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Jamel Chelly is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience. Their research focus is centered on Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with additional work spanning Neurology and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The primary topics in Chelly's research cover Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurological Diseases and Metabolism, RNA Regulation and Disease, Epilepsy Research and Treatment, and RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms.

Chelly's work has been published frequently in journals such as Movement Disorders, Journal of Neurology, and Annals of Neurology. Other venues include Parkinsonism & Related Disorders and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

  • Highlighting the Dystonic Phenotype Related to GNAO1 (2022) - Movement Disorders
  • Increased diagnostic yield in complex dystonia through exome sequencing (2020) - Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Early-Onset Parkinsonism Is a Manifestation of the PPP2R5D p.E200K Mutation (2020) - Annals of Neurology
  • Biallelic PDE2A variants: a new cause of syndromic paroxysmal dyskinesia (2020) - European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Biallelic RFC1-expansion in a French multicentric sporadic ataxia cohort (2021) - Journal of Neurology

Chelly has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Mathieu Anheim, Nathalie Drouot, Christine Tranchant, Thomas Wirth, and Gabrielle Rudolf, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the genetics and neurology research communities.

Best Publications

  • Doublecortin is a developmentally regulated, microtubule-associated protein expressed in migrating and differentiating neurons.

    Fiona Francis;Annette Koulakoff;Dominique Boucher;Philippe Chafey

  • Transcription of the dystrophin gene in human muscle and non-muscle tissues

    Jamel Chelly;Jean-Claude Kaplan;Pascal Maire;Sophie Gautron

  • A Novel CNS Gene Required for Neuronal Migration and Involved in X-Linked Subcortical Laminar Heterotopia and Lissencephaly Syndrome

    Vincent des Portes;Jean Marc Pinard;Pierre Billuart;Marie Claude Vinet

  • Isolation of a candidate gene for Menkes disease that encodes a potential heavy metal binding protein

    Jamel Chelly;Zeynep Tümer;Tønne Tønnesen;Anne Petterson

  • Illegitimate transcription: transcription of any gene in any cell type.

    Jamel Chelly;Jean-Paul Concordet;Jean-Claude Kaplan;Axel Kahn

  • Mutations in TUBG1 , DYNC1H1 , KIF5C and KIF2A cause malformations of cortical development and microcephaly

    Karine Poirier;Nicolas Lebrun;Nicolas Lebrun;Loic Broix;Loic Broix;Guoling Tian

  • Mutations in α-Tubulin Cause Abnormal Neuronal Migration in Mice and Lissencephaly in Humans

    David A. Keays;Guoling Tian;Karine Poirier;Guo Jen Huang

  • 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

  • Mutations in the [beta]-tubulin gene TUBB2B result in asymmetrical polymicrogyria

    Xavier Hubert Jaglin;Karine Poirier;Karine Poirier;Yoann Saillour;Yoann Saillour;Emmanuelle Buhler

  • Differentially Activated Macrophages Orchestrate Myogenic Precursor Cell Fate During Human Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

    Marielle Saclier;Marielle Saclier;Marielle Saclier;Houda Yacoub‐Youssef;Houda Yacoub‐Youssef;Houda Yacoub‐Youssef;Abigail L. Mackey;Abigail L. Mackey;Ludovic Arnold;Ludovic Arnold

  • Genotype-phenotype analysis in 2,405 patients with a dystrophinopathy using the UMD-DMD database: a model of nationwide knowledgebase.

    Sylvie Tuffery-Giraud;Sylvie Tuffery-Giraud;Christophe Béroud;Christophe Béroud;Rabah Ben Yaou;Rabah Ben Yaou

  • Immunolocalization and developmental expression of dystrophin related protein in skeletal muscle.

    Tejvir S. Khurana;Tejvir S. Khurana;Simon C. Watkins;Philippe Chafey;Jamel Chelly

  • The Wide Spectrum of Tubulinopathies: What Are the Key Features for the Diagnosis?

    Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Karine Poirier;Franck Fourniol;Yoann Saillour;Yoann Saillour

  • Doublecortin, a Stabilizer of Microtubules

    David Horesh;Tamar Sapir;Fiona Francis;Sharon Grayer Wolf

  • Mutations in the neuronal β-tubulin subunit TUBB3 result in malformation of cortical development and neuronal migration defects

    Karine Poirier;Yoann Y. Saillour;Yoann Y. Saillour;Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Xavier H Jaglin;Xavier H Jaglin

  • Mechanism of Microtubule Stabilization by Doublecortin

    Carolyn A Moores;Mylène Perderiset;Fiona Francis;Jamel Chelly

  • 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

  • Quantitative estimation of minor mRNAs by cDNA-polymerase chain reaction. Application to dystrophin mRNA in cultured myogenic and brain cells.

    Jamel Chelly;Didier Montarras;Christian Pinset;Yoheved Berwald-Netter

  • Dystrophin gene transcribed from different promoters in neuronal and glial cells

    Jamel Chelly;Ghislaine Hamard;Annette Koulakoff;Jean-Claude Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathieu Anheim
Mathieu Anheim University of Strasbourg
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society
Vera M. Kalscheuer
Vera M. Kalscheuer Max Planck Society
Nathalie Boddaert
Nathalie Boddaert Université Paris Cité
Thierry Bienvenu
Thierry Bienvenu Université Paris Cité
Hans van Bokhoven
Hans van Bokhoven Radboud University
Stanislas Lyonnet
Stanislas Lyonnet Université Paris Cité

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