Lars Bertram

33.3k citations

172 papers · 13.0k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Physiology top 0.1%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Biological Psychiatry top 0.5%

Papers in

Physiology 71
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 61
Genetics 72
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 47
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 21
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 13

Co-authors: Rudolph E. Tanzi Kristina Mullin Deborah Blacker Matthew B. McQueen Christina M. Lill John P. A. Ioannidis Muin J. Khoury Fotini K. Kavvoura
Journals: Neurobiology of Aging (8 papers)Alzheimer s & Dementia (8 papers)Movement Disorders (6 papers)Neurology (5 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Lars Bertram

169 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

The Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease 2012 · 605 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Progress in molecular biology and translational science
2010 Neuron
2008 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2008 Nature Genetics
2006 Nature Genetics
2005 Neurology
2005 Cell

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1	Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Relationship Between Sex Hormones and 6 Epigenetic Clocks in Older Adults: Results of the Berlin Aging Study II The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Holger Schmid, Valentin Max Vetter, Jan Homann, Vivien Bahr, Christina M. Lill, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Lars Bertram, Ilja Demuth	2025	0
2	There Are Multiple Clocks That Time Us: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Among 14 Alternative Indicators of Age and Aging The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Johanna Drewelies, Jan Homann, Valentin Max Vetter, Sandra Duezel, Simone Kühn, Laura Deecke, Elisabeth Steinhagen–Thiessen, Philippe Jawinski, Sebastian Markett, Ulman Lindenberger, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Ilja Demuth, Denis Gerstorf	2024	3
3	Genome-wide meta-analysis of short-tandem repeats for Parkinson’s disease risk using genotype imputation Brain Communications ·Olena Ohlei, Kimberly C. Paul, Susan Searles Nielsen, David Gmelin, Valerija Dobričić, Vivian Altmann, Marcel Schilling, Jeff M. Bronstein, André Franke, Michael Wittig, Laura Parkkinen, Johnni Hansen, Harvey Checkoway, Beate Ritz, Lars Bertram, Christina M. Lill	2024	2
4	DNA methylation age acceleration is associated with risk of diabetes complications SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Valentin Max Vetter, Johanne Spieker, Yasmine Sommerer, Nikolaus Buchmann, Christian Humberto Kalies, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Lars Bertram, Ilja Demuth	2023	15
5	Relationship Between 5 Epigenetic Clocks, Telomere Length, and Functional Capacity Assessed in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Valentin Max Vetter, Christian Humberto Kalies, Yasmine Sommerer, Dominik Spira, Johanna Drewelies, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Lars Bertram, Denis Gerstorf, Ilja Demuth	2022	30
6	Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice npj Science of Learning ·Cherry Youn, Andrew D. Grotzinger, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Ulman Lindenberger, Michel G. Nivard, K. Paige Harden, Elliot M. Tucker–Drob	2022	1
7	Longitudinal effects of a common UMOD variant on kidney function, blood pressure, cognitive and physical function in older women and men Journal of Human Hypertension ·Engi Algharably, Linda Elizabeth Villagómez Fuentes, Sarah Toepfer, Maximilian König, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Lars Bertram, Juliane Bolbrinker, Ilja Demuth, Reinhold Kreutz	2022	1
8	Region-based analysis of rare genomic variants in whole-genome sequencing datasets reveal two novel Alzheimer’s disease-associated genes: DTNB and DLG2 Molecular Psychiatry ·Dmitry Prokopenko, Sanghun Lee, Julian Hecker, Kristina Mullin, Sarah Morgan, Yuriko Katsumata, (unknown), Michael W. Weiner, David W. Fardo, Nan M. Laird, Lars Bertram, (unknown), Christoph Lange, Rudolph E. Tanzi	2022	16
9	A comparison between similarity matrices for principal component analysis to assess population stratification in sequenced genetic data sets Briefings in Bioinformatics ·Sanghun Lee, Georg Hahn, Julian Hecker, Sharon M. Lutz, Kristina Mullin, (unknown), (unknown), Lars Bertram, Dawn L. DeMeo, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Christoph Lange, Dmitry Prokopenko	2022	5
