Patrick Descombes
Impact in
- Aging top 1%
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- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Papers in
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- Gut microbiota and health 6
- RNA Research and Splicing 6
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 5
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 5
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 4
- Physiology 15
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 8
- Diet and metabolism studies 5
- Co-authors
- Ueli Schibler (4 shared papers)Olivier Schaad (15 shared papers)Vincent Ossipow (1 shared paper)Eileen Falvey (1 shared paper)Serge Lichtsteiner (1 shared paper)Mario Chojkier (1 shared paper)Frédéric Gachon (2 shared papers)Céline Delucinge-Vivier (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- PLoS ONE (6 papers)BMC Genomics (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 papers)Developmental Biology (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- SwitzerlandFranceUnited States
In The Last Decade
Patrick Descombes
83 papers receiving 8.1k citations
Patrick Descombes's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
- Aging 242
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 513
- Molecular Biology 4.1k
- Cancer Research 678
- Genetics 1.2k
Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Descombes
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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Descombes
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 83 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A liver-enriched transcriptional activator protein, LAP, and a transcriptional inhibitory protein, LIP, are translated from the sam mRNA Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 913 |
| 2 | LAP, a novel member of the C/EBP gene family, encodes a liver-enriched transcriptional activator protein. Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 544 |
| 3 | 2006 | 401 | |
| 4 | Oral Phage Therapy of Acute Bacterial Diarrhea With Two Coliphage Preparations: A Randomized Trial in Children From Bangladesh Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 398 |
| 5 | 1993 | 326 | |
| 6 | 2005 | 267 | |
| 7 | 2007 | 266 | |
| 8 | 2009 | 247 | |
| 9 | 2011 | 241 | |
| 10 | 2018 | 241 | |
| 11 | 2019 | 233 | |
| 12 | 2005 | 225 | |
| 13 | 2015 | 218 | |
| 14 | 1998 | 189 | |
| 15 | 2015 | 170 | |
| 16 | 2008 | 155 | |
| 17 | 2007 | 145 | |
| 18 | 2020 | 132 | |
| 19 | 2016 | 129 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 128 |
About Patrick Descombes
Patrick Descombes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics, Epidemiology and Cell Biology, having authored 83 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (242 citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (513 citations), Molecular Biology (4.1k citations), Cancer Research (678 citations) and Genetics (1.2k citations). Patrick Descombes has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Frequent co-authors include Ueli Schibler, Olivier Schaad, Vincent Ossipow, Eileen Falvey, Serge Lichtsteiner, Mario Chojkier, Frédéric Gachon, Céline Delucinge-Vivier, Ueli Schibler and Mylène Docquier. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Genomics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Developmental Biology.
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