Pierre Chambon

143.6k total citations · 35 hit papers
702 papers, 117.0k citations indexed

About

Pierre Chambon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Chambon has authored 702 papers receiving a total of 117.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 528 papers in Molecular Biology, 339 papers in Genetics and 108 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Chambon's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (257 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (224 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (59 papers). Pierre Chambon is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (257 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (224 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (59 papers). Pierre Chambon collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. Pierre Chambon's co-authors include Richard Breathnach, Daniel Metzger, Philippe Kastner, Andrée Krust, Pascal Dollé, Hinrich Gronemeyer, Manuel Mark, Martin Petkovich, Manuel Mark and Norbert B. Ghyselinck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Chambon

700 papers receiving 113.0k citations

Hit Papers

The nuclear receptor superfamily: The seco... 1963 2026 1984 2005 1995 1981 1996 1986 1987 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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  1. The nuclear receptor superfamily: The second decade
    1995 5.8k citations David J. Mangelsdorf, Pierre Chambon et al. Cell profile →
  2. Organization and Expression of Eucaryotic Split Genes Coding for Proteins
    1981 4.3k citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  3. A decade of molecular biology of retinoic acid receptors
    1996 2.4k citations Pierre Chambon profile →
  4. Human oestrogen receptor cDNA: sequence, expression and homology to v-erb-A
    1986 1.9k citations Andrée Krust, Jean‐Marc Bornert et al. profile →
  5. A human retinoic acid receptor which belongs to the family of nuclear receptors
    1987 1.9k citations Andrée Krust, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  6. Activation of the Estrogen Receptor Through Phosphorylation by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
    1995 1.6k citations Shigeaki Kato, Daniel Metzger et al. profile →
  7. Two distinct estrogen-regulated promoters generate transcripts encoding the two functionally different human progesterone receptor forms A and B.
    1990 1.3k citations Hinrich Gronemeyer, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  8. Ovalbumin gene: evidence for a leader sequence in mRNA and DNA sequences at the exon-intron boundaries.
    1978 1.0k citations Pierre Chambon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. In vivo sequence requirements of the SV40 early promoter region
    1981 987 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  10. Crystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of the human nuclear receptor RXR-α
    1995 964 citations Pierre Chambon, Hinrich Gronemeyer et al. profile →
  11. Identification of a second human retinoic acid receptor
    1988 935 citations Andrée Krust, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  12. TIF2, a 160 kDa transcriptional mediator for the ligand-dependent activation function AF-2 of nuclear receptors.
    1996 930 citations Pierre Chambon, Hinrich Gronemeyer et al. profile →
  13. Promoter Sequences of Eukaryotic Protein-Coding Genes
    1980 868 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  14. Nonsteroid nuclear receptors: What Are genetic studies telling us about their role in real life?
    1995 868 citations Pierre Chambon et al. Cell profile →
  15. A reliable method for the recovery of DNA fragments from agarose and acrylamide gels
    1981 819 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  16. Function of the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) during development: (II) Multiple abnormalities at various stages of organogenesis in RAR double mutants
    1994 784 citations Thomas Lufkin, Pierre Chambon et al. Development profile →
  17. Tissue‐specific and inducible Cre‐mediated recombination in the gut epithelium
    2004 780 citations Mei Li, Pierre Chambon et al. genesis profile →
  18. Cloning of murine α and β retinoic acid receptors and a novel receptor γ predominantly expressed in skin
    1989 732 citations Andrée Krust, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  19. Multiplicity generates diversity in the retinoic acid signalling pathways
