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Johanne Martel-Pelletier

Johanne Martel-Pelletier

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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113
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45079
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779
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114
Citations
47834
World Ranking
4734
National Ranking
186

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2010 - King Faisal Prize

Overview

Johanne Martel-Pelletier is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada, specializing in medicine with a strong focus on rheumatology and related biomedical fields. Their body of research spans 118 publications primarily in medicine, with subfields including rheumatology, surgery, biomedical engineering, pharmacology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main research topics center on:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Knee Injuries and Reconstruction Techniques
  • Inflammatory Mediators and NSAID Effects
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Jean-Pierre Pelletier
  • F. Abram
  • Hassan Fahmi
  • Bertrand Lussier
  • Aliénor Delsart

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Lara D. Veeken

Selected recent publications include:

  • Alternative and complementary therapies in osteoarthritis and cartilage repair, 2020, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Effect of Intravenous Zoledronic Acid on Tibiofemoral Cartilage Volume Among Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis With Bone Marrow Lesions, 2020, JAMA
  • An international, multicentre, double-blind, randomized study (DISSCO): effect of diacerein vs celecoxib on symptoms in knee osteoarthritis, 2020, Lara D. Veeken
  • A warning machine learning algorithm for early knee osteoarthritis structural progressor patient screening, 2021, Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
  • Identification of the most important features of knee osteoarthritis structural progressors using machine learning methods, 2020, Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Johanne Martel-Pelletier was recognized with the King Faisal Prize in 2010, an award acknowledging contributions to their field of study.

Best Publications

  • Role of proinflammatory cytokines in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis

    Mohit Kapoor;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Daniel Lajeunesse;Jean-Pierre Pelletier

  • Osteoarthritis, an inflammatory disease: Potential implication for the selection of new therapeutic targets

    Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Steven B. Abramson

  • The role of cytokines in osteoarthritis pathophysiology.

    Julio C Fernandes;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Jean-Pierre Pelletier

  • Evidence for metalloproteinase and metalloproteinase inhibitor imbalance in human osteoarthritic cartilage.

    David D Dean;J. Martel-Pelletier;J. P. Pelletier;D. S. Howell

  • The new collagenase, collagenase-3, is expressed and synthesized by human chondrocytes but not by synoviocytes. A role in osteoarthritis.

    Pascal Reboul;Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Ginette Tardif;Jean-Marie Cloutier

  • Meniscal tear and extrusion are strongly associated with progression of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis as assessed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

    Marie-Josée Berthiaume;Jean-Pierre Raynauld;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Françoys Labonté

  • Cartilage in normal and osteoarthritis conditions.

    Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Christelle Boileau;Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Peter J. Roughley

  • Safety and efficacy of long-term intraarticular steroid injections in osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Jean-Pierre Raynauld;Chris Buckland-Wright;Rupert Ward;Denis Choquette

  • Therapeutic role of dual inhibitors of 5-LOX and COX, selective and non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

    Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Daniel Lajeunesse;Pascal Reboul;Jean-Pierre Pelletier

  • An algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis in Europe and internationally: a report from a task force of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO).

    Olivier Bruyère;Cyrus Cooper;Cyrus Cooper;Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Jaime Branco

  • Reduced progression of experimental osteoarthritis in vivo by selective inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase

    Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Dragan Jovanovic;Julio C. Fernandes;Pamela Manning

  • An updated algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO)

    Olivier Bruyère;Germain Honvo;Nicola Veronese;Nigel K. Arden

  • In vivo suppression of early experimental osteoarthritis by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist using gene therapy

    Jean Pierre Pelletier;John P. Caron;John P. Caron;Christopher Evans;Paul D. Robbins

  • Chondroprotective effect of intraarticular injections of interleukin‐1 receptor antagonist in experimental osteoarthritis. Suppression of collagenase‐1 expression

    John P. Caron;Julio C. Fernandes;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Ginette Tardif

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandins in articular tissues.

    Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Jean-Pierre Pelletier;Hassan Fahmi

  • Cartilage-specific deletion of mTOR upregulates autophagy and protects mice from osteoarthritis

    Yue Zhang;Faezeh Vasheghani;Ying-hua Li;Meryem Blati

  • Republished: Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Excess of metalloproteases over tissue inhibitor of metalloprotease may contribute to cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

    J Martel-Pelletier;R McCollum;N Fujimoto;K Obata

  • Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ inhibits IL-1β-induced mPGES-1 expression in human synovial fibroblasts by interfering with Egr-1

    S Cheng;H Afif;J Martel-Pelletier;J-P Pelletier

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Pelletier
Jean-Pierre Pelletier University of Montreal
Flavia M. Cicuttini
Flavia M. Cicuttini Monash University
Graeme Jones
Graeme Jones University of Tasmania
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
Francis Berenbaum
Francis Berenbaum Université Paris Cité
Anita E. Wluka
Anita E. Wluka Monash University
Stefan Laufer
Stefan Laufer University of Tübingen
Nigel K. Arden
Nigel K. Arden University of Oxford
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Jean-Yves Reginster
Jean-Yves Reginster University of Liège

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