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Genetics

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118
Citations
43786
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416
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215

Medicine

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3929
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Friedhelm Hildebrandt publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Friedhelm Hildebrandt sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 406 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Friedhelm Hildebrandt D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Friedhelm Hildebrandt sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2007 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Gynaecology and Paediatrics
  • 2004 - E. Mead Johnson Award, Society for Pediatric Research
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Friedhelm Hildebrandt is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, genetics, nephrology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their published research covers a range of topics, with notable focus on renal and related cancers, renal diseases and glomerulopathies, genetic and kidney cyst diseases, renal cell carcinoma treatment, pediatric urology and nephrology studies, genomics and rare diseases, and genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Kidney International

Some of the recent papers by Hildebrandt include:

  • Genome Sequencing for Diagnosing Rare Diseases (2024), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • Multisystem inflammation and susceptibility to viral infections in human ZNFX1 deficiency (2021), published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The genetics and pathogenesis of CAKUT (2023), published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • ADCK4 Deficiency Destabilizes the Coenzyme Q Complex, Which Is Rescued by 2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Treatment (2020), published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Strong protective effect of the APOL1 p.N264K variant against G2-associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and kidney disease (2023), published in Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include researchers such as Shirlee Shril, Florian Buerger, Nina Mann, Caroline M. Kolvenbach, and Amar J. Majmundar.

Throughout their career, Hildebrandt has received several recognitions, including membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.

Other awards include:

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2007), with a focus on Gynaecology and Paediatrics
  • E. Mead Johnson Award, Society for Pediatric Research (2004)

Best Publications

  • The centrosomal protein nephrocystin-6 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and activates transcription factor ATF4

    John A. Sayer;John A. Sayer;Edgar A. Otto;John F. O'Toole;Gudrun Nurnberg

  • 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

  • A transition zone complex regulates mammalian ciliogenesis and ciliary membrane composition

    Francesc R Garcia-Gonzalo;Kevin C Corbit;María Salomé Sirerol-Piquer;Gokul Ramaswami

  • Positional cloning uncovers mutations in PLCE1 responsible for a nephrotic syndrome variant that may be reversible.

    Bernward Hinkes;Roger C. Wiggins;Rasheed Gbadegesin;Christopher N. Vlangos

  • Mapping the NPHP-JBTS-MKS Protein Network Reveals Ciliopathy Disease Genes and Pathways

    Liyun Sang;Julie J. Miller;Kevin C. Corbit;Rachel H. Giles

  • Barttin is a Cl- channel beta-subunit crucial for renal Cl- reabsorption and inner ear K+ secretion.

    Raúl Estévez;Thomas Boettger;Valentin Stein;Ralf Birkenhäger

  • Mutations in DNAH5 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia and randomization of left–right asymmetry

    Heike Olbrich;Karsten Häffner;Andreas Kispert;Alexander Völkel

  • A Single-Gene Cause in 29.5% of Cases of Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

    Carolin E. Sadowski;Svjetlana Lovric;Shazia Ashraf;Werner L. Pabst

  • 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

  • Patients with mutations in NPHS2 (podocin) do not respond to standard steroid treatment of nephrotic syndrome.

    Rainer G Ruf;Anne Lichtenberger;Stephanie M Karle;Johannes P Haas

  • Nephrotic syndrome in the first year of life: two thirds of cases are caused by mutations in 4 genes (NPHS1, NPHS2, WT1, and LAMB2).

    Bernward G Hinkes;Bettina Mucha;Christopher N Vlangos;Rasheed Gbadegesin

  • A Dynamic Protein Interaction Landscape of the Human Centrosome-Cilium Interface.

    Gagan D. Gupta;Étienne Coyaud;João Gonçalves;Bahareh A. Mojarad

  • SIX1 mutations cause branchio-oto-renal syndrome by disruption of EYA1-SIX1-DNA complexes.

    Rainer G. Ruf;Pin-Xian Xu;Derek Silvius;Edgar A. Otto

  • Nephrocystin-5, a ciliary IQ domain protein, is mutated in Senior-Loken syndrome and interacts with RPGR and calmodulin

    Edgar A. Otto;Bart Loeys;Hemant Khanna;Jan Hellemans

  • Nephronophthisis: Disease Mechanisms of a Ciliopathy

    Friedhelm Hildebrandt;Massimo Attanasio;Edgar Otto

  • Nephronophthisis-Associated Ciliopathies

    Friedhelm Hildebrandt;Weibin Zhou

  • 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

  • In-frame deletion in a novel centrosomal/ciliary protein CEP290/NPHP6 perturbs its interaction with RPGR and results in early-onset retinal degeneration in the rd16 mouse

    Bo Chang;Hemant Khanna;Norman Hawes;David Jimeno

Frequent Co-Authors

Edgar A. Otto
Edgar A. Otto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Heon Yung Gee
Heon Yung Gee Yonsei University
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine
Sophie Saunier
Sophie Saunier Université Paris Cité
Nicholas Katsanis
Nicholas Katsanis Galatea Bio Inc
Erica E. Davis
Erica E. Davis Lurie Children's Hospital
Shrikant Mane
Shrikant Mane Yale University
Colin A. Johnson
Colin A. Johnson University of Leeds
Joseph G. Gleeson
Joseph G. Gleeson University of California, San Diego

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