Sonia Samec

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Sonia Samec is a scholar working on Physiology, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Samec has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sonia Samec's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (22 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (14 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (6 papers). Sonia Samec is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (22 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (14 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (6 papers). Sonia Samec collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. Sonia Samec's co-authors include Abdul G. Dulloo, Josiane Seydoux, Olivier Boss, Jean‐Paul Giacobino, Patrick Muzzin, Colette Rossier, Ariane Paoloni‐Giacobino, Françoise Kühne, Françoise Assimacopoulos‐Jeannet and Philippe Bijlenga and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Samec

25 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Uncoupling protein‐3: a new member of the mitochondrial carrier family with tissue‐specific expression

1997 919 citations Olivier Boss, Sonia Samec et al. FEBS Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia Samec Switzerland	20	2.5k	1.1k	909	468	455	25	2.9k
Danica Grujić United States	20	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	596 0.7×	432 0.9×	417 0.9×	34	3.0k
Serge Raimbault France	14	2.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	632 0.7×	651 1.4×	547 1.2×	16	3.6k
O. Champigny France	16	2.1k 0.8×	897 0.8×	467 0.5×	629 1.3×	438 1.0×	27	2.5k
Maria Neverova United States	5	1.6k 0.6×	760 0.7×	383 0.4×	347 0.7×	355 0.8×	5	1.9k
Valeria Golozoubova Sweden	19	2.5k 1.0×	762 0.7×	484 0.5×	930 2.0×	189 0.4×	26	3.2k
Magdalena Gianotti Spain	30	1.4k 0.5×	728 0.6×	255 0.3×	623 1.3×	147 0.3×	76	2.3k
L. J. Bukowiecki Canada	29	1.7k 0.7×	451 0.4×	399 0.4×	662 1.4×	257 0.6×	55	2.2k
Lorraine P. Turcotte United States	28	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	314 0.7×	117 0.3×	72	3.2k
Elodie Couplan France	15	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	257 0.3×	279 0.6×	234 0.5×	15	2.4k
Naoya Nakai Japan	27	936 0.4×	991 0.9×	504 0.6×	147 0.3×	248 0.5×	81	2.3k

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Crescenzo, Raffaella, Sonia Samec, Vladan Antic, et al.. (2003). A Role for Suppressed Thermogenesis Favoring Catch-Up Fat in the Pathophysiology of Catch-Up Growth. Diabetes. 52(5). 1090–1097. 84 indexed citations

Samec, Sonia, Josiane Seydoux, Aaron P. Russell, J-P Montani, & Abdul G. Dulloo. (2002). Skeletal muscle heterogeneity in fasting-induced upregulation of genes encoding UCP2, UCP3, PPARγ and key enzymes of lipid oxidation. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 445(1). 80–86. 42 indexed citations

Iossa, Susanna, Maria Pina Mollica, Lillà Lionetti, et al.. (2002). Skeletal muscle mitochondrial efficiency and uncoupling protein 3 in overeating rats with increased thermogenesis. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 445(3). 431–436. 17 indexed citations

Iossa, Susanna, Lillà Lionetti, Maria Pina Mollica, et al.. (2001). Differences in proton leak kinetics, but not in UCP3 protein content, in subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar skeletal muscle mitochondria from fed and fasted rats. FEBS Letters. 505(1). 53–56. 21 indexed citations

Dulloo, Abdul G. & Sonia Samec. (2001). Uncoupling proteins: their roles in adaptive thermogenesis and substrate metabolism reconsidered. British Journal Of Nutrition. 86(2). 123–139. 137 indexed citations

Dulloo, Abdul G., et al.. (2001). Uncoupling protein 3 and fatty acid metabolism. Biochemical Society Transactions. 29(5). A99–A99. 1 indexed citations

Samec, Sonia, Josiane Seydoux, & Abdul G. Dulloo. (2000). Downregulation of skeletal muscle UCP-3 gene expression during refeeding is prevented by cold exposure. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 439(6). 723–729. 6 indexed citations

Dulloo, Abdul G. & Sonia Samec. (2000). Uncoupling Proteins: Do They Have a Role in Body Weight Regulation?. Physiology. 15(6). 313–318. 22 indexed citations

Cadenas, Susana, Julie A. Buckingham, Sonia Samec, et al.. (1999). UCP2 and UCP3 rise in starved rat skeletal muscle but mitochondrial proton conductance is unchanged. FEBS Letters. 462(3). 257–260. 202 indexed citations

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Samec, Sonia, Josiane Seydoux, & Abdul G. Dulloo. (1999). Skeletal muscle UCP3 and UCP2 gene expression in response to inhibition of free fatty acid flux through mitochondrial β-oxidation. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 438(4). 452–457. 46 indexed citations

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Samec, Sonia, Josiane Seydoux, & Abdul G. Dulloo. (1999). Post-starvation gene expression of skeletal muscle uncoupling protein 2 and uncoupling protein 3 in response to dietary fat levels and fatty acid composition: a link with insulin resistance.. Diabetes. 48(2). 436–441. 90 indexed citations

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Boss, Olivier, Sonia Samec, Françoise Kühne, et al.. (1998). Uncoupling Protein-3 Expression in Rodent Skeletal Muscle Is Modulated by Food Intake but Not by Changes in Environmental Temperature. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(1). 5–8. 257 indexed citations

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Samec, Sonia, Josiane Seydoux, & Abdul G. Dulloo. (1998). Interorgan signaling between adipose tissue metabolism and skeletal muscle uncoupling protein homologs: is there a role for circulating free fatty acids?. Diabetes. 47(11). 1693–1698. 122 indexed citations

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Boss, Olivier, Sonia Samec, D. Desplanches, et al.. (1998). Effect of endurance training on mRNA expression of uncoupling proteins 1, 2, and 3 in the rat. The FASEB Journal. 12(3). 335–339. 113 indexed citations

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Revelli, J P, Frédéric Preitner, Sonia Samec, et al.. (1997). Targeted gene disruption reveals a leptin-independent role for the mouse beta3-adrenoceptor in the regulation of body composition.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100(5). 1098–1106. 85 indexed citations

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Boss, Olivier, Sonia Samec, Ariane Paoloni‐Giacobino, et al.. (1997). Uncoupling protein‐3: a new member of the mitochondrial carrier family with tissue‐specific expression. FEBS Letters. 408(1). 39–42. 919 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boss, Olivier, Sonia Samec, Abdul G. Dulloo, et al.. (1997). Tissue‐dependent upregulation of rat uncoupling protein‐2 expression in response to fasting or cold. FEBS Letters. 412(1). 111–114. 204 indexed citations

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Lucente, Diane, Sonia Samec, M. Rutter, et al.. (1995). Localization of 102 exons to a 2.5 Mb region involved in Down syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics. 4(8). 1305–1311. 36 indexed citations

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Samec, Sonia, et al.. (1994). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism within ERCC5 gene. Human Molecular Genetics. 3(1). 214–214. 7 indexed citations

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Samec, Sonia, T. Alwyn Jones, Daniel Scherly, et al.. (1994). The Human Gene for Xeroderma Pigmentosum Complementation Group G (XPG) Maps to 13q33 by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization. Genomics. 21(1). 283–285. 10 indexed citations

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