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Christèle Dubourg

Christèle Dubourg

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Christèle Dubourg is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and has a research focus primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Their scholarly output includes 117 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology and 44 in Medicine, reflecting a broad engagement with life sciences.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The subfield distribution comprises 64 publications in Molecular Biology, 52 in Genetics, 8 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 4 in Physiology, and 3 in Public Health.

Key areas of research topics encompass Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, RNA Modifications and Cancer, RNA Research and Splicing, and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies. The scientist has contributed to 32 studies on Genomics and Rare Diseases, 26 on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and 14 each on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation as well as Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities and RNA Modifications and Cancer. Additionally, they have participated in 12 studies related to RNA Research and Splicing and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies.

Frequent publication venues for the scientist include Genetics in Medicine, The American Journal of Human Genetics, European Journal of Human Genetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Clinical Genetics. They have published 11 times in Genetics in Medicine, 5 times each in The American Journal of Human Genetics, European Journal of Human Genetics, and bioRxiv, and 4 times in Clinical Genetics.

Co-authorship records highlight collaborations with Sylvie Odent (31 joint publications), Mélanie Fradin (20), Laurence Faivre (18), Boris Keren (15), and Laurent Pasquier (15), indicating a network centered around genetics and molecular studies.

Recent publications include:

  • Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • GREB1L variants in familial and sporadic hereditary urogenital adysplasia and Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, 2020, Clinical Genetics
  • De novo SMARCA2 variants clustered outside the helicase domain cause a new recognizable syndrome with intellectual disability and blepharophimosis distinct from Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Phenotypic expansion of CACNA1C-associated disorders to include isolated neurological manifestations, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

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

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Alexandre Reymond;Flore Zufferey;Louise Harewood

  • Recurrent rearrangements in synaptic and neurodevelopmental genes and shared biologic pathways in schizophrenia, autism, and mental retardation.

    Audrey Guilmatre;Christèle Dubourg;Anne-Laure Mosca;Solenn Legallic

  • Holoprosencephaly. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2:8

    Dubourg C;Bendavid C;Pasquier L;Henry C

  • 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

  • MEF2C haploinsufficiency caused by either microdeletion of the 5q14.3 region or mutation is responsible for severe mental retardation with stereotypic movements, epilepsy and/or cerebral malformations

    Nathalie Le Meur;Muriel Holder-Espinasse;Sylvie Jaillard;Alice Goldenberg

  • Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Erfan Aref-Eshghi;Jennifer Kerkhof;Victor P. Pedro

  • Regulation of a remote Shh forebrain enhancer by the Six3 homeoprotein.

    Yongsu Jeong;Federico Coluccio Leskow;Kenia El-Jaick;Erich Roessler

  • Holoprosencephaly due to mutations in ZIC2: alanine tract expansion mutations may be caused by parental somatic recombination

    Lúcia Y. Brown;Sylvie Odent;Véronique David;Martine Blayau

  • Molecular screening of SHH, ZIC2, SIX3, and TGIF genes in patients with features of holoprosencephaly spectrum: Mutation review and genotype-phenotype correlations.

    Christèle Dubourg;Leïla Lazaro;Laurent Pasquier;Claude Bendavid

  • De Novo Mutations in Protein Kinase Genes CAMK2A and CAMK2B Cause Intellectual Disability

    Sébastien Küry;Geeske M van Woerden;Thomas Besnard;Martina Proietti Onori

  • Analysis of genotype-phenotype correlations in human holoprosencephaly.

    Benjamin D. Solomon;Sandra Mercier;Jorge I. Vélez;Daniel E. Pineda-Alvarez

  • Cryptic genomic imbalances in de novo and inherited apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangements: array CGH study of 47 unrelated cases.

    Caroline Schluth-Bolard;Bruno Delobel;Damien Sanlaville;Odile Boute

  • Delineation of 15q13.3 microdeletions.

    A Masurel-Paulet;J Andrieux;P Callier;JM Cuisset

  • Functional Characterization of Sonic Hedgehog Mutations Associated with Holoprosencephaly

    Elisabeth Traiffort;Christèle Dubourg;Hélène Faure;Didier Rognan

  • New findings for phenotype–genotype correlations in a large European series of holoprosencephaly cases

    Sandra Mercier;Christèle Dubourg;Nicolas Garcelon;Boris Campillo-Gimenez

  • Absence of VHL gene alteration and high VEGF expression are associated with tumour aggressiveness and poor survival of renal-cell carcinoma.

    Jean-Jacques Patard;Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq;Damien Masson;Damien Masson;Salim Zerrouki

  • Twelve new patients with 13q deletion syndrome: genotype-phenotype analyses in progress.

    Chloé Quélin;Claude Bendavid;Christèle Dubourg;Céline de la Rochebrochard

  • HCN1 mutation spectrum: from neonatal epileptic encephalopathy to benign generalized epilepsy and beyond

    Carla Marini;Alessandro Porro;Agnès Rastetter;Carine Dalle

  • Phenotypic and molecular variability of the holoprosencephalic spectrum.

    Leila Lazaro;Christéle Dubourg;Laurent Pasquier;Franck Le Duff

  • Erratum: Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders (The American Journal of Human Genetics (2020) 106(3) (356–370), (S0002929720300197), (10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.01.019))

    Erfan Aref-Eshghi;Jennifer Kerkhof;Victor P. Pedro

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvie Odent
Sylvie Odent University of Rennes
Véronique David
Véronique David Université de Rennes
Laurent Pasquier
Laurent Pasquier University of Rennes
Damien Sanlaville
Damien Sanlaville Hospices Civils de Lyon
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Albert David
Albert David University of Nantes
Annick Toutain
Annick Toutain François Rabelais University
Delphine Héron
Delphine Héron Sorbonne University
Christel Depienne
Christel Depienne Essen University Hospital
Maximilian Muenke
Maximilian Muenke American College of Medical Genetics

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