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Maria Cimpean

Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Publications -  13
Citations -  1171

Maria Cimpean is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Expression quantitative trait loci & Gene. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 12 publications receiving 748 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Cimpean include Columbia University Medical Center & Broad Institute.

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CD33 modulates TREM2: convergence of Alzheimer loci

TL;DR: A protein quantitative trait analysis in monocytes from 226 individuals to evaluate cross-talk between Alzheimer loci found the NME8 locus influenced PTK2B and the CD33 risk allele led to greater TREM2 expression.
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The Multiple Sclerosis Genomic Map: Role of peripheral immune cells and resident microglia in susceptibility

Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, +191 more
- 13 Jul 2017 - 
TL;DR: While MS is most likely initially triggered by perturbation of peripheral immune responses the functional responses of microglia and other brain cells are also altered and may have a role in targeting an autoimmune process to the central nervous system.