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Christopher Johansen

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Assistant Clinical ProfessorFamily MedicineMcMaster University

26 publications.

01

Targeted exonic sequencing of GWAS loci in the high extremes of the plasma lipids distribution

Patel AP, Peloso GM, Pirruccello JP, Johansen CT, Dubé JB, Larach DB, Ban MR, Dallinge-Thie GM, Gupta N, Boehnke M

Atherosclerosis201611 citations
02

Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

Do R, Stitziel NO, Won H-H, Jørgensen AB, Duga S, Angelica Merlini P, Kiezun A, Farrall M, Goel A, Zuk O

Nature2015641 citations
03

Common Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor p.G116S Variant Has a Large Effect on Plasma Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Circumpolar Inuit Populations

Dubé JB, Wang J, Cao H, McIntyre AD, Johansen CT, Hopkins SE, Stringer R, Hosseinzadeh S, Kennedy BA, Ban MR

Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine201521 citations
04

LipidSeq: a next-generation clinical resequencing panel for monogenic dyslipidemias[S]

Johansen CT, Dubé JB, Loyzer MN, MacDonald A, Carter DE, McIntyre AD, Cao H, Wang J, Robinson JF, Hegele RA

Journal of Lipid Research2014121 citationsFirst author
05

Western Database of Lipid Variants (WDLV): A Catalogue of Genetic Variants in Monogenic Dyslipidemias

Fu J, Kwok S, Sinai L, Abdel-Razek O, Babula J, Chen D, Farago E, Fernandopulle N, Leith S, Loyzer M

Canadian Journal of Cardiology201322 citations
06

Using Mendelian randomization to determine causative factors in cardiovascular disease

Johansen CT, Hegele RA

Journal of Internal Medicine201322 citationsFirst author
07

Genetic Determinants of “Cognitive Impairment, No Dementia”

Dubé JB, Johansen CT, Robinson JF, Lindsay J, Hachinski V, Hegele RA

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease201313 citations
08

Excess of Rare Variants in Non–Genome-Wide Association Study Candidate Genes in Patients With Hypertriglyceridemia

Johansen CT, Wang J, McIntyre AD, Martins RA, Ban MR, Lanktree MB, Huff MW, Péterfy M, Mehrabian M, Lusis AJ

Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine201290 citationsFirst author
09

Allelic and phenotypic spectrum of plasma triglycerides

Johansen CT, Hegele RA

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: international journal of biochemistry and biophysics201255 citationsFirst author
10

The Complex Genetic Basis of Plasma Triglycerides

Johansen CT, Hegele RA

Current Atherosclerosis Reports201236 citationsFirst author
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