    1992 716 citations Mark Leid, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  20. Ligand-activated site-specific recombination in mice.
    1996 702 citations Daniel Metzger, Pierre Chambon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  21. DNA Repair Helicase: a Component of BTF2 (TFIIH) Basic Transcription Factor
    1993 687 citations Pierre Chambon, Jean‐Marc Egly et al. profile →
  22. Cloning of cDNA sequences of hormone-regulated genes from the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line
    1982 670 citations Pierre Chambon et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  23. Role of the two activating domains of the oestrogen receptor in the cell-type and promoter-context dependent agonistic activity of the anti-oestrogen 4-hydroxytamoxifen.
    1990 659 citations Daniel Metzger, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  24. A Brg1 Null Mutation in the Mouse Reveals Functional Differences among Mammalian SWI/SNF Complexes
    2000 653 citations Daniel Metzger, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  25. Retinoic acid receptors and retinoid X receptors: interactions with endogenous retinoic acids.
    1993 642 citations Pierre Chambon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  26. Function of the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) during development: (I) Craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities in RAR double mutants
    1994 635 citations Pascal Dollé, Philippe Gorry et al. Development profile →
  27. Modulation of oestrogen receptor signalling by association with the activated dioxin receptor
    2003 633 citations Takahiro Μatsumoto, Andrée Krust et al. profile →
  28. A third human retinoic acid receptor, hRAR-gamma.
    1989 613 citations Pierre Chambon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  29. The chicken oestrogen receptor sequence: homology with v-erbA and the human oestrogen and glucocorticoid receptors.
    1986 610 citations Jean‐Marc Bornert, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  30. Genetic analysis of RXRα developmental function: Convergence of RXR and RAR signaling pathways in heart and eye morphogenesis
    1994 562 citations Jean‐Luc Vonesch, Pascal Dollé et al. Cell profile →
  31. Folding of the DNA double helix in chromatin-like structures from simian virus 40.
    1975 523 citations Pierre Chambon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  32. Nicotinamide mononucleotide activation of a new DNA-dependent polyadenylic acid synthesizing nuclear enzyme
    1963 510 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  33. Retinoic acid receptors and cellular retinoid binding proteins: I. A systematic study of their differential pattern of transcription during mouse organogenesis
    1990 506 citations Pascal Dollé, Pierre Chambon et al. Development profile →
  34. α-Amanitin: A specific inhibitor of one of two DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities from calf thymus
    1970 437 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  35. Homeostasis in Intestinal Epithelium Is Orchestrated by the Circadian Clock and Microbiota Cues Transduced by TLRs
    2013 436 citations Atish Mukherji, Ahmad Kobiita et al. Cell profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre Chambon France 183 80.6k 45.3k 15.8k 13.3k 9.0k 702 117.0k
Ronald M. Evans United States 187 96.0k 1.2× 41.8k 0.9× 15.1k 1.0× 17.0k 1.3× 18.7k 2.1× 629 148.1k
Christopher K. Glass United States 149 61.4k 0.8× 17.9k 0.4× 19.3k 1.2× 9.2k 0.7× 6.4k 0.7× 375 96.6k
Michael G. Rosenfeld United States 155 54.8k 0.7× 22.4k 0.5× 6.9k 0.4× 7.8k 0.6× 10.7k 1.2× 389 79.1k
Jan-Ακε Gustafsson Sweden 138 33.6k 0.4× 38.5k 0.9× 6.8k 0.4× 13.5k 1.0× 4.8k 0.5× 1.2k 85.2k
Bert W. O’Malley United States 139 40.6k 0.5× 35.6k 0.8× 9.6k 0.6× 11.0k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 964 77.9k
David J. Mangelsdorf United States 120 40.1k 0.5× 15.0k 0.3× 6.0k 0.4× 17.8k 1.3× 4.8k 0.5× 223 70.2k
Bruce M. Spiegelman United States 172 73.0k 0.9× 8.1k 0.2× 7.8k 0.5× 7.4k 0.6× 5.4k 0.6× 350 137.4k
Michael B. Sporn United States 135 44.7k 0.6× 8.0k 0.2× 8.4k 0.5× 12.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.3× 512 73.5k
Michael Karin United States 229 113.1k 1.4× 15.3k 0.3× 60.2k 3.8× 45.8k 3.4× 7.8k 0.9× 652 212.6k
John C. Reed United States 161 73.3k 0.9× 6.1k 0.1× 20.4k 1.3× 21.4k 1.6× 6.2k 0.7× 799 107.5k

