2026 Dorien J.M. Peters: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	67	8097	7472	212	195	182	20094

Overview

Dorien J.M. Peters is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 92 publications in these areas. Medicine is also a significant field of study, encompassing 49 publications.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including:

Genetics
Molecular Biology
Nephrology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Key research topics addressed in their publications include:

Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Renal and related cancers
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
Renal cell carcinoma treatment
Renal and Vascular Pathologies

Notable recent papers by Dorien J.M. Peters include:

"Monoallelic IFT140 pathogenic variants are an important cause of the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney-spectrum phenotype," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
"Salt, but not protein intake, is associated with accelerated disease progression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease," 2020, Kidney International
"Sensing of tubular flow and renal electrolyte transport," 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
"Molecular pathways involved in injury-repair and ADPKD progression," 2020, Cellular Signalling
"The positive effect of selective prostaglandin E2 receptor EP2 and EP4 blockade on cystogenesis in vitro is counteracted by increased kidney inflammation in vivo," 2020, Kidney International

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dorien J.M. Peters are:

Esther Meijer
Ron T. Gansevoort
Joost P.H. Drenth
Johan W. de Fijter
Robert Zietse

The main publication venues for their work include:

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (9 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
The FASEB Journal (4 publications)
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (3 publications)
Kidney International (2 publications)

Best Publications

Identification and characterization of the tuberous sclerosis gene on chromosome 16

Mark Nellist;Bart Janssen;Phillip T. Brook-Carter;Arjenne L. W. Hesseling-Janssen

2172
Citations
PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein

Toshio Mochizuki;Guanqing Wu;Tomohito Hayashi;Stavroulla L. Xenophontos

1676
Citations
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome caused by mutations in the transcriptional co-activator CBP

Fred Petrif;Rachel H. Giles;Hans G. Dauwerse;Jasper J. Saris

1482
Citations
THE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY-DISEASE-1 GENE ENCODES A 14-KB TRANSCRIPT AND LIES WITHIN A DUPLICATED REGION ON CHROMOSOME-16

Christopher Ward;Belén Peral;Jim Hughes;Siep Thomas

1143
Citations
Unified Criteria for Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of ADPKD

York Pei;James Obaji;Annie Dupuis;Andrew D. Paterson

811
Citations
Polycystic kidney disease.

Carsten Bergmann;Lisa M. Guay-Woodford;Peter C. Harris;Shigeo Horie

623
Citations
Conjunction dysfunction: CBP/p300 in human disease

Rachel H Giles;Dorien J.M Peters;Martijn H Breuning

555
Citations
Genetic Heterogeneity in Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome: Mutations in Both the CBP and EP300 Genes Cause Disease

Jeroen H. Roelfsema;Stefan J. White;Yavuz Ariyürek;Deborah Bartholdi

542
Citations
Mutations in genes encoding subunits of RNA polymerases I and III cause Treacher Collins syndrome

Johannes G. Dauwerse;Jill Dixon;Saskia Seland;Claudia A L Ruivenkamp

415
Citations
Lowering of Pkd1 expression is sufficient to cause polycystic kidney disease.

Irma S. Lantinga-van Leeuwen;Johannes G. Dauwerse;Hans J. Baelde;Wouter N. Leonhard

376
Citations
Chromosome 4 localization of a second gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

D.J.M. Peters;L. Spruit;J.J. Saris;D. Ravine

339
Citations
Polycystin-1 and -2 Dosage Regulates Pressure Sensing

Reza Sharif-Naeini;Joost H.A. Folgering;Delphine Bichet;Fabrice Duprat

339
Citations
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome: clinical and molecular overview.

Jeroen H. Roelfsema;Dorien J.M. Peters

285
Citations
Kidney-specific inactivation of the Pkd1 gene induces rapid cyst formation in developing kidneys and a slow onset of disease in adult mice.

Irma S. Lantinga-van Leeuwen;Wouter N. Leonhard;Annemieke van der Wal;Martijn H. Breuning

229
Citations
Pericentrin forms a complex with intraflagellar transport proteins and polycystin-2 and is required for primary cilia assembly.

Agata Jurczyk;Adam Scott Gromley;Sambra D. Redick;Jovenal T. San Agustin

214
Citations
Toxic tubular injury in kidneys from Pkd1-deletion mice accelerates cystogenesis accompanied by dysregulated planar cell polarity and canonical Wnt signaling pathways

Hester Happé;Wouter N. Leonhard;Annemieke van der Wal;Bob van de Water

189
Citations
Loss of CBP acetyltransferase activity by PHD finger mutations in Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome

Eric Kalkhoven;Jeroen H. Roelfsema;Hans Teunissen;Annemieke den Boer

185
Citations
Polycystin-1, the product of the polycystic kidney disease 1 gene, co-localizes with desmosomes in MDCK cells

Martijn S. Scheffers;Paola van der Bent;Frans Prins;Lia Spruit

150
Citations
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor promotes cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

Li Chen;Li Chen;Xia Zhou;Lucy X. Fan;Ying Yao

149
Citations
Polycystin-1 and -2 Dosage Regulates Pressure Sensing

Fabrice Duprat;Reza Sharif Naeni;Joost H.A. Folgering;Delphine Bichet

5
Citations