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Rong Zhang
Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Publications - 178
Citations - 5555
Rong Zhang is an academic researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Type 2 diabetes & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 161 publications receiving 4757 citations. Previous affiliations of Rong Zhang include Boston Children's Hospital & University of Bonn.
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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.
Anubha Mahajan,Min Jin Go,Weihua Zhang,Jennifer E. Below,Kyle J. Gaulton,Teresa Ferreira,Momoko Horikoshi,Andrew D. Johnson,Maggie C.Y. Ng,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko,Danish Saleheen,Xu Wang,Eleftheria Zeggini,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Linda S. Adair,Peter Almgren,Mustafa Atalay,Tin Aung,Tin Aung,Damiano Baldassarre,Beverley Balkau,Beverley Balkau,Yuqian Bao,Anthony H. Barnett,Anthony H. Barnett,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Abdul Basit,Latonya F. Been,John Beilby,John Beilby,Graeme I. Bell,Rafn Benediktsson,Richard N. Bergman,Bernhard OBoehm,Bernhard OBoehm,Eric Boerwinkle,Eric Boerwinkle,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Noël P. Burtt,Qiuyin Cai,Harry Campbell,Jason Carey,Stéphane Cauchi,Mark J. Caulfield,Juliana C.N. Chan,Li Ching Chang,Tien-Jyun Chang,Yi-Cheng Chang,Guillaume Charpentier,Chien-Hsiun Chen,Chien-Hsiun Chen,Han Chen,Yuan-Tsong Chen,Kee Seng Chia,Manickam Chidambaram,Peter S. Chines,Nam H. Cho,Young Min Cho,Lee-Ming Chuang,Francis S. Collins,Marilyn C. Cornelis,David Couper,Andrew Crenshaw,Rob M. van Dam,Rob M. van Dam,John Danesh,Debashish Das,Ulf de Faire,George Dedoussis,Panos Deloukas,Antigone S. Dimas,Christian Dina,Christian Dina,Alex S. F. Doney,Peter Donnelly,Mozhgan Dorkhan,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Josée Dupuis,Josée Dupuis,Sarah Edkins,Paul Elliott,Paul Elliott,Valur Emilsson,Raimund Erbel,Johan G. Eriksson,Jorge Escobedo,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Elodie Eury,Jose C. Florez,Jose C. Florez,Pierre Fontanillas,Nita G. Forouhi,Tom Forsén,Caroline S. Fox,Caroline S. Fox,Ross M. Fraser,Timothy M. Frayling,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Philippe M. Frossard,Yu-Tang Gao,Karl Gertow,Christian Gieger,Bruna Gigante,Harald Grallert,George B. Grant,Leif Groop,Christopher J. Groves,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Candace Guiducci,Anders Hamsten,Bok Ghee Han,Hara Kazuo,Neelam Hassanali,Andrew T. Hattersley,Caroline Hayward,Åsa K. Hedman,Christian Herder,Albert Hofman,Oddgeir L. Holmen,Kees Hovingh,Astradur B. Hreidarsson,Cheng Hu,Frank B. Hu,Jennie Hui,Jennie Hui,Steve E. Humphries,Sarah E. Hunt,David J. Hunter,Kristian Hveem,Zafar I. Hydrie,Hiroshi Ikegami,Thomas Illig,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Muhammed Islam,Bo Isomaa,Anne U. Jackson,Tazeen H. Jafar,Alan James,Alan James,Weiping Jia,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Anna Jonsson,Jeremy B M Jowett,Takashi Kadowaki,Hyun Min Kang,Stavroula Kanoni,Wen Hong L. Kao,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Norihiro Kato,Prasad Katulanda,Prasad Katulanda,Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi,Ann M. Kelly,Ann M. Kelly,Hassan Khan,Kay-Tee Khaw,Chiea Chuen Khor,Chiea Chuen Khor,Chiea Chuen Khor,Hyung Lae Kim,Sangsoo Kim,Young Jin Kim,Leena Kinnunen,Norman Klopp,Augustine Kong,Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti,Sudhir Kowlessur,Peter Kraft,Jasmina Kravic,Malene