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Jean-Claude Martinou

Jean-Claude Martinou

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
53819
World Ranking
1787
National Ranking
39

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 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

Jean-Claude Martinou is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and specializes primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions are predominantly situated within Molecular Biology, with additional work in Biochemistry, Immunology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to cellular and molecular processes, including:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Jean-Claude Martinou's recent publications demonstrate a focus on mitochondrial metabolism and RNA biology, with papers published from 2020 to 2023. These include:

  • "The Multifaceted Pyruvate Metabolism: Role of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier" (2020) in Biomolecules
  • "Mitochondrial RNA granules are fluid condensates positioned by membrane dynamics" (2020) in Nature Cell Biology
  • "Mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism regulates the activation of quiescent adult neural stem cells" (2023) in Science Advances
  • "RNA Granules in the Mitochondria and Their Organization under Mitochondrial Stresses" (2021) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "The mitochondrial carrier pathway transports non-canonical substrates with an odd number of transmembrane segments" (2020) in BMC Biology

Frequent co-authors associated with Jean-Claude Martinou include Sylvie Montessuit, Francesco Petrelli, Timo Rey, Sofia Zaganelli, and Emilie Cuillery. Their collaborative work involves repeated partnership, indicating sustained research relationships in related fields.

The scientist has published notably in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biomolecules, and Nature Cell Biology. These outlets reflect a blend of open-access and peer-reviewed journals throughout their publication record.

Jean-Claude Martinou holds membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), signifying recognition within the molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Mitochondria as the central control point of apoptosis

    Solange Desagher;Jean-Claude Martinou

  • Bid-induced Conformational Change of Bax Is Responsible for Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Release during Apoptosis

    Solange Desagher;Astrid Osen-Sand;Anthony Nichols;Robert Eskes

  • Bid Induces the Oligomerization and Insertion of Bax into the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane

    Robert Eskes;Solange Desagher;Bruno Antonsson;Jean-Claude Martinou

  • Overexpression of BCL-2 in transgenic mice protects neurons from naturally occurring cell death and experimental ischemia

    Jean-Claude Martinou;Michel Dubois-Dauphin;Julie K. Staple;Ivan Rodriguez

  • Mitochondria in Apoptosis: Bcl-2 Family Members and Mitochondrial Dynamics

    Jean-Claude Martinou;Richard J. Youle

  • Inhibition of Bax channel-forming activity by Bcl-2

    Bruno Antonsson;Franco Conti;AnnaMaria Ciavatta;Sylvie Montessuit

  • Breaking the mitochondrial barrier

    Jean-Claude Martinou;Douglas R. Green

  • The Bcl-2 protein family.

    Bruno Antonsson;Jean-Claude Martinou

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Prevention of programmed cell death of sympathetic neurons by the bcl-2 proto-oncogene.

    Irène Garcia;Isabelle Martinou;Yoshihide Tsujimoto;Jean-Claude Martinou

  • Bax Is Present as a High Molecular Weight Oligomer/Complex in the Mitochondrial Membrane of Apoptotic Cells

    Bruno Antonsson;Sylvie Montessuit;Belen Sanchez;Jean-Claude Martinou

  • Bax-induced Cytochrome C Release from Mitochondria Is Independent of the Permeability Transition Pore but Highly Dependent on Mg2+ Ions

    Robert Eskes;Bruno Antonsson;Astrid Osen-Sand;Sylvie Montessuit

  • Bax oligomerization is required for channel-forming activity in liposomes and to trigger cytochrome c release from mitochondria.

    Bruno Antonsson;Sylvie Montessuit;Sandra Lauper;Robert Eskes

  • hFis1, a Novel Component of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Fission Machinery

    Dominic I. James;Philippe A. Parone;Yves Mattenberger;Jean-Claude Martinou

  • Identification and Functional Expression of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier

    Sébastien Herzig;Etienne Raemy;Sylvie Montessuit;Jean-Luc Veuthey

  • SLP‐2 is required for stress‐induced mitochondrial hyperfusion

    Daniel Tondera;Stéphanie Grandemange;Alexis Jourdain;Mariusz Karbowski

  • MLKL Compromises Plasma Membrane Integrity by Binding to Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates

    Yves Dondelinger;Wim Declercq;Sylvie Montessuit;Ria Roelandt

  • Nitric oxide-induced mitochondrial fission is regulated by dynamin-related GTPases in neurons.

    Mark J Barsoum;Hua Yuan;Akos A Gerencser;Géraldine Liot

  • Cloning of a bcl-2 homologue by interaction with adenovirus E1B 19K.

    Stuart N. Farrow;Julia H. M. White;Isabelle Martinou;Thomas Raven

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Antonsson
Bruno Antonsson Merck Serono (Italy)
Jean Mariani
Jean Mariani Sorbonne University
Richard J. Youle
Richard J. Youle National Institutes of Health
Nicole Delhaye-Bouchaud
Nicole Delhaye-Bouchaud Sorbonne University
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
David W. Andrews
David W. Andrews Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Richard M. Epand
Richard M. Epand McMaster University
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Agnieszka Chacinska
Agnieszka Chacinska IMol Polish Academy of Sciences
Claudio Hetz
Claudio Hetz University of Chile

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