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Hélène Dollfus

Hélène Dollfus

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Genetics
France
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
81
Citations
21646
World Ranking
1535
National Ranking
60

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
23219
World Ranking
16191
National Ranking
531

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award

Overview

Hélène Dollfus is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work covers a broad spectrum of subfields including genetics, molecular biology, ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and neurology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Hélène Dollfus has contributed extensively to peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Clinical Genetics
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • Efficacy and safety of setmelanotide, a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist, in patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Alström syndrome: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial with an open-label period, 2022, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • AnnotSV and knotAnnotSV: a web server for human structural variations annotations, ranking and analysis, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Consensus clinical management guidelines for Alström syndrome, 2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Proteasome subunit PSMC3 variants cause neurosensory syndrome combining deafness and cataract due to proteotoxic stress, 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • European Reference Networks: challenges and opportunities, 2021, Journal of Community Genetics

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Jean Muller
  • Isabelle Meunier
  • Karine Clément
  • Jesús Argente
  • Andrea M. Haqq

Best Publications

  • Expansion of the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) knowledge base and resources

    Sebastian Köhler;Leigh Carmody;Nicole A. Vasilevsky;Julius O. B. Jacobsen

  • Disruption of Bardet-Biedl syndrome ciliary proteins perturbs planar cell polarity in vertebrates

    Alison J Ross;Helen May-Simera;Erica R Eichers;Masatake Kai

  • Retinal-specific guanylate cyclase gene mutations in Leber's congenital amaurosis.

    Perrault I;Rozet Jm;Calvas P;Gerber S

  • Leber congenital amaurosis: comprehensive survey of the genetic heterogeneity, refinement of the clinical definition, and genotype-phenotype correlations as a strategy for molecular diagnosis.

    Sylvain Hanein;Isabelle Perrault;Sylvie Gerber;Gaëlle Tanguy

  • Hypomorphic mutations in syndromic encephalocele genes are associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome

    Carmen C Leitch;Norann A Zaghloul;Erica E Davis;Corinne Stoetzel

  • Mutation spectrum and splicing variants in the OPA1 gene.

    Cécile Delettre;Jean-Michel Griffoin;Josseline Kaplan;Hélène Dollfus

  • 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

  • TTC21B contributes both causal and modifying alleles across the ciliopathy spectrum

    Erica E. Davis;Qi Zhang;Qin Liu;Bill H. Diplas

  • 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

  • BBS10 encodes a vertebrate-specific chaperonin-like protein and is a major BBS locus.

    Corinne Stoetzel;Virginie Laurier;Erica E. Davis;Jean Muller

  • AnnotSV: an integrated tool for structural variations annotation

    Véronique Geoffroy;Yvan Herenger;Arnaud Kress;Corinne Stoetzel

  • ADAMTS10 mutations in autosomal recessive Weill-Marchesani syndrome.

    Nathalie Dagoneau;Catherine Benoist-Lasselin;Céline Huber;Laurence Faivre

  • Spectrum of NPHP6/CEP290 mutations in Leber congenital amaurosis and delineation of the associated phenotype.

    Isabelle Perrault;Nathalie Delphin;Sylvain Hanein;Sylvie Gerber

  • CHARGE syndrome: Report of 47 cases and review

    A.L. Tellier;V. Cormier-Daire;V. Abadie;J. Amiel

  • Identification of a Novel BBS Gene (BBS12) Highlights the Major Role of a Vertebrate-Specific Branch of Chaperonin-Related Proteins in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

    Corinne Stoetzel;Jean Muller;Virginie Laurier;Erica E. Davis

  • SLC26A4 gene is frequently involved in nonsyndromic hearing impairment with enlarged vestibular aqueduct in Caucasian populations

    Sébastien Albert;Hélène Blons;Laurence Jonard;Delphine Feldmann

  • Efficient strategy for the molecular diagnosis of intellectual disability using targeted high-throughput sequencing

    Claire Redin;Bénédicte Gérard;Julia Lauer;Yvan Herenger

  • CNGB3 mutations account for 50% of all cases with autosomal recessive achromatopsia

    Susanne Kohl;Balazs Varsanyi;Balazs Varsanyi;Gesine Abadin Antunes;Britta Baumann

  • Disruption of Bardet-Biedl syndrome ciliary proteins perturbs planar cell polarity in vertebrates

    A Ross;H May-Simera;E Eichers;M Kai

  • Épidémiologie de la dégénérescence maculaire liée à l'âge

    N. Leveziel;C. Delcourt;J. Zerbib;H. Dollfus

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Bonneau
Dominique Bonneau University of Angers
Jean-Louis Mandel
Jean-Louis Mandel Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Nicholas Katsanis
Nicholas Katsanis Galatea Bio Inc
Jean-Michel Rozet
Jean-Michel Rozet Université Paris Cité
Josseline Kaplan
Josseline Kaplan Université Paris Cité
Alain Verloes
Alain Verloes Université Paris Cité
Didier Lacombe
Didier Lacombe University of Bordeaux
Sylvie Odent
Sylvie Odent University of Rennes
Erica E. Davis
Erica E. Davis Lurie Children's Hospital

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