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Tjitske Kleefstra is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields. Additional areas of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Cancer Research, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, prominently including Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Congenital Heart Defects Research, and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Tjitske Kleefstra has published extensively in various scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on genetic and neurodevelopmental topics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2020), The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Human neuronal networks on micro-electrode arrays are a highly robust tool to study disease-specific genotype-phenotype correlations in vitro (2021), Stem Cell Reports
  • Solve-RD: systematic pan-European data sharing and collaborative analysis to solve rare diseases (2021), European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Germline AGO2 mutations impair RNA interference and human neurological development (2020), Nature Communications
  • The performance of genome sequencing as a first-tier test for neurodevelopmental disorders (2022), European Journal of Human Genetics

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers
  • Rolph Pfundt
  • Antonio Vitobello
  • Christian Gilissen
  • Anne-Sophie Denommé-Pichon

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic Exome Sequencing in Persons With Severe Intellectual Disability

    Joep de Ligt;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Bregje W. M. van Bon;Tjitske Kleefstra

  • Genome sequencing identifies major causes of severe intellectual disability

    Christian Gilissen;Jayne Y. Hehir-Kwa;Djie Tjwan Thung;Maartje van de Vorst

  • Meta-analysis of 2,104 trios provides support for 10 new genes for intellectual disability

    Stefan H Lelieveld;Margot R F Reijnders;Rolph Pfundt;Helger G Yntema

  • Mutations in the JARID1C gene, which is involved in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling, cause X-linked mental retardation.

    Lars Riff Jensen;Marion Amende;Ulf Gurok;Bettina Moser

  • Loss-of-function mutations in euchromatin histone methyl transferase 1 (EHMT1) cause the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome.

    Tjitske Kleefstra;Han G. Brunner;Jeanne Amiel;Astrid R. Oudakker

  • A SWI/SNF-related autism syndrome caused by de novo mutations in ADNP

    Céline Helsmoortel;Anneke T Vulto-van Silfhout;Bradley P Coe;Geert Vandeweyer

  • Mutations in DDX3X are a common cause of unexplained intellectual disability with gender-specific effects on wnt signaling

    Lot Snijders Blok;Erik Madsen;Jane Juusola;Christian Gilissen

  • Systematic Phenomics Analysis Deconvolutes Genes Mutated in Intellectual Disability into Biologically Coherent Modules

    Korinna Kochinke;Christiane Zweier;Bonnie Nijhof;Michaela Fenckova

  • Further delineation of the 15q13 microdeletion and duplication syndromes: a clinical spectrum varying from non-pathogenic to a severe outcome

    B W M van Bon;H C Mefford;B Menten;D A Koolen

  • De novo mutations in the actin genes ACTB and ACTG1 cause Baraitser-Winter syndrome

    Jean-Baptiste Rivière;Bregje W. M. van Bon;Alexander Hoischen;Stanislav S. Kholmanskikh

  • X-exome sequencing of 405 unresolved families identifies seven novel intellectual disability genes

    H. Hu;S. A. Haas;J. Chelly;J. Chelly;H. Van Esch

  • Disruption of an EHMT1-Associated Chromatin- Modification Module Causes Intellectual Disability

    Tjitske Kleefstra;Jamie M. Kramer;Kornelia Neveling;Marjolein H. Willemsen

  • A clinical utility study of exome sequencing versus conventional genetic testing in pediatric neurology.

    Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers;Kirsten J.M. Van Nimwegen;Jolanda H. Schieving;Erik Jan Kamsteeg

  • High prevalence of SLC6A8 deficiency in X-linked mental retardation

    Efraim H. Rosenberg;Ligia S. Almeida;Tjitske Kleefstra;Rose S. deGrauw

  • Coffin–Siris Syndrome and the BAF Complex: Genotype–Phenotype Study in 63 Patients

    Gijs W E Santen;Emmelien Aten;Anneke T. Vulto-van Silfhout;Caroline Pottinger

  • Further clinical and molecular delineation of the 9q Subtelomeric Deletion Syndrome supports a major contribution of EHMT1 haploinsufficiency to the core phenotype

    T Kleefstra;W A van Zelst-Stams;W M Nillesen;V Cormier-Daire

  • Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Erfan Aref-Eshghi;Jennifer Kerkhof;Victor P. Pedro

  • OFD1 is mutated in X-linked Joubert syndrome and interacts with LCA5-encoded lebercilin.

    Karlien L.M. Coene;Ronald Roepman;Dan Doherty;Bushra Afroze

  • Disruption of the gene Euchromatin Histone Methyl Transferase1 (Eu-HMTase1) is associated with the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome

    T. Kleefstra;M. Smidt;M.J.G. Banning;A.R. Oudakker

  • Update on Kleefstra Syndrome

    M.H. Willemsen;A.T. Vulto-van Silfhout;W.M. Nillesen;W.M. Wissink-Lindhout

Frequent Co-Authors

Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Rolph Pfundt
Rolph Pfundt Radboud University
Hans van Bokhoven
Hans van Bokhoven Radboud University
Helger G. Yntema
Helger G. Yntema Radboud University
Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers
Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers Radboud University
Christian Gilissen
Christian Gilissen Radboud University
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Joris A. Veltman
Joris A. Veltman University of Edinburgh
Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

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