Sébastien Granier

6.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
54 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Granier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Granier has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Granier's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (34 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (24 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers). Sébastien Granier is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (34 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (24 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers). Sébastien Granier collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Sébastien Granier's co-authors include Brian K. Kobilka, Aashish Manglik, William I. Weis, Andrew C. Kruse, Foon Sun Thian, Tong Sun Kobilka, Roger K. Sunahara, Jesper Mosolff Mathiesen, Leonardo Pardo and Ron O. Dror and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Granier

52 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Crystal structure of the µ-opioid receptor bound to a morphinan antagonist

2012 1.1k citations Aashish Manglik, Andrew C. Kruse et al. Nature profile →
Structural insights into µ-opioid receptor activation

2015 700 citations Weijiao Huang, Aashish Manglik et al. Nature profile →
Structure of the δ-opioid receptor bound to naltrindole

2012 546 citations Sébastien Granier, Aashish Manglik et al. Nature profile →
Structure of the µ-opioid receptor–Gi protein complex

2018 495 citations Sébastien Granier, William I. Weis et al. Nature profile →
Counting Low-Copy Number Proteins in a Single Cell

2007 308 citations Bo Huang, Hongkai Wu et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sébastien Granier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sébastien Granier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sébastien Granier 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 Sébastien Granier. Sébastien Granier is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Inactive structures of the vasopressin V2 receptor reveal distinct binding modes for Tolvaptan and Mambaquaretin toxin 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Aurélien Fouillen, (unknown), (unknown), Hélène Orcel, (unknown), L Lafleur, Pierre Thibault, Christiane Mendre, Nicolas Gilles, Gunnar Schulte, Sébastien Granier, Bernard Mouillac	0
2	Constitutive activity of an atypical chemokine receptor revealed by inverse agonistic nanobodies 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Caitrin Crudden, Jan Paul Bebelman, Noureldine Youssef, (unknown), (unknown), Vladimir Bobkov, Julia Drube, Carsten Hoffmann, Brian F. Volkman, Sébastien Granier, Chérine Bechara, Marco Siderius, Raimond Heukers, (unknown), Martine J. Smit	0
3	Conformational dynamics underlying atypical chemokine receptor 3 activation 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Reggie Bosma, Barbara Zarzycka, (unknown), Cédric Leyrat, Chris de Graaf, Rob Leurs, Thierry Durroux, Sébastien Granier, Xiaojing Cong, Chérine Bechara	14
4	Bringing GPCR Structural Biology to Medical Applications: Insights from Both V2 Vasopressin and Mu-Opioid Receptors 2023 ·Membranes ·Aurélien Fouillen, (unknown), Sébastien Granier, Bernard Mouillac, Rémy Sounier	2
5	Structure of the vasopressin hormone–V2 receptor–β-arrestin1 ternary complex 2022 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Aurélien Fouillen, Hélène Orcel, Stefano Trapani, Xiaojing Cong, (unknown), (unknown), Joséphine Lai‐Kee‐Him, Serge Urbach, Nathalie Sibille, Rémy Sounier, Sébastien Granier, Bernard Mouillac, Patrick Bron	68
6	An automated platform for structural analysis of membrane proteins through serial crystallography 2021 ·Cell Reports Methods ·(unknown), Shibom Basu, (unknown), Cédric Leyrat, Xiaojing Cong, Jérôme Golebiowski, Florine Dupeux, Andrea Pica, Sébastien Granier, José Antonio Márquez	7
