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Martine Le Merrer is affiliated with Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in France, contributing extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their academic work spans a significant number of publications in these fields with focused investigations in genetics and molecular biology, alongside relevant contributions to surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of specialized topics including:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments

Notable recent publications by Martine Le Merrer include:

  • "Diagnosis support systems for rare diseases: a scoping review," 2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • "Perturbations of genes essential for Müllerian duct and Wölffian duct development in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Three Copies of Four Interferon Receptor Genes Underlie a Mild Type I Interferonopathy in Down Syndrome," 2020, Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • "Phenotypic spectrum and genomics of undiagnosed arthrogryposis multiplex congenita," 2021, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • "Human OTULIN haploinsufficiency impairs cell-intrinsic immunity to staphylococcal α-toxin," 2022, Science

Martine Le Merrer often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jeanne Amiel
  • Valérie Cormier-Daire
  • Marlène Rio
  • Nicolas Garcelon
  • Tania Attié-Bitach

Their work is published regularly in several key scientific journals, among which frequent venues include:

  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Martine Le Merrer's research records show a detailed focus on understanding the genetic and molecular bases of rare diseases and congenital disorders, contributing to the clinical and genomic characterization of various conditions. This includes studies on interferon-related genes in Down Syndrome, gene perturbations in developmental syndromes, and cellular immunity mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Epimutation of the telomeric imprinting center region on chromosome 11p15 in Silver-Russell syndrome

    Christine Gicquel;Sylvie Rossignol;Sylvie Cabrol;Muriel Houang

  • Mutations in STAT3 and IL12RB1 impair the development of human IL-17–producing T cells

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Anne Puel;Anne Puel;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Lamin A and ZMPSTE24 (FACE-1) defects cause nuclear disorganization and identify restrictive dermopathy as a lethal neonatal laminopathy

    Claire L. Navarro;Annachiara De Sandre-Giovannoli;Rafaëlle Bernard;Irène Boccaccio

  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

    Frederick S. Kaplan;Martine Le Merrer;David L. Glaser;Robert J. Pignolo

  • Only four genes (EDA1, EDAR, EDARADD, and WNT10A) account for 90% of hypohidrotic/anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia cases.

    Céline Cluzeau;Smail Hadj-Rabia;Marguerite Jambou;Sourour Mansour

  • Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy and Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum Can Be Caused by Mutations in Either ENPP1 or ABCC6

    Yvonne Nitschke;Geneviève Baujat;Ulrike Botschen;Tanja Wittkampf

  • Pleiotropic Effects of CEP290 (NPHP6) Mutations Extend to Meckel Syndrome

    Lekbir Baala;Sophie Audollent;Jéléna Martinovic;Catherine Ozilou

  • Mutations in the CCN gene family member WISP3 cause progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia.

    J R Hurvitz;W M Suwairi;W Van Hul;H El-Shanti

  • Comparison of Clinical Presentations and Outcomes Between Patients With TGFBR2 and FBN1 Mutations in Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders

    David Attias;Chantal Stheneur;Carine Roy;Gwenaëlle Collod-Béroud

  • Genetic study of scaphocephaly

    Elizabeth Lajeunie;Martine Le Merrer;Catherine Bonaïti-Pellie;Daniel Marchac

  • Clustering of mutations responsible for branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome in the eyes absent homologous region (eyaHR) of EYA1

    Sonia Abdelhak;Vasiliki Kalatzis;Roland Heilig;Sylvie Compain

  • Ellis-van Creveld syndrome.

    Geneviève Baujat;Martine Le Merrer

  • DYNC2H1 Mutations Cause Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy and Short Rib-Polydactyly Syndrome, Type III

    Nathalie Dagoneau;Marie Goulet;David Geneviève;Yves Sznajer

  • ADAMTSL2 mutations in geleophysic dysplasia demonstrate a role for ADAMTS-like proteins in TGF-beta bioavailability regulation.

    Carine Le Goff;Fanny Morice-Picard;Nathalie Dagoneau;Lauren W Wang

  • Mutations in the TGFβ Binding-Protein-Like Domain 5 of FBN1 Are Responsible for Acromicric and Geleophysic Dysplasias

    Carine Le Goff;Clémentine Mahaut;Lauren W Wang;Slimane Allali

  • Mainzer-Saldino syndrome is a ciliopathy caused by IFT140 mutations.

    Isabelle Perrault;Sophie Saunier;Sylvain Hanein;Emilie Filhol

  • Identification of mutations in CUL7 in 3-M syndrome

    Céline Huber;Dora Dias-Santagata;Anna Glaser;James O'Sullivan

  • Truncating mutations in the last exon of NOTCH2 cause a rare skeletal disorder with osteoporosis

    Bertrand Isidor;Pierre Lindenbaum;Pierre Lindenbaum;Olivier Pichon;Stéphane Bézieau

  • Cantú Syndrome Is Caused by Mutations in ABCC9

    Bregje W.M. van Bon;Christian Gilissen;Dorothy K. Grange;Raoul C.M. Hennekam

  • PIK3R1 Mutations Cause Syndromic Insulin Resistance with Lipoatrophy

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Stanislas Lyonnet
Stanislas Lyonnet Université Paris Cité
Albert David
Albert David University of Nantes
Geert Mortier
Geert Mortier University of Antwerp
André Mégarbané
André Mégarbané Lebanese American University
Bertrand Isidor
Bertrand Isidor Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
Jeanne Amiel
Jeanne Amiel Université Paris Cité
Andrea Superti-Furga
Andrea Superti-Furga University of Lausanne

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