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France
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
79
Citations
21851
World Ranking
1641
National Ranking
68

Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
22780
World Ranking
17569
National Ranking
585

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award

Overview

Michel Vekemans is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their recent research includes contributions to the field of genetics with publications in recognized scientific journals such as Birth Defects Research and American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A.

Some of their notable recent papers are:

  • Biallelic THOC6 pathogenic variants: Prenatal phenotype and review of the literature, 2022, Birth Defects Research
  • Homozygous GLI3 variants observed in three unrelated patients presenting with syndromic polydactyly, 2021, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Abstracts, 2021, Birth Defects Research
  • Issue Information, 2021, Birth Defects Research
  • Issue Information, 2021, Birth Defects Research

Michel Vekemans has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kristin Artinger
  • Susan L. Makris
  • Ad Hoc
  • Marcia L. Feldkamp
  • Russell S. Kirby

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Birth Defects Research
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

Their scientific research spans multiple subfields of study such as:

  • Genetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacy
  • Dermatology

Main topics addressed by Michel Vekemans in their research are:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Oral and gingival health research
  • Cancer and Skin Lesions

Best Publications

  • Isolation by Size of Epithelial Tumor Cells : A New Method for the Immunomorphological and Molecular Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells

    Giovanna Vona;Abdelmajid Sabile;Malek Louha;Veronique Sitruk

  • Polyalanine expansion and frameshift mutations of the paired-like homeobox gene PHOX2B in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome

    Jeanne Amiel;Béatrice Laudier;Tania Attié-Bitach;Ha Trang

  • Splotch (Sp2H), a mutation affecting development of the mouse neural tube, shows a deletion within the paired homeodomain of Pax-3.

    Douglas J. Epstein;Michel Vekemans;Philippe Gros

  • The ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is mutated in cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (Joubert syndrome type B) and Meckel syndrome

    Marion Delous;Lekbir Baala;Rémi Salomon;Christine Laclef;Christine Laclef

  • Highly conserved non-coding elements on either side of SOX9 associated with Pierre Robin sequence.

    Sabina Benko;Judy A. Fantes;Jeanne Amiel;Dirk Jan Kleinjan

  • Human neural tube defects: Developmental biology, epidemiology, and genetics

    Eric R. Detrait;Timothy M. George;Heather C. Etchevers;John R. Gilbert

  • SHOX mutations in dyschondrosteosis (Leri-Weill syndrome)

    V Belin;V Cusin;G Viot;D Girlich

  • Array‐based comparative genomic hybridisation identifies high frequency of cryptic chromosomal rearrangements in patients with syndromic autism spectrum disorders

    M-L Jacquemont;D Sanlaville;R Redon;O Raoul

  • Nucleus basalis magnocellularis and hippocampus are the major sites of FMR-1 expression in the human fetal brain

    Marc Abitbol;Christian Menini;Anne-Lise Delezoide;Thomas Rhyner

  • Germline deletion of the miR-17 ∼ 92 cluster causes skeletal and growth defects in humans

    Loïc de Pontual;Loïc de Pontual;Evelyn Yao;Patrick Callier;Laurence Faivre

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

    Lekbir Baala;Sophie Audollent;Jéléna Martinovic;Catherine Ozilou

  • Mutations in TMEM216 perturb ciliogenesis and cause Joubert, Meckel and related syndromes

    Enza Maria Valente;Clare V Logan;Soumaya Mougou-Zerelli;Jeong Ho Lee

  • PAX8, TITF1, and FOXE1 gene expression patterns during human development: new insights into human thyroid development and thyroid dysgenesis-associated malformations.

    Sylvia Sura Trueba;Joëlle Augé;Géraldine Mattei;Heather Etchevers

  • The Meckel-Gruber Syndrome Gene, MKS3, Is Mutated in Joubert Syndrome

    Lekbir Baala;Stéphane Romano;Rana Khaddour;Sophie Saunier

  • Phenotypic spectrum of CHARGE syndrome in fetuses with CHD7 truncating mutations correlates with expression during human development

    Damien Sanlaville;Heather C Etchevers;Marie Gonzales;Jelena Martinovic

  • KIF7 mutations cause fetal hydrolethalus and acrocallosal syndromes

    Audrey Putoux;Sophie Thomas;Karlien L.M. Coene;Erica E. Davis

  • Truncating Neurotrypsin Mutation in Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Mental Retardation

    Florence Molinari;Marlène Rio;Virginia Meskenaite;Férechté Encha-Razavi

  • Down syndrome congenital heart disease: a narrowed region and a candidate gene.

    Gillian M. Barlow;Xiao Ning Chen;Zheng Y. Shi;Gary E. Lyons

  • A tumor profile in Down syndrome

    Daniel Satgé;Danièle Sommelet;Aimé Geneix;Motoi Nishi

  • Inversion of the circadian rhythm of melatonin in the Smith-Magenis syndrome.

    Hélène De Leersnyder;Marie-Christine de Blois;Bruno Claustrat;Serge Romana

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Tania Attié-Bitach
Tania Attié-Bitach Université Paris Cité
Stanislas Lyonnet
Stanislas Lyonnet Université Paris Cité
Jeanne Amiel
Jeanne Amiel Université Paris Cité
Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Yves Ville
Yves Ville Université Paris Cité
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Marlène Rio
Marlène Rio Université Paris Cité
Anne-Lise Delezoide
Anne-Lise Delezoide Université Paris Cité

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