Azin Kheirkhah
MSc.

PhD Student

+43 512 9003 70575
azin.kheirkhah@i-med.ac.at


Publications

2023 (2)

  1. Schachtl-Riess JF, Schönherr S, Lamina C, Forer L, Coassin S, Streiter G, Kheirkhah A, Li Y, Meiselbach H, Di Maio S, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F, GCKD investigators: KLKB1 and CLSTN2 are associated with HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux capacity in a genome-wide association study. Atherosclerosis 368:1-11, 2023. PMID: 36812656   Journal Article
  2. Kheirkhah A, Schachtl-Riess JF, Lamina C, Di Maio S, Koller A, Schönherr S, Coassin S, Forer L, Sekula P, Gieger C, Peters A, Köttgen A, Eckardt KU, Kronenberg F: Meta-GWAS on PCSK9 concentrations reveals associations of novel loci outside the PCSK9 locus in White populations. Atherosclerosis 386:117384, 2023. PMID: 37989062   Journal Article

2022 (1)

  1. Kheirkhah A, Lamina C, Kollerits B, Schachtl-Riess JF, Schultheiss UT, Forer L, Sekula P, Kotsis F, Eckardt KU, Kronenberg F, GCKD Investigators: PCSK9 and cardiovascular disease in individuals with moderately decreased kidney function. Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 17:809-818, 2022. PMID: 35387881   Journal Article

2021 (3)

  1. Schachtl-Riess JF, Kheirkhah A, Grüneis R, Di Maio S, Schoenherr S, Streiter G, Losso JL, Paulweber B, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Lamina C, Kronenberg F, Coassin S, GCKD Investigators: Frequent LPA KIV-2 variants lower lipoprotein(a) concentrations and protect against coronary artery disease. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 78:437-449, 2021. PMID: 34325833   Journal Article
  2. 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
  3. Kheirkhah A, Lamina C, Rantner B, Kollerits B, Stadler M, Pohlhammer J, Klein-Weigel P, Fraedrich G, Kronenberg F: Elevated levels of serum PCSK9 in male patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease: The CAVASIC study. Atherosclerosis 316:41-47, 2021. PMID: 33302043   Journal Article