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Jean-Pierre Levraud

Jean-Pierre Levraud

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
5915
World Ranking
19424
National Ranking
933

Overview

Jean-Pierre Levraud is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, immunology, cell biology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research focuses notably on zebrafish biomedical research applications. Other significant topics include neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, COVID-19 clinical research studies, gut microbiota and health, and Vibrio bacteria research studies.

Levrier's recent notable papers include:

  • "Mining zebrafish microbiota reveals key community-level resistance against fish pathogen infection" (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • "Intranasal delivery of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is sufficient to cause olfactory damage, inflammation and olfactory dysfunction in zebrafish" (2022, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • "CSF-contacting neurons respond to Streptococcus pneumoniae and promote host survival during central nervous system infection" (2023, Current Biology)
  • "Exploring Zebrafish Larvae as a COVID-19 Model: Probable Abortive SARS-CoV-2 Replication in the Swim Bladder" (2022, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)
  • "Using zebrafish to understand reciprocal interactions between the nervous and immune systems and the microbial world" (2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Pierre Boudinot (9 collaborations)
  • Georges Lutfalla (6 collaborations)
  • Valerio Laghi (4 collaborations)
  • Irene Salinas (4 collaborations)
  • Laurent Boucontet (4 collaborations)

Levedra's work has been published in various venues, with multiple publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Developmental & Comparative Immunology, The ISME Journal, Current Biology, and Brain Behavior and Immunity.

Best Publications

  • The Antiviral Innate Immune Response in Fish: Evolution and Conservation of the IFN System

    Christelle Langevin;Elina Aleksejeva;Gabriella Passoni;Nuno Palha;Nuno Palha;Nuno Palha

  • The two groups of zebrafish virus-induced interferons signal via distinct receptors with specific and shared chains.

    Dina Aggad;Martine Mazel;Pierre Boudinot;Knud Erik Mogensen

  • Identification of the Zebrafish IFN Receptor: Implications for the Origin of the Vertebrate IFN System

    Jean-Pierre Levraud;Pierre Boudinot;Ingrid Colin;Abdenour Benmansour

  • Identification of polarized macrophage subsets in zebrafish

    Mai Nguyen-Chi;Beryl Laplace-Builhe;Jana Travnickova;Patricia Luz-Crawford

  • The Zebrafish as a New Model for the In Vivo Study of Shigella flexneri Interaction with Phagocytes and Bacterial Autophagy

    Serge Mostowy;Laurent Boucontet;Laurent Boucontet;Maria J. Mazon Moya;Andrea Sirianni

  • Characterization and localization of the neonatal Fc receptor in adult human kidney.

    Jean-Philippe Haymann;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Sandrine Bouet;Vincent Kappes

  • Real-time whole-body visualization of Chikungunya Virus infection and host interferon response in zebrafish.

    Nuno R Palha;Florence Guivel-Benhassine;Florence Guivel-Benhassine;Valérie Briolat;Valérie Briolat;Georges Lutfalla;Georges Lutfalla

  • A large new subset of TRIM genes highly diversified by duplication and positive selection in teleost fish

    Lieke M van der Aa;Lieke M van der Aa;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Malika Yahmi;Emilie Lauret

  • A novel subset of adult γδ thymocytes that secretes a distinct pattern of cytokines and expresses a very restricted T cell receptor repertoire

    Véronique Azuara;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Marie-Pierre Lembezat;Pablo Pereira

  • A new zebrafish model of oro-intestinal pathogen colonization reveals a key role for adhesion in protection by probiotic bacteria.

    Olaya Rendueles;Lionel Ferrières;Maxence Frétaud;Maxence Frétaud;Evelyne Bégaud

  • Transient infection of the zebrafish notochord with E. coli induces chronic inflammation.

    Mai Nguyen-Chi;Mai Nguyen-Chi;Quang Tien Phan;Quang Tien Phan;Catherine Gonzalez;Catherine Gonzalez;Jean-François Dubremetz;Jean-François Dubremetz

  • IL-4-producing gamma delta T cells that express a very restricted TCR repertoire are preferentially localized in liver and spleen.

    David J. Gerber;Véronique Azuara;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Shu Ying Huang

  • Interferon-Induced Spermidine-Spermine Acetyltransferase and Polyamine Depletion Restrict Zika and Chikungunya Viruses

    Bryan C. Mounce;Enzo Z. Poirier;Gabriella Passoni;Etienne Simon-Loriere

  • Cell-death alternative model organisms: why and which?

    Pierre Golstein;Laurence Aubry;Jean-Pierre Levraud

  • Real-Time Observation of Listeria monocytogenes-Phagocyte Interactions in Living Zebrafish Larvae†

    Jean-Pierre Levraud;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Olivier Disson;Olivier Disson;Karima Kissa;Karima Kissa;Isabelle Bonne

  • In Vivo Analysis of Ifn-γ1 and Ifn-γ2 Signaling in Zebrafish

    Dina Aggad;Cornelia Stein;Dirk Sieger;Martine Mazel;Martine Mazel

  • Origin and evolution of TRIM proteins: new insights from the complete TRIM repertoire of zebrafish and pufferfish

    Pierre Boudinot;Lieke M. van der Aa;Lieke M. van der Aa;Luc Jouneau;Louis Du Pasquier

  • Crystal Structure of Zebrafish Interferons I and II Reveals Conservation of Type I Interferon Structure in Vertebrates

    Ole Jensen Hamming;Georges Lutfalla;Georges Lutfalla;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Rune Hartmann

  • The Composition of a Primary T Cell Response Is Largely Determined by the Timing of Recruitment of Individual T Cell Clones

    Philippe Bousso;Jean-Pierre Levraud;Philippe Kourilsky;Jean-Pierre Abastado

  • Author response: Identification of polarized macrophage subsets in zebrafish

    Mai Nguyen-Chi;Mai Nguyen-Chi;Béryl Laplace-Builhe;Béryl Laplace-Builhe;Jana Travnickova;Jana Travnickova;Patricia Luz-Crawford;Patricia Luz-Crawford

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Boudinot
Pierre Boudinot Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Philippe Herbomel
Philippe Herbomel Institut Pasteur
Georges Lutfalla
Georges Lutfalla University of Montpellier
Philippe Kourilsky
Philippe Kourilsky Collège de France
Pierre Golstein
Pierre Golstein Aix-Marseille University
Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart Institut Pasteur
Rune Hartmann
Rune Hartmann Aarhus University
Marco Vignuzzi
Marco Vignuzzi Institut Pasteur
Marc Lecuit
Marc Lecuit Institut Pasteur
Jean-Marc Ghigo
Jean-Marc Ghigo Institut Pasteur

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