Dr Christopher Vidal
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

• Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2007) Linkage to chromosome 11p12 in two Maltese families with a highly penetrant form of osteoporosis. European Journal of Human Genetics 17: 800 – 809 (PMID: 17377523)
• Xuereb-Anastasi, A., and Vidal, C. (2007) The vitamin D receptor gene and osteoporosis. Clinical Dermatology: Retinoids and other Treatments 23: 18 – 21.
• Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2007) Effects of polymorphisms in the collagen type 1α1 gene promoter and the C677T variant in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics 10: 9 – 18.
• Borg, J., Scerri, C.A., Vidal, C., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2007) There is no association between -318 (C/T) and +49 (A/G) CTLA4 gene polymorphisms and the coeliac condition in the Maltese population. Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics 9: 49 – 51.
• Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) TNFRSF11B gene variants and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Maturitas 53: 386 – 395 (PMID: 16343827)
• Vidal, C., Grima, C., Brincat, M., Megally, N, and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2003) Associations of polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene (BsmI and FokI) with bone mineral density in Maltese postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International 14: 923 – 928 (PMID: 14557853)
• Vidal, C., Borg, J., Xuereb-Anastasi, A., and Scerri, C.A. (2007) A genome-wide linkage scan in a family with a high incidence of coeliac disease. (in preparation)
• Vidal, C., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2007) A variant in the promoter region of TRAF6 gene increase gene expression in RAW264.7 cells (in preparation)

Abstracts for Oral Presentation

Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) Linkage to a region on chromosome 11p12 in two Maltese families with severe osteoporosis. Malta Medical Journal 18: 46 – Presented at the Sixth Malta Medical School Conference – December 2006

Abstracts and Poster Presentations

• Vidal, C., Borg, J., Felice, A.E., Xuereb-Anastasi, A., and Scerri, CA. (2007) A genome-wide linkage scan in an extended Maltese family with a high incidence of coeliac disease. European Journal of Human Genetics 15: Supp 1, 241
• Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2007) TRAF6 gene variants in a family with a highly penetrant form of osteoporosis. Calcified Tissue International (in press)
• Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) Linkage to a region on chromosome 11 in two Maltese families with severe osteoporosis. Osteoporosis International 17: Supp 2, S219
• Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) Linkage of a familial form of osteoporosis to chromosome 5q34. European Journal of Human Genetics 14: Supp 1, P1011
• Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) A genomewide linkage scan in a family with a highly penetrant form of osteoporosis. Calcified Tissue International 78: Supp 1, S123
• Vidal, C., Borg, J., Felice, A.E., Xuereb-Anastasi, A., and Scerri, C.A. (2006) Linkage analysis in two Maltese families with a high incidence of coeliac disease. Malta Medical Journal 18 (December suppl): 50
• Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2005) The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Bone 36: S245
  Borg, J., Scerri, C.A., Vidal, C., Felice, A.E., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2005) Association of CTLA-4 polymorphisms with coeliac disease in the Maltese population. European Journal of Human Genetics 13 (5): 300 Supp1, P1014
• Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2004) Associations of polymorphisms in the promoter region of the osteoprotegerin gene and low bone mineral density in Maltese postmenopausal women. Calcified Tissue International 74 (4): S124
• Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2003) Influences of vitamin D and estrogen receptor genes on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Calcified Tissue International 72 (4): 410
• Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2002) Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Calcified Tissue International 70 (4): 267
  
  The research was conducted through the Department of Pathology