Christine M. Distèche

25.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
226 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Christine M. Distèche is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine M. Distèche has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Molecular Biology, 128 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Christine M. Distèche's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (85 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (37 papers). Christine M. Distèche is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (85 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (37 papers). Christine M. Distèche collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Christine M. Distèche's co-authors include Joel B. Berletch, Di Kim Nguyen, Xinxian Deng, David A. Adler, Jay Shendure, Fan Yang, Susanne Edelhoff, Édith Heard, William Stafford Noble and Jun Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Christine M. Distèche

222 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The molecular basis of the human serum paraoxonase activity polymorphism

1993 729 citations David A. Adler, Christine M. Distèche et al. Nature Genetics profile →
CD40 Ligand Gene Defects Responsible for X-Linked Hyper-IgM Syndrome

1993 654 citations Susanne Edelhoff, Christine M. Distèche et al. profile →
DNA deletion associated with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies

1993 606 citations Christine M. Distèche et al. profile →
The translocation t(8;16)(p11;p13) of acute myeloid leukaemia fuses a putative acetyltransferase to the CREB–binding protein

1996 603 citations Christine M. Distèche et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Down syndrome phenotypes: the consequences of chromosomal imbalance.

1994 556 citations Christine M. Distèche et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Single-Cell Atlas of In Vivo Mammalian Chromatin Accessibility

2018 474 citations Darren A. Cusanovich, Joel B. Berletch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christine M. Distèche United States	67	10.6k	6.9k	2.3k	2.3k	1.4k	226	17.3k
Huntington F. Willard United States	68	12.8k 1.2×	9.4k 1.3×	5.3k 2.2×	947 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	182	19.0k
Yoichi Matsuda Japan	62	8.5k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	4.2k 1.8×	1.2k 0.5×	970 0.7×	343	15.1k
Han G. Brunner Netherlands	65	11.9k 1.1×	9.2k 1.3×	904 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	278	20.9k
Mariano Rocchi Italy	55	7.4k 0.7×	4.3k 0.6×	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	783 0.5×	321	11.6k
Argiris Efstratiadis United States	73	20.1k 1.9×	8.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	120	29.0k
Johan T. den Dunnen Netherlands	72	14.8k 1.4×	5.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	749 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	300	20.6k
En Li United States	57	17.0k 1.6×	4.7k 0.7×	943 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	119	22.4k
Val C. Sheffield United States	91	17.1k 1.6×	10.4k 1.5×	859 0.4×	747 0.3×	795 0.6×	312	27.6k
Howard Cedar Israel	75	18.5k 1.8×	6.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	162	22.8k
Masahito Ikawa Japan	79	13.2k 1.2×	5.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	407	23.5k

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Fang, He, Giancarlo Bonora, Truong N. Nguyen, et al.. (2025). CTCF-mediated insulation and chromatin environment modulate Car5b escape from X inactivation. BMC Biology. 23(1). 68–68.

Zhang, Jin-Li, Li Ma, He Fang, et al.. (2025). KDM6A facilitates Xist upregulation at the onset of X inactivation. Biology of Sex Differences. 16(1). 1–1.

Distèche, Christine M. & Xinxian Deng. (2025). Slow awakening of the silent X chromosome in female primordial germ cells. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(5). 777–779.

Hershberg, Elliot A., Xinxian Deng, Shao‐En Ong, et al.. (2024). Multiomic characterization of RNA microenvironments by oligonucleotide-mediated proximity-interactome mapping. Nature Methods. 21(11). 2058–2071. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Siyuan, Nirmala Akula, Paul K. Reardon, et al.. (2023). Aneuploidy effects on human gene expression across three cell types. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(21). e2218478120–e2218478120. 12 indexed citations

Qiu, Chengxiang, Junyue Cao, Beth Martin, et al.. (2022). Systematic reconstruction of cellular trajectories across mouse embryogenesis. Nature Genetics. 54(3). 328–341. 85 indexed citations

Bonora, Giancarlo, Vijay Ramani, Ritambhara Singh, et al.. (2021). Single-cell landscape of nuclear configuration and gene expression during stem cell differentiation and X inactivation. Genome biology. 22(1). 279–279. 16 indexed citations

Fang, He, Giancarlo Bonora, Jordan P. Lewandowski, et al.. (2020). Trans- and cis-acting effects of Firre on epigenetic features of the inactive X chromosome. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6053–6053. 42 indexed citations

Deng, Xinxian & Christine M. Distèche. (2019). Rapid transcriptional bursts upregulate the X chromosome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(10). 851–853. 5 indexed citations

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Ramani, Vijay, Xinxian Deng, Ruolan Qiu, et al.. (2019). Sci-Hi-C: A single-cell Hi-C method for mapping 3D genome organization in large number of single cells. Methods. 170. 61–68. 57 indexed citations

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Bonora, Giancarlo, Xinxian Deng, He Fang, et al.. (2018). Orientation-dependent Dxz4 contacts shape the 3D structure of the inactive X chromosome. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1445–1445. 50 indexed citations

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Bonora, Giancarlo & Christine M. Distèche. (2017). Structural aspects of the inactive X chromosome. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1733). 20160357–20160357. 20 indexed citations

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Ramani, Vijay, Xinxian Deng, Ruolan Qiu, et al.. (2017). Massively multiplex single-cell Hi-C. Nature Methods. 14(3). 263–266. 380 indexed citations

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Ramani, Vijay, Darren A. Cusanovich, Ronald J. Hause, et al.. (2016). Mapping 3D genome architecture through in situ DNase Hi-C. Nature Protocols. 11(11). 2104–2121. 81 indexed citations

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Okamoto, Ikuhiro, Danielle Arnaud, Patricia Le Baccon, et al.. (2005). Evidence for de novo imprinted X-chromosome inactivation independent of meiotic inactivation in mice. Nature. 438(7066). 369–373. 145 indexed citations

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Warren, Edus H., Marc A. Gavin, Elizabeth Simpson, et al.. (2000). The Human UTY Gene Encodes a Novel HLA-B8-Restricted H-Y Antigen. The Journal of Immunology. 164(5). 2807–2814. 149 indexed citations

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Zhong, Jun, Susanne Edelhoff, Christine M. Distèche, & Robert E. Braun. (1998). The gene encoding PRBP, the mouse homolog of human TRBP, maps to distal Chromosome 15. Mammalian Genome. 9(5). 413–414. 10 indexed citations

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Huq, A.H.M. Mahbubul, Rhonda S. Lovell, Margaret J. Sampson, et al.. (1996). Isolation, Mapping, and Functional Expression of the Mouse X Chromosome Glycerol Kinase Gene. Genomics. 36(3). 530–534. 19 indexed citations

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Hudgins, Louanne, Hillary F. Massa, & Christine M. Distèche. (1994). Identification of a microdeletion at 7q21.3 with fluorescence in situ hybridization in a patient with split hand/split foot (ectrodactyly). The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Gronwald, R G, David A. Adler, James D. Kelly, Christine M. Distèche, & Daniel F. Bowen‐Pope. (1990). The human PDGF receptor ?-subunit gene maps to chromosome 4 in close proximity to c-kit. Human Genetics. 85(3). 383–5. 19 indexed citations

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