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Christian Boitard

Christian Boitard

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Immunology

D-Index
65
Citations
13079
World Ranking
2868
National Ranking
122

Overview

Christian Boitard is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Genetics, Immunology, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Surgery as subfields of study.

Their scientific output addresses key topics such as:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Healthcare systems and practices
  • Diabetes management and research
  • Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
  • T-cell and B-cell immunology

Boitard has published extensively, with papers appearing in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Diabetologia
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • BMC Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Boitard cover diverse areas at the intersection of immunology, diabetes, and related disorders, including:

  • Outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection is linked to MAIT cell activation and cytotoxicity (2021, Nature Immunology)
  • High Prevalence of NASH and Advanced Fibrosis in Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study of 330 Outpatients Undergoing Liver Biopsies for Elevated ALT, Using a Low Threshold (2023, Diabetes Care)
  • Environmental Triggering of Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity (2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
  • INNODIA Master Protocol for the evaluation of investigational medicinal products in children, adolescents and adults with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (2022, Trials)
  • IFNγ causes mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in myositis (2024, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in Boitard's research include Sandrine Luce, Bruno Clément, Étienne Larger, A. Migus, and Anaïs Vallet-Pichard.

Best Publications

  • Syngeneic transfer of autoimmune diabetes from diabetic NOD mice to healthy neonates. Requirement for both L3T4+ and Lyt-2+ T cells.

    A Bendelac;C Carnaud;C Boitard;J F Bach

  • Factors associated with early remission of type I diabetes in children treated with cyclosporine.

    P.F. Bougneres;J.C. Carel;L. Castano;C. Boitard

  • Prevention of diabetes in NOD mice treated with antibody to murine IFNγ

    Monique Debray-Sachs;Claude Carnaud;Christian Boitard;Hélène Cohen

  • Age-dependent HLA genetic heterogeneity of type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    S Caillat-Zucman;H J Garchon;J Timsit;R Assan

  • T cell-mediated inhibition of the transfer of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice.

    Ch . Boitard;R. Yasunami;M. Dardenne;J. F. Bach

  • Mucosal-associated invariant T cell alterations in obese and type 2 diabetic patients

    Isabelle Magalhaes;Karine Pingris;Christine Poitou;Stéphanie Bessoles

  • Conditional and specific NF-κB blockade protects pancreatic beta cells from diabetogenic agents

    R. Eldor;A. Yeffet;K. Baum;V. Doviner

  • Changes in MicroRNA Expression Contribute to Pancreatic β-Cell Dysfunction in Prediabetic NOD Mice

    Elodie Roggli;Sonia Gattesco;Dorothée Caille;Claire Briet

  • Lymphocyte-Derived Exosomal MicroRNAs Promote Pancreatic β Cell Death and May Contribute to Type 1 Diabetes Development

    Claudiane Guay;Janine K. Kruit;Sophie Rome;Véronique Menoud

  • Acceleration of type 1 diabetes mellitus in proinsulin 2–deficient NOD mice

    Karine Thébault-Baumont;Danielle Dubois-Laforgue;Patricia Krief;Jean-Paul Briand

  • Limited duration of remission of insulin dependency in children with recent overt type I diabetes treated with low-dose cyclosporin.

    Pierre-François Bougnères;Paul Landais;Catherine Boisson;Jean-Claude Carel

  • Outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection is linked to MAIT cell activation and cytotoxicity.

    Héloïse Flament;Héloïse Flament;Matthieu Rouland;Lucie Beaudoin;Amine Toubal

  • Prevention of diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice by anti-I-A monoclonal antibodies: transfer of protection by splenic T cells.

    C Boitard;A Bendelac;M F Richard;C Carnaud

  • Microglial changes occur without neural cell death in diabetic retinopathy

    David Gaucher;Jean-Armand Chiappore;Jean-Armand Chiappore;Michel Pâques;Michel Pâques;Manuel Simonutti;Manuel Simonutti

  • Recognition of a subregion of human proinsulin by class I-restricted T cells in type 1 diabetic patients

    Andréa Toma;Samy Haddouk;Jean-Paul Briand;Luc Camoin

  • Adoptive T cell transfer of autoimmune nonobese diabetic mouse diabetes does not require recruitment of host B lymphocytes.

    A Bendelac;C Boitard;P Bedossa;H Bazin

  • Immunological effects of high dose administration of anti-CD4 antibody in rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Danièle Goldberg;Patricia Morel;Lucienne Chatenoud;Christian Boitard

  • Anti-α/β T cell receptor monoclonal antibody provides an efficient therapy for autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice

    Pascal Sempé;Pierre Bédossa;Marie-Francoise Richard;Maria-Carme Villà

  • Lymphocytes from diabetics suppress insulin release in vitro.

    C. Boitard;M. Debray-Sachs;A. Pouplard;R. Assan

  • T Cell Recognition of Autoantigens in Human Type 1 Diabetes: Clinical Perspectives

    Roberto Mallone;Vedran Brezar;Vedran Brezar;Christian Boitard;Christian Boitard

  • Pancreatic islet beta cells drive T cell-immune responses in the nonobese diabetic mouse model.

    E Larger;C Bécourt;J F Bach;C Boitard

  • The immunology of diabetes mellitus

    Christian Boitard;Philip Avner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Bach
Jean-François Bach Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Claude Henquin
Jean-Claude Henquin Université Catholique de Louvain
Suad Efendic
Suad Efendic Karolinska Institute
Donald F. Steiner
Donald F. Steiner University of Chicago
Philip Avner
Philip Avner European Bioinformatics Institute
Bo Ahrén
Bo Ahrén Lund University
Ele Ferrannini
Ele Ferrannini University of Pisa
François A. Lemonnier
François A. Lemonnier Université Paris Cité
Susumu Seino
Susumu Seino Kobe University

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