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Overview

Hugues Chap is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pharmacology, Surgery, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hugues Chap are:

  • Glycerophosphodiesterase 3 (GDE3) is a lysophosphatidylinositol-specific ectophospholipase C acting as an endocannabinoid signaling switch, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Possible Role of Adipose Tissue and the Endocannabinoid System in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pathogenesis: Can Rimonabant Return?, 2020, Obesity
  • From Classical to Alternative Pathways of 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Synthesis: AlterAGs at the Crossroad of Endocannabinoid and Lysophospholipid Signaling, 2024, Molecules
  • Can antidepressants unlock prescription of rimonabant in the fight against COVID-19?, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

Hugues Chap frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Fabienne Briand-Mésange
  • Jérôme Ausseil
  • Jean-Pierre Salles
  • Stéphanie Trudel
  • Juliette Salles

Their work has appeared in journals such as:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Obesity
  • Molecules
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Relationship between flavonoid structure and inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase: a comparison with tyrosine kinase and protein kinase C inhibition.

    Georgine Agullo;Laurence Gamet-Payrastre;Stéphane Manenti;Cécile Viala

  • Secretory phospholipase A2 generates the novel lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid in membrane microvesicles shed from activated cells

    Olivier Fourcade;Marie-Françoise Simon;Cécile Viodé;Nathalie Rugani

  • A role for phosphoinositide 3-kinase in bacterial invasion.

    Keith Ireton;Bernard Payrastre;Hugues Chap;Wataru Ogawa

  • Flavonoids and the inhibition of PKC and PI 3-kinase.

    Laurence Gamet-Payrastre;Stéphane Manenti;Marie-Pierre Gratacap;Jacques Tulliez

  • Integrin-dependent translocation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase to the cytoskeleton of thrombin-activated platelets involves specific interactions of p85 alpha with actin filaments and focal adhesion kinase.

    C Guinebault;B Payrastre;C Racaud-Sultan;H Mazarguil

  • A Key Role of Adenosine Diphosphate in the Irreversible Platelet Aggregation Induced by the PAR1-Activating Peptide Through the Late Activation of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

    Catherine Trumel;Bernard Payrastre;Monique Plantavid;Béatrice Hechler

  • Hepatic lipase induces the formation of pre-beta 1 high density lipoprotein (HDL) from triacylglycerol-rich HDL2. A study comparing liver perfusion to in vitro incubation with lipases

    A Barrans;X Collet;R Barbaras;B Jaspard

  • A Genetic Defect in Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Triggers Apoptosis in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells

    Zheng Cui;Martin Houweling;Ming H. Chen;Michel Record

  • Studies on ether phospholipids. II. Comparative composition of various tissues from human, rat and guinea pig.

    Ama Diagne;Josette Fauvel;Michel Record;Hugues Chap

  • Interaction of pp60c-src, phospholipase C, inositol-lipid, and diacyglycerol kinases with the cytoskeletons of thrombin-stimulated platelets.

    Pascal Grondin;Monique Plantavid;Claire Sultan;Monique Breton

  • Platelet membrane phospholipid asymmetry: from the characterization of a scramblase activity to the identification of an essential protein mutated in Scott syndrome.

    T. Lhermusier;H. Chap;B. Payrastre

  • Phosphatidic and lysophosphatidic acid production in phospholipase C-and thrombin-treated platelets. Possible involvement of a platelet lipase.

    Gérard Mauco;Hugues Chap;Marie-Françoise Simon;Louis Douste-Blazy

  • Lysophosphatidic acid as a phospholipid mediator: pathways of synthesis

    Frédérique Gaits;Olivier Fourcade;François Le Balle;Geneviève Gueguen

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate-dependent Stimulation of Phospholipase C-γ2 Is an Early Key Event in FcγRIIA-mediated Activation of Human Platelets *

    Marie-Pierre Gratacap;Bernard Payrastre;Cécile Viala;Gérard Mauco

  • Asymmetric distribution of arachidonic acid in the plasma membrane of human platelets. A determination using purified phospholipases and a rapid method for membrane isolation.

    Bertrand Perret;Hugues J. Chap;Louis Douste-Blazy

  • A critical role for phosphoinositide 3-kinase upstream of Gab1 and SHP2 in the activation of ras and mitogen-activated protein kinases by epidermal growth factor.

    Armelle Yart;Muriel Laffargue;Patrick Mayeux;Stany Chretien

  • Structure-activity analysis of the effects of lysophosphatidic acid on platelet aggregation.

    Geneviève Gueguen;Bernadette Gaigé;Jean-Michel Grévy;Pierre Rogalle

  • An interaction between apo C-III variants and protease inhibitors contributes to high triglyceride/low HDL levels in treated HIV patients.

    Josette Fauvel;Eric Bonnet;Jean-Bernard Ruidavets;Jean Ferrieres

  • Pre-beta HDL: structure and metabolism.

    Alain Barrans;Beatrice Jaspard;Ronald Barbaras;Hugues Chap

  • Characterization and properties of a phosphatidylinositol phosphodiesterase (phospholipase C) from platelet cytosol

    G. Mauco;H. Chap;L. Douste-Blazy

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertrand Perret
Bertrand Perret Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Pedro Marques-Vidal University of Lausanne
François Chollet
François Chollet Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Jean Ferrières
Jean Ferrières Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Pierre Cazenave
Jean-Pierre Cazenave University of Strasbourg
Hervé Rochat
Hervé Rochat Hôpital de la Timone
Jacques Benveniste
Jacques Benveniste Grenoble Alpes University

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