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Gérard Pierron is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields include Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Immunology.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Pierron has contributed to a number of recent papers in various respected journals. Some notable publications are:

  • "Melanoma Persister Cells Are Tolerant to BRAF/MEK Inhibitors via ACOX1-Mediated Fatty Acid Oxidation" (2020) published in Cell Reports
  • "Paraspeckles are constructed as block copolymer micelles" (2021) published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Shell protein composition specified by the lncRNA NEAT1 domains dictates the formation of paraspeckles as distinct membraneless organelles" (2023) published in Nature Cell Biology
  • "Sensitive visualization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA with CoronaFISH" (2022) published in Life Science Alliance
  • "ATG4D is the main ATG8 delipidating enzyme in mammalian cells and protects against cerebellar neurodegeneration" (2021) published in Cell Death and Differentiation

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Cell Reports
  • The EMBO Journal

Collaboration plays a role in their research, with recurrent co-authors including Sylvie Souquère, Tetsuro Hirose, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, and Hyura Yoshino. The frequency of collaboration ranges up to 17 joint publications with Sylvie Souquère.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Inhibition of macroautophagy triggers apoptosis.

    Patricia Boya;Rosa-Ana González-Polo;Noelia Casares;Jean-Luc Perfettini

  • Caspase-dependent immunogenicity of doxorubicin-induced tumor cell death.

    Noelia Casares;Marie O. Pequignot;Antoine Tesniere;François Ghiringhelli

  • Regulation of autophagy by cytoplasmic p53

    Ezgi Tasdemir;M. Chiara Maiuri;M. Chiara Maiuri;M. Chiara Maiuri;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Ilio Vitale;Ilio Vitale

  • Functional and physical interaction between Bcl‐XL and a BH3‐like domain in Beclin‐1

    M Chiara Maiuri;Gaëtane Le Toumelin;Alfredo Criollo;Alfredo Criollo;Alfredo Criollo;Jean-Christophe Rain

  • Mechanisms of pre-apoptotic calreticulin exposure in immunogenic cell death

    Theocharis Panaretakis;Theocharis Panaretakis;Theocharis Panaretakis;Oliver Kepp;Oliver Kepp;Oliver Kepp;Ulf Brockmeier;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere

  • P-Body Purification Reveals the Condensation of Repressed mRNA Regulons

    Arnaud Hubstenberger;Arnaud Hubstenberger;Maïté Courel;Marianne Bénard;Sylvie Souquere

  • The apoptosis/autophagy paradox: autophagic vacuolization before apoptotic death

    Rosa-Ana González-Polo;Patricia Boya;Anne-Laure Pauleau;Abdelali Jalil

  • NF-κB Activation Represses Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-induced Autophagy

    Mojgan Djavaheri-Mergny;Manuela Amelotti;Julie Mathieu;Françoise Besançon

  • Functional Domains of NEAT1 Architectural lncRNA Induce Paraspeckle Assembly through Phase Separation.

    Tomohiro Yamazaki;Sylvie Souquere;Takeshi Chujo;Simon Kobelke

  • NEAT1 long noncoding RNA regulates transcription via protein sequestration within subnuclear bodies

    Tetsuro Hirose;Giorgio Virnicchi;Akie Tanigawa;Takao Naganuma

  • Identification of an infectious progenitor for the multiple-copy HERV-K human endogenous retroelements

    Marie Dewannieux;Francis Harper;Aurélien Richaud;Claire Letzelter

  • Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene

    Anne Dupressoir;Cécile Vernochet;Olivia Bawa;Francis Harper

  • The IKK complex contributes to the induction of autophagy

    Alfredo Criollo;Laura Senovilla;Laura Senovilla;Laura Senovilla;Hélène Authier;Maria Chiara Maiuri

  • Regulation of autophagy by the inositol trisphosphate receptor

    Alfredo Criollo;Maria Chiara Maiuri;Maria Chiara Maiuri;Ezgi Tasdemir;I. Vitale

  • Cytoplasmic STAT3 represses autophagy by inhibiting PKR activity.

    Shensi Shen;Mireia Niso-Santano;Mireia Niso-Santano;Mireia Niso-Santano;Sandy Adjemian;Sandy Adjemian;Sandy Adjemian;Tetsuo Takehara

  • Unravelling the ultrastructure of stress granules and associated P-bodies in human cells

    Sylvie Souquere;Stéphanie Mollet;Michel Kress;François Dautry

  • Highly ordered spatial organization of the structural long noncoding NEAT1 RNAs within paraspeckle nuclear bodies.

    Sylvie Souquere;Guillaume Beauclair;Francis Harper;Archa Fox

  • A pair of co-opted retroviral envelope syncytin genes is required for formation of the two-layered murine placental syncytiotrophoblast

    Anne Dupressoir;Cécile Vernochet;Francis Harper;Justine Guégan

  • Evidence for the interplay between JNK and p53-DRAM signalling pathways in the regulation of autophagy.

    Séverine Lorin;Gérard Pierron;Kevin M Ryan;Patrice Codogno

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Thierry Heidmann
Thierry Heidmann Institut Gustave Roussy
Maria Chiara Maiuri
Maria Chiara Maiuri Institut Gustave Roussy
Guillermo Mariño
Guillermo Mariño University of Oviedo
Alfredo Criollo
Alfredo Criollo University of Chile
Patrice Codogno
Patrice Codogno Université Paris Cité
Ilio Vitale
Ilio Vitale University of Rome Tor Vergata
Eugenia Morselli
Eugenia Morselli San Sebastián University

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