François Berger

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

François Berger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, François Berger has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in François Berger's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers). François Berger is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers). François Berger collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Belgium. François Berger's co-authors include Didier Wion, Emmanuel Garcion, Claudia N. Montero‐Menei, N. Wion-Barbot, Nadine Platet, Alim‐Louis Benabid, Philippe Tropel, Danièle Noël, Sondra H. Berger and David Ratel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

François Berger

118 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

New clues about vitamin D functions in the nervous system 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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. New clues about vitamin D functions in the nervous system
    2002 708 citations François Berger, Didier Wion et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Berger France 33 1.9k 764 740 690 636 122 4.6k
Zsolt Nagy Hungary 37 1.6k 0.8× 625 0.8× 390 0.5× 890 1.3× 437 0.7× 292 5.8k
Pei‐Hua Lu China 38 2.0k 1.1× 708 0.9× 436 0.6× 607 0.9× 571 0.9× 137 4.3k
William C. Broaddus United States 38 1.1k 0.6× 303 0.4× 625 0.8× 615 0.9× 363 0.6× 126 4.1k
Emilio Ciusani Italy 36 2.1k 1.1× 263 0.3× 959 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 953 1.5× 152 4.7k
Vivaldo Moura‐Neto Brazil 47 2.6k 1.4× 243 0.3× 823 1.1× 573 0.8× 669 1.1× 162 5.7k
Mahlon D. Johnson United States 38 1.7k 0.9× 265 0.3× 802 1.1× 552 0.8× 353 0.6× 142 4.8k
Nicholas J. Patronas United States 46 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 566 0.8× 867 1.4× 106 7.3k
Leslie L. Muldoon United States 46 1.8k 0.9× 611 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 935 1.4× 316 0.5× 119 6.5k
Christian Schnell Switzerland 33 3.0k 1.6× 388 0.5× 441 0.6× 934 1.4× 535 0.8× 92 5.0k
Emmanuel Garcion France 39 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 317 0.4× 510 0.7× 347 0.5× 85 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by François Berger

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Berger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Berger

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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François-Campion, Valentin, François Berger, Mami Oikawa, et al.. (2025). Sperm derived H2AK119ub1 is required for embryonic development in Xenopus laevis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3268–3268.
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Visonà, Adriana, Hélène Joisten, François Berger, et al.. (2024). Substrate softness increases magnetic microdiscs-induced cytotoxicity. Nanoscale Advances. 7(1). 219–230. 2 indexed citations
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Berger, François, et al.. (2022). Perilymph metabolomic and proteomic MALDI-ToF profiling with porous silicon chips: A proof-of-concept study. Hearing Research. 417. 108457–108457. 2 indexed citations
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Labyt, Étienne, Marie‐Constance Corsi, Gilles Cauffet, et al.. (2018). Magnetoencephalography With Optically Pumped4He Magnetometers at Ambient Temperature. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 38(1). 90–98. 48 indexed citations
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Morales, Sophie, Marie‐Constance Corsi, F. Bertrand, et al.. (2017). Magnetocardiography measurements with4He vector optically pumped magnetometers at room temperature. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 62(18). 7267–7279. 46 indexed citations
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Wion, Didier, et al.. (2015). Cancer research in need of a scientific revolution: Using ‘paradigm shift’ as a method of investigation. Journal of Biosciences. 40(3). 657–666. 4 indexed citations
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Berger, François, et al.. (2015). Expression of CYP2R1 and VDR in human brain pericytes. Neuroreport. 26(5). 245–248. 20 indexed citations
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Nissou, Marie-France, et al.. (2014). Additional Clues for a Protective Role of Vitamin D in Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Triggers an Anti-Inflammatory Response in Brain Pericytes. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 42(3). 789–799. 59 indexed citations
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Mauconduit, Franck, et al.. (2012). Biodiversity as a barrier to glioma cell invasion. Medical Hypotheses. 78(4). 459–461. 3 indexed citations
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Sanden, Boudewijn van der, et al.. (2010). Optimizing stem cell culture. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 111(4). 801–807. 60 indexed citations
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Eymery, Angéline, Béatrice Horard, Geneviève Fourel, et al.. (2009). A transcriptomic analysis of human centromeric and pericentric sequences in normal and tumor cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(19). 6340–6354. 94 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Sylvain, Stéphane Roche, Yves Allory, et al.. (2009). Recommandations préanalytiques pour les analyses de protéomique clinique des fluides biologiques. Annales de biologie clinique. 67(6). 629–639. 12 indexed citations
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Trocmé, Candice, Hubert Marotte, Athan Baillet, et al.. (2008). Apolipoprotein A-I and platelet factor 4 are biomarkers for infliximab response in rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 68(8). 1328–1333. 64 indexed citations
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Mayol, Jean-François, et al.. (2007). Effects of Hoechst 33342 on C2C12 and PC12 cell differentiation. FEBS Letters. 581(16). 3076–3080. 25 indexed citations
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Ratel, David, Jean‐Luc Ravanat, Nadine Platet, et al.. (2006). Undetectable levels of N6‐methyl adenine in mouse DNA: Cloning and analysis of PRED28, a gene coding for a putative mammalian DNA adenine methyltransferase. FEBS Letters. 580(13). 3179–3184. 61 indexed citations
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Ravanat, Jean‐Luc, Gabriella D’Orazi, Jean Cadet, et al.. (2004). N6-Methyldeoxyadenosine, a nucleoside commonly found in prokaryotes, induces C2C12 myogenic differentiation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 314(2). 476–482. 17 indexed citations
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Durand, François, Marie‐Pierre Brenier‐Pinchart, François Berger, et al.. (2004). Phosphatidylcholine‐specific phospholipase C but not gamma interferon regulate gene expression and secretion of CC Chemokine Ligand‐2 (CCL‐2) by human astrocytes during infection by Toxoplasma gondii. Parasite Immunology. 26(10). 419–422. 2 indexed citations
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Gazzéri, Sylvie, Élisabeth Brambilla, Claude Caron de Fromentel, et al.. (1994). p53 genetic abnormalities and myc activation in human lung carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer. 58(1). 24–32. 59 indexed citations
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Barbour, Karen W., Diana K. Hoganson, Sondra H. Berger, & François Berger. (1992). A naturally occurring tyrosine to histidine replacement at residue 33 of human thymidylate synthase confers resistance to 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine in mammalian and bacterial cells.. Molecular Pharmacology. 42(2). 242–248. 25 indexed citations

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