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Klaus Zerres is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and specializes in the field of medicine with a focus on genetics and related subfields. Their research spans genetics, history, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Medical History and Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Medical and Health Sciences Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Renal and related cancers

Their recent papers include:

  • "Refining genotype-phenotype correlations in 304 patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and PKHD1 gene variants" (2021) published in Kidney International
  • "Inherited cases of CNOT3-associated intellectual developmental disorder with speech delay, autism, and dysmorphic facies" (2020) published in Clinical Genetics
  • "Humangenetische Beratung in Deutschland: Entwicklung der Inanspruchnahme" (2020) published in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • "Do non-invasive prenatal tests promote discrimination against people with Down syndrome? What should be done?" (2021) published in Journal of Perinatal Medicine
  • "Nicht-Direktivität als Leitkategorie in der humangenetischen Beratung in zeithistorischer Betrachtung" (2022) published in Medizinische Genetik

Klaus Zerres has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Medizinische Genetik
  • Kidney International
  • Clinical Genetics
  • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • Journal of Perinatal Medicine

The scientist has collaborated regularly with other researchers, including:

  • Thomas Eggermann
  • T. Grimm
  • Sabine Rudnik-Schöneborn
  • Larissa Arning
  • Beatrix Böckmann

Best Publications

  • Germ-line mutations in nonsyndromic pheochromocytoma.

    Hartmut P.H. Neumann;Birke Bausch;Sarah R. McWhinney;Bernhard U. Bender

  • Genetic mapping of chronic childhood-onset spinal muscular atrophy to chromosome 5q1 1.2–13.3

    L. M. Brzustowicz;L. M. Brzustowicz;T. Lehner;T. Lehner;L. H. Castilla;L. H. Castilla;G. K. Penchaszadeh;G. K. Penchaszadeh

  • PKHD1, the polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 gene, encodes a novel large protein containing multiple immunoglobulin-like plexin-transcription-factor domains and parallel beta-helix 1 repeats

    Luiz F. Onuchic;Laszlo Furu;Yasuyuki Nagasawa;Xiaoying Hou

  • Estimation of the mutation frequencies in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies: a European collaborative study

    E. Nelis;C. van Broeckhoven;E.C.M. Mariman;A.A.W.M. Gabreëls-Festen

  • Quantitative analysis of survival motor neuron copies: identification of subtle SMN1 mutations in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, genotype-phenotype correlation, and implications for genetic counseling.

    Brunhilde Wirth;M. Herz;A. Wetter;S. Moskau

  • Mutations in the gene encoding immunoglobulin mu-binding protein 2 cause spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1.

    Katja Grohmann;Markus Schuelke;Alexander Diers;Katrin Hoffmann

  • Loss of Nephrocystin-3 Function Can Cause Embryonic Lethality, Meckel-Gruber-like Syndrome, Situs Inversus, and Renal-Hepatic-Pancreatic Dysplasia

    Carsten Bergmann;Manfred Fliegauf;Nadina Ortiz Brüchle;Valeska Frank

  • Clinical consequences of PKHD1 mutations in 164 patients with autosomal-recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD).

    Carsten Bergmann;Jan Senderek;Ellen Windelen;Fabian Küpper

  • Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function–related traits in east Asian populations

    Y. Okada;X. Sim;X. Sim;M. J. Go;J. Y. Wu;J. Y. Wu

  • ENHANCED APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH OF RENAL EPITHELIAL CELLS IN MICE LACKING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2BETA

    Markus Moser;Armin Pscherer;Christina Roth;Jutta Becker

  • Genetic loci influencing kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    John C Chambers;Weihua Zhang;Graham M Lord;Graham M Lord;Pim van der Harst

  • Prenatal diagnosis of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD): Molecular genetics, clinical experience, and fetal morphology

    Klaus Zerres;Gabi Mücher;Jutta Becker;Carsten Steinkamm

  • A collaborative study on the natural history of childhood and juvenile onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy (type II and III SMA): 569 patients

    Klaus Zerres;Sabine Rudnik-Schöneborn;Eric Forrest;Anna Lusakowska

  • Mutation of the SBF2 gene, encoding a novel member of the myotubularin family, in Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathy type 4B2/11p15

    Jan Senderek;Carsten Bergmann;Susanne Weber;Uwe-Peter Ketelsen

  • Mapping of the Gene for Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney-disease (arpkd) To Chromosome 6p21-cen

    K. Zerres;Yves Pirson;G. Mucher;L. Bachner

  • Mutations in SIL1 cause Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome, a cerebellar ataxia with cataract and myopathy

    J. Senderek;M. Krieger;C. Stendel;C. Bergmann

  • Deficiency of UBR1, a ubiquitin ligase of the N-end rule pathway, causes pancreatic dysfunction, malformations and mental retardation (Johanson-Blizzard syndrome).

    Martin Zenker;Julia Mayerle;Markus M Lerch;Andreas Tagariello

  • Mutations in the RNA exosome component gene EXOSC3 cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia and spinal motor neuron degeneration

    Jijun Wan;Michael Yourshaw;Hafsa Mamsa;Sabine Rudnik-Schöneborn

  • The Position of the Polycystic Kidney Disease 1 (PKD1) Gene Mutation Correlates with the Severity of Renal Disease

    Sandro Rossetti;Sarah Burton;Lana Strmecki;Gregory R. Pond

  • Cystic kidneys. Genetics, pathologic anatomy, clinical picture, and prenatal diagnosis

    K Zerres;M C Völpel;H Weiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Eggermann
Thomas Eggermann RWTH Aachen University
Jan Senderek
Jan Senderek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Brunhilde Wirth
Brunhilde Wirth University of Cologne
Tilo Kircher
Tilo Kircher Philipp University of Marburg
Axel Krug
Axel Krug Philipp University of Marburg
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Sören Krach
Sören Krach University of Lübeck
Tony Stöcker
Tony Stöcker German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Carsten Bergmann
Carsten Bergmann University of Freiburg

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