Claire Jacob

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Claire Jacob is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Claire Jacob has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Claire Jacob's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (14 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers) and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (7 papers). Claire Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (14 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers) and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (7 papers). Claire Jacob collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Claire Jacob's co-authors include Gianluigi Nocera, Ueli Suter, Jorge A. Pereira, Nigel W. Bunnett, Graeme S. Cottrell, Eileen F. Grady, Nicolas Tricaud, Adèle Martial, Cathérine Legrand and Caroline Demangel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Claire Jacob

33 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of Schwann cell plasticity involved in periphe... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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. Mechanisms of Schwann cell plasticity involved in peripheral nerve repair after injury
    2020 301 citations Gianluigi Nocera, Claire Jacob profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Claire Jacob Switzerland 23 1.0k 792 374 199 198 33 2.1k
Xiaorong Xu China 24 1.4k 1.3× 951 1.2× 412 1.1× 287 1.4× 237 1.2× 76 3.3k
Yuki Miyamoto Japan 30 1.4k 1.3× 661 0.8× 402 1.1× 231 1.2× 209 1.1× 125 2.4k
Gila Kazimirsky Israel 29 1.2k 1.1× 395 0.5× 162 0.4× 263 1.3× 151 0.8× 42 2.3k
Songlin Zhou China 30 1.2k 1.2× 964 1.2× 392 1.0× 136 0.7× 222 1.1× 100 2.6k
Jianhua Qiu China 20 883 0.9× 334 0.4× 234 0.6× 166 0.8× 130 0.7× 108 2.0k
Hirotaka Yamamoto Japan 29 1.5k 1.5× 586 0.7× 191 0.5× 437 2.2× 245 1.2× 96 2.7k
Marie A. Shatos United States 28 792 0.8× 327 0.4× 164 0.4× 251 1.3× 165 0.8× 54 2.1k
Haixia Lü China 24 840 0.8× 315 0.4× 321 0.9× 138 0.7× 287 1.4× 82 1.9k
Qing Lin China 28 2.1k 2.0× 674 0.9× 240 0.6× 372 1.9× 121 0.6× 79 3.5k
Julianna Kobolák Hungary 20 815 0.8× 257 0.3× 194 0.5× 102 0.5× 280 1.4× 56 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Claire Jacob

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claire Jacob

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Claire Jacob. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Claire Jacob 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 Claire Jacob. Claire Jacob is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Brügger‐Verdon, Valérie, Dies Meijer, Robert Fledrich, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia-induced conversion of sensory Schwann cells into repair cells is regulated by HDAC8. Nature Communications. 16(1). 515–515. 5 indexed citations
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Salzer, James L., M. Laura Feltri, & Claire Jacob. (2024). Schwann Cell Development and Myelination. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16(9). a041360–a041360. 15 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of Demyelination and Remyelination Strategies for Multiple Sclerosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6373–6373. 22 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, Saloua Mammou, Adrien Bigot, et al.. (2023). Joint manifestations revealing inborn metabolic diseases in adults: a narrative review. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(1). 239–239. 6 indexed citations
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Nocera, Gianluigi, Manfred Heller, Michael Stumpe, et al.. (2020). EEF1A1 deacetylation enables transcriptional activation of remyelination. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3420–3420. 39 indexed citations
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Nocera, Gianluigi, Boris Egger, Felix Meyenhofer, et al.. (2019). Injured Axons Instruct Schwann Cells to Build Constricting Actin Spheres to Accelerate Axonal Disintegration. Cell Reports. 27(11). 3152–3166.e7. 46 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, et al.. (2018). Modeling PNS and CNS Myelination Using Microfluidic Chambers. Methods in molecular biology. 1791. 157–168. 4 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire. (2017). Chromatin-remodeling enzymes in control of Schwann cell development, maintenance and plasticity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 47. 24–30. 28 indexed citations
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Brügger‐Verdon, Valérie, et al.. (2017). Delaying histone deacetylase response to injury accelerates conversion into repair Schwann cells and nerve regeneration. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14272–14272. 71 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, Stefanie Engler, Arianna Baggiolini, et al.. (2014). HDAC1 and HDAC2 Control the Specification of Neural Crest Cells into Peripheral Glia. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(17). 6112–6122. 75 indexed citations
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Pattaroni, Céline & Claire Jacob. (2012). Histone Methylation in the Nervous System: Functions and Dysfunctions. Molecular Neurobiology. 47(2). 740–756. 30 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, Frédéric Lebrun-Julien, & Ueli Suter. (2011). How Histone Deacetylases Control Myelination. Molecular Neurobiology. 44(3). 303–312. 27 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, Jorge A. Pereira, Christian Somandin, et al.. (2011). HDAC1 and HDAC2 control the transcriptional program of myelination and the survival of Schwann cells. Nature Neuroscience. 14(4). 429–436. 133 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, et al.. (2010). Dlg1-PTEN Interaction Regulates Myelin Thickness to Prevent Damaging Peripheral Nerve Overmyelination. Science. 328(5984). 1415–1418. 141 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, et al.. (2005). c-Cbl Mediates Ubiquitination, Degradation, and Down-regulation of Human Protease-activated Receptor 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(16). 16076–16087. 115 indexed citations
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Martin‐Chouly, Corinne, et al.. (2004). Modulation of matrix metalloproteinase production from human lung fibroblasts by type 4 phosphodiesterase inhibitors. Life Sciences. 75(7). 823–840. 47 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, et al.. (2004). Role of PDE4 in superoxide anion generation through p44/42MAPK regulation: a cAMP and a PKA‐independent mechanism. British Journal of Pharmacology. 143(2). 257–268. 27 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, Corinne Martin‐Chouly, & Vincent Lagente. (2002). Type 4 phosphodiesterase-dependent pathways: role in inflammatory processes.. PubMed. 57(2). 163–8. 11 indexed citations
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Jacob, Claire, et al.. (2002). DMSO-treated HL60 cells: a model of neutrophil-like cells mainly expressing PDE4B subtype. International Immunopharmacology. 2(12). 1647–1656. 29 indexed citations
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Legrand, Cathérine, Claire Jacob, J. Capiaumont, et al.. (1992). Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity of the number of dead cells in the medium of cultured eukaryotic cells as marker. Journal of Biotechnology. 25(3). 231–243. 354 indexed citations

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