Nabil G. Seidah

56.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
706 papers, 41.6k citations indexed

About

Nabil G. Seidah is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nabil G. Seidah has authored 706 papers receiving a total of 41.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 354 papers in Molecular Biology, 176 papers in Cell Biology and 175 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nabil G. Seidah's work include Cellular transport and secretion (119 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (118 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (106 papers). Nabil G. Seidah is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (119 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (118 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (106 papers). Nabil G. Seidah collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Nabil G. Seidah's co-authors include Michel Chrétien, Suzanne Benjannet, Annik Prat, Claude Lazure, Robert Day, Majambu Mbikay, Josée Hamelin, Ajoy Basak, Jadwiga Marcinkiewicz and Étienne Decroly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nabil G. Seidah

694 papers receiving 40.4k 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.

Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread

2005 1.3k citations Suzanne Benjannet, Nabil G. Seidah et al. profile →
The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade

2020 1.2k citations Nabil G. Seidah et al. Antiviral Research profile →
The secretory proprotein convertase neural apoptosis-regulated convertase 1 (NARC-1): Liver regeneration and neuronal differentiation

2003 953 citations Nabil G. Seidah, Suzanne Benjannet et al. profile →
Proprotein and prohormone convertases: a family of subtilases generating diverse bioactive polypeptides1Published on the World Wide Web on 17 August 1999.1

1999 641 citations Nabil G. Seidah, Michel Chrétien profile →
The biology and therapeutic targeting of the proprotein convertases

2012 622 citations Nabil G. Seidah et al. profile →
The Notch1 receptor is cleaved constitutively by a furin-like convertase

1998 569 citations Frédérique Logeat, Christel Brou et al. profile →
NARC-1/PCSK9 and Its Natural Mutants

2004 532 citations Suzanne Benjannet, Janice Mayne et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
PC1 and PC2 are proprotein convertases capable of cleaving proopiomelanocortin at distinct pairs of basic residues.

1991 522 citations Suzanne Benjannet, Normand Rondeau et al. profile →
Statins Upregulate PCSK9 , the Gene Encoding the Proprotein Convertase Neural Apoptosis-Regulated Convertase-1 Implicated in Familial Hypercholesterolemia

2004 518 citations Jean Davignon, Nabil G. Seidah et al. profile →
PCSK9

2014 449 citations Nabil G. Seidah, Michel Chrétien et al. profile →
Efficient in vivo base editing via single adeno-associated viruses with size-optimized genomes encoding compact adenine base editors

2022 117 citations Nabil G. Seidah et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nabil G. Seidah Canada	104	17.2k	11.3k	7.5k	6.6k	4.7k	706	41.6k
Robert E. Hammer United States	116	27.2k 1.6×	12.0k 1.1×	6.6k 0.9×	5.8k 0.9×	4.6k 1.0×	290	52.9k
William J. Rutter United States	101	35.4k 2.1×	8.1k 0.7×	5.4k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	3.6k 0.8×	311	56.7k
Jun‐ichi Miyazaki Japan	85	19.4k 1.1×	7.4k 0.7×	3.0k 0.4×	4.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	498	36.0k
Joachim Herz United States	95	15.9k 0.9×	6.2k 0.5×	4.8k 0.6×	5.2k 0.8×	5.4k 1.1×	284	35.7k
Michel Chrétien Canada	80	10.7k 0.6×	4.6k 0.4×	4.5k 0.6×	5.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	483	22.8k
Randal J. Kaufman United States	146	42.0k 2.4×	10.3k 0.9×	39.1k 5.2×	3.0k 0.5×	3.8k 0.8×	466	82.2k
Stefan Offermanns Germany	91	18.1k 1.1×	3.2k 0.3×	2.8k 0.4×	5.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	376	31.8k
Shuh Narumiya Japan	125	28.8k 1.7×	3.6k 0.3×	12.0k 1.6×	8.3k 1.3×	3.5k 0.7×	556	60.6k
David E. Housman United States	104	32.2k 1.9×	3.0k 0.3×	2.7k 0.4×	7.4k 1.1×	3.8k 0.8×	329	47.8k
Yoshimi Takai Japan	115	40.5k 2.4×	3.8k 0.3×	20.2k 2.7×	8.2k 1.2×	2.3k 0.5×	629	57.1k

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Bergeron, Annick, France‐Hélène Joncas, Frédéric Calon, et al.. (2025). Lipid Profile, PCSK9, ANGPTL3 and Lipoprotein (a) Levels in Men Diagnosed With Localized High‐Grade Prostate Cancer and Men At‐Risk of Prostate Cancer. Cancer Medicine. 14(3). e70587–e70587.

