Béatrice Desvergne

27.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
156 papers, 22.7k citations indexed

About

Béatrice Desvergne is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Béatrice Desvergne has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 22.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Physiology and 24 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Béatrice Desvergne's work include Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (95 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (52 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (25 papers). Béatrice Desvergne is often cited by papers focused on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (95 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (52 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (25 papers). Béatrice Desvergne collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Béatrice Desvergne's co-authors include Walter Wahli, Liliane Michalik, Sander Kersten, Cristina Casals‐Casas, Jérôme N. Feige, Nguan Soon Tan, Frank J. Gonzalez, Laurent Gelman, Thomas Lemberger and Jeffrey M. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Béatrice Desvergne

153 papers receiving 22.3k citations

Hit Papers

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: Nuclear Cont... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1999 2000 1999 1999 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: Nuclear Control of Metabolism*
    1999 2.5k citations Béatrice Desvergne, Walter Wahli profile →
  2. Roles of PPARs in health and disease
    2000 1.6k citations Sander Kersten, Béatrice Desvergne et al. profile →
  3. Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor α mediates the adaptive response to fasting
    1999 1.4k citations Sander Kersten, Béatrice Desvergne et al. profile →
  4. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: Nuclear Control of Metabolism
    1999 1.1k citations Béatrice Desvergne profile →
  5. Endocrine Disruptors: From Endocrine to Metabolic Disruption
    2011 695 citations Cristina Casals‐Casas, Béatrice Desvergne profile →
  6. Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism
    2006 686 citations Béatrice Desvergne, Liliane Michalik et al. profile →
  7. From molecular action to physiological outputs: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are nuclear receptors at the crossroads of key cellular functions
    2006 638 citations Jérôme N. Feige, Liliane Michalik et al. profile →
  8. PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS: A Nuclear Receptor Signaling Pathway in Lipid Physiology
    1996 602 citations Béatrice Desvergne, Walter Wahli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Béatrice Desvergne Switzerland 68 15.1k 6.2k 3.3k 3.1k 2.2k 156 22.7k
Nada A. Abumrad United States 75 9.5k 0.6× 5.4k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 3.2k 1.5× 179 18.4k
Janardan K. Reddy United States 78 15.2k 1.0× 4.5k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 333 22.4k
Jeffrey M. Peters United States 67 11.8k 0.8× 3.8k 0.6× 3.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 195 17.3k
Sander Kersten Netherlands 86 11.6k 0.8× 8.5k 1.4× 3.3k 1.0× 6.1k 1.9× 2.6k 1.2× 228 25.3k
Evan D. Rosen United States 56 13.1k 0.9× 11.5k 1.9× 2.4k 0.7× 7.4k 2.4× 1.9k 0.9× 106 25.1k
Hubert Vidal France 87 11.4k 0.8× 10.5k 1.7× 1.8k 0.5× 6.2k 2.0× 2.6k 1.2× 346 25.3k
David E. Moller United States 72 17.1k 1.1× 6.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.6× 4.5k 1.4× 5.3k 2.4× 169 26.2k
Antonio Vidal‐Puig United Kingdom 86 12.2k 0.8× 12.8k 2.1× 2.1k 0.6× 7.4k 2.4× 2.6k 1.2× 313 26.0k
Rama Natarajan United States 79 10.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 4.2k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 246 18.5k
Oksana Gavrilova United States 66 9.3k 0.6× 8.0k 1.3× 1.8k 0.5× 4.9k 1.6× 2.2k 1.0× 188 18.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Béatrice Desvergne