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All Works

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Chambon, Pierre, et al.. (2024). A high-light therapy restores the circadian clock and corrects the pathological syndrome generated in restricted-fed mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2403770121–e2403770121. 3 indexed citations
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Lufkin, Thomas, Jean‐Luc Vonesch, Jean‐Christophe Olivo, et al.. (2020). Two rhombomeres are altered in Hoxa-1 mutant mice.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Thangavelu, Govindarajan, Yu‐Chi Lee, Michaël Loschi, et al.. (2019). Dendritic Cell Expression of Retinal Aldehyde Dehydrogenase-2 Controls Graft-versus-Host Disease Lethality. The Journal of Immunology. 202(9). 2795–2805. 11 indexed citations
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Mukherji, Atish, Ahmad Kobiita, & Pierre Chambon. (2015). Shifting the feeding of mice to the rest phase creates metabolic alterations, which, on their own, shift the peripheral circadian clocks by 12 hours. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(48). E6683–90. 103 indexed citations
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Miyauchi, Yoshiteru, Yuiko Sato, Tami Kobayashi, et al.. (2013). HIF1α is required for osteoclast activation by estrogen deficiency in postmenopausal osteoporosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(41). 16568–16573. 158 indexed citations
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Péqueux, Christel, Isabelle Raymond‐Letron, Silvia Blacher, et al.. (2012). Stromal Estrogen Receptor-α Promotes Tumor Growth by Normalizing an Increased Angiogenesis. Cancer Research. 72(12). 3010–3019. 89 indexed citations
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Qu, Aijuan, Matthew J. Taylor, Xiang Xue, et al.. (2011). Hypoxia-inducible transcription factor 2α promotes steatohepatitis through augmenting lipid accumulation, inflammation, and fibrosis. Hepatology. 54(2). 472–483. 152 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhen, Christine Glidewell-Kenney, Pierre Chambon, et al.. (2009). p21-Activated kinase mediates rapid estradiol-negative feedback actions in the reproductive axis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(17). 7221–7226. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhikun, Pierre Hener, Nelly Frossard, et al.. (2009). Thymic stromal lymphopoietin overproduced by keratinocytes in mouse skin aggravates experimental asthma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(5). 1536–1541. 142 indexed citations
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Claxton, Suzanne, Vassiliki Kostourou, Shalini Jadeja, et al.. (2008). Efficient, inducible Cre‐recombinase activation in vascular endothelium. genesis. 46(2). 74–80. 229 indexed citations
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Germain, Pierre, Pierre Chambon, Gregor Eichele, et al.. (2006). International Union of Pharmacology. LX. Retinoic Acid Receptors. Pharmacological Reviews. 58(4). 712–725. 320 indexed citations
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Germain, Pierre, Pierre Chambon, Gregor Eichele, et al.. (2006). International Union of Pharmacology. LXIII. Retinoid X Receptors. Pharmacological Reviews. 58(4). 760–772. 414 indexed citations
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Tümpel, Stefan, Norbert B. Ghyselinck, Karen Niederreither, et al.. (2005). Direct crossregulation between retinoic acid receptor β and Hox genes during hindbrain segmentation. Development. 132(3). 503–513. 65 indexed citations
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Shiina, Hiroko, Takahiro Μatsumoto, Takashi Sato, et al.. (2005). Premature ovarian failure in androgen receptor-deficient mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(1). 224–229. 255 indexed citations
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Martı́n, Mercè, Vanessa Ribes, M. Kédinger, et al.. (2005). Dorsal pancreas agenesis in retinoic acid-deficient Raldh2 mutant mice. Developmental Biology. 284(2). 399–411. 196 indexed citations
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Smart, Alexandra, Vibha Sharma, Michelle L. Brinkmeier, et al.. (2000). Thyroid hormone resistance and increased metabolic rate in the RXR-γ–deficient mouse. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 106(1). 73–79. 78 indexed citations
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Chazaud, Claire, Pierre Chambon, & Pascal Dollé. (1999). Retinoic acid is required in the mouse embryo for left-right asymmetry determination and heart morphogenesis. Development. 126(12). 2589–2596. 108 indexed citations
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Rochette‐Egly, Cécile, et al.. (1997). Stimulation of RARα Activation Function AF-1 through Binding to the General Transcription Factor TFIIH and Phosphorylation by CDK7. Cell. 90(1). 97–107. 259 indexed citations
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Dollé, Pascal, et al.. (1993). 後脳におけるKrox‐20およびHox遺伝子発現の局所的変更は同型配偶子ヌルHoxa‐1(Hox‐1.6)突然変異はいの菱脳の神経小片4および5の欠損を示唆する. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 90(16). 7666–7670. 59 indexed citations
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Metzger, Daniel, Régine Losson, Jean‐Marc Bornert, Yves Lemoine, & Pierre Chambon. (1992). Promoter specificity of the two transcriptional activation functions of the human oestrogen receptor in yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(11). 2813–2817. 93 indexed citations

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