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Cancer Research Center of Lyon: Lyon, FR

2022-03-01 to present | bioinformatician (Epigenetics, microenvironment and liver cancer)
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Massimiliano Cocca

Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo": Trieste, IT

2019-06 to 2022-02
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Università degli Studi di Trieste: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, IT

2013-10 to 2017-03 | PhD (Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences)
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Works (32)

Simultaneous Activation of Beta‐Oxidation and De Novo Lipogenesis in MASLD‐HCC: A New Paradigm

Liver International
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Fatima Dahboul; Jihan Sun; Benjamin Buchard; Natali Abeywickrama‐Samarakoon; Estelle Pujos‐Guillot; Stéphanie Durand; Mélanie Petera; Delphine Centeno; Francesca Guerrieri; Massimiliano Cocca et al.
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New dimension in viral hepatitis research

eGastroenterology
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Massimiliano Cocca; Barbara Testoni
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Transcriptomic Module Discovery of Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Causal Network Inference Approach

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2024-08-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Davide Guido; Fatima Maqoud; Michelangelo Aloisio; Domenica Mallardi; Blendi Ura; Nicolò Gualandi; Massimiliano Cocca; Francesco Russo
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Poking COVID-19: Insights on Genomic Constraints among Immune-Related Genes between Qatari and Italian Populations

Genes
2021-11-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Hamdi Mbarek; Massimiliano Cocca; Yasser Al-Sarraj; Chadi Saad; Massimo Mezzavilla; Wadha AlMuftah; Dario Cocciadiferro; Antonio Novelli; Isabella Quinti; Azza AlTawashi et al.
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Natural human knockouts and Mendelian disorders: deep phenotyping in Italian isolates

European Journal of Human Genetics
2021-08-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Beatrice Spedicati; Massimiliano Cocca; Roberto Palmisano; Flavio Faletra; Caterina Barbieri; Margherita Francescatto; Massimo Mezzavilla; Anna Morgan; Giulia Pelliccione; Paolo Gasparini et al.
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The Role of Knockout Olfactory Receptor Genes in Odor Discrimination

Genes
2021-04-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria Pina Concas; Massimiliano Cocca; Margherita Francescatto; Thomas Battistuzzi; Beatrice Spedicati; Agnese Feresin; Anna Morgan; Paolo Gasparini; Giorgia Girotto
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A bird’s-eye view of Italian genomic variation through whole-genome sequencing

European Journal of Human Genetics
2020-04-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Massimiliano Cocca; Caterina Barbieri; Maria Pina Concas; Antonietta Robino; Marco Brumat; Ilaria Gandin; Matteo Trudu; Cinzia Felicita Sala; Dragana Vuckovic; Giorgia Girotto et al.
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies five novel loci for age-related hearing impairment

Scientific Reports
2019-10-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Andries Paul Nagtegaal; Linda Broer; Nuno R. Zilhao; Johanna Jakobsdottir; Charles E. Bishop; Marco Brumat; Mark W. Christiansen; Massimiliano Cocca; Yan Gao; Nancy L. Heard-Costa et al.
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A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

American Journal of Human Genetics
2018 | Journal article
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WOS:000426469600011

Contributors: Sung, Yun J.; Winkler, Thomas W.; de las Fuentes, Lisa; Bentley, Amy R.; Brown, Michael R.; Kraja, Aldi T.; Schwander, Karen; Ntalla, Ioanna; Guo, Xiuqing; Franceschini, Nora et al.
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability.

Nature genetics
2018 | Journal article
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MEDLINE:29662168

Contributors: Hysi, Pirro G; Valdes, Ana M; Liu, Fan; Furlotte, Nicholas A; Evans, David M; Bataille, Veronique; Visconti, Alessia; Hemani, Gibran; McMahon, George; Ring, Susan M et al.
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Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

Nature Genetics
2018 | Journal article
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WOS:000423157400007

Contributors: Turcot, Valerie; Lu, Yingchang; Highland, Heather M.; Schurmann, Claudia; Justice, Anne E.; Fine, Rebecca S.; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Esko, Tonu; Giri, Ayush; Graff, Mariaelisa et al.
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1000 Genomes-based meta-analysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000400432700001

Contributors: Gorski, Mathias; Van der Most, Peter J.; Teumer, Alexander; Chu, Audrey Y.; Li, Man; Mijatovic, Vladan; Nolte, Ilja M.; Cocca, Massimiliano; Taliun, Daniel; Gomez, Felicia et al.
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COL6A5 variants in familial neuropathic chronic itch

Brain
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000397317100015

Contributors: Martinelli-Boneschi, Filippo; Colombi, Marina; Castori, Marco; Devigili, Grazia; Eleopra, Roberto; Malik, Rayaz A.; Ritelli, Marco; Zoppi, Nicoletta; Dordoni, Chiara; Sorosina, Melissa et al.
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

Nature Genetics
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000394917800014

Contributors: Warren, Helen R.; Evangelou, Evangelos; Cabrera, Claudia P.; Gao, He; Ren, Meixia; Mifsud, Borbala; Ntalla, Ioanna; Surendran, Praveen; Liu, Chunyu; Cook, James P. et al.
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MCM8 and MCM9 Nucleotide Variants in Women With Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000397240900030

Contributors: Desai, Swapna; Wood-Trageser, Michelle; Matic, Jelena; Chipkin, Jaqueline; Jiang, Huaiyang; Bachelot, Anne; Dulon, Jerome; Sala, Cinzia; Barbieri, Caterina; Cocca, Massimiliano et al.
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Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney

Hypertension
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000407241500001

