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Corinne Antignac

Corinne Antignac

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2025
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Genetics
France
2026

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Best Female Scientists

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Genetics

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award

Overview

Corinne Antignac is affiliated with the Institut Imagine in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans a wide range of subfields including molecular biology, genetics, nephrology, pathology and forensic medicine, and cell biology.

The main topics of Antignac's work focus on several areas related to kidney health and genetics. These include:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

Corinne Antignac's frequent collaborative partners include Laurence Heidet, Vincent Morinière, Guillaume Dorval, Olivier Gribouval, and Géraldine Mollet.

The scientist has published numerous papers in recognized journals, with frequent contributions in venues such as:

  • Kidney International
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Pediatric Nephrology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent publications by Antignac include:

  • "Genetics in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference," 2022, Kidney International
  • "Genetic testing in the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease: recommendations for clinical practice," 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • "An international cohort study spanning five decades assessed outcomes of nephropathic cystinosis," 2021, Kidney International
  • "Pseudouridylation defect due to DKC1 and NOP10 mutations causes nephrotic syndrome with cataracts, hearing impairment, and enterocolitis," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Adeno-associated virus gene therapy prevents progression of kidney disease in genetic models of nephrotic syndrome," 2023, Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • NPHS2, encoding the glomerular protein podocin, is mutated in autosomal recessive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

    Nicolas Boute;Olivier Gribouval;Séverine Roselli

  • Mutations in INVS encoding inversin cause nephronophthisis type 2, linking renal cystic disease to the function of primary cilia and left-right axis determination.

    Edgar A. Otto;Bernhard Schermer;Tomoko Obara;John F. O'Toole

  • X-linked Alport Syndrome Natural History in 195 Families and Genotype- Phenotype Correlations in Males

    Jean Philippe Jais;Bertrand Knebelmann;Iannis Giatras;Mario De Marchi

  • Identification of Mutations in the Alpha-3(iv) and Alpha-4(iv) Collagen Genes in Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome

    Toshio Mochizuki;Toshio Mochizuki;Henny H. Lemmink;Mariko Mariyama;Corinne Antignac

  • A novel gene encoding an integral membrane protein is mutated in nephropathic cystinosis

    M. Town;G. Jean;S. Cherqui;M. Attard

  • The ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is mutated in cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (Joubert syndrome type B) and Meckel syndrome

    Marion Delous;Lekbir Baala;Rémi Salomon;Christine Laclef;Christine Laclef

  • Mutation of BSND causes Bartter syndrome with sensorineural deafness and kidney failure.

    Ralf Birkenhäger;Edgar Otto;Maria J. Schürmann;Martin Vollmer

  • Structure of the Gene for Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome of the Finnish Type (NPHS1) and Characterization of Mutations

    Ulla Lenkkeri;Minna Männikkö;Paula McCready;Jane Lamerdin

  • NPHS2 mutation analysis shows genetic heterogeneity of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome and low post-transplant recurrence.

    Stefanie Weber;Olivier Gribouval;Ernie L. Esquivel;Vincent Morinière

  • Podocin localizes in the kidney to the slit diaphragm area.

    Séverine Roselli;Olivier Gribouval;Nicolas Boute;Mireille Sich

  • Functional Characterization of a Calcium-Sensing Receptor Mutation in Severe Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia with a Bartter-Like Syndrome

    Rosa Vargas-Poussou;Chunfa Huang;Philippe Hulin;Pascal Houillier

  • COL4A1 mutations and hereditary angiopathy, nephropathy, aneurysms, and muscle cramps.

    Emmanuelle Plaisier;Olivier Gribouval;Sonia Alamowitch;Béatrice Mougenot

  • Exome Capture Reveals ZNF423 and CEP164 Mutations, Linking Renal Ciliopathies to DNA Damage Response Signaling

    Moumita Chaki;Rannar Airik;Amiya K. Ghosh;Rachel H. Giles

  • Mutations in a novel gene, NPHP3, cause adolescent nephronophthisis, tapeto-retinal degeneration and hepatic fibrosis

    Heike Olbrich;Manfred Fliegauf;Julia Hoefele;Andreas Kispert

  • X-Linked Alport Syndrome: Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Girls and Women Belonging to 195 Families: A "European Community Alport Syndrome Concerted Action" study

    Jean Philippe Jais;Bertrand Knebelmann;Iannis Giatras;Mario De Marchi

  • Prevalence of Mutations in Renal Developmental Genes in Children with Renal Hypodysplasia: Results of the ESCAPE Study

    Stefanie Weber;Vincent Moriniere;Tanja Knüppel;Marina Charbit

  • Candidate exome capture identifies mutation of SDCCAG8 as the cause of a retinal-renal ciliopathy

    Edgar A Otto;Toby W Hurd;Rannar Airik;Moumita Chaki

  • Mutations in the Chloride Channel Gene CLCNKB as a Cause of Classic Bartter Syndrome

    Martin Konrad;Martin Vollmer;Henny H. Lemmink;Lambertus P. W. J. Van Den Heuvel

  • ADCK4 mutations promote steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome through CoQ10 biosynthesis disruption

    Shazia Ashraf;Heon Yung Gee;Stephanie Woerner;Stephanie Woerner;Letian X. Xie

  • Cystinosin, the protein defective in cystinosis, is a H+-driven lysosomal cystine transporter

    Vasiliki Kalatzis;Stéphanie Cherqui;Corinne Antignac;Bruno Gasnier

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Saunier
Sophie Saunier Université Paris Cité
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Patrick Niaudet
Patrick Niaudet Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Alexandre Benmerah
Alexandre Benmerah Institut Imagine
Franz Schaefer
Franz Schaefer Heidelberg University
Pierre Cochat
Pierre Cochat Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Edgar A. Otto
Edgar A. Otto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Patrick Nitschke
Patrick Nitschke Université Paris Cité
Olivier Devuyst
Olivier Devuyst University of Zurich

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