Julie Lessard

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Julie Lessard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julie Lessard has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Julie Lessard's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers), Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (10 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers). Julie Lessard is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers), Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (10 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers). Julie Lessard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Julie Lessard's co-authors include Guy Sauvageau, Robert H. Crabtree, Jiang Wu, Brett T. Staahl, Isabella A. Graef, Jeffrey A. Ranish, Haiyan Wu, Monte M. Winslow, Mimi Wan and Ruedi Aebersold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Julie Lessard

43 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Bmi-1 determines the proliferative capacity of normal and leukaemic stem cells

2003 1.1k citations Julie Lessard, Guy Sauvageau Nature profile →
An Essential Switch in Subunit Composition of a Chromatin Remodeling Complex during Neural Development

2007 559 citations Julie Lessard, Jiang Wu et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julie Lessard Canada	24	3.3k	608	490	476	457	45	4.1k
Justin C. Grindley United States	17	2.8k 0.8×	921 1.5×	689 1.4×	432 0.9×	115 0.3×	19	4.3k
Paul S. Knoepfler United States	43	4.5k 1.3×	677 1.1×	267 0.5×	516 1.1×	102 0.2×	88	5.8k
Matthew L. Fero United States	22	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 3.1×	736 1.5×	517 1.1×	191 0.4×	32	4.4k
Tsutomu Kume United States	39	3.8k 1.1×	738 1.2×	181 0.4×	541 1.1×	117 0.3×	93	5.2k
Ditsa Levanon Israel	37	3.2k 0.9×	927 1.5×	884 1.8×	788 1.7×	172 0.4×	63	5.6k
Kyungmin Hahm United States	20	1.6k 0.5×	293 0.5×	193 0.4×	528 1.1×	270 0.6×	24	3.0k
Marko Rehn Finland	30	2.0k 0.6×	742 1.2×	194 0.4×	790 1.7×	181 0.4×	53	3.2k
Jia‐Sheng Rao United States	31	1.3k 0.4×	584 1.0×	245 0.5×	779 1.6×	354 0.8×	83	2.7k
In-Kyung Park United States	6	3.2k 0.9×	2.3k 3.8×	560 1.1×	961 2.0×	133 0.3×	9	4.8k
Yutong Xue United States	24	4.8k 1.4×	583 1.0×	115 0.2×	635 1.3×	735 1.6×	64	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Julie Lessard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julie Lessard

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Krasteva, Veneta, Philippe Rousseau, Inès Desanlis, et al.. (2024). Smarcd1 subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complexes collaborates with E2a to promote murine lymphoid specification. Developmental Cell. 59(23). 3124–3140.e8.

Lessard, Julie, et al.. (2020). Helping teachers manage students’ externalizing behaviors by identifying behavioral cusps. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

Krasteva, Veneta, Philippe Rousseau, Giovanni D’Angelo, et al.. (2017). SMARCD2 subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complexes mediates granulopoiesis through a CEBPɛ dependent mechanism. Nature Genetics. 49(5). 753–764. 52 indexed citations

Krasteva, Veneta, Robert H. Crabtree, & Julie Lessard. (2016). The BAF45a/PHF10 subunit of SWI/SNF-like chromatin remodeling complexes is essential for hematopoietic stem cell maintenance. Experimental Hematology. 48. 58–71.e15. 46 indexed citations

Lessard, Julie, Mélissa Pelletier, Laurent Biertho, et al.. (2015). Characterization of Dedifferentiating Human Mature Adipocytes from the Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat Compartments: Fibroblast-Activation Protein Alpha and Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 as Major Components of Matrix Remodeling. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0122065–e0122065. 47 indexed citations

Lessard, Julie, et al.. (2014). Low abdominal subcutaneous preadipocyte adipogenesis is associated with visceral obesity, visceral adipocyte hypertrophy, and a dysmetabolic state. Adipocyte. 3(3). 197–205. 68 indexed citations

Lessard, Julie, et al.. (2012). Circulating 5α-dihydrotestosterone, abdominal obesity and adipocyte characteristics in women. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 12(2). 391–400. 14 indexed citations

Krasteva, Veneta, et al.. (2012). The BAF53a subunit of SWI/SNF-like BAF complexes is essential for hemopoietic stem cell function. Blood. 120(24). 4720–4732. 90 indexed citations

Acquaviva, Jaime, Julie Lessard, Huijun Zhu, et al.. (2011). Chronic Activation of Wild-Type Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Loss of Cdkn2a Cause Mouse Glioblastoma Formation. Cancer Research. 71(23). 7198–7206. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Jiang, Julie Lessard, & Robert H. Crabtree. (2009). Understanding the Words of Chromatin Regulation. Cell. 136(2). 200–206. 271 indexed citations

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Boufaied, Inès, Julie Lessard, Stéphane Chabaud, et al.. (2008). The fibrotic phenotype of systemic sclerosis fibroblasts varies with disease duration and severity of skin involvement: reconstitution of skin fibrosis development using a tissue engineering approach. The Journal of Pathology. 217(4). 534–542. 38 indexed citations

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Wu, Jiang, Julie Lessard, Ivan Olave, et al.. (2007). Regulation of Dendritic Development by Neuron-Specific Chromatin Remodeling Complexes. Neuron. 56(1). 94–108. 298 indexed citations

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Lessard, Julie, Jiang Wu, Jeffrey A. Ranish, et al.. (2007). An Essential Switch in Subunit Composition of a Chromatin Remodeling Complex during Neural Development. Neuron. 55(2). 201–215. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lessard, Julie, Andréa Fournier, Ézéquiel Calvo, et al.. (2007). Characterization of the RSL1‐dependent conditional expression system in LNCaP prostate cancer cells and development of a single vector format. The Prostate. 67(8). 808–819. 15 indexed citations

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Labrie, Claude, Julie Lessard, Mélissa Pelletier, et al.. (2007). Androgen-regulated transcription factor AIbZIP in prostate cancer. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 108(3-5). 237–244. 21 indexed citations

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Elalfy, Mohamed, Lamia Azzi‐Martin, Julie Lessard, et al.. (2006). Stage‐Specific Expression of the Atce1/Tisp40α Isoform of CREB3L4 in Mouse Spermatids. Journal of Andrology. 27(5). 686–694. 18 indexed citations

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Lessard, Julie, et al.. (2004). Genetic programs regulating HSC specification, maintenance and expansion. Oncogene. 23(43). 7199–7209. 50 indexed citations

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Lessard, Julie, et al.. (2004). Are genetic determinants of asymmetric stem cell division active in hematopoietic stem cells?. Oncogene. 23(43). 7247–7255. 15 indexed citations

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Lessard, Julie & Guy Sauvageau. (2003). Polycomb group genes as epigenetic regulators of normal and leukemic hemopoiesis. Experimental Hematology. 31(7). 567–585. 58 indexed citations

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Lessard, Julie & Guy Sauvageau. (2003). Bmi-1 determines the proliferative capacity of normal and leukaemic stem cells. Nature. 423(6937). 255–260. 1145 indexed citations breakdown →

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