Ottenhoff, Roelof, et al.. (2024). SPRING is a Dedicated Licensing Factor for SREBP-Specific Activation by S1P. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 44(4). 123–137. 5 indexed citations

Platko, Khrystyna, Paul Lebeau, Melissa E. MacDonald, et al.. (2024). GDF10 is a negative regulator of vascular calcification. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(11). 107805–107805. 1 indexed citations

Bost, Caroline, Vinícius Pinho dos Reis, Thomas Strecker, et al.. (2023). The proprotein convertase SKI-1/S1P is a critical host factor for Nairobi sheep disease virus infectivity. Virus Research. 329. 199099–199099. 1 indexed citations

Löw, Karin, Kornelia Hardes, Chiara Fedeli, et al.. (2019). A novel cell‐based sensor detecting the activity of individual basic proprotein convertases. FEBS Journal. 286(22). 4597–4620. 4 indexed citations

Blanchet, Matthieu, Camille Sureau, Carl Guévin, Nabil G. Seidah, & Patrick Labonté. (2015). SKI-1/S1P inhibitor PF-429242 impairs the onset of HCV infection. Antiviral Research. 115. 94–104. 32 indexed citations

Burri, Dominique J., Laura Cendron, Patrizia Polverino de Laureto, et al.. (2014). Zymogen Activation and Subcellular Activity of Subtilisin Kexin Isozyme 1/Site 1 Protease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(52). 35743–35756. 18 indexed citations

Vetrivel, Kulandaivelu S., Xavier Meckler, Ying Chen, et al.. (2008). Alzheimer Disease Aβ Production in the Absence of S-Palmitoylation-dependent Targeting of BACE1 to Lipid Rafts. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(6). 3793–3803. 129 indexed citations

Ozden, Simona, Marianne Lucas‐Hourani, Pierre‐Emmanuel Ceccaldi, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of Chikungunya Virus Infection in Cultured Human Muscle Cells by Furin Inhibitors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(32). 21899–21908. 110 indexed citations

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Rai, Myriam, Lise Bernier, Karin Thelen, et al.. (2007). Gene Set Enrichment Analysis Reveals Several Globally Affected Pathways due to SKI-1/S1P Inhibition in HepG2 Cells. DNA and Cell Biology. 26(11). 765–772. 7 indexed citations

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Mbikay, Majambu, Francine Sirois, Younès Anini, et al.. (2007). A targeted deletion/insertion in the mouse Pcsk1 locus is associated with homozygous embryo preimplantation lethality, mutant allele preferential transmission and heterozygous female susceptibility to dietary fat. Developmental Biology. 306(2). 584–598. 30 indexed citations

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Mayer, Gaétan, John S. Mort, Majambu Mbikay, et al.. (2005). The Cysteine-rich Domain of the Secreted Proprotein Convertases PC5A and PACE4 Functions as a Cell Surface Anchor and Interacts with Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(11). 5215–5226. 76 indexed citations

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Basak, Ajoy, Mei Zhong, Jon Scott Munzer, Michel Chrétien, & Nabil G. Seidah. (2001). Implication of the proprotein convertases furin, PC5 and PC7 in the cleavage of surface glycoproteins of Hong Kong, Ebola and respiratory syncytial viruses: a comparative analysis with fluorogenic peptides. Biochemical Journal. 353(3). 537–537. 90 indexed citations

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Hwang, Shin‐Rong, et al.. (2000). Molecular Cloning Demonstrates Structural Features of Homologous Bovine Prohormone Convertases 1 and 2. DNA and Cell Biology. 19(7). 409–419. 1 indexed citations

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Jarriault, Sophie, O. Le Bail, Estelle Hirsinger, et al.. (1998). Delta-1 Activation of Notch-1 Signaling Results in HES-1 Transactivation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(12). 7423–7431. 284 indexed citations

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Hendy, Geoffrey N., H.P.J. Bennett, Bernard F. Gibbs, et al.. (1995). Proparathyroid Hormone Is Preferentially Cleaved to Parathyroid Hormone by the Prohormone Convertase Furin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(16). 9517–9525. 57 indexed citations

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Sawyer, Nicole, Normand Rondeau, Michel Chrétien, & Nabil G. Seidah. (1991). Expression and Sorting of Rat Plasma Kallikrein in POMC-Producing AtT-20 Cells. DNA and Cell Biology. 10(4). 259–269. 7 indexed citations

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Paquet, Luc, Normand Rondeau, Nabil G. Seidah, et al.. (1991). Immunological identification and sequence characterization of a peptide derived from the processing of neuroendocrine protein 7B2. FEBS Letters. 294(1-2). 23–26. 23 indexed citations

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Marcinkiewicz, M., Suzanne Benjannet, Nabil G. Seidah, M. Cantin, & Michel Chrétien. (1987). The pituitary polypetide “7B2” is associated with LH/FSH and TSH cells and is localized within secretory vesicles. Cell and Tissue Research. 250(1). 205–214. 46 indexed citations

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Chrétien, Michel, Françis Gossard, Philippe Crine, Christina Gianoulakis, & Nabil G. Seidah. (1980). Structure and maturation process of pro-opiomelanocortin: a model for other neuropeptides.. PubMed. 22. 153–66. 2 indexed citations

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