Erich Roessler

10.6k citations
97 papers · 8.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

Impact in

  • Developmental Biology top 0.5%
  • Genetics top 0.5%
    • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
    • Ocular Disorders and Treatments
    • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Papers in

  • Developmental Biology 18
    • Congenital limb and hand anomalies 18
  • Genetics 45
    • Cleft Lip and Palate Research 17
    • Ocular Disorders and Treatments 15
    • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 8
Co-authors
Maximilian Muenke (74 shared papers)Stephen W. Scherer (5 shared papers)Elena Belloni (5 shared papers)Karin Gaudenz (6 shared papers)Richard N. Bamford (7 shared papers)Philippe Jay (2 shared papers)Philippe Berta (2 shared papers)Lap‐Chee Tsui (1 shared paper)
Journals
Human Genetics (12 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (7 papers)Human Mutation (6 papers)Nature Genetics (6 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (5 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesGermanyFrance

In The Last Decade

Erich Roessler

96 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Erich Roessler's Hit Papers

Mutations in the human Sonic Hedgehog gene cause holoprosencephaly 1996 · 971 citations
9710+10+20Years since publication250500750
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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 1996 Nature Genetics

Peers

Erich Roessler
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Developmental Biology 581
  • Genetics 3.7k
  • Molecular Biology 6.1k
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 850
  • Developmental Neuroscience 183
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Mutations in the human Sonic Hedgehog gene cause holoprosencephaly
Nature Genetics ·Erich Roessler, Elena Belloni, Karin Gaudenz, Philippe Jay, Philippe Berta, Stephen W. Scherer, Lap‐Chee Tsui, Maximilian Muenke
Hit paper breakdown →		1996971
2
Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly
Nature Genetics ·Elena Belloni, Maximilian Muenke, Erich Roessler, G. Traverse, Jackie Siegel-Bartelt, Ayala Frumkin, Heather F. Mitchell, Helen Donis-Keller
1996546
3
The interleukin (IL) 2 receptor beta chain is shared by IL-2 and a cytokine, provisionally designated IL-T, that stimulates T-cell proliferation and the induction of lymphokine-activated killer cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard N. Bamford, Angus J. Grant, Jack Patrick Burton, Christian Peters, Gloria Kurys, C K Goldman, Jennifer Brennan, Erich Roessler
1994368
4
A lymphokine, provisionally designated interleukin T and produced by a human adult T-cell leukemia line, stimulates T-cell proliferation and the induction of lymphokine-activated killer cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jack Patrick Burton, Richard N. Bamford, Christian Peters, Angus J. Grant, Gloria Kurys, C K Goldman, Jennifer Brennan, Erich Roessler
1994349
5
Mutations in the homeodomain of the human SIX3 gene cause holoprosencephaly
Nature Genetics ·DEEANN E. WALLIS, Erich Roessler, Ute Hehr, Luisa Nanni, Tim Wiltshire, Antônio Richieri‐Costa, Gabriele Gillessen‐Kaesbach, Elaine H. Zackai
1999348
6
Mutations in TGIF cause holoprosencephaly and link NODAL signalling to human neural axis determination
Nature Genetics ·Karen Webster Gripp, David Wotton, Michael C. Edwards, Erich Roessler, Lesley C. Adès, Peter Meinecke, Antônio Richieri‐Costa, Elaine H. Zackai
2000328
7
The Mutational Spectrum of the Sonic Hedgehog Gene in Holoprosencephaly: SHH Mutations Cause a Significant Proportion of Autosomal Dominant Holoprosencephaly
Human Molecular Genetics ·Luisa Nanni, Jeffrey E. Ming, Maureen E. Bocian, Kathryn A. Steinhaus, Diana W. Bianchi, Christine E.M. de Die-Smulders, Aldo Giannotti, K Imaizumi
1999302
8
Loss-of-function mutations in the EGF-CFC gene CFC1 are associated with human left-right laterality defects
Nature Genetics ·Richard N. Bamford, Erich Roessler, Rebecca D. Burdine, Umay Şaplakoǧlu, June dela Cruz, Miranda P. Splitt, Jeffrey Allen Towbin, Peter N. Bowers
2000290
9
Loss-of-function mutations in the human GLI2 gene are associated with pituitary anomalies and holoprosencephaly-like features
