Pierre Rustin

33.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
302 papers, 23.3k citations indexed

About

Pierre Rustin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Rustin has authored 302 papers receiving a total of 23.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Molecular Biology, 113 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 35 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Rustin's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (194 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (113 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (73 papers). Pierre Rustin is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (194 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (113 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (73 papers). Pierre Rustin collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Finland. Pierre Rustin's co-authors include Agnès Rötig, Arnold Münnich, Dominique Chrétien, Paule Bénit, Thomas Bourgeron, Nils‐Göran Larsson, Jean‐Marie Saudubray, Anne‐Paule Gimenez‐Roqueplo, Jianming Wang and Judith Favier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Rustin

301 papers receiving 22.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mitochondrial transcripti... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1998 1994 1997 2001 2013 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Mitochondrial transcription factor A is necessary for mtDNA maintance and embryogenesis in mice
    1998 1.3k citations Pierre Rustin et al. profile →
  2. Biochemical and molecular investigations in respiratory chain deficiencies
    1994 1.1k citations Pierre Rustin, Dominique Chrétien et al. profile →
  3. Aconitase and mitochondrial iron–sulphur protein deficiency in Friedreich ataxia
    1997 786 citations Agnès Rötig, Pascale de Lonlay et al. profile →
  4. Mouse models for Friedreich ataxia exhibit cardiomyopathy, sensory nerve defect and Fe-S enzyme deficiency followed by intramitochondrial iron deposits
    2001 588 citations Pierre Rustin et al. profile →
  5. SDH Mutations Establish a Hypermethylator Phenotype in Paraganglioma
    2013 551 citations Nelly Burnichon, Chris Ottolenghi et al. profile →
  6. Mutation of a nuclear succinate dehydrogenase gene results in mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency
    1995 544 citations Thomas Bourgeron, Pierre Rustin et al. profile →
  7. SDHA is a tumor suppressor gene causing paraganglioma
    2010 491 citations Nelly Burnichon, Jean-Jacques Brière et al. Human Molecular Genetics profile →
  8. Imbalanced OPA1 processing and mitochondrial fragmentation cause heart failure in mice
    2015 415 citations Paule Bénit, Pierre Rustin et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Pierre Rustin 16.6k 6.0k 3.2k 2.7k 2.5k 302 23.3k
Andrew P. Halestrap 22.5k 1.4× 3.7k 0.6× 4.0k 1.2× 4.1k 1.5× 3.2k 1.2× 228 35.3k
Yoshikatsu Kanai 13.3k 0.8× 3.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 5.0k 1.8× 1.7k 0.7× 324 27.9k
António Zorzano 14.6k 0.9× 3.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 345 23.0k
Ronald J. A. Wanders 32.0k 1.9× 14.8k 2.5× 3.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 2.9k 1.1× 828 42.4k
Charles L. Hoppel 14.4k 0.9× 5.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 913 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 350 23.0k
Hiroshi Yamamoto 9.2k 0.6× 5.1k 0.9× 895 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 3.2k 1.3× 710 24.1k
Hitoshi Endou 10.9k 0.7× 4.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 404 26.1k
Jan Smeıtınk 15.7k 0.9× 7.0k 1.2× 990 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 348 22.3k
Luca Scorrano 25.1k 1.5× 4.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 186 31.7k
Agnès Rötig 12.7k 0.8× 6.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 868 0.3× 251 15.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Rustin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rustin, Pierre, Howard T. Jacobs, Mügen Terzioglu, & Paule Bénit. (2025). Mitochondrial heat production: the elephant in the lab…. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 50(7). 559–565. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Howard T., Pierre Rustin, Paule Bénit, Dan Davidi, & Mügen Terzioglu. (2024). Mitochondria: great balls of fire. FEBS Journal. 291(24). 5327–5341. 4 indexed citations
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Nemazanyy, Ivan, Susanne Brodesser, Gregory J. Dore, et al.. (2024). A homoeostatic switch causing glycerol-3-phosphate and phosphoethanolamine accumulation triggers senescence by rewiring lipid metabolism. Nature Metabolism. 6(2). 323–342. 34 indexed citations
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Terzioglu, Mügen, Teemu O. Ihalainen, Tiina S. Salminen, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial temperature homeostasis resists external metabolic stresses. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations
