Alexandre Buffet

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alexandre Buffet is a scholar working on Surgery, Cancer Research and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Buffet has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Cancer Research and 19 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Buffet's work include Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors (22 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (21 papers) and Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (11 papers). Alexandre Buffet is often cited by papers focused on Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors (22 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (21 papers) and Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (11 papers). Alexandre Buffet collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Alexandre Buffet's co-authors include Anne‐Paule Gimenez‐Roqueplo, Judith Favier, Nelly Burnichon, Laurence Amar, Jérôme Bertherat, Éric Letouzé, Nasséra Abermil, Chris Ottolenghi, Céline Loriot and Mélanie Menara and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Cancer Cell and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Buffet

33 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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SDH Mutations Establish a Hypermethylator Phenotype in Paraganglioma

2013 551 citations Éric Letouzé, Céline Loriot et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandre Buffet France	17	1.1k	950	726	562	194	36	1.7k
Andel van der Mey Netherlands	7	885 0.8×	713 0.8×	556 0.8×	530 0.9×	175 0.9×	10	1.4k
Paraskevi Xekouki United States	21	357 0.3×	618 0.7×	779 1.1×	398 0.7×	178 0.9×	64	1.4k
Fernande René-Corail France	18	800 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	782 1.1×	390 0.7×	137 0.7×	19	1.8k
Karine Perlemoine France	20	552 0.5×	886 0.9×	588 0.8×	462 0.8×	183 0.9×	31	1.7k
Maria Adelaide A. Pereira Brazil	16	441 0.4×	638 0.7×	515 0.7×	153 0.3×	169 0.9×	36	1.0k
Mariola Pęczkowska Poland	16	527 0.5×	687 0.7×	617 0.8×	218 0.4×	110 0.6×	46	1.1k
Laure Vescovo France	5	767 0.7×	694 0.7×	513 0.7×	264 0.5×	136 0.7×	6	1.0k
Sarah Johanssen Germany	16	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	859 1.2×	156 0.3×	101 0.5×	22	1.7k
Céline Loriot France	7	696 0.6×	485 0.5×	351 0.5×	424 0.8×	102 0.5×	8	1.0k
Wenwu Dong China	24	657 0.6×	451 0.5×	779 1.1×	852 1.5×	27 0.1×	75	1.8k

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Buffet, Alexandre, et al.. (2026). Insights from 2057 germline genetic tests in renal cell carcinoma patients support revisiting testing criteria. European Journal of Human Genetics. 34(3). 421–428.

Delemer, Brigitte, Bénédicte Decoudier, Camille Boulagnon‐Rombi, et al.. (2025). Loss of heterozygosity and absence of MAX immunostaining in a prolactinoma associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 5 (MEN5). Pituitary. 28(6). 127–127. 1 indexed citations

Buffet, Alexandre, Laurence Amar, Charlotte Lussey‐Lepoutre, et al.. (2024). EPAS1 ‐mutated paragangliomas associated with haemoglobin disorders. British Journal of Haematology. 204(3). 1054–1060. 3 indexed citations

Alzahrani, Ali S., et al.. (2024). EPAS1-related pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma. Endocrine Related Cancer. 31(8). 3 indexed citations

Buffet, Alexandre, Franck Monnien, S. Aubry, et al.. (2023). Should the artery be trimmed before anastomosis in every finger replantation/revascularization case? Prospective, single-center, multidisciplinary study over 46 months. Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research. 111(2). 103646–103646.

Mohamed, Amira, Nelly Burnichon, Sophie Giraud, et al.. (2023). Update of the UMD-VHL database: classification of 164 challenging variants based on genotype–phenotype correlation among 605 entries. Journal of Medical Genetics. 61(4). 378–384. 2 indexed citations

Buffet, Alexandre, et al.. (2022). ISIS trapeziometacarpal arthroplasty: What are the outcomes in male patients?. Hand surgery & rehabilitation. 41(4). 463–469. 5 indexed citations

Buffet, Alexandre, J. Abeillon, D. Drui, et al.. (2020). Screening of a Large Cohort of Asymptomatic SDHx Mutation Carriers in Routine Practice. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(3). e1301–e1315. 8 indexed citations

Buffet, Alexandre, Heggert Rebel, Eleonora P.M. Corssmit, et al.. (2020). Germline DLST Variants Promote Epigenetic Modifications in Pheochromocytoma-Paraganglioma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(2). 459–471. 8 indexed citations

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Job, Sylvie, Adrien Georges, Nelly Burnichon, et al.. (2019). Transcriptome Analysis of lncRNAs in Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(3). 898–907. 13 indexed citations

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Lussey‐Lepoutre, Charlotte, Alexandre Bellucci, Nelly Burnichon, et al.. (2019). Succinate detection using in vivo 1H-MR spectroscopy identifies germline and somatic SDHx mutations in paragangliomas. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 47(6). 1510–1517. 25 indexed citations

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Job, Sylvie, Irena Drašković, Nelly Burnichon, et al.. (2018). Telomerase Activation and ATRX Mutations Are Independent Risk Factors for Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(2). 760–770. 83 indexed citations

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Buffet, Alexandre, Aurélie Morin, Luis-Jaime Castro-Vega, et al.. (2018). Germline Mutations in the Mitochondrial 2-Oxoglutarate/Malate Carrier SLC25A11 Gene Confer a Predisposition to Metastatic Paragangliomas. Cancer Research. 78(8). 1914–1922. 99 indexed citations

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Castro‐Vega, Luis Jaime, Soto Romuald Kiando, Nelly Burnichon, et al.. (2016). The MITF, p.E318K Variant, as a Risk Factor for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 101(12). 4764–4768. 17 indexed citations

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Buffet, Alexandre, Marc Lombès, & P. Caron. (2015). Génétique des lipodystrophies congénitales. Annales d Endocrinologie. 76(6). S2–S9. 2 indexed citations

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Lussey‐Lepoutre, Charlotte, Constance Thibault, Alexandre Buffet, et al.. (2015). From Nf1 to Sdhb knockout: Successes and failures in the quest for animal models of pheochromocytoma. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 421. 40–48. 31 indexed citations

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Burnichon, Nelly, Alexandre Buffet, & Anne‐Paule Gimenez‐Roqueplo. (2015). Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Current Opinion in Oncology. 28(1). 5–10. 34 indexed citations

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Bieth, Éric, Sanaa Eddiry, Véronique Gaston, et al.. (2014). Highly restricted deletion of the SNORD116 region is implicated in Prader–Willi Syndrome. European Journal of Human Genetics. 23(2). 252–255. 126 indexed citations

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Burnichon, Nelly, Alexandre Buffet, Béatrice Parfait, et al.. (2012). Somatic NF1 inactivation is a frequent event in sporadic pheochromocytoma. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(26). 5397–5405. 106 indexed citations

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Burnichon, Nelly, Nasséra Abermil, Alexandre Buffet, Judith Favier, & Anne‐Paule Gimenez‐Roqueplo. (2012). The genetics of paragangliomas. European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Diseases. 129(6). 315–318. 28 indexed citations

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