Christiane Zweier

12.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Christiane Zweier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Christiane Zweier has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Christiane Zweier's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (30 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (19 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (13 papers). Christiane Zweier is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (30 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (19 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (13 papers). Christiane Zweier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Christiane Zweier's co-authors include Anita Rauch, André Reis, Arif B. Ekici, Juliane Hoyer, Heinrich Sticht, Cornelia Kraus, Christian T. Thiel, Annette Schenck, Markus Zweier and Udo Trautmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Genetics and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christiane Zweier

76 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Transcription Factor E2-2 Is an Essential and Specific Regulator of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Development

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christiane Zweier Germany	30	2.3k	1.9k	726	325	308	82	4.0k
Mustafa Tekin United States	42	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	669 0.9×	438 1.3×	368 1.2×	219	5.5k
Gudrun Nürnberg Germany	44	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	524 0.7×	272 0.8×	110 0.4×	93	5.1k
Susan H. Blanton United States	43	2.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	269 0.4×	551 1.7×	245 0.8×	189	6.2k
Moshe Frydman Israel	37	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	363 0.5×	310 1.0×	374 1.2×	132	4.6k
M. Albert Basson United Kingdom	34	3.2k 1.4×	758 0.4×	497 0.7×	514 1.6×	381 1.2×	73	4.6k
Françoise Muscatelli France	31	2.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	536 0.7×	275 0.8×	180 0.6×	65	4.4k
Donna M. Martin United States	38	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	384 0.5×	506 1.6×	261 0.8×	113	4.0k
Tatsuya Kishino Japan	27	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	318 0.4×	155 0.5×	192 0.6×	64	3.3k
Kerstin Kutsche Germany	32	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	242 0.3×	184 0.6×	177 0.6×	118	3.6k
María L. Arbonés Spain	36	2.3k 1.0×	953 0.5×	941 1.3×	168 0.5×	315 1.0×	65	4.7k

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Gregor, Anne, Niels R. Ntamati, Arif B. Ekici, et al.. (2025). Deregulated ion channels contribute to RHOBTB2-associated developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Human Molecular Genetics. 34(7). 639–650.

Döring, Yvonne, André Schaller, Erik Vassella, et al.. (2024). Non‐Hotspot PIK3CA Variants Have Higher Variant Allele Frequency and are More Common in Syndromic Vascular Malformations. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 197(2). e63883–e63883. 1 indexed citations

Gregor, Anne, Rodrigo Gutierrez‐Quintana, Jacques Penderis, et al.. (2024). NDUFS7 variant in dogs with Leigh syndrome and its functional validation in a Drosophila melanogaster model. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2975–2975. 4 indexed citations

Zweier, Christiane, Dominique Baumann, Bettina Henzi, et al.. (2024). A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study of the Swiss Cohort of LAMA2-Related Muscular Dystrophy. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 11(5). 1021–1033.

Bartsch, Oliver, Siren Berland, Ian Hayes, et al.. (2022). Further characterization of Borjeson‐Forssman‐Lehmann syndrome in females due to de novo variants in PHF6. Clinical Genetics. 102(3). 182–190. 3 indexed citations

Gregor, Anne, et al.. (2020). Loss of PHF6 leads to aberrant development of human neuron-like cells. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19030–19030. 3 indexed citations

Jamra, Rami Abou, Arndt Borkhardt, Triantafyllia Brozou, et al.. (2020). QRICH1 variants in Ververi‐Brady syndrome—delineation of the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum. Clinical Genetics. 99(1). 199–207. 6 indexed citations

Niceta, Marcello, Domenico Barbuti, Neerja Gupta, et al.. (2019). Skeletal abnormalities are common features in Aymé‐Gripp syndrome. Clinical Genetics. 97(2). 362–369. 10 indexed citations

Lauffer, Marlen C., Michael Bockmayr, Michael Spohn, et al.. (2019). TCF4 (E2-2) harbors tumor suppressive functions in SHH medulloblastoma. Acta Neuropathologica. 137(4). 657–673. 18 indexed citations

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Kasper, Burkhard S., Arnd Dörfler, Nataliya Di Donato, et al.. (2017). Central nervous system anomalies in two females with Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome. Epilepsy & Behavior. 69. 104–109. 7 indexed citations

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Popp, Bernt, Arif B. Ekici, Christian T. Thiel, et al.. (2017). Exome Pool-Seq in neurodevelopmental disorders. European Journal of Human Genetics. 25(12). 1364–1376. 59 indexed citations

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Vasileiou, Georgia, Arif B. Ekici, Steffen Uebe, et al.. (2015). Chromatin-Remodeling-Factor ARID1B Represses Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 97(3). 445–456. 64 indexed citations

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Zweier, Christiane, Olaf Rittinger, Ingrid Bader, et al.. (2014). Females with de novo aberrations in PHF6: Clinical overlap of Borjeson–Forssman–Lehmann with Coffin–Siris syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics. 166(3). 290–301. 20 indexed citations

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Agha, Zehra, Zafar Iqbal, Maleeha Azam, et al.. (2014). A complex microcephaly syndrome in a Pakistani family associated with a novel missense mutation in RBBP8 and a heterozygous deletion in NRXN1. Gene. 538(1). 30–35. 12 indexed citations

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Zweier, Christiane, Cornelia Kraus, Louise Brueton, et al.. (2013). A new face of Borjeson–Forssman–Lehmann syndrome? De novo mutations in PHF6 in seven females with a distinct phenotype. Journal of Medical Genetics. 50(12). 838–847. 32 indexed citations

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Zweier, Markus, Heinrich Sticht, Christiane Zweier, et al.. (2013). Biallelic SEMA3A defects cause a novel type of syndromic short stature. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 161(11). 2880–2889. 9 indexed citations

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Hoyer, Juliane, Arif B. Ekici, Sabine Endele, et al.. (2012). Haploinsufficiency of ARID1B, a Member of the SWI/SNF-A Chromatin-Remodeling Complex, Is a Frequent Cause of Intellectual Disability. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 90(3). 565–572. 173 indexed citations

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Zweier, Christiane, et al.. (2007). Human TBX1 Missense Mutations Cause Gain of Function Resulting in the Same Phenotype as 22q11.2 Deletions. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 80(3). 510–517. 158 indexed citations

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Zweier, Christiane, Maarit Peippo, Juliane Hoyer, et al.. (2007). Haploinsufficiency of TCF4 Causes Syndromal Mental Retardation with Intermittent Hyperventilation (Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome). The American Journal of Human Genetics. 80(5). 994–1001. 215 indexed citations

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Rauch, Anita, Juliane Hoyer, Sabine Guth, et al.. (2006). Diagnostic yield of various genetic approaches in patients with unexplained developmental delay or mental retardation. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 140A(19). 2063–2074. 288 indexed citations

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