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Florence Demenais

Researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical Research

Publications -  228
Citations -  14269

Florence Demenais is an academic researcher from French Institute of Health and Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Population. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 225 publications receiving 13069 citations. Previous affiliations of Florence Demenais include Institut Gustave Roussy & Foundation Center.

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Identification of OCA2 as a novel locus for the co-morbidity of asthma-plus-eczema

TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis of four GWAS (genome-Wide Association Study) of the combined asthma-plus-eczema phenotype (total of 8,807 European-ancestry subjects of whom 1,208 subjects had both asthma and eczema) was conducted.
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PID1 is associated to a respiratory endotype related to occupational exposures to irritants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the association between the asthma endotype and genetic variants (4715 SNPs) located in 422 genes involved in the response to oxidative stress in adults from the Epidemiological study on the Genetic and Environment of Asthma.
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HLA and leprosy

TL;DR: Although there is now accumulating evidence that the host response to Mycobacterium leprae is genetically controlled, the nature of the genetic component is still imprecise and a better understanding of the underlying genetic mechanisms is needed.
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Endocrine polyadenomatosis of 2a type (MEN 2a). Clinical and genetic study of a family

TL;DR: In a large kindred with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a (MEN 2a) (137 members, 5 generations), bilateral thyroid medullary carcinoma was found in all affected members and results comfort the lack of linkage between MEN 2a and the HLA complex.