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Wolfgang Berger is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial focus also on medicine. The breadth of their work includes both foundational molecular biology and applied medical genetics.

The primary fields of study covered by Wolfgang Berger include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Their research further delves into specialized subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Ophthalmology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Wolfgang Berger's main research topics are focused on:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Ocular Disorders and Treatments
  • Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

The scientist's publication record includes papers appearing in a range of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Genes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EP Europace
  • PLoS Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Berger include:

  • "Haplotype of the astrocytic water channel AQP4 is associated with slow wave energy regulation in human NREM sleep" (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • "Genetic Analysis in a Swiss Cohort of Bilateral Congenital Cataract" (2021, JAMA Ophthalmology)
  • "Optical genome mapping and revisiting short-read genome sequencing data reveal previously overlooked structural variants disrupting retinal disease−associated genes" (2022, Genetics in Medicine)
  • "Whole Exome Sequencing in Coloboma/Microphthalmia: Identification of Novel and Recurrent Variants in Seven Genes" (2021, Genes)
  • "Whole genome sequencing for USH2A-associated disease reveals several pathogenic deep-intronic variants that are amenable to splice correction" (2023, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Samuel Koller
  • Christina Gerth-Kahlert
  • Silke Feil
  • Jordi Maggi
  • Alessandro Maspoli

Best Publications

  • The molecular basis of human retinal and vitreoretinal diseases.

    Wolfgang Berger;Barbara Kloeckener-Gruissem;Barbara Kloeckener-Gruissem;John Neidhardt

  • Positional cloning of the gene for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa 2

    U. Schwahn;S. Lenzner;J Dong;S. Feil

  • Opitz G/BBB syndrome, a defect of midline development, is due to mutations in a new RING finger gene on Xp22

    Nandita A. Quaderi;Susann Schweiger;Karin Gaudenz;Brunella Franco

  • Isolation of a candidate gene for Norrie disease by positional cloning.

    Berger W;Meindl A;van de Pol Tj;Cremers Fp

  • A functional genetic variation of adenosine deaminase affects the duration and intensity of deep sleep in humans

    J. V. Rétey;M. Adam;E. Honegger;R. Khatami

  • A genetic variation in the adenosine A2A receptor gene (ADORA2A) contributes to individual sensitivity to caffeine effects on sleep.

    J. V. Retey;M. Adam;R. Khatami;U. F. O. Luhmann

  • The complete form of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat protein

    Carsten M. Pusch;Christina Zeitz;Oliver Brandau;Katrin Pesch

  • Functional implications of the spectrum of mutations found in 234 cases with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS)

    J.T. Dendunnen;T. Kraayenbrink;T. Kraayenbrink;M. van Schooneveld;M. van Schooneveld;E. van de Vosse

  • 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

  • Positional cloning of the gene for x-linked retinitis pigmentosa 3: homology with the guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor RCC1

    R. Roepman;G. Van Duijnhoven;T. Rosenberg;A. J. L. G. Pinckers

  • 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

  • The retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) interacts with novel transport-like proteins in the outer segments of rod photoreceptors

    Ronald Roepman;Nathalie Bernoud-Hubac;Diana E. Schick;Alessandra Maugeri

  • Full-Length Human L1 Insertions Retain the Capacity for High Frequency Retrotransposition in Cultured Cells

    Michelle L. Kimberland;Vladimir Divoky;Josef Prchal;Uwe Schwahn

  • Norrie disease is caused by mutations in an extracellular protein resembling C-terminal globular domain of mucins.

    Meindl A;Berger W;Meitinger T;van de Pol D

  • Specific genetic deficiencies of the A and B isoenzymes of monoamine oxidase are characterized by distinct neurochemical and clinical phenotypes.

    J. W. M. Lenders;G. Eisenhofer;N. G. G. M. Abeling;W. Berger

  • RPGR Transcription Studies in Mouse and Human Tissues Reveal a Retina-Specific Isoform That Is Disrupted in a Patient With X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Renate Kirschner;Thomas Rosenberg;Robert Schultz-Heienbrok;Steffen Lenzner

  • Vascular Defects and Sensorineural Deafness in a Mouse Model of Norrie Disease

    Heidi L. Rehm;Duan-Sun Zhang;Duan-Sun Zhang;M. Christian Brown;M. Christian Brown;Barbara Burgess

  • Mutations in the candidate gene for Norrie disease

    W Berger;D van de Pol;M Warburg;A Gal

  • ZNF408 is mutated in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and is crucial for the development of zebrafish retinal vasculature

    Rob W. J. Collin;Konstantinos Nikopoulos;Margo Dona;Christian Gilissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Frans P.M. Cremers
Frans P.M. Cremers Radboud University
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society
Bernd Wissinger
Bernd Wissinger University of Tübingen
Hans-Peter Landolt
Hans-Peter Landolt University of Zurich
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Daniel F. Schorderet
Daniel F. Schorderet University of Lausanne
Anthony T. Moore
Anthony T. Moore University of California, San Francisco
Francis L. Munier
Francis L. Munier University of Lausanne
Alfons Meindl
Alfons Meindl Technical University of Munich
Thomas Rosenberg
Thomas Rosenberg University of Copenhagen

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