Basil J. Petrof

17.6k citations

133 papers · 8.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 52

Molecular Biology top 1%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.5%
Physiology top 1%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.2%
Rehabilitation top 0.2%

Co-authors: H. Lee Sweeney Joseph B. Shrager Hansell H. Stedman A. M. Kelly Stéfan Matecki Theodoros Vassilakopoulos Gawiyou Danialou Stewart B. Gottfried
Topics: Muscle Physiology and Disorders (51 papers)Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (42 papers)Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers)
Cited by: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Rehabilitation Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry Nature Communications
Partner nations: Canada United States France

In The Last Decade

Basil J. Petrof

129 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Dystrophin protects the sarcolemma from stresses developed during muscle contraction.

1993 1.2k citations Basil J. Petrof et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Rapidly Progressive Diaphragmatic Weakness and Injury during Mechanical Ventilation in Humans

2010 439 citations Samir Jaber, Basil J. Petrof et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lack of compensatory mitophagy in skeletal muscles during sepsis 2024 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown),Jean‐Philippe Leduc‐Gaudet,Dominique Mayaki,(unknown),Laurent Huck,Gilles Gouspillou,Basil J. Petrof,Sabah N. A. Hussain	6
2	Validation of home portable monitoring for the diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing in adolescents and adults with neuromuscular disorders 2021 ·Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine ·Jean N. Westenberg,Basil J. Petrof,Francine Noël,David Zielinski,Evelyn Constantin,Maryam Oskoui,Marta Kamińska	10
3	Leaky ryanodine receptors contribute to diaphragmatic weakness during mechanical ventilation 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stéfan Matecki,Haikel Dridi,Boris Jung,Nathalie Saint,Steven Reiken,Valérie Scheuermann,Ségolène Mrozek,Gaetano Santulli,Alisa Umanskaya,Basil J. Petrof,Samir Jaber,Andrew R. Marks,Alain Lacampagne	78
4	Toll-like receptor 4 ablation in mdx mice reveals innate immunity as a therapeutic target in Duchenne muscular dystrophy 2014 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Christian Giordano,Kamalika Mojumdar,Feng‐Xia Liang,Christian Lemaire,Li Tong,John B. Richardson,Maziar Divangahi,Salman T. Qureshi,Basil J. Petrof	71
5	Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Lipid Accumulation in the Human Diaphragm during Mechanical Ventilation 2012 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Martin Picard,Boris Jung,Feng‐Xia Liang,Ilan Azuelos,Sabah N. A. Hussain,Peter Goldberg,Richard Godin,Gawiyou Danialou,Rakesh Chaturvedi,Karolina A. Rygiel,Stéfan Matecki,Samir Jaber,Christine Des Rosiers,George Karpati,Lorenzo Ferri,Yan Burelle,Douglass M. Turnbull,Tanja Taivassalo,Basil J. Petrof	157
6	Adaptive Support Ventilation Prevents Ventilator-induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Piglet 2010 ·Anesthesiology ·Boris Jung,Jean‐Michel Constantin,(unknown),(unknown),Mustapha Sebbane,Yannaël Coisel,Gérald Chanques,Emmanuel Futier,Gérald Hugon,Xavier Capdevila,Basil J. Petrof,Stéfan Matecki,Samir Jaber	76
7	Rapidly Progressive Diaphragmatic Weakness and Injury during Mechanical Ventilation in Humansbreakdown → 2010 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Samir Jaber,Basil J. Petrof,Boris Jung,Gérald Chanques,Jean‐Philippe Berthet,Christophe Rabuel,Hassan Bouyabrine,Patricia Courouble,Christelle Koechlin‐Ramonatxo,Mustapha Sebbane,Thomas Similowski,Valérie Scheuermann,Alexandre Mebazaa,Xavier Capdevila,Dominique Mornet,Jacques Mercier,Alain Lacampagne,Alexandre Philips,Stéfan Matecki	439
8	Mechanical Ventilation–induced Diaphragm Disuse in Humans Triggers Autophagy 2010 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Sabah N. A. Hussain,Mahroo Mofarrahi,Ioanna Sigala,Ho Cheol Kim,Theodoros Vassilakopoulos,François Maltais,Ion Bellenis,Rakesh Chaturvedi,Stewart B. Gottfried,Peter Metrakos,Gawiyou Danialou,Stéfan Matecki,Samir Jaber,Basil J. Petrof,Peter Goldberg	192
