Éric Fontaine

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Éric Fontaine is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Fontaine has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Physiology and 42 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Éric Fontaine's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (56 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (25 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (21 papers). Éric Fontaine is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (56 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (25 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (21 papers). Éric Fontaine collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Switzerland. Éric Fontaine's co-authors include Xavier Leverve, Paolo Bernardi, Michel Rigoulet, Cécile Batandier, Véronique Nogueira, Nicole Avéret, François Ichas, Dominique Détaille, Bruno Guigas and Ove Eriksson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Éric Fontaine

169 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

Dimethylbiguanide Inhibits Cell Respiration via an Indirect Effect Targeted on the Respiratory Chain Complex I

2000 1.1k citations Éric Fontaine, Xavier Leverve et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Éric Fontaine France	40	4.5k	1.5k	1.4k	899	601	179	7.2k
Michael Kinter United States	53	4.7k 1.0×	907 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	846 0.9×	794 1.3×	190	9.4k
Diane E. Handy United States	47	3.9k 0.9×	757 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	734 0.8×	446 0.7×	89	8.5k
Johan W. Jonker Netherlands	43	4.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	726 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	102	10.3k
Alex Bobik Australia	50	3.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	884 1.0×	915 1.5×	226	8.7k
James A. Thomas United States	47	4.1k 0.9×	995 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	697 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	103	8.2k
Akira Sugawara Japan	56	4.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 2.0×	710 1.2×	294	10.4k
Christoph Maack Germany	44	4.2k 0.9×	824 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	564 0.6×	509 0.8×	165	7.9k
Seinosuke Kawashima Japan	50	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.9×	648 0.7×	737 1.2×	162	8.1k
Yasushi Tanaka Japan	44	2.9k 0.6×	981 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 2.3×	1.0k 1.7×	289	7.8k
Francisco Rafael Martins Laurindo Brazil	47	2.8k 0.6×	720 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	547 0.6×	892 1.5×	236	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Éric Fontaine

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Alexis, Alain, et al.. (2025). Estimation of carbon footprint in nuclear medicine: illustration of a french department. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 52(9). 3455–3464. 3 indexed citations

Lamarche, Frédéric, Jérôme Guitton, Cécile Cottet‐Rousselle, et al.. (2024). A novel inhibitor of the mitochondrial respiratory complex I with uncoupling properties exerts potent antitumor activity. Cell Death and Disease. 15(5). 311–311. 10 indexed citations

Charrière, Katia, Antoine Vilotitch, G. Ferretti, et al.. (2023). A comparative study of two automated solutions for cross‐sectional skeletal muscle measurement from abdominal computed tomography images. Medical Physics. 50(8). 4973–4980. 10 indexed citations

Vial, Guillaume, Frédéric Lamarche, Cécile Cottet‐Rousselle, et al.. (2021). The mechanism by which imeglimin inhibits gluconeogenesis in rat liver cells. Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism. 4(2). e00211–e00211. 44 indexed citations

Agier, Lydiane, et al.. (2021). Food intake and weight loss of surviving inpatients in the course of COVID-19 infection: A longitudinal study of the multicenter NutriCoviD30 cohort. Nutrition. 93. 111433–111433. 8 indexed citations

Hallakou‐Bozec, Sophie, Guillaume Vial, Micheline Kergoat, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of action of Imeglimin: A novel therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 23(3). 664–673. 127 indexed citations

Dubouchaud, Hervé, Isabelle Hininger‐Favier, Guillaume Vial, et al.. (2019). Maternal exercise before and during gestation modifies liver and muscle mitochondria in rat offspring. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 10). 9 indexed citations

Cordier–Bussat, Martine, Chantal Thibert, Pierre Sujobert, et al.. (2018). Même l’effet Warburg est oxydable: Coopération métabolique et développement tumoral. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 5 indexed citations

Orban, Jean‐Christophe, Éric Fontaine, Élisabeth Cassuto, et al.. (2018). Effects of cyclosporine A pretreatment of deceased organ donors on kidney graft function (Cis-A-rein): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 19(1). 231–231. 8 indexed citations

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Jacquet, Adeline, Josiane Arnaud, Florence Hazane‐Puch, et al.. (2018). Impact of maternal low-level cadmium exposure on glucose and lipid metabolism of the litter at different ages after weaning. Chemosphere. 219. 109–121. 21 indexed citations

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Dubouchaud, Hervé, P. Berthon, Hervé Sanchez, et al.. (2017). Maternal exercise modifies body composition and energy substrates handling in male offspring fed a high‐fat/high‐sucrose diet. The Journal of Physiology. 595(23). 7049–7062. 21 indexed citations

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Détaille, Dominique, Guillaume Vial, Anne‐Laure Borel, et al.. (2016). Imeglimin prevents human endothelial cell death by inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition without inhibiting mitochondrial respiration. Cell Death Discovery. 2(1). 15072–15072. 75 indexed citations

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Martin, Caroline, Hervé Dubouchaud, Laurent Mosoni, et al.. (2007). Abnormalities of mitochondrial functioning can partly explain the metabolic disorders encountered in sarcopenic gastrocnemius. Aging Cell. 6(2). 165–177. 36 indexed citations

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Durieu, I., Evelyne Véricel, Hubert Roth, et al.. (2007). Fatty acids platelets and oxidative markers following intravenous n-3 fatty acids administration in cystic fibrosis: An open pilot observational study. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 6(5). 320–326. 17 indexed citations

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Leverve, Xavier, Cécile Batandier, & Éric Fontaine. (2006). Choosing the Right Substrate. Novartis Foundation symposium. 280. 108–127. 43 indexed citations

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Fontaine, Éric, et al.. (2003). Intérêt des anticorps anti-transglutaminase tissulaire dans le diagnostic de la maladie cœliaque*11.* Ce travail a fait l’objet de présentations orale et affichée lors du club « Auto-immunité et Immunopathologie » organisé par la Société française d’immunologie (SFI) le 6 juin 2002 à l’hôpital européen Georges Pompidou à Paris.. Annales de biologie clinique. 61(3). 337–343. 1 indexed citations

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Kornreich, Charles, Bernard Dan, Paul Verbanck, Éric Fontaine, & Isidore Pelc. (1998). Divergent responses to fluoxetine from two compulsive, food-related conditions: Bulimia nervosa and compulsive water drinking. Biological Psychiatry. 43(4). 310–311. 5 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Paolo, Emy Basso, Raffaele Colonna, et al.. (1998). Perspectives on the mitochondrial permeability transition. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1365(1-2). 200–206. 32 indexed citations

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Kay, Laurence, Zhenlin Li, Mathias Mericskay, et al.. (1997). Study of regulation of mitochondrial respiration in vivo. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1322(1). 41–59. 113 indexed citations

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Fontaine, Éric, et al.. (1994). [A modified cervico-prostatic incision technic in hypertrophic adenoma in young subjects desiring to preserve ejaculation].. PubMed. 4(3). 371–7. 2 indexed citations

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