Wendy Balemans

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Wendy Balemans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendy Balemans has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Wendy Balemans's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (12 papers), Bone health and treatments (11 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (8 papers). Wendy Balemans is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (12 papers), Bone health and treatments (11 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (8 papers). Wendy Balemans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Wendy Balemans's co-authors include Wim Van Hul, Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck, Erna Cleiren, Filip Vanhoenacker, Elke Piters, Patrick J. Willems, Frederik G. Dikkers, Anil Koul, Jérôme Guillemont and Koen Andries and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Wendy Balemans

42 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Increased bone density in sclerosteosis is due to the deficiency of a novel secreted protein (SOST)

2001 873 citations Wendy Balemans Human Molecular Genetics profile →
Identification of a 52 kb deletion downstream of the SOST gene in patients with van Buchem disease

2002 541 citations Wendy Balemans et al. profile →
Extracellular Regulation of BMP Signaling in Vertebrates: A Cocktail of Modulators

2002 514 citations Wendy Balemans, Wim Van Hul Developmental Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Common Genetic Variation in the DKK1 Gene is Associated with Hip Axis Length but not with Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover Markers in Young Adult Men: Results from the Odense Androgen Study 2010 ·Calcified Tissue International ·Elke Piters, Wendy Balemans, Torben Leo Nielsen, Marianne Andersen, Eveline Boudin, Kim Brixen, Wim Van Hul	19
2	The Binding Between Sclerostin and LRP5 is Altered by DKK1 and by High-Bone Mass LRP5 Mutations 2008 ·Calcified Tissue International ·Wendy Balemans, Elke Piters, Erna Cleiren, Minrong Ai, Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck, Matthew L. Warman, Wim Van Hul	113
3	Diarylquinolines Are Bactericidal for Dormant Mycobacteria as a Result of Disturbed ATP Homeostasis 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Anil Koul, Luc Vranckx, Najoua Dendouga, Wendy Balemans, Ilse Van den Wyngaert, Karen Vergauwen, Hinrich W. H. Göhlmann, Rudy Willebrords, Alain Poncelet, Jérôme Guillemont, Dirk Bald, Koen Andries	262
4	Exclusion of OGDH and BMP4 as candidate genes in two siblings with autosomal recessive DOOR syndrome 2007 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A ·Yolande van Bever, Wendy Balemans, E Duval, (unknown), François Eyskens, Wim Van Hul, Winnie Courtens	5
5	An autosomal dominant high bone mass phenotype in association with craniosynostosis in an extended family is caused by an LRP5 missense mutation 2005 ·Bone and Mineral ·M. L. Kwee, Wendy Balemans, Erna Cleiren, Gilles Thomas, (unknown), (unknown), Wim Van Hul	3
6	A Clinical and Molecular Overview of the Human Osteopetroses 2005 ·Calcified Tissue International ·Wendy Balemans, Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck, Wim Van Hul	100
7	A generalized skeletal hyperostosis in two siblings caused by a novel mutation in the gene 2005 ·Bone ·Wendy Balemans, Erna Cleiren, U. Siebers, J. Horst, (unknown)	55
8	Patients with Van Buchem Disease, an Osteosclerotic Genetic Disease, Have Elevated Bone Formation Markers, Higher Bone Density, and Greater Derived Polar Moment of Inertia than Normal 2003 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Jon E. Wergedal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wendy Balemans, Cesar Libanati, Filip Vanhoenacker, (unknown), David J. Baylink, Wim Van Hul	67
9	Lack of association between the SOST gene and bone mineral density in perimenopausal women: analysis of five polymorphisms 2002 ·Bone ·Wendy Balemans, Dorothee Foernzler, (unknown), Martin Ebeling, Annick Thompson, David M. Reid, Klaus Lindpaintner, Stuart H. Ralston, Wim Van Hul	35
10	Extracellular Regulation of BMP Signaling in Vertebrates: A Cocktail of Modulators 2002 ·Developmental Biology ·Wendy Balemans	41
11	Increased bone density in sclerosteosis is due to the deficiency of a novel secreted protein (SOST) breakdown → 2001 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Wendy Balemans	873
12	Molecular and radiological diagnosis of sclerosing bone dysplasias 2001 ·European Journal of Radiology ·Wim Van Hul, Filip Vanhoenacker, Wendy Balemans, Katrien Janssens, A. M. De Schepper	29
13	Sclerosing bone dysplasias: genetic and radioclinical features 2000 ·European Radiology ·Filip Vanhoenacker, (unknown), Wim Van Hul, Wendy Balemans, (unknown), Suvimol Hill, A. M. De Schepper	79
14	Refined localization and two additional linked families for the DFNA10 locus for nonsyndromic hearing impairment 2000 ·Human Genetics ·Kristien Verhoeven, Toril Fagerheim, Sai Prasad, Sigrid Wayne, (unknown), Wendy Balemans, Margriet Verstreken, Isabelle Schatteman, (unknown), Paul Van de Heyning, (unknown), Richard J. Smith, Guy Van Camp	10
15	Localization of the Gene for Sclerosteosis to the van Buchem Disease–Gene Region on Chromosome 17q12–q21 1999 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Wendy Balemans, Jenneke van den Ende, (unknown), Frederik G. Dikkers, Patrick J. Willems, Filip Vanhoenacker, (unknown), (unknown), Constantine A. Stratakis, Suvimol Hill, Wim Van Hul	97
16	Classical Friedreich’s Ataxia and Its Genotype 1999 ·European Neurology ·J. J. Martin, L. Martin, A. Löfgren, Marc D’Hooghe, (unknown), Wendy Balemans, Francesc Palau, Christine Van Broeckhoven	1
17	Refined mapping of a gene for autosomal dominant progressive sensorineural hearing loss (DFNA5) to a 2-cM region, and exclusion of a candidate gene that is expressed in the cochlea. 1998 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Guy Van Camp, (unknown), Ed Green, Margriet Verstreken, Isabelle Schatteman, Paul Van de Heyning, Wendy Balemans, Paul Coucke, (unknown), Richard J. Smith, E. H. Huizing, Patrick J. Willems	18
18	Localisation of the gene for Van Buchem disease to a candidate region of less than 1 cM on chromosome 17. 1997 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Wendy Balemans, Wim Van Hul, Els Van Hul, (unknown), Robert J. Stokroos, Guy Van Camp, PJ Willems	1
19	The Gene for Pendred Syndrome Is Located between D7S501 and D7S692 in a 1.7-cM Region on Chromosome 7q 1997 ·Genomics ·Paul Coucke, Guy Van Camp, Osman Demırhan, (unknown), Wendy Balemans, Peter Van Hauwe, Tom Van Agtmael, Richard J. Smith, Agnete Parving, (unknown), Cor W. R. J. Cremers, Patrick J. Willems	24
20	Linkage Designer and Linkage Reporter software for automated gene localization studies 1996 ·Anet (University of Antwerp) ·Guy Van Camp, Wendy Balemans, Patrick J. Willems	9

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