Thierry Heitz

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Thierry Heitz is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thierry Heitz has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Insect Science and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thierry Heitz's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (19 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (14 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers). Thierry Heitz is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (19 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (14 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers). Thierry Heitz collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Thierry Heitz's co-authors include Michel Legrand, Bernard Fritig, Pierrette Geoffroy, Serge Kauffmann, Annick Stintzi, Pierre A. Geoffroy, Dimitri Heintz, Sandrine Dhondt‐Cordelier, Vivek Prasad and Sylvain La Camera and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thierry Heitz

45 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Plant ‘pathogenesis-related’ proteins and their role in defense against pathogens

1993 535 citations Annick Stintzi, Thierry Heitz et al. Biochimie profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thierry Heitz	3.1k	1.9k	726	330	213	46	3.8k
Carmen Castresana	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	682 0.9×	208 0.6×	200 0.9×	53	4.1k
Annick Stintzi	3.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	462 1.4×	205 1.0×	44	4.5k
Sabine Rosahl	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	624 0.9×	183 0.6×	371 1.7×	57	3.9k
Christophe Robaglia	5.2k 1.7×	3.4k 1.8×	366 0.5×	162 0.5×	151 0.7×	92	6.2k
A. Corina Vlot	4.2k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	435 0.6×	313 0.9×	351 1.6×	43	5.0k
Ichiro Mitsuhara	3.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	439 0.6×	144 0.4×	223 1.0×	73	4.2k
Henry‐York Steiner	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	246 0.3×	105 0.3×	372 1.7×	20	4.1k
Baofang Fan	5.3k 1.7×	3.7k 2.0×	293 0.4×	119 0.4×	323 1.5×	53	6.4k
Doil Choi	6.5k 2.1×	2.9k 1.5×	303 0.4×	160 0.5×	474 2.2×	169	7.5k
Marie‐Thérèse Esquerré‐Tugayé	2.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	334 0.5×	141 0.4×	510 2.4×	56	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thierry Heitz

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All Works

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Villette, Claire, Véronique Chalvon, Isabelle Meusnier, et al.. (2025). Rice JASMONIC ACID OXIDASES control resting jasmonate metabolism to promote growth and repress basal immune responses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 198(1).

Dong, Yihan, Veli Vural Uslu, Alexandre Berr, et al.. (2022). TOR represses stress responses through global regulation of H3K27 trimethylation in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(5). 1420–1431. 19 indexed citations

Marquis, Valentin, Ekaterina Smirnova, Claire Villette, et al.. (2021). Broad‐spectrum stress tolerance conferred by suppressing jasmonate signaling attenuation in Arabidopsis JASMONIC ACID OXIDASE mutants. The Plant Journal. 109(4). 856–872. 20 indexed citations

Marquis, Valentin, Ekaterina Smirnova, Julie Zumsteg, et al.. (2020). Stress‐ and pathway‐specific impacts of impaired jasmonoyl‐isoleucine (JA‐Ile) catabolism on defense signalling and biotic stress resistance. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(6). 1558–1570. 29 indexed citations

Smirnova, Ekaterina, Valentin Marquis, Yann Aubert, et al.. (2017). Jasmonic Acid Oxidase 2 Hydroxylates Jasmonic Acid and Represses Basal Defense and Resistance Responses against Botrytis cinerea Infection. Molecular Plant. 10(9). 1159–1173. 107 indexed citations

Hanano, Abdulsamie, Jean‐Jacques Bessoule, Thierry Heitz, & Elizabeth Blée. (2015). Involvement of the caleosin/peroxygenase RD20 in the control of cell death during Arabidopsis responses to pathogens. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 10(4). e991574–e991574. 30 indexed citations

Widemann, Émilie, Bernard Grausem, H Renault, et al.. (2015). Sequential oxidation of Jasmonoyl-Phenylalanine and Jasmonoyl-Isoleucine by multiple cytochrome P450 of the CYP94 family through newly identified aldehyde intermediates. Phytochemistry. 117. 388–399. 28 indexed citations

