Research
Lead:
Florian Kronenberg
Co-Lead:
Claudia Lamina
Barbara Kollerits
Although Lp(a) is well established as a causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease, many questions still deserve further research. We are interested in the genetic and non-genetic factors which are influencing Lp(a) concentrations.
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Highlighted Publications
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Di Maio S, Lamina C, Coassin S, Forer L, Würzner R, Schönherr S, Kronenberg F:
Lipoprotein(a) and SARS-CoV-2 infections: Susceptibility to infections, ischemic heart disease and thromboembolic events.
J. Intern. Med.
291:101-107, 2022. PMID:
34096654
Journal Article
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Lamina C, Kronenberg F, Lp(a)-GWAS-Consortium:
Estimation of the required lipoprotein(a)-lowering therapeutic effect size for reduction in coronary heart disease outcomes: A Mendelian randomization analysis.
JAMA Cardiol.
4:575-579, 2019. PMID:
31017618
Journal Article
Lead:
Sebastian Schönherr
We develop computational tools to identify genetic risk factors associated with chronic diseases, using large biobank-scale datasets.
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Highlighted Projects
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Di Maio S, Zöscher P, Weissensteiner H, Forer L, Schachtl-Riess JF, Amstler S, Streiter G, Pfurtscheller C, Paulweber B, Kronenberg F, Coassin S, Schönherr S:
Resolving intra-repeat variation in medically relevant VNTRs from short-read sequencing data using the cardiovascular risk gene LPA as a model.
Genome Biol.
25:167, 2024. PMID:
38926899
Journal Article
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Weissensteiner H*, Forer L*, Kronenberg F, Schönherr S:
mtDNA-Server 2: advancing mitochondrial DNA analysis through highly parallelized data processing and interactive analytics.
Nucleic Acids Res.
52:W102-W107, 2024. PMID:
38709886
Journal Article
Lead:
Lukas Forer
Co-Lead:
Florian Kronenberg
We develop and use innovative informatics approaches like machine learning technologies to advance our understanding of genomics.
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Das S*, Forer L*, Schönherr S*, Sidore C, Locke AE, Kwong A, Vrieze SI, Chew EY, Levy S, McGue M, Schlessinger D, Stambolian D, Loh PR, Iacono WG, Swaroop A, Scott LJ, Cucca F, Kronenberg F, Boehnke M, Abecasis GR, Fuchsberger C:
Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.
Nat. Genet.
48:1284-1287, 2016. PMID:
27571263
Journal Article
Lead:
Stefan Coassin
We use advanced molecular genetics techniques to investigate complex genome regions and assess the function of genetic variants, with a major focus on the genetics of the lipoprotein(a) trait. Additionally, we enjoy exploring the potential of emerging genetic technologies like nanopore sequencing to tackle difficult genetic questions across disciplines.
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Highlighted Publications
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Coassin S, Kronenberg F:
Lipoprotein(a) beyond the kringle IV repeat polymorphism: The complexity of genetic variation in the LPA gene.
Atherosclerosis
349:17-35, 2022. PMID:
35606073
Review
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Amstler S, Streiter G, Pfurtscheller C, Forer L, Di Maio S, Weissensteiner H, Paulweber B, Schönherr S, Kronenberg F, Coassin S:
Nanopore sequencing with unique molecular identifiers enables accurate mutation analysis and haplotyping in the complex lipoprotein(a) KIV-2 VNTR.
Genome Med.
16:117, 2024. PMID:
39380090
Journal Article
Lead:
Claudia Lamina
Evaluation and implementation of statistical methods in genetics
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Lead:
Sebastian Schönherr
Hansi Weissensteiner
Co-Lead:
Lukas Forer
Florian Kronenberg
We contribute to advance our understanding of mitochondrial genomes and their role in human health and disease. Besides developing and providing tools for mtDNA analysis to the research community, we also investigate mtDNA changes on various levels in different disease/phenotypes.
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Highlighted Publications
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Schönherr S, Weissensteiner H, Kronenberg F, Forer L:
Haplogrep 3 - an interactive haplogroup classification and analysis platform.
Nucleic Acids Res.
51:W263-W268, 2023. PMID:
37070190
Journal Article
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Weissensteiner H, Forer L, Fendt L, Kheirkhah A, Salas A, Kronenberg F, Schoenherr S:
Contamination detection in sequencing studies using the mitochondrial phylogeny.
Genome Res.
31:309-316, 2021. PMID:
33452015
Journal Article
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Schöpf B, Weissensteiner H, Schäfer G, Fazzini F, Charoentong P, Naschberger A, Rupp B, Fendt L, Bukur V, Giese I, Sorn P, Sant'Anna-Silva AC, Iglesias-Gonzalez J, Sahin U, Kronenberg F, Gnaiger E, Klocker H:
OXPHOS remodeling in high-grade prostate cancer involves mtDNA mutations and increased succinate oxidation.
Nat. Commun.
11:1487, 2020. PMID:
32198407
Journal Article
Lead:
Florian Kronenberg
Co-Lead:
Claudia Lamina
Barbara Kollerits
Hans Dieplinger
We investigate several biomarkers in the context of complex diseases such as atherosclerosis or chronic kidney disease.
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Kollerits B, Kotsis F, Schneider MP, Schultheiss UT, Weissensteiner H, Schönherr S, Forer L, Meiselbach H, Wanner C, Eckardt KU, Dieplinger H, Kronenberg F, GCKD Investigators:
Association of serum afamin concentrations with kidney failure in patients with CKD: Findings from the German CKD cohort study.
Am. J. Kidney Dis.
85:432-441.e1, 2025. PMID:
39743167
Journal Article
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Schwaiger JP, Kollerits B, Steinbrenner I, Weissensteiner H, Schönherr S, Forer L, Kotsis F, Lamina C, Schneider MP, Schultheiss UT, Wanner C, Köttgen A, Eckardt KU, Kronenberg F, GCKD Investigators:
Apolipoprotein A-IV concentrations and clinical outcomes in a large chronic kidney disease cohort: Results from the GCKD study.
J. Intern. Med.
291:622-636, 2022. PMID:
34914850
Journal Article
Lead:
Lukas Forer
Sebastian Schönherr
Askimed is a eCRF software and cloud platform developed and maintained by our lab.
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Lead:
Florian Kronenberg
Epidemiological and genetic expertise on e.g. lipoproteins as well as chronic kidney disease resulted in several contributions in working groups of guidelines and consensus papers.
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Highlighted Publications
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Kronenberg F, Mora S, Stroes ESG, Ference BA, Arsenault BJ, Berglund L, Dweck MR, Koschinsky M, Lambert G, Mach F, McNeal CJ, Moriarty PM, Natarajan P, Nordestgaard BG, Parhofer KG, Virani SS, von Eckardstein A, Watts GF, Stock JK, Ray KK, Tokgözoğlu LS, Catapano AL:
Lipoprotein(a) in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis: a European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement.
Eur. Heart J.
43:3925-3946, 2022. PMID:
36036785
Journal Article