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Patrick Balaguer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick Balaguer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 247 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Patrick Balaguer D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patrick Balaguer is a researcher affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their work primarily centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to environmental science. The subfields of their research include molecular biology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, genetics, physiology, and pharmacology.

Their research covers a wide range of topics including:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism

Among their recent publications are several papers spanning from 2020 to 2022, including:

  • "Cryo-EM structure of the agonist-bound Hsp90-XAP2-AHR cytosolic complex", 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Metastatic colorectal cancer cells maintain the TGFβ program and use TGFBI to fuel angiogenesis", 2020, published in Theranostics
  • "Mechanistic insights into the synergistic activation of the RXR-PXR heterodimer by endocrine disruptor mixtures", 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The GOLIATH Project: Towards an Internationally Harmonised Approach for Testing Metabolism Disrupting Compounds", 2020, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Interspecies Differences in Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ by Pharmaceutical and Environmental Chemicals", 2021, published in Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors who collaborate with Patrick Balaguer include:

  • Marina Grimaldi
  • William Bourguet
  • Abdelhay Boulahtouf
  • Clémentine Garoche
  • Sélim Aït-Aïssa

Their publications are frequently found in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cells
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Benchmarking Organic Micropollutants in Wastewater, Recycled Water and Drinking Water with In Vitro Bioassays

    Beate I. Escher;Mayumi Allinson;Mayumi Allinson;Rolf Altenburger;Peter A. Bain

  • Structural and mechanistic insights into bisphenols action provide guidelines for risk assessment and discovery of bisphenol A substitutes.

    Vanessa Delfosse;Marina Grimaldi;Jean-Luc Pons;Abdelhay Boulahtouf

  • In vitro study on the agonistic and antagonistic activities of bisphenol-S and other bisphenol-A congeners and derivatives via nuclear receptors.

    José-Manuel Molina-Molina;Esperanza Amaya;Marina Grimaldi;Marina Grimaldi;José-María Sáenz

  • Reporter cell lines to study the estrogenic effects of xenoestrogens.

    Patrick Balaguer;Fabienne François;Franck Comunale;Hélène Fenet

  • Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as estrogens and antiestrogens: structure-activity relationships.

    K. Connor;K. Ramamoorthy;M. Moore;M. Mustain

  • RAR-specific agonist/antagonists which dissociate transactivation and AP1 transrepression inhibit anchorage-independent cell proliferation

    J Y Chen;S Penco;J Ostrowski;P Balaguer

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ is a target for halogenated analogs of bisphenol A.

    Anne Riu;Marina Grimaldi;Albane le Maire;Gilbert Bey

  • Activation of α- and β-estrogen receptors by persistent pesticides in reporter cell lines

    Géraldine Lemaire;Wissem Mnif;Wissem Mnif;Pascale Mauvais;Patrick Balaguer

  • Phenylphenols, biphenols, bisphenol-A and 4-tert-octylphenol exhibit α and β estrogen activities and antiandrogen activity in reporter cell lines

    Françoise Paris;Patrick Balaguer;Béatrice Térouanne;Nadège Servant

  • Activation of RXR–PPAR heterodimers by organotin environmental endocrine disruptors

    Albane le Maire;Albane le Maire;Marina Grimaldi;Dominique Roecklin;Sonia Dagnino

  • Environmental xenoestrogens, antiandrogens and disorders of male sexual differentiation.

    Charles Sultan;Patrick Balaguer;Béatrice Terouanne;Virginie Georget

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Human and Rat Hepatic Lipid Metabolism by the Grapefruit Flavonoid Naringenin: Role of PPARα, PPARγ and LXRα

    Jonathan Goldwasser;Pazit Y. Cohen;Eric Yang;Patrick Balaguer

  • Evaluation of ligand selectivity using reporter cell lines stably expressing estrogen receptor alpha or beta

    Aurélie Escande;Arnaud Pillon;Nadège Servant;Jean-Pierre Cravedi

  • Antiestrogenic activity of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyl congeners identified in human serum.

    M Moore;M Mustain;K Daniel;I Chen

  • In vitro and in vivo estrogenic activity of BPA, BPF and BPS in zebrafish-specific assays

    Vincent Le Fol;Selim Aït-Aïssa;Manoj Sonavane;Jean-Marc Porcher

  • Estrogenic Activity of Cosmetic Components in Reporter Cell Lines: Parabens, UV Screens, and Musks

    E. Gomez;A. Pillon;H. Fenet;D. Rosain

  • Identification of new human pregnane X receptor ligands among pesticides using a stable reporter cell system.

    Géraldine Lemaire;Wissem Mnif;Jean-Marc Pascussi;Arnaud Pillon

  • Chemical and biological analysis of endocrine-disrupting hormones and estrogenic activity in an advanced sewage treatment plant

    Mathieu Muller;Fanja Rabenoelina;Patrick Balaguer;Dominique Patureau

  • Differential expression of the RTP/Drg1/Ndr1 gene product in proliferating and growth arrested cells.

    David Piquemal;Dominique Joulia;Patrick Balaguer;Annie Basset

  • Differential responses of PPARα, PPARδ, and PPARγ reporter cell lines to selective PPAR synthetic ligands

    Mathieu Seimandi;Géraldine Lemaire;Arnaud Pillon;Agnès Perrin

Frequent Co-Authors

William Bourguet
William Bourguet University of Montpellier
Vincent Cavaillès
Vincent Cavaillès Institute of Cancer Research of Montpellier
François Brion
François Brion French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks
Hélène Budzinski
Hélène Budzinski University of Bordeaux
Jean-Marc Pascussi
Jean-Marc Pascussi University of Montpellier
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Farzad Pakdel
Farzad Pakdel University of Rennes
Laurent Debrauwer
Laurent Debrauwer Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Frederic D.L. Leusch
Frederic D.L. Leusch Griffith University
Vincent Laudet
Vincent Laudet Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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