Claudia Spits

3.4k total citations
66 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Claudia Spits is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Spits has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Claudia Spits's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (14 papers). Claudia Spits is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (14 papers). Claudia Spits collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Vietnam and Spain. Claudia Spits's co-authors include Karen Sermon, Mieke Geens, Martine De Rycke, Afroditi Mertzanidou, Inge Liebaers, Há Thi Nguyen, Cédric Le Caignec, Lindsey Van Haute, André Van Steirteghem and C. Staessen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Spits

61 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers

Claudia Spits
Russell S. Hamilton United Kingdom
Norah M. E. Fogarty United Kingdom
Elisabeth Blennow Sweden
James L. Resnick United States
Hidehito Inagaki Japan
Marta N. Shahbazi United Kingdom
Heinz‐Ulrich G. Weier United States
Eiji Mizutani Japan
Barry Behr United States
Maureen Durning United States
Russell S. Hamilton United Kingdom
Claudia Spits
Citations per year, relative to Claudia Spits Claudia Spits (= 1×) peers Russell S. Hamilton

Countries citing papers authored by Claudia Spits

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Fields of papers citing papers by Claudia Spits

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudia Spits

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All Works

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Piani, Letizia Li, H. Van de Velde, Karen Sermon, et al.. (2024). The interplay between mitochondrial DNA genotypes, female infertility, ovarian response, and mutagenesis in oocytes. Human Reproduction Open. 2025(1). hoae074–hoae074. 2 indexed citations
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Belva, Florence, Aafke P.A. van Montfoort, Filippo Zambelli, et al.. (2024). Children born after assisted reproduction more commonly carry a mitochondrial genotype associating with low birthweight. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1232–1232. 8 indexed citations
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Munck, Neelke De, Florence Belva, Karen Sermon, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial DNA variants segregate during human preimplantation development into genetically different cell lineages that are maintained postnatally. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(21). 3629–3642. 6 indexed citations
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Polyzos, Nikolaos P., Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Claudia Spits, et al.. (2021). The effect of polymorphisms in FSHR and FSHB genes on ovarian response: a prospective multicenter multinational study in Europe and Asia. Human Reproduction. 36(6). 1711–1721. 27 indexed citations
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Ardui, Simon, Yannick De Vlaeminck, Joke Allemeersch, et al.. (2020). MSH2 knock-down shows CTG repeat stability and concomitant upstream demethylation at the DMPK locus in myotonic dystrophy type 1 human embryonic stem cells. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(21). 3566–3577. 5 indexed citations
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Zambelli, Filippo, Daniel R. Brown, Sonia Van Dooren, et al.. (2017). Accurate and comprehensive analysis of single nucleotide variants and large deletions of the human mitochondrial genome in DNA and single cells. European Journal of Human Genetics. 25(11). 1229–1236. 12 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia, Luis Guzmán, Afroditi Mertzanidou, et al.. (2014). Chromosome constitution of human embryos generated after in vitro maturation including 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine in the oocyte collection medium. Human Reproduction. 30(3). 653–663. 31 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Kurt, Afroditi Mertzanidou, Mieke Geens, et al.. (2014). Low-grade chromosomal mosaicism in human somatic and embryonic stem cell populations. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4227–4227. 30 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia. (2010). Genetic stability in human pluripotent stem cells. Human Reproduction. 25. 20–20. 3 indexed citations
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Mateizel, Ileana, Claudia Spits, Martine De Rycke, Inge Liebaers, & Karen Sermon. (2010). Derivation, culture, and characterization of VUB hESC lines. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 46(3-4). 300–308. 33 indexed citations
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Geens, Mieke, Ileana Mateizel, Karen Sermon, et al.. (2009). Human embryonic stem cell lines derived from single blastomeres of two 4-cell stage embryos. Human Reproduction. 24(11). 2709–2717. 53 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia, Ileana Mateizel, Pierre Hilven, et al.. (2008). Trinucleotide repeat instability in human embryonic stem cells: the role of the mismatch repair machinery. Human Reproduction. 23. 110–110. 2 indexed citations
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Verpoest, Willem, Marjan De Rademaeker, Karen Sermon, et al.. (2008). Real and expected delivery rates of patients with myotonic dystrophy undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Human Reproduction. 23(7). 1654–1660. 20 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia & Karen Sermon. (2008). PGD for monogenic disorders: aspects of molecular biology. Prenatal Diagnosis. 29(1). 50–56. 46 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia, Ileana Mateizel, Mieke Geens, et al.. (2008). Recurrent chromosomal abnormalities in human embryonic stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 26(12). 1361–1363. 177 indexed citations
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Caignec, Cédric Le, Claudia Spits, Karen Sermon, et al.. (2006). Single cell chromosomal imbalances detection by array CGH. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14. 92. 1 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia, Cédric Le Caignec, Martine De Rycke, et al.. (2006). Whole-genome multiple displacement amplification from single cells. Nature Protocols. 1(4). 1965–1970. 205 indexed citations
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Spits, Claudia, Martine De Rycke, Willem Verpoest, et al.. (2006). Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Marfan syndrome. Fertility and Sterility. 86(2). 310–320. 29 indexed citations

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