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h-index: 26
Works: 47
Citations: 2,567

Most-cited papers

Mutations in VANGL1 associated with neural-tube defects.
Z. Kibar, E. Torban, J. McDearmid, Annie Reynolds +10 more
2007New England Journal of Medicine314 citations
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Primary renal hypoplasia in humans and mice with PAX2 mutations: evidence of increased apoptosis in fetal kidneys of Pax2(1Neu) +/- mutant mice.
S. Porteous, E. Torban, Nam Cho, Heather E. Cunliffe +12 more
2000Human Molecular Genetics210 citations Open access
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Genetic interaction between members of the Vangl family causes neural tube defects in mice
E. Torban, Anne-Marie Patenaude, S. Leclerc, Staci M. Rakowiecki +4 more
2008Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America191 citations Open access
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Independent Mutations in Mouse Vangl2 That Cause Neural Tube Defects in Looptail Mice Impair Interaction with Members of the Dishevelled Family*
E. Torban, Hui-Jun Wang, N. Groulx, P. Gros
2004Journal of Biological Chemistry169 citations Open access
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The Wilms’ Tumor Suppressor Gene (wt1) Product Regulates Dax-1 Gene Expression during Gonadal Differentiation
Jungho Kim, D. Prawitt, N. Bardeesy, E. Torban +4 more
1999Molecular and Cellular Biology151 citations Open access
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Hes6 Promotes Cortical Neurogenesis and Inhibits Hes1 Transcription Repression Activity by Multiple Mechanisms
Michel-Olivier Gratton, E. Torban, S. Jasmin, Francesca M. Theriault +2 more
2003Molecular and Cellular Biology120 citations Open access
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Van Gogh-like2 (Strabismus) and its role in planar cell polarity and convergent extension in vertebrates.
E. Torban, Christine Kor, P. Gros
2004Trends in Genetics113 citations
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Mutations in the planar cell polarity gene, Fuzzy, are associated with neural tube defects in humans.
J. Seo, Yulia Zilber, Sima Babayeva, Jia-Jia Liu +6 more
2011Human Molecular Genetics105 citations Open access
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PAX2 suppresses apoptosis in renal collecting duct cells.
E. Torban, M. Eccles, J. Favor, P. Goodyer
2000American Journal of Pathology100 citations Open access
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Repression of the retinoic acid receptor-alpha gene by the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene product, wt1.
P. Goodyer, M. Dehbi, E. Torban, W. Bruening +1 more
1995Oncogene95 citations
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PAX2 Activates WNT4 Expression during Mammalian Kidney Development*
E. Torban, A. Dziarmaga, D. Iglesias, Leelee Chu +6 more
2006Journal of Biological Chemistry86 citations Open access
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Planar cell polarity pathway regulates actin rearrangement, cell shape, motility, and nephrin distribution in podocytes.
Sima Babayeva, Yulia Zilber, E. Torban
2011AJP - Renal Physiology79 citations
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Tissue, cellular and sub-cellular localization of the Vangl2 protein during embryonic development: effect of the Lp mutation.
E. Torban, Hui-Jun Wang, Anne-Marie Patenaude, Martin M. Riccomagno +3 more
2007Gene Expression Patterns68 citations
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From podocyte biology to novel cures for glomerular disease.
E. Torban, Fabian Braun, N. Wanner, T. Takano +5 more
2019Kidney International66 citations Open access
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Isolation and expression of a cDNA encoding the precursor for a novel member (ACADSB) of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene family.
R. Rozen, J. Vockley, Lu-Bing Zhou, R. Milos +6 more
1994Genomics66 citations
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The PCP effector Fuzzy controls cilial assembly and signaling by recruiting Rab8 and Dishevelled to the primary cilium
Yulia Zilber, Sima Babayeva, J. Seo, Jia-Jia Liu +2 more
2013Molecular Biology of the Cell61 citations Open access
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TNFα pathway blockade ameliorates toxic effects of FSGS plasma on podocyte cytoskeleton and β3 integrin activation
M. Bitzan, Sima Babayeva, A. Vasudevan, P. Goodyer +1 more
2012Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West)58 citations
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Ureteric bud apoptosis and renal hypoplasia in transgenic PAX2-Bax fetal mice mimics the renal-coloboma syndrome.
A. Dziarmaga, P. Clark, C. Stayner, J. Julien +3 more
2003Journal of the American Society of Nephrology57 citations Open access
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Planar Cell Polarity Pathway Regulates Nephrin Endocytosis in Developing Podocytes
Sima Babayeva, B. Rocque, L. Aoudjit, Yulia Zilber +5 more
2013Journal of Biological Chemistry45 citations Open access
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Effects of PAX2 expression in a human fetal kidney (HEK293) cell line.
E. Torban, Paul Goodyer
1998Biochimica et Biophysica Acta42 citations Open access
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Deficiency of the planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 in podocytes affects glomerular morphogenesis and increases susceptibility to injury.