7	Author Correction: Structural insights into μ-opioid receptor activation 2020 ·Nature ·Weijiao Huang, Aashish Manglik, AJ Venkatakrishnan, Toon Laeremans, Evan N. Feinberg, Adrian L. Sanborn, Hideaki Kato, Kathryn E. Livingston, Thor S. Thorsen, Ralf C. Kling, Sébastien Granier, Peter Gmeiner, Stephen M. Husbands, John R. Traynor, William I. Weis, Jan Steyaert, Ron O. Dror, Brian K. Kobilka	8
8	7TM proteins are not necessarily GPCRs 2019 ·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology ·Ieva Vasiliauskaité-Brooks, (unknown), Sébastien Granier	13
9	Structure of a human intramembrane ceramidase explains enzymatic dysfunction found in leukodystrophy 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Ieva Vasiliauskaité-Brooks, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rémy Sounier, Claire M. Grison, (unknown), Mathieu Fortier, François Hoh, Essa M. Saied, Christoph Arenz, Shibom Basu, Cédric Leyrat, Sébastien Granier	40
10	Structural insights into adiponectin receptors suggest ceramidase activity 2017 ·Nature ·Ieva Vasiliauskaité-Brooks, Rémy Sounier, (unknown), Gaëtan Bellot, Mathieu Fortier, François Hoh, Luigi De Colibus, Chérine Bechara, Essa M. Saied, Christoph Arenz, Cédric Leyrat, Sébastien Granier	165
11	1H, 13C and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments of camelid single-domain antibodies against active state µ-opioid receptor 2017 ·Biomolecular NMR Assignments ·Rémy Sounier, Yinshan Yang, (unknown), Sébastien Granier, Hélène Déméné	3
12	Structural insights into µ-opioid receptor activation breakdown → 2015 ·Nature ·Weijiao Huang, Aashish Manglik, AJ Venkatakrishnan, Toon Laeremans, Evan N. Feinberg, Adrian L. Sanborn, Hideaki Kato, Kathryn E. Livingston, Thor S. Thorsen, Ralf C. Kling, Sébastien Granier, Peter Gmeiner, Stephen M. Husbands, John R. Traynor, William I. Weis, Jan Steyaert, Ron O. Dror, Brian K. Kobilka	700
13	Propagation of conformational changes during μ-opioid receptor activation 2015 ·Nature ·Rémy Sounier, (unknown), Jan Steyaert, Toon Laeremans, Aashish Manglik, Weijiao Huang, Brian K. Kobilka, Hélène Déméné, Sébastien Granier	202
14	Crystal structure of the µ-opioid receptor bound to a morphinan antagonist breakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Aashish Manglik, Andrew C. Kruse, Tong Sun Kobilka, Foon Sun Thian, Jesper Mosolff Mathiesen, Roger K. Sunahara, Leonardo Pardo, William I. Weis, Brian K. Kobilka, Sébastien Granier	1088
15	FRET-Based Measurement of GPCR Conformational Changes 2009 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Sébastien Granier, Samuel Kim, Juan José Fung, Michael P. Bokoch, Charles Parnot	14
16	Past, present and future of vasopressin and oxytocin receptor oligomers, prototypical GPCR models to study dimerization processes 2009 ·Current Opinion in Pharmacology ·Martin Cottet, Laura Albizu, (unknown), Frédéric Jean‐Alphonse, Rita Rahmeh, Hélène Orcel, Caroline Méjean, Sébastien Granier, Christiane Mendre, Bernard Mouillac	40
17	Signaling from β1- and β2-adrenergic receptors is defined by differential interactions with PDE4 2008 ·The EMBO Journal ·Wito Richter, Peter Day, Rani Agrawal, Matthew D. Bruss, Sébastien Granier, (unknown), Søren G. F. Rasmussen, Kathleen Horner, Ping Wang, Lei Tao, Andrew J. Patterson, Brian K. Kobilka, Marco Conti	133
18	Counting Low-Copy Number Proteins in a Single Cell breakdown → 2007 ·Science ·Bo Huang, Hongkai Wu, Devaki Bhaya, Arthur Grossman, Sébastien Granier, Brian K. Kobilka, Richard N. Zare	308
19	Design and synthesis of cyclic and linear peptide-agarose tools for baiting interacting protein partners of GPCRs 2005 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Sébastien Granier, Frédéric Jean‐Alphonse, Hélène Déméné, Gilles Guillon, Robert Pascal, Christiane Mendre	6
20	A Cyclic Peptide Mimicking the Third Intracellular Loop of the V2 Vasopressin Receptor Inhibits Signaling through Its Interaction with Receptor Dimer and G Protein 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sébastien Granier, Sonia Terrillon, Robert Pascal, Hélène Déméné, Michel Bouvier, Gilles Guillon, Christiane Mendre	26

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