Julie St‐Pierre

23.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
89 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Julie St‐Pierre is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Julie St‐Pierre has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Physiology and 27 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Julie St‐Pierre's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (37 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (33 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (26 papers). Julie St‐Pierre is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (37 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (33 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (26 papers). Julie St‐Pierre collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Julie St‐Pierre's co-authors include Bruce M. Spiegelman, Christoph Handschin, Sibylle Jäger, Martin D. Brand, Valeria R. Fantin, Philip Leder, Jiandie D. Lin, Julie A. Buckingham, Simon‐Pierre Gravel and Wenli Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Julie St‐Pierre

87 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) action in skeletal mu... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2007 2006 2006 2002 2002 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) action in skeletal muscle via direct phosphorylation of PGC-1α
    2007 2.0k citations Sibylle Jäger, Christoph Handschin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Suppression of Reactive Oxygen Species and Neurodegeneration by the PGC-1 Transcriptional Coactivators
    2006 1.9k citations Julie St‐Pierre, Sibylle Jäger et al. profile →
  3. Attenuation of LDH-A expression uncovers a link between glycolysis, mitochondrial physiology, and tumor maintenance
    2006 1.3k citations Julie St‐Pierre et al. profile →
  4. Topology of Superoxide Production from Different Sites in the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain
    2002 1.2k citations Julie St‐Pierre et al. profile →
  5. Superoxide activates mitochondrial uncoupling proteins
    2002 1.1k citations Julie St‐Pierre et al. profile →
  6. mTORC1 Controls Mitochondrial Activity and Biogenesis through 4E-BP-Dependent Translational Regulation
    2013 614 citations Simon‐Pierre Gravel, Valérie Chénard et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  7. Errα and Gabpa/b specify PGC-1α-dependent oxidative phosphorylation gene expression that is altered in diabetic muscle
    2004 572 citations Vamsi K. Mootha, Christoph Handschin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Complementary action of the PGC-1 coactivators in mitochondrial biogenesis and brown fat differentiation
    2006 532 citations Wenli Yang, Julie St‐Pierre et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  9. PGC1α and mitochondrial metabolism – emerging concepts and relevance in ageing and neurodegenerative disorders
    2012 507 citations Julie St‐Pierre et al. profile →
  10. PDK1-Dependent Metabolic Reprogramming Dictates Metastatic Potential in Breast Cancer
    2015 437 citations Fanny Dupuy, Sébastien Tabariès et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  11. AMPK Maintains Cellular Metabolic Homeostasis through Regulation of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species
    2017 428 citations H. Eric, Simon‐Pierre Gravel et al. profile →

Peers

Julie St‐Pierre
Tomas A. Prolla United States
Zoltàn Arany United States
Béatrice Desvergne Switzerland
Richard C. Scarpulla United States
Zhidan Wu United States
Riekelt H. Houtkooper Netherlands
António Zorzano Spain
Paul S. Brookes United States
Richard W. Gross United States
Mathieu Laplante Canada
Tomas A. Prolla United States
Julie St‐Pierre
Citations per year, relative to Julie St‐Pierre Julie St‐Pierre (= 1×) peers Tomas A. Prolla

