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Axel Kahn

Axel Kahn

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Molecular Biology
France
2025
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
98
Citations
39928
World Ranking
802
National Ranking
23

Molecular Biology

D-Index
98
Citations
39928
World Ranking
567
National Ranking
13

Axel Kahn publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Kahn sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 413 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Axel Kahn D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Kahn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award

Overview

Axel Kahn is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Health Professions. Their work focuses on General Health Professions as well as intersections with Sociology and Political Science.

Their research addresses topics related to Education, sociology, and vocational training, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, and the broader context of Health, Medicine and Society. These thematic areas feature prominently across their publications and represent the main scope of their academic inquiry.

Recent papers by Axel Kahn include the following:

  • Quel adversaire, que le cancer! Les jeunes à la rescousse (2020) published in médecine/sciences
  • " J'ai choisi la médecine par élimination! " (2020) published in Cahiers pédagogiques

The scientist has published in the following venues:

  • médecine/sciences
  • Cahiers pédagogiques

Axel Kahn's work is associated with study areas including:

  • Health Professions

Subfields include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science

Main topics addressed in their work are:

  • Education, sociology, and vocational training
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society

Best Publications

  • The gene encoding the iron regulatory peptide hepcidin is regulated by anemia, hypoxia, and inflammation

    Gaël Nicolas;Caroline Chauvet;Lydie Viatte;Jean Louis Danan

  • Lack of hepcidin gene expression and severe tissue iron overload in upstream stimulatory factor 2 (USF2) knockout mice

    Gaël Nicolas;Myriam Bennoun;Isabelle Devaux;Carole Beaumont

  • SOMATIC MUTATIONS OF THE BETA -CATENIN GENE ARE FREQUENT IN MOUSE AND HUMAN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMAS

    Alix de La Coste;Béatrice Romagnolo;Pierre Billuart;Claire-Angélique Renard

  • Severe iron deficiency anemia in transgenic mice expressing liver hepcidin

    Gaël Nicolas;Myriam Bennoun;Arlette Porteu;Sandrine Mativet

  • Doublecortin is a developmentally regulated, microtubule-associated protein expressed in migrating and differentiating neurons.

    Fiona Francis;Annette Koulakoff;Dominique Boucher;Philippe Chafey

  • Transcription of the dystrophin gene in human muscle and non-muscle tissues

    Jamel Chelly;Jean-Claude Kaplan;Pascal Maire;Sophie Gautron

  • A Novel CNS Gene Required for Neuronal Migration and Involved in X-Linked Subcortical Laminar Heterotopia and Lissencephaly Syndrome

    Vincent des Portes;Jean Marc Pinard;Pierre Billuart;Marie Claude Vinet

  • Illegitimate transcription: transcription of any gene in any cell type.

    Jamel Chelly;Jean-Paul Concordet;Jean-Claude Kaplan;Axel Kahn

  • Transfer of a foreign gene into the brain using adenovirus vectors.

    Saïd Akli;Catherine Caillaud;Emmanuelle Vigne;Leslie D. Stratford-Perricaudet

  • The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity

    Benoit Viollet;Fabrizio Andreelli;Sebastian B. Jørgensen;Christophe Perrin

  • Oligophrenin-1 encodes a rhoGAP protein involved in X-linked mental retardation

    P Billuart;T Bienvenu;N Ronce;des Portes

  • Apc Tumor Suppressor Gene Is the “Zonation-Keeper” of Mouse Liver

    Samira Benhamouche;Thomas Decaens;Cécile Godard;Régine Chambrey

  • Efficient adenovirus-mediated transfer of a human minidystrophin gene to skeletal muscle of mdx mice

    Thierry Ragot;Nathalie Vincent;Philippe Chafey;Emmanuelle Vigne

  • Short-Term Overexpression of a Constitutively Active Form of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in the Liver Leads to Mild Hypoglycemia and Fatty Liver

    Marc Foretz;Nicolas Ancellin;Fabrizio Andreelli;Yannick Saintillan

  • New targets of beta-catenin signaling in the liver are involved in the glutamine metabolism.

    Axelle Cadoret;Christine Ovejero;Benoit Terris;Evelyne Souil

  • Bcl-2 protects from lethal hepatic apoptosis induced by an anti-Fas antibody in mice.

    Virginie Lacronique;Alexandre Mignon;Monique Fabre;Benoit Viollet

  • Hepcidin, a new iron regulatory peptide.

    Gaël Nicolas;Lydie Viatte;Myriam Bennoun;Carole Beaumont

  • A new member of the IL-1 receptor family highly expressed in hippocampus and involved in X-linked mental retardation

    A. Carrie;L. Jun;T. Bienvenu;M.C. Vinet

  • Constitutive hepcidin expression prevents iron overload in a mouse model of hemochromatosis

    Gaël Nicolas;Lydie Viatte;Dan-Qing Lou;Myriam Bennoun

  • Glucose regulation of gene transcription.

    Sophie Vaulont;Mireille Vasseur-Cognet;Axel Kahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Vaulont
Sophie Vaulont Université Paris Cité
Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jean-Claude Kaplan
Jean-Claude Kaplan Université Paris Cité
Christine Perret
Christine Perret Université Paris Cité
Mariano J. Levin
Mariano J. Levin University of Buenos Aires
Thierry Bienvenu
Thierry Bienvenu Université Paris Cité
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Marc Peschanski
Marc Peschanski Grenoble Alpes University

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