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Precision medicine in inherited blindness using integrated omics in human and animal models
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Publications & research data ( 29 )
Generation and characterization of three human induced pluripotent stem cell lines (UGENTi005, UGENTi006 and UGENTi007) from patients with autosomal dominant adult-onset maculopathy due to RPE65 variant c.1555G>A, p.(E519K)
Eline Van Vooren
Filip Van Den Broeck
Esperanza Daal
Mehrnaz Ghazvini
Julie De Zaeytijd
Bart Leroy
Miriam Bauwens
Elfride De Baere
A1
Journal Article
in
STEM CELL RESEARCH
2025
RPE65 variant p.(E519K) causes a novel dominant adult-onset maculopathy in 83 affected individuals
Eline Van Vooren
Filip Van Den Broeck
Quinten Mahieu
Eline Geens
Mattias Van Heetvelde
Marieke De Bruyne
Stijn Van de Sompele
Sheetal Uppal
Eugenia Poliakov
Claire-Marie Dhaenens
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
2025
Precise, predictable genome integrations by deep-learning-assisted design of microhomology-based templates
Thomas Naert
Taiyo Yamamoto
Shuting Han
Ruth Röck
Melanie Horn
Philipp Bethge
Nikita Vladimirov
Fabian F. Voigt
Joana Figueiro-Silva
Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
2025
Cracking rare disorders : a new minimally invasive RNA-seq protocol
Laurenz De Cock
Erika D'haenens
Lies Vantomme
Lynn Backers
Aude Beyens
Kathleen Claes
Griet De Clercq
Robin de Putter
Candy Kumps
Nika Schuermans
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NPJ GENOMIC MEDICINE
2025
Loss of function of the zinc finger homeobox 4 gene, ZFHX4, underlies a neurodevelopmental disorder
Maria del Rocio Pérez Baca
María Palomares-Bralo
Michiel Vanhooydonck
Lisa Hamerlinck
Eva D'haene
Sebastian Leimbacher
Eva Jacobs
Laurenz De Cock
Erika D'haenens
Annelies Dheedene
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2025
Characterising the refractive error in paediatric patients with congenital stationary night blindness : a multicentre study
Austin D. Igelman
Elizabeth White
Alaa Tayyib
Lesley Everett
Ajoy Vincent
Elise Heon
Christina Zeitz
Michel Michaelides
Omar A. Mahroo
Mohamed Katta
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2025
Uncovering the genetic architecture of inherited retinal disease in a consanguineous Iranian cohort
Lieselot Vincke
Kristof Van Schil
Hamid Ahmadieh
Afrooz Moghaddasi
Hamideh Sabbaghi
Narsis Daftarian
Tahmineh Motevasseli
Leila Javanparast Sheykhani
Mohammadreza Dehghani
Mohammad Yahya Vahidi Mehrjardi
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NPJ GENOMIC MEDICINE
2025
Bi-allelic variants in three genes encoding distinct subunits of the vesicular AP-5 complex cause hereditary macular dystrophy
Karolina Kaminska
Francesca Cancellieri
Mathieu Quinodoz
Abigail R. Moye
Miriam Bauwens
Siying Lin
Lucas Janeschitz-Kriegl
Tamar Hayman
Pilar Barberán-Martínez
Regina Schlaeger
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2025
A novel recurrent ARL3 variant c.209G>A p.(Gly70Glu) causes variable non-syndromic dominant retinal dystrophy with defective lipidated protein transport in human retinal stem cell models
Julio C Corral-Serrano
Veronika Vaclavik
Stijn Van de Sompele
Karolina Kaminska
Katarina Jovanovic
Pascal Escher
Filip Van Den Broeck
Francesca Cancellieri
Vasileios Toulis
Bart Leroy
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
2025
Expanding the genetic landscape of Usher syndrome type IV caused by pathogenic ARSG variants
Miriam Bauwens
Vincent De Man
Isabelle Audo
Irina Balikova
Wadih M. Zein
Vasily Smirnov
Sebastian Held
Sascha Vermeer
Elke Loos
Julie Jacob
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CLINICAL GENETICS
2025
Deletion upstream of MAB21L2 highlights the importance of evolutionarily conserved non-coding sequences for eye development
Fabiola Ceroni
Münevver Burcu Cicekdal
Richard Holt
Elena Sorokina
Nicolas Chassaing
Samuel Clokie
Thomas Naert
Lidiya V. Talbot
Sanaa Muheisen
Dorine A. Bax
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2024
A proteogenomic atlas of the human neural retina
Tabea V. Riepe
Merel Stemerdink
Renee Salz
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Suzanne E. de Bruijn
Erica Boonen
Tomasz Z. Tomkiewicz
Michael Kwint
Jolein Gloerich
Hans J. C. T. Wessels
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
2024
Comparative 3D genome analysis between neural retina and retinal pigment epithelium reveals differential cis-regulatory interactions at retinal disease loci
Eva D'haene
Victor Lopez Soriano
Pedro Manuel Martínez-García
Soraya Kalayanamontri
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Ana Sousa-Ortega
Silvia Naranjo
Stijn Van de Sompele
Lies Vantomme
Quinten Mahieu
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GENOME BIOLOGY
2024
Multi-omics analysis in human retina uncovers ultraconserved cis-regulatory elements at rare eye disease loci
Victor Lopez Soriano
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Rajarshi Mukherjee
Frauke Coppieters
Miriam Bauwens
Andy Willaert
Elfride De Baere
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2024
Evolutionary origin of Hoxc13-dependent skin appendages in amphibians
Marjolein Carron
Attila Placido Sachslehner
Münevver Burcu Cicekdal
