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2024
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France
2024

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Alain Hovnanian is affiliated with the Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases in France. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with notable subfields including Cell Biology, Dermatology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The primary focus of their work involves Skin and Cellular Biology Research, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments, Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders, and Nail Diseases and Treatments.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • E. Bourrat
  • Amy S. Paller
  • Eli Sprecher
  • Matthias Titeux
  • Claire Barbieux

Their work has been published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie - FMC
  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • JCI Insight

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alain Hovnanian include:

  • Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility, 2020, British Journal of Dermatology
  • Interplay of Staphylococcal and Host Proteases Promotes Skin Barrier Disruption in Netherton Syndrome, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Secukinumab Therapy for Netherton Syndrome, 2020, JAMA Dermatology
  • Humans with inherited T cell CD28 deficiency are susceptible to skin papillomaviruses but are otherwise healthy, 2021, Cell
  • Clinical trial of ABCB5+ mesenchymal stem cells for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, 2021, JCI Insight

Best Publications

  • TLR3 deficiency in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis.

    Shen Ying Zhang;Shen Ying Zhang;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Sophie Ugolini;Asma Smahi

  • The classification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB): Report of the Third International Consensus Meeting on Diagnosis and Classification of EB.

    Jo David Fine;Robin A J Eady;Eugene A. Bauer;Johann W. Bauer

  • Increased serine protease activity and cathelicidin promotes skin inflammation in rosacea

    Kenshi Yamasaki;Anna Di Nardo;Antonella Bardan;Masamoto Murakami

  • Inherited epidermolysis bullosa: Updated recommendations on diagnosis and classification

    Jo David Fine;Leena Bruckner-Tuderman;Robin A.J. Eady;Eugene A. Bauer

  • Mutations in SPINK5, encoding a serine protease inhibitor, cause Netherton syndrome.

    S Chavanas;C Bodemer;A Rochat;D Hamel-Teillac

  • Mutations in ATP2A2, encoding a Ca2+ pump, cause Darier disease

    A. Sakuntabhai;V. Ruiz-Perez;S. Carter;N. Jacobsen

  • Revised nomenclature and classification of inherited ichthyoses: Results of the First Ichthyosis Consensus Conference in Sorèze 2009

    Vinzenz Oji;Gianluca Tadini;Masashi Akiyama;Claudine Blanchet Bardon

  • A European study of HLA-B in Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis related to five high-risk drugs.

    Christine Lonjou;Nicolas Borot;Peggy Sekula;Neil Ledger

  • Kallikrein 5 induces atopic dermatitis–like lesions through PAR2-mediated thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression in Netherton syndrome

    Anaïs Briot;Céline Deraison;Céline Deraison;Matthieu Lacroix;Matthieu Lacroix;Chrystelle Bonnart;Chrystelle Bonnart

  • Kallikrein-mediated proteolysis regulates the antimicrobial effects of cathelicidins in skin

    Kenshi Yamasaki;Jürgen Schauber;Alvin Coda;Henry Lin

  • Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility

    C. Has;J.W. Bauer;C. Bodemer;M.C. Bolling

  • A marker for Stevens-Johnson syndrome …: ethnicity matters

    C Lonjou;L Thomas;N Borot;N Ledger

  • Gene polymorphism in Netherton and common atopic disease.

    A J Walley;S Chavanas;M F Moffatt;R M Esnouf

  • Spink5-deficient mice mimic Netherton syndrome through degradation of desmoglein 1 by epidermal protease hyperactivity.

    Pascal Descargues;Céline Deraison;Chrystelle Bonnart;Maaike Kreft

  • A Missense Mutation in Connexin26, D66H, Causes Mutilating Keratoderma with Sensorineural Deafness (Vohwinkel's Syndrome) in Three Unrelated Families

    Elena Maestrini;Bernhard P. Korge;Juan Ocaña-Sierra;Elisa Calzolari

  • Hailey–Hailey disease is caused by mutations in ATP2C1 encoding a novel Ca2+ pump

    Ralf Sudbrak;Joanna Brown;Carol Dobson-Stone;Simon Carter

  • LEKTI fragments specifically inhibit KLK5, KLK7, and KLK14 and control desquamation through a pH-dependent interaction.

    Celine Deraison;Chrystelle Bonnart;Chrystelle Bonnart;Frederic Lopez;Celine Besson;Celine Besson

  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a clinical, pathophysiological and genetic update including 11 novel ABCC6 mutations

    N Chassaing;L Martin;P Calvas;M Le Bert

  • A molecular defect in loricrin, the major component of the cornified cell envelope, underlies Vohwinkel's syndrome

    Elena Maestrini;Anthony P. Monaco;John A. McGrath;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto

  • A missense mutation in type VII collagen in two affected siblings with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

    Angela M. Christiano;Daniel S. Greenspan;Guy G. Hoffman;Xin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. McGrath
John A. McGrath King's College London
Giovanna Zambruno
Giovanna Zambruno Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Jouni Uitto
Jouni Uitto Thomas Jefferson University
Xavier Nassif
Xavier Nassif Université Paris Cité
David T. Woodley
David T. Woodley University of Southern California
Jakub Tolar
Jakub Tolar University of Minnesota
Yann Barrandon
Yann Barrandon École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mei Chen
Mei Chen University of Southern California
Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto
Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto Asahikawa Medical University
Angela M. Christiano
Angela M. Christiano Columbia University

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