Contributors: Wain, Louise V.; Vaez, Ahmad; Jansen, Rick; Joehanes, Roby; van der Most, Peter J.; Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut; O'Reilly, Paul F.; Cabrera, Claudia P.; Warren, Helen R.; Rose, Lynda M. et al.
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Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

Nature
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000393737500031

Contributors: Marouli, Eirini; Graff, Mariaelisa; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Lo, Ken Sin; Wood, Andrew R.; Kjaer, Troels R.; Fine, Rebecca S.; Lu, Yingchang; Schurmann, Claudia; Highland, Heather M. et al.
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Whole-Genome Sequencing Coupled to Imputation Discovers Genetic Signals for Anthropometric Traits

American Journal of Human Genetics
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000402700600004

Contributors: Tachmazidou, Ioanna; Suveges, Daniel; Min, Josine L.; Ritchie, Graham R. S.; Steinberg, Julia; Walter, Klaudia; Iotchkova, Valentina; Schwartzentruber, Jeremy; Huang, Jie; Memari, Yasin et al.
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A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

Nature Genetics
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84983479616

Contributors: McCarthy, S.; Das, S.; Kretzschmar, W.; Delaneau, O.; Wood, A.R.; Teumer, A.; Kang, H.M.; Fuchsberger, C.; Danecek, P.; Sharp, K. et al.
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Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

Nature Communications
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84957605211

Contributors: Pattaro, C.; Teumer, A.; Gorski, M.; Chu, A.Y.; Li, M.; Mijatovic, V.; Garnaas, M.; Tin, A.; Sorice, R.; Li, Y. et al.
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Pharmacogenetics driving personalized medicine: Analysis of genetic polymorphisms related to breast cancer medications in Italian isolated populations

Journal of Translational Medicine
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84955749660

Contributors: Cocca, M.; Bedognetti, D.; Bianca, M.; Gasparini, P.; Girotto, G.
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Discovery and refinement of genetic loci associated with cardiometabolic risk using dense imputation maps

Nature Genetics
2016-11-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Valentina Iotchkova; Jie Huang; John A Morris; Deepti Jain; Caterina Barbieri; Klaudia Walter; Josine L Min; Lu Chen; William Astle; Massimilian Cocca et al.
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Erratum: A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans (Nature Communications (2015) 5 (4871) DOI 10.1038/ncomms5871)

Nature Communications
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84929169120

Contributors: Timpson, N.J.; Walter, K.; Min, J.L.; Tachmazidou, I.; Malerba, G.; Shin, S.-Y.; Chen, L.; Futema, M.; Southam, L.; Iotchkova, V. et al.
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Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

Nature Communications
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84941702459

Contributors: Huang, J.; Howie, B.; McCarthy, S.; Memari, Y.; Walter, K.; Min, J.L.; Danecek, P.; Malerba, G.; Trabetti, E.; Zheng, H.-F. et al.
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The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

Nature
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84943182742

Contributors: Walter, K.; Min, J.L.; Huang, J.; Crooks, L.; Memari, Y.; McCarthy, S.; Perry, J.R.B.; Xu, C.; Futema, M.; Lawson, D. et al.
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A General Approach for Haplotype Phasing across the Full Spectrum of Relatedness

PLoS Genetics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84901370399

Contributors: O'Connell, J.; Gurdasani, D.; Delaneau, O.; Pirastu, N.; Ulivi, S.; Cocca, M.; Traglia, M.; Huang, J.; Huffman, J.E.; Rudan, I. et al.
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A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans

Nature Communications
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84923648340

Contributors: Timpson, N.J.; Walter, K.; Min, J.L.; Tachmazidou, I.; Malerba, G.; Shin, S.-Y.; Chen, L.; Futema, M.; Southam, L.; Iotchkova, V. et al.
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Common variants in UMOD associate with urinary uromodulin levels: A meta-analysis

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84910148385

Contributors: Olden, M.; Corre, T.; Hayward, C.; Toniolo, D.; Ulivi, S.; Gasparini, P.; Pistis, G.; Hwang, S.-J.; Bergmann, S.; Campbell, H. et al.
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Identification of Novel Genetic Loci Associated with Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Clinical Thyroid Disease

PLoS Genetics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84901741541

Contributors: Medici, M.; Porcu, E.; Pistis, G.; Teumer, A.; Brown, S.J.; Jensen, R.A.; Rawal, R.; Roef, G.L.; Plantinga, T.S.; Vermeulen, S.H. et al.
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Salt-inducible kinase 3, SIK3, is a new gene associated with hearing

Human molecular genetics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84938758651

Contributors: Wolber, L.E.; Girotto, G.; Buniello, A.; Vuckovic, D.; Pirastu, N.; Lorente-Cánovas, B.; Rudan, I.; Hayward, C.; Polasek, O.; Ciullo, M. et al.
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Serum levels of the hepcidin-20 isoform in a large general population: The Val Borbera study

Journal of Proteomics
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84869882814

Contributors: Campostrini, N.; Traglia, M.; Martinelli, N.; Corbella, M.; Cocca, M.; Manna, D.; Castagna, A.; Masciullo, C.; Silvestri, L.; Olivieri, O. et al.
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Association of HFE and TMPRSS6 genetic variants with iron and erythrocyte parameters is only in part dependent on serum hepcidin concentrations

Journal of Medical Genetics
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80052587883

Contributors: Traglia, M.; Girelli, D.; Biino, G.; Campostrini, N.; Corbella, M.; Sala, C.; Masciullo, C.; Viganò, F.; Buetti, I.; Pistis, G. et al.
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