Erich Roessler

10.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Erich Roessler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erich Roessler has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Erich Roessler's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (66 papers), Congenital limb and hand anomalies (19 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (18 papers). Erich Roessler is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (66 papers), Congenital limb and hand anomalies (19 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (18 papers). Erich Roessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Erich Roessler's co-authors include Maximilian Muenke, Stephen W. Scherer, Elena Belloni, Karin Gaudenz, Richard N. Bamford, Philippe Jay, Philippe Berta, Lap‐Chee Tsui, Jeffrey E. Ming and Thomas A. Waldmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Erich Roessler

89 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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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.

Mutations in the human Sonic Hedgehog gene cause holoprosencephaly

1996 871 citations Erich Roessler, Karin Gaudenz et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly

1996 501 citations Maximilian Muenke, Erich Roessler et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erich Roessler United States	43	5.4k	3.4k	918	791	671	90	7.3k
Bernhard Zabel Germany	50	7.2k 1.3×	4.7k 1.4×	567 0.6×	588 0.7×	652 1.0×	166	11.0k
Chi‐chung Hui Canada	51	8.0k 1.5×	2.4k 0.7×	392 0.4×	201 0.3×	1.1k 1.6×	121	10.1k
Miguel Torres Spain	48	6.1k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	732 0.8×	240 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	125	8.6k
Lisa G. Shaffer United States	67	6.1k 1.1×	9.6k 2.8×	280 0.3×	4.2k 5.3×	810 1.2×	288	13.4k
Anne Moon United States	45	4.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	508 0.6×	127 0.2×	764 1.1×	96	6.1k
Mustafa Tekin United States	42	3.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	669 0.7×	274 0.3×	438 0.7×	219	5.5k
Gregory R. Dressler United States	54	8.9k 1.6×	2.3k 0.7×	329 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	915 1.4×	113	10.1k
Weimin Bi United States	33	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	226 0.2×	719 0.9×	427 0.6×	92	5.5k
Sue Malcolm United Kingdom	33	2.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	620 0.7×	439 0.6×	309 0.5×	62	4.4k
Hiroki Kurahashi Japan	46	3.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	454 0.5×	976 1.2×	462 0.7×	278	6.4k

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Hong, Sung‐Kook, Ping Hu, Blake Carrington, et al.. (2020). Functional analysis ofSonic Hedgehogvariants associated with holoprosencephaly in humans using a CRISPR/Cas9 zebrafish model. Human Mutation. 41(12). 2155–2166. 3 indexed citations

Hong, Sung‐Kook, Ping Hu, Blake Carrington, et al.. (2020). Rare hypomorphic human variation in the heptahelical domain ofSMOcontributes to holoprosencephaly phenotypes. Human Mutation. 41(12). 2105–2118. 3 indexed citations

Hu, Ping, Ariel F. Martinez, Paul Kruszka, et al.. (2018). Low-level parental mosaicism affects the recurrence risk of holoprosencephaly. Genetics in Medicine. 21(4). 1015–1020. 9 indexed citations

Berger, Seth, Karin Weiss, Ariel F. Martinez, et al.. (2017). SIX3 deletions and incomplete penetrance in families affected by holoprosencephaly. Congenital Anomalies. 58(1). 29–32. 10 indexed citations

Bae, Gyu‐Un, Sabina Domené, Erich Roessler, et al.. (2011). Mutations in CDON, Encoding a Hedgehog Receptor, Result in Holoprosencephaly and Defective Interactions with Other Hedgehog Receptors. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 89(2). 231–240. 100 indexed citations

Domené, Sabina, Horia Stanescu, Deeann Wallis, et al.. (2010). Screening of human LPHN3 for variants with a potential impact on ADHD susceptibility. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 156(1). 11–18. 48 indexed citations

Solomon, Benjamin D., Daniel Pineda‐Alvarez, Andrea Gropman, et al.. (2010). A Hypomorphic Allele in the <i>FGF8 </i>Gene Contributes to Holoprosencephaly and Is Allelic to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Deficiency in Humans. Molecular Syndromology. 1(2). 59–66. 43 indexed citations

Dubourg, Christèle, Véronique David, Andrea Gropman, et al.. (2010). Clinical utility gene card for: Holoprosencephaly. European Journal of Human Genetics. 19(1). 3–3. 11 indexed citations

Solomon, Benjamin D., Felicitas Lacbawan, Mahim Jain, et al.. (2009). A novel SIX3 mutation segregates with holoprosencephaly in a large family. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 149A(5). 919–925. 32 indexed citations

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Jeong, Yongsu, Kênia Balbi El-Jaick, Erich Roessler, Maximilian Muenke, & Douglas J. Epstein. (2006). A functional screen for sonic hedgehog regulatory elements across a 1 Mb interval identifies long-range ventral forebrain enhancers. Development. 133(4). 761–772. 184 indexed citations

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Roessler, Erich, Alexandre N. Ermilov, Dorothy K. Grange, et al.. (2005). A previously unidentified amino-terminal domain regulates transcriptional activity of wild-type and disease-associated human GLI2. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(15). 2181–2188. 128 indexed citations

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Ming, Jeffrey E., Erich Roessler, Han G. Brunner, et al.. (2002). Mutations in PATCHED-1, the receptor for SONIC HEDGEHOG, are associated with holoprosencephaly. Human Genetics. 110(4). 297–301. 174 indexed citations

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Roessler, Erich, Yangzhu Du, Andrei Glinka, et al.. (2000). The genomic structure, chromosome location, and analysis of the human DKK1 head inducer gene as a candidate for holoprosencephaly. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 89(3-4). 220–224. 23 indexed citations

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Roessler, Erich & Maximilian Muenke. (2000). The structure and function of genes causing human holoprosencephaly. 1(1). 7–20. 6 indexed citations

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Bamford, Richard N., Erich Roessler, Rebecca D. Burdine, et al.. (2000). Loss-of-function mutations in the EGF-CFC gene CFC1 are associated with human left-right laterality defects. Nature Genetics. 26(3). 365–369. 250 indexed citations

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Jay, Philippe, Jean‐Louis Bergé‐Lefranc, Annick Massacrier, et al.. (2000). ARP3β, the gene encoding a new human actin‐related protein, is alternatively spliced and predominantly expressed in brain neuronal cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 267(10). 2921–2928. 25 indexed citations

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Huo, Liang, Erich Roessler, Amalia Dutra, et al.. (2000). Determination of the chromosomal location and genomic structure of the Hedgehog-Interacting Protein gene, and analysis of its role in Holoprosencephaly. 1(3-4). 119–127. 2 indexed citations

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Nanni, Luisa, Jeffrey E. Ming, Maureen Bocian, et al.. (1999). The Mutational Spectrum of the Sonic Hedgehog Gene in Holoprosencephaly: SHH Mutations Cause a Significant Proportion of Autosomal Dominant Holoprosencephaly. Human Molecular Genetics. 8(13). 2479–2488. 274 indexed citations

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Gaudenz, Karin, Erich Roessler, Satu Vainikka, Kari Alitalo, & Maximilian Muenke. (1998). Analysis of Patients with Craniosynostosis Syndromes for a Pro246Arg Mutation in FGFR4. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 64(1). 76–79. 9 indexed citations

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Ta, Waldmann, C K Goldman, Lois E. Top, et al.. (1993). The interleukin-2 receptor: a target for monoclonal antibody treatment of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus I-induced adult T-cell leukemia. Blood. 82(6). 1701–1712. 7 indexed citations

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