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André Marette

André Marette

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Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
28653
World Ranking
13154
National Ranking
539

Overview

André Marette is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada, conducting research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientific topics most frequently addressed by Marette focus on the interactions between gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, and the broader area of diet, metabolism, and disease. Other significant research interests include liver disease diagnosis and treatment, nutrition, genetics, and disease, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, as well as dietary effects on health.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with André Marette include:

  • Geneviève Pilon
  • Thibault Varin
  • Marie-Claude Vohl
  • Denis Roy
  • Laurent Bazinet

Marette has published extensively in several key venues:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Nutrients
  • Diabetes
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • The FASEB Journal

Selected recent papers include:

  • Type 2 diabetes influences bacterial tissue compartmentalisation in human obesity, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • A Natural Polyphenol Exerts Antitumor Activity and Circumvents Anti-PD-1 Resistance through Effects on the Gut Microbiota, 2022, Cancer Discovery
  • Berry Polyphenols and Fibers Modulate Distinct Microbial Metabolic Functions and Gut Microbiota Enterotype-Like Clustering in Obese Mice, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila: A Sentinel for Gut Permeability and Its Relevance to HIV-Related Inflammation, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Wild blueberry proanthocyanidins shape distinct gut microbiota profile and influence glucose homeostasis and intestinal phenotypes in high-fat high-sucrose fed mice, 2020, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • A polyphenol-rich cranberry extract protects from diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance and intestinal inflammation in association with increased Akkermansia spp. population in the gut microbiota of mice

    Fernando F Anhê;Denis Roy;Geneviève Pilon;Stéphanie Dudonné

  • Metformin, Independent of AMPK, Inhibits mTORC1 in a Rag GTPase-Dependent Manner

    Adem Kalender;Anand Selvaraj;Anand Selvaraj;So Young Kim;So Young Kim;Pawan Gulati

  • Amino Acid and Insulin Signaling via the mTOR/p70 S6 Kinase Pathway A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM LEADING TO INSULIN RESISTANCE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS

    Frédéric Tremblay;André Marette

  • Targeted disruption of inducible nitric oxide synthase protects against obesity-linked insulin resistance in muscle.

    Mylène Perreault;André Marette

  • Increased Activation of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Pathway in Liver and Skeletal Muscle of Obese Rats: Possible Involvement in Obesity-Linked Insulin Resistance

    Leila Khamzina;Alain Veilleux;Sébastien Bergeron;André Marette

  • Identification of IRS-1 Ser-1101 as a target of S6K1 in nutrient- and obesity-induced insulin resistance.

    Frédéric Tremblay;Sophie Brûlé;Sung Hee Um;Yu Li

  • Activation of PKC-delta and SHP-1 by hyperglycemia causes vascular cell apoptosis and diabetic retinopathy.

    Pedro Geraldes;Junko Hiraoka-Yamamoto;Motonobu Matsumoto;Allen Charles Clermont

  • Chronic Rapamycin Treatment Causes Glucose Intolerance and Hyperlipidemia by Upregulating Hepatic Gluconeogenesis and Impairing Lipid Deposition in Adipose Tissue

    Vanessa P. Houde;Sophie Brûlé;William T. Festuccia;Pierre-Gilles Blanchard

  • Distinct patterns of tissue-specific lipid accumulation during the induction of insulin resistance in mice by high-fat feeding

    Nigel Turner;Nigel Turner;Grzegorz Kowalski;Grzegorz Kowalski;Simon J Leslie;Steve Risis

  • Overactivation of S6 Kinase 1 as a Cause of Human Insulin Resistance During Increased Amino Acid Availability

    Frédéric Tremblay;Michael Krebs;Luce Dombrowski;Attila Brehm

  • Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus CGMCC1.3724 supplementation on weight loss and maintenance in obese men and women

    Marina Sanchez;Christian Darimont;Vicky Drapeau;Shahram Emady-Azar

  • Regulation of expression of glucose transporters by glucose: a review of studies in vivo and in cell cultures.

    Amira Klip;Theodoros Tsakiridis;Andre Marette;Phillip A. Ortiz

  • Role of Dietary Proteins and Amino Acids in the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance

    Frédéric Tremblay;Charles Lavigne;Hélène Jacques;André Marette

  • AMPK in skeletal muscle function and metabolism.

    Rasmus Kjøbsted;Janne R. Hingst;Joachim Fentz;Marc Foretz;Marc Foretz;Marc Foretz

  • Insulin stimulation of glucose uptake in skeletal muscles and adipose tissues in vivo is NO dependent

    Denis Roy;Mylène Perreault;André Marette

  • Abundance, localization, and insulin-induced translocation of glucose transporters in red and white muscle

    A. Marette;J. M. Richardson;T. Ramlal;T. W. Balon

  • Cod and soy proteins compared with casein improve glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in rats

    Charles Lavigne;André Marette;Hélène Jacques

  • Insulin induces translocation of the alpha 2 and beta 1 subunits of the Na+/K(+)-ATPase from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane in mammalian skeletal muscle.

    H.S. Hundal;A Marette;Y Mitsumoto;T Ramlal

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Desjardins
Yves Desjardins Université Laval
Denis Roy
Denis Roy Université Laval
Emile Levy
Emile Levy University of Montreal
Angelo Tremblay
Angelo Tremblay Université Laval
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Amira Klip
Amira Klip University of Toronto
Jean-Pierre Després
Jean-Pierre Després Université Laval
Marc Foretz
Marc Foretz Université Paris Cité
Laurent Bazinet
Laurent Bazinet Université Laval
Philippe Pibarot
Philippe Pibarot Université Laval

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