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Jean-François Beaulieu

Jean-François Beaulieu

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
20719
World Ranking
10562
National Ranking
363

Overview

Jean-François Beaulieu is affiliated with the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing to a substantial body of work that explores various aspects of molecular and cellular processes related to health and disease.

Their work focuses on key subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Cell Biology, and Immunology and Allergy. These areas intersect with several main topics of study, notably:

  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research

Jean-François Beaulieu has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Sar1b mutant mice recapitulate gastrointestinal abnormalities associated with chylomicron retention disease," 2021, Journal of Lipid Research
  • "The Hippo Pathway Effector YAP1 Regulates Intestinal Epithelial Cell Differentiation," 2020, Cells
  • "Lipocalin-2 and calprotectin as stool biomarkers for predicting necrotizing enterocolitis in premature neonates," 2021, Pediatric Research
  • "Fibrin(ogen) Is Constitutively Expressed by Differentiated Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Mediates Wound Healing," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "ILK supports RhoA/ROCK-mediated contractility of human intestinal epithelial crypt cells by inducing the fibrillogenesis of endogenous soluble fibronectin during the spreading process," 2020, BMC Molecular and Cell Biology

Their publications appear frequently in several venues, with multiple articles in the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Lipid Research, Pediatric Research, and Cells.

Collaborative efforts form an important part of their research practice. Frequent coauthors include:

  • David Gagné
  • Emanuela Ferretti
  • Gabriel Cloutier
  • Émile Lévy
  • Elmira Shajari

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • MIQE précis: Practical implementation of minimum standard guidelines for fluorescence-based quantitative real-time PCR experiments

    Stephen A Bustin;Jean-François Beaulieu;Jim Huggett;Rolf Jaggi

  • The need for transparency and good practices in the qPCR literature

    Stephen A. Bustin;Vladimir Benes;Jeremy A. Garson;Jan Hellemans

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Transient mosaic patterns of morphological and functional differentiation in the Caco-2 cell line.

    Pierre H. Vachon;Jean-François Beaulieu

  • Differential expression of the VLA family of integrins along the crypt-villus axis in the human small intestine.

    J.F. Beaulieu

  • Use of the dissociating enzyme thermolysin to generate viable human normal intestinal epithelial cell cultures

    Nathalie Perreault;Jean-François Beaulieu

  • Normalizing genes for quantitative RT-PCR in differentiating human intestinal epithelial cells and adenocarcinomas of the colon.

    Anders Bondo Dydensborg;Elizabeth Herring;Joëlle Auclair;Eric Tremblay

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase controls human intestinal epithelial cell differentiation by promoting adherens junction assembly and p38 MAPK activation.

    Patrick Laprise;Pierre Chailler;Mathieu Houde;Jean-François Beaulieu

  • Localization and role of NPC1L1 in cholesterol absorption in human intestine

    Alain Théophile Sané;Daniel Sinnett;Edgard Delvin;Moise Bendayan

  • Clonal analysis of sucrase-isomaltase expression in the human colon adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells

    J F Beaulieu;A Quaroni

  • Human cell models to study small intestinal functions: Recapitulation of the crypt-villus axis

    Louis‐Philippe Pageot;Nathalie Perreault;Nuria Basora;Caroline Francoeur

  • PCSK9 plays a significant role in cholesterol homeostasis and lipid transport in intestinal epithelial cells

    Emile Levy;Ali Ben Djoudi Ouadda;Schohraya Spahis;Alain Théophile Sane

  • Differential expression of claudin-2 along the human intestine : Implication of GATA-4 in the maintenance of claudin-2 in differentiating cells

    F. Escaffit;F. Boudreau;J.-F. Beaulieu

  • Integrins and human intestinal cell functions.

    Jean-François Beaulieu

  • Primary cultures of fully differentiated and pure human intestinal epithelial cells.

    Nathalie Perreault;Jean-François Beaulieu

  • Requirement of the MAP kinase cascade for cell cycle progression and differentiation of human intestinal cells

    José Cristobal Aliaga;Claude Deschênes;Jean-François Beaulieu;Ezéquiel L. Calvo

  • RBFOX2 is an important regulator of mesenchymal tissue-specific splicing in both normal and cancer tissues.

    Julian P. Venables;Jean-Philippe Brosseau;Gilles Gadea;Roscoe Klinck

  • Fak/Src signaling in human intestinal epithelial cell survival and anoikis: Differentiation state‐specific uncoupling with the PI3‐K/Akt‐1 and MEK/Erk pathways

    Véronique Bouchard;Marie-Josée Demers;Sonya Thibodeau;Vincent Laquerre

Frequent Co-Authors

Emile Levy
Emile Levy University of Montreal
Ernest G. Seidman
Ernest G. Seidman McGill University
Julie Carrier
Julie Carrier University of Montreal
Frank M. Ruemmele
Frank M. Ruemmele Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Daniel Sinnett
Daniel Sinnett University of Montreal
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan Université Paris Cité
Andrea Quaroni
Andrea Quaroni Cornell University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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