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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
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Overview

Maximilian Muenke is affiliated with the American College of Medical Genetics in the United States. Their research spans several fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on genetics and molecular biology as the primary areas of scientific contribution.

Muenke has contributed to a variety of subfields including genetics, molecular biology, immunology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology. Their work addresses several main topics, such as Hedgehog signaling pathway studies, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, congenital heart defects research, genomics and chromatin dynamics, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and congenital heart disease studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • Sex differences in neutrophil biology modulate response to type I interferons and immunometabolism, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The 2019 US medical genetics workforce: a focus on clinical genetics, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • The human inactive X chromosome modulates expression of the active X chromosome, 2023, Cell Genomics
  • De Novo Variants in CNOT1, a Central Component of the CCR4-NOT Complex Involved in Gene Expression and RNA and Protein Stability, Cause Neurodevelopmental Delay, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • The human Y and inactive X chromosomes similarly modulate autosomal gene expression, 2023, Cell Genomics

Muenke collaborates frequently with a set of coauthors who have appeared in multiple publications alongside them. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Paul Kruszka (24 publications)
  • Kristin Artinger (18 publications)
  • Michel Vekemans (13 publications)
  • Christina Chambers (13 publications)
  • San Diego (13 publications)

Their work is often published in specialized venues including:

  • Birth Defects Research (14 publications)
  • Genetics in Medicine (5 publications)
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Human Mutation (4 publications)

Maximilian Muenke has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians, reflecting professional recognition within the medical genetics community.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the human Sonic Hedgehog gene cause holoprosencephaly.

    Erich Roessler;Elena Belloni;Karin Gaudenz;Philippe Jay

  • A common mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene in Pfeiffer syndrome

    M Muenke;U Schell;A Hehr;N H Robin

  • Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly

    E. Belloni;M. Muenke;E. Roessler;G. Traverso

  • Holoprosencephaly due to mutations in ZIC2, a homologue of Drosophila odd-paired.

    Stephen A. Brown;Dorothy Warburton;Lucia Y. Brown;Chih-yu Yu

  • Overexpression of an Osteogenic Morphogen in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

    Adam B. Shafritz;Eileen M. Shore;Francis H. Gannon;Michael A. Zasloff

  • The Mutational Spectrum of the Sonic Hedgehog Gene in Holoprosencephaly: SHH Mutations Cause a Significant Proportion of Autosomal Dominant Holoprosencephaly

    Luisa Nanni;Jeffrey E. Ming;Maureen Bocian;Kathryn Steinhaus

  • Mutations in the homeodomain of the human SIX3 gene cause holoprosencephaly.

    Deeann E. Wallis;Erich Roessler;Erich Roessler;Ute Hehr;Luisa Nanni

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the human GLI2 gene are associated with pituitary anomalies and holoprosencephaly-like features

    Erich Roessler;Yang-Zhu Du;Jose L. Mullor;Esther Casas

  • Mutations in TGIF cause holoprosencephaly and link NODAL signalling to human neural axis determination

    Karen W. Gripp;David Wotton;Michael C. Edwards;Michael C. Edwards;Erich Roessler

  • A unique point mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3) defines a new craniosynostosis syndrome.

    M Muenke;K W Gripp;D M McDonald-McGinn;K Gaudenz

  • Fibroblast-growth-factor receptor mutations in human skeletal disorders

    Maximilian Muenke;Ute Schell

  • Familial dementia caused by polymerization of mutant neuroserpin

    Richard L. Davis;Antony E. Shrimpton;Peter D. Holohan;Charles Bradshaw

  • Opitz G/BBB syndrome, a defect of midline development, is due to mutations in a new RING finger gene on Xp22

    Nandita A. Quaderi;Susann Schweiger;Karin Gaudenz;Brunella Franco

  • Multiple Hits during Early Embryonic Development: Digenic Diseases and Holoprosencephaly

    Jeffrey E. Ming;Maximilian Muenke

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the EGF-CFC gene CFC1 are associated with human left-right laterality defects.

    Richard N. Bamford;Erich Roessler;Rebecca D. Burdine;Umay Şaplakoğlu

  • Genetics of ventral forebrain development and holoprosencephaly.

    Maximilian Muenke;Maximilian Muenke;Philip A Beachy

  • Identical mutations in three different fibroblast growth factor receptor genes in autosomal dominant craniosynostosis syndromes.

    Gary A. Bellus;Karin Gaudenz;Elaine H. Zackai;Lome A. Clarke

  • A common variant of the latrophilin 3 gene, LPHN3, confers susceptibility to ADHD and predicts effectiveness of stimulant medication

    Arcos-Burgos M;Jain M;Acosta Mt;Shively S

  • Genetics of population isolates

    M Arcos-Burgos;M Muenke

  • Mutations in FGFR1 and FGFR2 cause familial and sporadic Pfeiffer syndrome

    Ute Schell;Andreas Hehr;George J. Feldman;Nathaniel H. Robin

Frequent Co-Authors

Erich Roessler
Erich Roessler National Institutes of Health
Mauricio Arcos-Burgos
Mauricio Arcos-Burgos University of Antioquia
Elaine H. Zackai
Elaine H. Zackai Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Francisco Lopera
Francisco Lopera University of Antioquia
Christèle Dubourg
Christèle Dubourg University of Rennes
Donna M. McDonald-McGinn
Donna M. McDonald-McGinn Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Véronique David
Véronique David Université de Rennes
Mauricio R. Delgado
Mauricio R. Delgado The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sylvie Odent
Sylvie Odent University of Rennes
F. Xavier Castellanos
F. Xavier Castellanos New York University

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