Heather Etchevers

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Heather Etchevers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Etchevers has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Heather Etchevers's work include Congenital heart defects research (14 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (8 papers). Heather Etchevers is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (14 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (8 papers). Heather Etchevers collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Heather Etchevers's co-authors include Nicole M. Le Douarin, G Couly, Christine Vincent, Michel Vekemans, Stanislas Lyonnet, Tania Attié‐Bitach, Arnold Münnich, Jeanne Amiel, Marcy C. Speer and Loïc de Pontual and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heather Etchevers

58 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Polyalanine expansion and frameshift mutations of the paired-like homeobox gene PHOX2B in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome

2003 619 citations Jeanne Amiel, Tania Attié‐Bitach et al. profile →
The cephalic neural crest provides pericytes and smooth muscle cells to all blood vessels of the face and forebrain

2001 508 citations Heather Etchevers et al. Development profile →
Loss-of-Function Mutation in the Dioxygenase-Encoding FTO Gene Causes Severe Growth Retardation and Multiple Malformations

2009 294 citations Christelle Golzio, Heather Etchevers et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Etchevers France	26	1.8k	812	532	463	437	58	3.3k
Leopoldo Zelante Italy	41	3.4k 1.9×	964 1.2×	281 0.5×	482 1.0×	440 1.0×	160	6.5k
Daryl A. Scott United States	32	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	763 1.4×	170 0.4×	602 1.4×	97	3.9k
Millan S. Patel Canada	19	2.6k 1.4×	802 1.0×	239 0.4×	294 0.6×	146 0.3×	54	3.9k
Maria Bitner‐Glindzicz United Kingdom	37	3.2k 1.7×	761 0.9×	395 0.7×	150 0.3×	147 0.3×	94	5.1k
Richard J. Sinke Netherlands	39	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	491 0.9×	125 0.3×	325 0.7×	119	4.4k
Tania Attié‐Bitach France	42	3.6k 2.0×	2.4k 3.0×	1.6k 3.1×	519 1.1×	716 1.6×	156	6.7k
Israela Lerer Israel	29	1.2k 0.7×	972 1.2×	238 0.4×	75 0.2×	343 0.8×	77	2.5k
Anna B. Auerbach United States	19	4.0k 2.2×	976 1.2×	801 1.5×	246 0.5×	218 0.5×	22	5.6k
Alberta Zallone Italy	42	3.1k 1.7×	518 0.6×	398 0.7×	146 0.3×	232 0.5×	114	5.6k
Tayfun Özçelık Türkiye	30	1.5k 0.8×	859 1.1×	174 0.3×	251 0.5×	85 0.2×	59	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Etchevers

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Bono, Christopher De, Yichi Xu, Camille Humbert, et al.. (2025). Multi-modal refinement of the human heart atlas during the first gestational trimester. Development. 152(5). 2 indexed citations

Bidaut, Ghislain, et al.. (2021). Sustained experimental activation of FGF8/ERK in the developing chicken spinal cord models early events in ERK-mediated tumorigenesis. Neoplasia. 24(2). 120–132. 5 indexed citations

Stefanovic, Sonia, Heather Etchevers, & Stéphane Zaffran. (2021). Outflow Tract Formation—Embryonic Origins of Conotruncal Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 8(4). 42–42. 21 indexed citations

Fouchardière, Arnaud de la, et al.. (2021). Cutaneous Melanomas Arising during Childhood: An Overview of the Main Entities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(3). 301–314. 3 indexed citations

Calbet‐Llopart, Neus, Gemma Tell‐Martí, Míriam Potrony, et al.. (2020). Melanocortin‐1 receptor ( MC1R ) genotypes do not correlate with size in two cohorts of medium‐to‐giant congenital melanocytic nevi. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 33(5). 685–694. 6 indexed citations

Chehida, Amel Ben, Lilia Kraoua, Heather Etchevers, et al.. (2019). A severe clinical phenotype of Noonan syndrome with neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the second case worldwide withRAF1S259Y neomutation. Genetics Research. 101. e6–e6. 3 indexed citations

Almutairi, Bader O., Jessica Charlet, Anthony R. Dallosso, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic deregulation of GATA3 in neuroblastoma is associated with increased GATA3 protein expression and with poor outcomes. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18934–18934. 15 indexed citations

Etchevers, Heather, Christian Rosé, Birgit Kahle, et al.. (2018). Giant congenital melanocytic nevus with vascular malformation and epidermal cysts associated with a somatic activating mutation in BRAF. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 31(3). 437–441. 12 indexed citations

Chassaing, Nicolas, Erica E. Davis, Véronique David, et al.. (2016). Targeted resequencing identifies PTCH1 as a major contributor to ocular developmental anomalies and extends the SOX2 regulatory network. Genome Research. 26(4). 474–485. 36 indexed citations

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Yajima, Ichiro, Sophie Colombo, Isabel Puig, et al.. (2013). A Subpopulation of Smooth Muscle Cells, Derived from Melanocyte-Competent Precursors, Prevents Patent Ductus Arteriosus. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53183–e53183. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Pu‐Ting, Sophie Thomas, Andrew Dellinger, et al.. (2012). Transcriptome profiling of genes involved in neural tube closure during human embryonic development using long serial analysis of gene expression (long‐SAGE). Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(9). 683–692. 17 indexed citations

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Golzio, Christelle, Emmanuelle Havis, Philippe Daubas, et al.. (2012). ISL1 Directly Regulates FGF10 Transcription during Human Cardiac Outflow Formation. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30677–e30677. 35 indexed citations

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Foliguet, B., Louise Devisme, Laurence Lœuillet, et al.. (2009). Refining the clinicopathological pattern of cerebral proliferative glomeruloid vasculopathy (Fowler syndrome): Report of 16 fetal cases. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 52(6). 386–392. 11 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sophie, Patrick Wincker, Candice Babarit, et al.. (2008). Human neural crest cells display molecular and phenotypic hallmarks of stem cells. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(21). 3411–3425. 73 indexed citations

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Rio, Marlène, Adeline Vigouroux, Matthias Titeux, et al.. (2008). Confirmation of RAX gene involvement in human anophthalmia. Clinical Genetics. 74(4). 392–395. 34 indexed citations

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Etchevers, Heather, Jeanne Amiel, & Stanislas Lyonnet. (2007). Bases génétiques et moléculaires des neurocristopathies. Archives de Pédiatrie. 14(6). 668–672. 1 indexed citations

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Golzio, Christelle, Sophie Thomas, Maryse Bonnière, et al.. (2007). Matthew-Wood Syndrome Is Caused by Truncating Mutations in the Retinol-Binding Protein Receptor Gene STRA6. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 80(6). 1179–1187. 162 indexed citations

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Etchevers, Heather. (2005). The cap 'n' collar family member NF-E2-related factor 3 (Nrf3) is expressed in mesodermal derivatives of the avian embryo. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 49(2-3). 363–367. 12 indexed citations

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Etchevers, Heather. (2002). Morphogenesis of the Branchial Vascular Sector. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 12(7). 299–304. 28 indexed citations

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Duprez, Delphine, Luc Leyns, Marie-Ange Bonnin, et al.. (1999). Expression of Frzb-1 during chick development. Mechanisms of Development. 89(1-2). 179–183. 35 indexed citations

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