My publications

To date, Matthias authors 38 scientific publications, 10 of them as first author (including 5 shared first authorships, marked below with an asterisk). A PDF document listing my publications, conference posters and talks is available here.

Total citations: 3333
h-Index: 22
i10-Index: 34

• 2025 2
• 2022 4
• 2021 6
• 2020 5
• 2019 6
• 2018 7
• 2017 5
• 2016 1
• 2015 2

2025

• Traeuble K., Munz M. et al. (2025) Integrated single-cell atlas of human atherosclerotic plaques. Nature Communications. bioRxiv: 612431
• Smit RAJ et al. (2025) Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nature Medicine. PMID: 40691366 doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03827-z

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2022

• Yengo L et al. (2022) A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height. Nature. PMID: 36224396 doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05275-y
• Aragam KG et al. (2022) Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants. Nat Genetics. medRxiv: 21257377 PMID: 36474045 doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01233-6
• Ramdas S et al. (2022) A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids. American J Hum Genet. bioRxiv: 470215 PMID: 35931049 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.06.012
• Kanoni S et al. (2022) Implicating genes, pleiotropy and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis. Genome Biol. medRxiv: 21267852 PMID: 36575460 doi: 10.1186/s13059-022-02837-1

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2021

• Graham SE et al. (2021) The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids. Nature. PMID: 34887591 doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04064-3
• Freitag-Wolf S, Munz M et al. (2021) Sex-specific genetic factors affect the risk of early-onset periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol. PMID: 34409643 doi: 10.1111/jcpe.13538
• Ramzan S et al. (2021) A novel missense mutation in TNNI3K causes recessively inherited cardiac conduction disease in a consanguineous Pakistani family. Genes. PMID: 34440456 doi: 10.3390/genes12081282
• Salviano-Silva A et al. (2021) Genetic association and differential expression of HLA Complex Group lncRNAs in pemphigus. J Autoimmun. PMID: 34325306 doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102705
• Munz M^*, Khodaygani M^* et al. (2021) In silico candidate variant and gene identification using inbred mouse strains. PeerJ. bioRxiv: 282731 PMID: 33763305 doi: 10.7717/peerj.11017
• Zeng L et al. (2021) Cis-epistasis at the LPA locus and risk of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovasc Res. bioRxiv: 518290 PMID: 33878186 doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvab136

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2020

• Munz M et al. (2020) Qtlizer: comprehensive QTL annotation of GWAS results. Sci Rep. bioRxiv: 495903 PMID: 33235230 doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75770-7
• Wohlers I, Kuenstner A, Munz M et al. (2020) An integrated personal and population-based Egyptian genome reference. Nat Commun. bioRxiv: 681254 PMID: 32948767 doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17964-1
• Wienbergen et al. (2020) New Technologies for Intensive Prevention Programs After Myocardial Infarction – Rationale and Design of the NET-IPP-Study. Clin Res Cardiol. PMID: 32734504 doi: 10.1007/s00392-020-01695-w
• Nashef A^*, Munz M^* et al. (2020) Translation of mouse model to human gives insights into periodontitis etiology. Sci Rep. PMID: 32184465 doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61819-0
• Zheng Y et al. (2020) Mendelian randomization analysis does not support causal associations of birth weight with hypertension risk and blood pressure in adulthood. Eur J Epidemiol. PMID: 32383070 doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00638-z

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2019

• Freitag-Wolf S^*, Munz M^* et al. (2019) Smoking Modifies the Genetic Risk for Early-Onset Periodontitis. J Dent Res. PMID: 31537151 doi: 10.1177/0022034519875443
• Wienbergen H et al. (2019) Long-term prevention after myocardial infarction in young patients ≤45 years: the Intensive Prevention Program in the Young (IPP-Y) study. Eur Heart J. PMID: 31674209 doi: 10.1177/2047487319883960
• Clark D et al. (2019) Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes. Nat Commun. PMID: 31673082 doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12283-6
• Richter GM, Kruppa J, Munz M et al. (2019) A combined epigenome- and transcriptome-wide association study of the solid oral mucosa assigns CYP1B1 a central role for epithelial health in smokers. Clin Epigenetics. PMID: 31331382 doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0697-y
• Kessler T et al. (2019) Association of the coronary artery disease risk gene GUCY1A3 with onaspirin platelet reactivity and ischemic events after coronary intervention. Cardiovasc Res. PMID: 30768153 doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvz015
• Bejaoui Y et al. (2019) Genome-wide association study of psoriasis in an Egyptian population. Exp Dermatol. PMID: 30921485 doi: 10.1111/exd.13926

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2018

• Westermaier A^*, Munz M^*et al. (2018) Association of genetic variation at Aquaporin-4 locus with vascular depression. Biomol. PMID: 30563176 doi: 10.3390/biom8040164
• Munz M et al. (2018) Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of aggressive and chronic periodontitis identifies two novel risk loci. Eur J Hum Genet. PMID: 30218097 doi: 10.1038/s41431-018-0265-5
• Munz M et al. (2018) Genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease and periodontitis reveals a novel shared risk locus. Sci Rep. PMID: 30209331 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31980-8
• Offenbacher S el al. (2018) GWAS for Interleukin-1β levels in gingival crevicular fluid identifies IL37 variants in periodontal inflammation. Nat Commun. PMID: 68760 doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05940-9
• Aarabi G et al. (2018) Roles of the Chr.9p21.3 ANRIL Locus in Regulating Inflammation and Implications for Anti-Inflammatory Drug Target Identification. Front Cardiovasc Med. PMID: 29868613 doi: 0.3389/fcvm.2018.00047
• Nashef A, Qabaja R, Salaymeh Y, Botzman M, Munz M et al. (2018) Integration of Murine and Human Studies for Mapping Periodontitis Susceptibility. J Dent Res. PMID: 29294296 doi: 10.1177/0022034517744189
• Schaich A, Westermaier AL, Munz M et al. (2018) Mental health and psychosocial functioning over the lifespan of German patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for coronary artery disease. Front Psychiatry. PMID: 29593584 doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00075

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2017

• Munz M et al. (2017) A genome-wide association study identifies nucleotide variants at SIGLEC5 and DEFA1A3 as risk loci for periodontitis. Hum Mol Genet. PMID: 28449029 doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx151
• Munz M^*, Chen H^*et al. (2017) A haplotype block downstream of plasminogen is associated with chronic and aggressive periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol. PMID: 28548211 doi: 10.1111/jcpe.12749
• Shusterman A, Munz M et al. (2017) The PF4/PPBP/CXCL5 Gene Cluster Is Associated with Periodontitis. J Dent Res. PMID: 28467728 doi: 10.1177/0022034517706311
• Eitel I, Moeller C, Munz M et al. (2017) Genome wide association study in takotsubo syndrome - Preliminary results and future directions. Int J Cardiol. PMID: 28108127 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.093
• Haycock PC et al. (2017) Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases. JAMA Oncol. PMID: 28241208 doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5945

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2016

• Offenbacher S et al. (2016) Genome-wide association study of biologically informed periodontal complex traits offers novel insights into the genetic basis of periodontal disease. Hum Mol Genet. PMID: 26962152 doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw069

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2015

• Munz M, Tönnies S, Balke W-T, Simon E. (2015) Multidimensional gene search with Genehopper. Nucl Acids Res. PMID: 25990726 doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv511
• Tinhofer I et al. (2015) Next-generation sequencing: hype and hope for development of personalized radiation therapy? Radiat Oncol. PMID: 26316159 doi: 10.1186/s13014-015-0481-x

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