Christine Bessia

5.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
12 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Christine Bessia is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Bessia has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Immunology, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christine Bessia's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (4 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (4 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3 papers). Christine Bessia is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (4 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (4 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3 papers). Christine Bessia collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Morocco. Christine Bessia's co-authors include Alain Israël, Christel Brou, Frédérique Logeat, Robert Weil, Françoise Bachelerie, Ian Clark‐Lewis, Daniel F. Legler, Jean‐Louis Virelizier, Ali Amara and Fernando Arenzana‐Seisdedos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christine Bessia

12 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

The CXC chemokine SDF-1 is the ligand for LESTR/fusin and... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1998 2000 1998 400 800 1.2k
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. The CXC chemokine SDF-1 is the ligand for LESTR/fusin and prevents infection by T-cell-line-adapted HIV-1
    1996 1.4k citations Estelle Oberlin, Ali Amara et al. Nature profile →
  2. Complementation Cloning of NEMO, a Component of the IκB Kinase Complex Essential for NF-κB Activation
    1998 931 citations Shoji Yamaoka, Gilles Courtois et al. Cell profile →
  3. A Novel Proteolytic Cleavage Involved in Notch Signaling
    2000 869 citations Christel Brou, Frédérique Logeat et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  4. The Notch1 receptor is cleaved constitutively by a furin-like convertase
    1998 569 citations Frédérique Logeat, Christine Bessia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Christine Bessia
Jun–ichi Fujisawa Japan
Paul J. Leibson United States
Hisashi Iizasa Japan
Concepción Gómez‐Moutón Spain
Françoise Bachelerie France
S F Schlossman United States
Edward E. Max United States
Tetsuya Nosaka Japan
Nadir Mechti France
Vu N. Ngo United States
Jun–ichi Fujisawa Japan
Christine Bessia
Citations per year, relative to Christine Bessia Christine Bessia (= 1×) peers Jun–ichi Fujisawa

Countries citing papers authored by Christine Bessia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Bessia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Bessia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christine Bessia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christine Bessia based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christine Bessia. Christine Bessia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Weil, Robert, Klaus Schwamborn, Andrés Alcover, et al.. (2003). Induction of the NF-κB Cascade by Recruitment of the Scaffold Molecule NEMO to the T Cell Receptor. Immunity. 18(1). 13–26. 60 indexed citations
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Brou, Christel, Frédérique Logeat, Neetu Gupta, et al.. (2000). A Novel Proteolytic Cleavage Involved in Notch Signaling. Molecular Cell. 5(2). 207–216. 869 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weil, Robert, Jean‐Pierre Levraud, Madeleine Duc Dodon, et al.. (1999). Altered Expression of Tyrosine Kinases of the Src and Syk Families in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1-Infected T-Cell Lines. Journal of Virology. 73(5). 3709–3717. 42 indexed citations
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Weil, Robert, Hüseyin Sirma, Carlo Giannini, et al.. (1999). Direct Association and Nuclear Import of the Hepatitis B Virus X Protein with the NF-κB Inhibitor IκBα. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(9). 6345–6354. 110 indexed citations
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Yamaoka, Shoji, Gilles Courtois, Christine Bessia, et al.. (1998). Complementation Cloning of NEMO, a Component of the IκB Kinase Complex Essential for NF-κB Activation. Cell. 93(7). 1231–1240. 931 indexed citations breakdown →
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Logeat, Frédérique, Christine Bessia, Christel Brou, et al.. (1998). The Notch1 receptor is cleaved constitutively by a furin-like convertase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(14). 8108–8112. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Monte, Paola Dal, Christine Bessia, Maria Paola Landini, & S. Michelson. (1996). Expression of human cytomegalovirus ppUL83 (pp65) in a stable cell line and its association with metaphase chromosomes. Journal of General Virology. 77(10). 2591–2596. 13 indexed citations
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Oberlin, Estelle, Ali Amara, Françoise Bachelerie, et al.. (1996). The CXC chemokine SDF-1 is the ligand for LESTR/fusin and prevents infection by T-cell-line-adapted HIV-1. Nature. 382(6594). 833–835. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Monte, Paola Dal, Christine Bessia, Alessandro Ripalti, et al.. (1996). Stably expressed antisense RNA to cytomegalovirus UL83 inhibits viral replication. Journal of Virology. 70(4). 2086–2094. 20 indexed citations
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Michelson, S., L Picard, Jozef Goris, et al.. (1996). Human cytomegalovirus carries serine/threonine protein phosphatases PP1 and a host-cell derived PP2A. Journal of Virology. 70(3). 1415–1423. 42 indexed citations
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Michelson, S., José Alcamı́, David Danielpour, et al.. (1994). Human cytomegalovirus infection induces transcription and secretion of transforming growth factor beta 1. Journal of Virology. 68(9). 5730–5737. 126 indexed citations
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Paya, C. V., Rosa Ten, Christine Bessia, et al.. (1992). NF-kappa B-dependent induction of the NF-kappa B p50 subunit gene promoter underlies self-perpetuation of human immunodeficiency virus transcription in monocytic cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(16). 7826–7830. 53 indexed citations

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