10	Common signatures of differential microRNA expression in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease brains Brain Communications ·Valerija Dobričić, Marcel Schilling, I Farkas, Djordje Gverić, Olena Ohlei, Jessica Schulz, Lefkos Middleton, Steve Gentleman, Laura Parkkinen, Lars Bertram, Christina M. Lill	2022	13
11	Increased Menopausal Age Reduces the Risk of Parkinson's Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach Movement Disorders ·Cynthia Kusters, Kimberly C. Paul, Aline Duarte Folle, Adrienne M. Keener, Jeff M. Bronstein, Lars Bertram, Johnni Hansen, Steve Horvath, Janet S. Sinsheimer, Christina M. Lill, Beate Ritz	2021	29
12	Mutation spectrum and polygenic score in German patients with familial hypercholesterolemia Clinical Genetics ·Lorenz Rieck, Frieda Bardey, Thomas Grenkowitz, Lars Bertram, Johannes Helmuth, Claudia Mischung, Joachim Spranger, Elisabeth Steinhagen‐Thiessen, Thomas Bobbert, Ursula Kassner, Ilja Demuth	2020	11
13	Genetic risk for Alzheimer disease predicts hippocampal volume through the human lifespan Neurology Genetics ·Kristine B. Walhovd, Anders M. Fjell, Øystein Sørensen, Athanasia M. Mowinckel, Céline S. Reinbold, Ane‐Victoria Idland, Leiv Otto Watne, André Franke, Valerija Dobričić, Fabian Kilpert, Lars Bertram, Yunpeng Wang	2020	28
14	Genomic mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease Brain Pathology ·Lars Bertram, Rudolph E. Tanzi	2020	32
15	Self-reported Sleep Problems Related to Amyloid Deposition in Cortical Regions with High HOMER1 Gene Expression Cerebral Cortex ·Anders M. Fjell, Donatas Sederevičius, Markus H. Sneve, Ann‐Marie G. de Lange, Anne CecilieSjøli Bråthen, Ane‐Victoria Idland, Leiv Otto Watne, Yunpeng Wang, Céline S. Reinbold, Valerija Dobričić, Fabian Kilpert, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterbergj, Shengjun Hong, Lars Bertram, Kristine B. Walhovd, (unknown)	2019	13
16	Alzheimer's disease risk SNPs show no strong effect on miRNA expression in human lymphoblastoid cell lines Neurobiology of Aging ·Inken Wohlers, Colin Schulz, Fabian Kilpert, Lars Bertram	2019	2
17	Field synopsis and systematic meta-analyses of genetic association studies in isolated dystonia Parkinsonism & Related Disorders ·Olena Ohlei, Valerija Dobričić, Katja Lohmann, Christine Klein, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram	2018	6
18	Gene-Environment Interaction in Parkinson's Disease: Coffee, <b><i>ADORA2A</i></b>, and <b><i>CYP1A2</i></b> Neuroepidemiology ·Yu‐Hsuan Chuang, Christina M. Lill, Pei‐Chen Lee, Johnni Hansen, Christina Funch Lassen, Lars Bertram, Naomi Greene, Janet S. Sinsheimer, Beate Ritz	2016	32
19	Synopsis of Preterm Birth Genetic Association Studies: The Preterm Birth Genetics Knowledge Base (PTBGene) Public Health Genomics ·Siobhan M. Dolan, Mads V. Hollegaard, Mario Merialdi, Ana Pilar Betrán, Tomas Allen, C. Abelow, Judith Nace, Bruce K. Lin, Muin J. Khoury, John P. A. Ioannidis, Sachin Bagade, Xiaojing Zheng, Robert Dubin, Lars Bertram, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Ramkumar Menon	2010	52
20	Partial Loss-of-Function Mutations in Insulin-Degrading Enzyme that Induce Diabetes also Impair Degradation of Amyloid β-Protein American Journal Of Pathology ·Wesley Farris, Stefan Mansourian, Malcolm A. Leissring, Elizabeth A. Eckman, Lars Bertram, Christopher B. Eckman, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Dennis J. Selkoe	2004	202

About Lars Bertram

Lars Bertram is a scholar working on Physiology, Genetics, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Neurology and Molecular Biology, having authored 172 papers that have together received 13.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (61 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (47 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (33 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (22 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (21 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (13 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (6.1k citations), Biological Psychiatry (503 citations), Neurology (1.5k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.0k citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (1.7k citations). Lars Bertram has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Rudolph E. Tanzi, Kristina Mullin, Deborah Blacker, Matthew B. McQueen, Christina M. Lill, John P. A. Ioannidis, Muin J. Khoury, Fotini K. Kavvoura, Marilyn Albert and Reisa A. Sperling. Their work appears in journals such as Neurobiology of Aging, Alzheimer s & Dementia, Movement Disorders, Neurology and Human Molecular Genetics.

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