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Jacques Pouysségur

Jacques Pouysségur

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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2025

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
156
Citations
83167
World Ranking
145
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2001 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1996 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for their contributions to the study of the regulation of cell division and differentiation.
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jacques Pouysségur is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's work addresses critical topics such as Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, RNA modifications and cancer, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research.

Important recent papers include:

  • "Warburg and Beyond: The Power of Mitochondrial Metabolism to Collaborate or Replace Fermentative Glycolysis in Cancer", 2020, published in Cancers
  • "'Warburg effect' controls tumor growth, bacterial, viral infections and immunity - Genetic deconstruction and therapeutic perspectives", 2022, published in Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • "Cysteine Depletion, a Key Action to Challenge Cancer Cells to Ferroptotic Cell Death", 2020, published in Frontiers in Oncology
  • "NUPR1 inhibitor ZZW-115 induces ferroptosis in a mitochondria-dependent manner", 2021, published in Cell Death Discovery
  • "Amino Acid Transporters Are a Vital Focal Point in the Control of mTORC1 Signaling and Cancer", 2020, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors working alongside Jacques Pouysségur include Milica Vučetić, Maša Ždralević, Shamir Cassim, Boutaina Daher, and Jérôme Durivault.

Regarding publication venues, Jacques Pouysségur has contributed notably to the following journals:

  • Cancers
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Cell Death Discovery

Jacques Pouysségur's contributions have been recognized through several awards and memberships, including being a Member of the Academia Europaea since 2001, receipt of the Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences in 1996 for contributions to the study of regulation of cell division and differentiation, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Tumor Cell Metabolism: Cancer's Achilles' Heel

    Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer;Jacques Pouyssegur

  • Hypoxia signalling in cancer and approaches to enforce tumour regression

    Jacques Pouysségur;Frédéric Dayan;Nathalie M. Mazure

  • LDHA-Associated Lactic Acid Production Blunts Tumor Immunosurveillance by T and NK Cells.

    Almut Brand;Katrin Singer;Gudrun E. Koehl;Marlene Kolitzus

  • HIF prolyl‐hydroxylase 2 is the key oxygen sensor setting low steady‐state levels of HIF‐1α in normoxia

    Edurne Berra;Emmanuel Benizri;Amandine Ginouvès;Véronique Volmat

  • Cyclin D1 Expression Is Regulated Positively by the p42/p44MAPK and Negatively by the p38/HOGMAPK Pathway

    Josée N. Lavoie;Gilles L'Allemain;Anne Brunet;Rolf Müller

  • Hypoxia-Induced Autophagy Is Mediated through Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Induction of BNIP3 and BNIP3L via Their BH3 Domains

    Grégory Bellot;Raquel Garcia-Medina;Pierre Gounon;Johanna Chiche

  • The ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway as a master regulator of the G1- to S-phase transition

    S Meloche;J Pouysségur

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinases p42mapk and p44mapk are required for fibroblast proliferation

    Gille Pages;Philippe Lenormand;Gilles L'Allemain;Jean-Claude Chambard

  • p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinases phosphorylate hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and enhance the transcriptional activity of HIF-1.

    Darren E. Richard;Edurne Berra;Emmanuel Gothié;Danièle Roux

  • Molecular cloning, primary structure, and expression of the human growth factor-activatable Na+/H+ antiporter.

    Claude Sardet;Arlette Franchi;Jacques Pouysségur

  • Hypoxia and cancer

    M. Christiane Brahimi-Horn;Johanna Chiche;Jacques Pouysségur

  • Prolyl hydroxylase-1 negatively regulates IκB kinase-β, giving insight into hypoxia-induced NFκB activity

    Eoin P. Cummins;Edurne Berra;Katrina M. Comerford;Amandine Ginouves

  • ERK implication in cell cycle regulation.

    Jean-Claude Chambard;Renaud Lefloch;Jacques Pouysségur;Philippe Lenormand

  • Defective Thymocyte Maturation in p44 MAP Kinase (Erk 1) Knockout Mice

    Gilles Pagès;Sandrine Guérin;Dominique Grall;Frédéric Bonino

  • Growth factors induce nuclear translocation of MAP kinases (p42mapk and p44mapk) but not of their activator MAP kinase kinase (p45mapkk) in fibroblasts

    P Lenormand;C Sardet;G Pagès;G L'Allemain

  • Nonhypoxic Pathway Mediates the Induction of Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1α in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells *

    Darren E. Richard;Edurne Berra;Jacques Pouysségur

  • JunD Reduces Tumor Angiogenesis by Protecting Cells from Oxidative Stress

    Damien Gerald;Edurne Berra;Yves M. Frapart;Denise A. Chan

  • Hypoxia-Inducible Carbonic Anhydrase IX and XII Promote Tumor Cell Growth by Counteracting Acidosis through the Regulation of the Intracellular pH

    Johanna Chiche;Karine Ilc;Julie Laferrière;Eric Trottier

  • Tumour hypoxia induces a metabolic shift causing acidosis: a common feature in cancer

    Johanna Chiche;M Christiane Brahimi-Horn;Jacques Pouysségur

  • Nuclear translocation of p42/p44 mitogen‐activated protein kinase is required for growth factor‐induced gene expression and cell cycle entry

    Anne Brunet;Danièle Roux;Philippe Lenormand;Stephen Dowd

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Pagès
Gilles Pagès Sorbonne University
Anne Brunet
Anne Brunet Stanford University
Claude Sardet
Claude Sardet University of Montpellier
Paul Hofman
Paul Hofman Grenoble Alpes University
Patrick Auberger
Patrick Auberger Grenoble Alpes University
Mark Donowitz
Mark Donowitz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Stephen M. Hedrick
Stephen M. Hedrick University of California, San Diego
C. Chris Yun
C. Chris Yun Emory University

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