Pierre Gachon

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Pierre Gachon is a scholar working on Physiology, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Gachon has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Physiology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Gachon's work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (19 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (10 papers). Pierre Gachon is often cited by papers focused on Muscle metabolism and nutrition (19 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (10 papers). Pierre Gachon collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and Switzerland. Pierre Gachon's co-authors include Yves Boirie‌, B. Beaufrère, Martial Dangin, Marie-Paule Vasson, Jean‐Louis Maubois, Jacques Fauquant, Clara L. García‐Ródenas, Olivier Ballèvre, Christelle Guillet and Patrick Ritz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Gachon

64 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Slow and fast dietary proteins differently modulate postprandial protein accretion

1997 1.1k citations Yves Boirie‌, Martial Dangin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Gachon France	24	2.3k	2.0k	912	590	498	66	3.7k
Peter J. Garlick United States	34	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	217 0.4×	737 1.5×	109	4.6k
Cécile Bos France	31	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	718 0.8×	402 0.7×	573 1.2×	50	2.8k
Laurent Mosoni France	30	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	299 0.5×	417 0.8×	65	3.9k
Rajavel Elango Canada	33	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	381 0.4×	596 1.0×	798 1.6×	140	3.0k
Denis Breuillé Switzerland	28	686 0.3×	722 0.4×	757 0.8×	124 0.2×	433 0.9×	69	2.5k
Hanh V. Nguyen United States	38	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	117 0.2×	756 1.5×	120	4.0k
Steven Nissen United States	29	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	544 0.6×	85 0.1×	270 0.5×	64	2.9k
Milan Holeček Czechia	34	898 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	112 0.2×	461 0.9×	101	4.0k
E. Kodíček United Kingdom	31	623 0.3×	628 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	88 0.1×	817 1.6×	110	4.8k
Mahroukh Rafii Canada	25	535 0.2×	553 0.3×	237 0.3×	192 0.3×	284 0.6×	57	1.4k

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Mok, Élise, Laurent Béghin, Pierre Gachon, et al.. (2006). Estimating body composition in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: comparison of bioelectrical impedance analysis and skinfold-thickness measurement. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 83(1). 65–69. 44 indexed citations

Zangarelli‌, Aude, Emilie Chanséaume, Béatrice Morio, et al.. (2006). Synergistic effects of caloric restriction with maintained protein intake on skeletal muscle performance in 21‐month‐old rats: a mitochondria‐mediated pathway. The FASEB Journal. 20(14). 2439–2450. 59 indexed citations

Walrand, Stéphane, Christelle Guillet, Pierre Gachon, et al.. (2005). Insulin regulates protein synthesis rate in leukocytes from young and elderly healthy humans. Clinical Nutrition. 24(6). 1089–1098. 8 indexed citations

Guillet, Christelle, Aude Zangarelli‌, Pierre Gachon, et al.. (2004). Whole Body Protein Breakdown Is Less Inhibited by Insulin, But Still Responsive to Amino Acid, in Nondiabetic Elderly Subjects. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 89(12). 6017–6024. 52 indexed citations

Walrand, Stéphane, Christelle Guillet, Pierre Gachon, et al.. (2004). Protein synthesis rates of human PBMC and PMN can be determined simultaneously in vivo by using small blood samples. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 286(6). C1474–C1478. 11 indexed citations

Zangarelli‌, Aude, Stéphane Walrand, Christelle Guillet, et al.. (2004). Centrifugation-based isolation of myosin for measurement of its synthesis rate in small muscle samples. Analytical Biochemistry. 327(1). 55–60. 13 indexed citations

Dangin, Martial, Christelle Guillet, Clara L. García‐Ródenas, et al.. (2003). The Rate of Protein Digestion affects Protein Gain Differently during Aging in Humans. The Journal of Physiology. 549(2). 635–644. 291 indexed citations

Boirie‌, Yves, Pierre Gachon, Vincent Pialoux, et al.. (2003). Human Albumin Synthesis Is Increased by an Ultra-Endurance Trial. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 35(1). 75–81. 22 indexed citations

Renou, Jean‐Pierre, et al.. (2003). Characterization of animal products according to geographic origin and feeding diet using nuclear magnetic resonance and isotope ratio mass spectrometry: cow milk. Food Chemistry. 85(1). 63–66. 116 indexed citations

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Miguel, José Luís San, Hilde Spielvogel, Jacques Berger, et al.. (2002). Effect of High Altitude on Protein Metabolism in Bolivian Children. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 3(4). 377–386. 4 indexed citations

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Boirie‌, Yves, et al.. (2001). Differential Insulin Sensitivities of Glucose, Amino Acid, and Albumin Metabolism in Elderly Men and Women. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 86(2). 638–644. 63 indexed citations

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Arnal, M. A., Laurent Mosoni, Yves Boirie‌, et al.. (2000). Protein turnover modifications induced by the protein feeding pattern still persist after the end of the diets. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 278(5). E902–E909. 32 indexed citations

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Morio, Béatrice, et al.. (1999). Lipolysis, fatness, gender and plasma leptin concentrations in healthy, normal-weight subjects. European Journal of Nutrition. 38(1). 14–19. 8 indexed citations

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Vaché, Christel, Paulette Rousset, Pierre Gachon, et al.. (1998). Bioelectrical impedance analysis measurements of total body water and extracellular water in healthy elderly subjects. International Journal of Obesity. 22(6). 537–543. 64 indexed citations

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Ritz, Patrick, K. J. Acheson, Pierre Gachon, et al.. (1998). Energy and substrate metabolism during a 42-day bed-rest in a head-down tilt position in humans. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 78(4). 308–314. 31 indexed citations

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Boirie‌, Yves, Pierre Gachon, & B. Beaufrère. (1997). Splanchnic and whole-body leucine kinetics in young and elderly men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 65(2). 489–495. 269 indexed citations

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Maublant, Jean C., Nicole Moins, & Pierre Gachon. (1989). Uptake and release of two new Tc-99m labeled myocardial blood flow imaging agents in cultured cardiac cells. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 15(4). 180–182. 19 indexed citations

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Maublant, Jean C., Nicole Moins, Eric A. van Royen, et al.. (1987). Myocardial uptake of thallium-201 diethyldithiocarbamate (201TI-DDC) in cultured heart cells and in humans. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 13(8). 408–409. 1 indexed citations

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Moins, Nicole, Pierre Gachon, J. Maublant, & P Duchêne-Marullaz. (1983). Comparative Study of Vascular Effects of Four Calcium Antagonists Using a Multi-Organ Functional Imaging Technique with Thallium-201. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 5(6). 978–982. 3 indexed citations

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Gachon, Pierre, et al.. (1975). Grisorixin, an ionophorous antibiotic of the nigericin group. I. Fermentation, isolation, biological properties and structure.:I. FERMENTATION, ISOLATION, BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE. The Journal of Antibiotics. 28(5). 345–350. 2 indexed citations

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