M. Kristensen,S. Krithika,Ashok Kumar,Jesús Kumate,Johanna Kuusisto,Soo Heon Kwak,Markku Laakso,Vasiliki Lagou,Timo A. Lakka,Claudia Langenberg,Cordelia Langford,Robert W. Lawrence,Karin Leander,Jen Mai Lee,Nanette R. Lee,Man Li,Xinzhong Li,Yun Li,Junbin Liang,Samuel Liju,Wei-Yen Lim,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Eero Lindholm,Ching-Ti Liu,Jianjun Liu,Stéphane Lobbens,Jirong Long,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ruth J. F. Loos,Wei Lu,Jian'an Luan,Valeriya Lyssenko,Ronald C. WMa,Shiro Maeda,Reedik Mägi,Satu Männistö,David R. Matthews,James B. Meigs,James B. Meigs,Olle Melander,Andres Metspalu,Julia Meyer,Ghazala Mirza,Evelin Mihailov,Susanne Moebus,Viswanathan Mohan,Viswanathan Mohan,Karen L. Mohlke,Andrew D. Morris,Thomas WMühleisen,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Bill Musk,Bill Musk,Jiro Nakamura,Eitaro Nakashima,Pau Navarro,Peng Keat Ng,Alexandra C. Nica,Peter M. Nilsson,Inger Njølstad,Markus M. Nöthen,Keizo Ohnaka,Twee Hee Ong,Katharine R. Owen,Colin N. A. Palmer,James S. Pankow,Kyong Soo Park,Melissa Parkin,Sonali Pechlivanis,Nancy L. Pedersen,Leena Peltonen,John R. B. Perry,John R. B. Perry,Annette Peters,Janani Pinidiyapathirage,Carl G. P. Platou,Simon C. Potter,Jackie F. Price,Lu Qi,Venkatesan Radha,Loukianos S. Rallidis,Asif Rasheed,Wolfgang Rathmann,Rainer Rauramaa,Soumya Raychaudhuri,N. William Rayner,Simon D. Rees,Simon D. Rees,Emil Rehnberg,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Neil Robertson,Michael Roden,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Igor Rudan,Denis Rybin,Timo Saaristo,Veikko Salomaa,Juha Saltevo,Maria Samuel,Dharambir KSanghera,Jouko Saramies,James Scott,Laura J. Scott,Robert A. Scott,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Joban Sehmi,Joban Sehmi,Bengt Sennblad,Nabi Shah,Sonia Shah,A. Samad Shera,Xiao-Ou Shu,Alan R. Shuldiner,Gunnar Sigurosson,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,Angela Silveira,Xueling Sim,Xueling Sim,Suthesh Sivapalaratnam,Kerrin S. Small,Kerrin S. Small,Wing-Yee So,Alena Stančáková,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Gerald Steinbach,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Kathleen Stirrups,Rona J. Strawbridge,Heather M. Stringham,Qi Sun,Chen Suo,Ann-Christine Syvänen,Ryoichi Takayanagi,Fumihiko Takeuchi,Wan Ting Tay,Tanya M. Teslovich,Barbara Thorand,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Emmi Tikkanen,Emmi Tikkanen,Joseph Trakalo,Elena Tremoli,Mieke D. Trip,Fuu Jen Tsai,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,André G. Uitterlinden,Adan Valladares-Salgado,Sailaja Vedantam,Sailaja Vedantam,Fabrizio Veglia,Benjamin F. Voight,Benjamin F. Voight,Congrong Wang,Nicholas J. Wareham,Roman Wennauer,Ananda R. Wickremasinghe,Tom Wilsgaard,James F. Wilson,S Wiltshire,Wendy Winckler,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Andrew R. Wood,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Ying Wu,Ken Yamamoto,Toshimasa Yamauchi,Mingyu Yang,Loic Yengo,Mitsuhiro Yokota,Robin Young,Delilah Zabaneh,Fan Zhang,Rong Zhang,Wei Zheng,Paul Zimmet,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,Donald W. Bowden,Donald W. Bowden,Yoon Shin Cho,Nancy J. Cox,Miguel Cruz,Craig L. Hanis,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jong-Young Lee,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Yik Ying Teo,Yik Ying Teo,Michael Boehnke,Esteban J. Parra,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,E. Shyong Tai,Mark I. McCarthy,Andrew P. Morris,Andrew P. Morris +395 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry.
