Elise Héon

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Elise Héon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Elise Héon has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Ophthalmology and 37 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Elise Héon's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (69 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (51 papers) and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (22 papers). Elise Héon is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (69 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (51 papers) and Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (22 papers). Elise Héon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Elise Héon's co-authors include Edwin M. Stone, Samuel G. Jacobson, Artur V. Cideciyan, Alexander Sumaroka, Sharon Schwartz, Alejandro J. Román, Val C. Sheffield, Tomás S. Alemán, Gail Billingsley and Elizabeth A. M. Windsor and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Elise Héon

139 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Adult-Onset Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Caused by Mutations in Optineurin

2002 844 citations Tayebeh Rezaie, Anne H. Child et al. Science profile →
Human gene therapy for RPE65 isomerase deficiency activates the retinoid cycle of vision but with slow rod kinetics

2008 543 citations Artur V. Cideciyan, Alexander Sumaroka et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elise Héon

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	“Blindness” is not a contraindication for voretigene neparvovec-rzyl treatment: a review of 9 cases 2025 ·Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Kirk Stephenson, Mark E. Seamone, Cynthia X. Qian, (unknown), Peter J. Kertes, Ajoy Vincent, Elise Héon	0
2	Insights into the effects of subretinal voretigene neparvovec-rzyl in RPE65-associated Leber congenital amaurosis 2025 ·Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), Peter J. Kertes, Rajeev H. Muni, (unknown), Gregory Costain, Adrien E. Schramm, H. Robson MacDonald, Regan Klatt, Ajoy Vincent, Elise Héon	1
3	Deep intronic variant in MVK as a cause for mevalonic aciduria initially presenting as non‐syndromic retinitis pigmentosa 2022 ·Clinical Genetics ·(unknown), Erika Tavares, (unknown), Graeme Nimmo, (unknown), Tara Paton, (unknown), Shuning Li, (unknown), Birgit Ertl‐Wagner, Eva Mamak, Georg F. Hoffmann, Christian R. Marshall, Dorothea Haas, Ertan Mayatepek, Andreas Schulze, Elise Héon, Ajoy Vincent	4
4	Novel OPN1LW/OPN1MW Exon 3 Haplotype-Associated Splicing Defect in Patients with X-Linked Cone Dysfunction 2022 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Katarína Štingl, Britta Baumann, Pietro De Angeli, Ajoy Vincent, Elise Héon, Monique Cordonnier, Elfride De Baere, Salmo Raskin, (unknown), (unknown), Susanne Kohl, Bernd Wissinger	4
5	A large animal model of RDH5-associated retinopathy recapitulates important features of the human phenotype 2021 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Laurence M. Occelli, (unknown), Samantha R. De Silva, Paige A. Winkler, Kelian Sun, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Leslie A. Lyons, Anthony G. Robson, Elise Héon, Michel Michaelides, Andrew R. Webster, Krzysztof Palczewski, Ajoy Vincent, Omar A. Mahroo, Philip D. Kiser, Simon M. Petersen‐Jones	9
6	Phenotype Driven Analysis of Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies Deep Intronic Variants that Cause Retinal Dystrophies by Aberrant Exonization 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Erika Tavares, Shriya Deshmukh, Isabelle Audo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexander Pearson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Caberry W. Yu, Gail Billingsley, Michael D. Wilson, Christina Zeitz, Elise Héon, Ajoy Vincent	16
