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Genetics

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103
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665
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Anne De Paepe publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anne De Paepe sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 447 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Anne De Paepe D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anne De Paepe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Anne De Paepe is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University Hospital in Belgium, with a primary focus on medicine. Their academic contributions cover a range of topics mainly centered around respiratory and allergic conditions.

Their research prominently features the study of asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, and particular molecular pathways such as IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways. Additionally, they investigate sinusitis and nasal conditions, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, as well as dermatology and skin diseases.

De Paepe has often collaborated with several co-authors, including Ignacio Dávila, María Isidoro-García, Catalina Sanz, Miguel Estravís, and María Gil-Melcón.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Type 2 immunity in allergic diseases," 2025, published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • "Genetics and Epigenetics of Atopic Dermatitis: An Updated Systematic Review," 2020, published in Genes
  • "Clinical performance of an antibody-free assay for plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 to detect early alterations of Alzheimer's disease in individuals with subjective cognitive decline," 2023, published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • "Molecular Analysis of IL-5 Receptor Subunit Alpha as a Possible Pharmacogenetic Biomarker in Asthma," 2021, published in Frontiers in Medicine
  • "Epithelial barrier dysfunction and associated diseases in companion animals: Differences and similarities between humans and animals and research needs," 2024, published in Allergy

De Paepe frequently publishes in venues such as Allergy, Genes, Frontiers in Medicine, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and the Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology.

Their subfields of expertise extend into physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology and allergy, molecular biology, and immunology.

Best Publications

  • Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes

    Jo Vandesompele;Katleen De Preter;Filip Pattyn;Bruce Poppe

  • qBase relative quantification framework and software for management and automated analysis of real-time quantitative PCR data

    Jan Hellemans;Geert Mortier;Anne De Paepe;Franki Speleman

  • The revised Ghent nosology for the Marfan syndrome

    Bart L Loeys;Harry C Dietz;Alan C Braverman;Bert L Callewaert

  • Ehlers‐Danlos syndromes: Revised nosology, Villefranche, 1997

    Peter Beighton;Anne De Paepe;Beat Steinmann;Petros Tsipouras

  • Revised diagnostic criteria for the Marfan syndrome.

    A. De Paepe;R. B. Devereux;H. C. Dietz;R. C. M. Hennekam

  • A syndrome of altered cardiovascular, craniofacial, neurocognitive and skeletal development caused by mutations in TGFBR1 or TGFBR2

    Bart L Loeys;Junji Chen;Enid R Neptune;Daniel P Judge

  • Aneurysm Syndromes Caused by Mutations in the TGF-β Receptor

    Bart L. Loeys;Bart L. Loeys;Ulrike Schwarze;Tammy Holm;Bert L. Callewaert

  • The 2017 international classification of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

    Fransiska Malfait;Clair Francomano;Peter H Byers;John Belmont

  • Loss-of-function mutations in FGFR1 cause autosomal dominant Kallmann syndrome.

    Catherine Dodé;Jacqueline Levilliers;Jean-Michel Dupont;Anne De Paepe

  • Consortium for osteogenesis imperfecta mutations in the helical domain of type I collagen: regions rich in lethal mutations align with collagen binding sites for integrins and proteoglycans

    Joan C. Marini;Antonella Forlino;Antonella Forlino;Wayne A. Cabral;Aileen M. Barnes

  • Exhaustive mutation analysis of the NF1 gene allows identification of 95% of mutations and reveals a high frequency of unusual splicing defects.

    Ludwine M. Messiaen;Tom Callens;Geert Mortier;Diane Beysen

  • Loss-of-function mutations in LEMD3 result in osteopoikilosis, Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome and melorheostosis.

    Jan Hellemans;Olena Preobrazhenska;Andy Willaert;Philippe Debeer

  • Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Nandita Mitra;Fei Wan;Olga M. Sinilnikova

  • The molecular genetics of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

    Peter N. Robinson;E. Arteaga-Solis;C. Baldock;G. Collod-Béroud

  • Nephrocystin-5, a ciliary IQ domain protein, is mutated in Senior-Loken syndrome and interacts with RPGR and calmodulin

    Edgar A. Otto;Bart Loeys;Hemant Khanna;Jan Hellemans

  • Mutations in the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT10 alter angiogenesis and cause arterial tortuosity syndrome

    Paul J Coucke;Andy Willaert;Marja W Wessels;Bert Callewaert

  • Update of the UMD-FBN1 mutation database and creation of an FBN1 polymorphism database.

    Gwenaëlle Collod-Béroud;Saga Le Bourdelles;Lesley Ades;Lesley Ades;Leena Ala-Kokko;Leena Ala-Kokko

  • Effect of celiprolol on prevention of cardiovascular events in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a prospective randomised, open, blinded-endpoints trial

    Kim-Thanh Ong;Kim-Thanh Ong;Jerome Perdu;Julie De Backer;Erwan Bozec

  • Homozygosity for a missense mutation in fibulin-5 (FBLN5) results in a severe form of cutis laxa

    Bart Loeys;Lionel Van Maldergem;Geert Mortier;Paul Coucke

  • Deletion of the paired alpha 5(IV) and alpha 6(IV) collagen genes in inherited smooth muscle tumors

    J Zhou;T Mochizuki;H Smeets;C Antignac

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Coucke
Paul Coucke Ghent University
Jo Vandesompele
Jo Vandesompele Ghent University
Franki Speleman
Franki Speleman Ghent University
Nadine Van Roy
Nadine Van Roy Ghent University
Bart Loeys
Bart Loeys University of Antwerp
Bruce Poppe
Bruce Poppe Ghent University Hospital
Geert Mortier
Geert Mortier University of Antwerp
Ludwine Messiaen
Ludwine Messiaen University of Alabama at Birmingham
Björn Menten
Björn Menten Ghent University Hospital
Katleen De Preter
Katleen De Preter Ghent University

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