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Gudrun Nürnberg

Gudrun Nürnberg

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D-Index
77
Citations
18028
World Ranking
1779
National Ranking
132

Overview

Gudrun Nürnberg is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has an academic focus spanning Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions cover these fields extensively, with particular emphasis on molecular biology, neurology, sensory systems, cell biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, as well as hereditary neurological disorders and neurogenetic and muscular disorders research. Other areas of interest documented in their work involve neurological diseases and metabolism, ear surgery and otitis media, vestibular and auditory disorders, and muscle physiology and disorders.

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Gudrun Nürnberg include:

  • Biallelic variants in HPDL cause pure and complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia, 2021, Brain
  • Comprehensive molecular analysis of 61 Egyptian families with hereditary nonsyndromic hearing loss, 2020, Clinical Genetics
  • A novel MAP3K20 mutation causing centronuclear myopathy-6 with fiber-type disproportion in a Pakistani family, 2022, Journal of Human Genetics
  • Eine Mutation in Atp11a verursacht die autosomal dominant vererbte auditorische Neuropathie Typ 2 (AUNA2)., 2022, Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
  • A mutation in Atp11a causes autosomal dominant inherited auditory neuropathy type 2 (AUNA2)., 2022, Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Peter Nürnberg, Birgit Budde, Janine Altmüller, Nicola Strenzke, and Shashank Chepurwar.

Gudrun Nürnberg's work has been published in various venues, with multiple contributions appearing in Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie, Brain, Clinical Genetics, Journal of Human Genetics, and UNC Libraries.

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

  • 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

  • Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome

    Mathieu Lemaire;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Franz Schaefer;Murim Choi

  • Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 (FHL-5) is caused by mutations in Munc18-2 and impaired binding to syntaxin 11.

    Udo zur Stadt;Jan Rohr;Wenke Seifert;Wenke Seifert;Florian Koch

  • Mutations in STRA6 cause a broad spectrum of malformations including anophthalmia, congenital heart defects, diaphragmatic hernia, alveolar capillary dysplasia, lung hypoplasia, and mental retardation

    Francesca Pasutto;Heinrich Sticht;Gerhard Hammersen;Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

  • COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness

    Saskia F. Heeringa;Gil Chernin;Moumita Chaki;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

  • 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

  • Loss of Nephrocystin-3 Function Can Cause Embryonic Lethality, Meckel-Gruber-like Syndrome, Situs Inversus, and Renal-Hepatic-Pancreatic Dysplasia

    Carsten Bergmann;Manfred Fliegauf;Nadina Ortiz Brüchle;Valeska Frank

  • Loss of Ca v 1.3 ( CACNA1D ) function in a human channelopathy with bradycardia and congenital deafness

    Shahid M Baig;Alexandra Koschak;Andreas Lieb;Mathias Gebhart

  • Recessive HYDIN Mutations Cause Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Without Randomization of Left-Right Body Asymmetry

    Heike Olbrich;Miriam Schmidts;Claudius Werner;Alexandros Onoufriadis

  • Mutations in PYCR1 cause cutis laxa with progeroid features

    Bruno Reversade;Nathalie Escande-Beillard;Aikaterini Dimopoulou;Bjorn Fischer

  • Splitting Schizophrenia: Periodic Catatonia–Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 15q15

    Gerald Stöber;Kathrin Saar;Franz Rüschendorf;Jobst Meyer

  • tRNA splicing endonuclease mutations cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia.

    Birgit S. Budde;Yasmin Namavar;Peter G. Barth;Bwee Tien Poll-The

  • Loss of GLIS2 causes nephronophthisis in humans and mice by increased apoptosis and fibrosis

    Massimo Attanasio;N. Henriette Uhlenhaut;Vitor H. Sousa;John F. O'Toole

  • CEP152 is a genome maintenance protein disrupted in Seckel syndrome

    Ersan Kalay;Gökhan Yigit;Yakup Aslan;Karen E Brown

  • PDZD7 is a modifier of retinal disease and a contributor to digenic Usher syndrome

    Inga Ebermann;Jennifer B. Phillips;Max C. Liebau;Robert K. Koenekoop

  • Mutations in **FAM134B**, encoding a newly identified Golgi protein, cause severe sensory and autonomic neuropathy

    Ingo Kurth;Torsten Pamminger;J Christopher Hennings;Désirée Soehendra

  • Loss of Corneodesmosin Leads to Severe Skin Barrier Defect, Pruritus, and Atopy: Unraveling the Peeling Skin Disease

    Vinzenz Oji;Katja-Martina Eckl;Karin Aufenvenne;Marc Nätebus

  • Mutations in different components of FGF signaling in LADD syndrome

    E. Rohmann;H.G. Brunner;H. Kayserili;O. Uyguner

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Nürnberg
Peter Nürnberg University of Cologne
Christian Becker
Christian Becker University of Cologne
Christian Kubisch
Christian Kubisch Universität Hamburg
Bernd Wollnik
Bernd Wollnik University of Göttingen
Janine Altmüller
Janine Altmüller University of Cologne
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Holger Thiele
Holger Thiele Leipzig University
Edgar A. Otto
Edgar A. Otto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mohammad R. Toliat
Mohammad R. Toliat University of Cologne
André Reis
André Reis University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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