Benoit St‐Jacques

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Benoit St‐Jacques is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoit St‐Jacques has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Benoit St‐Jacques's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (12 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Benoit St‐Jacques is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (12 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Benoit St‐Jacques collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Benoit St‐Jacques's co-authors include Andrew P. McMahon, Matthias Hammerschmidt, Jym Mohler, Douglas J. Epstein, Jill A. McMahon, Liya Shen, Yann Echelard, Jill A. McMahon, Paula Lewis and Ralf Paus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Benoit St‐Jacques

17 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sonic hedgehog, a member of a family of putative signaling molecules, is implicated in the regulation of CNS polarity

1993 1.8k citations Yann Echelard, Douglas J. Epstein et al. Cell profile →
Indian hedgehog signaling regulates proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes and is essential for bone formation

1999 1.4k citations Benoit St‐Jacques, Matthias Hammerschmidt et al. Genes & Development profile →
Sonic hedgehog signaling is essential for hair development

1998 642 citations Benoit St‐Jacques, Irina Karavanova et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benoit St‐Jacques United States	16	4.8k	1.5k	554	502	495	18	5.6k
Rong Mo Canada	31	4.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	270 0.5×	153 0.3×	668 1.3×	40	5.4k
B L Hogan United States	14	3.9k 0.8×	941 0.6×	417 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	559 1.1×	19	5.2k
Jill A. McMahon United States	38	9.6k 2.0×	2.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.8×	415 0.8×	984 2.0×	47	11.4k
Douglas J. Epstein United States	33	5.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	650 1.2×	101 0.2×	510 1.0×	58	6.9k
Chi‐chung Hui Canada	51	8.0k 1.7×	2.4k 1.6×	705 1.3×	189 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	121	10.1k
Chin Chiang United States	37	7.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.5×	705 1.3×	150 0.3×	971 2.0×	58	8.8k
Andrea Vortkamp Germany	37	5.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	701 1.3×	1.8k 3.7×	437 0.9×	79	7.5k
Ivor Mason United Kingdom	42	4.5k 0.9×	978 0.6×	916 1.7×	347 0.7×	494 1.0×	82	5.7k
Pao‐Tien Chuang United States	34	4.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	480 0.9×	207 0.4×	458 0.9×	52	5.1k
Marie‐Christine Chaboissier France	35	5.1k 1.0×	3.6k 2.4×	404 0.7×	548 1.1×	445 0.9×	65	7.1k

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18 of 18 papers shown

St‐Jacques, Benoit, et al.. (2019). Bone-Specific Overexpression of PITX1 Induces Senile Osteoporosis in Mice Through Deficient Self-Renewal of Mesenchymal Progenitors and Wnt Pathway Inhibition. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3544–3544. 9 indexed citations

Fabian, Steven, Benoit St‐Jacques, Anjali Rao, et al.. (2012). Hedgehog-Gli Pathway Activation during Kidney Fibrosis. American Journal Of Pathology. 180(4). 1441–1453. 169 indexed citations

Moffatt, Pierre, Eunice R. Lee, Benoit St‐Jacques, et al.. (2011). Hyaluronan production by means of Has2 gene expression in chondrocytes is essential for long bone development. Developmental Dynamics. 240(2). 404–412. 18 indexed citations

Moreau, Alain, Isabelle Turgeon, Maryam Akhavan Taheri, et al.. (2010). Pediatric scoliosis predictive blood tests: progress and challenges for clinicians. Scoliosis. 5(S1).

Dakubo, Gabriel D., Chantal Mazerolle, Marosh Furimsky, et al.. (2008). Indian hedgehog signaling from endothelial cells is required for sclera and retinal pigment epithelium development in the mouse eye. Developmental Biology. 320(1). 242–255. 42 indexed citations

Young, Blanche, Nancy Minugh‐Purvis, Tsuyoshi Shimo, et al.. (2006). Indian and sonic hedgehogs regulate synchondrosis growth plate and cranial base development and function. Developmental Biology. 299(1). 272–282. 67 indexed citations

Colnot, Céline, Luis de la Fuente, Steve K. Huang, et al.. (2005). Indian hedgehog synchronizes skeletal angiogenesis and perichondrial maturation with cartilage development. Development. 132(5). 1057–1067. 90 indexed citations

Byrd, Noah, Sandy Becker, Peter Maye, et al.. (2002). Hedgehog is required for murine yolk sac angiogenesis. Development. 129(2). 361–372. 193 indexed citations

Lewis, Paula, Matthew Dunn, Jill A. McMahon, et al.. (2001). Cholesterol Modification of Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Long-Range Signaling Activity and Effective Modulation of Signaling by Ptc1. Cell. 105(5). 599–612. 411 indexed citations

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Karp, Seth J., et al.. (2000). Indian Hedgehog coordinates endochondral bone growth and morphogenesis via Parathyroid Hormone related-Protein-dependent and -independent pathways. Development. 127(3). 543–548. 364 indexed citations

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Hebrok, Matthias, Seung K. Kim, Benoit St‐Jacques, Andrew P. McMahon, & Douglas A. Melton. (2000). Regulation of pancreas development by hedgehog signaling. Development. 127(22). 4905–4913. 300 indexed citations

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St‐Jacques, Benoit, Matthias Hammerschmidt, & Andrew P. McMahon. (1999). Indian hedgehog signaling regulates proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes and is essential for bone formation. Genes & Development. 13(16). 2072–2086. 1370 indexed citations breakdown →

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St‐Jacques, Benoit, Irina Karavanova, Vladimir A. Botchkarev, et al.. (1998). Sonic hedgehog signaling is essential for hair development. Current Biology. 8(19). 1058–1069. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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Becker, Sandy, Heather Massey, Patricia A. Labosky, et al.. (1997). A Role forIndian hedgehogin Extraembryonic Endoderm Differentiation in F9 Cells and the Early Mouse Embryo. Developmental Biology. 187(2). 298–310. 47 indexed citations

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St‐Jacques, Benoit & Andrew McMahon. (1996). Early mouse development: lessons from gene targeting. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 6(4). 439–444. 31 indexed citations

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Echelard, Yann, Douglas J. Epstein, Benoit St‐Jacques, et al.. (1993). Sonic hedgehog, a member of a family of putative signaling molecules, is implicated in the regulation of CNS polarity. Cell. 75(7). 1417–1430. 1804 indexed citations breakdown →

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St‐Jacques, Benoit, Tae-Hee Han, Armand J. MacMurray, & Hee‐Sup Shin. (1990). A putative transmembrane protein with histidine-rich charge clusters encoded in the H-2K/tw5 region of mice.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(1). 138–145. 19 indexed citations

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Sapienza, Carmen & Benoit St‐Jacques. (1986). ‘Brain-specific’ transcription and evolution of the identifier sequence. Nature. 319(6052). 418–420. 41 indexed citations

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