Nicholas Lench

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Lench is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Lench has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Lench's work include Genomics and Rare Diseases (10 papers), Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (10 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (10 papers). Nicholas Lench is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Rare Diseases (10 papers), Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (10 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (10 papers). Nicholas Lench collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Nicholas Lench's co-authors include R Mueller, David P. Kelsell, G. Parry, I.M. Leigh, J Liang, John Dunlop, Howard P. Stevens, G B Winter, Lyn S. Chitty and Brandon J. Wainwright and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Lench

106 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Connexin 26 mutations in hereditary non-syndromic sensorineural deafness

1997 1.1k citations David P. Kelsell, Howard P. Stevens et al. profile →
Use of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol gene score to distinguish patients with polygenic and monogenic familial hypercholesterolaemia: a case-control study

2013 411 citations Nicholas Lench et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Lench United Kingdom	36	2.7k	1.3k	1.3k	866	515	107	5.5k
Susan H. Blanton United States	43	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	828 0.7×	551 0.6×	292 0.6×	189	6.2k
Mustafa Tekin United States	42	3.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	438 0.5×	274 0.5×	219	5.5k
Leopoldo Zelante Italy	41	3.4k 1.3×	964 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	281 0.3×	472 0.9×	160	6.5k
Sandrine Marlin France	39	3.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	704 0.8×	156 0.3×	117	8.3k
Moshe Frydman Israel	37	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	605 0.5×	310 0.4×	239 0.5×	132	4.6k
David P. Kelsell United Kingdom	43	4.3k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	281 0.3×	143 0.3×	141	6.8k
Patrick J. Willems Belgium	55	5.5k 2.0×	3.9k 2.9×	793 0.6×	642 0.7×	579 1.1×	209	10.0k
Andrew Read United Kingdom	38	3.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	469 0.4×	819 0.9×	554 1.1×	124	6.1k
Nathan Fischel‐Ghodsian United States	47	4.8k 1.7×	884 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	369 0.4×	261 0.5×	106	6.8k
William Reardon United Kingdom	53	6.5k 2.4×	5.2k 3.9×	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	938 1.8×	195	11.9k

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Sergouniotis, Panagiotis I., Simon Ramsden, Andrew Lotery, et al.. (2022). Assessing the Pathogenicity of In-Frame CACNA1F Indel Variants Using Structural Modeling. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 24(12). 1232–1239. 1 indexed citations

Ellingford, Jamie M., Panagiotis I. Sergouniotis, Simon Ramsden, et al.. (2021). Improving the clinical interpretation of missense variants in X linked genes using structural analysis. Journal of Medical Genetics. 59(4). 385–392. 3 indexed citations

Sergouniotis, Panagiotis I., Stephanie Barton, Simon Ramsden, et al.. (2020). Using an integrative machine learning approach utilising homology modelling to clinically interpret genetic variants: CACNA1F as an exemplar. European Journal of Human Genetics. 28(9). 1274–1282. 15 indexed citations

Reid, Emma, Apostolos Papandreou, Suzanne Drury, et al.. (2016). Advantages and pitfalls of an extended gene panel for investigating complex neurometabolic phenotypes. Brain. 139(11). 2844–2854. 27 indexed citations

Chitty, Lyn S., Sarah Mason, Angela N. Barrett, et al.. (2015). Non‐invasive prenatal diagnosis of achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia: next‐generation sequencing allows for a safer, more accurate, and comprehensive approach. Prenatal Diagnosis. 35(7). 656–662. 112 indexed citations

Hussain, Sofia, Naomi Issler, Nicholas Lench, et al.. (2013). KCNJ10 Mutations Display Differential Sensitivity to Heteromerisation with KCNJ16. Nephron Physiology. 123(3-4). 7–14. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Rubin, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of Real-Time Quantitative PCR as a Standard Cytogenetic Diagnostic Tool for Confirmation of Microarray (aCGH) Results and Determination of Inheritance. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 17(11). 821–825. 5 indexed citations

O’Toole, Edel A., David G. Paige, Haitham El Bashir, et al.. (2009). Filaggrin mutations are associated with ichthyosis vulgaris in the Bangladeshi population. British Journal of Dermatology. 160(5). 1113–1115. 8 indexed citations

Lench, Nicholas, Mark M. Iles, Ian Mackay, et al.. (2005). Single-Point Haplotype Scores Telomeric to Human Leukocyte Antigen-C Give a High Susceptibility Major Histocompatability Complex Haplotype for Psoriasis in a Caucasian Population. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 124(3). 545–552. 11 indexed citations

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Heel, David A. van, Irina A. Udalova, Dermot McGovern, et al.. (2002). Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with functional TNF polymorphism affecting OCT1/NF-kappa B interaction. Gut. 50. 1 indexed citations

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Heel, David A. van, Irina A. Udalova, Dermot McGovern, et al.. (2002). Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with a functional TNF polymorphism that affects an OCT1/NF-KB transcription factor interaction. Gastroenterology. 122. 1 indexed citations

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McHale, Duncan P., Simon J Mitchell, Sarah Bundey, et al.. (1999). A Gene for Autosomal Recessive Symmetrical Spastic Cerebral Palsy Maps to Chromosome 2q24-25. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 64(2). 526–532. 37 indexed citations

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Lench, Nicholas, et al.. (1997). Physical mapping of the dominant optic atrophy gene, OPA1. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 232–233. 1 indexed citations

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Campbell, David A., Duncan P. McHale, Kathryn Brown, et al.. (1997). A new locus for non-syndromal, autosomal recessive, sensorineural hearing loss (DFNB16) maps to human chromosome 15q21-q22.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 34(12). 1015–1017. 31 indexed citations

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Robinson, Philip A., J.P. Leek, Ian Carr, et al.. (1996). Yeast artificial chromosome cloning and chromosomal localization of the abundant odontogenic keratocyst protein elafin. Archives of Oral Biology. 41(5). 445–452. 3 indexed citations

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Lench, Nicholas, et al.. (1995). Amelogenesis imperfecta in triplets: a unique family record. BDJ. 178(12). 465–468. 3 indexed citations

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Leek, J.P., Nicholas Lench, Andy M. Bailey, et al.. (1995). Prostate-specific membrane antigen: evidence for the existence of a second related human gene. British Journal of Cancer. 72(3). 583–588. 71 indexed citations

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Allen, Carl M., Richard C. Jordan, Tim C. Diss, et al.. (1995). Immunoglobulin gene rearrangements in lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates of labial salivary glands in Sjögren's syndrome. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 79(6). 723–729. 47 indexed citations

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Scambler, Peter, G. Bell, Eila Watson, et al.. (1986). Cystic fibrosis linkage exclusion data. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 41(1). 62–63. 7 indexed citations

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Scambler, Peter, Martin Farrall, Jimmy D. Bell, et al.. (1985). Linkage of the Col1A2 collagen gene to cystic fibrosis. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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