Sandrine Besnard

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sandrine Besnard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandrine Besnard has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sandrine Besnard's work include Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (4 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (4 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (3 papers). Sandrine Besnard is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (4 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (4 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (3 papers). Sandrine Besnard collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United Kingdom. Sandrine Besnard's co-authors include Alain Tedgui, Bart Staels, Ziad Mallat, Wim Vanden Berghe, Philippe Delerive, Frank J. Gonzalez, Jean‐Charles Fruchart, Guy Haegeman, Jeffrey M. Peters and Karolien De Bosscher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Sandrine Besnard

11 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Negatively R... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 1999 250 500 750
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. Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Negatively Regulates the Vascular Inflammatory Gene Response by Negative Cross-talk with Transcription Factors NF-κB and AP-1
    1999 936 citations Philippe Delerive, Karolien De Bosscher et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Protective Role of Interleukin-10 in Atherosclerosis
    1999 647 citations Ziad Mallat, Sandrine Besnard et al. Circulation Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandrine Besnard France 10 1.3k 1.0k 659 341 331 11 2.4k
Maren Luchtefeld Germany 20 652 0.5× 822 0.8× 408 0.6× 343 1.0× 400 1.2× 33 2.4k
Xianghai Liao United States 13 1.2k 0.9× 590 0.6× 910 1.4× 371 1.1× 363 1.1× 19 2.4k
Stewart C. Whitman Canada 23 896 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 562 0.9× 527 1.5× 114 0.3× 39 2.5k
Elizabeth A. Kirk United States 25 732 0.5× 498 0.5× 519 0.8× 520 1.5× 504 1.5× 35 2.5k
Bruno Derudas France 22 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 527 1.5× 795 2.4× 35 3.5k
Minako Ishibashi Japan 26 1.3k 1.0× 814 0.8× 330 0.5× 844 2.5× 275 0.8× 34 3.1k
Eric S. Muise United States 16 1.1k 0.8× 438 0.4× 764 1.2× 212 0.6× 832 2.5× 30 2.3k
Ricardo Rodríguez‐Calvo Spain 28 1.3k 1.0× 346 0.3× 519 0.8× 303 0.9× 702 2.1× 64 2.3k
Kaeko Iiyama Japan 7 521 0.4× 785 0.8× 297 0.5× 354 1.0× 169 0.5× 9 1.9k
Sunny H. Zhang United States 11 846 0.6× 589 0.6× 336 0.5× 803 2.4× 281 0.8× 12 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandrine Besnard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandrine Besnard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandrine Besnard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandrine Besnard based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sandrine Besnard. Sandrine Besnard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Hum, David, Sandrine Besnard, Rocío Sánchez, et al.. (2004). Characterization of a cGMP-Response Element in the Guanylyl Cyclase/Natriuretic Peptide Receptor A Gene Promoter. Hypertension. 43(6). 1270–1278. 22 indexed citations
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Kubis, Nathalie, Sandrine Besnard, Jean‐Sébastien Silvestre, et al.. (2002). Decreased arteriolar density in endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice is due to hypertension, not to the constitutive defect in endothelial nitric oxide synthase enzyme. Journal of Hypertension. 20(2). 273–280. 35 indexed citations
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Silvestre, Jean‐Sébastien, Radia Tamarat, Takaaki Senbonmatsu, et al.. (2002). Antiangiogenic Effect of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor in Ischemia-Induced Angiogenesis in Mice Hindlimb. Circulation Research. 90(10). 1072–1079. 79 indexed citations
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Besnard, Sandrine, et al.. (2002). Smooth Muscle Dysfunction in Resistance Arteries of the Staggerer Mouse, a Mutant of the Nuclear Receptor RORα. Circulation Research. 90(7). 820–825. 25 indexed citations
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Raspé, Eric, Hélène Duez, Catherine Fiévet, et al.. (2001). Transcriptional Regulation of Apolipoprotein C-III Gene Expression by the Orphan Nuclear Receptor RORα. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(4). 2865–2871. 123 indexed citations
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Besnard, Sandrine, Jean‐Sébastien Silvestre, Micheline Duriez, et al.. (2001). Increased Ischemia-Induced Angiogenesis in the Staggerer Mouse, a Mutant of the Nuclear Receptor Rorα. Circulation Research. 89(12). 1209–1215. 38 indexed citations
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Besnard, Sandrine, Christophe Heymes, Régine Merval, et al.. (2001). Expression and regulation of the nuclear receptor RORα in human vascular cells. FEBS Letters. 511(1-3). 36–40. 46 indexed citations
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Mallat, Ziad, Anne Corbaz, Sandrine Besnard, et al.. (2001). Expression of Interleukin-18 in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques and Relation to Plaque Instability. Circulation. 104(14). 1598–1603. 494 indexed citations
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Besnard, Sandrine, et al.. (2001). Recent developments in the characterization of water interacting with proteins by 17O NMR. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIC - Chemistry. 4(10). 771–774. 1 indexed citations
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Delerive, Philippe, Karolien De Bosscher, Sandrine Besnard, et al.. (1999). Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Negatively Regulates the Vascular Inflammatory Gene Response by Negative Cross-talk with Transcription Factors NF-κB and AP-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(45). 32048–32054. 936 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mallat, Ziad, Sandrine Besnard, Micheline Duriez, et al.. (1999). Protective Role of Interleukin-10 in Atherosclerosis. Circulation Research. 85(8). e17–24. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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