Éric Gilson

12.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Éric Gilson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Gilson has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Physiology and 31 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Éric Gilson's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (93 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (47 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (31 papers). Éric Gilson is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (93 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (47 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (31 papers). Éric Gilson collaborates with scholars based in France, China and United States. Éric Gilson's co-authors include Stéphane Marcand, Maurice Hofnung, Vincent Géli, David Shore, Marie‐Josèphe Giraud‐Panis, Susan M. Gasser, Geneviève Fourel, Frédérique Magdinier, Maria Teresa Teixeira and David M. Perrin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Éric Gilson

158 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

The metabolic checkpoint kinase mTOR is essential for IL-15 signaling during the development and activation of NK cells

2014 462 citations Julien Cherfils‐Vicini, Éric Gilson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Éric Gilson France	50	6.4k	3.7k	1.3k	970	916	164	8.5k
Kathleen Collins United States	57	7.7k 1.2×	5.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	702 0.7×	529 0.6×	129	10.0k
A. B. Futcher United States	16	5.6k 0.9×	5.7k 1.5×	903 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	792 0.9×	18	9.3k
William Biggs United States	27	6.0k 0.9×	952 0.3×	279 0.2×	705 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	33	8.1k
Michael Grunstein United States	39	11.3k 1.8×	597 0.2×	2.3k 1.8×	322 0.3×	1.4k 1.6×	44	13.2k
Karl Riabowol Canada	47	6.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	237 0.2×	403 0.4×	677 0.7×	141	8.1k
Jasper Rine United States	68	14.1k 2.2×	599 0.2×	2.5k 2.0×	416 0.4×	2.0k 2.1×	203	16.8k
Lance Wells United States	51	8.4k 1.3×	586 0.2×	598 0.5×	224 0.2×	601 0.7×	180	10.2k
Marc Güell Spain	20	8.8k 1.4×	307 0.1×	981 0.8×	591 0.6×	2.3k 2.5×	37	10.5k
Kevin D. Sarge United States	40	5.4k 0.8×	633 0.2×	221 0.2×	788 0.8×	317 0.3×	81	6.2k
Jessica K. Tyler United States	43	6.7k 1.0×	510 0.1×	901 0.7×	444 0.5×	557 0.6×	101	7.7k

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Fettweis, Grégory, Kaustubh Wagh, Diana A. Stavreva, et al.. (2025). Transcription factors form a ternary complex with NIPBL/MAU2 to localize cohesin at enhancers. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(9). 2 indexed citations

Nemazanyy, Ivan, Susanne Brodesser, Gregory J. Dore, et al.. (2024). A homoeostatic switch causing glycerol-3-phosphate and phosphoethanolamine accumulation triggers senescence by rewiring lipid metabolism. Nature Metabolism. 6(2). 323–342. 34 indexed citations

Gilson, Éric, Pierre Soubeyran, & Éric Solary. (2024). Targeting Senescence for Next-Generation Cancer Treatments. Cancer Discovery. 14(4). 635–638. 5 indexed citations

Douville, Éric, Louise Bordier, Arnaud Dapoigny, et al.. (2023). Porites' coral calcifying fluid chemistry regulation under normal- and low-pH seawater conditions in Palau Archipelago: Impacts on growth properties. The Science of The Total Environment. 911. 168552–168552. 5 indexed citations

Yue, Jia‐Xing, Matteo De Chiara, Benjamin Barré, et al.. (2022). Telomeres are shorter in wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates than in domesticated ones. Genetics. 223(3). 6 indexed citations

Cherfils‐Vicini, Julien, Olivier Croce, Balázs Győrffy, et al.. (2019). Cancer cells induce immune escape via glycocalyx changes controlled by the telomeric protein TRF 2. The EMBO Journal. 38(11). 49 indexed citations

Méndez-Bermúdez, Aarón, Serge Bauwens, Marie‐Josèphe Giraud‐Panis, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide Control of Heterochromatin Replication by the Telomere Capping Protein TRF2. Molecular Cell. 70(3). 449–461.e5. 44 indexed citations

Hofman, Paul, Julien Cherfils‐Vicini, Marius Ilié, et al.. (2015). Genetic and Pharmacological Inactivation of the Purinergic P2RX7 Receptor Dampens Inflammation but Increases Tumor Incidence in a Mouse Model of Colitis-Associated Cancer. Cancer Research. 75(5). 835–845. 96 indexed citations

Boussouar, Amina, Caroline Barette, Robert Nadon, et al.. (2013). Acacetin and Chrysin, Two Polyphenolic Compounds, Alleviate Telomeric Position Effect in Human Cells. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 2. e116–e116. 15 indexed citations

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Gilson, Éric, et al.. (2011). Telomerase Is Required to Protect Chromosomes with Vertebrate-type T2AG3 3′ Ends in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(31). 27132–27138. 16 indexed citations

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Lam, Yung C., Shamima Akhter, Peili Gu, et al.. (2010). SNMIB/Apollo protects leading‐strand telomeres against NHEJ‐mediated repair. The EMBO Journal. 29(13). 2230–2241. 98 indexed citations

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Boby, Céline, Dennis Gómez, Philippe Frit, et al.. (2010). TRF2/RAP1 and DNA–PK mediate a double protection against joining at telomeric ends. The EMBO Journal. 29(9). 1573–1584. 60 indexed citations

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Horard, Béatrice, Angéline Eymery, Geneviève Fourel, et al.. (2009). Global analysis of DNA methylation and transcription of human repetitive sequences.. Epigenetics. 4(5). 339–350. 24 indexed citations

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Gosselin, Karo, Sébastien Martien, Albin Pourtier, et al.. (2009). Senescence-Associated Oxidative DNA Damage Promotes the Generation of Neoplastic Cells. Cancer Research. 69(20). 7917–7925. 83 indexed citations

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Poulet, Anaïs, Rémi Buisson, Cendrine Faivre-Moskalenko, et al.. (2009). TRF2 promotes, remodels and protects telomeric Holliday junctions. The EMBO Journal. 28(6). 641–651. 93 indexed citations

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Lobov, Ivan B., et al.. (2003). A Telomere-Binding Protein (TRF2/MTBP) from Mouse Nuclear Matrix with Motives of an Intermediate Filament-Type Rod Domain. PubMed. 6(3). 205–218. 10 indexed citations

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Ancelin, Katia, Michèle Brunori, Serge Bauwens, et al.. (2002). Targeting Assay To Study the cis Functions of Human Telomeric Proteins: Evidence for Inhibition of Telomerase by TRF1 and for Activation of Telomere Degradation by TRF2. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(10). 3474–3487. 167 indexed citations

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Marcand, Stéphane, Susan M. Gasser, & Éric Gilson. (1996). Chromatin: A sticky silence. Current Biology. 6(10). 1222–1225. 22 indexed citations

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Palladino, Francesca, Thierry Laroche, Éric Gilson, Lorraine Pillus, & Susan M. Gasser. (1993). The Positioning of Yeast Telomeres Depends on SIR3, SIR4, and the Integrity of the Nuclear Membrane. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 58(0). 733–746. 20 indexed citations

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Gilson, Éric, William Saurin, David M. Perrin, Sophie Bachellier‐Bassi, & Maurice Hofnung. (1991). Palindromic units are part of a new bacterial interspersed mosaic element (BIME). Nucleic Acids Research. 19(7). 1375–1383. 78 indexed citations

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