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Erich Roessler, Yangzhu Du, Jose Luis Mullor, Esther Casas, William Allen, Gabriele Gillessen‐Kaesbach, Elizabeth R. Roeder, Jeffrey E. Ming
2003283
10
A common variant of the latrophilin 3 gene, LPHN3, confers susceptibility to ADHD and predicts effectiveness of stimulant medication
Molecular Psychiatry ·Mauricio Arcos Burgos, Mahim Jain, Maria T. Acosta, Sharon B. Shively, Horia Constantin Stanescu, David H. Wallis, Sabina Domené, Jorge Ivan Velez
2010240
11
The molecular genetics of holoprosencephaly
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics ·Erich Roessler, Maximilian Muenke
2010196
12
Holoprosencephaly in RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: Does abnormal cholesterol metabolism affect the function ofsonic hedgehog?
American Journal of Medical Genetics ·Richard I. Kelley, Erich Roessler, Raoul C. M. Hennekam, Gerald L. Feldman, Kenjiro Kosaki, Marilyn C. Jones, Janice C. Palumbos, Maximilian Muenke
1996193
13
Mutations in PATCHED-1, the receptor for SONIC HEDGEHOG, are associated with holoprosencephaly
Human Genetics ·Jeffrey E. Ming, Michelle E. Kaupas, Erich Roessler, Han G. Brunner, Mahin Golabi, Mustafa Tekin, Robert F. Stratton, Eva Sujansky
2002193
14
A functional screen for sonic hedgehog regulatory elements across a 1 Mb interval identifies long-range ventral forebrain enhancers
Development ·Yongsu Jeong, Kênia Balbi El-Jaick, Erich Roessler, Maximilian Muenke, Douglas J. Epstein
2006188
15
The interleukin-2 receptor: a target for monoclonal antibody treatment of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus I-induced adult T-cell leukemia
Blood ·Waldmann Ta, JD White, C K Goldman, Lois E. Top, Andrew R. Grant, Richard N. Bamford, Erich Roessler, I.D. Horak
1993185
16
CFC1 Mutations in Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries and Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Richard N. Bamford, Jayaprakash D. Karkera, June dela Cruz, Erich Roessler, Maximilian Muenke
2002156
17
Regulation of a remote Shh forebrain enhancer by the Six3 homeoprotein
Nature Genetics ·Yongsu Jeong, Federico Coluccio Leskow, Kênia Balbi El-Jaick, Erich Roessler, Maximilian Muenke, Anastasia K. Yocum, Christele Dubourg, Xue Li
2008155
18
Holoprosencephaly: A paradigm for the complex genetics of brain development
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease ·Erich Roessler, Maximilian Muenke
1998151
19
Reduced NODAL Signaling Strength via Mutation of Several Pathway Members Including FOXH1 Is Linked to Human Heart Defects and Holoprosencephaly
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Erich Roessler, Maia V. Ouspenskaia, Jayaprakash D. Karkera, Jorge Ivan Velez, Amy Kantipong, Felicitas L. Lacbawan, Peter N. Bowers, John W. Belmont
2008148
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Mutations in the C-Terminal Domain of Sonic Hedgehog Cause Holoprosencephaly
Human Molecular Genetics ·Erich Roessler, Elena Belloni, Karin Gaudenz, Fernando Regla Vargas, Stephen W. Scherer, L.‐C. Tsui, Maximilian Muenke
1997144

About Erich Roessler

Erich Roessler is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Immunology, having authored 97 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (70 papers), Congenital limb and hand anomalies (18 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (17 papers), Ocular Disorders and Treatments (15 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (8 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (581 citations), Genetics (3.7k citations), Molecular Biology (6.1k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (850 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (183 citations). Erich Roessler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Maximilian Muenke, Stephen W. Scherer, Elena Belloni, Karin Gaudenz, Richard N. Bamford, Philippe Jay, Philippe Berta, Lap‐Chee Tsui, Jeffrey E. Ming and Thomas A. Waldmann. Their work appears in journals such as Human Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics, Human Mutation, Nature Genetics and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

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