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Didier Letourneur

Didier Letourneur

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
11878
World Ranking
8882
National Ranking
314

Overview

Didier Letourneur is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. Their research covers a wide range of subfields, including Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, and Urology.

The scientist's work emphasizes several key topics: Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications.

Didier Letourneur has published in various scientific venues, with a notable presence in the following journals:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Bioengineering

Recent papers by Didier Letourneur include:

  • Membranes for Guided Bone Regeneration: A Road from Bench to Bedside (2020) in Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Impact of Astaxanthin on Diabetes Pathogenesis and Chronic Complications (2020) in Marine Drugs
  • Chicken egg white: Hatching of a new old biomaterial (2020) in Materials Today
  • In Vitro Strategies to Vascularize 3D Physiologically Relevant Models (2021) in Advanced Science
  • miRNA Delivery by Nanosystems: State of the Art and Perspectives (2021) in Pharmaceutics

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors including Rachida Aid, Teresa Simón-Yarza, Cédric Chauvierre, Joëlle Amédée, and Paola Aprile. These collaborative relationships have contributed to advancing research in their shared areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Organ Repair, Hemostasis, and In Vivo Bonding of Medical Devices by Aqueous Solutions of Nanoparticles

    Anne Meddahi-Pellé;Aurélie Legrand;Alba Marcellan;Alba Marcellan;Liliane Louedec

  • Concentrated collagen hydrogels as dermal substitutes.

    Christophe Helary;Isabelle Bataille;Isabelle Bataille;Aicha Abed;Aicha Abed;Corinne Illoul

  • A nano-hydroxyapatite--pullulan/dextran polysaccharide composite macroporous material for bone tissue engineering.

    Jean Christophe Fricain;Silke Schlaubitz;Catherine Le Visage;Isabelle Arnault

  • Fabrication of porous polysaccharide-based scaffolds using a combined freeze-drying/cross-linking process

    Aude Autissier;Catherine Le Visage;Cécile Pouzet;Frédéric Chaubet;Frédéric Chaubet

  • A Novel Cross‐linked Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) for Vascular Grafts

    Marc Chaouat;Catherine Le Visage;Wilms E. Baille;Brigitte Escoubet

  • Thrombolytic Therapy Based On Fucoidan-Functionalized Polymer Nanoparticles Targeting P-selectin

    Maya Juenet;Rachida Aid-Launais;Bo Li;Alice Berger

  • Doxorubicin release triggered by alginate embedded magnetic nanoheaters: a combined therapy.

    Séverine Brulé;Séverine Brulé;Michael Levy;Claire Wilhelm;Didier Letourneur

  • Fucoidan a sulfated polysaccharide from brown algae is a potent modulator of connective tissue proteolysis.

    Karim Senni;Farida Gueniche;Alexandrine Foucault-Bertaud;Sylvie Igondjo-Tchen

  • Mechanisms of pore formation in hydrogel scaffolds textured by freeze-drying.

    Jérôme Grenier;Hervé Duval;Fabrice Barou;Pin Lv

  • Supercritical antisolvent micronization of some biopolymers

    E Reverchon;G Della Porta;I De Rosa;P Subra

  • Accelerated craniofacial bone regeneration through dense collagen gel scaffolds seeded with dental pulp stem cells

    Frédéric Chamieh;Frédéric Chamieh;Anne-Margaux Collignon;Benjamin R. Coyac;Benjamin R. Coyac;Julie Lesieur

  • Low-molecular-weight fucoidan promotes therapeutic revascularization in a rat model of critical hindlimb ischemia.

    Charles-Edouard Luyt;Anne Meddahi-Pellé;Benoit Ho-Tin-Noe;Sylvia Colliec-Jouault

  • Astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis Prevents Oxidative Stress on Human Endothelial Cells without Toxicity.

    Philippe Régnier;Jorge Bastias;Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz;Noelia Caballero-Casero

  • Affinity of low molecular weight fucoidan for P-selectin triggers its binding to activated human platelets.

    Laure Bachelet;Isabelle Bertholon;Damien Lavigne;Roger Vassy

  • Combining magnetic nanoparticles with cell derived microvesicles for drug loading and targeting.

    Amanda K.A. Silva;Nathalie Luciani;Florence Gazeau;Kelly Aubertin

  • Radiolabeled Fucoidan as a P-Selectin Targeting Agent for In Vivo Imaging of Platelet-Rich Thrombus and Endothelial Activation

    François Rouzet;Laure Bachelet-Violette;Jean-Marc Alsac;Michimasa Suzuki

  • Membranes for Guided Bone Regeneration: A Road from Bench to Bedside.

    Paola Aprile;Didier Letourneur;Teresa Simon-Yarza

  • Low molecular weight fucoidan increases VEGF165-induced endothelial cell migration by enhancing VEGF165 binding to VEGFR-2 and NRP1.

    Andrew C. Lake;Andrew C. Lake;Roger Vassy;Mélanie Di Benedetto;Damien Lavigne

  • Priming Dental Pulp Stem Cells With Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Increases Angiogenesis of Implanted Tissue-Engineered Constructs Through Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Secretion

    Caroline Gorin;Gael Gy Rochefort;Rumeyza Bascetin;Hanru Ying;Hanru Ying;Hanru Ying

  • Iron oxide nanoparticle-labeled rat smooth muscle cells: cardiac MR imaging for cell graft monitoring and quantitation.

    Charlotte Rivière;Frank P. Boudghène;Florence Gazeau;Jacky Roger

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Baptiste Michel
Jean-Baptiste Michel University of Lorraine
Florence Gazeau
Florence Gazeau Université Paris Cité
Claire Wilhelm
Claire Wilhelm Sorbonne University
Diego Mantovani
Diego Mantovani Université Laval
Bhuvanesh Gupta
Bhuvanesh Gupta Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Ludwik Leibler
Ludwik Leibler PSL University
Janos Szebeni
Janos Szebeni Semmelweis University
Erik S.G. Stroes
Erik S.G. Stroes University of Amsterdam

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