Katrien Janssens

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Katrien Janssens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Katrien Janssens has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Katrien Janssens's work include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (13 papers), Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders (9 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (8 papers). Katrien Janssens is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (13 papers), Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders (9 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (8 papers). Katrien Janssens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. Katrien Janssens's co-authors include Wim Van Hul, Peter ten Dijke, Sophie Janssens, Stuart H. Ralston, Filip Vanhoenacker, Vincent Timmerman, Annelies Rotthier, Jonathan Baets, Carsten Bergmann and M Bonduelle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Katrien Janssens

40 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Transforming Growth Factor-β1 to the Bone 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Transforming Growth Factor-β1 to the Bone
    2005 573 citations Katrien Janssens, Peter ten Dijke et al. profile →

Peers

Katrien Janssens
Béatrice Vayssière France
Yangli Xie China
Donald A. Glass United States
Hosung Min United States
Kyu Sang Joeng United States
Takahide Kurokawa Japan
Ikuyo Kou Japan
Lynn M. Boyden United States
Frank Asuncion United States
Douglas J. Wilkin United States
Béatrice Vayssière France
Katrien Janssens
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katrien Janssens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Katrien Janssens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Katrien Janssens based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Katrien Janssens. Katrien Janssens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deconinck, Tine, Katrien Janssens, Alicia Alonso‐Jiménez, et al.. (2025). A heterozygous 9q34 deletion encompassing SPTAN1 as a cause of distal myopathy. European Journal of Human Genetics. 34(1). 45–52.
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Rosenblum, Jessica, Diane Beysen, Anna Jansen, et al.. (2024). RNU4‐2 ‐Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder Is Associated With a Recognisable Facial Gestalt. Clinical Genetics. 107(1). 104–112. 3 indexed citations
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Rosenblum, Jessica, Bettina Blaumeiser, & Katrien Janssens. (2024). The impact of confined placental mosaicism on prenatal cell-free DNA screening: Insights from a monocentric study of 99 cases. Placenta. 152. 17–22. 1 indexed citations
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Fransén, Erik, et al.. (2024). Monocentric Study on the Performance of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing on Cell‐Free DNA for the Detection of Monosomy X. Prenatal Diagnosis. 44(10). 1210–1217. 1 indexed citations
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Beysen, Diane, Berten Ceulemans, Filip Roelens, et al.. (2024). The Genetic Puzzle of Cerebral Palsy: Results of a Monocentric Study. Pediatric Neurology. 161. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Meuwissen, Marije, et al.. (2023). Novel presentation of AADC deficiency as a mild phenotype with exercise-induced dystonic crises: A case report. Heliyon. 10(1). e23746–e23746. 2 indexed citations
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Rademaeker, Marjan De, et al.. (2023). Implementation of Exome Sequencing in Prenatal Diagnostics: Chances and Challenges. Diagnostics. 13(5). 860–860. 8 indexed citations
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Beysen, Diane, et al.. (2021). Genetic Testing Contributes to Diagnosis in Cerebral Palsy: Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome as an Example. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 617813–617813. 5 indexed citations
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Vandamme, Timon, Marc Peeters, Matthias Beyens, et al.. (2018). Cell-Free DNA From Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients Contains Tumor-Specific Mutations and Copy Number Variations. Frontiers in Oncology. 8. 467–467. 27 indexed citations
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Brison, Nathalie, Kris Van Den Bogaert, Luc Dehaspe, et al.. (2016). Accuracy and clinical value of maternal incidental findings during noninvasive prenatal testing for fetal aneuploidies. Genetics in Medicine. 19(3). 306–313. 39 indexed citations
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Rotthier, Annelies, Anke Penno, Bernd Rautenstrauß, et al.. (2011). Characterization of two mutations in the SPTLC1 subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type I. Human Mutation. 32(6). E2211–E2225. 32 indexed citations
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Rykx, An, Line De Kimpe, Katrien Janssens, et al.. (2007). An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Protein Kinase D Activity Using Phosphorylation Site-Specific Antibodies. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 5(5). 637–644. 6 indexed citations
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Janssens, Katrien, Filip Vanhoenacker, M Bonduelle, et al.. (2005). Camurati-Engelmann disease: review of the clinical, radiological, and molecular data of 24 families and implications for diagnosis and treatment. Journal of Medical Genetics. 43(1). 1–11. 151 indexed citations
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Şimşek, Suat, Katrien Janssens, M. L. Kwee, et al.. (2005). Camurati–Engelmann disease (progressive diaphyseal dysplasia) in a Moroccan family. Osteoporosis International. 16(9). 1167–1170. 17 indexed citations
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Janssens, Katrien, Elizabeth D. Thompson, Filip Vanhoenacker, et al.. (2003). Macrocephaly and sclerosis of the tubular bones in an isolated patient: a mild case of craniodiaphyseal dysplasia?. Clinical Dysmorphology. 12(4). 245–250. 2 indexed citations
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Janssens, Katrien, Peter ten Dijke, Stuart H. Ralston, Carsten Bergmann, & Wim Van Hul. (2003). Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Mutations in Camurati-Engelmann Disease Lead to Increased Signaling by Altering either Activation or Secretion of the Mutant Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(9). 7718–7724. 87 indexed citations
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Hul, Wim Van, Filip Vanhoenacker, Wendy Balemans, Katrien Janssens, & A. M. De Schepper. (2001). Molecular and radiological diagnosis of sclerosing bone dysplasias. European Journal of Radiology. 40(3). 198–207. 29 indexed citations
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Janssens, Katrien, et al.. (2000). Localisation of the gene causing diaphyseal dysplasia Camurati-Engelmann to chromosome 19q13. Journal of Medical Genetics. 37(4). 245–249. 33 indexed citations
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Janssens, Katrien, Ruth Gershoni‐Baruch, Núria Guañabens, et al.. (2000). Mutations in the gene encoding the latency-associated peptide of TGF-β1 cause Camurati-Engelmann disease. Nature Genetics. 26(3). 273–275. 156 indexed citations

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