B. Rocque, Sima Babayeva, Jane Li, V. Leung +4 more
2015Journal of the American Society of Nephrology38 citations Open access
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Intrinsic tumor necrosis factor-α pathway is activated in a subset of patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Chen-Fang Chung, T. Kitzler, N. Kachurina, Katarina Pessina +8 more
2019PLoS ONE34 citations Open access
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Novel unbiased assay for circulating podocyte-toxic factors associated with recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
N. Kachurina, Chen-Fang Chung, Erin Benderoff, Sima Babayeva +7 more
2016AJP - Renal Physiology34 citations Open access
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The role of the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Kidney Development, Functions and Disease
E. Torban, S. Sokol
2021Nature Reviews Nephrology28 citations Open access
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An expanding role of Vangl proteins in embryonic development.
E. Torban, A. Iliescu, P. Gros
2012Current Topics in Developmental Biology26 citations
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The kidney and ear: emerging parallel functions.
E. Torban, P. Goodyer
2009Annual Review of Medicine26 citations
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What PAX Genes Do in the Kidney
E. Torban, P. Goodyer
1998Nephron Experimental Nephrology26 citations
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Wilms Tumor Suppressor, WT1, Cooperates with MicroRNA-26a and MicroRNA-101 to Suppress Translation of the Polycomb Protein, EZH2, in Mesenchymal Stem Cells*
Murielle M. Akpa, D. Iglesias, Leelee Chu, Antonin Thiébaut +4 more
2015Journal of Biological Chemistry22 citations Open access
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Plasma from a case of recurrent idiopathic FSGS perturbs non-muscle myosin IIA (MYH9 protein) in human podocytes
Sima Babayeva, Michelle S. Miller, Yulia Zilber, Reyhan El Kares +4 more
2011Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West)20 citations
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Identification of a novel variant of the ciliopathic gene FUZZY associated with craniosynostosis
William B. Barrell, Hadeel Adel Al-Lami, J. Goos, Sigrid M. A. Swagemakers +5 more
2021European Journal of Human Genetics14 citations Open access
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Mutations in the planar cell polarity gene, Fuzzy, are associated with neural tube defects in humans.
J. Seo, Yulia Zilber, Sima Babayeva, Jia-Jia Liu +6 more
2015Human Molecular Genetics14 citations Open access
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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 is required for retinal axon guidance
V. Leung, A. Iliescu, C. Jolicoeur, M. Gravel +4 more
2016Developmental Neurobiology13 citations
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Wilms Tumor Gene 1: Lessons from Kidney Development and Cancer.
E. Torban, P. Goodyer
2023AJP - Renal Physiology12 citations
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Differential role of planar cell polarity gene Vangl2 in embryonic and adult mammalian kidneys
Ida Derish, J. K. Lee, Melanie Wong-King-Cheong, Sima Babayeva +7 more
2020PLoS ONE12 citations Open access
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Ste20-like kinase, SLK, a novel mediator of podocyte integrity.
A. Cybulsky, J. Papillon, Julie Guillemette, N. Belkina +2 more
2018AJP - Renal Physiology11 citations Open access
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Can Peer Review Be Kinder? Supportive Peer Review: A Re-Commitment to Kindness and a Call to Action
C. Clase, E. Dicks, R. Holden, M. Sood +26 more
2022Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease10 citations Open access
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Use of genomic and functional analysis to characterize patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
T. Kitzler, N. Kachurina, M. Bitzan, E. Torban +1 more
2018Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West)10 citations
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Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Discrete Clinical Entity
E. Torban, M. Bitzan, P. Goodyer
2012International Journal of Nephrology9 citations Open access
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New insights into precursors of renal endothelium
M. Sequeira-Lopez, E. Torban
2016Kidney International4 citations Open access
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Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Kidney Development and Function
B. Rocque, E. Torban
20154 citations Open access
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Emerging therapeutic strategies for cystinosis
P. Goodyer, E. Torban
2025Frontiers in Pediatrics3 citations Open access
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Loss of Planar Cell Polarity Effector Fuzzy Causes Renal Hypoplasia by Disrupting Several Signaling Pathways
Irene Wang, Chen-Fang Chung, Sima Babayeva, Tamara Sogomonian +1 more
2021Journal of Developmental Biology3 citations Open access
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Advancing Discovery Research in Nephrology in Canada: A Conference Report From the 2021 Molecules and Mechanisms Mediating Kidney Health and Disease (M3K) Scientific Meeting and Investigator Summit
D. Burger, Amira Abdelrasoul, R. T. Alexander, B. Ballermann +17 more
2022Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease0 citations Open access
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Role of Core Planar Cell Polarity Vangl2 Gene in the Renal Tubule Development in Mice
Ida Derish, Jeremy Lee, Sima Babayeva, E. Torban
2018McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal0 citations Open access
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Role of Planar Cell Polarity Genes VANGL1 and VANGL2 in Neural Tube Formation and Neural Tube Defects
E. Torban, A. Iliescu, P. Gros
20160 citations
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Erratum to “Endolymphatic Sac Enlargement in a Girl with a Novel Mutation for Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis and Severe Deafness”
N. Rink, M. Bitzan, G. O'Gorman, M. Nagel +2 more
2013Case Reports in Pediatrics0 citations Open access
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Transcriptional regulation of human retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RAR-{alpha}) by Wilms` tumour gene product
P. Goodyer, E. Torban, M. Dehbi
19940 citations
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