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Bénit, Paule, Riyad El‐Khoury, Malgorzata Rak, et al.. (2022). Succinate Dehydrogenase, Succinate, and Superoxides: A Genetic, Epigenetic, Metabolic, Environmental Explosive Crossroad. Biomedicines. 10(8). 1788–1788. 23 indexed citations
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Bénit, Paule, Dominique Chrétien, Sylvie Bortoli, et al.. (2019). Evolutionarily conserved susceptibility of the mitochondrial respiratory chain to SDHI pesticides and its consequence on the impact of SDHIs on human cultured cells. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0224132–e0224132. 48 indexed citations
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Hardonnière, Kévin, Elise F. Saunier, Anthony Lemarié, et al.. (2016). The environmental carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene induces a Warburg-like metabolic reprogramming dependent on NHE1 and associated with cell survival. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30776–30776. 55 indexed citations
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Chandra, Vikash, et al.. (2014). Pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance controls pancreatic β-cell differentiation through the ERK1/2 pathway. Cell Death and Disease. 5(10). e1487–e1487. 25 indexed citations
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Bardella, Chiara, Martina Olivero, Annalisa Lorenzato, et al.. (2012). Cells Lacking the Fumarase Tumor Suppressor Are Protected from Apoptosis through a Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Independent, AMPK-Dependent Mechanism. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 32(15). 3081–3094. 29 indexed citations
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Xekouki, Paraskevi, Karel Pacák, Madson Q. Almeida, et al.. (2011). Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH) D Subunit (SDHD) Inactivation in a Growth-Hormone-Producing Pituitary Tumor: A New Association for SDH?. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97(3). E357–E366. 113 indexed citations
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Bouaita, Aïcha, Sébastien Augustin, Christophe Lechauve, et al.. (2011). Downregulation of apoptosis-inducing factor in Harlequin mice induces progressive and severe optic atrophy which is durably prevented by AAV2-AIF1 gene therapy. Brain. 135(1). 35–52. 31 indexed citations
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Burnichon, Nelly, Jean-Jacques Brière, Rossella Libé, et al.. (2010). SDHA is a tumor suppressor gene causing paraganglioma. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(15). 3011–3020. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Favier, Judith, Jean-Jacques Brière, Nelly Burnichon, et al.. (2009). The Warburg Effect Is Genetically Determined in Inherited Pheochromocytomas. PLoS ONE. 4(9). e7094–e7094. 187 indexed citations
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Joza, Nicholas, Kathleen A. Galindo, J. Andrew Pospisilik, et al.. (2008). The molecular archaeology of a mitochondrial death effector: AIF in Drosophila. Cell Death and Differentiation. 15(6). 1009–1018. 46 indexed citations
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Dimitrov, Ariane, Vincent Paupe, Charles Gueudry, et al.. (2008). The gene responsible for Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome encodes a novel peripheral membrane protein dynamically associated with the Golgi apparatus. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(3). 440–453. 34 indexed citations
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Borgne‐Sanchez, Annie, Sylvain Dupont, Alain Langonné, et al.. (2006). Targeted Vpr-derived peptides reach mitochondria to induce apoptosis of αVβ3-expressing endothelial cells. Cell Death and Differentiation. 14(3). 422–435. 41 indexed citations
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Lonlay, Pascale de, Isabelle Valnot, Marina S. Gorbatyuk, et al.. (2001). Mutations in BCS1, a mitochondrial respiratory chain assembly gene, are responsible for complex III deficiency in patients with tubulopathy, encephalopathy and liver failure.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Rötig, Agnès, Pascale de Lonlay, Dominique Chrétien, et al.. (1998). Frataxin gene expansion causes aconitase and mitochondrial iron-sulphur protein deficiency in Friedreich ataxia. European Journal of Human Genetics. 6. 36–36. 2 indexed citations
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Bourgeron, Thomas, Dominique Chrétien, Shawn Doonan, et al.. (1994). Mutation of the fumarase gene in two siblings with progressive encephalopathy and fumarase deficiency.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 93(6). 2514–2518. 114 indexed citations
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Rustin, Pierre, Christopher R. Meyer, & Randolph T. Wedding. (1989). Sulfate as an allosteric activator and competitive inhibitor of Crassula argentea phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 27(3). 365–370. 3 indexed citations

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