Vassilis Pachnis

19.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
120 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Vassilis Pachnis is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vassilis Pachnis has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Surgery, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Vassilis Pachnis's work include Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies (53 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (23 papers) and Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders (21 papers). Vassilis Pachnis is often cited by papers focused on Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies (53 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (23 papers) and Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders (21 papers). Vassilis Pachnis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Greece. Vassilis Pachnis's co-authors include Frank Costantini, Maria Grigoriou, Anita Schuchardt, Vivette D. D’Agati, Tiffany A. Heanue, Baljinder S. Mankoo, Camelia V. Marcos-Gutierrez, S M Tilghman, Dipa Natarajan and Esther de Graaff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vassilis Pachnis

119 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

Defects in the kidney and enteric nervous system of mice ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1994 1993 1996 1996 1999 400 800 1.2k
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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. Defects in the kidney and enteric nervous system of mice lacking the tyrosine kinase receptor Ret
    1994 1.3k citations Vivette D. D’Agati, Frank Costantini et al. Nature profile →
  2. Expression of the c-ret proto-oncogene during mouse embryogenesis
    1993 699 citations Vassilis Pachnis, Baljinder S. Mankoo et al. profile →
  3. GDNF signalling through the Ret receptor tyrosine kinase
    1996 667 citations Frank Costantini, Vassilis Pachnis et al. Nature profile →
  4. Functional receptor for GDNF encoded by the c-ret proto-oncogene
    1996 664 citations Vassilis Pachnis et al. Nature profile →
  5. The Medial Ganglionic Eminence Gives Rise to a Population of Early Neurons in the Developing Cerebral Cortex
    1999 618 citations Vassilis Pachnis et al. profile →
  6. Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology
    2020 250 citations Yuuki Obata, Stefan Boeing et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vassilis Pachnis United Kingdom 65 7.4k 4.7k 3.4k 2.5k 2.5k 120 14.9k
François Guillemot France 93 20.1k 2.7× 3.7k 0.8× 6.6k 1.9× 5.5k 2.2× 9.3k 3.8× 243 29.0k
Éva Mezey United States 66 6.4k 0.9× 2.8k 0.6× 5.8k 1.7× 677 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 205 18.7k
Rhona Mirsky United Kingdom 69 6.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.3× 11.3k 3.3× 735 0.3× 5.5k 2.2× 169 18.0k
Jean‐François Brunet France 58 5.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.2× 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 127 11.1k
Stanislas Lyonnet France 65 8.8k 1.2× 4.2k 0.9× 531 0.2× 4.6k 1.8× 364 0.1× 314 16.7k
Arnon Rosenthal United States 67 12.0k 1.6× 1.5k 0.3× 11.0k 3.2× 2.5k 1.0× 5.7k 2.3× 111 24.8k
Kristján R. Jessen United Kingdom 64 5.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.3× 9.9k 2.9× 542 0.2× 4.4k 1.8× 139 14.4k
Ernest Arenas Sweden 69 8.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.2× 7.8k 2.3× 1.6k 0.6× 3.8k 1.5× 176 15.1k
Isabel Fariñas Spain 49 6.2k 0.8× 763 0.2× 5.5k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 3.2k 1.3× 110 13.3k
Andrée Dierich France 50 9.9k 1.3× 2.2k 0.5× 3.8k 1.1× 4.8k 1.9× 396 0.2× 75 19.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vassilis Pachnis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laddach, Anna, Song Hui Chng, Reena Lasrado, et al.. (2023). A branching model of lineage differentiation underpinning the neurogenic potential of enteric glia. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5904–5904. 28 indexed citations
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Progatzky, Fränze, Michael Shapiro, Song Hui Chng, et al.. (2021). Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia. Nature. 599(7883). 125–130. 103 indexed citations
