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Pierre-François Plouin

Pierre-François Plouin

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
30280
World Ranking
12194
National Ranking
381

Overview

Pierre-François Plouin is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Neurology, Surgery, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics connected to neurological and cardiovascular health. Key topics include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Notable recent publications by Pierre-François Plouin feature diverse studies in medical research:

  • Dual endothelin antagonist aprocitentan for resistant hypertension (PRECISION): a multicentre, blinded, randomised, parallel-group, phase 3 trial (2022, The Lancet)
  • Parkinson's disease outside the brain: targeting the autonomic nervous system (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • The European/International Fibromuscular Dysplasia Registry and Initiative (FEIRI)-clinical phenotypes and their predictors based on a cohort of 1000 patients (2020, Cardiovascular Research)
  • Cardiac noradrenergic deficiency revealed by 18F-dopamine positron emission tomography identifies preclinical central Lewy body diseases (2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • Differential abnormalities of cerebrospinal fluid dopaminergic versus noradrenergic indices in synucleinopathies (2021, Journal of Neurochemistry)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Avshalom Leibowitz, David S. Goldstein, Ehud Grossman, Patti Sullivan, and Tiran Golani.

Publications by Pierre-François Plouin appear mostly in journals including:

  • Clinical Autonomic Research
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • The Lancet
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • Cardiovascular Research

Best Publications

  • Evidence for an increased rate of cardiovascular events in patients with primary aldosteronism

    Paul Milliez;Xavier Girerd;Pierre-François Plouin;Jacques Blacher

  • Stent Placement in Patients With Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis and Impaired Renal Function: A Randomized Trial

    Liesbeth Bax;Arend-Jan J. Woittiez;Hans J. Kouwenberg;Willem P. T. M. Mali

  • Blood Pressure Outcome of Angioplasty in Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: A Randomized Trial

    Pierre François Plouin;Gilles Chatellier;Bernadette Darné;Alain Raynaud

  • Genetic Testing in Pheochromocytoma or Functional Paraganglioma

    Laurence Amar;Jérôme Bertherat;Eric Baudin;Christiane Ajzenberg

  • Clinical presentation and penetrance of Pheochromocytoma/ Paraganglioma syndromes.

    Diana E. Benn;Anne Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo;Jennifer R. Reilly;Jérôme Bertherat

  • Mutations in the SDHB Gene Are Associated with Extra-adrenal and/or Malignant Phaeochromocytomas

    Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo;Judith Favier;Pierre Rustin;Claudine Rieubland

  • Optimum and stepped care standardised antihypertensive treatment with or without renal denervation for resistant hypertension (DENERHTN): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Michel Azizi;Michel Azizi;Marc Sapoval;Marc Sapoval;Philippe Gosse;Matthieu Monge

  • An expert consensus statement on use of adrenal vein sampling for the subtyping of primary aldosteronism.

    Gian Paolo Rossi;Richard J. Auchus;Morris Brown;Jacques W.M. Lenders;Jacques W.M. Lenders

  • Somatic mutations in ATP1A1 and ATP2B3 lead to aldosterone-producing adenomas and secondary hypertension.

    Felix Beuschlein;Sheerazed Boulkroun;Sheerazed Boulkroun;Andrea Osswald;Thomas Wieland

  • Cardiovascular Complications Associated With Primary Aldosteronism: A Controlled Cross-Sectional Study

    Sébastien Savard;Laurence Amar;Pierre-François Plouin;Olivier Steichen

  • The R22X mutation of the SDHD gene in hereditary paraganglioma abolishes the enzymatic activity of complex II in the mitochondrial respiratory chain and activates the hypoxia pathway.

    Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo;Judith Favier;Pierre Rustin;Jean-Jacques Mourad

  • Succinate Dehydrogenase B Gene Mutations Predict Survival in Patients with Malignant Pheochromocytomas or Paragangliomas

    Laurence Amar;Eric Baudin;Nelly Burnichon;Séverine Peyrard

  • European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for long-term follow-up of patients operated on for a phaeochromocytoma or a paraganglioma

    P F Plouin;L Amar;O M Dekkers;M Fassnacht

  • First International Consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia.

    Heather L. Gornik;Alexandre Persu;David Adlam;Lucas S. Aparicio

  • Year of diagnosis, features at presentation, and risk of recurrence in patients with pheochromocytoma or secreting paraganglioma.

    Laurence Amar;Aude Servais;Anne Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo;Franck Zinzindohoue

  • The succinate dehydrogenase genetic testing in a large prospective series of patients with paragangliomas.

    Nelly Burnichon;Nelly Burnichon;Vincent Rohmer;Laurence Amar;Laurence Amar;Philippe Herman

  • Masked hypertension: a systematic review.

    Guillaume Bobrie;Pierre Clerson;Joël Ménard;Nicolas Postel-Vinay

  • The Adrenal Vein Sampling International Study (AVIS) for identifying the major subtypes of primary aldosteronism.

    Gian Paolo Rossi;Marlena Barisa;Bruno Allolio;Richard J. Auchus

  • MAX Mutations Cause Hereditary and Sporadic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

    Nelly Burnichon;Alberto Cascón;Francesca Schiavi;Nicole Paes Morales

  • Molecular markers and long-term recurrences in a large cohort of patients with sporadic adrenocortical tumors.

    Christine Gicquel;Xavier Bertagna;Véronique Gaston;Joël Coste

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Jeunemaitre
Xavier Jeunemaitre Université Paris Cité
Pierre Corvol
Pierre Corvol Collège de France
Gilles Chatellier
Gilles Chatellier Université Paris Cité
Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo
Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo Université Paris Cité
Jérôme Bertherat
Jérôme Bertherat Université Paris Cité
Stéphane Laurent
Stéphane Laurent Université Paris Cité
Xavier Bertagna
Xavier Bertagna Université Paris Cité
Eric Baudin
Eric Baudin Institut Gustave Roussy

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