Frédéric Relaix

14.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
145 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Relaix is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Relaix has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Surgery and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Relaix's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (91 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (25 papers). Frédéric Relaix is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (91 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (25 papers). Frédéric Relaix collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Frédéric Relaix's co-authors include Margaret Buckingham, Didier Rocancourt, Peter S. Zammit, Ahmed Mansouri, Didier Montarras, Charlotte Collins, Ana Cumano, Terence A. Partridge, Stéphane Zaffran and Jennifer E. Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Relaix

140 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 Pax3/Pax7-dependent population of skeletal muscle progenitor cells

2005 859 citations Frédéric Relaix, Margaret Buckingham et al. profile →
Direct Isolation of Satellite Cells for Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

2005 808 citations Didier Montarras, Jennifer E. Morgan et al. Science profile →
The formation of skeletal muscle: from somite to limb

2003 680 citations Margaret Buckingham, Ted Hung‐Tse Chang et al. profile →
Satellite cells are essential for skeletal muscle regeneration: the cell on the edge returns centre stage

2012 621 citations Frédéric Relaix, Peter S. Zammit Development profile →
Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells

2005 531 citations Frédéric Relaix, Didier Montarras et al. profile →
Perspectives on skeletal muscle stem cells

2021 221 citations Frédéric Relaix, Maximilien Bencze et al. Nature Communications profile →
Platelets Facilitate the Wound-Healing Capability of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Mitochondrial Transfer and Metabolic Reprogramming

2021 177 citations Peggy Lafuste, Marianne Gervais et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frédéric Relaix France	51	8.8k	2.4k	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	145	10.5k
Michael Kyba United States	55	9.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	173	12.0k
Shahragim Tajbakhsh France	62	12.5k 1.4×	3.3k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.6×	152	14.6k
Peter S. Zammit United Kingdom	48	9.3k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	123	10.8k
Grace K. Pavlath United States	51	7.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	943 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	103	9.0k
Jennifer E. Morgan United Kingdom	56	10.0k 1.1×	3.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	151	11.3k
Paolo Bonaldo Italy	56	6.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	987 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	165	12.3k
Chen‐Ming Fan United States	42	6.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	765 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	885 0.7×	92	9.2k
Barbara Gayraud-Morel France	25	4.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	897 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	750 0.6×	34	6.6k
Irina M. Conboy United States	35	6.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	524 0.4×	2.1k 1.5×	74	8.4k
Miranda D. Grounds Australia	58	7.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	784 0.5×	2.7k 2.0×	233	10.5k

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Relaix, Frédéric, et al.. (2025). Regulation and function of Pax3 in muscle stem cell heterogeneity and stress response. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 46(4). 327–336.

Gervais, Marianne, Ludovic Martin, Yasmine Baba‐Amer, et al.. (2025). Interferon-γ causes myogenic cell dysfunction and senescence in immune myopathies. Brain. 148(8). 2883–2898. 2 indexed citations

Lassche, Saskia, Valentina Taglietti, Benno Küsters, et al.. (2024). An up-to-date myopathologic characterisation of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 muscle biopsies shows sarcolemmal complement membrane attack complex deposits and increased skeletal muscle regeneration. Neuromuscular Disorders. 36. 6–15. 1 indexed citations

Villanova, Marcello, Corinne Métay, Chiara Fiorillo, et al.. (2023). Clinical and functional characterization of a long survivor congenital titinopathy patient with a novel metatranscript-only titin variant. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 48–48. 3 indexed citations

Hirsinger, Estelle, Shinichiro Hayashi, Sandra Swist, et al.. (2023). Inhibitory SMAD6 interferes with BMP dependent generation of muscle progenitor cells and perturbs proximodistal pattern of murine limb muscles. Development. 150(11). 3 indexed citations

Fodil, Rédouane, Sophie Féréol, Alwyn Dady, et al.. (2023). Glucose oxidation drives trunk neural crest cell development and fate. Journal of Cell Science. 136(16). 4 indexed citations

Taglietti, Valentina, Kaouthar Kefi, Fanny Coulpier, et al.. (2023). Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor signaling restores skeletal muscle stem cell regeneration in rats with muscular dystrophy. Science Translational Medicine. 15(685). eadd5275–eadd5275. 25 indexed citations

Maruotti, Julien, et al.. (2023). Generation of highly pure pluripotent stem cell-derived myogenic progenitor cells and myotubes. Stem Cell Reports. 19(1). 84–99. 3 indexed citations

Bencze, Maximilien, Inès Barthélémy, Valentina Taglietti, et al.. (2023). Receptor interacting protein kinase‐3 mediates both myopathy and cardiomyopathy in preclinical animal models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 14(6). 2520–2531. 2 indexed citations

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Julien, Anaïs, Ester Martínez‐Sarrà, Jérôme Megret, et al.. (2021). Direct contribution of skeletal muscle mesenchymal progenitors to bone repair. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2860–2860. 83 indexed citations

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Vartanian, Audrey Der, Nabila Elarouci, Frédéric Causeret, et al.. (2020). The PAX-FOXO1s trigger fast trans-differentiation of chick embryonic neural cells into alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with tissue invasive properties limited by S phase entry inhibition. PLoS Genetics. 16(11). e1009164–e1009164. 11 indexed citations

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Barnérias, Christine, Christine Bodemer, Isabelle Desguerre, et al.. (2020). From Diagnosis to Prognosis: Revisiting the Meaning of Muscle ISG15 Overexpression in Juvenile Inflammatory Myopathies. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 73(6). 1044–1052. 14 indexed citations

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Stantzou, Amalia, Elija Schirwis, Sandra Swist, et al.. (2017). BMP signaling regulates satellite cell-dependent postnatal muscle growth. Development. 144(15). 2737–2747. 41 indexed citations

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Duval, Nathalie, Frédéric Aurade, Frédéric Relaix, et al.. (2017). Pax3- and Pax7-mediated Dbx1 regulation orchestrates the patterning of intermediate spinal interneurons. Developmental Biology. 432(1). 24–33. 12 indexed citations

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Vallecillo-García, Pedro, Mickael Orgeur, Jürgen Stumm, et al.. (2017). Odd skipped-related 1 identifies a population of embryonic fibro-adipogenic progenitors regulating myogenesis during limb development. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1218–1218. 88 indexed citations

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Alonso‐Martín, Sonia, Anne Rochat, Despoina Mademtzoglou, et al.. (2016). Gene Expression Profiling of Muscle Stem Cells Identifies Novel Regulators of Postnatal Myogenesis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 4. 58–58. 44 indexed citations

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Zalc, Antoine, Shinichiro Hayashi, Frédéric Aurade, et al.. (2014). Antagonistic regulation of p57kip2 by Hes/Hey downstream of Notch signaling and muscle regulatory factors regulates skeletal muscle growth arrest. Development. 141(14). 2780–2790. 40 indexed citations

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Reyes‐Gomez, Edouard, Florence Bernex, Anne Louise, et al.. (2012). Pax3^GFP, a new reporter for the melanocyte lineage, highlights novel aspects of PAX3 expression in the skin. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 25(5). 545–554. 10 indexed citations

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Morgan, Sarah C., et al.. (2008). Cardiac outflow tract septation failure in Pax3-deficient embryos is due to p53-dependent regulation of migrating cardiac neural crest. Mechanisms of Development. 125(9-10). 757–767. 47 indexed citations

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Montarras, Didier, Jennifer E. Morgan, Charlotte Collins, et al.. (2005). Direct Isolation of Satellite Cells for Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. Science. 309(5743). 2064–2067. 808 indexed citations breakdown →

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