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Anne Dejean

Anne Dejean

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
82
Citations
34225
World Ranking
919
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Anne Dejean is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Their subfields of study focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Physiology.

The research topics addressed by Anne Dejean include:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Anne Dejean has published in a range of scientific venues, with frequent publications in Cell Reports, as well as contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Immunity, Neuron, and Oncotarget.

Significant recent papers include:

  • "Febrile Temperature Critically Controls the Differentiation and Pathogenicity of T Helper 17 Cells," 2020, Immunity
  • "Extensive SUMO Modification of Repressive Chromatin Factors Distinguishes Pluripotent from Somatic Cells," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "SUMOylation of Enzymes and Ion Channels in Sensory Neurons Protects against Metabolic Dysfunction, Neuropathy, and Sensory Loss in Diabetes," 2020, Neuron
  • "Global DNA hypermethylation pattern and unique gene expression signature in liver cancer from patients with Indigenous American ancestry," 2021, Oncotarget
  • "Transient suppression of SUMOylation in embryonic stem cells generates embryo-like structures," 2023, Cell Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Anne Dejean include Jack-Christophe Cossec, Alexandra Andrieux, Ivo A. Hendriks, Michael L. Nielsen, and Pascal Pineau.

Anne Dejean was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The PML-RARα fusion mRNA generated by the t(15;17) translocation in acute promyelocytic leukemia encodes a functionally altered RAR

    Catherine Lavau;Agnès Marchio;Christine Chomienne

  • The t(15;17) translocation of acute promyelocytic leukaemia fuses the retinoic acid receptor α gene to a novel transcribed locus

    Christine Chomienne;Michel Lanotte;Laurent Degos

  • The hepatitis B virus

    Pierre Tiollais;Christine Pourcel;Anne Dejean

  • Identification of a second human retinoic acid receptor

    Nigel Brand;Martin Petkovich;Andrée Krust;Pierre Chambon

  • A unified nomenclature system for the nuclear receptor superfamily

    J. Auwerx;E. Baulieu;M. Beato;M. Becker-Andre

  • The nucleoporin RanBP2 has SUMO1 E3 ligase activity

    Andrea Pichler;Andreas Gast;Jacob S. Seeler;Anne Dejean

  • Identification of a retinoic acid responsive element in the retinoic acid receptor & beta;gene

    Maria del Mar Vivanco-Ruiz;Pierre Tiollais;Henk Stunnenberg

  • Nuclear and unclear functions of SUMO.

    Jacob-S. Seeler;Anne Dejean

  • miR-221 overexpression contributes to liver tumorigenesis

    Pascal Pineau;Stefano Volinia;Katherine McJunkin;Agnès Marchio

  • Conjugation with the ubiquitin‐related modifier SUMO‐1 regulates the partitioning of PML within the nucleus

    Stefan Müller;Michael J. Matunis;Anne Dejean

  • Retinoic acid regulates aberrant nuclear localization of PML-RARα in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells

    Karsten Weis;Sophie Rambaud;Catherine Lavau;Joop Jansen

  • Foxo1 links homing and survival of naive T cells by regulating L-selectin, CCR7 and interleukin 7 receptor

    Yann M Kerdiles;Daniel R Beisner;Roberto Tinoco;Anne S Dejean

  • The SUMO Pathway Is Essential for Nuclear Integrity and Chromosome Segregation in Mice

    Karim Nacerddine;François Lehembre;Mantu Bhaumik;Jérôme Artus

  • p53 regulates epithelial–mesenchymal transition through microRNAs targeting ZEB1 and ZEB2

    Taewan Kim;Angelo Veronese;Flavia Pichiorri;Tae Jin Lee

  • Differential expression and ligand regulation of the retinoic acid receptor alpha and beta genes.

    Agnès Marchio;P. Tiollais;A. Dejean

  • Hepatitis B virus DNA integration in a sequence homologous to v-erb-A and steroid receptor genes in a hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Anne Dejean;Lydie Bougueleret;Karl-Heinz Grzeschik;Pierre Tiollais

  • c-Jun and p53 activity is modulated by SUMO-1 modification.

    Stefan Müller;Michael Berger;François Lehembre;Jacob-S. Seeler

  • SMRT corepressor interacts with PLZF and with the PML-retinoic acid receptor α (RARα) and PLZF-RARα oncoproteins associated with acute promyelocytic leukemia

    Suk Hyun Hong;Gregory David;Chi Wai Wong;Anne Dejean

  • Steroid/thyroid hormone receptor-related protein inappropriately expressed in human hepatocellular carcinoma

    Agnes Marchio;Pierre Tiollais;Anne Dejean

  • The SUMO E3 ligase RanBP2 promotes modification of the HDAC4 deacetylase.

    Olivier Kirsh;Jacob-S. Seeler;Andrea Pichler;Andreas Gast

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Tiollais
Pierre Tiollais Institut Pasteur
Simon Wain-Hobson
Simon Wain-Hobson Institut Pasteur
Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart Institut Pasteur
Stefan Müller
Stefan Müller Goethe University Frankfurt
Marie-Anne Nahori
Marie-Anne Nahori Institut Pasteur
Philippe J. Sansonetti
Philippe J. Sansonetti Institut Pasteur
Moussa Benhamed
Moussa Benhamed University of Paris-Saclay
Christian Bréchot
Christian Bréchot Institut Pasteur
Vincenzo Mazzaferro
Vincenzo Mazzaferro University of Milan
Christine Chomienne
Christine Chomienne Université Paris Cité

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