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Hilde Van Esch

Hilde Van Esch

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Genetics

D-Index
65
Citations
13947
World Ranking
2710
National Ranking
42

Overview

Hilde Van Esch is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Immunology. The scientist's work addresses a range of topics within genomics and disease mechanisms.

Key research topics associated with Van Esch include:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Congenital heart defects research

Their publication record features multiple recent papers such as:

  • cGAS-mediated induction of type I interferon due to inborn errors of histone pre-mRNA processing, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Biological concepts in human sodium channel epilepsies and their relevance in clinical practice, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Use of Multimodal Imaging and Clinical Biomarkers in Presymptomatic Carriers of C9orf72 Repeat Expansion, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • PhenoScore quantifies phenotypic variation for rare genetic diseases by combining facial analysis with other clinical features using a machine-learning framework, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • De Novo Variants in LMNB1 Cause Pronounced Syndromic Microcephaly and Disruption of Nuclear Envelope Integrity, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Van Esch has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Joris Vermeesch
  • Koenraad Devriendt
  • Jeroen Breckpot
  • Hilde Peeters
  • Fowzan S. Alkuraya

The venues where Van Esch typically publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Clinical Genetics
  • Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Duplication of the MECP2 region is a frequent cause of severe mental retardation and progressive neurological symptoms in males.

    Hilde Van Esch;Marijke Bauters;Jaakko Ignatius;Mieke Jansen

  • A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation.

    Patrick S Tarpey;Raffaella Smith;Erin Pleasance;Annabel Whibley

  • GATA3 haplo-insufficiency causes human HDR syndrome.

    H Van Esch;P Groenen;M A Nesbit;S Schuffenhauer

  • Mutations in the JARID1C gene, which is involved in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling, cause X-linked mental retardation.

    Lars Riff Jensen;Marion Amende;Ulf Gurok;Bettina Moser

  • Loss-of-function mutations in euchromatin histone methyl transferase 1 (EHMT1) cause the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome.

    Tjitske Kleefstra;Han G. Brunner;Jeanne Amiel;Astrid R. Oudakker

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1.

    Arvid Suls;Peter Dedeken;Karolien Goffin;Hilde Van Esch

  • Mutations in the X-Linked Cyclin-Dependent Kinase–Like 5 (CDKL5/STK9) Gene Are Associated with Severe Neurodevelopmental Retardation

    Jiong Tao;Hilde Van Esch;M. Hagedorn-Greiwe;Kirsten Hoffmann

  • Mutations in DDX3X are a common cause of unexplained intellectual disability with gender-specific effects on wnt signaling

    Lot Snijders Blok;Erik Madsen;Jane Juusola;Christian Gilissen

  • Genes that Affect Brain Structure and Function Identified by Rare Variant Analyses of Mendelian Neurologic Disease

    Ender Karaca;Tamar Harel;Davut Pehlivan;Shalini N. Jhangiani

  • Large spectrum of lissencephaly and pachygyria phenotypes resulting from de novo missense mutations in tubulin alpha 1A (TUBA1A).

    Karine Poirier;Karine Poirier;David A. Keays;Fiona Francis;Fiona Francis;Yoann Saillour;Yoann Saillour

  • Mutations in the small GTPase gene RAB39B are responsible for X-linked mental retardation associated with autism, epilepsy, and macrocephaly.

    Maila Giannandrea;Veronica Bianchi;Maria Lidia Mignogna;Alessandra Sirri

  • Submicroscopic duplications of the hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase HSD17B10 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 are associated with mental retardation

    Guido Froyen;Mark Corbett;Joke Vandewalle;Irma Jarvela;Irma Jarvela

  • Detection of genomic copy number changes in patients with idiopathic mental retardation by high-resolution X-array-CGH: important role for increased gene dosage of XLMR genes.

    Guido Froyen;Hilde Van Esch;Marijke Bauters;Karen Hollanders

  • KIF1A, an Axonal Transporter of Synaptic Vesicles, Is Mutated in Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2

    Jean-Baptiste Rivière;Siriram Ramalingam;Valérie Lavastre;Masoud Shekarabi

  • MECP2 Duplication Syndrome.

    Hilde Van Esch

  • Functional characterization of GATA3 mutations causing the hypoparathyroidism-deafness-renal (HDR) dysplasia syndrome: insight into mechanisms of DNA binding by the GATA3 transcription factor

    Asif Ali;Paul T. Christie;Irina V. Grigorieva;Brian Harding

  • Structural variation in Xq28: MECP2 duplications in 1% of patients with unexplained XLMR and in 2% of male patients with severe encephalopathy

    Dorien Lugtenberg;Tjitske Kleefstra;Astrid R. Oudakker;Willy M. Nillesen

  • Genetic screening of LCA in Belgium: predominance of CEP290 and identification of potential modifier alleles in AHI1 of CEP290-related phenotypes

    Frauke Coppieters;Ingele Casteels;Françoise Meire;Sarah De Jaegere

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter, Gluti

    David Cassiman;A Suls;P Dedeken;Karolien Goffin

  • Submicroscopic duplications of the hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase HSD17B10 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 are associated with mental retardation | NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository

    Guy Froyen;Mark Corbett;Jamel Chelly;Damien Sanlaville

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Peter Marynen
Peter Marynen KU Leuven
Vera M. Kalscheuer
Vera M. Kalscheuer Max Planck Society
Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society
Stefan A. Haas
Stefan A. Haas Max Planck Society

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