Billy Breton

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Billy Breton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Billy Breton has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Billy Breton's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (26 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (11 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (8 papers). Billy Breton is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (26 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (11 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (8 papers). Billy Breton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Billy Breton's co-authors include Michel Bouvier, Emma T. van der Westhuizen, Arthur Christopoulos, Christian Le Gouill, Fadi F. Hamdan, Etienne Shaffer, Benjamin Rappaz, Franziska M. Heydenreich, Bianca Plouffe and Gerardo Turcatti and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Billy Breton

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GPCR-G Protein-β-Arrestin Super-Complex Mediates Sustained G Protein Signaling

2016 410 citations A. Thomsen, Bianca Plouffe et al. Cell profile →
Effector membrane translocation biosensors reveal G protein and βarrestin coupling profiles of 100 therapeutically relevant GPCRs

2022 145 citations Charlotte Avet, Arturo Mancini et al. eLife profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Billy Breton Canada	22	1.4k	736	165	143	137	33	1.8k
Kaleeckal G. Harikumar United States	28	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	234 1.4×	195 1.4×	93 0.7×	83	2.2k
Alisa Glukhova United States	24	2.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	174 1.1×	259 1.8×	109 0.8×	36	2.5k
Alexander Scheer Switzerland	24	1.9k 1.3×	957 1.3×	95 0.6×	49 0.3×	198 1.4×	51	2.6k
Hongli Hu China	18	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.7×	128 0.8×	169 1.2×	91 0.7×	36	2.6k
Matthew R. Whorton United States	14	1.8k 1.3×	971 1.3×	111 0.7×	53 0.4×	136 1.0×	21	2.1k
Naomi R. Latorraca United States	22	3.3k 2.3×	1.7k 2.4×	140 0.8×	99 0.7×	129 0.9×	33	3.7k
Oliver Kudlacek Austria	31	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	134 0.8×	63 0.4×	537 3.9×	56	2.9k
Ravindra Kodali United States	30	2.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.9×	254 1.5×	41 0.3×	259 1.9×	41	3.3k
Wolfgang R. Dostmann United States	29	2.6k 1.8×	451 0.6×	104 0.6×	89 0.6×	191 1.4×	58	3.5k
Diane Calinski United States	10	2.7k 1.9×	1.5k 2.1×	110 0.7×	79 0.6×	103 0.8×	16	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Billy Breton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Billy Breton

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Wright, Shane C., Charlotte Avet, Christian Le Gouill, et al.. (2024). Conformation- and activation-based BRET sensors differentially report on GPCR–G protein coupling. Science Signaling. 17(841). eadi4747–eadi4747. 17 indexed citations

Heydenreich, Franziska M., Bianca Plouffe, Aurélien Rizk, et al.. (2022). Michaelis-Menten Quantification of Ligand Signaling Bias Applied to the Promiscuous Vasopressin V2 Receptor. Molecular Pharmacology. 102(3). 139–149. 5 indexed citations

Avet, Charlotte, Arturo Mancini, Billy Breton, et al.. (2022). Effector membrane translocation biosensors reveal G protein and βarrestin coupling profiles of 100 therapeutically relevant GPCRs. eLife. 11. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

Trauelsen, Mette, Da Lin, Billy Breton, et al.. (2021). Extracellular succinate hyperpolarizes M2 macrophages through SUCNR1/GPR91-mediated Gq signaling. Cell Reports. 35(11). 109246–109246. 104 indexed citations

Lukasheva, Viktoriya, Dominic Devost, Christian Le Gouill, et al.. (2020). Signal profiling of the β1AR reveals coupling to novel signalling pathways and distinct phenotypic responses mediated by β1AR and β2AR. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8779–8779. 22 indexed citations

Rives, M., Shuyuan Zhao, Jenson Qi, et al.. (2018). GPR40-Mediated Gα12 Activation by Allosteric Full Agonists Highly Efficacious at Potentiating Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion in Human Islets. Molecular Pharmacology. 93(6). 581–591. 22 indexed citations

Cruceanu, Cristiana, Susana G. Torres‐Platas, Juan Pablo López, et al.. (2017). Rare susceptibility variants for bipolar disorder suggest a role for G protein-coupled receptors. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(10). 2050–2056. 15 indexed citations

Thomsen, A., Bianca Plouffe, Thomas J. Cahill, et al.. (2016). GPCR-G Protein-β-Arrestin Super-Complex Mediates Sustained G Protein Signaling. Cell. 166(4). 907–919. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

Mancini, Arturo, et al.. (2015). Exploring the Technology Landscape of 7TMR Drug Signaling Profiling. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 15(24). 2528–2542. 1 indexed citations

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Rappaz, Benjamin, Billy Breton, Etienne Shaffer, & Gerardo Turcatti. (2014). Digital Holographic Microscopy: A Quantitative Label-Free Microscopy Technique for Phenotypic Screening. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 17(1). 80–88. 70 indexed citations

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Kühn, Jonas, Etienne Shaffer, Julien Mena, et al.. (2012). Label-Free Cytotoxicity Screening Assay by Digital Holographic Microscopy. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 11(2). 101–107. 91 indexed citations

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Schelshorn, Dominik, et al.. (2011). Lateral Allosterism in the Glucagon Receptor Family: Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Induces G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Heteromer Formation. Molecular Pharmacology. 81(3). 309–318. 72 indexed citations

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Stefan, Eduard, Mohan Malleshaiah, Billy Breton, et al.. (2011). PKA regulatory subunits mediate synergy among conserved G-protein-coupled receptor cascades. Nature Communications. 2(1). 598–598. 38 indexed citations

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Martel, Catherine, Karine Boulay, Billy Breton, et al.. (2010). Multimerization of Staufen1 in live cells. RNA. 16(3). 585–597. 41 indexed citations

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Breton, Billy, et al.. (2010). Multiplexing of Multicolor Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer. Biophysical Journal. 99(12). 4037–4046. 67 indexed citations

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Öner, Şükrü Sadik, et al.. (2010). Receptor-regulated Interaction of Activator of G-protein Signaling-4 and Gαi. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(27). 20588–20594. 34 indexed citations

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Öner, Şükrü Sadik, Ningfei An, Ali Vural, et al.. (2010). Regulation of the AGS3·Gαi Signaling Complex by a Seven-transmembrane Span Receptor*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(44). 33949–33958. 40 indexed citations

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Leduc, Martin, Billy Breton, Céline Galès, et al.. (2009). Functional Selectivity of Natural and Synthetic Prostaglandin EP4 Receptor Ligands. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 331(1). 297–307. 87 indexed citations

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Böckenhauer, Detlef, Éric Le Carpentier, William van’t Hoff, et al.. (2009). Vasopressin Type 2 Receptor V88M Mutation: Molecular Basis of Partial and Complete Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus. Nephron Physiology. 114(1). p1–p10. 38 indexed citations

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Hamdan, Fadi F., Moulay Driss Rochdi, Billy Breton, et al.. (2007). Unraveling G Protein-coupled Receptor Endocytosis Pathways Using Real-time Monitoring of Agonist-promoted Interaction between β-Arrestins and AP-2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(40). 29089–29100. 66 indexed citations

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