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Eric Boilard

Eric Boilard

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Immunology

D-Index
61
Citations
24501
World Ranking
3184
National Ranking
77

Overview

Eric Boilard is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

Their research focuses on topics such as Platelet Disorders and Treatments, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Inflammasome and Immune Disorders, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis, and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Isabelle Allaeys
  • Louis Flamand
  • Paul R. Fortin
  • Isabelle Dubuc
  • Audrée Laroche

Eric Boilard has published regularly in several venues, with the most common including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood Advances
  • Blood
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Eric Boilard are:

  • Platelets Can Associate With SARS-CoV-2 RNA and Are Hyperactivated in COVID-19, 2020, Circulation Research
  • The role of platelets in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, 2023, Nature Reviews Immunology
  • High levels of eicosanoids and docosanoids in the lungs of intubated COVID-19 patients, 2021, The FASEB Journal
  • Neuronal interleukin-1 receptors mediate pain in chronic inflammatory diseases, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Platelets release mitochondrial antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus, 2021, Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • Platelets Amplify Inflammation in Arthritis via Collagen-Dependent Microparticle Production

    Eric Boilard;Peter A. Nigrovic;Peter A. Nigrovic;Katherine Larabee;Gerald F. M. Watts

  • Platelets release mitochondria serving as substrate for bactericidal group IIA-secreted phospholipase A2 to promote inflammation

    Luc H. Boudreau;Anne Claire Duchez;Nathalie Cloutier;Denis Soulet

  • Activated platelets can deliver mRNA regulatory Ago2•microRNA complexes to endothelial cells via microparticles

    Benoit Laffont;Aurélie Corduan;Hélène Plé;Anne-Claire Duchez

  • Platelets Can Associate with SARS-Cov-2 RNA and Are Hyperactivated in COVID-19.

    Younes Zaid;Florian Puhm;Isabelle Allaeys;Abdallah Naya

  • Mitochondria Are a Subset of Extracellular Vesicles Released by Activated Monocytes and Induce Type I IFN and TNF Responses in Endothelial Cells.

    Florian Puhm;Taras Afonyushkin;Ulrike Resch;Georg Obermayer

  • The exposure of autoantigens by microparticles underlies the formation of potent inflammatory components: the microparticle‐associated immune complexes

    Nathalie Cloutier;Sisareuth Tan;Luc H Boudreau;Catriona Cramb

  • Platelets: active players in the pathogenesis of arthritis and SLE

    Eric Boilard;Patrick Blanco;Peter A. Nigrovic

  • Platelets can enhance vascular permeability

    Nathalie Cloutier;Alexandre Paré;Richard W. Farndale;H. Ralph Schumacher

  • Platelet microparticles are internalized in neutrophils via the concerted activity of 12-lipoxygenase and secreted phospholipase A2-IIA

    Anne-Claire Duchez;Luc H. Boudreau;Gajendra S. Naika;James Bollinger

  • Platelet microvesicles in health and disease

    Imene Melki;Nicolas Tessandier;Anne Zufferey;Eric Boilard

  • Nouvelle Cuisine: Platelets Served with Inflammation

    Rick Kapur;Anne Zufferey;Eric Boilard;John W Semple

  • Microvesicles in vascular homeostasis and diseases. Position Paper of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology.

    Victoria C. Ridger;Chantal M. Boulanger;Anne Angelillo-Scherrer;Lina Badimon

  • Influenza virus H1N1 activates platelets through FcγRIIA signaling and thrombin generation.

    Eric Boilard;Guillaume Paré;Matthieu Rousseau;Nathalie Cloutier

  • Platelets release pathogenic serotonin and return to circulation after immune complex-mediated sequestration.

    Nathalie Cloutier;Isabelle Allaeys;Genevieve Marcoux;Kellie R. Machlus

  • The 20S proteasome core, active within apoptotic exosome-like vesicles, induces autoantibody production and accelerates rejection

    Mélanie Dieudé;Christina Bell;Julie Turgeon;Deborah Beillevaire

  • Mast cells contribute to autoimmune inflammatory arthritis via their tryptase•heparin complexes

    Kichul Shin;Peter A. Nigrovic;James Crish;Eric Boilard

  • Extracellular vesicles and their content in bioactive lipid mediators: more than a sack of microRNA.

    Eric Boilard

  • A novel anti-inflammatory role for secretory phospholipase A2 in immune complex-mediated arthritis

    Eric Boilard;Ying Lai;Katherine Larabee;Barbara Balestrieri

  • Platelet microparticles reprogram macrophage gene expression and function

    Benoit Laffont;Aurélie Corduan;Matthieu Rousseau;Anne-Claire Duchez

  • Activation of Cytokine Production by Secreted Phospholipase A2 in Human Lung Macrophages Expressing the M-Type Receptor

    Francescopaolo Granata;Angelica Petraroli;Eric Boilard;Sofiane Bezzine

  • The diversity of platelet microparticles

    Eric Boilard;Anne-Claire Duchez;Alain Brisson

  • High levels of eicosanoids and docosanoids in the lungs of intubated COVID-19 patients.

    Anne-Sophie Archambault;Younes Zaid;Younes Zaid;Volatiana Rakotoarivelo;Caroline Turcotte

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Fortin
Paul R. Fortin Université Laval
Peter A. Nigrovic
Peter A. Nigrovic Boston Children's Hospital
Joseph E. Italiano
Joseph E. Italiano Boston Children's Hospital
Michael H. Gelb
Michael H. Gelb University of Washington
Louis Flamand
Louis Flamand Université Laval
Gérard Lambeau
Gérard Lambeau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew S. Weyrich
Andrew S. Weyrich University of Utah
Sylvain G. Bourgoin
Sylvain G. Bourgoin Université Laval
Edit I. Buzás
Edit I. Buzás Semmelweis University
Marie-Ève Tremblay
Marie-Ève Tremblay University of Victoria

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