Alexandre Francou

785 total citations
12 papers, 501 citations indexed

About

Alexandre Francou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Francou has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 501 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Francou's work include Congenital heart defects research (10 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (7 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (2 papers). Alexandre Francou is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (10 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (7 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (2 papers). Alexandre Francou collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Alexandre Francou's co-authors include Robert G. Kelly, Karim Mesbah, Kathryn V. Anderson, Magali Théveniau‐Ruissy, Christopher De Bono, Vincent M. Christoffels, M. Sameer Rana, Fabienne Lescroart, Margaret Buckingham and Wissam Hamou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Francou

12 papers receiving 496 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandre Francou France 10 431 147 84 74 64 12 501
Zachary Harrelson United States 8 647 1.5× 113 0.8× 117 1.4× 77 1.0× 154 2.4× 10 788
G. Sternik United States 5 280 0.6× 98 0.7× 74 0.9× 66 0.9× 42 0.7× 14 400
Marina Peralta Spain 8 555 1.3× 183 1.2× 131 1.6× 186 2.5× 36 0.6× 10 627
Catherine Paulissen Belgium 8 868 2.0× 123 0.8× 251 3.0× 45 0.6× 77 1.2× 9 944
Gert van den Berg Netherlands 11 566 1.3× 203 1.4× 150 1.8× 116 1.6× 60 0.9× 19 678
Tonghuan Hu United States 7 828 1.9× 239 1.6× 84 1.0× 114 1.5× 217 3.4× 8 904
Guillermo Suñé Spain 10 259 0.6× 56 0.4× 46 0.5× 60 0.8× 27 0.4× 16 413
Vikas Gupta United States 9 717 1.7× 202 1.4× 163 1.9× 169 2.3× 68 1.1× 10 925
Pascal J. Lafontant United States 9 299 0.7× 75 0.5× 36 0.4× 50 0.7× 36 0.6× 16 404
Adrián Ruiz‐Villalba Spain 13 458 1.1× 77 0.5× 185 2.2× 83 1.1× 46 0.7× 15 597

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandre Francou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Francou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Francou

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Astrof, Sophie, Cecilia Arriagada, Yukio Saijoh, et al.. (2023). Aberrant differentiation of second heart field mesoderm prefigures cellular defects in the outflow tract in response to loss of FGF8. Developmental Biology. 499. 10–21. 3 indexed citations
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Francou, Alexandre, Kathryn V. Anderson, & Anna‐Katerina Hadjantonakis. (2023). A ratchet-like apical constriction drives cell ingression during the mouse gastrulation EMT. eLife. 12. 16 indexed citations
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Cortés, Claudio R., et al.. (2022). Protocols for Investigating the Epithelial Properties of Cardiac Progenitor Cells in the Mouse Embryo. Methods in molecular biology. 2438. 231–250. 1 indexed citations
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Francou, Alexandre & Kathryn V. Anderson. (2019). The Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Development and Cancer. PubMed. 4(1). 197–220. 52 indexed citations
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Cortés, Claudio R., Alexandre Francou, Christopher De Bono, & Robert G. Kelly. (2018). Epithelial Properties of the Second Heart Field. Circulation Research. 122(1). 142–154. 34 indexed citations
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Francou, Alexandre, Christopher De Bono, & Robert G. Kelly. (2017). Epithelial tension in the second heart field promotes mouse heart tube elongation. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14770–14770. 31 indexed citations
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Gopalakrishnan, S., Glenda Comai, Ramkumar Sambasivan, et al.. (2015). A Cranial Mesoderm Origin for Esophagus Striated Muscles. Developmental Cell. 34(6). 694–704. 48 indexed citations
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Lescroart, Fabienne, Wissam Hamou, Alexandre Francou, et al.. (2015). Clonal analysis reveals a common origin between nonsomite-derived neck muscles and heart myocardium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(5). 1446–1451. 85 indexed citations
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Rana, M. Sameer, Magali Théveniau‐Ruissy, Christopher De Bono, et al.. (2014). Tbx1 Coordinates Addition of Posterior Second Heart Field Progenitor Cells to the Arterial and Venous Poles of the Heart. Circulation Research. 115(9). 790–799. 87 indexed citations
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Francou, Alexandre, et al.. (2014). TBX1 regulates epithelial polarity and dynamic basal filopodia in the second heart field. Development. 141(22). 4320–4331. 55 indexed citations
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Francou, Alexandre, Karim Mesbah, Magali Théveniau‐Ruissy, et al.. (2012). Second heart field cardiac progenitor cells in the early mouse embryo. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1833(4). 795–798. 34 indexed citations
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Mesbah, Karim, M. Sameer Rana, Alexandre Francou, et al.. (2011). Identification of a Tbx1/Tbx2/Tbx3 genetic pathway governing pharyngeal and arterial pole morphogenesis. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(6). 1217–1229. 55 indexed citations

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