Whitney Besse

Genetics and Research Co-Director · Yale Medicine Polycystic Kidney Disease Program

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History

Monoallelic Mutations to DNAJB11 Cause Atypical Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2018 · 242 citations
ALG9 Mutation Carriers Develop Kidney and Liver Cysts
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2019 · First of 12 authors · 134 citations
Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function
Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2017 · First of 19 authors · 133 citations

In vivo Investigation of PKD1 Upstream Open Reading Frames as a Therapeutic Target in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.3M · Yale University
2023–2028
Therapeutic Rescue of Polycystin-1 Protein Expression by Targeting PKD1 Upstream Open Reading Frames
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R03
Contact PI · $246.2K · Yale University
2023–2025
Molecular Genetic Bases of Polycystic and Tubulointerstitial Kidney Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · K08
Contact PI · $939.2K · Yale University
2019–2024