Thierry Lorca

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Thierry Lorca is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thierry Lorca has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 64 papers in Cell Biology and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Thierry Lorca's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (62 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (14 papers). Thierry Lorca is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (62 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (14 papers). Thierry Lorca collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Australia. Thierry Lorca's co-authors include Anna Castro, Jean‐Claude Labbé, Suzanne Vigneron, Andrew Burgess, Estelle Brioudes, Didier Fesquet, Rachael A. McCloy, Samuel Rogers, C. Elizabeth Caldon and Marcel Dorée and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thierry Lorca

84 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Partial inhibition of Cdk1 in G₂phase overrides the SAC and decouples mitotic events

2014 704 citations Thierry Lorca, Anna Castro et al. profile →
Loss of human Greatwall results in G2 arrest and multiple mitotic defects due to deregulation of the cyclin B-Cdc2/PP2A balance

2010 575 citations Andrew Burgess, Suzanne Vigneron et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thierry Lorca	4.8k	3.4k	1.2k	834	658	84	6.2k
Anna Castro	3.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	792 0.6×	348 0.4×	419 0.6×	68	4.7k
Michael Glotzer	9.3k 1.9×	8.1k 2.4×	1.6k 1.3×	924 1.1×	1.9k 2.9×	78	12.3k
Kiyoko Fukami	4.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	501 0.4×	789 0.9×	228 0.3×	121	7.2k
Tetsuro Izumi	3.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	371 0.3×	407 0.5×	156 0.2×	87	5.8k
Atsushi Suzuki	4.4k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	555 0.4×	238 0.3×	229 0.3×	71	6.6k
Sander van den Heuvel	4.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	394 0.5×	398 0.6×	59	5.9k
Roberto Buccione	2.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	436 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	161 0.2×	60	4.8k
Naoki Takeda	4.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.4×	716 0.6×	311 0.4×	230 0.3×	97	7.4k
J. Chloë Bulinski	4.1k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	612 0.5×	142 0.2×	300 0.5×	83	6.2k
Min Han	8.8k 1.8×	1.9k 0.6×	410 0.3×	689 0.8×	757 1.2×	152	11.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Thierry Lorca

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thierry Lorca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thierry Lorca

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Ossareh‐Nazari, Batool, Suzanne Vigneron, Lucie Van Hove, et al.. (2025). The MAST kinase KIN-4 carries out mitotic entry functions of Greatwall in C. elegans. The EMBO Journal. 44(7). 1943–1974. 1 indexed citations

Vigneron, Suzanne, Jean‐Claude Labbé, Lionel Pintard, et al.. (2018). Cyclin A-cdk1-Dependent Phosphorylation of Bora Is the Triggering Factor Promoting Mitotic Entry. Developmental Cell. 45(5). 637–650.e7. 74 indexed citations

Zitouni, Sihem, María E. Francia, Susana Montenegro Gouveia, et al.. (2016). CDK1 Prevents Unscheduled PLK4-STIL Complex Assembly in Centriole Biogenesis. Current Biology. 26(9). 1127–1137. 57 indexed citations

Morı́n, Violeta, Susana Prieto, Sonia Hem, et al.. (2012). CDK-Dependent Potentiation of MPS1 Kinase Activity Is Essential to the Mitotic Checkpoint. Current Biology. 22(4). 289–295. 48 indexed citations

Lorca, Thierry & Anna Castro. (2012). The Greatwall kinase: a new pathway in the control of the cell cycle. Oncogene. 32(5). 537–543. 51 indexed citations

Lorca, Thierry & Anna Castro. (2012). Deciphering the New Role of the Greatwall/PP2A Pathway in Cell Cycle Control. Genes & Cancer. 3(11-12). 712–720. 11 indexed citations

Burgess, Andrew, Thierry Lorca, & Anna Castro. (2012). Quantitative Live Imaging of Endogenous DNA Replication in Mammalian Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45726–e45726. 51 indexed citations

Vigneron, Suzanne, Anne‐Aurélie Raymond, Andrew Burgess, et al.. (2011). Characterization of the Mechanisms Controlling Greatwall Activity. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 31(11). 2262–2275. 62 indexed citations

Labbé, Jean‐Claude, Andrew Burgess, Suzanne Vigneron, et al.. (2010). The Substrate of Greatwall Kinase, Arpp19, Controls Mitosis by Inhibiting Protein Phosphatase 2A. Science. 330(6011). 1673–1677. 328 indexed citations

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Castro, Anna, Cyril Bernis, Suzanne Vigneron, Jean‐Claude Labbé, & Thierry Lorca. (2005). The anaphase-promoting complex: a key factor in the regulation of cell cycle. Oncogene. 24(3). 314–325. 203 indexed citations

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Vigneron, Suzanne, Susana Prieto, Cyril Bernis, et al.. (2004). Kinetochore Localization of Spindle Checkpoint Proteins: Who Controls Whom?. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(10). 4584–4596. 168 indexed citations

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Papin, Catherine, et al.. (2004). XCdh1 is involved in progesterone-induced oocyte maturation. Developmental Biology. 272(1). 66–75. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Qing, Caroline Moyret‐Lalle, Florence Couzon, et al.. (2003). Alterations of anaphase-promoting complex genes in human colon cancer cells. Oncogene. 22(10). 1486–1490. 89 indexed citations

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Maton, Gilliane, Catherine Thibier, Anna Castro, et al.. (2003). Cdc2-Cyclin B Triggers H3 Kinase Activation of Aurora-A in Xenopus Oocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(24). 21439–21449. 52 indexed citations

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Kiernan, Rosemary, Stéphane Emiliani, Keiko Nakayama, et al.. (2001). Interaction between Cyclin T1 and SCF ^SKP2 Targets CDK9 for Ubiquitination and Degradation by the Proteasome. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(23). 7956–7970. 81 indexed citations

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Castro, Anna, Marion Peter, Laura Magnaghi-Jaulin, et al.. (2001). Cyclin B/cdc2 Induces c-Mos Stability by Direct Phosphorylation inXenopusOocytes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(9). 2660–2671. 57 indexed citations

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Brassac, Thierry, Anna Castro, Thierry Lorca, et al.. (2000). The polo-like kinase Plx1 prevents premature inactivation of the APCFizzy-dependent pathway in the early Xenopus cell cycle. Oncogene. 19(33). 3782–3790. 19 indexed citations

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Castro, Anna, Marion Peter, Laura Magnaghi-Jaulin, et al.. (2000). Part of Xenopus Translin Is Localized in the Centrosomes during Mitosis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 276(2). 515–523. 16 indexed citations

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Peter, Marion, Anna Castro, Thierry Lorca, et al.. (2000). The APC is dispensable for first meiotic anaphase in Xenopus oocytes. Nature Cell Biology. 3(1). 83–87. 117 indexed citations

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Devault, Alain, J C Cavadore, Didier Fesquet, et al.. (1991). Concerted Roles of Cyclin A, cdc25+ Mitotic Inducer, and Type 2A Phosphatase in Activating the Cyclin B/cdc2 Protein Kinase at the G2/M Phase Transition. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 56(0). 503–513. 19 indexed citations

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