Benoît Chassaing

19.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
186 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Benoît Chassaing is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Chassaing has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Physiology and 40 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benoît Chassaing's work include Gut microbiota and health (116 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (28 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (28 papers). Benoît Chassaing is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (116 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (28 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (28 papers). Benoît Chassaing collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Benoît Chassaing's co-authors include Andrew T. Gewirtz, Matam Vijay–Kumar, J D Aitken, Ruth E. Ley, Omry Koren, Arlette Darfeuille–Michaud, Shanthi Srinivasan, Julia K. Goodrich, Angela C. Poole and Lucie Etienne‐Mesmin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Chassaing

173 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)‐Induced Colitis in Mice 2012 2026 2016 2021 2014 2015 2016 2017 2012 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)‐Induced Colitis in Mice
    2014 1.5k citations Benoît Chassaing, J D Aitken et al. Current Protocols in Immunology profile →
  2. Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
    2015 1.4k citations Benoît Chassaing, Ruth E. Ley et al. Nature profile →
  3. Sex steroid deficiency–associated bone loss is microbiota dependent and prevented by probiotics
    2016 484 citations Benoît Chassaing, Andrew T. Gewirtz et al. profile →
  4. Fiber-Mediated Nourishment of Gut Microbiota Protects against Diet-Induced Obesity by Restoring IL-22-Mediated Colonic Health
    2017 436 citations Jun Zou, Benoît Chassaing et al. profile →
  5. Fecal Lipocalin 2, a Sensitive and Broadly Dynamic Non-Invasive Biomarker for Intestinal Inflammation
    2012 411 citations Benoît Chassaing, Andrew T. Gewirtz et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  6. Dietary emulsifiers directly alter human microbiota composition and gene expression ex vivo potentiating intestinal inflammation
    2017 399 citations Benoît Chassaing, Tom Van de Wiele et al. Gut profile →
  7. Dysregulated Microbial Fermentation of Soluble Fiber Induces Cholestatic Liver Cancer
    2018 397 citations Vishal Singh, Beng San Yeoh et al. Cell profile →
  8. TLR5-Mediated Sensing of Gut Microbiota Is Necessary for Antibody Responses to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
    2014 394 citations Benoît Chassaing, Andrew T. Gewirtz et al. profile →
  9. Ultra-processed foods and human health: from epidemiological evidence to mechanistic insights
    2022 191 citations Bernard Srour, Erica Bonazzi et al. profile →
  10. Direct impact of commonly used dietary emulsifiers on human gut microbiota
    2021 183 citations Sabrine Naimi, Émilie Viennois et al. Microbiome profile →
  11. Ultra-processed foods and food additives in gut health and disease
    2024 122 citations Benoît Chassaing 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
Benoît Chassaing United States 55 7.7k 2.5k 2.4k 2.1k 1.9k 186 13.6k
Dirk Haller Germany 65 7.9k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 231 14.9k
Andrew L. Goodman United States 50 11.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 2.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 97 16.4k
Alexandra Zhernakova Netherlands 59 8.7k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 158 15.4k
Karen Madsen Canada 58 6.6k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 187 12.5k
Matam Vijay–Kumar United States 51 6.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 2.7k 1.4× 152 11.6k
Christoph A. Thaiss United States 40 9.1k 1.2× 3.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 3.1k 1.6× 79 15.4k
Jerry M. Wells Netherlands 53 7.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 167 13.7k
Nobuhiko Kamada United States 56 8.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 2.8k 1.3× 4.1k 2.1× 132 15.6k
Vincent Magrini United States 34 10.5k 1.4× 4.2k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 74 16.1k
Daniel A. Peterson United States 36 8.7k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 2.7k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 60 13.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Chassaing

