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Frans P.M. Cremers

Frans P.M. Cremers

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Genetics

D-Index
112
Citations
36067
World Ranking
501
National Ranking
20

Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
37007
World Ranking
5204
National Ranking
197

Overview

Frans P.M. Cremers is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and focuses on research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work spanning Medicine. Their published works contribute notably to several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main research topics addressed by Cremers include:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cremers has published extensively in several scientific venues, with a notable presence in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Human Mutation
  • Acta Ophthalmologica

Some of the recent publications include:

  • Clinical spectrum, genetic complexity and therapeutic approaches for retinal disease caused by ABCA4 mutations, 2020, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Genetic landscape of 6089 inherited retinal dystrophies affected cases in Spain and their therapeutic and extended epidemiological implications, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Resolving the dark matter of ABCA4 for 1054 Stargardt disease probands through integrated genomics and transcriptomics, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Structural Variants Create New Topological-Associated Domains and Ectopic Retinal Enhancer-Gene Contact in Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Benchmarking deep learning splice prediction tools using functional splice assays, 2021, Human Mutation

Cremers frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Susanne Roosing
  • Carel B. Hoyng
  • Suzanne E. de Bruijn
  • Zelia Corradi
  • Christian Gilissen

Best Publications

  • Leber congenital amaurosis: genes, proteins and disease mechanisms.

    Anneke I. den Hollander;Ronald Roepman;Robert K. Koenekoop;Frans P.M. Cremers

  • Retinal gene therapy in patients with choroideremia: initial findings from a phase 1/2 clinical trial

    Robert E MacLaren;Robert E MacLaren;Markus Groppe;Markus Groppe;Alun R Barnard;Charles L Cottriall

  • Mutations in the CEP290 (NPHP6) Gene Are a Frequent Cause of Leber Congenital Amaurosis

    Anneke I. den Hollander;Robert K. Koenekoop;Suzanne Yzer;Irma Lopez

  • Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa and Cone-rod Dystrophy Caused by Splice Site Mutations in the Stargardt's Disease Gene ABCR

    F.P.M. Cremers;T.J.R. van de Pol;M.A. van Driel;A.I. den Hollander

  • Association between X-linked mixed deafness and mutations in the POU domain gene POU3F4

    Y. J. M. De Kok;S. M. Van Der Maarel;M. Bitner-Glindzicz;I. Huber

  • Mutations in a human homologue of Drosophila crumbs cause retinitis pigmentosa (RP12).

    A.I. den Hollander;J.B. ten Brink;Y.J.M. de Kok;S. van Soest

  • Cloning of a gene that is rearranged in patients with choroideraemia.

    Frans P. M. Cremers;Dorien J. R. van de Pol;Liesbeth P. M. van Kerkhoff;Berend Wieringa

  • Positional cloning of the gene for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa 2

    U. Schwahn;S. Lenzner;J Dong;S. Feil

  • A post-hoc comparison of the utility of sanger sequencing and exome sequencing for the diagnosis of heterogeneous diseases

    Kornelia Neveling;Ilse Feenstra;Christian Gilissen;Lies H. Hoefsloot

  • cDNA cloning of component A of Rab geranylgeranyl transferase and demonstration of its role as a Rab escort protein

    Douglas A. Andres;Miguel C. Seabra;Michael S. Brown;Scott A. Armstrong

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the basal body protein RPGRIP1L, a nephrocystin-4 interactor, cause Joubert syndrome

    Heleen H Arts;Dan Doherty;Sylvia E C van Beersum;Melissa A Parisi

  • Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Retinitis Pigmentosa with Coats-like Exudative Vasculopathy Are Associated with Mutations in the Crumbs Homologue 1 (CRB1) Gene

    Anneke I. den Hollander;John R. Heckenlively;L. Ingeborgh van den Born;Yvette J.M. de Kok

  • Heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding noggin affect human joint morphogenesis.

    Yaoqin Gong;Deborah Krakow;Deborah Krakow;Jose Marcelino;Douglas Wilkin

  • Mutations in the ABCA4 (ABCR) gene are the major cause of autosomal recessive cone-rod dystrophy.

    Alessandra Maugeri;B. Jeroen Klevering;Klaus Rohrschneider;Anita Blankenagel

  • CNGA3 Mutations in Hereditary Cone Photoreceptor Disorders

    Bernd Wissinger;Daphne Gamer;Herbert Jägle;Roberto Giorda

  • The 2588G-->C mutation in the ABCR gene is a mild frequent founder mutation in the Western European population and allows the classification of ABCR mutations in patients with Stargardt disease.

    A. Maugeri;M.A. van Driel;T.J.R. van de Pol;B.J. Klevering

  • Next-generation genetic testing for retinitis pigmentosa.

    Kornelia Neveling;Rob W.J. Collin;Christian Gilissen;Ramon A.C. van Huet

  • Mutations in the pre-mRNA splicing factor gene PRPC8 in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP13)

    Arthur B. McKie;John C. McHale;T. Jeffrey Keen;Emma E. Tarttelin

  • Isolation of a candidate gene for Norrie disease by positional cloning.

    Berger W;Meindl A;van de Pol Tj;Cremers Fp

  • Positional cloning of the gene for x-linked retinitis pigmentosa 3: homology with the guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor RCC1

    R. Roepman;G. Van Duijnhoven;T. Rosenberg;A. J. L. G. Pinckers

Frequent Co-Authors

Anneke I. den Hollander
Anneke I. den Hollander Radboud University
Carel B. Hoyng
Carel B. Hoyng Radboud University
Rob W.J. Collin
Rob W.J. Collin Radboud University
Caroline C W Klaver
Caroline C W Klaver Erasmus University Rotterdam
Robert K. Koenekoop
Robert K. Koenekoop McGill University Health Centre
Ronald Roepman
Ronald Roepman Radboud University
Hannie Kremer
Hannie Kremer Radboud University
Elfride De Baere
Elfride De Baere Ghent University
Lies H. Hoefsloot
Lies H. Hoefsloot Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society

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