Countries citing papers authored by Julie St‐Pierre

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julie St‐Pierre

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julie St‐Pierre

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Minarrieta, Lucía, Matthew G. Annis, Yannick Audet-Delage, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial elongation impairs breast cancer metastasis. Science Advances. 10(45). eadm8212–eadm8212. 15 indexed citations
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Nair, Remya, Ronald A. Merrill, Catherine St‐Louis, et al.. (2023). The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier complex potentiates the efficacy of proteasome inhibitors in multiple myeloma. Blood Advances. 7(14). 3485–3500. 9 indexed citations
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Guak, Hannah, Ryan D. Sheldon, Ian Beddows, et al.. (2022). PGC-1β maintains mitochondrial metabolism and restrains inflammatory gene expression. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 16028–16028. 11 indexed citations
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McGuirk, Shawn, Yannick Audet-Delage, Matthew G. Annis, et al.. (2021). Resistance to different anthracycline chemotherapeutics elicits distinct and actionable primary metabolic dependencies in breast cancer. eLife. 10. 34 indexed citations
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Papadopoli, David, et al.. (2021). Perturbations of cancer cell metabolism by the antidiabetic drug canagliflozin. Neoplasia. 23(4). 391–399. 40 indexed citations
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Patten, David A., Shawn McGuirk, Ujval Anilkumar, et al.. (2020). Altered mitochondrial fusion drives defensive glutathione synthesis in cells able to switch to glycolytic ATP production. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1868(1). 118854–118854. 18 indexed citations
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Houlès, Thibault, Simon‐Pierre Gravel, Geneviève Lavoie, et al.. (2018). RSK Regulates PFK-2 Activity to Promote Metabolic Rewiring in Melanoma. Cancer Research. 78(9). 2191–2204. 45 indexed citations
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Uetani, Noriko, Serge Hardy, Simon‐Pierre Gravel, et al.. (2017). PRL2 links magnesium flux and sex-dependent circadian metabolic rhythms. JCI Insight. 2(13). 18 indexed citations
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Audet‐Walsh, Étienne, Tracey Yee, Shawn McGuirk, et al.. (2016). Androgen-Dependent Repression of ERRγ Reprograms Metabolism in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(2). 378–389. 69 indexed citations
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Yan, Ming, Étienne Audet‐Walsh, Sanaz Manteghi, et al.. (2016). Chronic AMPK activation via loss of FLCN induces functional beige adipose tissue through PGC-1α/ERRα. Genes & Development. 30(9). 1034–1046. 86 indexed citations
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Braun, Ralf J., Verónica I. Dumit, Xavier Roucou, et al.. (2015). Struggling for breath in Sherbrooke 1st Symposium on “One mitochondrion, many diseases” in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, March 11th, 2015. Microbial Cell. 2(6). 208–213.
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Dupuy, Fanny, Sébastien Tabariès, Sylvia Andrzejewski, et al.. (2015). PDK1-Dependent Metabolic Reprogramming Dictates Metastatic Potential in Breast Cancer. Cell Metabolism. 22(4). 577–589. 437 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klimčáková, Eva, Valérie Chénard, Shawn McGuirk, et al.. (2012). PGC-1α Promotes the Growth of ErbB2/Neu–Induced Mammary Tumors by Regulating Nutrient Supply. Cancer Research. 72(6). 1538–1546. 45 indexed citations
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Eichner, Lillian J., Catherine R. Dufour, Nicholas Bertos, et al.. (2010). miR-378 ∗ Mediates Metabolic Shift in Breast Cancer Cells via the PGC-1β/ERRγ Transcriptional Pathway. Cell Metabolism. 12(4). 352–361. 233 indexed citations
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Jäger, Sibylle, Christoph Handschin, Julie St‐Pierre, & Bruce M. Spiegelman. (2007). AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) action in skeletal muscle via direct phosphorylation of PGC-1α. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(29). 12017–12022. 1984 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fan, Melina, James A. Van Rhee, Julie St‐Pierre, et al.. (2004). Suppression of mitochondrial respiration through recruitment of p160 myb binding protein to PGC-1α: modulation by p38 MAPK. Genes & Development. 18(3). 278–289. 250 indexed citations
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Mootha, Vamsi K., Christoph Handschin, Xiaohui Xie, et al.. (2004). Errα and Gabpa/b specify PGC-1α-dependent oxidative phosphorylation gene expression that is altered in diabetic muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(17). 6570–6575. 572 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krauß, Stefan, Chenyu Zhang, Luca Scorrano, et al.. (2003). Superoxide-mediated activation of uncoupling protein 2 causes pancreatic β cell dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(12). 1831–1842. 296 indexed citations
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Krauß, Stefan, Chenyu Zhang, Luca Scorrano, et al.. (2003). Superoxide-mediated activation of uncoupling protein 2 causes pancreatic β cell dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(12). 1831–1842. 272 indexed citations

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