Widemann, Émilie, Laurence Miesch, Raphaël Lugan, et al.. (2013). The Amidohydrolases IAR3 and ILL6 Contribute to Jasmonoyl-Isoleucine Hormone Turnover and Generate 12-Hydroxyjasmonic Acid Upon Wounding in Arabidopsis Leaves. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(44). 31701–31714. 106 indexed citations

Berr, Alexandre, et al.. (2012). Chromatin modification and remodelling: a regulatory landscape for the control of Arabidopsis defence responses upon pathogen attack. Cellular Microbiology. 14(6). 829–839. 52 indexed citations

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Heitz, Thierry, Émilie Widemann, Raphaël Lugan, et al.. (2012). Cytochromes P450 CYP94C1 and CYP94B3 Catalyze Two Successive Oxidation Steps of Plant Hormone Jasmonoyl-isoleucine for Catabolic Turnover. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(9). 6296–6306. 218 indexed citations

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Lallemand, Benjamin, Pierre A. Geoffroy, Dimitri Heintz, et al.. (2010). Analysis of TETRAKETIDE PYRONE REDUCTASE function in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a previously unknown but conserved, biochemical pathway in sporopollenin monomer biosynthesis. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Scherer, Günther F. E., Stephen I. Ryu, Xuemin Wang, Ana Rita Matos, & Thierry Heitz. (2010). Patatin-related phospholipase A: nomenclature, subfamilies and functions in plants. Trends in Plant Science. 15(12). 693–700. 136 indexed citations

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Balagué, Claudine, et al.. (2009). The Arabidopsis patatin-like protein 2 (PLP2) plays an essential role in cell death execution and differentially affects biosynthesis of oxylipins and resistance to pathogens. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Heitz, Thierry, et al.. (2009). Characterization of Vitis vinifera NPR1 homologs involved in the regulation of Pathogenesis-Related gene expression. BMC Plant Biology. 9(1). 54–54. 87 indexed citations

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Camera, Sylvain La, Claudine Balagué, Cornelia Göbel, et al.. (2009). The Arabidopsis Patatin-Like Protein 2 (PLP2) Plays an Essential Role in Cell Death Execution and Differentially Affects Biosynthesis of Oxylipins and Resistance to Pathogens. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 22(4). 469–481. 126 indexed citations

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Dhondt‐Cordelier, Sandrine, Guillaume Gouzerh, Axel Müller, Michel Legrand, & Thierry Heitz. (2002). Spatio‐temporal expression of patatin‐like lipid acyl hydrolases and accumulation of jasmonates in elicitor‐treated tobacco leaves are not affected by endogenous levels of salicylic acid. The Plant Journal. 32(5). 749–762. 50 indexed citations

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Dhondt‐Cordelier, Sandrine, Pierrette Geoffroy, Boguslawa A. Stelmach, Michel Legrand, & Thierry Heitz. (2000). Soluble phospholipase A₂ activity is induced before oxylipin accumulation in tobacco mosaic virus‐infected tobacco leaves and is contributed by patatin‐like enzymes. The Plant Journal. 23(4). 431–440. 135 indexed citations

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Fritig, Bernard, Thierry Heitz, & Michel Legrand. (1998). Antimicrobial proteins in induced plant defense. Current Opinion in Immunology. 10(1). 16–22. 173 indexed citations

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Heitz, Thierry, Serge Kauffmann, Pierre A. Geoffroy, et al.. (1994). Molecular characterization of a novel tobacco pathogenesis-related (PR) protein: a new plant chitinase/lysozyme. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 245(2). 246–254. 50 indexed citations

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Stintzi, Annick, Thierry Heitz, Vivek Prasad, et al.. (1993). Plant ‘pathogenesis-related’ proteins and their role in defense against pathogens. Biochimie. 75(8). 687–706. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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