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Overview

Didier Merlin is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing significantly with 64 and 50 publications respectively in these areas.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases. The diversity of these specializations reflects a broad engagement with biomedical sciences, with a strong emphasis on molecular mechanisms and disease pathology.

Merlin's research topics cover various themes related to gastrointestinal and molecular medicine. The main topics include:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Didier Merlin include:

  • Oral delivery of natural active small molecules by polymeric nanoparticles for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, 2021, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Unveiling Colitis: A Journey through the Dextran Sodium Sulfate-induced Model, 2024, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Inflammatory bowel disease biomarkers, 2022, Medicinal Research Reviews
  • Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Nanoplatforms for Colorectal Cancer Therapy, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Oral delivery of IL-22 mRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles targeting the injured intestinal mucosa: A novel therapeutic solution to treat ulcerative colitis, 2022, Biomaterials

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • BIO-PROTOCOL
  • Gastroenterology
  • Nanomaterials
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Nanomedicine

Merlin collaborates often with several researchers including Chunhua Yang, Junsik Sung, Dingpei Long, Zahra Alghoul, and Émilie Viennois, indicating ongoing partnerships with experts across overlapping biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Orally delivered thioketal nanoparticles loaded with TNF-α–siRNA target inflammation and inhibit gene expression in the intestines

    D. Scott Wilson;Guillaume Dalmasso;Lixin Wang;Shanthi V. Sitaraman

  • Edible ginger-derived nanoparticles: A novel therapeutic approach for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated cancer.

    Mingzhen Zhang;Emilie Viennois;Meena Prasad;Yunchen Zhang

  • Concomitant Activation of the JAK/STAT, PI3K/AKT, and ERK Signaling Is Involved in Leptin-Mediated Promotion of Invasion and Migration of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

    Neeraj K. Saxena;Dipali Sharma;Xiaokun Ding;Songbai Lin

  • Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Clinical and Molecular Parameters in Dextran Sodium Sulfate Induced Colitis

    Yutao Yan;Vasantha Kolachala;Guillaume Dalmasso;Hang Nguyen

  • 193 Orally Delivered Thioketal-Nanoparticles Loaded With TNFα-SiRNA Target Inflammation and Inhibit Gene Expression in the Intestines

    David S. Wilson;Guillaume Dalmasso;Lixin Wang;Shanthi V. Sitaraman

  • Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS) Induces Colitis in Mice by Forming Nano-Lipocomplexes with Medium-Chain-Length Fatty Acids in the Colon

    Hamed Laroui;Sarah A. Ingersoll;Sarah A. Ingersoll;Hong Chun Liu;Hong Chun Liu;Mark T. Baker

  • Targeted deletion of metalloproteinase 9 attenuates experimental colitis in mice: central role of epithelial-derived MMP.

    Florencia E Castaneda;Baljit Walia;Matam Vijay-Kumar;Neal R Patel

  • Edible Ginger-derived Nano-lipids Loaded with Doxorubicin as a Novel Drug-delivery Approach for Colon Cancer Therapy.

    Mingzhen Zhang;Bo Xiao;Bo Xiao;Huan Wang;Moon Kwon Han

  • hPepT1 transports muramyl dipeptide, activating NF-κB and stimulating IL-8 secretion in human colonic Caco2/bbe cells

    Stephan R. Vavricka;Mark W. Musch;Jonathan E. Chang;Yasushi Nakagawa

  • Bidirectional Crosstalk between Leptin and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Signaling Promotes Invasion and Migration of Breast Cancer Cells via Transactivation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

    Neeraj K. Saxena;La Tonia Taliaferro-Smith;Brandi B. Knight;Didier Merlin

  • IL-6 induces NF-kappa B activation in the intestinal epithelia.

    Lixin Wang;Baljit Walia;John Evans;Andrew T. Gewirtz

  • Salmonella typhimurium induces epithelial IL-8 expression via Ca2+-mediated activation of the NF-κB pathway

    Andrew T. Gewirtz;Anjali S. Rao;Peter O. Simon;Didier Merlin

  • Dietary Emulsifier–Induced Low-Grade Inflammation Promotes Colon Carcinogenesis

    Emilie Viennois;Didier Merlin;Didier Merlin;Andrew T. Gewirtz;Benoit Chassaing

  • PepT1-mediated epithelial transport of dipeptides and cephalexin is enhanced by luminal leptin in the small intestine

    Marion Buyse;Françoise Berlioz;Sandra Guilmeau;Annick Tsocas

  • Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles Targeted to the Colon With Polysaccharide Hydrogel Reduce Colitis in a Mouse Model

    Hamed Laroui;Guillaume Dalmasso;Hang Thi Thu Nguyen;Yutao Yan

  • Plant derived edible nanoparticles as a new therapeutic approach against diseases

    Mingzhen Zhang;Emilie Viennois;Changlong Xu;Didier Merlin

  • Neutrophil-epithelial crosstalk at the intestinal lumenal surface mediated by reciprocal secretion of adenosine and IL-6

    Shanthi V. Sitaraman;Didier Merlin;Lixin Wang;Michelle Wong

  • Oral administration of ginger-derived nanolipids loaded with siRNA as a novel approach for efficient siRNA drug delivery to treat ulcerative colitis.

    Mingzhen Zhang;Xiaoyu Wang;Moon Kwon Han;James F Collins

  • Colonic epithelial hPepT1 expression occurs in inflammatory bowel disease: Transport of bacterial peptides influences expression of MHC class 1 molecules

    Didier Merlin;Mustapha Si-Tahar;Shanthi V. Sitaraman;Karen Eastburn

  • Colonic leptin: source of a novel proinflammatory cytokine involved in IBD

    Shanthi Sitaraman;Xia Liu;Laetitia Charrier;Li Hao Gu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shanthi V. Sitaraman
Shanthi V. Sitaraman Emory University
Andrew T. Gewirtz
Andrew T. Gewirtz Georgia State University
James L. Madara
James L. Madara American Medical Association
Lixin Wang
Lixin Wang Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Matam Vijay-Kumar
Matam Vijay-Kumar University of Toledo
Vincent W. Yang
Vincent W. Yang Stony Brook University
Timothy L. Denning
Timothy L. Denning Georgia Research Alliance
Benoit Chassaing
Benoit Chassaing Georgia State University
Mustapha Si-Tahar
Mustapha Si-Tahar François Rabelais University
Wayne I. Lencer
Wayne I. Lencer Harvard University

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