Christine Petit

33.1k citations

339 papers · 20.7k · 5 hit papers · h-index 81

Impact in

Sensory Systems top 0.01%
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
Neurology top 0.1%
- Vestibular and auditory disorders

Papers in

Sensory Systems 169
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics 167
Molecular Biology 162
- Connexins and lens biology 42
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 22

Co-authors: A. Amraoui (41 shared papers)Jacqueline Levilliers (32 shared papers)Jean‐Pierre Hardelin (50 shared papers)Dominique Weil (41 shared papers)Saaïd Safieddine (26 shared papers)Michel Leibovici (16 shared papers)Stéphane Blanchard (17 shared papers)Guy P. Richardson (14 shared papers)
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (21 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (15 papers)Genomics (14 papers)Nature Genetics (13 papers)European Journal of Human Genetics (12 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Germany

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Christine Petit

329 papers receiving 20.3k citations

Christine Petit's Hit Papers

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Otoferlin, Defective in a Human Deafness Form, Is Essential for Exocytosis at the Auditory Ribbon Synapse 2006 · 501 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 Cell
1999 Cell
1997 Nature Genetics
1997 Nature Genetics
1995 Nature

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1	Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome type IB Nature ·Dominique Well, Stéphane Blanchard, Josseline Kaplan, Parry Guilford, F A Gibson, James Walsh, Philomena Mburu, Anabel Varela, Jacqueline Levilliers, Michael D. Weston, Phillip M. Kelley, William J. Kimberling, Mariette Wagenaar, Fabienne Lévi-Acobas, Dominique Larget‐Piet, Arnold Münnich, Karen P. Steel, Steve D. M. Brown, Christine Petit Hit paper breakdown →	1995	823
2	KCNQ4, a Novel Potassium Channel Expressed in Sensory Outer Hair Cells, Is Mutated in Dominant Deafness Cell ·Christian Kubisch, Björn C. Schroeder, Thomas Friedrich, Björn Lütjohann, A. Amraoui, Sandrine Marlin, Christine Petit, Thomas J. Jentsch Hit paper breakdown →	1999	689
3	A novel mutation in the potassium channel gene KVLQT1 causes the Jervell and Lange-Nielsen cardioauditory syndrome Nature Genetics ·Nathalie Neyroud, Frédérique Tesson, Isabelle Denjoy, Michel Leibovici, Claire Donger, Jacques Barhanin, Sabine Fauré, Françoise Gary, P Coumel, Christine Petit, Ketty Schwartz, Pascale Guicheney Hit paper breakdown →	1997	661
4	Otoferlin, Defective in a Human Deafness Form, Is Essential for Exocytosis at the Auditory Ribbon Synapse Cell ·Isabelle Roux, Saaïd Safieddine, Régis Nouvian, M’hamed Grati, Marie‐Christine Simmler, Amel Bahloul, Isabelle Perfettini, Morgane Le Gall, Philippe Rostaing, Ghislaine Hamard, Antoine Triller, (unknown), Tobias Moser, Christine Petit Hit paper breakdown →	2006	501
5	A human homologue of the Drosophila eyes absent gene underlies Branchio-Oto-Renal (BOR) syndrome and identifies a novel gene family Nature Genetics ·Sonia Abdelhak, Vasiliki Kalatzis, Roland Heilig, Sylvie Compain, Delphine Samson, C. Vincent, Dominique Weil, Corinne Cruaud, Iman Sahly, Michel Leibovici, Maria Bitner‐Glindzicz, Mary C. Francis, Didier Lacombe, Jacqueline Vigneron, R Charachon, Katia Boven, P Bedbeder, Nicole Van Regemorter, Jean Weissenbach, Christine Petit Hit paper breakdown →	1997	467
6	A mutation in OTOF, encoding otoferlin, a FER-1-like protein, causes DFNB9, a nonsyndromic form of deafness Nature Genetics ·Shin’ichiro Yasunaga, M’hamed Grati, Martine Cohen‐Salmon, A. Amraoui, Mirna Mustapha, Nabiha Salem, Elie El‐Zir, Jacques Loiselet, Christine Petit	1999	433
7	A defect in harmonin, a PDZ domain-containing protein expressed in the inner ear sensory hair cells, underlies Usher syndrome type 1C Nature Genetics ·Elisabeth Verpy, Michel Leibovici, Ingrid Zwaenepoel, Xue-Zhong Liu, Andreas Gal, Nabiha Salem, Ahmad M. Mansour, Stéphane Blanchard, Ichiro Kobayashi, Bronya J.B. Keats, Rima Slim, Christine Petit	2000	358
8	Targeted Ablation of Connexin26 in the Inner Ear Epithelial Gap Junction Network Causes Hearing Impairment and Cell Death Current Biology ·Martine Cohen‐Salmon, Thomas Ott, Vincent Michel, Jean-Pierre Hardelin, Isabelle Perfettini, Michel Eybalin, Tao Wu, Daniel C. Marcus, Philine Wangemann, Klaus Willecke, Christine Petit	2002	355
