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Pierre Rustin

Pierre Rustin

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Genetics
France
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
106
Citations
42439
World Ranking
602
National Ranking
12

Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
42996
World Ranking
6521
National Ranking
191

Pierre Rustin publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Rustin sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 360 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Pierre Rustin D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Rustin sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award

Overview

Pierre Rustin is affiliated with Inserm in France and has made contributions primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses several subfields, notably Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work frequently appears in journals such as Scientific Reports, eLife, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Nature Metabolism.

Among their recent papers are:

  • A homoeostatic switch causing glycerol-3-phosphate and phosphoethanolamine accumulation triggers senescence by rewiring lipid metabolism, 2024, Nature Metabolism
  • Cell Metabolic Alterations due to Mcph1 Mutation in Microcephaly, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Succinate Dehydrogenase, Succinate, and Superoxides: A Genetic, Epigenetic, Metabolic, Environmental Explosive Crossroad, 2022, Biomedicines
  • Pitfalls in Monitoring Mitochondrial Temperature Using Charged Thermosensitive Fluorophores, 2020, Chemosensors
  • miR-379 links glucocorticoid treatment with mitochondrial response in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2020, Scientific Reports

Their research topics include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are Paule Bénit, Malgorzata Rak, Howard T. Jacobs, Mügen Terzioglu, and Riyad El-Khoury.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial transcription factor A is necessary for mtDNA maintenance and embryogenesis in mice

    Nils-Göran Larsson;Jianming Wang;Hans Wilhelmsson;Anders Oldfors

  • Biochemical and molecular investigations in respiratory chain deficiencies

    P. Rustin;D. Chretien;T. Bourgeron;B. Gérard

  • Aconitase and mitochondrial iron-sulphur protein deficiency in Friedreich ataxia.

    Agnès Rötig;Pascale de Lonlay;Dominique Chretien;Françoise Foury

  • Accumulation of Krebs cycle intermediates and over-expression of HIF1alpha in tumours which result from germline FH and SDH mutations.

    P. J. Pollard;J. J. Briere;N. A. Alam;J. Barwell

  • Mitochondrial transcription factor A regulates mtDNA copy number in mammals

    Mats I. Ekstrand;Maria Falkenberg;Anja Rantanen;Chan Bae Park

  • Mutation of a nuclear succinate dehydrogenase gene results in mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency

    Thomas Bourgeron;Pierre Rustin;Dominique Chretien;Mark Birch-Machin

  • Mouse models for Friedreich ataxia exhibit cardiomyopathy, sensory nerve defect and Fe-S enzyme deficiency followed by intramitochondrial iron deposits.

    Hélène Puccio;Delphine Simon;Mireille Cossée;Paola Criqui-Filipe

  • Persistent mitochondrial dysfunction and perinatal exposure to antiretroviral nucleoside analogues

    Stéphane Blanche;Marc Tardieu;Pierre Rustin;Abdelhamid Slama

  • SDHA is a tumor suppressor gene causing paraganglioma

    Nelly Burnichon;Jean-Jacques Brière;Rossella Libé;Laure Vescovo

  • SDH mutations establish a hypermethylator phenotype in paraganglioma.

    Eric Letouzé;Cosimo Martinelli;Cosimo Martinelli;Céline Loriot;Céline Loriot;Nelly Burnichon;Nelly Burnichon

  • AIF deficiency compromises oxidative phosphorylation

    Nicola Vahsen;Céline Candé;Jean Jacques Brière;Paule Bénit

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

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

  • Defects in succinate dehydrogenase in gastrointestinal stromal tumors lacking KIT and PDGFRA mutations

    Katherine A. Janeway;Su Young Kim;Maya Lodish;Vânia Nosé

  • Clinical and molecular genetics of patients with the Carney-Stratakis syndrome and germline mutations of the genes coding for the succinate dehydrogenase subunits SDHB, SDHC, and SDHD.

    Barbara Pasini;Sarah R. McWhinney;Thalia Bei;Ludmila Matyakhina

  • Pearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome. A multisystem mitochondrial disorder in infancy.

    A Rötig;V Cormier;S Blanche;J P Bonnefont

  • Spermidine and resveratrol induce autophagy by distinct pathways converging on the acetylproteome.

    Eugenia Morselli;Guillermo Mariño;Guillermo Mariño;Guillermo Mariño;Martin V. Bennetzen;Tobias Eisenberg

  • 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

  • Imbalanced OPA1 processing and mitochondrial fragmentation cause heart failure in mice.

    Timothy Wai;Jaime García-Prieto;Michael J. Baker;Carsten Merkwirth

  • Dilated cardiomyopathy and atrioventricular conduction blocks induced by heart-specific inactivation of mitochondrial DNA gene expression

    Jianming Wang;H. Wilhelmsson;C. Graff;Hong Li

  • Targeted Deletion of AIF Decreases Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation and Protects from Obesity and Diabetes

    J. Andrew Pospisilik;Claude Knauf;Nicholas Joza;Paule Benit

Frequent Co-Authors

Paule Bénit
Paule Bénit Grenoble Alpes University
Dominique Chretien
Dominique Chretien Grenoble Alpes University
Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Howard T. Jacobs
Howard T. Jacobs Tampere University
Thomas Bourgeron
Thomas Bourgeron Université Paris Cité
Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo
Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo Université Paris Cité
Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Jean-Paul Bonnefont
Jean-Paul Bonnefont Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital

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