Frédéric Charron

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
67 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Charron is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Charron has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 21 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Charron's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (37 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (27 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (21 papers). Frédéric Charron is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (37 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (27 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (21 papers). Frédéric Charron collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Frédéric Charron's co-authors include Marc Tessier‐Lavigne, Mona Nemer, Patricia T. Yam, Steves Morin, Andrew P. McMahon, Georges Nemer, Pierre J. Fabre, Elke Stein, Juhee Jeong and Lynda Robitaille and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Charron

65 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

A Murine Model of Holt-Oram Syndrome Defines Roles of the T-Box Transcription Factor Tbx5 in Cardiogenesis and Disease

2001 807 citations Frédéric Charron, Mona Nemer et al. Cell profile →
The Hedgehog Pathway Promotes Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and CNS Immune Quiescence

2011 641 citations Frédéric Charron et al. Science profile →
The Morphogen Sonic Hedgehog Is an Axonal Chemoattractant that Collaborates with Netrin-1 in Midline Axon Guidance

2003 527 citations Frédéric Charron, Elke Stein et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frédéric Charron Canada	34	4.3k	1.9k	1.0k	878	801	67	6.0k
Verdon Taylor Switzerland	47	4.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	2.5k 2.5×	683 0.8×	608 0.8×	98	6.2k
Cary Lai United States	43	4.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	882 1.0×	849 1.1×	71	8.4k
Theresa A. Zwingman United States	13	3.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	593 0.6×	805 0.9×	495 0.6×	15	6.3k
Lamya S. Shihabuddin United States	40	3.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	886 0.9×	712 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	76	6.2k
Fanie Barnabé‐Heider Sweden	26	4.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 2.2×	443 0.5×	538 0.7×	33	7.7k
Yasuto Tanabe Japan	19	6.0k 1.4×	3.7k 2.0×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	846 1.1×	26	8.7k
Hong Gu China	8	2.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	544 0.5×	549 0.6×	403 0.5×	16	5.3k
Hermann Rohrer Germany	51	4.8k 1.1×	3.8k 2.0×	1.7k 1.7×	977 1.1×	821 1.0×	137	7.8k
Simon Hippenmeyer Austria	32	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	544 0.6×	609 0.8×	66	4.4k
Fritz G. Rathjen Germany	44	3.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	460 0.5×	1.9k 2.4×	97	6.4k

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Yam, Patricia T., Wei‐Ju Chen, Alice Y. Ting, et al.. (2024). Numb positively regulates Hedgehog signaling at the ciliary pocket. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3365–3365. 8 indexed citations

Chaudhari, Karina, Kai-Yue Zhang, Patricia T. Yam, et al.. (2024). A human DCC variant causing mirror movement disorder reveals that the WAVE regulatory complex mediates axon guidance by netrin-1–DCC. Science Signaling. 17(856). eadk2345–eadk2345. 3 indexed citations

Yam, Patricia T., Baoyu Chen, Alfonso Fasano, et al.. (2023). Genetics of mirror movements identifies a multifunctional complex required for Netrin-1 guidance and lateralization of motor control. Science Advances. 9(19). eadd5501–eadd5501. 11 indexed citations

Rastqar, Ali, Maxime Lemieux, Jimmy Peng, et al.. (2022). Heterozygous Dcc mutant mice have a subtle locomotor phenotype. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

Ferent, Julien, Christine Jolicoeur, Steves Morin, et al.. (2019). Boc Acts via Numb as a Shh-Dependent Endocytic Platform for Ptch1 Internalization and Shh-Mediated Axon Guidance. Neuron. 102(6). 1157–1171.e5. 28 indexed citations

Ferent, Julien, et al.. (2019). The Shh receptor Boc is important for myelin formation and repair. Development. 146(9). 16 indexed citations

Yam, Patricia T. & Frédéric Charron. (2019). Extracellular phosphorylation in axon pathfinding. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(11). 1030–1031. 2 indexed citations

Ferent, Julien, Eduardo D. Gigante, Patricia T. Yam, et al.. (2019). The Ciliary Protein Arl13b Functions Outside of the Primary Cilium in Shh-Mediated Axon Guidance. Cell Reports. 29(11). 3356–3366.e3. 40 indexed citations

Overmiller, Andrew M., Joya Sahu, Felicia Cooper, et al.. (2018). Overexpression of Desmoglein 2 in a Mouse Model of Gorlin Syndrome Enhances Spontaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma Formation through STAT3-Mediated Gli1 Expression. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(2). 300–307. 12 indexed citations

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Farmer, W. Todd, Therése Abrahamsson, Sabrina Chierzi, et al.. (2016). Neurons diversify astrocytes in the adult brain through sonic hedgehog signaling. Science. 351(6275). 849–854. 202 indexed citations

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Verwey, Michael, Alanna Grant, Nicholas Meti, et al.. (2016). Mesocortical Dopamine Phenotypes in Mice Lacking the Sonic Hedgehog Receptor Cdon. eNeuro. 3(3). ENEURO.0009–16.2016. 8 indexed citations

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Yam, Patricia T., Steves Morin, W. Todd Farmer, et al.. (2012). 14-3-3 Proteins Regulate a Cell-Intrinsic Switch from Sonic Hedgehog-Mediated Commissural Axon Attraction to Repulsion after Midline Crossing. Neuron. 76(4). 735–749. 75 indexed citations

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Izzi, Luisa & Frédéric Charron. (2011). Midline axon guidance and human genetic disorders. Clinical Genetics. 80(3). 226–234. 34 indexed citations

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Srour, Myriam, Jean‐Baptiste Rivière, Marie‐Pierre Dubé, et al.. (2010). Mutations in DCC Cause Congenital Mirror Movements. Science. 328(5978). 592–592. 128 indexed citations

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Morin, Steves, et al.. (2010). Dissection and Culture of Commissural Neurons from Embryonic Spinal Cord. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 33 indexed citations

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Yam, Patricia T., et al.. (2009). Sonic Hedgehog Guides Axons through a Noncanonical, Src-Family-Kinase-Dependent Signaling Pathway. Neuron. 62(3). 349–362. 221 indexed citations

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Farmer, W. Todd, et al.. (2008). Pioneer longitudinal axons navigate using floor plate and Slit/Robo signals. Development. 135(22). 3643–3653. 56 indexed citations

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Suster, Maximiliano L., Artur Kania, Meijiang Liao, et al.. (2008). A novel conserved evx1 enhancer links spinal interneuron morphology and cis-regulation from fish to mammals. Developmental Biology. 325(2). 422–433. 27 indexed citations

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McBride, Kevin M., Frédéric Charron, Chantal Lefèbvre, & Mona Nemer. (2003). Interaction with GATA transcription factors provides a mechanism for cell-specific effects of c-Fos. Oncogene. 22(52). 8403–8412. 22 indexed citations

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Charron, Frédéric, Elke Stein, Juhee Jeong, Andrew P. McMahon, & Marc Tessier‐Lavigne. (2003). The Morphogen Sonic Hedgehog Is an Axonal Chemoattractant that Collaborates with Netrin-1 in Midline Axon Guidance. Cell. 113(1). 11–23. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

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