Frank Lafont

19.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Frank Lafont is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Lafont has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Cell Biology and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Frank Lafont's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (16 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (15 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (15 papers). Frank Lafont is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (16 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (15 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (15 papers). Frank Lafont collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Switzerland. Frank Lafont's co-authors include Kai Simons, Paul Verkade, Gijs R. van den Brink, Sandra Lecat, Nicolas Dupont, Antonino Bongiovanni, Sébastien Janel, Philippe Sansonetti, Janis K. Burkhardt and Annie Rousselet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Frank Lafont

107 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

ESCRT ‐mediated lysosome repair precedes lysophagy and promotes cell survival

2018 290 citations Maja Radulovic, Kay Oliver Schink et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Lafont France	37	2.4k	1.5k	878	579	483	108	4.8k
Emmanuel Lemichez France	39	3.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	496 0.6×	1.0k 1.8×	319 0.7×	121	6.0k
Marcelo Ehrlich Israel	35	3.9k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	454 0.5×	751 1.3×	437 0.9×	102	6.1k
Cameron C. Scott Switzerland	21	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	670 0.8×	607 1.0×	502 1.0×	29	3.5k
Matthew D. Welch United States	43	3.8k 1.6×	4.3k 2.7×	792 0.9×	762 1.3×	294 0.6×	88	8.5k
Christof R. Hauck Germany	41	3.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	429 0.5×	1.5k 2.6×	241 0.5×	93	8.1k
Emmanuel Boucrot United Kingdom	32	4.9k 2.1×	3.7k 2.4×	490 0.6×	838 1.4×	922 1.9×	42	7.9k
Alexey J. Merz United States	34	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	459 0.5×	275 0.5×	284 0.6×	54	4.3k
Jürgen Wehland Germany	49	4.3k 1.8×	3.2k 2.1×	505 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	355 0.7×	91	10.1k
Niclas G. Karlsson Sweden	49	4.6k 2.0×	850 0.5×	375 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	418 0.9×	170	7.0k
Laurence Abrami Switzerland	37	3.6k 1.5×	869 0.6×	426 0.5×	1.6k 2.7×	379 0.8×	63	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Lafont

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Lafont

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Lafont

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Glentis, Alexandros, Carlès Blanch-Mercader, Lakshmi Balasubramaniam, et al.. (2022). The emergence of spontaneous coordinated epithelial rotation on cylindrical curved surfaces. Science Advances. 8(37). eabn5406–eabn5406. 22 indexed citations

Petracchini, Serena, Anne Doye, Atef Asnacios, et al.. (2022). Optineurin links Hace1-dependent Rac ubiquitylation to integrin-mediated mechanotransduction to control bacterial invasion and cell division. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6059–6059. 14 indexed citations

Janel, Sébastien, David Gonzalez‐Rodriguez, Amel Mettouchi, et al.. (2021). DHA-containing phospholipids control membrane fusion and transcellular tunnel dynamics. Journal of Cell Science. 135(5). 3 indexed citations

Venugopal, Kannan, Elisabeth Werkmeister, Nicolas Barois, et al.. (2020). Rab11A regulates dense granule transport and secretion during Toxoplasma gondii invasion of host cells and parasite replication. PLoS Pathogens. 16(5). e1008106–e1008106. 26 indexed citations

Janel, Sébastien, Nicolas Barois, Elisabeth Werkmeister, et al.. (2019). Stiffness tomography of eukaryotic intracellular compartments by atomic force microscopy. Nanoscale. 11(21). 10320–10328. 16 indexed citations

Radulovic, Maja, Kay Oliver Schink, Eva M. Wenzel, et al.. (2018). ESCRT ‐mediated lysosome repair precedes lysophagy and promotes cell survival. The EMBO Journal. 37(21). 290 indexed citations breakdown →

Veyron‐Churlet, Romain, Vincent Duprès, Jean‐Michel Saliou, et al.. (2018). Rv0613c/MSMEG_1285 Interacts with HBHA and Mediates Its Proper Cell-Surface Exposure in Mycobacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(6). 1673–1673. 8 indexed citations

Venugopal, Kannan, Elisabeth Werkmeister, Nicolas Barois, et al.. (2017). Dual role of the Toxoplasma gondii clathrin adaptor AP1 in the sorting of rhoptry and microneme proteins and in parasite division. PLoS Pathogens. 13(4). e1006331–e1006331. 38 indexed citations

Jia, Jieshuang, Elisabeth Werkmeister, Sara Gonzalez-Hilarion, et al.. (2017). Premature termination codon readthrough in human cells occurs in novel cytoplasmic foci and requires UPF proteins. Journal of Cell Science. 130(18). 3009–3022. 16 indexed citations

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Vergne, Isabelle, Frank Lafont, Lucile Espert, Audrey Esclatine, & Martine Biard‐Piechaczyk. (2017). Autophagie, protéines ATG et maladies infectieuses. médecine/sciences. 33(3). 312–318. 7 indexed citations

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Pizarro‐Cerdá, Javier, Alain Charbit, Jost Enninga, Frank Lafont, & Pascale Cossart. (2016). Manipulation of host membranes by the bacterial pathogens Listeria, Francisella, Shigella and Yersinia. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 60. 155–167. 37 indexed citations

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Merghni, Abderrahmen, Adel Ben Amor, Sébastien Janel, et al.. (2015). High potential of adhesion to biotic and abiotic surfaces by opportunistic Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from orthodontic appliances. Microbial Pathogenesis. 91. 61–67. 19 indexed citations

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Lafont, Frank, et al.. (2013). Actuator and Sensor Fault Detection, Isolation and Identification in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, with an Application to a Waste Water Treatment Plant. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Nacer, Adéla, Sébastien Pomel, Christine Scheidig‐Benatar, et al.. (2011). clag9 Is Not Essential for PfEMP1 Surface Expression in Non-Cytoadherent Plasmodium falciparum Parasites with a Chromosome 9 Deletion. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e29039–e29039. 16 indexed citations

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Maddugoda, Madhavi P., Caroline Stefani, David Gonzalez‐Rodriguez, et al.. (2011). cAMP Signaling by Anthrax Edema Toxin Induces Transendothelial Cell Tunnels, which Are Resealed by MIM via Arp2/3-Driven Actin Polymerization. Cell Host & Microbe. 10(5). 464–474. 54 indexed citations

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Dupont, Nicolas, et al.. (2010). How ubiquitination and autophagy participate in the regulation of the cell response to bacterial infection. Biology of the Cell. 102(12). 621–634. 23 indexed citations

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Moreau, Kévin, Sandra Lacas‐Gervais, Naonobu Fujita, et al.. (2010). Autophagosomes can support Yersinia pseudotuberculosis replication in macrophages. Cellular Microbiology. 12(8). 1108–1123. 68 indexed citations

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Yersin, Alexandre, Harald Hirling, Sandor Kasas, et al.. (2007). Elastic Properties of the Cell Surface and Trafficking of Single AMPA Receptors in Living Hippocampal Neurons. Biophysical Journal. 92(12). 4482–4489. 15 indexed citations

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Ikonen, Elina, Robert G. Parton, Frank Lafont, & Kai Simons. (1996). Analysis of the role of p200-containing vesicles in post-Golgi traffic.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(6). 961–974. 34 indexed citations

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Lafont, Frank, Kai Simons, & Elina Ikonen. (1995). Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Polarized Membrane Traffic: Reconstitution of Three Transport Steps in Epithelial Cells Using Streptolysin-O Permeabilization. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 60(0). 753–762. 13 indexed citations

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