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Edelenyi, Fabien Szabo de, Cédric Agaësse, Alexandre De, et al.. (2026). Intake of food additive preservatives and incidence of cancer: results from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort. BMJ. 392. e084917–e084917.
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Casado‐Bedmar, Maite, Maryline Roy, Jean‐Pierre Hugot, et al.. (2024). Fecal let-7b and miR-21 directly modulate the intestinal microbiota, driving chronic inflammation. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2394249–2394249. 12 indexed citations
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Bonazzi, Erica, Alexis Bretin, Fuhua Hao, et al.. (2024). Individualized microbiotas dictate the impact of dietary fiber on colitis sensitivity. Microbiome. 12(1). 5–5. 19 indexed citations
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Naimi, Sabrine, Vanessa Liévin‐Le Moal, Gabriel Perlemuter, et al.. (2024). Minibioreactor arrays to model microbiome response to alcohol and tryptophan in the context of alcohol-associated liver disease. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 10(1). 132–132. 1 indexed citations
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Combet, Emilie, et al.. (2023). Probiotic: is diet part of the efficacy equation?. Gut Microbes. 15(1). 2222438–2222438. 4 indexed citations
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Castillo‐Ruiz, Alexandra, et al.. (2023). Brain effects of gestating germ-free persist in mouse neonates despite acquisition of a microbiota at birth. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1130347–1130347. 9 indexed citations
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Gregoire, Stéphane, Bénédicte Buteau, Lucy Martine, et al.. (2022). Dietary Inulin Supplementation Affects Specific Plasmalogen Species in the Brain. Nutrients. 14(15). 3097–3097. 5 indexed citations
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Naimi, Sabrine, Émilie Viennois, Andrew T. Gewirtz, & Benoît Chassaing. (2021). Direct impact of commonly used dietary emulsifiers on human gut microbiota. Microbiome. 9(1). 66–66. 183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bretin, Alexis, Bénédicte Buteau, Stéphane Gregoire, et al.. (2021). Soluble Fiber Inulin Consumption Limits Alterations of the Gut Microbiota and Hepatic Fatty Acid Metabolism Caused by High-Fat Diet. Nutrients. 13(3). 1037–1037. 27 indexed citations
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Abo, Hirohito, Benoît Chassaing, Akihito Harusato, et al.. (2020). Erythroid differentiation regulator-1 induced by microbiota in early life drives intestinal stem cell proliferation and regeneration. Nature Communications. 11(1). 513–513. 38 indexed citations
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Singh, Vishal, Beng San Yeoh, Rachel E. Walker, et al.. (2019). Microbiota fermentation-NLRP3 axis shapes the impact of dietary fibres on intestinal inflammation. Gut. 68(10). 1801–1812. 170 indexed citations
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Tran, Hao Quang, Ruth E. Ley, Andrew T. Gewirtz, & Benoît Chassaing. (2019). Flagellin-elicited adaptive immunity suppresses flagellated microbiota and vaccinates against chronic inflammatory diseases. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5650–5650. 73 indexed citations
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Shi, Zhenda, Jun Zou, Zhan Zhang, et al.. (2019). Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Prevent and Cure Rotavirus Infection. Cell. 179(3). 644–658.e13. 120 indexed citations
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Fulde, Marcus, Felix Sommer, Benoît Chassaing, et al.. (2018). Neonatal selection by Toll-like receptor 5 influences long-term gut microbiota composition. Nature. 560(7719). 489–493. 138 indexed citations
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Chassaing, Benoît & Andrew T. Gewirtz. (2018). Mice harboring pathobiont-free microbiota do not develop intestinal inflammation that normally results from an innate immune deficiency. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195310–e0195310. 26 indexed citations
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Zou, Jun, Michael Pellizzon, Edward A. Ulman, et al.. (2017). Supplementation of Low- and High-fat Diets with Fermentable Fiber Exacerbates Severity of DSS-induced Acute Colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 23(7). 1133–1143. 82 indexed citations
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Etienne‐Mesmin, Lucie, Benoît Chassaing, Oluwaseyi Adekunle, et al.. (2017). Toxin-positive Clostridium difficile latently infect mouse colonies and protect against highly pathogenic C. difficile. Gut. 67(5). 860–871. 20 indexed citations
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Chassaing, Benoît, Tom Van de Wiele, & Andrew T. Gewirtz. (2017). O-013 Dietary Emulsifiers Directly Impact the Human Gut Microbiota Increasing Its Pro-inflammatory Potential and Ability to Induce Intestinal Inflammation. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 23. 9 indexed citations
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Viennois, Émilie, Didier Merlin, Andrew T. Gewirtz, & Benoît Chassaing. (2016). Dietary Emulsifier–Induced Low-Grade Inflammation Promotes Colon Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. 77(1). 27–40. 188 indexed citations
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Chassaing, Benoît, et al.. (2014). Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)‐Induced Colitis in Mice. Current Protocols in Immunology. 104(1). 15.25.1–15.25.14. 1545 indexed citations breakdown →

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