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Jonine Figueroa

- Verified email at nih.gov - Cited by 28179

J. Peter Figueroa

- Verified email at uwimona.edu.jm - Cited by 5647

Jose F. Figueroa

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Advances in CO2 capture technology—the US Department of Energy's Carbon Sequestration Program

JD Figueroa, T Fout, S Plasynski, H McIlvried… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
There is growing concern that anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions are contributing
to global climate change. Therefore, it is critical to develop technologies to mitigate this …

Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses

…, TR Fleming, R Peto, IM Longini, JP Figueroa… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
A new wave of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant is
exacerbating the worldwide public health crisis, and has led to consideration of the potential …

Infectious diseases associated with complement deficiencies

JE Figueroa, P Densen - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
The complement system consists of both plasma and membrane proteins. The former
influence the inflammatory response, immune modulation, and host defense. The latter are …

Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

…, C Engel, M Eriksson, PA Fasching, J Figueroa… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Breast cancer risk is influenced by rare coding variants in susceptibility genes, such as
BRCA1, and many common, mostly non-coding variants. However, much of the genetic …

Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

…, A Ashworth, N Orr, M Jones, J Figueroa, J Lissowska… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Common variants at 27 loci have
been identified as associated with susceptibility to breast cancer, and these account for ∼9…

[PDF][PDF] Polygenic risk scores for prediction of breast cancer and breast cancer subtypes

…, DG Evans, PA Fasching, J Figueroa… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk scores
(PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop PRSs, …

Associations of breast cancer risk factors with tumor subtypes: a pooled analysis from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium studies

…, B Peplonska, S Chanock, J Figueroa… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Previous studies have suggested that breast cancer risk factors are associated
with estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression status of the tumors. …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of hospital mortality and readmission rates for Medicare patients treated by male vs female physicians

Y Tsugawa, AB Jena, JF Figueroa, EJ Orav… - JAMA internal …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Studies have found differences in practice patterns between male and female
physicians, with female physicians more likely to adhere to clinical guidelines and evidence-…

Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

…, L Le Marchand, CD Berg, SJ Chanock, J Figueroa… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and large-scale replication studies have identified
common variants in 79 loci associated with breast cancer, explaining ∼14% of the familial …

Prediction of breast cancer risk based on profiling with common genetic variants

…, N Orr, MJ Schoemaker, J Figueroa… - Journal of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: Data for multiple common susceptibility alleles for breast cancer may be combined
to identify women at different levels of breast cancer risk. Such stratification could guide …