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Julien Thevenon is affiliated with the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble in France. Their research spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Thevenon's recent publications include the following:

  • Pathogenic DDX3X Mutations Impair RNA Metabolism and Neurogenesis during Fetal Cortical Development (2020, Neuron)
  • Variants in the SK2 channel gene (KCNN2) lead to dominant neurodevelopmental movement disorders (2020, Brain)
  • Exome sequencing as a first-tier test for copy number variant detection: retrospective evaluation and prospective screening in 2418 cases (2022, Journal of Medical Genetics)
  • Further delineation of the female phenotype with KDM5C disease causing variants: 19 new individuals and review of the literature (2020, Clinical Genetics)
  • Monoallelic variation in DHX9, the gene encoding the DExH-box helicase DHX9, underlies neurodevelopment disorders and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (2023, The American Journal of Human Genetics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Their most common co-authors are:

  • Laurence Faivre (31 co-authored works)
  • Christel Thauvin-Robinet (26 co-authored works)
  • David Geneviève (22 co-authored works)
  • Frédéric Tran Mau-Them (20 co-authored works)
  • Ange-Line Bruel (17 co-authored works)

Thevenon's publications are often featured in various academic venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
  • Journal of Medical Genetics (5 publications)
  • Genetics in Medicine (5 publications)
  • Clinical Genetics (4 publications)
  • European Journal of Human Genetics (4 publications)

The primary fields of study associated with Thevenon's work are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (138 publications)
  • Medicine (40 publications)

Thevenon's subfields of study highlight a concentration in areas such as:

  • Genetics (76 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (56 publications)
  • Cancer Research (7 publications)
  • Immunology (4 publications)
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (4 publications)

Thevenon's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases (60 publications)
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (34 publications)
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (30 publications)
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 publications)
  • Congenital heart defects research (12 publications)
  • RNA Research and Splicing (10 publications)
  • RNA regulation and disease (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • Pericentric heterochromatin reprogramming by new histone variants during mouse spermiogenesis.

    Jérôme Govin;Emmanuelle Escoffier;Emmanuelle Escoffier;Sophie Rousseaux;Sophie Rousseaux;Lauriane Kuhn;Lauriane Kuhn;Lauriane Kuhn

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

    Claire Redin;Bénédicte Gérard;Julia Lauer;Yvan Herenger

  • Diagnostic odyssey in severe neurodevelopmental disorders: toward clinical whole-exome sequencing as a first-line diagnostic test.

    J. Thevenon;Y. Duffourd;A. Masurel-Paulet;M. Lefebvre

  • The landscape of epilepsy-related GATOR1 variants

    Sara Baldassari;Fabienne Picard;Nienke E. Verbeek;Marjan van Kempen

  • Pathogenic DDX3X Mutations Impair RNA Metabolism and Neurogenesis during Fetal Cortical Development

    Ashley L. Lennox;Mariah L. Hoye;Ruiji Jiang;Bethany L. Johnson-Kerner

  • PIK3R1 Mutations Cause Syndromic Insulin Resistance with Lipoatrophy

    Christel Thauvin-Robinet;Martine Auclair;Laurence Duplomb;Martine Caron-Debarle

  • Disruption of POGZ Is Associated with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Holly A.F. Stessman;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Michaela Fenckova;Osnat Penn

  • Clinical whole-exome sequencing for the diagnosis of rare disorders with congenital anomalies and/or intellectual disability: substantial interest of prospective annual reanalysis.

    Sophie Nambot;Julien Thevenon;Paul Kuentz;Yannis Duffourd

  • Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex causes a spectrum of neurobehavioral phenotypes in mice and humans.

    Hsiang Chih Lu;Hsiang Chih Lu;Qiumin Tan;Maxime W.C. Rousseaux;Wei Wang

  • BCL11A Haploinsufficiency Causes an Intellectual Disability Syndrome and Dysregulates Transcription

    Cristina Dias;Sara B. Estruch;Sarah A. Graham;Jeremy McRae

  • Mutations in signal recognition particle SRP54 cause syndromic neutropenia with Shwachman-Diamond–like features

    Raphael Carapito;Martina Konantz;Catherine Paillard;Zhichao Miao

  • The oral-facial-digital syndrome gene C2CD3 encodes a positive regulator of centriole elongation

    Christel Thauvin-Robinet;Jaclyn S Lee;Estelle Lopez;Vicente Herranz-Pérez

  • Mutations in SLC13A5 cause autosomal-recessive epileptic encephalopathy with seizure onset in the first days of life.

    Julien Thevenon;Mathieu Milh;François Feillet;Judith St-Onge

  • The DYRK1A gene is a cause of syndromic intellectual disability with severe microcephaly and epilepsy

    Jean-Benoît Courcet;Laurence Faivre;Perrine Malzac;Alice Masurel-Paulet

  • In-Frame Mutations in Exon 1 of SKI Cause Dominant Shprintzen-Goldberg Syndrome

    Virginie Carmignac;Julien Thevenon;Lesley Adès;Lesley Adès;Bert Callewaert

  • Epigenetic reprogramming of the male genome during gametogenesis and in the zygote.

    S Rousseaux;N Reynoird;E Escoffier;J Thevenon

  • Molecular diagnosis of PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) in 162 patients and recommendations for genetic testing

    Paul Kuentz;Judith St-Onge;Judith St-Onge;Yannis Duffourd;Jean-Benoît Courcet

  • WNT Signaling Perturbations Underlie the Genetic Heterogeneity of Robinow Syndrome

    Janson J. White;Juliana F. Mazzeu;Zeynep Coban-Akdemir;Yavuz Bayram

  • Fifteen years of research on oral–facial–digital syndromes: from 1 to 16 causal genes

    Ange Line Bruel;Brunella Franco;Yannis Duffourd;Julien Thevenon

  • Lysosomal Signaling Licenses Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation via Inactivation of Tfe3.

    Florian Villegas;Florian Villegas;Daphné Lehalle;Daniela Mayer;Daniela Mayer;Melanie Rittirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Christel Thauvin-Robinet
Christel Thauvin-Robinet University of Burgundy
Jeanne Amiel
Jeanne Amiel Université Paris Cité
Bertrand Isidor
Bertrand Isidor Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
Amélie Piton
Amélie Piton University of Strasbourg
Gaetan Lesca
Gaetan Lesca Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Stanislas Lyonnet
Stanislas Lyonnet Université Paris Cité
Damien Sanlaville
Damien Sanlaville Hospices Civils de Lyon
Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Delphine Héron
Delphine Héron Sorbonne University

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