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Pablo Lapunzina is affiliated with Hospital Universitario La Paz in Spain. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a significant focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology, supported by a substantial number of publications in these disciplines.

Their primary subfields of study include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. The main research topics covered by Lapunzina involve:

  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Congenital heart defects research

Lapunzina has contributed to various recent scientific papers, covering diverse medical and genetic research topics. Notable publications include:

  • "The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2024: phenotypes around the world," 2023, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19," 2023, published in Nature
  • "A six-attribute classification of genetic mosaicism," 2020, published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Shorter androgen receptor polyQ alleles protect against life-threatening COVID-19 disease in European males," 2021, published in EBioMedicine
  • "Interaction between KDELR2 and HSP47 as a Key Determinant in Osteogenesis Imperfecta Caused by Bi-allelic Variants in KDELR2," 2020, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Lapunzina include Jair Tenorio, Julián Nevado, Natalia Gallego, Pedro Arias, and Mario Cazalla.

Publications from Lapunzina appear regularly across several scientific venues. The most common ones include:

  • Clinical Genetics
  • Genes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Epigenetics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

  • Expert consensus document: Clinical and molecular diagnosis, screening and management of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: an international consensus statement.

    Frédéric Brioude;Jennifer M Kalish;Alessandro Mussa;Alison C Foster;Alison C Foster

  • Diversity and Function of Mutations in P450 Oxidoreductase in Patients with Antley-Bixler Syndrome and Disordered Steroidogenesis

    Ningwu Huang;Amit Vikram Pandey;Vishal Agrawal;William Reardon

  • PROREPAIR-B: A Prospective Cohort Study of the Impact of Germline DNA Repair Mutations on the Outcomes of Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

    Elena Castro;Nuria Romero-Laorden;Angela del Pozo;Rebeca Lozano

  • Genome-wide parent-of-origin DNA methylation analysis reveals the intricacies of human imprinting and suggests a germline methylation-independent mechanism of establishment

    Franck Court;Chiharu Tayama;Valeria Romanelli;Alex Martin-Trujillo

  • Identification of a frameshift mutation in Osterix in a patient with recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Pablo Lapunzina;Mona Aglan;Samia Temtamy;José A. Caparrós-Martín

  • Extending the phenotype of recurrent rearrangements of 16p11.2: Deletions in mentally retarded patients without autism and in normal individuals

    E.K. Bijlsma;A.C.J. Gijsbers;J.H.M. Schuurs-Hoeijmakers;A. van Haeringen

  • Risk of tumorigenesis in overgrowth syndromes: a comprehensive review.

    Pablo Lapunzina

  • Mutations in WNT1 Cause Different Forms of Bone Fragility

    Katharina Keupp;Filippo Beleggia;Hülya Kayserili;Aileen M. Barnes

  • NOTCH2 mutations in Alagille syndrome

    Binita Maya Kamath;Robert C Bauer;Kathleen M Loomes;Grace Chao

  • Mutations in two nonhomologous genes in a head-to-head configuration cause Ellis-van Creveld syndrome

    Victor L. Ruiz-Perez;W.J. Stuart Tompson;J. Helen Blair;Cecilia Espinoza-Valdez

  • Identification of a mutation causing deficient BMP1/mTLD proteolytic activity in autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Víctor Martínez-Glez;Maria Valencia;Maria Valencia;José A. Caparrós-Martín;José A. Caparrós-Martín;Mona Aglan

  • HRAS mutation analysis in Costello syndrome: Genotype and phenotype correlation

    Karen W. Gripp;Angela E. Lin;Deborah L. Stabley;Linda Nicholson

  • Epigenetic inactivation of the Sotos overgrowth syndrome gene histone methyltransferase NSD1 in human neuroblastoma and glioma

    María Berdasco;Santiago Ropero;Fernando Setien;Mario F. Fraga

  • Leiomodin-3 dysfunction results in thin filament disorganization and nemaline myopathy

    Michaela Yuen;Sarah A. Sandaradura;James J. Dowling;James J. Dowling;Alla S. Kostyukova

  • Deletions Involving Long-Range Conserved Nongenic Sequences Upstream and Downstream of FOXL2 as a Novel Disease-Causing Mechanism in Blepharophimosis Syndrome

    D. Beysen;J. Raes;B.P. Leroy;B.P. Leroy;A. Lucassen

  • Molecular and clinical analysis of RAF1 in Noonan syndrome and related disorders: dephosphorylation of serine 259 as the essential mechanism for mutant activation.

    Tomoko Kobayashi;Yoko Aoki;Tetsuya Niihori;Hélène Cavé

  • Novel (60%) and Recurrent (40%) Androgen Receptor Gene Mutations in a Series of 59 Patients with a 46,XY Disorder of Sex Development

    L. Audi;M. Fernández-Cancio;A. Carrascosa;P. Andaluz

  • Reduced hepatic expression of farnesoid X receptor in hereditary cholestasis associated to mutation in ATP8B1

    Luis Alvarez;Paloma Jara;Elena Sánchez-Sabaté;Loreto Hierro

  • New microdeletion and microduplication syndromes: a comprehensive review

    Julián Nevado;Rafaella Mergener;María Palomares-Bralo;Karen Regina Souza

  • Expert consensus document: Clinical and molecular diagnosis, screening and management of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: an international consensus statement

    Brioude F;Kalish Jm;Mussa A;Foster Ac

Frequent Co-Authors

Manel Esteller
Manel Esteller Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Eamonn R. Maher
Eamonn R. Maher University of Cambridge
Raoul C.M. Hennekam
Raoul C.M. Hennekam University of Amsterdam
Björn Menten
Björn Menten Ghent University Hospital
Elfride De Baere
Elfride De Baere Ghent University
Jonathan Sebat
Jonathan Sebat University of California, San Diego
Thomas Eggermann
Thomas Eggermann RWTH Aachen University
Bruno Dallapiccola
Bruno Dallapiccola Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Fadi F. Hamdan
Fadi F. Hamdan University of Montreal
Hülya Kayserili
Hülya Kayserili Koç University

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