9	Clinical features of the prevalent form of childhood deafness, DFNB1, due to a connexin-26 gene defect: implications for genetic counselling The Lancet ·Françoise Denoyelle, Sandrine Marlin, Dominique Weil, L Moatti, Pierre Chauvin, Éréa-Noël Garabédian, Christine Petit	1999	344
10	KCNQ4, a K ⁺ channel mutated in a form of dominant deafness, is expressed in the inner ear and the central auditory pathway Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tatjana Kharkovets, Jean‐Pierre Hardelin, Saaïd Safieddine, Michaela Schweizer, A. Amraoui, Christine Petit, Thomas J. Jentsch	2000	334
11	Myosin VIIa, harmonin and cadherin 23, three Usher I gene products that cooperate to shape the sensory hair cell bundle The EMBO Journal ·Batiste Boëda, A. Amraoui, Amel Bahloul, Richard J. Goodyear, Laurent Daviet, Stéphane Blanchard, Isabelle Perfettini, Karl R. Fath, Spencer Shorte, Jan Reiners, Anne Houdusse, Pierre Legrain, Uwe Wolfrum, Guy P. Richardson, Christine Petit	2002	331
12	Kallmann Syndrome: Mutations in the Genes Encoding Prokineticin-2 and Prokineticin Receptor-2 PLoS Genetics ·Catherine Dodé, Luís Teixeira, Jacqueline Levilliers, Corinne Fouveaut, Philippe Bouchard, Marie-Laure Kottler, James Lespinasse, Anne Lienhardt-Roussie, Michèle Mathieu, Alexandre Moerman, Graeme Morgan, Arnaud Murat, Jean-Edmont Toublanc, Sławomir Wołczyński, Marc Delpech, Christine Petit, Jacques Young, Jean-Pierre Hardelin	2006	315
13	The autosomal recessive isolated deafness, DFNB2, and the Usher 1B syndrome are allelic defects of the myosin-VIIA gene Nature Genetics ·Dominique Weil, Polonca Küssel, Stéphane Blanchard, Gallia G. Levy, Fabienne Lévi-Acobas, Mohamed Drira, Hammadi Ayadi, Christine Petit	1997	313
14	Ciliary proteins link basal body polarization to planar cell polarity regulation Nature Genetics ·Chonnettia Jones, Venus C. Roper, Isabelle Foucher, Dong Qian, Boglárka Banizs, Christine Petit, Bradley K. Yoder, Ping Chen	2007	274
15	Mutations in the gene encoding pejvakin, a newly identified protein of the afferent auditory pathway, cause DFNB59 auditory neuropathy Nature Genetics ·Sedigheh Delmaghani, Francisco Castillo, Vincent Michel, Michel Leibovici, Asadollah Aghaie, Uri Ron, Lut Van Laer, Nir Ben‐Tal, Guy Van Camp, Dominique Weil, Francina Langa, Mark Lathrop, (unknown), Christine Petit	2006	243
16	Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss Annual Review of Genetics ·Christine Petit, Jacqueline Levilliers, Jean‐Pierre Hardelin	2001	241
17	A cluster of sulfatase genes on Xp22.3: Mutations in chondrodysplasia punctata (CDPX) and implications for warfarin embryopathy Cell ·Brunella Franco, Germana Meroni, Giancarlo Parenti, Jacqueline Levilliers, Loris Bernard, Marinella Gebbia, Liza L. Cox, P Maroteaux, Leslie J. Sheffield, Gudrun Rappold, Generoso Andria, Christine Petit, Andrea Ballabio	1995	234
18	Genes responsible for human hereditary deafness: symphony of a thousand Nature Genetics ·Christine Petit	1996	215
19	USHERSYNDROME: From Genetics to Pathogenesis Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics ·Christine Petit	2001	211
20	Dual AAV-mediated gene therapy restores hearing in a DFNB9 mouse model Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Omar Akil, Frank M. Dyka, Charlotte Calvet, Alice Emptoz, Ghizlène Lahlou, Sylvie Nouaille, Jacques Boutet de Monvel, Jean‐Pierre Hardelin, William W. Hauswirth, (unknown), Christine Petit, Saaïd Safieddine, Lawrence R. Lustig	2019	210

About Christine Petit

Christine Petit is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 339 papers that have together received 20.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (167 papers), Connexins and lens biology (42 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (39 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (27 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (24 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (23 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sensory Systems (10.5k citations), Neurology (2.7k citations), Otorhinolaryngology (872 citations), Molecular Biology (11.2k citations) and Reproductive Medicine (1.1k citations). Christine Petit has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include A. Amraoui, Jacqueline Levilliers, Jean‐Pierre Hardelin, Dominique Weil, Saaïd Safieddine, Michel Leibovici, Stéphane Blanchard, Guy P. Richardson, Vincent Michel and Isabelle Perfettini. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Human Molecular Genetics, Genomics, Nature Genetics and European Journal of Human Genetics.

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