9	Airway Delivery of Soluble Mycobacterial Antigens Restores Protective Mucosal Immunity by Single Intramuscular Plasmid DNA Tuberculosis Vaccination: Role of Proinflammatory Signals in the Lung 2008 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Mangalakumari Jeyanathan,(unknown),Kapilan Kugathasan,Xizhong Zhang,Daniela Damjanovic,(unknown),Maziar Divangahi,Basil J. Petrof,Cory M. Hogaboam,Zhou Xing	29
10	Successful Compensation for Dystrophin Deficiency by a Helper-dependent Adenovirus Expressing Full-length Utrophin 2007 ·Molecular Therapy ·(unknown),Gawiyou Danialou,Nancy Larochelle,(unknown),(unknown),An‐Bang Liu,Rénald Gilbert,Basil J. Petrof,Joséphine Nalbantoglu,George Karpati	22
11	Endotoxin Triggers Nuclear Factor-κB–dependent Up-regulation of Multiple Proinflammatory Genes in the Diaphragm 2006 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Alexandre Demoule,Maziar Divangahi,(unknown),Gawiyou Danialou,(unknown),Katherine Labbè,Weisheng Bao,Basil J. Petrof	60
12	Upper Airway Muscle Inflammation and Denervation Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea 2004 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John H. Boyd,Basil J. Petrof,Qutayba Hamid,Richard S. Fraser,R. John Kimoff	249
13	Differential Cytokine Gene Expression in the Diaphragm in Response to Strenuous Resistive Breathing 2004 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Theodoros Vassilakopoulos,Maziar Divangahi,George Rallis,(unknown),Basil J. Petrof,Alain Steve Comtois,Sabah N. A. Hussain	66
14	Six1 and Eya1 Expression Can Reprogram Adult Muscle from the Slow-Twitch Phenotype into the Fast-Twitch Phenotype 2004 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Raphaëlle Grifone,Christine Laclef,François Spitz,Soledad López,Josiane Demignon,Jacques‐Emmanuel Guidotti,Kiyoshi Kawakami,Pin‐Xian Xu,Robert G. Kelly,Basil J. Petrof,Dominique Daegelen,Jean‐Paul Concordet,Pascal Maire	156
15	Preferential Diaphragmatic Weakness during Sustained Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection 2003 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Maziar Divangahi,Stéfan Matecki,Roy Dudley,Stephanie A. Tuck,Weisheng Bao,Danuta Radzioch,Alain Steve Comtois,Basil J. Petrof	56
16	Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Leads to Remodeling of the Rat Diaphragm 2002 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Liying Yang,(unknown),Johanne Bourdon,(unknown),Stewart B. Gottfried,Basil J. Petrof	76
17	Mechanical Ventilation Protects against Diaphragm Injury in Sepsis: Interaction of Oxidative and Mechanical Stresses 2002 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Satoru Ebihara,Sabah N. A. Hussain,Gawiyou Danialou,Won‐Kyung Cho,Stewart B. Gottfried,Basil J. Petrof	93
18	Diaphragm Sarcolemmal Injury Is Induced by Sepsis and Alleviated by Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition 1998 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Meng‐Chih Lin,Satoru Ebihara,(unknown),Sabah N. A. Hussain,Liying Yang,Stewart B. Gottfried,Alain Steve Comtois,Basil J. Petrof	81
19	Diaphragm Muscle Fiber Injury After Inspiratory Resistive Breathing 1997 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown),Basil J. Petrof,J. Gea,(unknown),A. Grassino	72
20	Efficiency and Functional Consequences of Adenovirus-Mediated In Vivo Gene Transfer to Normal and Dystrophic (Mdx) Mouse Diaphragm 1995 ·American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Basil J. Petrof,Gyula Acsádi,A Jani,B. Massie,Johanne Bourdon,(unknown),Liying Yang,Hanns Lochmüller,George Karpati	31

About Basil J. Petrof

Basil J. Petrof is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Rehabilitation and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, having authored 133 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (51 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (42 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (1.4k citations), Rehabilitation (967 citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (815 citations). Basil J. Petrof has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include H. Lee Sweeney, Joseph B. Shrager, Hansell H. Stedman, A. M. Kelly, Stéfan Matecki, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Gawiyou Danialou, Stewart B. Gottfried, Sabah N. A. Hussain and George Karpati. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

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