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Arjan P.M. de Brouwer

Arjan P.M. de Brouwer

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Genetics

D-Index
62
Citations
11165
World Ranking
3001
National Ranking
108

Overview

Arjan P.M. de Brouwer is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across 44 publications.

Their research spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience. This broad coverage supports investigations into complex biological mechanisms at multiple scales.

Key research topics addressed by de Brouwer include:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Major publication venues where Arjan P.M. de Brouwer has contributed include:

  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Genes
  • Stem Cell Research
  • BMC Genomics

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by de Brouwer are:

  • Intellectual disability genomics: current state, pitfalls and future challenges (2021), BMC Genomics
  • De Novo Variants in CNOT1, a Central Component of the CCR4-NOT Complex Involved in Gene Expression and RNA and Protein Stability, Cause Neurodevelopmental Delay (2020), The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • De novo variants in MED12 cause X-linked syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders in 18 females (2020), Genetics in Medicine
  • SLITRK2 variants associated with neurodevelopmental disorders impair excitatory synaptic function and cognition in mice (2022), Nature Communications
  • Biallelic GINS2 variant p.(Arg114Leu) causes Meier-Gorlin syndrome with craniosynostosis (2021), Journal of Medical Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Hans van Bokhoven
  • Maria João Nabais Sá
  • Paula Jorge
  • Nuno Maia
  • D.L. Polla

Best Publications

  • A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation.

    Patrick S Tarpey;Raffaella Smith;Erin Pleasance;Annabel Whibley

  • SRD5A3 Is Required for Converting Polyprenol to Dolichol and Is Mutated in a Congenital Glycosylation Disorder

    Vincent Cantagrel;Dirk J. Lefeber;Bobby G. Ng;Ziqiang Guan

  • X-exome sequencing of 405 unresolved families identifies seven novel intellectual disability genes

    H. Hu;S. A. Haas;J. Chelly;J. Chelly;H. Van Esch

  • Disruption of an EHMT1-Associated Chromatin- Modification Module Causes Intellectual Disability

    Tjitske Kleefstra;Jamie M. Kramer;Kornelia Neveling;Marjolein H. Willemsen

  • Mutations in the small GTPase gene RAB39B are responsible for X-linked mental retardation associated with autism, epilepsy, and macrocephaly.

    Maila Giannandrea;Veronica Bianchi;Maria Lidia Mignogna;Alessandra Sirri

  • Mutations in the phospholipid remodeling gene SERAC1 impair mitochondrial function and intracellular cholesterol trafficking and cause dystonia and deafness

    Saskia B Wortmann;Frédéric M Vaz;Thatjana Gardeitchik;Lisenka E L M Vissers

  • Mutations in the chromatin modifier gene KANSL1 cause the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome

    David A. Koolen;Jamie M. Kramer;Kornelia Neveling;Willy M. Nillesen

  • OFD1 is mutated in X-linked Joubert syndrome and interacts with LCA5-encoded lebercilin.

    Karlien L.M. Coene;Ronald Roepman;Dan Doherty;Bushra Afroze

  • Disruption of the gene Euchromatin Histone Methyl Transferase1 (Eu-HMTase1) is associated with the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome

    T. Kleefstra;M. Smidt;M.J.G. Banning;A.R. Oudakker

  • Mutations in DDHD2, encoding an intracellular phospholipase A(1), cause a recessive form of complex hereditary spastic paraplegia.

    Janneke H.M. Schuurs-Hoeijmakers;Michael T. Geraghty;Erik-Jan Kamsteeg;Salma Ben-Salem

  • Homozygous and heterozygous disruptions of ANK3: at the crossroads of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders

    Zafar Iqbal;Geert Vandeweyer;Monique van der Voet;Ali Muhammad Waryah;Ali Muhammad Waryah;Ali Muhammad Waryah

  • Chromosome 1p21.3 microdeletions comprising DPYD and MIR137 are associated with intellectual disability

    Marjolein H Willemsen;Astrid Vallès;Laurens A M H Kirkels;Mathilde Mastebroek

  • Structural variation in Xq28: MECP2 duplications in 1% of patients with unexplained XLMR and in 2% of male patients with severe encephalopathy

    Dorien Lugtenberg;Tjitske Kleefstra;Astrid R. Oudakker;Willy M. Nillesen

  • 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

  • Autosomal Recessive Dilated Cardiomyopathy due to DOLK Mutations Results from Abnormal Dystroglycan O-Mannosylation

    Dirk J. Lefeber;Arjan P. M. de Brouwer;Eva Morava;Moniek Riemersma

  • Phenotype and genotype in 101 males with X-linked creatine transporter deficiency

    J M van de Kamp;O T Betsalel;S Mercimek-Mahmutoglu;L Abulhoul

  • TDP2 protects transcription from abortive topoisomerase activity and is required for normal neural function

    Fernando Gómez-Herreros;Janneke H M Schuurs-Hoeijmakers;Janneke H M Schuurs-Hoeijmakers;Mark McCormack;Marie T Greally

  • Intragenic deletion in DYRK1A leads to mental retardation and primary microcephaly

    B W M van Bon;A Hoischen;J Hehir-Kwa;A P M de Brouwer

  • Identification of ANKRD11 and ZNF778 as candidate genes for autism and variable cognitive impairment in the novel 16q24.3 microdeletion syndrome

    Marjolein H. Willemsen;Bridget A. Fernandez;Carlos A. Bacino;Erica Gerkes

  • Regulation of MYCN expression in human neuroblastoma cells

    Joannes F M Jacobs;Hans van Bokhoven;Frank N van Leeuwen;Christina A Hulsbergen-van de Kaa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans van Bokhoven
Hans van Bokhoven Radboud University
Ron A. Wevers
Ron A. Wevers Radboud University
Joris A. Veltman
Joris A. Veltman University of Edinburgh
Christian Gilissen
Christian Gilissen Radboud University
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Rolph Pfundt
Rolph Pfundt Radboud University
Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers
Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers Radboud University
John Christodoulou
John Christodoulou University of Melbourne
Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide

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