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Gérard Chassaing

Gérard Chassaing

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Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
13734
World Ranking
11985
National Ranking
469

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
13654
World Ranking
14877
National Ranking
582

Overview

Gérard Chassaing is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans significant subfields such as molecular biology and sensory systems.

Their research focuses on topics including genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress; signaling pathways in disease; and ion channels and receptors.

Chassaing has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "36th European Peptide Symposium," 2024, Journal of Peptide Science
  • "A receptor-independent signaling pathway for BDNF," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "BDNF exerts an NRF2-dependent cytoprotective function via a receptor-independent pathway," 2025, Cell Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Franck Brouillard, Alexandre Cabayé, Damien Claverie, Philippe Nuss, and Tahar Bouceba, each having coauthored two papers with them.

Their publications have appeared mostly in venues such as the Journal of Peptide Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Cell Reports.

Best Publications

  • The third helix of the Antennapedia homeodomain translocates through biological membranes

    D Derossi;A H Joliot;G Chassaing;A Prochiantz

  • Cell Internalization of the Third Helix of the Antennapedia Homeodomain Is Receptor-independent

    Daniele Derossi;Sophie Calvet;Alain Trembleau;Alié Brunissen

  • Trojan peptides: the penetratin system for intracellular delivery

    Daniele Derossi;Gerard Chassaing;Alain Prochiantz

  • Identification of an anti-inflammatory protein from Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, a commensal bacterium deficient in Crohn’s disease

    E. Quévrain;M.A. Maubert;C. Michon;F. Chain;F. Chain

  • Translocation and Endocytosis for Cell-penetrating Peptide Internalization

    Chen-Yu Jiao;Diane Delaroche;Fabienne Burlina;Isabel D. Alves

  • Intraneuronal delivery of protein kinase C pseudosubstrate leads to growth cone collapse

    L Theodore;D Derossi;G Chassaing;B Llirbat

  • Conformational and associative behaviours of the third helix of antennapedia homeodomain in membrane-mimetic environments.

    Jean-Philippe Berlose;Odile Convert;Daniele Derossi;Alié Brunissen

  • Cell-surface thiols affect cell entry of disulfide-conjugated peptides

    Soline Aubry;Soline Aubry;Fabienne Burlina;Fabienne Burlina;Edmond Dupont;Diane Delaroche;Diane Delaroche

  • Translocation mechanism(s) of cell-penetrating peptides: biophysical studies using artificial membrane bilayers.

    Margherita Di Pisa;Gérard Chassaing;Gérard Chassaing;Gérard Chassaing;Jean-Marie Swiecicki;Jean-Marie Swiecicki;Jean-Marie Swiecicki

  • Preferential conformation of substance P in solution.

    Gérard Chassaing;Odile Convert;Solange Lavielle

  • Different membrane behaviour and cellular uptake of three basic arginine-rich peptides.

    Astrid Walrant;Isabelle Correia;Chen-Yu Jiao;Olivier Lequin

  • Possible existence of a new tachykinin receptor subtype in the guinea pig ileum.

    François Petitet;Monique Saffroy;Yvette Torrens;Solange Lavielle

  • Structure and Inhibitory Effects on Angiogenesis and Tumor Development of a New Vascular Endothelial Growth Inhibitor

    Lior Zilberberg;Svetlana Shinkaruk;Olivier Lequin;Benoit Rousseau

  • Membrane interaction and perturbation mechanisms induced by two cationic cell penetrating peptides with distinct charge distribution

    Isabel D. Alves;Nicole Goasdoué;Isabelle Correia;Soline Aubry

  • Quantification of the Cellular Uptake of Cell‐Penetrating Peptides by MALDI‐TOF Mass Spectrometry

    Fabienne Burlina;Sandrine Sagan;Gérard Bolbach;Gérard Chassaing

  • Analysis of tachykinin binding site interactions using constrained analogues of tachykinins.

    S. Lavielle;G. Chassaing;O. Ploux;D. Loeuillet

  • Lipid reorganization induced by membrane-active peptides probed using differential scanning calorimetry.

    Pierre Joanne;Cécile Galanth;Nicole Goasdoué;Pierre Nicolas

  • N- and Calpha-methylation in biologically active peptides: synthesis, structural and functional aspects

    Sandrine Sagan;Philippe Karoyan;Olivier Lequin;Gerard Chassaing

  • Tachykinin peptides affect differently the second messenger pathways after binding to CHO-expressed human NK-1 receptors.

    S Sagan;G Chassaing;L Pradier;S Lavielle

  • Dermaseptin S9, an α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptide with a Hydrophobic Core and Cationic Termini†

    Olivier Lequin;Ali Ladram;Ludovic Chabbert;Francine Bruston

  • Peptide-grafted nanodiamonds: preparation, cytotoxicity and uptake in cells.

    Stéphanie Vial;Christelle Mansuy;Sandrine Sagan;Theano Irinopoulou

Frequent Co-Authors

Solange Lavielle
Solange Lavielle PSL University
Yvette Torrens
Yvette Torrens Collège de France
Jacques Glowinski
Jacques Glowinski Collège de France
Germain Trugnan
Germain Trugnan Grenoble Alpes University
Alain Prochiantz
Alain Prochiantz Collège de France
Philippe Langella
Philippe Langella University of Paris-Saclay
Harry Sokol
Harry Sokol Sorbonne University
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Christian Amatore
Christian Amatore École Normale Supérieure
Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán
Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán University of Paris-Saclay

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