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Alexandre Benmerah

Alexandre Benmerah

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Biology and Biochemistry

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50
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8651
World Ranking
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National Ranking
771

Overview

Alexandre Benmerah is affiliated with the Institut Imagine in France. Their research spans fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 42 publications, and Medicine, accounting for 13 publications. Their work predominantly explores topics related to Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Renal and related cancers, and Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies

In their subfields of study, they have significant contributions in Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cell Biology.

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Cell Biology

Alexandre Benmerah's body of published work includes papers in several peer-reviewed journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Agonists of prostaglandin E 2 receptors as potential first in class treatment for nephronophthisis and related ciliopathies (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The genetic landscape and clinical spectrum of nephronophthisis and related ciliopathies (2023), Kidney International
  • Renal Ciliopathies: Sorting Out Therapeutic Approaches for Nephronophthisis (2021), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • KIF14 controls ciliogenesis via regulation of Aurora A and is important for Hedgehog signaling (2020), The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Disruption of pathways regulated by Integrator complex in Galloway-Mowat syndrome due to WDR73 mutations (2021), Scientific Reports

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • Kidney International
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alexandre Benmerah include:

  • Sophie Saunier
  • Nicolas Cagnard
  • Jean-Philippe Annereau
  • Luis Briseño-Roa
  • Alice Serafin

Best Publications

  • Interleukin 2 Receptors and Detergent-Resistant Membrane Domains Define a Clathrin-Independent Endocytic Pathway

    Christophe Lamaze;Annick Dujeancourt;Takeshi Baba;Charles G Lo

  • Inhibition of clathrin-coated pit assembly by an Eps15 mutant.

    A. Benmerah;M. Bayrou;N. Cerf-Bensussan;A. Dautry-Varsat

  • AP-2/EPS15 INTERACTION IS REQUIRED FOR RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS

    Alexandre Benmerah;Christophe Lamaze;Bernadette Bègue;Sandra L. Schmid

  • The ciliary pocket: an endocytic membrane domain at the base of primary and motile cilia

    Anahi Molla-Herman;Rania Ghossoub;Rania Ghossoub;Thierry Blisnick;Alice Meunier

  • TGF-β signaling is associated with endocytosis at the pocket region of the primary cilium.

    Christian Alexandro Clement;Katrine Dalsgaard Ajbro;Karen Koefoed;Maj Linea Vestergaard

  • Role of the AP2 beta-appendage hub in recruiting partners for clathrin-coated vesicle assembly.

    Eva M Schmid;Marijn G. J Ford;Anne Burtey;Gerrit J. K Praefcke

  • The Ear of α-Adaptin Interacts with the COOH-terminal Domain of the Eps15 Protein

    Alexandre Benmerah;Bernadette Bègue;Alice Dautry-Varsat;Nadine Cerf-Bensussan

  • Differential Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of β-Arrestins CHARACTERIZATION OF A LEUCINE-RICH NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL IN β-ARRESTIN2

    Mark G.H. Scott;Erwann Le Rouzic;Axel Périanin;Vincenzo Pierotti

  • The tyrosine kinase substrate eps15 is constitutively associated with the plasma membrane adaptor AP-2.

    A Benmerah;J Gagnon;B Bègue;B Mégarbané

  • Clathrin-coated pits: vive la différence?

    Alexandre Benmerah;Alexandre Benmerah;Christophe Lamaze;Christophe Lamaze

  • The ciliary pocket

    Alexandre Benmerah

  • Recruitment of Activated G Protein-coupled Receptors to Pre-existing Clathrin-coated Pits in Living Cells

    Mark G.H. Scott;Alexandre Benmerah;Olivier Muntaner;Stefano Marullo

  • αTAT1 catalyses microtubule acetylation at clathrin-coated pits

    Guillaume Montagnac;Vannary Meas-Yedid;Marie Irondelle;Marie Irondelle;Antonio Castro-Castro;Antonio Castro-Castro

  • Septins 2, 7 and 9 and MAP4 colocalize along the axoneme in the primary cilium and control ciliary length

    Rania Ghossoub;Rania Ghossoub;Rania Ghossoub;Qicong Hu;Marion Failler;Marie-Christine Rouyez;Marie-Christine Rouyez;Marie-Christine Rouyez

  • Nef-induced Alteration of the Early/Recycling Endosomal Compartment Correlates with Enhancement of HIV-1 Infectivity

    Ricardo Madrid;Katy Janvier;Douglas Hitchin;John Day

  • A JC Virus-Induced Signal Is Required for Infection of Glial Cells by a Clathrin- and eps15-Dependent Pathway

    W. Querbes;A. Benmerah;D. Tosoni;P. P. Di Fiore;P. P. Di Fiore

  • The ciliary pocket: a once-forgotten membrane domain at the base of cilia.

    Rania Ghossoub;Anahi Molla-Herman;Philippe Bastin;Alexandre Benmerah

  • Mapping of Eps15 domains involved in its targeting to clathrin-coated pits.

    Alexandre Benmerah;Alexandre Benmerah;Viviane Poupon;Nadine Cerf-Bensussan;Alice Dautry-Varsat

  • The p21 Rho-activating toxin cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 is endocytosed by a clathrin-independent mechanism and enters the cytosol by an acidic-dependent membrane translocation step.

    Stephanette Contamin;Antoine Galmiche;Anne Doye;Gilles Flatau

  • Mutations of CEP83 Cause Infantile Nephronophthisis and Intellectual Disability

    Marion Failler;Marion Failler;Heon Yung Gee;Pauline Krug;Pauline Krug;Kwangsic Joo

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Saunier
Sophie Saunier Université Paris Cité
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine
Stefano Marullo
Stefano Marullo Université Paris Cité
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan Université Paris Cité
Alice Dautry-Varsat
Alice Dautry-Varsat Institut Pasteur
Serge Benichou
Serge Benichou Grenoble Alpes University
Christophe Lamaze
Christophe Lamaze Institute Curie
Alain Schmitt
Alain Schmitt Institut Cochin
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital

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