Marc Fransen

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Marc Fransen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Fransen has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Marc Fransen's work include Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (93 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (19 papers). Marc Fransen is often cited by papers focused on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (93 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (19 papers). Marc Fransen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Portugal and Germany. Marc Fransen's co-authors include Paul P. Van Veldhoven, Marcus Nordgren, Celien Lismont, Chantal Brees, Guy P. Mannaerts, Oksana Apanasets, Bo Wang, Jorge E. Azevedo, Stanley R. Terlecky and Paul A. Walton and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Marc Fransen

110 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peroxisomes Are Signaling Platforms for Antiviral Innate Immunity

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marc Fransen Belgium	44	5.1k	896	871	783	598	111	6.2k
Angelika S. Rambold Germany	18	2.9k 0.6×	747 0.8×	933 1.1×	1.5k 2.0×	358 0.6×	26	4.8k
Deborah A. Ferrington United States	41	4.1k 0.8×	794 0.9×	573 0.7×	654 0.8×	374 0.6×	115	6.0k
David J. Pagliarini United States	38	5.1k 1.0×	887 1.0×	266 0.3×	595 0.8×	797 1.3×	72	6.5k
Dong‐Hyung Cho South Korea	37	3.2k 0.6×	893 1.0×	334 0.4×	1.2k 1.6×	283 0.5×	133	5.0k
Richard A. Rachubinski Canada	61	8.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	500 0.6×	795 1.0×	579 1.0×	185	10.1k
Mark H. Rider Belgium	51	5.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	281 0.3×	860 1.1×	377 0.6×	138	7.7k
Prashant Mishra United States	27	3.6k 0.7×	747 0.8×	279 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	550 0.9×	54	4.8k
Andrea Rasola Italy	40	4.2k 0.8×	535 0.6×	387 0.4×	457 0.6×	301 0.5×	86	5.7k
Sylvie Montessuit Switzerland	27	5.9k 1.2×	423 0.5×	865 1.0×	791 1.0×	350 0.6×	38	7.0k
Marı́a A. Balboa Spain	52	4.0k 0.8×	788 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	398 0.5×	188 0.3×	119	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Fransen

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Siegerist, Florian, Celien Lismont, Sara Cairoli, et al.. (2025). Targeting oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation enhances podocyte function in cystinosis. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 206–206. 2 indexed citations

Lismont, Celien, Jorge E. Azevedo, Wim Vandenberghe, et al.. (2025). PEX14 acts as a molecular link between optineurin and the autophagic machinery to induce pexophagy. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(11).

Lismont, Celien, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the Peroxisomal Proteome and Redox Balance in Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines. Antioxidants. 13(11). 1340–1340. 4 indexed citations

Vinckier, Stefan, Frédéric M. Vaz, Debasish Sinha, et al.. (2023). The murine retinal pigment epithelium requires peroxisomal β-oxidation to maintain lysosomal function and prevent dedifferentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(43). e2301733120–e2301733120. 12 indexed citations

Lismont, Celien, et al.. (2023). Functional Analysis of GSTK1 in Peroxisomal Redox Homeostasis in HEK-293 Cells. Antioxidants. 12(6). 1236–1236. 5 indexed citations

Khorshid, Mehran, Patricia Losada‐Pérez, Kevin J. Verstrepen, et al.. (2022). Synchronized, Spontaneous, and Oscillatory Detachment of Eukaryotic Cells: A New Tool for Cell Characterization and Identification. Advanced Science. 9(24). e2200459–e2200459. 5 indexed citations

Fransen, Marc & Celien Lismont. (2018). Redox Signaling from and to Peroxisomes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 30(1). 95–112. 60 indexed citations

Barros‐Barbosa, Aurora, Tony A. Rodrigues, Cláudia P. Grou, et al.. (2018). Membrane topologies of PEX13 and PEX14 provide new insights on the mechanism of protein import into peroxisomes. FEBS Journal. 286(1). 205–222. 34 indexed citations

Lismont, Celien, Marcus Nordgren, Chantal Brees, et al.. (2017). Peroxisomes as Modulators of Cellular Protein Thiol Oxidation: A New Model System. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 30(1). 22–39. 30 indexed citations

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Fransen, Marc & Chantal Brees. (2017). KillerRed as a Tool to Study the Cellular Responses to Peroxisome-Derived Oxidative Stress. Methods in molecular biology. 1595. 165–179. 1 indexed citations

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Lismont, Celien, et al.. (2015). Peroxisome biogenesis in mammalian cells: The impact of genes and environment. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1863(5). 1049–1060. 30 indexed citations

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Apanasets, Oksana, Cláudia P. Grou, Paul P. Van Veldhoven, et al.. (2013). PEX5, the Shuttling Import Receptor for Peroxisomal Matrix Proteins, Is a Redox‐Sensitive Protein. Traffic. 15(1). 94–103. 67 indexed citations

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Veldhoven, Paul P. Van, et al.. (2011). Intraperoxisomal redox balance in mammalian cells: oxidative stress and interorganellar cross-talk. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(9). 1440–1451. 164 indexed citations

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Freitas, Marta O., Tânia Francisco, Tony A. Rodrigues, et al.. (2011). PEX5 Protein Binds Monomeric Catalase Blocking Its Tetramerization and Releases It upon Binding the N-terminal Domain of PEX14. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(47). 40509–40519. 77 indexed citations

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Brees, Chantal, Eveline Baumgart‐Vogt, Tsunaki Hongu, et al.. (2009). Small G proteins in peroxisome biogenesis: the potential involvement of ADP-ribosylation factor 6. BMC Cell Biology. 10(1). 58–58. 13 indexed citations

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Fransen, Marc, et al.. (2006). Targeting signals in peroxisomal membrane proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(12). 1629–1638. 47 indexed citations

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Fujiki, Yukio, et al.. (2006). Import of peroxisomal membrane proteins: The interplay of Pex3p- and Pex19p-mediated interactions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(12). 1639–1646. 104 indexed citations

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VANHOOREN, JOHANNES C. T., Marc Fransen, Eveline Baumgart‐Vogt, et al.. (1996). Rat Pristanoyl‐CoA Oxidase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 239(2). 302–309. 28 indexed citations

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Dieuaide‐Noubhani, Martine, Д. К. Новиков, Eveline Baumgart‐Vogt, et al.. (1996). Further Characterization of the Peroxisomal 3‐Hydroxyacyl‐Coa Dehydrogenases from Rat Liver. European Journal of Biochemistry. 240(3). 660–666. 104 indexed citations

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Fransen, Marc, et al.. (1994). The 80 kDa cytosolic protein that binds the C-terminal part of rat acyl-CoA oxidase is not a peroxisomal import receptor but a prolyl-endopeptidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1201(2). 157–164. 7 indexed citations

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