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Albert David is affiliated with the University of Nantes in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of their research focus on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Congenital heart defects research, Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, Autism Spectrum Disorder research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, and Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies.

Albert David's recent publications include:

  • Effects of eight neuropsychiatric copy number variants on human brain structure (2021), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • Integrative approach to interpret DYRK1A variants, leading to a frequent neurodevelopmental disorder (2021), published in Genetics in Medicine
  • Cat eye syndrome: Clinical, cytogenetics and familial findings in a large cohort of 43 patients highlighting the importance of congenital heart disease and inherited cases (2023), published in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Climate change adaptation: the case of coastal communities in the Philippines (2021), published in Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA
  • Integrative approach to interpret DYRK1A variants, leading to a frequent neurodevelopmental disorder (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Albert David frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Élise Schaefer, Marjolaine Willems, Joris Andrieux, Christina Fagerberg, and Laurence Faivre.

The venues in which Albert David regularly publishes include:

  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • X-linked mental retardation and autism are associated with a mutation in the NLGN4 gene, a member of the neuroligin family.

    Frédéric Laumonnier;Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault;Marie Gomot;Romuald Blanc

  • A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2

    R. G. Walters;S. Jacquemont;A. Valsesia;A. Valsesia;A. Valsesia;A. J. de Smith

  • Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Alexandre Reymond;Flore Zufferey;Louise Harewood

  • High cumulative risks of cancer in patients with PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome

    Virginie Bubien;Françoise Bonnet;Françoise Bonnet;Veronique Brouste;Stéphanie Hoppe

  • A 600 kb deletion syndrome at 16p11.2 leads to energy imbalance and neuropsychiatric disorders

    Flore Zufferey;Elliott H. Sherr;Noam D. Beckmann;Ellen Hanson

  • Molecular and Clinical Analyses of Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly and Pallister-Hall Syndromes: Robust Phenotype Prediction from the Type and Position of GLI3 Mutations

    Jennifer J. Johnston;Isabelle Olivos-Glander;Christina Killoran;Emma Elson

  • Distribution of Mutations in the PEX Gene in Families with X-linked Hypophosphataemic Rickets (HYP)

    Peter S.N. Rowe;Claudine L. Oudet;Fiona Francis;Christiane Sinding

  • SLC26A4 gene is frequently involved in nonsyndromic hearing impairment with enlarged vestibular aqueduct in Caucasian populations

    Sébastien Albert;Hélène Blons;Laurence Jonard;Delphine Feldmann

  • Defining the Effect of the 16p11.2 Duplication on Cognition, Behavior, and Medical Comorbidities.

    Debra D'Angelo;Sébastien Lebon;Qixuan Chen;Sandra Martin-Brevet

  • A Major Determinant for Binding and Aminoacylation of tRNAAla in Cytoplasmic Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase Is Mutated in Dominant Axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

    Philippe Latour;Christel Thauvin-Robinet;Chantal Baudelet-Méry;Pierre Soichot

  • Detection of genomic imbalances by array based comparative genomic hybridisation in fetuses with multiple malformations

    C Le Caignec;M Boceno;P Saugier-Veber;S Jacquemont

  • Germline mutations in WTX cause a sclerosing skeletal dysplasia but do not predispose to tumorigenesis

    Zandra A Jenkins;Margriet van Kogelenberg;Tim Morgan;Aaron Jeffs

  • Truncating mutations in the last exon of NOTCH2 cause a rare skeletal disorder with osteoporosis

    Bertrand Isidor;Pierre Lindenbaum;Pierre Lindenbaum;Olivier Pichon;Stéphane Bézieau

  • Mutations in MAP3K1 Cause 46,XY Disorders of Sex Development and Implicate a Common Signal Transduction Pathway in Human Testis Determination

    Alexander Pearlman;Johnny Loke;Cedric Le Caignec;Stefan John White

  • Clinical, molecular, and genotype–phenotype correlation studies from 25 cases of oral–facial–digital syndrome type 1: a French and Belgian collaborative study

    C Thauvin-Robinet;M Cossée;V Cormier-Daire;L Van Maldergem

  • Targeted next-generation sequencing of a 12.5 Mb homozygous region reveals ANO10 mutations in patients with autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxia.

    Sascha Vermeer;Alexander Hoischen;Rowdy P.P. Meijer;Christian Gilissen

  • Treacher Collins syndrome: a clinical and molecular study based on a large series of patients

    Marie Vincent;David Geneviève;Agnès Ostertag;Sandrine Marlin

  • TCTN3 Mutations Cause Mohr-Majewski Syndrome

    Sophie Thomas;Sophie Thomas;Marine Legendre;Sophie Saunier;Sophie Saunier;Bettina Bessières

  • Analysis of the IGF2/H19 imprinting control region uncovers new genetic defects, including mutations of OCT-binding sequences, in patients with 11p15 fetal growth disorders

    Julie Demars;Mansur Ennuri Shmela;Sylvie Rossignol;Jun Okabe

  • Molecular and clinical analysis of RAF1 in Noonan syndrome and related disorders: dephosphorylation of serine 259 as the essential mechanism for mutant activation.

    Tomoko Kobayashi;Yoko Aoki;Tetsuya Niihori;Hélène Cavé

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertrand Isidor
Bertrand Isidor Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
Didier Lacombe
Didier Lacombe University of Bordeaux
Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Annick Toutain
Annick Toutain François Rabelais University
Alain Verloes
Alain Verloes Université Paris Cité
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Dominique Bonneau
Dominique Bonneau University of Angers
Delphine Héron
Delphine Héron Sorbonne University
Sébastien Jacquemont
Sébastien Jacquemont University of Montreal
Christèle Dubourg
Christèle Dubourg University of Rennes

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