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Paul Coucke is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside significant contributions to medicine. Their work intersects key subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, and cell biology, with additional work related to public health, environmental, and occupational health, as well as epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers several specific topics, including:

  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering
  • Dermatological and skeletal disorders
  • Pluripotent stem cells research
  • Skin and cellular biology research
  • Renal and related cancers

Paul Coucke has frequently published in a variety of scientific venues, with significant numbers of publications in:

  • Human Reproduction
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bone Reports
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Genes

Their recent papers include:

  • "Zebrafish: A Resourceful Vertebrate Model to Investigate Skeletal Disorders," 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Phenomics-Based Quantification of CRISPR-Induced Mosaicism in Zebrafish," 2020, Cell Systems
  • "Maximizing CRISPR/Cas9 phenotype penetrance applying predictive modeling of editing outcomes in Xenopus and zebrafish embryos," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Lrp5 Mutant and Crispant Zebrafish Faithfully Model Human Osteoporosis, Establishing the Zebrafish as a Platform for CRISPR-Based Functional Screening of Osteoporosis Candidate Genes," 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • "Shortcutting the diagnostic odyssey: the multidisciplinary Program for Undiagnosed Rare Diseases in adults (UD-PrOZA)," 2022, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Paul Coucke commonly collaborates with several coauthors in their research work. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Andy Willaert
  • Annekatrien Boel
  • Björn Menten
  • Jan Willem Bek
  • Björn Heindryckx

Best Publications

  • A syndrome of altered cardiovascular, craniofacial, neurocognitive and skeletal development caused by mutations in TGFBR1 or TGFBR2

    Bart L Loeys;Junji Chen;Enid R Neptune;Daniel P Judge

  • Aneurysm Syndromes Caused by Mutations in the TGF-β Receptor

    Bart L. Loeys;Bart L. Loeys;Ulrike Schwarze;Tammy Holm;Bert L. Callewaert

  • Consortium for osteogenesis imperfecta mutations in the helical domain of type I collagen: regions rich in lethal mutations align with collagen binding sites for integrins and proteoglycans

    Joan C. Marini;Antonella Forlino;Antonella Forlino;Wayne A. Cabral;Aileen M. Barnes

  • Effect of mutation type and location on clinical outcome in 1,013 probands with marfan syndrome or related phenotypes and FBN1 mutations : An international study

    L. Faivre;G. Collod-Beroud;G. Collod-Beroud;B.L. Loeys;A. Child

  • Loss-of-function mutations in LEMD3 result in osteopoikilosis, Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome and melorheostosis.

    Jan Hellemans;Olena Preobrazhenska;Andy Willaert;Philippe Debeer

  • Mutations in the human |[alpha]|-tectorin gene cause autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing impairment

    Kristien Verhoeven;Lut Van Laer;Karin Kirschhofer;P Kevin Legan

  • Nephrocystin-5, a ciliary IQ domain protein, is mutated in Senior-Loken syndrome and interacts with RPGR and calmodulin

    Edgar A. Otto;Bart Loeys;Hemant Khanna;Jan Hellemans

  • Mutations in the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT10 alter angiogenesis and cause arterial tortuosity syndrome

    Paul J Coucke;Andy Willaert;Marja W Wessels;Bert Callewaert

  • Homozygosity for a missense mutation in fibulin-5 (FBLN5) results in a severe form of cutis laxa

    Bart Loeys;Lionel Van Maldergem;Geert Mortier;Paul Coucke

  • Mutations in Fibrillin-1 Cause Congenital Scleroderma: Stiff Skin Syndrome

    B. L. Loeys;B. L. Loeys;E. E. Gerber;D. Riegert-Johnson;S. Iqbal

  • Comprehensive molecular screening of the FBN1 gene favors locus homogeneity of classical Marfan syndrome.

    B. Loeys;J. De Backer;P. Van Acker;K. Wettinck

  • Positional Cloning of a Gene Involved in Hereditary Multiple Exostoses

    W. Wuyts;W. Van Hul;J. Wauters;M. Nemtsova

  • Phenotypic spectrum of the SMAD3-related aneurysms–osteoarthritis syndrome

    Ingrid M B H van de Laar;Denise van der Linde;Edwin H G Oei;Pieter K Bos

  • CRASH syndrome: clinical spectrum of corpus callosum hypoplasia, retardation, adducted thumbs, spastic paraparesis and hydrocephalus due to mutations in one single gene, L1.

    E. Fransen;V. Lemmon;G. Van Camp;L. Vits

  • A COMMON FOUNDER FOR THE 35DELG GJB2 GENE MUTATION IN CONNEXIN 26 HEARING IMPAIRMENT

    L Van Laer;P Coucke;R F Mueller;G Caethoven

  • Two Frequent Missense Mutations in Pendred Syndrome

    P. van Hauwe;L.A. Everett;P.J. Coucke;D.A. Scott

  • Mutation Detection in the ABCC6 Gene and Genotype-Phenotype Analysis in a Large International Case Series Affected by Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

    Ellen G Pfendner;Olivier M Vanakker;Sharon F Terry;Sophia Vourthis

  • Mutations in the KCNQ4 gene are responsible for autosomal dominant deafness in four DFNA2 families.

    P.J. Coucke;P. van Hauwe;P.M. Kelley;H.P.M. Kunst

  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum-Like Phenotype with Cutis Laxa and Multiple Coagulation Factor Deficiency Represents a Separate Genetic Entity

    Olivier M Vanakker;Ludovic Martin;Dealba Gheduzzi;Bart P Leroy

  • Arterial tortuosity syndrome: Clinical and molecular findings in 12 newly identified families

    B L Callewaert;A Willaert;W S Kerstjens-Frederikse;W S Kerstjens-Frederikse;J De Backer

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne De Paepe
Anne De Paepe Ghent University Hospital
Bart Loeys
Bart Loeys University of Antwerp
Geert Mortier
Geert Mortier University of Antwerp
Uwe Kornak
Uwe Kornak University of Göttingen
Elaine C. Davis
Elaine C. Davis McGill University
Björn Menten
Björn Menten Ghent University Hospital
Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jo Vandesompele
Jo Vandesompele Ghent University
Lut Van Laer
Lut Van Laer University of Antwerp
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh Ghent University

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