Sophie Brûlé

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sophie Brûlé is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Brûlé has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sophie Brûlé's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (4 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (3 papers). Sophie Brûlé is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (4 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (3 papers). Sophie Brûlé collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Brazil. Sophie Brûlé's co-authors include André Marette, George Thomas, Vanessa P. Houde, Yves Deshaies, William T. Festuccia, Kerstin Bellmann, Pierre-Gilles Blanchard, Pawan Gulati, So Young Kim and Benoı̂t Viollet and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell Metabolism and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Brûlé

11 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Metformin, Independent of AMPK, Inhibits mTORC1 in a Rag ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Metformin, Independent of AMPK, Inhibits mTORC1 in a Rag GTPase-Dependent Manner
    2010 718 citations Anand Selvaraj, So Young Kim et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers

Sophie Brûlé
Kim Ravnskjær Denmark
Bhavapriya Vaitheesvaran United States
Pawan Gulati United Kingdom
Mitsutoki Hatta Japan
Emma Hudson United Kingdom
Fayçal Boussouar France
Anton Bauer Austria
Fiona C. Leiper United Kingdom
Hitomi Matsuzaki Japan
Elizabeth P. Newberry United States
Kim Ravnskjær Denmark
Sophie Brûlé
Citations per year, relative to Sophie Brûlé Sophie Brûlé (= 1×) peers Kim Ravnskjær

Countries citing papers authored by Sophie Brûlé

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Brûlé

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Brûlé

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

All Works

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Blanchard, Pierre-Gilles, William T. Festuccia, Vanessa P. Houde, et al.. (2012). Major involvement of mTOR in the PPARγ-induced stimulation of adipose tissue lipid uptake and fat accretion. Journal of Lipid Research. 53(6). 1117–1125. 113 indexed citations
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Selvaraj, Anand, So Young Kim, Pawan Gulati, et al.. (2010). Metformin, Independent of AMPK, Inhibits mTORC1 in a Rag GTPase-Dependent Manner. Cell Metabolism. 11(5). 390–401. 718 indexed citations breakdown →
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Houde, Vanessa P., Sophie Brûlé, William T. Festuccia, et al.. (2010). Chronic Rapamycin Treatment Causes Glucose Intolerance and Hyperlipidemia by Upregulating Hepatic Gluconeogenesis and Impairing Lipid Deposition in Adipose Tissue. Diabetes. 59(6). 1338–1348. 358 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Charles Lavigne, Sophie Brûlé, et al.. (2009). Functional significance of skeletal muscle adiponectin production, changes in animal models of obesity and diabetes, and regulation by rosiglitazone treatment. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 297(3). E657–E664. 77 indexed citations
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Festuccia, William T., Mathieu Laplante, Sophie Brûlé, et al.. (2009). Rosiglitazone-induced heart remodelling is associated with enhanced turnover of myofibrillar protein and mTOR activation. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 47(1). 85–95. 35 indexed citations
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Tremblay, Frédéric, Sophie Brûlé, Sung Hee Um, et al.. (2007). Identification of IRS-1 Ser-1101 as a target of S6K1 in nutrient- and obesity-induced insulin resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(35). 14056–14061. 360 indexed citations
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Brûlé, Sophie, Khampoune Sayasith, Jean Sirois, David W. Silversides, & Jacques G. Lussier. (2006). Structure of the bovine VASAP-60/PRKCSH gene, functional analysis of the promoter, and gene expression analysis. Gene. 391(1-2). 63–75. 8 indexed citations
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Brûlé, Sophie, Robert Faure, Monique Doré, David W. Silversides, & Jacques G. Lussier. (2003). Immunolocalization of vacuolar system-associated protein-60 (VASAP-60). Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 119(5). 371–381. 17 indexed citations
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Brûlé, Sophie, et al.. (2002). Serine protease inhibitor‐E2 (SERPINE2) is differentially expressed in granulosa cells of dominant follicle in cattle. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 64(2). 152–165. 80 indexed citations
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