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Obata, Yuuki, Stefan Boeing, Ana Carina Bon‐Frauches, et al.. (2020). Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology. Nature. 578(7794). 284–289. 250 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCallum, Sarah, Yuuki Obata, Stefan Boeing, et al.. (2020). Enteric glia as a source of neural progenitors in adult zebrafish. eLife. 9. 41 indexed citations
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Boesmans, Werend, Marlene M. Hao, Candice Fung, et al.. (2019). Structurally defined signaling in neuro‐glia units in the enteric nervous system. Glia. 67(6). 1167–1178. 45 indexed citations
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Lasrado, Reena, Werend Boesmans, Jens Kleinjung, et al.. (2017). Lineage-dependent spatial and functional organization of the mammalian enteric nervous system. Science. 356(6339). 722–726. 123 indexed citations
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Taraviras, Stavros, et al.. (2016). Geminin prevents DNA damage in vagal neural crest cells to ensure normal enteric neurogenesis. BMC Biology. 14(1). 94–94. 6 indexed citations
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Kabouridis, Panagiotis S., Reena Lasrado, Sarah McCallum, et al.. (2015). Microbiota Controls the Homeostasis of Glial Cells in the Gut Lamina Propria. Neuron. 85(2). 289–295. 259 indexed citations
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Dyachuk, Vyacheslav, Alessandro Furlan, Nina Kaukua, et al.. (2014). Parasympathetic neurons originate from nerve-associated peripheral glial progenitors. Science. 345(6192). 82–87. 168 indexed citations
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Sasselli, Valentina, Vassilis Pachnis, & Alan J. Burns. (2012). The enteric nervous system. Developmental Biology. 366(1). 64–73. 183 indexed citations
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Almeida, Afonso R. M., Diogo Fonseca‐Pereira, Hélder Ribeiro, et al.. (2012). RET/GFRα Signals Are Dispensable for Thymic T Cell Development In Vivo. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52949–e52949. 12 indexed citations
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Laranjeira, Cátia, Katarina Sandgren, Nicoletta Kessaris, et al.. (2011). Glial cells in the mouse enteric nervous system can undergo neurogenesis in response to injury. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(9). 3412–3424. 316 indexed citations
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Karamitros, Dimitris, Panoraia Kotantaki, Zoi Lygerou, et al.. (2010). Differential Geminin Requirement for Proliferation of Thymocytes and Mature T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 184(5). 2432–2441. 29 indexed citations
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Foster, Katie, Julie M. Sheridan, Henrique Veiga‐Fernandes, et al.. (2008). Contribution of Neural Crest-Derived Cells in the Embryonic and Adult Thymus. The Journal of Immunology. 180(5). 3183–3189. 135 indexed citations
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Veiga‐Fernandes, Henrique, Mark Coles, Katie Foster, et al.. (2007). Tyrosine kinase receptor RET is a key regulator of Peyer’s Patch organogenesis. Nature. 446(7135). 547–551. 213 indexed citations
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Heanue, Tiffany A. & Vassilis Pachnis. (2006). Expression profiling the developing mammalian enteric nervous system identifies marker and candidate Hirschsprung disease genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(18). 6919–6924. 98 indexed citations
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Dauger, Stéphane, Estelle Durand, Guy Vardon, et al.. (2002). Ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia in heterozygous c-ret newborn mice. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 131(3). 213–222. 19 indexed citations
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Stamataki, Despina, Maria-Christina Kastrinaki, Baljinder S. Mankoo, Vassilis Pachnis, & Domna Karagogeos. (2001). Homeodomain proteins Mox1 and Mox2 associate with Pax1 and Pax3 transcription factors. FEBS Letters. 499(3). 274–278. 32 indexed citations
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Graaff, Esther de, Shankar Srinivas, Vivette D. D’Agati, et al.. (2001). Differential activities of the RET tyrosine kinase receptor isoforms during mammalian embryogenesis. Genes & Development. 15(18). 2433–2444. 199 indexed citations

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