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Andréa C. LeBlanc

Andréa C. LeBlanc

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
12653
World Ranking
16531
National Ranking
580

Overview

Andréa C. LeBlanc is affiliated with the Jewish General Hospital in Canada and conducts research principally in medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work addresses several interrelated scientific disciplines, including physiology, molecular biology, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and nutrition and dietetics.

Their research focus centers on Alzheimer's disease and related neurological disorders, especially exploring mechanisms of neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, mitochondrial function and pathology, and proteins such as S100 and annexins. Additional interests include trace elements in health, the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease, and dementia and cognitive impairment.

LeBlanc's recent published papers reflect this focus and include:

  • Pre-symptomatic Caspase-1 inhibitor delays cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease and aging, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Therapeutic potential of Nlrp1 inflammasome, Caspase-1, or Caspase-6 against Alzheimer disease cognitive impairment, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Caspase-1 inhibition improves cognition without significantly altering amyloid and inflammation in aged Alzheimer disease mice, 2022, Cell Death and Disease
  • Caspase-6-cleaved Tau fails to induce Tau hyperphosphorylation and aggregation, neurodegeneration, glial inflammation, and cognitive deficits, 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • Rare CASP6N73T variant associated with hippocampal volume exhibits decreased proteolytic activity, synaptic transmission defect, and neurodegeneration, 2021, Scientific Reports

LeBlanc frequently collaborates with other researchers including Joseph Flores, Anastasia Noël, Bénédicte Foveau, Olivier Beauchet, and Marie-Lyne Fillion. Their publications have appeared regularly in journals such as Nature Communications, Cell Death and Disease, Scientific Reports, Cell Death and Differentiation, and Brain Communications.

Best Publications

  • Involvement of Caspases in Proteolytic Cleavage of Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Precursor Protein and Amyloidogenic Aβ Peptide Formation

    François G. Gervais;Daigen Xu;George S. Robertson;John P. Vaillancourt

  • Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: disease phenotype determined by a DNA polymorphism

    Lev G. Goldfarb;Robert B. Petersen;Massimo Tabaton;Paul Brown

  • Fatal Familial Insomnia, a Prion Disease with a Mutation at Codon 178 of the Prion Protein Gene

    Rossella Medori;Hans Juergen Tritschler;Andréa Leblanc;Federico Villare

  • Selective cytotoxicity of intracellular amyloid β peptide1–42 through p53 and Bax in cultured primary human neurons

    Yan Zhang;Richard McLaughlin;Cynthia Goodyer;Andréa LeBlanc;Andréa LeBlanc

  • Prion Protein Protects Human Neurons against Bax-mediated Apoptosis

    Younes Bounhar;Yan Zhang;Cynthia G. Goodyer;Andréa LeBlanc

  • Amyloid β Peptide of Alzheimer’s Disease Downregulates Bcl-2 and Upregulates Bax Expression in Human Neurons

    Eric Paradis;Hélène Douillard;Maria Koutroumanis;Cynthia Goodyer

  • Testosterone‐mediated neuroprotection through the androgen receptor in human primary neurons

    Jennifer Hammond;Quynh Le;Cynthia Goodyer;Morrie Gelfand

  • Caspase-6 Role in Apoptosis of Human Neurons, Amyloidogenesis, and Alzheimer’s Disease

    Andréa LeBlanc;Andréa LeBlanc;Hui Liu;Hui Liu;Cynthia Goodyer;Catherine Bergeron

  • Active Caspase-6 and Caspase-6-Cleaved Tau in Neuropil Threads, Neuritic Plaques, and Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer's Disease

    Huishan Guo;Steffen Albrecht;Steffen Albrecht;Martine Bourdeau;Tracy Petzke

  • Neuronal NLRP1 inflammasome activation of Caspase-1 coordinately regulates inflammatory interleukin-1-beta production and axonal degeneration-associated Caspase-6 activation

    V Kaushal;V Kaushal;R Dye;P Pakavathkumar;P Pakavathkumar;B Foveau;B Foveau

  • Fatal familial insomnia A second kindred with mutation of prion protein gene at codon 178

    R. Medori;P. Montagna;H. J. Tritschler;A. LeBlanc

  • Neuroprotective functions of prion protein

    Xavier Roucou;Malcolm Gains;Malcolm Gains;Andréa C LeBlanc;Andréa C LeBlanc

  • Cytosolic Prion Protein Is Not Toxic and Protects against Bax-mediated Cell Death in Human Primary Neurons

    Xavier Roucou;Qi Guo;Yan Zhang;Cynthia G. Goodyer

  • Caspase-1 inhibition alleviates cognitive impairment and neuropathology in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.

    Joseph Flores;Anastasia Noël;Anastasia Noël;Bénédicte Foveau;Jeffrey Lynham;Jeffrey Lynham

  • Cellular prion protein inhibits proapoptotic Bax conformational change in human neurons and in breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells.

    X Roucou;P N Giannopoulos;Y Zhang;Y Zhang;J Jodoin;J Jodoin

  • Selective and Protracted Apoptosis in Human Primary Neurons Microinjected with Active Caspase-3, -6, -7, and -8

    Yan Zhang;Cynthia Goodyer;Andréa LeBlanc

  • Cellular prion protein neuroprotective function: implications in prion diseases

    Xavier Roucou;Andréa C. LeBlanc

  • Activation of caspase-6 in aging and mild cognitive impairment.

    Steffen Albrecht;Steffen Albrecht;Martine Bourdeau;David Bennett;Elliott J. Mufson

  • Increased production of 4 kDa amyloid beta peptide in serum deprived human primary neuron cultures: possible involvement of apoptosis

    Andrea LeBlanc

  • Estrogen and Androgen Protection of Human Neurons against Intracellular Amyloid β1-42 Toxicity through Heat Shock Protein 70

    Yan Zhang;Nathalie Champagne;Lenore K. Beitel;Cynthia G. Goodyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Beauchet
Olivier Beauchet McGill University
Pierluigi Gambetti
Pierluigi Gambetti Case Western Reserve University
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Paulo Caramelli
Paulo Caramelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
P. Jesper Sjöström
P. Jesper Sjöström McGill University
Pietro Cortelli
Pietro Cortelli University of Bologna
Howard Chertkow
Howard Chertkow Rotman Research Institute
Carol Hudon
Carol Hudon Université Laval
Mayana Zatz
Mayana Zatz Universidade de São Paulo

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