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2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
99
Citations
38840
World Ranking
551
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 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

Pascal Dollé is affiliated with the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies

Pascal Dollé has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Biology
  • eLife
  • Scientific Reports
  • Progress in Neurobiology

Recent research publications include:

  • Local retinoic acid signaling directs emergence of the extraocular muscle functional unit, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Retinoic acid signaling is directly activated in cardiomyocytes and protects mouse hearts from apoptosis after myocardial infarction, 2021, eLife
  • Deficiency of the SMOC2 matricellular protein impairs bone healing and produces age-dependent bone loss, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Retinoic acid receptor beta protects striatopallidal medium spiny neurons from mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration, 2022, Progress in Neurobiology
  • Local retinoic acid directs emergence of the extraocular muscle functional unit, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Andreas Schedl
  • Norbert B. Ghyselinck
  • Glenda Comai
  • Markéta Tesařová
  • Valérie Dupé

Best Publications

  • Loss of morphine-induced analgesia, reward effect and withdrawal symptoms in mice lacking the mu-opioid-receptor gene.

    Hans W. D. Matthes;Rafael Maldonado;Frédéric Simonin;Olga Valverde

  • Embryonic retinoic acid synthesis is essential for early mouse post-implantation development.

    Karen Niederreither;Vemparala Subbarayan;Vemparala Subbarayan;Pascal Dollé;Pierre Chambon

  • The structural and functional organization of the murine HOX gene family resembles that of Drosophila homeotic genes

    D. Duboule;P. Dollé

  • Retinoic acid signalling during development

    Muriel Rhinn;Pascal Dollé

  • Function of the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) during development (I). Craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities in RAR double mutants

    D. Lohnes;M. Mark;C. Mendelsohn;P. Dolle

  • A homeotic transformation is generated in the rostral branchial region of the head by disruption of Hoxa-2, which acts as a selector gene

    Filippo M. Rijli;Filippo M. Rijli;Manuel Mark;Manuel Mark;Sudhakar Lakkaraju;Sudhakar Lakkaraju;Andrée Dierich;Andrée Dierich

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-2 (PARP-2) Is Required for Efficient Base Excision DNA Repair in Association with PARP-1 and XRCC1

    Valérie Schreiber;Jean-Christophe Amé;Pascal Dollé;Inès Schultz

  • Genetic analysis of RXRα developmental function: Convergence of RXR and RAR signaling pathways in heart and eye morphogenesis

    Philippe Kastner;Jesus M. Grondona;Jesus M. Grondona;Manuel Mark;Manuel Mark;Anne Gansmuller;Anne Gansmuller

  • Retinoic acid receptors and cellular retinoid binding proteins. I. A systematic study of their differential pattern of transcription during mouse organogenesis.

    P. Dolle;E. Ruberte;P. Leroy;G. Morriss-Kay

  • Retinoic acid in development: towards an integrated view

    Karen Niederreither;Pascal Dollé

  • The retinoic acid-metabolizing enzyme, CYP26A1, is essential for normal hindbrain patterning, vertebral identity, and development of posterior structures

    Suzan Abu-Abed;Pascal Dollé;Daniel Metzger;Barbara Beckett

  • Retinoic acid receptors and cellular retinoid binding proteins. II, Their differential pattern of transcription during early morphogenesis in mouse embryos

    E. Ruberte;P. Dolle;P. Chambon;G. Morriss-Kay

  • Coordinate expression of the murine Hox-5 complex homoeobox-containing genes during limb pattern formation.

    Pascal Dollé;Juan-Carlos Izpisúa-Belmonte;Hildegard Falkenstein;Armand Renucci

  • A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo.

    Graciana Diez-Roux;Sandro Banfi;Marc Sultan;Lars Geffers

  • Differential expression of genes encoding alpha, beta and gamma retinoic acid receptors and CRABP in the developing limbs of the mouse.

    Pascal Dollé;Esther Ruberte;Philippe Kastner;Martin Petkovich

  • Hoxa-13 and Hoxd-13 play a crucial role in the patterning of the limb autopod

    Catherine Fromental-Ramain;Xavier Warot;Nadia Messadecq;Marianne LeMeur

  • Restricted expression and retinoic acid-induced downregulation of the retinaldehyde dehydrogenase type 2 (RALDH-2) gene during mouse development

    Karen Niederreither;Peter McCaffery;Ursula C. Dräger;Pierre Chambon

  • Disruption of the Hoxd-13 gene induces localized heterochrony leading to mice with neotenic limbs

    Pascal Dollé;Andrée Dierich;Marianne LeMeur;Thomas Schimmang

  • Studies of human, mouse and yeast homologues indicate a mitochondrial function for frataxin

    Hana Koutnikova;Victoria Campuzano;Françoise Foury;Pascal Dollé

  • Gene dosage-dependent effects of the Hoxa-13 and Hoxd-13 mutations on morphogenesis of the terminal parts of the digestive and urogenital tracts

    Xavier Warot;Catherine Fromental-Ramain;Valérie Fraulob;Pierre Chambon

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Chambon
Pierre Chambon Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Manuel Mark
Manuel Mark Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Andrée Dierich
Andrée Dierich Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Philippe Bouillet
Philippe Bouillet Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Martin Petkovich
Martin Petkovich Queen's University
Nadia Messaddeq
Nadia Messaddeq Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Norbert B. Ghyselinck
Norbert B. Ghyselinck Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France
Marianne LeMeur
Marianne LeMeur Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Cathy Mendelsohn
Cathy Mendelsohn Columbia University

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