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58
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10593
World Ranking
13325
National Ranking
502

Overview

Chantal Pichon is affiliated with the University of Orléans in France, contributing research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional focus on Medicine. Their work spans a wide spectrum of molecular biology topics, including advanced biomedical engineering and cancer research.

Their subfields of study highlight significant involvement in Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the central themes of their research output.

Key research topics covered by Pichon's publications include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Virus-based Gene Therapy Research, and MicroRNA in Disease Regulation. Other notable subjects in their work are Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Pichon's recent papers demonstrate an engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of these topics:

  • Microbiota medicine: towards clinical revolution, 2022, Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Nanomedicine-Based Approaches for mRNA Delivery, 2020, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • New insights on molecular internalization and drug delivery following plasma jet exposures, 2020, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • miRNA Delivery by Nanosystems: State of the Art and Perspectives, 2021, Pharmaceutics
  • Non-coding RNAs: Emerging from the discovery to therapeutic applications, 2021, Biochemical Pharmacology

Frequent coauthors in Pichon's collaborative network include Patrick Midoux, Anthony Delalande, Federico Perche, Nabila Laroui, and Patrick Baril. These collaborations indicate an active engagement in interdisciplinary research groups.

Pichon has published extensively in a range of scientific journals, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Best Publications

  • Chemical vectors for gene delivery: a current review on polymers, peptides and lipids containing histidine or imidazole as nucleic acids carriers

    Patrick Midoux;Chantal Pichon;Jean-Jacques Yaouanc;Paul-Alain Jaffrès

  • Histidine-rich peptides and polymers for nucleic acids delivery.

    Chantal Pichon;Christine Gonçalves;Patrick Midoux

  • Enhancement of dendritic cells transfection in vivo and of vaccination against B16F10 melanoma with mannosylated histidylated lipopolyplexes loaded with tumor antigen messenger RNA.

    Federico Perche;Thierry Benvegnu;Mathieu Berchel;Loic Lebegue

  • Polymer-based gene delivery: a current review on the uptake and intracellular trafficking of polyplexes.

    Patrick Midoux;Gilles Breuzard;Jean Pierre Gomez;Chantal Pichon

  • Nanoporous metal organic frameworks as hybrid polymer-metal composites for drug delivery and biomedical applications.

    Sarwar Beg;Mahfoozur Rahman;Atul Jain;Sumant Saini

  • Chemical vectors for gene delivery: uptake and intracellular trafficking.

    Chantal Pichon;Ludivine Billiet;Patrick Midoux

  • Sonoporation: mechanistic insights and ongoing challenges for gene transfer.

    Anthony Delalande;Spiros Kotopoulis;Michiel Postema;Patrick Midoux

  • Lipid-based mRNA vaccine delivery systems

    Patrick Midoux;Chantal Pichon

  • mRNA-based cancer vaccine: prevention of B16 melanoma progression and metastasis by systemic injection of MART1 mRNA histidylated lipopolyplexes

    M Mockey;E Bourseau;V Chandrashekhar;A Chaudhuri

  • Macropinocytosis of polyplexes and recycling of plasmid via the clathrin-dependent pathway impair the transfection efficiency of human hepatocarcinoma cells.

    Christine Gonçalves;Eric Mennesson;Renate Fuchs;Jean-Pierre Gorvel

  • mRNA transfection of dendritic cells: Synergistic effect of ARCA mRNA capping with Poly(A) chains in cis and in trans for a high protein expression level

    Michael Mockey;Cristine Gonçalves;Franck P. Dupuy;François M. Lemoine

  • Single histidine residue in head-group region is sufficient to impart remarkable gene transfection properties to cationic lipids: evidence for histidine-mediated membrane fusion at acidic pH

    Valluripalli Vinod Kumar;Chantal Pichon;Matthieu Réfrégiers;Brigitte Guérin

  • Accelerated Achilles tendon healing by PDGF gene delivery with mesoporous silica nanoparticles.

    Arnaud Suwalski;Hinda Dabboue;Anthony Delalande;Sabine F. Bensamoun

  • Dendritic Cell Targeting mRNA Lipopolyplexes Combine Strong Antitumor T-Cell Immunity with Improved Inflammatory Safety

    Kevin Van der Jeught;Stefaan De Koker;Lukasz Bialkowski;Carlo Heirman

  • Polyethylenimine-based polyplex delivery of self-replicating RNA vaccines.

    Thomas Démoulins;Panagiota Milona;Pavlos C. Englezou;Thomas Ebensen

  • Histidinylated linear PEI: a new efficient non-toxic polymer for gene transfer

    Emilie Bertrand;Cristine Gonçalves;Ludivine Billiet;Jean Pierre Gomez

  • Low dose beta-blocker prevents ovariectomy-induced bone loss in rats without affecting heart functions.

    N. Bonnet;C.L. Benhamou;L. Malaval;C. Goncalves

  • Skin Immune Landscape: Inside and Outside the Organism

    Florence Abdallah;Lily Mijouin;Chantal Pichon;Chantal Pichon

  • Pyridine-based lanthanide complexes combining MRI and NIR luminescence activities.

    Célia S. Bonnet;Frédéric Buron;Fabien Caillé;Fabien Caillé;Chad M. Shade

  • Gene transfer by chemical vectors, and endocytosis routes of polyplexes, lipoplexes and lipopolyplexes in a myoblast cell line.

    Ludivine Billiet;Jean-Pierre Gomez;Mathieu Berchel;Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Midoux
Patrick Midoux University of Orléans
Michel Monsigny
Michel Monsigny University of Orléans
Ilídio J. Correia
Ilídio J. Correia University of Beira Interior
João A. Queiroz
João A. Queiroz University of Beira Interior
Ayache Bouakaz
Ayache Bouakaz François Rabelais University
Marc G. J. Feuilloley
Marc G. J. Feuilloley University of Rouen
Jozef Dulak
Jozef Dulak Jagiellonian University
Alicja Jozkowicz
Alicja Jozkowicz Jagiellonian University
Stéphane Petoud
Stéphane Petoud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel Scherman
Daniel Scherman Université Paris Cité

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