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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Genetics

D-Index
92
Citations
23802
World Ranking
1015
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33

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  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Hans R. Waterham is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing significantly to the understanding of peroxisomal function and metabolism.

The primary fields of study represented in their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these areas, Waterham's published research frequently covers subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology

Their research topics delve into a variety of specific subjects, notably:

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • RNA regulation and disease

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Waterham include:

  • "The physiological functions of human peroxisomes", 2022, Physiological Reviews
  • "How to proceed after "negative" exome: A review on genetic diagnostics, limitations, challenges, and emerging new multiomics techniques", 2022, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
  • "Adrenoleukodystrophy Newborn Screening in the Netherlands (SCAN Study): The X-Factor", 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Fatty Acid Oxidation in Peroxisomes: Enzymology, Metabolic Crosstalk with Other Organelles and Peroxisomal Disorders", 2020, Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • "Peroxisomal Metabolite and Cofactor Transport in Humans", 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Waterham has also contributed to book publications, including:

  • "Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Significance of Organelle Interactions and Cooperation - Volume II", 2022, Frontiers Media

Frequent co-authors in Waterham's collaborative work include:

  • Ronald J. A. Wanders
  • Janet Koster
  • Sacha Ferdinandusse
  • Serhii Chornyi
  • Lodewijk IJlst

Waterham's work appears regularly in academic journals such as:

  • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Biochemistry of mammalian peroxisomes revisited.

    Ronald J. A. Wanders;Hans R. Waterham

  • A lethal defect of mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission.

    Hans R. Waterham;Janet Koster;Carlo W.T. van Roermund;Petra A.W. Mooyer

  • Isolation of the Pichia pastoris glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene and regulation and use of its promoter.

    Hans R Waterham;Mary Ellen Digan;Patricia J Koutz;Stephen V Lair

  • Mutations in MVK, encoding mevalonate kinase, cause hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome

    S. M. Houten;W. Kuis;M. Duran;T. J. De Koning

  • Functions and biosynthesis of plasmalogens in health and disease.

    Pedro Brites;Hans R Waterham;Ronald J.A Wanders

  • Mutations in the 3β-Hydroxysterol Δ24-Reductase Gene Cause Desmosterolosis, an Autosomal Recessive Disorder of Cholesterol Biosynthesis

    Hans R. Waterham;Janet Koster;Gerrit Jan Romeijn;Raoul C.M. Hennekam

  • Infevers: an evolving mutation database for auto-inflammatory syndromes.

    Isabelle Touitou;Suzanne Lesage;Michael McDermott;Laurence Cuisset

  • Metabolic Interplay between Peroxisomes and Other Subcellular Organelles Including Mitochondria and the Endoplasmic Reticulum.

    Ronald J. A. Wanders;Hans R. Waterham;Sacha Ferdinandusse

  • ABCD1 mutations and the X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy mutation database: Role in diagnosis and clinical correlations

    Stephan Kemp;Aurora Pujol;Hans R. Waterham;Björn M. Van Geel

  • Lethal outcome of a patient with a complete dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency after administration of 5-fluorouracil: frequency of the common IVS14+1G>A mutation causing DPD deficiency.

    A B van Kuilenburg;E W Muller;J Haasjes;R Meinsma

  • Human disorders of peroxisome metabolism and biogenesis.

    Hans R. Waterham;Sacha Ferdinandusse;Ronald J.A. Wanders

  • Peroxisomal fatty acid alpha- and beta-oxidation in humans: enzymology, peroxisomal metabolite transporters and peroxisomal diseases.

    R. J. A. Wanders;P. Vreken;S. Ferdinandusse;G. A. Jansen

  • Peroxisomal disorders: the single peroxisomal enzyme deficiencies.

    Ronald J.A. Wanders;Hans R. Waterham

  • Genetics and molecular basis of human peroxisome biogenesis disorders.

    Hans R. Waterham;Merel S. Ebberink

  • The infevers autoinflammatory mutation online registry: Update with new genes and functions

    Florian Milhavet;Laurence Cuisset;Hal M. Hoffman;Rima Slim

  • Mutations in the gene encoding peroxisomal alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase cause adult-onset sensory motor neuropathy.

    Sacha Ferdinandusse;Simone Denis;Peter T. Clayton;Andrew Graham

  • Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere and Fazio Londe syndrome is associated with a riboflavin transporter defect mimicking mild MADD: a new inborn error of metabolism with potential treatment

    Annet M. Bosch;Nico G. G. M. Abeling;Lodewijk IJlst;Hennie Knoester

  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome is caused by mutations in the 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase gene.

    Hans R. Waterham;Frits A. Wijburg;Raoul C.M. Hennekam;Peter Vreken

  • Systematic mapping of contact sites reveals tethers and a function for the peroxisome-mitochondria contact.

    Nadav Shai;Eden Yifrach;Carlo W. T. van Roermund;Nir Cohen

  • Plasmalogens participate in very-long-chain fatty acid-induced pathology

    Pedro Brites;Petra A W Mooyer;Leila El Mrabet;Hans R Waterham

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Sacha Ferdinandusse
Sacha Ferdinandusse University of Amsterdam
Lodewijk IJlst
Lodewijk IJlst University of Amsterdam
Marinus Duran
Marinus Duran University of Amsterdam
Frits A. Wijburg
Frits A. Wijburg University of Amsterdam
Frédéric M. Vaz
Frédéric M. Vaz University of Amsterdam
Sander M. Houten
Sander M. Houten Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jos P.N. Ruiter
Jos P.N. Ruiter University of Amsterdam
Ron A. Wevers
Ron A. Wevers Radboud University
Raoul C.M. Hennekam
Raoul C.M. Hennekam University of Amsterdam

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