Sébastien Conus

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Conus is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Conus has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Conus's work include Eosinophilic Esophagitis (12 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (11 papers) and Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes (10 papers). Sébastien Conus is often cited by papers focused on Eosinophilic Esophagitis (12 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (11 papers) and Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes (10 papers). Sébastien Conus collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Sébastien Conus's co-authors include Hans‐Uwe Simon, Alex Straumann, Christoph Borner, Christian Bussmann, Laurent Monney, Isabelle Fellay, Christoph Beglinger, Alain Schoepfer, Reynald Olivier and Burkhard Jansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Conus

31 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Bcl-2 prolongs cell survival after Bax-induced release of cytochrome c

1998 783 citations Reynald Olivier, Laurent Monney et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sébastien Conus Switzerland	23	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	531	31	4.3k
Vily Panoutsakopoulou Greece	16	266 0.2×	3.3k 2.3×	975 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	719 1.4×	27	5.3k
Xiaodong Yang China	33	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	190 0.1×	1.9k 1.5×	303 0.6×	94	4.9k
Elena Urcelay Spain	37	479 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	575 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	564 1.1×	175	3.9k
Caroline Wheeler‐Jones United Kingdom	37	558 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	187 0.1×	484 0.4×	413 0.8×	131	3.9k
Jochen Haag Germany	33	565 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	268 0.2×	309 0.6×	66	3.7k
John A. Di Battista Canada	28	254 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	217 0.4×	49	4.1k
Hong Soon Kang United States	32	708 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	295 0.2×	4.4k 3.5×	462 0.9×	60	7.1k
Dimitris L. Kontoyiannis Greece	33	313 0.2×	3.0k 2.1×	715 0.5×	2.3k 1.8×	427 0.8×	52	5.7k
Mahmoud R. Hussein Egypt	35	394 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	283 0.2×	673 0.5×	456 0.9×	146	4.1k
Shigetaka Kitajima Japan	40	338 0.2×	2.7k 1.9×	298 0.2×	722 0.6×	434 0.8×	97	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sébastien Conus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sébastien Conus

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20 of 20 papers shown

Geering, Barbara, Christina Stoeckle, Sébastien Conus, & Hans‐Uwe Simon. (2013). Living and dying for inflammation: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils. Trends in Immunology. 34(8). 398–409. 198 indexed citations

Straumann, Alex, Sébastien Conus, Lukas Degen, et al.. (2011). Long-Term Budesonide Maintenance Treatment Is Partially Effective for Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 9(5). 400–409.e1. 300 indexed citations

Straumann, Alex, Sébastien Conus, Lukas Degen, et al.. (2010). Budesonide Is Effective in Adolescent and Adult Patients With Active Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Gastroenterology. 139(5). 1526–1537.e1. 408 indexed citations

Conus, Sébastien. (2010). Cathepsins and their involvement in immune responses. Swiss Medical Weekly. 140(2930). w13042–w13042. 203 indexed citations

Schoepfer, Alain, Nirmala Gonsalves, Christian Bussmann, et al.. (2009). Esophageal Dilation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Effectiveness, Safety, and Impact on the Underlying Inflammation. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 105(5). 1062–1070. 231 indexed citations

Andina, Nicola, Sébastien Conus, E. M. Schneider, Martin F. Fey, & Hans‐Uwe Simon. (2009). Induction of Bim limits cytokine-mediated prolonged survival of neutrophils. Cell Death and Differentiation. 16(9). 1248–1255. 41 indexed citations

Conus, Sébastien, Remo Perozzo, Thomas Reinheckel, et al.. (2008). Caspase-8 is activated by cathepsin D initiating neutrophil apoptosis during the resolution of inflammation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(3). 685–698. 218 indexed citations

Kassahn, Daniela, Ueli Nachbur, Sébastien Conus, et al.. (2008). Distinct requirements for activation-induced cell surface expression of preformed Fas/CD95 ligand and cytolytic granule markers in T cells. Cell Death and Differentiation. 16(1). 115–124. 25 indexed citations

Conus, Sébastien & Hans‐Uwe Simon. (2008). Cathepsins: Key modulators of cell death and inflammatory responses. Biochemical Pharmacology. 76(11). 1374–1382. 169 indexed citations

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Conus, Sébastien & Hans‐Uwe Simon. (2008). General laboratory diagnostics of eosinophilic GI diseases. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 22(3). 441–453. 7 indexed citations

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Vassina, Ekatherina, et al.. (2006). cIAP‐2 and survivin contribute to cytokine‐mediated delayed eosinophil apoptosis. European Journal of Immunology. 36(7). 1975–1984. 40 indexed citations

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Bruno, Andreina, Sébastien Conus, Inès Schmid, & Hans‐Uwe Simon. (2005). Apoptotic Pathways Are Inhibited by Leptin Receptor Activation in Neutrophils. The Journal of Immunology. 174(12). 8090–8096. 166 indexed citations

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Conus, Sébastien, Andreina Bruno, & Hans‐Uwe Simon. (2005). Leptin is an eosinophil survival factor. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 116(6). 1228–1234. 108 indexed citations

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Straumann, Alex, Sébastien Conus, Ekatherina Vassina, et al.. (2005). Cytokine Expression in Healthy and Inflamed Mucosa: Probing the Role of Eosinophils in the Digestive Tract. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 11(8). 720–726. 99 indexed citations

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Egger, Lotti, et al.. (2000). Apoptotic crosstalk between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria controlled by Bcl-2. Oncogene. 19(19). 2286–2295. 264 indexed citations

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Conus, Sébastien. (2000). Bcl-2 is a monomeric protein: prevention of homodimerization by structural constraints. The EMBO Journal. 19(7). 1534–1544. 35 indexed citations

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Conus, Sébastien, et al.. (2000). Failure of Bcl-2 family members to interact with Apaf-1 in normal and apoptotic cells. Cell Death and Differentiation. 7(10). 947–954. 38 indexed citations

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Borner, Christoph, et al.. (1999). Life and death in a medieval atmosphere. Cell Death and Differentiation. 6(2). 201–206. 8 indexed citations

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Otter, Isabelle, Sébastien Conus, Ulla Ravn, et al.. (1998). The Binding Properties and Biological Activities of Bcl-2 and Bax in Cells Exposed to Apoptotic Stimuli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(11). 6110–6120. 76 indexed citations

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Olivier, Reynald, Laurent Monney, Sébastien Conus, et al.. (1998). Bcl-2 prolongs cell survival after Bax-induced release of cytochrome c. Nature. 391(6666). 496–499. 783 indexed citations breakdown →

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