitative trait locus and network analyses reveal downstream effects and putative drivers for brain-related diseases

Nature genetics

Niek de Klein

Ellen A Tsai

Martijn Vochteloo

Denis Baird

Yunfeng Huang

...

2023/3

Author Correction: Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific …

Nature genetics

Wouter van Rheenen

Rick AA van der Spek

Mark K Bakker

Joke JFA van Vugt

Paul J Hop

...

2022/3

An integrative approach for creating personalized gene regulatory networks for precision medicine

Context matters

Monique GP van der Wijst

Dylan H de Vries

Harm Brugge

Harm-Jan Westra

Lude Franke

2022

Non-coding autoimmune risk variant accelerates T peripheral helper cell development via ICOS

bioRxiv

Taehyeung Kim

Marta Martínez-Bonet

Qiang Wang

Nicolaj Hackert

Jeffrey A Sparks

...

2022/12/16

Unbiased identification of unknown cellular and environmental factors that mediate eQTLs using principal interaction component analysis

bioRxiv

Martijn Vochteloo

Patrick Deelen

Britt Vink

BIOS Consortium

Ellen A Tsai

...

2022/7/30

Single-cell RNA-sequencing of peripheral blood mononuclear cells reveals widespread, context-specific gene expression regulation upon pathogenic exposure

A Unterman

N Neumark

A Zhao

JC Schupp

C Ryu

...

2020/5

Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology (vol 53, pg …

Nature genetics

Wouter Van Rheenen

Rick AA Van Der Spek

Mark K Bakker

Joke JFA Van Vugt

Paul J Hop

...

2021/12

Inflammation status modulates the effect of host genetic variation on intestinal gene expression in inflammatory bowel disease

Nature Communications

Shixian Hu

Werna T Uniken Venema

Harm-Jan Westra

Arnau Vich Vila

Ruggero Barbieri

...

2021/2/18

Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci

Nature

Gibran Hemani

Joseph E Powell

Huanwei Wang

Konstantin Shakhbazov

Harm-Jan Westra

...

2021/8/12

Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

Nature genetics

Alexander Kurilshikov

Carolina Medina-Gomez

Rodrigo Bacigalupe

Djawad Radjabzadeh

Jun Wang

...

2021/2

Retraction Note: Detection and replication of epistasis influencing transcription in humans

Gibran Hemani

Konstantin Shakhbazov

Harm-Jan Westra

Tonu Esko

Anjali K Henders

...

2021/8/12

Integration of public DNA methylation and expression networks via eQTMs improves prediction of functional gene–gene associations

bioRxiv

Shuang Li

Cancan Qi

Patrick Deelen

Floranne Boulogne

Niek de Klein

...

2021/12/18

Single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals widespread personalized, context-specific gene expression regulation in immune cells

bioRxiv

Roy Oelen

Dylan H de Vries

Harm Brugge

Gracie Gordon

Martijn Vochteloo

...

2021/6/6

See List of Professors in Harm-Jan Westra University(Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Co-Authors

H-index: 169
Cisca Wijmenga, PhD

Cisca Wijmenga, PhD

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

H-index: 114
Soumya Raychaudhuri

Soumya Raychaudhuri

Harvard University

H-index: 95
Marten Hofker

Marten Hofker

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

H-index: 91
Alexandra (Sasha) Zhernakova

Alexandra (Sasha) Zhernakova

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

H-index: 72
Tune H Pers

Tune H Pers

Harvard University

H-index: 68
Jingyuan Fu, PhD

Jingyuan Fu, PhD

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

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