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Anne-Catherine Prats

Anne-Catherine Prats

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9385
World Ranking
17604
National Ranking
764

Overview

Anne-Catherine Prats is affiliated with Inserm in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Medicine. Their work concentrates on various specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover RNA modifications and cancer, RNA research and splicing, the lymphatic system and diseases, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, circular RNAs in diseases, lipid metabolism and disorders, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Key recent publications authored or co-authored by Anne-Catherine Prats include:

  • Circular RNA, the Key for Translation, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pre-Conditioning Methods and Novel Approaches with Mesenchymal Stem Cells Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease, 2022, Cells
  • Sex Hormones in Lymphedema, 2021, Cancers
  • Long non-coding RNA Neat1 and paraspeckle components are translational regulators in hypoxia, 2022, eLife
  • 15-Lipoxygenase promotes resolution of inflammation in lymphedema by controlling Treg cell function through IFN-β, 2024, Nature Communications

Anne-Catherine Prats has frequently published in scientific venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Preprints.org, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancers, and médecine/sciences.

Their list of frequent co-authors includes:

  • Barbara Garmy-Susini
  • Éric Lacazette
  • Florent Morfoisse
  • Florence Tatin
  • Émilie Roussel

Best Publications

  • High molecular mass forms of basic fibroblast growth factor are initiated by alternative CUG codons.

    H Prats;M Kaghad;A C Prats;M Klagsbrun

  • Alternative translation of human fibroblast growth factor 2 mRNA occurs by internal entry of ribosomes.

    S Vagner;M C Gensac;A Maret;F Bayard

  • Two Independent Internal Ribosome Entry Sites Are Involved in Translation Initiation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor mRNA

    Isabelle Huez;Laurent Créancier;Sylvie Audigier;Marie-Claire Gensac

  • Alternative translation of the proto-oncogene c-myc by an internal ribosome entry site

    Cécile Nanbru;Cécile Nanbru;Isabelle I. Lafon;Sylvie S. Audigier;Marie-Claire M.-C. Gensac

  • Generation of protein isoform diversity by alternative initiation of translation at non-AUG codons.

    Christian Touriol;Stéphanie Bornes;Sophie Bonnal;Sylvie Audigier

  • Small finger protein of avian and murine retroviruses has nucleic acid annealing activity and positions the replication primer tRNA onto genomic RNA.

    A. C. Prats;L. Sarih;C. Gabus;S. Litvak

  • A New 34-Kilodalton Isoform of Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Is Cap Dependently Synthesized by Using a Non-AUG Start Codon and Behaves as a Survival Factor

    Emmanuelle Arnaud;Christian Touriol;Christel Boutonnet;Marie-Claire Gensac

  • p53 Acts as a Safeguard of Translational Control by Regulating Fibrillarin and rRNA Methylation in Cancer

    Virginie Marcel;Virginie Marcel;Sandra E. Ghayad;Sandra E. Ghayad;Stéphane Belin;Stéphane Belin;Gabriel Therizols;Gabriel Therizols

  • Dysregulation of ribosome biogenesis and translational capacity is associated with tumor progression of human breast cancer cells.

    Stéphane Belin;Anne Beghin;Anne Beghin;Eduardo Solano-Gonzàlez;Eduardo Solano-Gonzàlez;Laurent Bezin

  • A Single Internal Ribosome Entry Site Containing a G Quartet RNA Structure Drives Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Gene Expression at Four Alternative Translation Initiation Codons

    Sophie Bonnal;Céline Schaeffer;Laurent Créancier;Simone Clamens

  • cis elements and trans-acting factors involved in dimer formation of murine leukemia virus RNA.

    A.-C. Prats;C. Roy;Piao Wang;M. Erard

  • Translation of CUG- but not AUG-initiated forms of human fibroblast growth factor 2 is activated in transformed and stressed cells.

    S Vagner;C Touriol;B Galy;S Audigier

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Internal Ribosome Entry Site (Ires) Activity Ex Vivo and in Transgenic Mice Reveals a Stringent Tissue-Specific Regulation

    Laurent Créancier;Dominique Morello;Pascale Mercier;Anne-Catherine Prats

  • Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1 Is a Novel Internal Ribosome Entry Site trans-Acting Factor That Modulates Alternative Initiation of Translation of the Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 mRNA

    Sophie Bonnal;Frédéric Pileur;Cécile Orsini;Fabienne Parker

  • CUG initiation codon used for the synthesis of a cell surface antigen coded by the murine leukemia virus

    Anne-Catherine Prats;Gérard De Billy;Piao Wang;Jean-Luc Darlix

  • IRES Trans-Acting Factors, Key Actors of the Stress Response.

    Anne-Claire Godet;Florian David;Fransky Hantelys;Florence Tatin

  • Unr is required in vivo for efficient initiation of translation from the internal ribosome entry sites of both rhinovirus and poliovirus

    Oréda Boussadia;Michael Niepmann;Laurent Créancier;Anne-Catherine Prats

  • Alternative Translation Initiation of the Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus mRNA Controlled by Internal Ribosome Entry Involving the p57/PTB Splicing Factor

    Stéphan Vagner;Axel Waysbort;Marc Marenda;Marie-Claire Gensac

  • Hypoxia Induces VEGF-C Expression in Metastatic Tumor Cells via a HIF-1α-Independent Translation-Mediated Mechanism

    Florent Morfoisse;Anna Kuchnio;Clement Frainay;Clement Frainay;Anne Gomez-Brouchet;Anne Gomez-Brouchet

  • p53 directly transactivates Δ133p53α, regulating cell fate outcome in response to DNA damage

    Mustapha Aoubala;F. Murray-Zmijewski;Marie Khoury;Marie Khoury;K. Fernandes

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphan Vagner
Stéphan Vagner Institute Curie
Francis Bayard
Francis Bayard Paul Sabatier University
Angelo Parini
Angelo Parini Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Jean-Christophe Bourdon
Jean-Christophe Bourdon University of Dundee
François Amalric
François Amalric Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andreas Bikfalvi
Andreas Bikfalvi University of Bordeaux
David P. Lane
David P. Lane Karolinska Institute
J.-L. Darlix
J.-L. Darlix Grenoble Alpes University
Philippe Valet
Philippe Valet Paul Sabatier University

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