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Overview

Alain Colige is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scientific work encompasses several focused areas within these broad fields.

Their primary areas of study include molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, immunology and allergy, and hepatology. The topics frequently addressed in their publications involve cell adhesion molecules research, protease and inhibitor mechanisms, histone deacetylase inhibitors research, the lymphatic system and diseases, liver physiology and pathology, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, and peptidase inhibition and analysis.

Alain Colige has published research in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Liver International
  • Cancer Letters
  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Alain Colige are:

  • Specific fibroblast subpopulations and neuronal structures provide local sources of Vegfc-processing components during zebrafish lymphangiogenesis (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Integration of miRNA-regulatory networks in hepatic stellate cells identifies TIMP3 as a key factor in chronic liver disease (2020, Liver International)
  • Acidosis-induced regulation of adipocyte G0S2 promotes crosstalk between adipocytes and breast cancer cells as well as tumor progression (2023, Cancer Letters)
  • In vivo N-Terminomics Highlights Novel Functions of ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14 in Skin Collagen Matrix Building (2021, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences)
  • Lipin-1, a Versatile Regulator of Lipid Homeostasis, Is a Potential Target for Fighting Cancer (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Throughout their career, Alain Colige has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Their common co-authors include:

  • Christophe Deroanne
  • Laura Dupont
  • Christine Monseur
  • Olivier Peulen
  • Loïc Joannes

Best Publications

  • Histone deacetylases inhibitors as anti-angiogenic agents altering vascular endothelial growth factor signaling

    Christophe F Deroanne;Christophe F Deroanne;Karine Bonjean;Sandrine Servotte;Laetitia Devy

  • Human Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VII C and bovine dermatosparaxis are caused by mutations in the procollagen I N-proteinase gene.

    Alain Colige;Aleksander L. Sieron;Shi Wu Li;Ulrike Schwarze

  • Topically applied vitamin C enhances the mRNA level of collagens I and III, their processing enzymes and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1 in the human dermis.

    Betty V Nusgens;Philippe Humbert;André Rougier;Alain C Colige

  • MicroRNA-21 exhibits antiangiogenic function by targeting RhoB expression in endothelial cells.

    Céline Sabatel;Ludovic Malvaux;Nicolas Bovy;Christophe Deroanne

  • Modulation of Adipose Tissue Expression of Murine Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Tissue Inhibitors With Obesity

    Erik Maquoi;Carine Munaut;Alain Colige;Désiré Collen

  • Procollagen II Amino Propeptide Processing by ADAMTS-3 INSIGHTS ON DERMATOSPARAXIS

    Russell J. Fernandes;Satoshi Hirohata;J. Michael Engle;Alain Colige

  • Cloning and characterization of ADAMTS-14, a novel ADAMTS displaying high homology with ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3.

    Alain C. Colige;Isabelle Vandenberghe;Marc Thiry;Charles A. Lambert

  • Histone deacetylase HDAC8 associates with smooth muscle alpha-actin and is essential for smooth muscle cell contractility.

    David Waltregny;Wendy Glénisson;Siv Ly Tran;Brian J. North

  • cDNA cloning and expression of bovine procollagen I N-proteinase: A new member of the superfamily of zinc-metalloproteinases with binding sites for cells and other matrix components

    Alain Colige;Shi-Wu Li;Aleksander L. Sieron;Betty V. Nusgens

  • Development of a chitosan nanofibrillar scaffold for skin repair and regeneration.

    Victor T. Tchemtchoua;Ganka Atanasova;Abdel Aqil;Patrice Filée

  • Acidic extracellular pH induces matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in mouse metastatic melanoma cells through the phospholipase D-mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling

    Yasumasa Kato;Yasumasa Kato;Charles A. Lambert;Alain C. Colige;Pierre Mineur

  • Expression Pattern of Metalloproteinases and Tissue Inhibitors of Matrix-Metalloproteinases in Cycling Human Endometrium

    Frédéric Goffin;Carine Munaut;Francis Frankenne;Sophie Perrier d'Hauterive

  • MicroRNAs profiling in murine models of acute and chronic asthma: a relationship with mRNAs targets.

    Nancy Garbacki;Emmanuel Di Valentin;Vân Anh Huynh-Thu;Pierre Geurts

  • Novel types of mutation responsible for the dermatosparactic type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (Type VIIC) and common polymorphisms in the ADAMTS2 gene.

    Alain Colige;Lieve Nuytinck;Ingrid Hausser;Anthonie J. van Essen

  • Mutations Near Amino End of α1(I) Collagen Cause Combined Osteogenesis Imperfecta/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by Interference with N-propeptide Processing *

    Wayne A. Cabral;Elena Makareeva;Alain Colige;Anne D. Letocha

  • Down-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2: effect on in vivo mammary tumor growth and angiogenesis.

    Amin Hajitou;Nor-Eddine Sounni;Laetitia Devy;Christine Grignet-Debrus

  • The procollagen N-proteinases ADAMTS2, 3 and 14 in pathophysiology

    Mourad Bekhouche;Alain Colige

  • New asthma biomarkers: lessons from murine models of acute and chronic asthma

    Emmanuel Di Valentin;Céline Crahay;Nancy Garbacki;Benoit Hennuy

  • A full‐UV spectrum absorbing daily use cream protects human skin against biological changes occurring in photoaging

    S Seité;A Colige;P Piquemal-Vivenot;C Montastier

  • Regulation of procollagen amino-propeptide processing during mouse embryogenesis by specialization of homologous ADAMTS proteases: insights on collagen biosynthesis and dermatosparaxis.

    Carine Le Goff;Robert P. T. Somerville;Frederic Kesteloot;Kimerly Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

Betty Nusgens
Betty Nusgens University of Liège
Agnès Noël
Agnès Noël University of Liège
Carine Munaut
Carine Munaut University of Liège
Jean-Michel Foidart
Jean-Michel Foidart University of Liège
Christine Jérôme
Christine Jérôme University of Liège
Jacques Piette
Jacques Piette University of Liège
Philippe Delvenne
Philippe Delvenne University of Liège
Marc Thiry
Marc Thiry University of Liège
Darwin J. Prockop
Darwin J. Prockop Texas A&M University
Vincent Castronovo
Vincent Castronovo University of Liège

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