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Yves-Jean Bignon

Yves-Jean Bignon

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
9668
World Ranking
16693
National Ranking
700

Overview

Yves-Jean Bignon is affiliated with the Centre Jean Perrin in France. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. Their work covers several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Bignon has published extensively, with a notable presence in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology, Human Mutation, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics, The Lancet Oncology, and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include Olivier Caron, Frédérique Penault-Llorca, Isabelle Coupier, Anna Sánchez, and Dominique Bernard-Gallon.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Bignon include:

  • Variation in the risk of colorectal cancer in families with Lynch syndrome: a retrospective cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Co-targeting EGFR and mTOR with gefitinib and everolimus in triple-negative breast cancer cells, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Oral contraceptive use and ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: an international cohort study, 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • The predictive ability of the 313 variant-based polygenic risk score for contralateral breast cancer risk prediction in women of European ancestry with a heterozygous BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • The Functions of the Demethylase JMJD3 in Cancer, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Genetic Heterogeneity and Penetrance Analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in Breast Cancer Families

    D Ford;D F Easton;M Stratton;S Narod

  • Cancer risks associated with germline mutations in MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6 genes in Lynch syndrome.

    Valérie Bonadona;Bernard Bonaïti;Sylviane Olschwang;Sophie Grandjouan

  • Multifactorial Analysis of Differences Between Sporadic Breast Cancers and Cancers Involving BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations

    Sunil R. Lakhani;Jocelyne Jacquemier;John P Sloane;Barry A. Gusterson

  • Prediction of BRCA1 Status in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Estrogen Receptor and Basal Phenotype

    Sunil R. Lakhani;Jorge S. Reis-Filho;Laura Fulford;Frederique Penault-Llorca

  • The clinical value of somatic TP53 gene mutations in 1,794 patients with breast cancer.

    Magali Olivier;Anita Langerød;Patrizia Carrieri;Jonas Bergh

  • A SUMOylation-defective MITF germline mutation predisposes to melanoma and renal carcinoma

    Corine Bertolotto;Fabienne Lesueur;Sandy Giuliano;Thomas Strub

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association study in BRCA1 mutation carriers identifies novel loci associated with breast and ovarian cancer risk

    Fergus J. Couch;Xianshu Wang;Lesley McGuffog;Andrew Lee

  • MAX Mutations Cause Hereditary and Sporadic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

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

  • Pathology of ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers.

    Sunil R. Lakhani;Sanjiv Manek;Frederique Penault-Llorca;Adrienne Flanagan

  • RAD51 135G→C Modifies Breast Cancer Risk among BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from a Combined Analysis of 19 Studies

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Olga M. Sinilnikova;Jacques Simard;Mélanie Léoné

  • The pathology of familial breast cancer: histological features of cancers in families not attributable to mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2.

    Sunil R. Lakhani;Barry A. Gusterson;Jocelyne Jacquemier;John P. Sloane

  • Inhibition of BRCA1 leads to increased chemoresistance to microtubule-interfering agents, an effect that involves the JNK pathway.

    Stéphane Lafarge;Valérie Sylvain;Marc Ferrara;Yves-Jean Bignon

  • Resveratrol and breast cancer chemoprevention: Molecular mechanisms

    Ludovic Le Corre;N. Chalabi;L. Delort;Yves-Jean Bignon

  • Interplay between BRCA1 and RHAMM regulates epithelial apicobasal polarization and may influence risk of breast cancer.

    Christopher A. Maxwell;Javier Benitez;Laia Gomez-Baldo;Ana Osorio

  • High allele loss rates at 17q12-q21 in breast and ovarian tumors from BRCAl-linked families. The Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium.

    R. S. Cornelis;S. L. Neuhausen;O. Johansson;A. Arason

  • Significant contribution of large BRCA1 gene rearrangements in 120 French breast and ovarian cancer families.

    Sophie Gad;Virginie Caux-Moncoutier;Sabine Pagès-Berhouet;Marion Gauthier-Villars

  • Evaluation of linkage of breast cancer to the putative BRCA3 locus on chromosome 13q21 in 128 multiple case families from the Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium

    Deborah Thompson;Csilla I. Szabo;Jon Mangion;Rogier A. Oldenburg

  • The Exon 13 Duplication in the BRCA1 Gene Is a Founder Mutation Present in Geographically Diverse Populations

    S. Mazoyer;J. Leary;J. Kirk;E. Fleischmann

  • Clinical practice guidelines for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing.

    Pascal Pujol;Massimo Barberis;Philp Beer;Eitan Friedman;Eitan Friedman

Frequent Co-Authors

Frédérique Penault-Llorca
Frédérique Penault-Llorca University of Clermont Auvergne
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Peter Devilee
Peter Devilee Leiden University Medical Center
Ute Hamann
Ute Hamann German Cancer Research Center
David E. Goldgar
David E. Goldgar University of Utah
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Javier Benitez
Javier Benitez Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Eitan Friedman
Eitan Friedman City University of New York

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