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Harry Cuppens

Harry Cuppens

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D-Index
51
Citations
8002
World Ranking
3874
National Ranking
54

Overview

Harry Cuppens is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed to multiple fields within medicine, particularly in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, genetics, organic chemistry, infectious diseases, and microbiology. Their research encompasses various topics with a focus on antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antimicrobial peptides and activities, cystic fibrosis research advances, genomics and rare diseases, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, and neonatal respiratory health research.

Their recent papers include notable publications such as:

  • The Kalimantacin Polyketide Antibiotics Inhibit Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus by Targeting the Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Binding Site of FabI, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Effect of Synonymous Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms on an Atypical Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Presentation, 2020, Life
  • The Kalimantacin Polyketide Antibiotics Inhibit Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus by Targeting the Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Binding Site of FabI, 2020, Angewandte Chemie
  • Severity of the S1251N allele in cystic fibrosis is affected by the presence of the F508C variant in cis, 2022, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Harry Cuppens has frequently published in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Life
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Among frequent coauthors, the following individuals have collaborated most often with Harry Cuppens:

  • Christopher D. Fage
  • Thomas Lathouwers
  • Michiel Vanmeert
  • Ling-Jie Gao
  • Kristof Vrancken

Best Publications

  • Consensus on the use and interpretation of cystic fibrosis mutation analysis in clinical practice

    C. Castellani;H. Cuppens;M. Macek;J. J. Cassiman

  • Polyvariant mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator genes. The polymorphic (Tg)m locus explains the partial penetrance of the T5 polymorphism as a disease mutation.

    Harry Cuppens;Wei Lin;Martine Jaspers;B Costes

  • Recommendations for the classification of diseases as CFTR-related disorders

    Cristina Bombieri;M Claustres;K De Boeck;N Derichs

  • Best practice guidelines for molecular genetic diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and CFTR-related disorders – updated European recommendations

    Elisabeth Dequeker;Manfred Stuhrmann;Michael A Morris;Teresa Casals

  • MCIDAS mutations result in a mucociliary clearance disorder with reduced generation of multiple motile cilia

    Mieke Boon;Julia Wallmeier;Lina Ma;Niki Tomas Loges

  • European Epidemiologic Registry of Cystic Fibrosis (ERCF): comparison of major disease manifestations between patients with different classes of mutations.

    C Koch;Harry Cuppens;M Rainisio;U Madessani

  • Rapid DNA typing of class II HLA antigens using the polymerase chain reaction and reverse dot blot hybridization

    I. Buyse;R. Decorte;M. Baens;H. Cuppens

  • The relative frequency of CFTR mutation classes in European patients with cystic fibrosis

    K. De Boeck;A. Zolin;H. Cuppens;H.V. Olesen

  • The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator: an intriguing protein with pleiotropic functions

    Anne Vankeerberghen;Harry Cuppens;Jean Jacques Cassiman

  • Gradient of distribution in Europe of the major CF mutation and of its associated haplotype

    Harry Cuppens

  • Characterization of a novel 21-kb deletion, CFTRdele2,3(21 kb), in the CFTR gene: a cystic fibrosis mutation of Slavic origin common in Central and East Europe

    T. Dörk;M. Macek;F. Mekus;B. Tümmler

  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia: critical evaluation of clinical symptoms and diagnosis in patients with normal and abnormal ultrastructure.

    Mieke Boon;Anne Smits;Harry Cuppens;Martine Jaspers

  • CFTR mutations and polymorphisms in male infertility.

    Harry Cuppens;Jean-Jacques Cassiman

  • New clinical diagnostic procedures for cystic fibrosis in Europe

    K. De Boeck;N. Derichs;I. Fajac;H.R. de Jonge

  • Gross genomic rearrangements involving deletions in the CFTR gene: characterization of six new events from a large cohort of hitherto unidentified cystic fibrosis chromosomes and meta-analysis of the underlying mechanisms

    Claude Férec;Teresa Casals;Nadia Chuzhanova;Milan Macek

  • Infertility in an adult cohort with primary ciliary dyskinesia: phenotype–gene association

    Gert Jan Vanaken;Laurence Bassinet;Mieke Boon;Rahma Mani

  • Rapid detection of hypervariable regions by the polymerase chain reaction technique.

    Ronny Decorte;Harry Cuppens;Peter Marynen;Jean-Jacques Cassiman

  • Increased Proportion of Exon 9 Alternatively Spliced CFTR Transcripts in vas Deferens Compared with Nasal Epithelial Cells

    H Teng;M Jorissen;H Van Poppel;E Legius

  • The Interlaboratory RObustness of Next-generation sequencing (IRON) study: a deep sequencing investigation of TET2 , CBL and KRAS mutations by an international consortium involving 10 laboratories

    A. Kohlmann;H.U. Klein;S. Weissmann;S. Bresolin

  • The molecular genetic epidemiology of cystic fibrosis: Report of a joint meeting of WHO/ECFTN/ICF(M)A/ECFS

    Harry Cuppens;Boulyjenkov;f Calafell;JJ Cassiman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Marynen
Peter Marynen KU Leuven
Bernd Nilius
Bernd Nilius KU Leuven
Milan Macek
Milan Macek Charles University
Pier Franco Pignatti
Pier Franco Pignatti University of Verona
Burkhard Tümmler
Burkhard Tümmler Hannover Medical School
Eric Legius
Eric Legius KU Leuven
Manfred Stuhrmann
Manfred Stuhrmann Hannover Medical School
Claude Férec
Claude Férec University of Western Brittany

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