Pascal Villa

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Pascal Villa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pascal Villa has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Pascal Villa's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (3 papers). Pascal Villa is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (3 papers). Pascal Villa collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and French Guiana. Pascal Villa's co-authors include William C. Earnshaw, Scott H. Kaufmann, Marcel Hibert, Brigitte Pettmann, M. Sensenbrenner, Dominique Bonnet, William J. Henzel, Christopher E. Henderson, Julie Karpenko and C. Alexander Valencia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Pascal Villa

43 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Caspases and caspase inhibitors

1997 502 citations Pascal Villa, Scott H. Kaufmann et al. Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pascal Villa France	18	851	204	156	149	149	44	1.5k
Karl A. Walter United States	20	1.1k 1.3×	280 1.4×	105 0.7×	162 1.1×	102 0.7×	34	1.8k
Mary A. Dwyer United States	21	1.6k 1.9×	225 1.1×	150 1.0×	207 1.4×	183 1.2×	35	2.6k
Christine Huang United States	20	840 1.0×	406 2.0×	200 1.3×	212 1.4×	274 1.8×	47	1.7k
Taraneh Mirzadegan United States	16	660 0.8×	232 1.1×	134 0.9×	60 0.4×	146 1.0×	32	1.2k
Hongwei Wu United States	23	633 0.7×	147 0.7×	296 1.9×	111 0.7×	142 1.0×	59	1.5k
S. Adrian Saldanha United States	22	1.5k 1.8×	220 1.1×	233 1.5×	246 1.7×	70 0.5×	32	2.2k
Masatoshi Murai Japan	26	1.4k 1.6×	235 1.2×	241 1.5×	72 0.5×	83 0.6×	91	2.1k
John B. Shabb United States	20	1.3k 1.5×	182 0.9×	89 0.6×	145 1.0×	63 0.4×	34	1.7k
Hiroki Tsumoto Japan	25	1.4k 1.6×	90 0.4×	377 2.4×	163 1.1×	124 0.8×	69	2.0k
W. Bret Church Australia	25	852 1.0×	267 1.3×	80 0.5×	436 2.9×	102 0.7×	72	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Pascal Villa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pascal Villa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pascal Villa

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

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Humbert, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Rational Design of Cyanine-Based Fluorogenic Dimers to Reduce Nonspecific Interactions with Albumin and Lipid Bilayers: Application to Highly Sensitive Imaging of GPCRs in Living Cells. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 35(8). 1182–1189. 2 indexed citations

Zeder‐Lutz, Gabrielle, Olivier Bornert, Pascal Villa, et al.. (2023). Characterization of anti-GASP motif antibodies that inhibit the interaction between GPRASP1 and G protein-coupled receptors. Analytical Biochemistry. 665. 115062–115062. 1 indexed citations

Leyris, Jean-Philippe, Guillaume Bret, Chamroeun Sar, et al.. (2022). High-Throughput Screening for Extracellular Inhibitors of the FLT3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Reveals Chemically Diverse and Druggable Negative Allosteric Modulators. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(3). 709–722. 2 indexed citations

Houël, Emeline, Marine Ginouvès, Nadine Azas, et al.. (2022). Treating leishmaniasis in Amazonia, part 2: Multi-target evaluation of widely used plants to understand medicinal practices. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 289. 115054–115054. 7 indexed citations

Eguida, Merveille, et al.. (2022). Target-Focused Library Design by Pocket-Applied Computer Vision and Fragment Deep Generative Linking. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(20). 13771–13783. 14 indexed citations

Marsol, Claire, C. Alexander Valencia, Pascal Villa, et al.. (2021). Nile Red-Based GPCR Ligands as Ultrasensitive Probes of the Local Lipid Microenvironment of the Receptor. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(4). 651–660. 21 indexed citations

Megat, Salim, Sylvain Hugel, Yohann Bohren, et al.. (2021). Antiallodynic action of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in a mouse model of peripheral nerve injury. Neuropharmacology. 205. 108909–108909. 9 indexed citations

Sellier, Chantal, et al.. (2018). Daunorubicin reduces MBNL1 titration by expanded CUG repeat RNA and rescues cardiac dysfunctions in a Drosophila model of myotonic dystrophy. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 11(4). 13 indexed citations

Nominé, Yves, Christine Ruhlmann, Hélène Nierengarten, et al.. (2018). SynAggreg: A Multifunctional High-Throughput Technology for Precision Study of Amyloid Aggregation and Systematic Discovery of Synergistic Inhibitor Compounds. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(24). 5257–5279. 3 indexed citations

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Bollenbach, Maud, Éric Salvat, Patrick Wagner, et al.. (2018). Phenylpyridine-2-ylguanidines and rigid mimetics as novel inhibitors of TNFα overproduction: Beneficial action in models of neuropathic pain and of acute lung inflammation. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 147. 163–182. 12 indexed citations

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Houël, Emeline, Valérie Jullian, Alexis Valentin, et al.. (2016). Wayanin and guaijaverin, two active metabolites found in a Psidium acutangulum Mart. ex DC (syn. P. persoonii McVaugh) (Myrtaceae) antimalarial decoction from the Wayana Amerindians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 187. 241–248. 23 indexed citations

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Houël, Emeline, Marie Fleury, Guillaume Odonne, et al.. (2015). Antiplasmodial and anti-inflammatory effects of an antimalarial remedy from the Wayana Amerindians, French Guiana: Takamalaimë (Psidium acutangulum Mart. ex DC., Myrtaceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 166. 279–285. 17 indexed citations

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Zeniou, Maria, Samir Mameri, Jihu Dong, et al.. (2015). Chemical Library Screening and Structure-Function Relationship Studies Identify Bisacodyl as a Potent and Selective Cytotoxic Agent Towards Quiescent Human Glioblastoma Tumor Stem-Like Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0134793–e0134793. 23 indexed citations

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Karpenko, Julie, Rémy Kreder, C. Alexander Valencia, et al.. (2014). Red Fluorescent Turn‐On Ligands for Imaging and Quantifying G Protein‐Coupled Receptors in Living Cells. ChemBioChem. 15(3). 359–363. 46 indexed citations

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Weill, Nathanaël, et al.. (2011). Identification of Nonpeptide Oxytocin Receptor Ligands by Receptor‐Ligand Fingerprint Similarity Search. Molecular Informatics. 30(6-7). 521–526. 10 indexed citations

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Kuhn, Isabelle, Esther Kellenberger, Pascal Villa, et al.. (2010). Identification by high-throughput screening of inhibitors of Schistosoma mansoni NAD+ catabolizing enzyme. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(22). 7900–7910. 22 indexed citations

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Calmels, Nadège, H. Seznec, Pascal Villa, et al.. (2009). Limitations in a frataxin knockdown cell model for Friedreich ataxia in a high-throughput drug screen. BMC Neurology. 9(1). 46–46. 13 indexed citations

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Dagher, Rania, Claire Pigault, Dominique Bonnet, et al.. (2006). Use of a fluorescent polarization based high throughput assay to identify new Calmodulin ligands. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(11). 1250–1255. 15 indexed citations

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Gressèns, Pierre, Michael Spedding, Gábor Gigler, et al.. (2005). The effects of AMPA receptor antagonists in models of stroke and neurodegeneration. European Journal of Pharmacology. 519(1-2). 58–67. 30 indexed citations

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Villa, Pascal, Scott H. Kaufmann, & William C. Earnshaw. (1997). Caspases and caspase inhibitors. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 22(10). 388–393. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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