Philippe Sansonetti

55.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
446 papers, 42.0k citations indexed

About

Philippe Sansonetti is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Sansonetti has authored 446 papers receiving a total of 42.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Endocrinology, 183 papers in Infectious Diseases and 119 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Philippe Sansonetti's work include Escherichia coli research studies (238 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (123 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (80 papers). Philippe Sansonetti is often cited by papers focused on Escherichia coli research studies (238 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (123 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (80 papers). Philippe Sansonetti collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Philippe Sansonetti's co-authors include Claude Parsot, Joëlle Mounier, Dana J. Philpott, Stephen E. Girardin, Armelle Phalipon, Arturo Zychlinsky, Robert Ménard, Ivo G. Boneca, Pascale Cossart and Jérôme Viala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Sansonetti

439 papers receiving 41.0k citations

Hit Papers

Nod2 Is a General Sensor of Peptidoglycan thr... 1982 2026 1996 2011 2003 2003 1999 1992 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Nod2 Is a General Sensor of Peptidoglycan through Muramyl Dipeptide (MDP) Detection
    2003 1.9k citations Stephen E. Girardin, Ivo G. Boneca et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Nod1 Detects a Unique Muropeptide from Gram-Negative Bacterial Peptidoglycan
    2003 1.2k citations Stephen E. Girardin, Ivo G. Boneca et al. Science profile →
  3. Global burden of Shigella infections: implications for vaccine development and implementation of control strategies.
    1999 1.0k citations Philippe Sansonetti et al. profile →
  4. Shigella flexneri induces apoptosis in infected macrophages
    1992 996 citations Philippe Sansonetti et al. Nature profile →
  5. Nod1 responds to peptidoglycan delivered by the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island
    2004 971 citations Jérôme Viala, Ivo G. Boneca et al. profile →
  6. Bacterial Invasion: The Paradigms of Enteroinvasive Pathogens
    2004 779 citations Philippe Sansonetti et al. Science profile →
  7. Intestinal mucosal adherence and translocation of commensal bacteria at the early onset of type 2 diabetes: molecular mechanisms and probiotic treatment
    2011 635 citations Philippe Sansonetti et al. profile →
  8. Nonpolar mutagenesis of the ipa genes defines IpaB, IpaC, and IpaD as effectors of Shigella flexneri entry into epithelial cells
    1993 632 citations Philippe Sansonetti, Claude Parsot et al. profile →
  9. In vitro model of penetration and intracellular growth of Listeria monocytogenes in the human enterocyte-like cell line Caco-2
    1987 607 citations Joëlle Mounier, Philippe Sansonetti et al. profile →
  10. Involvement of a plasmid in the invasive ability of Shigella flexneri
    1982 606 citations Philippe Sansonetti et al. profile →
  11. Identification of icsA, a plasmid locus of Shigella flexneri that governs bacterial intra- and intercellular spread through interaction with F-actin.
    1989 574 citations Joëlle Mounier, Philippe Sansonetti et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Peptidoglycan Molecular Requirements Allowing Detection by Nod1 and Nod2
    2003 545 citations Stephen E. Girardin, Ivo G. Boneca et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  13. War and peace at mucosal surfaces
    2004 513 citations Philippe Sansonetti profile →
  14. CARD4/Nod1 mediates NF‐κB and JNK activation by invasive Shigella flexneri
    2001 503 citations Stephen E. Girardin, Régis Tournebize et al. EMBO Reports profile →
  15. Multiplication of Shigella flexneri within HeLa cells: lysis of the phagocytic vacuole and plasmid-mediated contact hemolysis
    1986 432 citations Philippe Sansonetti, Joëlle Mounier et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philippe Sansonetti France 113 16.0k 13.6k 11.2k 10.8k 8.0k 446 42.0k
Gordon Dougan United Kingdom 107 14.3k 0.9× 13.6k 1.0× 14.7k 1.3× 7.9k 0.7× 5.3k 0.7× 612 43.5k
B. Brett Finlay Canada 128 18.7k 1.2× 23.8k 1.7× 14.5k 1.3× 8.5k 0.8× 9.0k 1.1× 532 57.8k
John J. Mekalanos United States 111 24.8k 1.6× 14.6k 1.1× 4.3k 0.4× 10.1k 0.9× 8.8k 1.1× 308 39.9k
Samuel I. Miller United States 97 8.3k 0.5× 12.6k 0.9× 3.7k 0.3× 4.6k 0.4× 7.0k 0.9× 235 29.7k
Jorge E. Galán United States 91 11.4k 0.7× 8.3k 0.6× 4.8k 0.4× 5.5k 0.5× 6.6k 0.8× 190 28.6k
James B. Kaper United States 104 34.7k 2.2× 9.0k 0.7× 18.2k 1.6× 6.0k 0.6× 8.4k 1.1× 346 44.7k
Stanley Falkow United States 133 17.9k 1.1× 24.9k 1.8× 10.0k 0.9× 7.7k 0.7× 17.7k 2.2× 417 62.1k
Andreas J. Bäumler United States 92 7.3k 0.5× 11.7k 0.9× 7.0k 0.6× 3.4k 0.3× 3.3k 0.4× 234 26.6k
Julian Parkhill United Kingdom 116 8.7k 0.5× 24.8k 1.8× 16.1k 1.4× 3.1k 0.3× 6.1k 0.8× 566 56.2k
Ole Lund Denmark 83 5.4k 0.3× 18.3k 1.3× 5.8k 0.5× 8.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.2× 324 36.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Sansonetti