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians
Yoon Shin Cho,Chien Hsiun Chen,Chien Hsiun Chen,Cheng Hu,Jirong Long,Rick Twee-Hee Ong,Xueling Sim,Fumihiko Takeuchi,Ying Wu,Min Jin Go,Toshimasa Yamauchi,Yi-Cheng Chang,Soo Heon Kwak,Ronald C.W. Ma,Ken Yamamoto,Linda S. Adair,Tin Aung,Qiuyin Cai,Li Ching Chang,Yuan-Tsong Chen,Yu-Tang Gao,Frank B. Hu,Hyung Lae Kim,Sangsoo Kim,Young-Jin Kim,Jeannette Lee,Nanette R. Lee,Yun Li,Jianjun Liu,Wei Lu,Jiro Nakamura,Eitaro Nakashima,Daniel P.K. Ng,Wan Ting Tay,Fuu Jen Tsai,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Mitsuhiro Yokota,Wei Zheng,Rong Zhang,Congrong Wang,Wing-Yee So,Keizo Ohnaka,Hiroshi Ikegami,Hara Kazuo,Young Min Cho,Nam H. Cho,Tien-Jyun Chang,Yuqian Bao,Åsa K. Hedman,Andrew P. Morris,Mark I. McCarthy,Ryoichi Takayanagi,Kyong Soo Park,Weiping Jia,Lee-Ming Chuang,Juliana C.N. Chan,Shiro Maeda,Takashi Kadowaki,Jong-Young Lee,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Yik Ying Teo,Yik Ying Teo,E. Shyong Tai,Xiao-Ou Shu,Karen L. Mohlke,Norihiro Kato,Bok Ghee Han,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad +72 more
TL;DR: The combined analysis identified eight new T2D loci reaching genome-wide significance, which mapped in or near GLIS3, PEPD, FITM2-R3HDML-HNF4A, KCNK16, MAEA, GCC1-PAX4, PSMD6 and ZFAND3, which may regulate glucose-dependent insulin secretion in the pancreas.
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Large-scale genome-wide association studies in East Asians identify new genetic loci influencing metabolic traits.
Young-Jin Kim,Min Jin Go,Cheng Hu,Chang Bum Hong,Yun Kyoung Kim,Ji-Young Lee,Joo Yeon Hwang,Ji Hee Oh,Dong Joon Kim,Nam Hee Kim,Soeui Kim,Eun Jung Hong,Ji Hyun Kim,Haesook Min,Yeonjung Kim,Rong Zhang,Weiping Jia,Yukinori Okada,Atsushi Takahashi,Michiaki Kubo,Toshihiro Tanaka,Naoyuki Kamatani,Koichi Matsuda,Taesung Park,Bermseok Oh,Kuchan Kimm,Daehee Kang,Chol Shin,Nam H. Cho,Nam H. Cho,Hyung Lae Kim,Bok Ghee Han,Jong-Young Lee,Yoon Shin Cho +33 more
TL;DR: Ten genome-wide significant signals newly associated with traits from an overall meta-analysis were identified, highlighting previously unknown biological pathways for metabolic traits investigated in this study.
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Loss of function of the melanocortin 2 receptor accessory protein 2 is associated with mammalian obesity.
Masato Asai,Masato Asai,Shwetha Ramachandrappa,Maria Joachim,Yuan Shen,Rong Zhang,Nikhil Nuthalapati,Visali Ramanathan,David E. Strochlic,Peter R. Ferket,Kirsten Linhart,Caroline Ho,Tatiana V. Novoselova,Sumedha Garg,Martin Ridderstråle,Claude Marcus,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Keogh Jm,Stephen O'Rahilly,Li F. Chan,Adrian J. L. Clark,I. Sadaf Farooqi,Joseph A. Majzoub +23 more
TL;DR: The physiological role of brain-expressed melanocortin 2 receptor accessory protein 2 (MRAP2) is investigated, and four rare, potentially pathogenic genetic variants in MRAP2 are found, suggesting that the gene may also contribute to body weight regulation in humans.
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Genome-wide search for type 2 diabetes/impaired glucose homeostasis susceptibility genes in the Chinese: Significant linkage to chromosome 6q21-q23 and chromosome 1q21-q24
Kun-san Xiang,Yanqing Wang,Taishan Zheng,Weiping Jia,Jie Li,Lei Chen,Kunxue Shen,Song-hua Wu,Xin Lin,Guodong Zhang,Congrong Wang,Suijun Wang,Huijuan Lu,Qichen Fang,Yi Shi,Rong Zhang,Jing Xu,Qin Weng +17 more
TL;DR: The independent replication of the region on chromosome 1q that has been shown to be linked significantly to type 2 diabetes/IGH in Chinese supports the notion that gene(s) in this region may be universally important in the development of human type 1 diabetes.