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Susanne Kohl is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research primarily concentrates on genetics and ophthalmology within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their publications encompass a variety of topics related to retinal biology and disorders, with a significant focus on retinal development and diseases, treatments, and mechanisms of visual perception and processing.

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions
  • Connexins and lens biology

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields including molecular biology, ophthalmology, genetics, epidemiology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Kohl has coauthored research frequently with several colleagues, reflecting a collaborative research environment.

  • Katarína Štingl (48 coauthored papers)
  • Bernd Wissinger (42 coauthored papers)
  • Melanie Kempf (23 coauthored papers)
  • Nicole Weisschuh (22 coauthored papers)
  • Eberhart Zrenner (19 coauthored papers)

Their research articles have been published in various scientific journals, with multiple contributions to certain venues over time.

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (9 publications)
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology (6 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)

Some of Susanne Kohl's recent papers include:

  • Safety and Vision Outcomes of Subretinal Gene Therapy Targeting Cone Photoreceptors in Achromatopsia, 2020, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Genetic landscape of 6089 inherited retinal dystrophies affected cases in Spain and their therapeutic and extended epidemiological implications, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Genetic architecture of inherited retinal degeneration in Germany: A large cohort study from a single diagnostic center over a 9-year period, 2020, Human Mutation
  • Three-year results of phase I retinal gene therapy trial for CNGA3-mutated achromatopsia: results of a non randomised controlled trial, 2021, British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Development of retinal atrophy after subretinal gene therapy with voretigene neparvovec, 2022, British Journal of Ophthalmology

Best Publications

  • Total colourblindness is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the alpha-subunit of the cone photoreceptor cGMP-gated cation channel.

    Susanne Kohl;Tim Marx;Ian Giddings;Herbert Jägle

  • CNGA3 Mutations in Hereditary Cone Photoreceptor Disorders

    Bernd Wissinger;Daphne Gamer;Herbert Jägle;Roberto Giorda

  • Mutations in the CNGB3 gene encoding the β-subunit of the cone photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel are responsible for achromatopsia (ACHM3) linked to chromosome 8q21

    Susanne Kohl;Britta Baumann;Martina Broghammer;Herbert Jägle

  • Mutations in the Cone Photoreceptor G-Protein α-Subunit Gene GNAT2 in Patients with Achromatopsia

    Susanne Kohl;Britta Baumann;Thomas Rosenberg;Ulrich Kellner

  • Panel-based next generation sequencing as a reliable and efficient technique to detect mutations in unselected patients with retinal dystrophies

    Nicola Glöckle;Susanne Kohl;Julia Mohr;Tim Scheurenbrand

  • TRPM1 Is Mutated in Patients with Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Isabelle Audo;Susanne Kohl;Bart P. Leroy;Francis L. Munier

  • CNGB3 mutations account for 50% of all cases with autosomal recessive achromatopsia

    Susanne Kohl;Balazs Varsanyi;Balazs Varsanyi;Gesine Abadin Antunes;Britta Baumann

  • Mutations in CABP4, the gene encoding the Ca2+-binding protein 4, cause autosomal recessive night blindness.

    Christina Zeitz;Barbara Kloeckener-Gruissem;Ursula Forster;Susanne Kohl

  • Mutations in the unfolded protein response regulator ATF6 cause the cone dysfunction disorder achromatopsia

    Susanne Kohl;Ditta Zobor;Wei-Chieh Chiang;Nicole Weisschuh

  • A homologous genetic basis of the murine cpfl1 mutant and human achromatopsia linked to mutations in the PDE6C gene

    Bo Chang;Tanja Grau;Susann Dangel;Ron Hurd

  • Mutation in the auxiliary calcium-channel subunit CACNA2D4 causes autosomal recessive cone dystrophy.

    Katharina Agnes Wycisk;Christina Zeitz;Silke Feil;Mariana Wittmer

  • A Nonsense Mutation in PDE6H Causes Autosomal-Recessive Incomplete Achromatopsia

    Susanne S. Kohl;Frauke Coppieters;Françoise Meire;Simone S. Schaich

  • ABCA4-associated disease as a model for missing heritability in autosomal recessive disorders : novel noncoding splice, cis-regulatory, structural, and recurrent hypomorphic variants

    Miriam Bauwens;Alejandro Garanto;Riccardo Sangermano;Sarah Naessens

  • Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Mutations in GPR179 Leading to Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Isabelle Audo;Kinga Bujakowska;Kinga Bujakowska;Kinga Bujakowska;Elise Orhan;Elise Orhan;Elise Orhan;Charlotte M. Poloschek

  • Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies LRIT3 Mutations as a Cause of Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Christina Zeitz;Christina Zeitz;Christina Zeitz;Samuel G. Jacobson;Christian P. Hamel;Kinga Bujakowska;Kinga Bujakowska;Kinga Bujakowska

  • High-Resolution In Vivo Imaging in Achromatopsia

    Mervyn G. Thomas;Anil Kumar;Susanne Kohl;Frank A. Proudlock

  • IQCB1 mutations in patients with leber congenital amaurosis

    Alejandro A. Estrada-Cuzcano;Robert Koenekoop;Frauke Coppieters;Susanne S. Kohl

  • BBS1 Mutations in a Wide Spectrum of Phenotypes Ranging From Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa to Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

    Alejandro Estrada-Cuzcano;Robert K. Koenekoop;Audrey Senechal;Elfride B. W. De Baere

  • Safety and Vision Outcomes of Subretinal Gene Therapy Targeting Cone Photoreceptors in Achromatopsia: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.

    M. Dominik Fischer;Stylianos Michalakis;Stylianos Michalakis;Barbara Wilhelm;Ditta Zobor

  • CNGB3 Achromatopsia with Progressive Loss of Residual Cone Function and Impaired Rod-Mediated Function

    Naheed Wali Khan;Bernd Wissinger;Susanne Kohl;Paul A. Sieving

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Wissinger
Bernd Wissinger University of Tübingen
Eberhart Zrenner
Eberhart Zrenner University of Tübingen
Elfride De Baere
Elfride De Baere Ghent University
Frans P.M. Cremers
Frans P.M. Cremers Radboud University
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
Eyal Banin
Eyal Banin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dror Sharon
Dror Sharon Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Anneke I. den Hollander
Anneke I. den Hollander Radboud University
Thomas Rosenberg
Thomas Rosenberg University of Copenhagen

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