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Overview

Martin Zenker is affiliated with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. Their research spans several main fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Immunology, and Oncology.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas with notable focus on:

  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Recent publications contributing to the scientific literature include:

  • "Aberrant phase separation and nucleolar dysfunction in rare genetic diseases", 2023, published in Nature
  • "Noonan syndrome: improving recognition and diagnosis", 2022, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • "Enhanced MAPK1 Function Causes a Neurodevelopmental Disorder within the RASopathy Clinical Spectrum", 2020, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "NEMF mutations that impair ribosome-associated quality control are associated with neuromuscular disease", 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "SPRED2 loss-of-function causes a recessive Noonan syndrome-like phenotype", 2021, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin Zenker include:

  • Denny Schanze
  • Marco Tartaglia
  • Ilse Wieland
  • Alexander Link
  • Konrad Lehr

Their publications appear regularly in established scientific journals, with key venues including:

  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • European Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Best Publications

  • Germline KRAS mutations cause Noonan syndrome

    Suzanne Schubbert;Martin Zenker;Sara L . Rowe;Silke Böll

  • A Single-Gene Cause in 29.5% of Cases of Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

    Carolin E. Sadowski;Svjetlana Lovric;Shazia Ashraf;Werner L. Pabst

  • Identifying facial phenotypes of genetic disorders using deep learning

    Yaron Gurovich;Yair Hanani;Omri Bar;Guy Nadav

  • Mutations in GRIN2A and GRIN2B encoding regulatory subunits of NMDA receptors cause variable neurodevelopmental phenotypes.

    Sabine Endele;Georg Rosenberger;Kirsten Geider;Bernt Popp

  • Diagnostic yield of various genetic approaches in patients with unexplained developmental delay or mental retardation.

    Anita Rauch;Juliane Hoyer;Sabine Guth;Christiane Zweier

  • Human laminin β2 deficiency causes congenital nephrosis with mesangial sclerosis and distinct eye abnormalities

    Martin Zenker;Thomas Aigner;Olaf Wendler;Tim Tralau

  • Nephrotic syndrome in the first year of life: two thirds of cases are caused by mutations in 4 genes (NPHS1, NPHS2, WT1, and LAMB2).

    Bernward G Hinkes;Bettina Mucha;Christopher N Vlangos;Rasheed Gbadegesin

  • Mutation of SHOC2 promotes aberrant protein N-myristoylation and causes Noonan-like syndrome with loose anagen hair

    Viviana Cordeddu;Elia Di Schiavi;Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio;Avi Ma’ayan

  • Noonan syndrome and clinically related disorders

    Marco Tartaglia;Bruce D. Gelb;Martin Zenker

  • COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness

    Saskia F. Heeringa;Gil Chernin;Moumita Chaki;Weibin Zhou

  • A restricted spectrum of NRAS mutations causes Noonan syndrome

    Ion C. Cirstea;Kerstin Kutsche;Radovan Dvorsky;Lothar Gremer

  • STXBP1 encephalopathy A neurodevelopmental disorder including epilepsy

    Hannah Stamberger;Marina Nikanorova;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Patrizia Accorsi

  • Genotype-phenotype correlations in Noonan syndrome.

    Martin Zenker;Gernot Buheitel;Ralf Rauch;Rainer Koenig

  • 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

  • Mutation Analysis of Core Binding Factor A1 in Patients with Cleidocranial Dysplasia

    I. Quack;B. Vonderstrass;M. Stock;As S. Aylsworth

  • Heterozygous Germline Mutations in the CBL Tumor-Suppressor Gene Cause a Noonan Syndrome-like Phenotype

    Simone Martinelli;Alessandro De Luca;Emilia Stellacci;Cesare Rossi

  • Childhood cancer predisposition syndromes : A concise review and recommendations by the Cancer Predisposition Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology

    Tim Ripperger;Stefan S. Bielack;Arndt Borkhardt;Ines B. Brecht;Ines B. Brecht

  • Clinical and molecular delineation of the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome

    D. A. Koolen;A. J. Sharp;A. J. Sharp;J. A. Hurst;H. V. Firth

  • Further clinical and molecular delineation of the 9q Subtelomeric Deletion Syndrome supports a major contribution of EHMT1 haploinsufficiency to the core phenotype

    T Kleefstra;W A van Zelst-Stams;W M Nillesen;V Cormier-Daire

  • Expansion of the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum in patients with KRAS germline mutations

    Martin Zenker;Katarina Lehmann;Anna Leana Schulz;Helmut Barth

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita Rauch
Anita Rauch University of Zurich
Marco Tartaglia
Marco Tartaglia Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
André Reis
André Reis University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Dagmar Wieczorek
Dagmar Wieczorek Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Markus M. Lerch
Markus M. Lerch Greifswald University Hospital
Charlotte M. Niemeyer
Charlotte M. Niemeyer University of Freiburg
Bruce D. Gelb
Bruce D. Gelb Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Julia Mayerle
Julia Mayerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hélène Cavé
Hélène Cavé Université Paris Cité

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