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Fabrice Chrétien

Fabrice Chrétien

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15666
World Ranking
8236
National Ranking
275

Overview

Fabrice Chrétien is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions span multiple subfields including genetics, molecular biology, neurology, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work covers several key topics within the biomedical field, such as:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Fabrice Chrétien has published frequently in scientific venues including:

  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Annales de Pathologie
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chrétien include:

  • Pascale Varlet
  • Arnault Tauziède-Espariat
  • Alexandre Roux
  • Catherine Oppenheim
  • Johan Pallud

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Fabrice Chrétien encompass the following contributions:

  • Hidden Biomass of Intact Malaria Parasites in the Human Spleen (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • EZHIP is a specific diagnostic biomarker for posterior fossa ependymomas, group PFA and diffuse midline gliomas H3-WT with EZHIP overexpression (2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications)
  • NTRK-rearranged spindle cell neoplasms are ubiquitous tumours of myofibroblastic lineage with a distinct methylation class (2022, Histopathology)
  • Mitochondrial AIF loss causes metabolic reprogramming, caspase-independent cell death blockade, embryonic lethality, and perinatal hydrocephalus (2020, Molecular Metabolism)
  • Activation of Toll-Like Receptors Differentially Modulates Inflammation in the Human Reproductive Tract: Preliminary Findings (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)

The breadth of Fabrice Chrétien's research reflects a multidisciplinary approach oriented toward understanding mechanisms in oncology, molecular biology, and related medical fields. This includes investigations into cancer diagnostics, tumor biology, metabolic processes, and immunological pathways.

Best Publications

  • A mouse model for Chikungunya: young age and inefficient type-I interferon signaling are risk factors for severe disease.

    Thérèse Couderc;Fabrice Chrétien;Clémentine Schilte;Olivier Disson

  • Muscle satellite cells and endothelial cells: close neighbors and privileged partners.

    Christo Christov;Fabrice Chrétien;Rana Abou-Khalil;Rana Abou-Khalil;Guillaume Bassez;Guillaume Bassez

  • Comparative study of injury models for studying muscle regeneration in mice

    David Hardy;Aurore Besnard;Mathilde Latil;Grégory Jouvion;Grégory Jouvion

  • Evidence of a role for monocytes in dissemination and brain invasion by Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Caroline Charlier;Kirsten Nielsen;Samira Daou;Madly Brigitte

  • Cryptococcal cell morphology affects host cell interactions and pathogenicity.

    Laura H. Okagaki;Anna K. Strain;Judith N. Nielsen;Caroline Charlier

  • Deep dermatophytosis and inherited CARD9 deficiency.

    Fanny Lanternier;Saad Pathan;Quentin B. Vincent;Luyan Liu

  • Understanding brain dysfunction in sepsis

    Romain Sonneville;Romain Sonneville;Franck Verdonk;Camille Rauturier;Isabelle F Klein

  • Type I IFN controls chikungunya virus via its action on nonhematopoietic cells

    Clémentine Schilte;Thérèse Couderc;Thérèse Couderc;Fabrice Chretien;Marion Sourisseau

  • Dual and beneficial roles of macrophages during skeletal muscle regeneration.

    Bénédicte Chazaud;Madly Brigitte;Houda Yacoub-Youssef;Ludovic Arnold

  • Neuropathology of early HIV-1 infection.

    F. Gray;F. Scaravilli;I. Everall;F. Chretien

  • Neuronal apoptosis does not correlate with dementia in HIV infection but is related to microglial activation and axonal damage

    H Adle-Biassette;F Chrétien;L Wingertsmann;C Héry

  • Capsule Structure Changes Associated with Cryptococcus neoformans Crossing of the Blood-Brain Barrier

    Caroline Charlier;Fabrice Chrétien;Marielle Baudrimont;Elodie Mordelet

  • A role for the myogenic determination gene Myf5 in adult regenerative myogenesis.

    Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Fabrice Chrétien;Patricia Flamant;Danielle Gomès

  • Pathogenesis of Cerebral Cryptococcus neoformans Infection after Fungemia

    Fabrice Chrétien;Olivier Lortholary;Imad Kansau;Ségolène Neuville

  • The changing pattern of HIV neuropathology in the HAART era

    Françoise Gray;Fabrice Chrétien;Anne Valérie Vallat-Decouvelaere;Francesco Scaravilli

  • Coupling between Myogenesis and Angiogenesis during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Is Stimulated by Restorative Macrophages

    Claire Latroche;Michèle Weiss-Gayet;Laurent Muller;Cyril Gitiaux

  • Autocrine and Paracrine Angiopoietin 1/Tie-2 Signaling Promotes Muscle Satellite Cell Self-Renewal

    Rana Abou-Khalil;Rana Abou-Khalil;Fabien Le Grand;Giorgia Pallafacchina;Samuel Valable

  • Varicella-zoster virus infection of the central nervous system in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

    F. Gray;L. Bélec;M. C. Lescs;F. Chrétien

  • Neuropathology and neurodegeneration in human immunodeficiency virus infection. Pathogenesis of HIV-induced lesions of the brain, correlations with HIV-associated disorders and modifications according to treatments.

    Gray F;Adle-Biassette H;Chretien F;Lorin de la Grandmaison G

  • Muscle Resident Macrophages Control the Immune Cell Reaction in a Mouse Model of Notexin-Induced Myoinjury

    Madly Brigitte;Clementine Schilte;Anne Plonquet;Yasmine Baba-Amer

Frequent Co-Authors

Françoise Gray
Françoise Gray Université Paris Cité
Romain K. Gherardi
Romain K. Gherardi Paris-Est Créteil University
Bénédicte Chazaud
Bénédicte Chazaud Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Djillali Annane
Djillali Annane University of Paris-Saclay
Nathalie Boddaert
Nathalie Boddaert Université Paris Cité
Jacques Grill
Jacques Grill Institut Gustave Roussy
Catherine Oppenheim
Catherine Oppenheim Université Paris Cité
Olivier Lortholary
Olivier Lortholary Université Paris Cité
Stéphane Bretagne
Stéphane Bretagne Université Paris Cité
Shahragim Tajbakhsh
Shahragim Tajbakhsh Institut Pasteur

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