| Croquemort, a novel Drosophila hemocyte/macrophage receptor that recognizes apoptotic cells NC Franc, JL Dimarcq, M Lagueux, J Hoffmann, RAB Ezekowitz Immunity 4 (5), 431-443, 1996 | 526 | 1996 |
| Requirement for Croquemort in Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells in Drosophila NC Franc, P Heitzler, R Alan B, Ezekowitz, K White Science 284 (5422), 1991-1994, 1999 | 448 | 1999 |
| Phagocytosis and development: back to the future NC Franc, K White, RAB Ezekowitz Current opinion in immunology 11 (1), 47-52, 1999 | 160 | 1999 |
| Epidermal cells are the primary phagocytes in the fragmentation and clearance of degenerating dendrites in Drosophila C Han, Y Song, H Xiao, D Wang, NC Franc, LY Jan, YN Jan Neuron 81 (3), 544-560, 2014 | 153 | 2014 |
| Undertaker, a Drosophila Junctophilin, links Draper-mediated phagocytosis and calcium homeostasis L Cuttell, A Vaughan, E Silva, CJ Escaron, M Lavine, E Van Goethem, ... Cell 135 (3), 524-534, 2008 | 150 | 2008 |
| An essential role for calcium flux in phagocytes for apoptotic cell engulfment and the anti-inflammatory response MA Gronski, JM Kinchen, IJ Juncadella, NC Franc, KS Ravichandran Cell Death & Differentiation 16 (10), 1323-1331, 2009 | 91 | 2009 |
| The Drosophila CD36 Homologue croquemort Is Required to Maintain Immune and Gut Homeostasis during Development and Aging A Guillou, K Troha, H Wang, NC Franc, N Buchon PLoS Pathogens 12 (10), e1005961, 2016 | 74 | 2016 |
| Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in mammals, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster: molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences NC Franc Front Biosci 7, d1298-d1313, 2002 | 71 | 2002 |
| Molecular mechanisms of cell death and phagocytosis in Drosophila P Bangs, N Franc, K White Cell Death & Differentiation 7 (11), 1027-1034, 2000 | 65 | 2000 |
| Requirement for a Drosophila E3-ubiquitin ligase in phagocytosis of apoptotic cells E Silva, HW Au-Yeung, E Van Goethem, J Burden, NC Franc Immunity 27 (4), 585-596, 2007 | 61 | 2007 |
| Innate recognition systems in insect immunity and development: new approaches in Drosophila NC Franc, K White Microbes and Infection 2 (3), 243-250, 2000 | 54 | 2000 |
| The Pallbearer E3 ligase promotes actin remodeling via RAC in efferocytosis by degrading the ribosomal protein S6 H Xiao, H Wang, EA Silva, J Thompson, A Guillou, JR Yates, N Buchon, ... Developmental cell 32 (1), 19-30, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| Apoptotic Cell Clearance in Drosophila melanogaster Q Zheng, AY Ma, L Yuan, N Gao, Q Feng, NC Franc, H Xiao Frontiers in immunology 8, 1881, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
| Components of the engulfment machinery have distinct roles in corpse processing TL Meehan, TF Joudi, AK Timmons, JD Taylor, CS Habib, JS Peterson, ... PLoS One 11 (6), e0158217, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| The Drosophila TRPP cation channel, PKD2 and Dmel/Ced-12 act in genetically distinct pathways during apoptotic cell clearance E Van Goethem, EA Silva, H Xiao, NC Franc PLoS One 7 (2), e31488, 2012 | 21 | 2012 |
| Methods for studying apoptosis and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in Drosophila tissues and cell lines K White, S Lisi, P Kurada, N Franc, P Bangs Methods in Cell Biology 66, 321-338, 2001 | 14 | 2001 |
| In vivo and in vitro methods for studying apoptotic cell engulfment in Drosophila EA Silva, J Burden, NC Franc Methods in enzymology 446, 39-59, 2008 | 6 | 2008 |
| A drosophila model for Clostridium difficile toxin CDT reveals interactions with multiple effector pathways R Schwartz, A Guichard, NC Franc, S Roy, E Bier Iscience 23 (2), 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Drosophila hemocytes, phagocytosis, and croquemort, a macrophage receptor NC Franc Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Membranes and Organelles 5, 19-46, 1999 | 2 | 1999 |
| The Drosophila TRPP cation channel, PKD2 and Ced-12 act in parallel pathways during apoptotic cell clearance E Van Goethem, NC Franc EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION 40, 29-29, 2010 | | 2010 |