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Shuning, Lihua Peng, Shyamal Goswami, et al.. (2025). Intestinal crypt microbiota modulates intestinal stem cell turnover and tumorigenesis via indole acetic acid. Nature Microbiology. 10(3). 765–783. 9 indexed citations
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Cauchemez, Simon, Giulio Cossu, Nathalie M. Delzenne, et al.. (2024). Standing the test of COVID-19: charting the new frontiers of medicine. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 6 indexed citations
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Beaudoin, Lucie, Ophélie Rouxel, Léo Bertrand, et al.. (2021). Gut mucosa alterations and loss of segmented filamentous bacteria in type 1 diabetes are associated with inflammation rather than hyperglycaemia. Gut. 71(2). 296–308. 26 indexed citations
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Sansonetti, Philippe. (2020). Covid-19, chronique d’une émergence annoncée. 1 indexed citations
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Sansonetti, Philippe. (2020). Covid-19: Chronicle of an Outbreak Foretold. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, Chongbing Liao, Bing Zhang, et al.. (2018). Human Enteric α-Defensin 5 Promotes Shigella Infection by Enhancing Bacterial Adhesion and Invasion. Immunity. 48(6). 1233–1244.e6. 43 indexed citations
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Wacquier, Benjamin, Daniel Aguilar, Nathalie Carayol, et al.. (2017). The Shigella type III effector IpgD recodes Ca 2+ signals during invasion of epithelial cells. The EMBO Journal. 36(17). 2567–2580. 19 indexed citations
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Nigro, Giulia, et al.. (2017). CD34 + mesenchymal cells are a major component of the intestinal stem cells niche at homeostasis and after injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(4). E506–E513. 234 indexed citations
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Sansonetti, Philippe. (2014). Microbiologie et maladies infectieuses. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 113. 355–368. 1 indexed citations
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Mounier, Joëlle, Gaëlle Boncompain, Lidija Šenerović, et al.. (2012). Shigella Effector IpaB-Induced Cholesterol Relocation Disrupts the Golgi Complex and Recycling Network to Inhibit Host Cell Secretion. Cell Host & Microbe. 12(3). 381–389. 55 indexed citations
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Ramel, Damien, Frédéric Lagarrigue, Véronique Pons, et al.. (2011). Shigella flexneri Infection Generates the Lipid PI5P to Alter Endocytosis and Prevent Termination of EGFR Signaling. Science Signaling. 4(191). ra61–ra61. 91 indexed citations
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Marteyn, Benoît, Nicholas P. West, Douglas F. Browning, et al.. (2010). Modulation of Shigella virulence in response to available oxygen in vivo. Nature. 465(7296). 355–358. 247 indexed citations
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Dharancy, Sébastien, Mathilde Body–Malapel, Alexandre Louvet, et al.. (2009). Neutrophil Migration During Liver Injury Is Under Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain 1 Control. Gastroenterology. 138(4). 1546–1556.e5. 30 indexed citations
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Kim, Dong Wook, Gerlinde Lenzen, Anne‐Laure Page, et al.. (2005). The Shigella flexneri effector OspG interferes with innate immune responses by targeting ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(39). 14046–14051. 264 indexed citations
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West, Nicholas P., Philippe Sansonetti, Joëlle Mounier, et al.. (2005). Optimization of Virulence Functions Through Glucosylation of Shigella LPS. Science. 307(5713). 1313–1317. 243 indexed citations
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Netea, Mihai G., Gerben Ferwerda, Dirk J. de Jong, et al.. (2005). The Frameshift Mutation in Nod2 Results in Unresponsiveness Not Only to Nod2- but Also Nod1-activating Peptidoglycan Agonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(43). 35859–35867. 67 indexed citations
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Girardin, Stephen E., Ivo G. Boneca, Letícia A. M. Carneiro, et al.. (2003). Nod1 Detects a Unique Muropeptide from Gram-Negative Bacterial Peptidoglycan. Science. 300(5625). 1584–1587. 1220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Girardin, Stephen E., Régis Tournebize, Maria Mavris, et al.. (2001). CARD4/Nod1 mediates NF‐κB and JNK activation by invasive Shigella flexneri. EMBO Reports. 2(8). 736–742. 503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sansonetti, Philippe. (1992). Molecular and Cellular Biology of Shigella flexneri Invasiveness: From Cell Assay Systems to Shigellosis. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 180. 1–19. 54 indexed citations

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