7	Retinal degeneration in BBS10 mice is ameliorated by subretinal gene replacement 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Arlene V. Drack, Sajag Bhattarai, (unknown), (unknown), Poppy Datta, Ying Hsu, (unknown), Charles Searby, Luk H. Vandenberghe, Elise Héon, Seongjin Seo, Val C. Sheffield	1
8	Progress in treating inherited retinal diseases: Early subretinal gene therapy clinical trials and candidates for future initiatives 2019 ·Progress in Retinal and Eye Research ·Alexandra V. Garafalo, Artur V. Cideciyan, Elise Héon, Rebecca Sheplock, Alexander Pearson, Caberry W. Yu, Alexander Sumaroka, Geoffrey K. Aguirre, Samuel G. Jacobson	129
9	RPE65 is the predominant LCA gene in a Canadian ethnically diverse LCA patient population. 2015 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Elise Héon, (unknown), (unknown), Chelsea Roadhouse, Ajoy Vincent	1
10	Non-Truncating Homozygous Deletion in CACNA2D4 Mimicking Oligocone Trichromacy 2014 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Ajoy Vincent, Shriya Deshmukh, Tom Wright, (unknown), Carol A. Westall, Elise Héon	2
11	Identification and Characterisation of a Novel Missense Homeodomain Mutation in ZEB1 Resulting in Keratoconus 2011 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Judith Lechner, (unknown), Elise Héon, Anne E. Hughes, Colin E. Willoughby	5
12	Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism for Ciliopathies and Related Forms of Photoreceptor Degeneration 2011 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·(unknown), Elise Héon	2
13	Exploring the Role of Genes of the Retinal Transcription Network in Retinal Degeneration 2009 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Frauke Coppieters, Elise Héon, Igor Cima, Damjan Glavač, Marko Hawlina, (unknown), (unknown), Bart Leroy, Elfride De Baere	1
14	Ocular Phenotype Comparison Between Patients With Bardet-Biedl Syndrome With Identified BBS1 and BBS10 Mutations 2007 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Elise Héon, Christina Gerth‐Kahlert, Yesmino Elia, Francis L. Munier	1
15	Prevalence of Mutations in the RPE65, CRX, AIPL1, TULP1, GUCY2D and CRB1 Genes in Leber Congenital Amaurosis 2003 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Andrew Lotery, Samuel G. Jacobson, Richard G. Weleber, Alessandro Iannaccone, (unknown), G. A. Fishman, A. Levin, Byron L. Lam, Elise Héon, Edwin M. Stone	4
16	Further Genetic Heterogeneity for Autosomal Dominant Human Sutural Cataracts 2003 ·Ophthalmic Research ·Norman Klopp, Elise Héon, Gail Billingsley, Thomas Illig, Matthias Wjst, Günther Rudolph, Jochen Graw	12
17	Adult-Onset Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Caused by Mutations in Optineurin breakdown → 2002 ·Science ·Tayebeh Rezaie, Anne H. Child, Roger A. Hitchings, Glen Brice, Lauri Miller, Miguel Coca‐Prados, Elise Héon, Theodore Krupin, Robert Ritch, Donald L. Kreutzer, Ronald P. Crick, Mansoor Sarfarazi	844
18	BIGH3 mutation spectrum in corneal dystrophies. 2002 ·PubMed ·Francis L. Munier, Béatrice E. Frueh, Philippe Othenin‐Girard, S. Uffer, Pascal Cousin, Ming X. Wang, Elise Héon, Graeme C. Black, Maria Antonietta Blasi, E. Balestrazzi, Birgit Lorenz, (unknown), Rafael I. Barraquer, Maria Hoeltzenbein, B. Gloor, Maurizio Fossarello, Arun D. Singh, Yvan Arsenijévic, Léonidas Zografos, Daniel F. Schorderet	178
19	MYOC mutation frequency in primary open-angle glaucoma patients from Western Switzerland 2001 ·Ophthalmic Genetics ·Asimina Mataftsi, Farid Achache, Elise Héon, A. Mermoud, Pascal Cousin, (unknown), Daniel F. Schorderet, F.L. Munier	11
20	A Progressive Autosomal Recessive Cataract Locus Maps to Chromosome 9q13-q22 2001 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Elise Héon, Andrew D. Paterson, Michael Fraser, Gail Billingsley, Megan Priston, Aubin Balmer, Daniel F. Schorderet, Andrei Verner, Thomas J. Hudson, Francis L. Munier	45

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