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Overview

Nicholas J. Lench is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Ophthalmology.

They have contributed extensively to topics involving Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities. Other areas explored in their work include Retinal Development and Disorders, Connexins and lens biology, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Frequent co-authors of Nicholas J. Lench include Katherine A. Benson, Robert Carton, Daniel J. Costello, Colin P. Doherty, and Hany El-Naggar, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in their research domain.

Publications featuring Nicholas J. Lench have appeared in several specialized journals and venues. These include the European Journal of Human Genetics, Epilepsia, Journal of Medical Genetics, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, and Genetics in Medicine.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Nicholas J. Lench include:

  • A comparison of genomic diagnostics in adults and children with epilepsy and comorbid intellectual disability, 2020, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Using an integrative machine learning approach utilising homology modelling to clinically interpret genetic variants: CACNA1F as an exemplar, 2020, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Dissecting genetics of spectrum of epilepsies with eyelid myoclonia by exome sequencing, 2023, Epilepsia
  • Somatic variants as a cause of drug-resistant epilepsy including mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis, 2024, Epilepsia
  • Improving the clinical interpretation of missense variants in X linked genes using structural analysis, 2021, Journal of Medical Genetics

Best Publications

  • Connexin 26 mutations in hereditary non-syndromic sensorineural deafness

    Kelsell Dp;Dunlop J;Stevens Hp;Lench Nj

  • Prelingual Deafness: High Prevalence of a 30delG Mutation in the Connexin 26 Gene

    Françoise Denoyelle;Dominique Weil;Marion A. Maw;Stephen A. Wilcox

  • Use of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol gene score to distinguish patients with polygenic and monogenic familial hypercholesterolaemia: a case-control study

    Philippa J Talmud;Sonia Shah;Ros Whittall;Marta Futema

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the cathepsin C gene result in periodontal disease and palmoplantar keratosis

    C. Toomes;J. James;A. J. Wood;Chu Lee Wu

  • Positional cloning of a novel gene influencing asthma from Chromosome 2q14

    Maxine Allen;Andrea Heinzmann;Emiko Noguchi;Gonçalo Abecasis

  • Extent and Distribution of Linkage Disequilibrium in Three Genomic Regions

    Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Emiko Noguchi;Andrea Heinzmann;James A. Traherne

  • A candidate for the cystic fibrosis locus isolated by selection for methylation-free islands

    Xavier Estivill;Martin Farrall;Peter J. Scambler;Gillian M. Bell

  • Simple non-invasive method to obtain DNA for gene analysis.

    Nicholas Lench;Philip Stanier;Robert Williamson

  • Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with a TNF polymorphism that affects an interaction between the OCT1 and NF(-kappa)B transcription factors.

    David A. van Heel;Irina A. Udalova;Arjuna P. De Silva;Dermot P. McGovern

  • Identification of mutations in the connexin 26 gene that cause autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss

    D. A. Scott;M. L. Kraft;R. Carmi;A. Ramesh

  • Low-density lipoprotein receptor gene familial hypercholesterolemia variant database: update and pathological assessment.

    Ebele Usifo;Sarah E. A. Leigh;Ros A. Whittall;Nicholas Lench

  • Exome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis of fetuses with sonographic abnormalities

    Suzanne Drury;Hywel Williams;Natalie Trump;Christopher Boustred

  • Primary Autosomal Recessive Microcephaly (MCPH1) Maps to Chromosome 8p22-pter

    Andrew P. Jackson;Duncan P. McHale;David A. Campbell;Hussain Jafri

  • Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia: next-generation sequencing allows for a safer, more accurate, and comprehensive approach

    Lyn S. Chitty;Lyn S. Chitty;Sarah Mason;Angela N. Barrett;Fiona McKay

  • Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic non-syndromal sensorineural deafness

    Nicholas Lench;Mark Houseman;Valerie Newton;Guy Van Camp

  • The clinical implementation of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for single-gene disorders: challenges and progress made

    Nicholas Lench;Angela Barrett;Sarah Fielding;Fiona McKay

  • A novel mutation in the mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) gene in a family with non-syndromic sensorineural hearing impairment

    Tim P Hutchin;Mick J Parker;Ian D Young;Adrian C Davis

  • Characterisation of molecular defects in X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta (AIH1).

    Nicholas J. Lench;Gerald B. Winter

  • Whole exome sequencing of familial hypercholesterolaemia patients negative for LDLR/APOB/PCSK9 mutations

    Marta Futema;Vincent Plagnol;KaWah Li;Ros A Whittall

  • A third novel locus for primary autosomal recessive microcephaly maps to chromosome 9q34

    Leanne Moynihan;Andrew P. Jackson;Emma Roberts;Gulshan Karbani

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyn S. Chitty
Lyn S. Chitty University College London
Derek P. Jewell
Derek P. Jewell University of Oxford
Robert Williamson
Robert Williamson University of Melbourne
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford
Dermot P.B. McGovern
Dermot P.B. McGovern Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Lon R. Cardon
Lon R. Cardon The Jackson Laboratory
Gillian P. Bates
Gillian P. Bates University College London
Peter J. Scambler
Peter J. Scambler University College London
David A. van Heel
David A. van Heel Queen Mary University of London

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