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Thomas Voit is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. The scientist's research spans fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work addresses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The main research topics covered in their publications focus on Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, RNA Research and Splicing, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Nuclear Structure and Function, and Virus-based gene therapy research.

Recent papers by Thomas Voit include:

  • Wearable full-body motion tracking of activities of daily living predicts disease trajectory in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • A wearable motion capture suit and machine learning predict disease progression in Friedreich's ataxia, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Cholesterol metabolism is a potential therapeutic target in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2021, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • GGPS1 Mutations Cause Muscular Dystrophy/Hearing Loss/Ovarian Insufficiency Syndrome, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • International retrospective natural history study of LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy, 2021, Brain Communications

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Württembergisch Franken
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Nature Medicine
  • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Laurent Servais
  • Valeria Ricotti
  • Janis Schierbauer
  • Paul Zimmermann
  • Volker Straub

These collaborations and diverse publication outlets reflect a body of work focused on the molecular and physiological bases of muscle disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, combining experimental molecular biology techniques with clinical and translational research approaches.

Best Publications

  • Nusinersen versus Sham Control in Infantile-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy

    Richard S. Finkel;Eugenio Mercuri;Basil T. Darras;Anne M. Connolly

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the 3'-5' DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome at the AGS1 locus.

    Yanick J Crow;Yanick J Crow;Bruce E Hayward;Rekha Parmar;Peter Robins

  • Muscular dystrophy and neuronal migration disorder caused by mutations in a glycosyltransferase, POMGnT1.

    Aruto Yoshida;Kazuhiro Kobayashi;Hiroshi Manya;Kiyomi Taniguchi

  • Mutations in the O-Mannosyltransferase Gene POMT1 Give Rise to the Severe Neuronal Migration Disorder Walker-Warburg Syndrome

    Daniel Beltrán Valero De Bernabé;Sophie Currier;Alice Steinbrecher;Jacopo Celli

  • Mutations in genes encoding ribonuclease H2 subunits cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mimic congenital viral brain infection.

    Yanick J Crow;Yanick J Crow;Andrea Leitch;Bruce E Hayward;Anna Garner

  • Mutations in the fukutin-related protein gene (FKRP) cause a form of congenital muscular dystrophy with secondary laminin alpha2 deficiency and abnormal glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan.

    Martin Brockington;Derek J. Blake;Paola Prandini;Susan C. Brown

  • Mutations in the fukutin-related protein gene (FKRP) identify limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2I as a milder allelic variant of congenital muscular dystrophy MDC1C

    Martin Brockington;Yeliz Yuva;Paola Prandini;Susan C. Brown

  • G protein-coupled receptor-dependent development of human frontal cortex.

    Xianhua Piao;Sean S. Hill;Adria Bodell;Bernard S. Chang

  • Different Mutations in the LMNA Gene Cause Autosomal Dominant and Autosomal Recessive Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

    Marina Raffaele di Barletta;Enzo Ricci;Giuliana Galluzzi;Pietro Tonali

  • Lack of myostatin results in excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation

    Helge Amthor;Raymond Macharia;Roberto Navarrete;Markus Schuelke

  • Clinical and Molecular Phenotype of Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome

    Gillian Rice;Teresa Patrick;Rekha Parmar;Claire F Taylor

  • Mutations in the human LARGE gene cause MDC1D, a novel form of congenital muscular dystrophy with severe mental retardation and abnormal glycosylation of α-dystroglycan

    Cheryl Longman;Martin Brockington;Silvia Torelli;Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera

  • Ataluren treatment of patients with nonsense mutation dystrophinopathy

    Katharine Bushby;Richard Finkel;Brenda Wong;Richard Barohn

  • Mutations of the Selenoprotein N Gene, Which Is Implicated in Rigid Spine Muscular Dystrophy, Cause the Classical Phenotype of Multiminicore Disease: Reassessing the Nosology of Early-Onset Myopathies

    Ana Ferreiro;Susana Quijano-Roy;Claire Pichereau;Behzad Moghadaszadeh

  • Ataluren in patients with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (ACT DMD): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

    Craig M McDonald;Craig Campbell;Ricardo Erazo Torricelli;Richard S Finkel;Richard S Finkel

  • Mutations in the a3 subunit of the vacuolar H+-ATPase cause infantile malignant osteopetrosis

    Uwe Kornak;Ansgar Schulz;Wilhelm Friedrich;Siegfried Uhlhaas

  • Safety and efficacy of drisapersen for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DEMAND II): an exploratory, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2 study.

    Thomas Voit;Haluk Topaloglu;Volker Straub;Francesco F. Muntoni

  • CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELL-DERIVED RECOMBINANT HUMAN ACID α-GLUCOSIDASE IN INFANTILE-ONSET POMPE DISEASE

    Priya Sunil Kishnani;Marc Nicolino;Thomas Voit;R. Curtis Rogers

  • Intravenous scAAV9 delivery of a codon-optimized SMN1 sequence rescues SMA mice

    Elisa Dominguez;Thibaut Marais;Nicolas Chatauret;Nicolas Chatauret;Sofia Benkhelifa-Ziyyat

  • The congenital muscular dystrophies in 2004: a century of exciting progress.

    Francesco Muntoni;Thomas Voit

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Volker Straub
Volker Straub Newcastle University
Craig M. McDonald
Craig M. McDonald University of California, Davis
Eugenio Mercuri
Eugenio Mercuri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Caroline Sewry
Caroline Sewry Great Ormond Street Hospital
Kate Bushby
Kate Bushby Newcastle University
Philippe Moullier
Philippe Moullier University of Nantes
Gillian Butler-Browne
Gillian Butler-Browne Université Paris Cité
Gisèle Bonne
Gisèle Bonne Sorbonne University
Pascale Guicheney
Pascale Guicheney Sorbonne University

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