Isabelle Avril

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Isabelle Avril is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabelle Avril has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Isabelle Avril's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (3 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (3 papers). Isabelle Avril is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (3 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (3 papers). Isabelle Avril collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Czechia. Isabelle Avril's co-authors include Pedro L. Herrera, Fabrizio Thorel, Kenji Kohno, Virginie Népote, Simona Chera, Renaud Desgraz, B. Blondeau, B. Bréant, Jacques Philippé and Aline Mamin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Isabelle Avril

11 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Conversion of adult pancreatic α-cells to β-cells after extreme β-cell loss

2010 866 citations Fabrizio Thorel, Virginie Népote et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Isabelle Avril Switzerland	8	960	629	572	444	151	11	1.3k
Annette Møldrup Denmark	18	834 0.9×	507 0.8×	766 1.3×	561 1.3×	70 0.5×	24	1.3k
Heshan Peiris Australia	15	410 0.4×	263 0.4×	199 0.3×	285 0.6×	56 0.4×	19	777
M. J. Dronsfield United Kingdom	10	796 0.8×	865 1.4×	434 0.8×	471 1.1×	40 0.3×	11	1.2k
Yelena Guz United States	13	1.1k 1.2×	694 1.1×	623 1.1×	474 1.1×	21 0.1×	15	1.3k
P Driscoll United States	8	206 0.2×	140 0.2×	368 0.6×	196 0.4×	153 1.0×	10	685
Maria E. Wilson United States	15	624 0.7×	472 0.8×	275 0.5×	552 1.2×	33 0.2×	25	1.2k
Wah Jun Tze Canada	14	320 0.3×	189 0.3×	211 0.4×	114 0.3×	183 1.2×	34	667
Mónica George Spain	9	335 0.3×	183 0.3×	221 0.4×	313 0.7×	46 0.3×	20	708
Jacques Pantel France	13	108 0.1×	307 0.5×	499 0.9×	360 0.8×	99 0.7×	22	1.0k
Rachel Ben‐Haroush Schyr Israel	10	311 0.3×	162 0.3×	156 0.3×	330 0.7×	76 0.5×	19	607

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabelle Avril

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Thorel, Fabrizio, Virginie Népote, Isabelle Avril, et al.. (2010). Conversion of adult pancreatic α-cells to β-cells after extreme β-cell loss. Nature. 464(7292). 1149–1154. 866 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bonal, Claire, Isabelle Avril, & Pedro L. Herrera. (2008). Experimental models of β-cell regeneration. Biochemical Society Transactions. 36(3). 286–289. 13 indexed citations

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Gosmain, Yvan, Isabelle Avril, Aline Mamin, & Jacques Philippé. (2007). Pax-6 and c-Maf Functionally Interact with the α-Cell-specific DNA Element G1 in Vivo to Promote Glucagon Gene Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(48). 35024–35034. 47 indexed citations

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Ritz-Laser, Beate, Aline Mamin, Thierry Brun, et al.. (2004). The Zinc Finger-Containing Transcription Factor Gata-4 Is Expressed in the Developing Endocrine Pancreas and Activates Glucagon Gene Expression. Molecular Endocrinology. 19(3). 759–770. 32 indexed citations

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Freemark, Michael, Isabelle Avril, Don Fleenor, et al.. (2002). Targeted Deletion of the PRL Receptor: Effects on Islet Development, Insulin Production, and Glucose Tolerance. Endocrinology. 143(4). 1378–1385. 197 indexed citations

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Lésage, Jean, Laurence Dufourny, Christine Laborie, et al.. (2002). Perinatal Malnutrition Programs Sympathoadrenal and Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis Responsiveness to Restraint Stress in Adult Male Rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 14(2). 135–143. 60 indexed citations

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Blondeau, B., Isabelle Avril, Bélinda Duchêne, & B. Bréant. (2002). Endocrine pancreas development is altered in foetuses from rats previously showing intra-uterine growth retardation in response to malnutrition. Diabetologia. 45(3). 394–401. 47 indexed citations

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Avril, Isabelle, B. Blondeau, Bélinda Duchêne, P Czernichow, & B. Bréant. (2002). Decreased beta-cell proliferation impairs the adaptation to pregnancy in rats malnourished during perinatal life. Journal of Endocrinology. 174(2). 215–223. 19 indexed citations

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Mattson, K., et al.. (2001). Docetaxel as neo-adjuvant therapy for radically treatable stage III non-small cell lung cancer: early results of an international phase III study. Lung Cancer. 34. 21–23. 6 indexed citations

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Dumez, Herlinde, Marloes Louwerens, Isabelle Avril, et al.. (1999). A Phase I study of taxotere (T) and gemzar (G) in patients with advanced solid tumors: impact of drug sequence and feasibility. European Journal of Cancer. 35. S285–S285. 1 indexed citations

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Aamdal, Steinar, et al.. (1999). Docetaxel (D, Taxotere®) with concurrent radiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). European Journal of Cancer. 35. S260–S260. 5 indexed citations

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