Inge Bruggeman
Suzan Demuynck
Bahar Golabi
Elfride De Baere
Wim Declercq
Erwin Tschachler
Kris Vleminckx
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2024
Autozygome-guided exome-first study in a consanguineous cohort with early-onset retinal disease uncovers an isolated RIMS2 phenotype and a retina-enriched RIMS2 isoform
Marta del Pozo Valero
Basamat Almoallem Mohammed
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Quinten Mahieu
Mattias Van Heetvelde
Laila Jeddawi
Miriam Bauwens
Elfride De Baere
A1
Journal Article
in
CLINICAL GENETICS
2024
Combining a prioritization strategy and functional studies nominates 5'UTR variants underlying inherited retinal disease
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Marta del Pozo Valero
Manon Bouckaert
Katherine A. Wood
Filip Van Den Broeck
Malena Daich Varela
Huw B. Thomas
Mattias Van Heetvelde
Marieke De Bruyne
Stijn Van de Sompele
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
GENOME MEDICINE
2024
Mutations in SAMD7 cause autosomal-recessive macular dystrophy with or without cone dysfunction
Miriam Bauwens
Elifnaz Celik
Dinah Zur
Siying Lin
Mathieu Quinodoz
Michel Michaelides
Andrew R Webster
Filip Van Den Broeck
Bart Leroy
Leah Rizel
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2024
msqrob2PTM : differential abundance and differential usage analysis of MS-based proteomics data at the post-translational modification and peptidoform level
Nina Demeulemeester
Marie Gébelin
Lucas Caldi Gomes
Paul Lingor
Christine Carapito
Lennart Martens
Lieven Clement
A1
Journal Article
in
MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS
2024
Compendium of clinical variant classification for 2,246 unique ABCA4 variants to clarify variant pathogenicity in Stargardt disease using a modified ACMG/AMP framework
Stephanie Cornelis
Miriam Bauwens
Lonneke Haer-Wigman
Marieke De Bruyne
Madhulatha Pantrangi
Elfride De Baere
Robert B. Hufnagel
Claire-Marie Dhaenens
Frans P. M. Cremers
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMAN MUTATION
2023
CEP162 deficiency causes human retinal degeneration and reveals a dual role in ciliogenesis and neurogenesis
Nafisa Nuzhat
Kristof Van Schil
Sandra Liakopoulos
Miriam Bauwens
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Stephan Kaeseberg
Melanie Jaeger
Jason R. Willer
Jennifer Winter
Hanh M. Truong
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
2023
Randomized trial of bilateral gene therapy injection for m.11778G>A MT-ND4 Leber optic neuropathy
Nancy J. Newman
Patrick Yu-Wai-Man
Prem S. Subramanian
Mark L. Moster
An-Guor Wang
Sean P. Donahue
Bart Leroy
Valerio Carelli
Valerie Biousse
Catherine Vignal-Clermont
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BRAIN
2023
Cost-effective sequence analysis of 113 genes in 1,192 probands with retinitis pigmentosa and Leber congenital amaurosis
Daan M. Panneman
Rebekkah J. Hitti-Malin
Lara K. Holtes
Suzanne E. de Bruijn
Janine Reurink
Erica G. M. Boonen
Muhammad Imran Khan
Manir Ali
Sten Andréasson
Elfride De Baere
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
2023
Multi-omics approach dissects cis-regulatory mechanisms underlying North Carolina macular dystrophy, a retinal enhanceropathy
Stijn Van de Sompele
Kent W. Small
Münevver Burcu Cicekdal
Victor Lopez Soriano
Eva D'haene
Fadi S. Shaya
Steven Agemy
Thijs Van der Snickt
Alfredo Dueñas Rey
Toon Rosseel
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2022
Engraftment of allotransplanted tumor cells in adult rag2 mutant Xenopus tropicalis
Dieter Tulkens
Dionysia Dimitrakopoulou
Marthe Boelens
Tom Van Nieuwenhuysen
Suzan Demuynck
Wendy Toussaint
David Creytens
Pieter Van Vlierberghe
Kris Vleminckx
A1
Journal Article
in
CANCERS
2022
The natural history of leber congenital amaurosis and cone–rod dystrophy associated with variants in the GUCY2D gene
Leo C. Hahn
Michalis Georgiou
Hind Almushattat
Mary J. van Schooneveld
Emanuel R. de Carvalho
Nieneke L. Wesseling
Jacoline B. ten Brink
Ralph J. Florijn
Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte
Ine Strubbe
et al.
A2
Journal Article
in
OPHTHALMOLOGY RETINA
2022
Serum calcification propensity T50 associates with disease severity in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Lukas Nollet
Matthias Van Gils
Suzanne Fischer
Laurence Campens
Swapna Karthik
Andreas Pasch
Julie De Zaeytijd
Bart Leroy
Daniel Devos
Tine De Backer
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
2022
X-linked Retinoschisis : novel clinical observations and genetic spectrum in 340 patients
Leo C. Hahn
Mary J. van Schooneveld
Nieneke L. Wesseling
Ralph J. Florijn
Jacoline B. ten Brink
Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte
Ine Strubbe
Magda A. Meester-Smoor
Alberta A. Thiadens
Roselie M. Diederen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
OPHTHALMOLOGY
2022
Personalized genetic counseling for Stargardt disease : offspring risk estimates based on variant severity
Stephanie Cornelis
Esmee H. Runhart
Miriam Bauwens
Zelia Corradi
Elfride De Baere
Susanne Roosing
Lonneke Haer-Wigman
Claire-Marie Dhaenens
Anneke T. Vulto-van Silfhout
Frans P.M. Cremers
A1
Journal Article
in
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
2022
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