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Widmer, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Representations of personalised medicine in family medicine: a qualitative analysis. BMC Primary Care. 23(1). 37–37. 8 indexed citations
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Bararpour, Nasim, Federica Gilardi, Cristian Carmeli, et al.. (2021). DBnorm as an R package for the comparison and selection of appropriate statistical methods for batch effect correction in metabolomic studies. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5657–5657. 18 indexed citations
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Karaz, Sonia, Carine Winkler, Federico Sizzano, et al.. (2018). PPARγ Controls Ectopic Adipogenesis and Cross-Talks with Myogenesis During Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(7). 2044–2044. 39 indexed citations
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Toffoli, Barbara, Federica Gilardi, Carine Winkler, et al.. (2017). Nephropathy in Pparg-null mice highlights PPARγ systemic activities in metabolism and in the immune system. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0171474–e0171474. 31 indexed citations
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Berger, Hélène, Frédérique Végran, Federica Gilardi, et al.. (2013). SOCS3 Transactivation by PPARγ Prevents IL-17–Driven Cancer Growth. Cancer Research. 73(12). 3578–3590. 47 indexed citations
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Georgiadi, Anastasia, Laeticia Lichtenstein, Tatjana Degenhardt, et al.. (2010). Induction of Cardiac Angptl4 by Dietary Fatty Acids Is Mediated by Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor β/δ and Protects Against Fatty Acid–Induced Oxidative Stress. Circulation Research. 106(11). 1712–1721. 125 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Amar, Yasunori Shintani, Massimo Collino, et al.. (2010). Protective Role of Peroxisome Proliferator–activated Receptor-β/δ in Septic Shock. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(12). 1506–1515. 65 indexed citations
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Peyrin‐Biroulet, Laurent, Julia Beisner, Guoxing Wang, et al.. (2010). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activation is required for maintenance of innate antimicrobial immunity in the colon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(19). 8772–8777. 161 indexed citations
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Sanderson, Linda M., Tatjana Degenhardt, Arjen Koppen, et al.. (2009). Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor β/δ (PPARβ/δ) but Not PPARα Serves as a Plasma Free Fatty Acid Sensor in Liver. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(23). 6257–6267. 117 indexed citations
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Casals‐Casas, Cristina, Jérôme N. Feige, & Béatrice Desvergne. (2008). Interference of pollutants with PPARs: endocrine disruption meets metabolism. International Journal of Obesity. 32(S6). S53–S61. 130 indexed citations
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Hall, M. G., Laure Quignodon, & Béatrice Desvergne. (2008). Peroxisome Proliferator‐Activated Receptor β/δ in the Brain: Facts and Hypothesis. PPAR Research. 2008(1). 780452–780452. 67 indexed citations
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Tan, Nguan Soon, Liliane Michalik, Béatrice Desvergne, & Walter Wahli. (2004). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-β as a target for wound healing drugs. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 8(1). 39–48. 35 indexed citations
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Wang, Dingzhi, Haibin Wang, Qiong Shi, et al.. (2004). Prostaglandin E2 promotes colorectal adenoma growth via transactivation of the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ. Cancer Cell. 6(3). 285–295. 278 indexed citations
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Michalik, Liliane, Béatrice Desvergne, & Walter Wahli. (2003). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors β/δ: emerging roles for a previously neglected third family member. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 14(2). 129–135. 44 indexed citations
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Michalik, Liliane, Béatrice Desvergne, Christine Dreyer, et al.. (2002). PPAR expression and function during vertebrate development. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(1). 105–114. 123 indexed citations
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Rieusset, Jennifer, Walter Wahli, & Béatrice Desvergne. (2001). Les récepteurs nucléaires PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors) : trois isotypes pour de multiples fonctions. IRIS. 3(5). 4–12. 1 indexed citations
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Bartkowiak, Artur, Laurence Canaple, N. Nurdin, et al.. (1999). New Multicomponent Capsules for Immunoisolation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 875(1). 135–145. 29 indexed citations
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Petty, Kevin J., Béatrice Desvergne, Takaaki Mitsuhashi, & Vera M. Nikodem. (1990). Identification of a thyroid hormone response element in the malic enzyme gene.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(13). 7395–7400. 155 indexed citations

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