Pierre Chambon

21.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
123 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Pierre Chambon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Chambon has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Chambon's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (38 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (18 papers). Pierre Chambon is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (38 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (18 papers). Pierre Chambon collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Pierre Chambon's co-authors include Pascal Dollé, Vijay Kumar, P Oudet, Bohdan Wasylyk, Diane Mathis, Karen Niederreither, Manuel Mark, Filippo M. Rijli, Vemparala Subbarayan and Irwin Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Chambon

123 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. The estrogen receptor binds tightly to its responsive element as a ligand-induced homodimer
    1988 1.1k citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  2. A novel metalloproteinase gene specifically expressed in stromal cells of breast carcinomas
    1990 973 citations Paul Basset, Jean‐Pierre Bellocq et al. profile →
  3. Crystal structure of the RAR-γ ligand-binding domain bound to all-trans retinoic acid
    1995 895 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  4. Requirement of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in recovery from DNA damage in mice and in cells
    1997 881 citations A. Dierich, Marianne LeMeur et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Embryonic retinoic acid synthesis is essential for early mouse post-implantation development
    1999 867 citations Karen Niederreither, Pascal Dollé et al. profile →
  6. Estrogen Prevents Bone Loss via Estrogen Receptor α and Induction of Fas Ligand in Osteoclasts
    2007 777 citations Daniel Metzger, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  7. Electron microscopic and biochemical evidence that chromatin structure is a repeating unit
    1975 685 citations P Oudet, Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  8. The SV40 72 base repair repeat has a striking effect on gene expression both in SV40 and other chimeric recombinants
    1981 669 citations Pierre Chambon et al. profile →
  9. A homeotic transformation is generated in the rostral branchial region of the head by disruption of Hoxa-2, which acts as a selector gene
    1993 534 citations Filippo M. Rijli, Pascal Dollé 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
Pierre Chambon France 70 13.9k 5.4k 3.4k 1.8k 1.6k 123 18.3k
Bruce H. Howard United States 39 15.6k 1.1× 6.0k 1.1× 3.2k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 3.6k 2.3× 91 22.1k
Frank J. Rauscher United States 71 15.4k 1.1× 2.8k 0.5× 2.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 178 19.9k
Shunsuke Ishii Japan 69 12.8k 0.9× 2.6k 0.5× 3.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 278 16.7k
Richard Breathnach France 44 9.2k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.2× 2.4k 1.5× 81 14.2k
Yoshihiro Nakatani United States 61 15.8k 1.1× 3.0k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 139 18.9k
Arthur D. Levinson United States 52 8.9k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 81 13.8k
Walter Schaffner Switzerland 56 10.0k 0.7× 3.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 3.1k 2.0× 126 16.8k
Barbara B. Knowles United States 64 11.6k 0.8× 3.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 3.4k 2.1× 218 18.1k
David W. Rose United States 58 14.8k 1.1× 5.6k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 2.2k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 91 19.5k
Daniel Nathans United States 68 11.7k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 4.7k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 128 17.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saab, Khaled, Maya Varma, Pierre Chambon, et al.. (2022). ViLMedic: a framework for research at the intersection of vision and language in medical AI. 23–34. 21 indexed citations
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Metzger, Daniel & Pierre Chambon. (2007). Contribution of Targeted Conditional Somatic Mutagenesis to Deciphering Retinoid X Receptor Functions and to Generating Mouse Models of Human Diseases. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 511–524. 11 indexed citations
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Tini, Marc, et al.. (2002). Association of CBP/p300 Acetylase and Thymine DNA Glycosylase Links DNA Repair and Transcription. Molecular Cell. 9(2). 265–277. 245 indexed citations
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Åbrink, Magnus, J A Ortíz, Cecilia G. Sánchez, et al.. (2001). Conserved interaction between distinct\n Krüppel-associated box domains and the transcriptional intermediary factor 1 β. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 36 indexed citations
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Sapin, Vincent, Philippe Bouillet, Mustapha Oulad‐Abdelghani, et al.. (2000). Differential expression of retinoic acid-inducible (Stra) genes during mouse placentation. Mechanisms of Development. 92(2). 295–299. 41 indexed citations
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Guibourdenche, Jean, Ingrid Laurendeau, Cécile Rochette‐Egly, et al.. (2000). Retinoids Stimulate Leptin Synthesis and Secretion in Human Syncytiotrophoblast1. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 85(7). 2550–2555. 30 indexed citations
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Helmbacher, Françoise, Cristina Pujades, Monique Frain, et al.. (1998). Hoxa1 and Krox-20 synergize to control the development of rhombomere 3.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 6 indexed citations
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Taneja, Reshma, Bernard Thisse, Filippo M. Rijli, et al.. (1996). The Expression Pattern of the Mouse Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Gene MDK1 Is Conserved through Evolution and Requires Hoxa-2 for Rhombomere-Specific Expression in Mouse Embryos. Developmental Biology. 177(2). 397–412. 79 indexed citations
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Niederreither, Karen, Simon Ward, Pascal Dollé, & Pierre Chambon. (1996). Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Retinoic Acid-Induced Limb Duplications in Mice. Developmental Biology. 176(2). 185–198. 41 indexed citations
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Wurtz, Alain, et al.. (1995). Does the use of octreoscanning alter management in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: A prospective study?. Gastroenterology. 108(4). A356–A356. 1 indexed citations
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Rijli, Filippo M., Pascal Dollé, Valérie Fraulob, Marianne LeMeur, & Pierre Chambon. (1994). Insertion of a targeting construct in a Hoxd‐10 allele can influence the control of Hoxd‐9 expression. Developmental Dynamics. 201(4). 366–377. 60 indexed citations
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Basset, Paul, Catherine Wolf, N. Rouyer, et al.. (1994). Stromelysin-3 in stromal tissue as a control factor in breast cancer behavior. Cancer. 74(S3). 1045–1049. 51 indexed citations
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Mark, Manuel, Thomas Lufkin, Pascal Dollé, et al.. (1993). Roles of Hox genes: what we have learnt from gain of function and loss of function mutations in the mouse.. PubMed. 316(9). 995–1008. 13 indexed citations
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Castoria, Gabriella, et al.. (1993). Properties of a purified estradiol-dependent calf uterus tyrosine kinase. Biochemistry. 32(7). 1740–1750. 72 indexed citations
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Mathis, Diane, R. Elkaïm, C. Kédinger, Paolo Sassone‐Corsi, & Pierre Chambon. (1981). Specific in vitro initiation of transcription on the adenovirus type 2 early and late EII transcription units.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(12). 7383–7387. 46 indexed citations
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Mathis, Diane, P Oudet, & Pierre Chambon. (1980). Structure of Transcribing Chromatin. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 24. 1–55. 253 indexed citations
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Chambon, Pierre, et al.. (1976). A simple and efficient method to remove ribonuclease contamination from pancreatic deoxyribonuclease preparations. Analytical Biochemistry. 75(2). 402–409. 61 indexed citations
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Hossenlopp, Paul, Pierre Chambon, & David J. Wells. (1975). Animal DNA‐Dependent RNA Polymerases. European Journal of Biochemistry. 58(1). 237–251. 63 indexed citations
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Gniazdowski, Marek, Jean‐Louis Mandel, F. Gissinger, C. Kédinger, & Pierre Chambon. (1970). Calf thymus RNA polymerases exhibit template specificity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 38(6). 1033–1040. 33 indexed citations

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