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Laurent Nguyen

Laurent Nguyen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
12537
World Ranking
8851
National Ranking
157

Overview

Laurent Nguyen is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and has a substantial body of research output across several scientific fields. Their main areas of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Within these domains, their subfields emphasize Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics span a range of specialized interests such as:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Laurent Nguyen has authored several recent papers, reflecting ongoing contributions to various scientific journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Recent African strains of Zika virus display higher transmissibility and fetal pathogenicity than Asian strains," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "p27 controls autophagic vesicle trafficking in glucose-deprived cells via the regulation of ATAT1-mediated microtubule acetylation," 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • "Mechanical Forces Orchestrate Brain Development," 2020, Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Oligodendrocyte precursors guide interneuron migration by unidirectional contact repulsion," 2022, Science
  • "Elp3-mediated codon-dependent translation promotes mTORC2 activation and regulates macrophage polarization," 2022, The EMBO Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Alain Chariot
  • Silvia Turchetto
  • Romain Le Bail
  • Fanny Lepiemme
  • Carla G. Silva

Their work has been published most often in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Elongator Controls the Migration and Differentiation of Cortical Neurons through Acetylation of α-Tubulin

    Catherine Creppe;Lina Malinouskaya;Marie-Laure Volvert;Magali Gillard

  • Neurotransmitters as early signals for central nervous system development

    Laurent Nguyen;Jean-Michel Rigo;Véronique Rocher;Shibeshih Belachew

  • Temporal patterning of apical progenitors and their daughter neurons in the developing neocortex.

    Ludovic Telley;Gulistan Agirman;Gulistan Agirman;Julien Prados;N Amberg

  • p27kip1 independently promotes neuronal differentiation and migration in the cerebral cortex

    Laurent Nguyen;Arnaud Besson;Julian Ik-Tsen Heng;Carol Schuurmans

  • The anti-epileptic drug levetiracetam reverses the inhibition by negative allosteric modulators of neuronal GABA- and glycine-gated currents

    Jean-Michel Rigo;Grégory Hans;Laurent Nguyen;Véronique Rocher

  • Placental growth factor, a member of the VEGF family, contributes to the development of choroidal neovascularization

    Jean-Marie Rakic;Vincent Lambert;Laetitia Devy;Aernout Luttun

  • Phosphorylation of Neurogenin2 specifies the migration properties and the dendritic morphology of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex.

    Randal Hand;Dante Bortone;Pierre Mattar;Laurent Nguyen

  • Endocannabinoid signaling controls pyramidal cell specification and long-range axon patterning.

    Jan Mulder;Tania Aguado;Erik Keimpema;Klaudia Barabás

  • Proneural bHLH and Brn proteins coregulate a neurogenic program through cooperative binding to a conserved DNA motif.

    Diogo S. Castro;Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk;Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk;Olivier Armant;Olivier Armant;Ian J. Donaldson

  • Huntingtin Is Required for Mitotic Spindle Orientation and Mammalian Neurogenesis

    Juliette D. Godin;Kelly Colombo;Kelly Colombo;Kelly Colombo;Maria Molina-Calavita;Maria Molina-Calavita;Maria Molina-Calavita;Guy Keryer;Guy Keryer;Guy Keryer

  • Neurogenin 2 controls cortical neuron migration through regulation of Rnd2

    Julian Ik Tsen Heng;Laurent Nguyen;Diogo S. Castro;Céline Zimmer

  • Coupling of cell migration with neurogenesis by proneural bHLH factors.

    Weihong Ge;Fei He;Kevin J. Kim;Bruno Blanchi

  • A Dynamic Unfolded Protein Response Contributes to the Control of Cortical Neurogenesis

    Sophie Laguesse;Catherine Creppe;Danny D. Nedialkova;Pierre Paul Prévot

  • Proliferative generation of mammalian auditory hair cells in culture.

    Brigitte Malgrange;Shibeshih Belachew;Marc Thiry;Laurent Nguyen

  • Autocrine/paracrine activation of the GABA(A) receptor inhibits the proliferation of neurogenic polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule-positive (PSA-NCAM+) precursor cells from postnatal striatum.

    Laurent Nguyen;Brigitte Malgrange;Ingrid Breuskin;Lucien Bettendorff

  • A Role for Proneural Genes in the Maturation of Cortical Progenitor Cells

    Olivier Britz;Pierre Mattar;Laurent Nguyen;Lisa-Marie Langevin

  • Cell "circadian" cycle: new role for mammalian core clock genes.

    Laurence Borgs;Pierre Beukelaers;Renaud Vandenbosch;Shibeshih Belachew

  • Elp3 links tRNA modification to IRES-dependent translation of LEF1 to sustain metastasis in breast cancer.

    Sylvain Delaunay;Francesca Rapino;Lars Tharun;Zhaoli Zhou

  • Novel pharmacokinetic behavior of intravenous busulfan in children with thalassemia undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a prospective evaluation of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile with therapeutic drug monitoring

    Javid Gaziev;Laurent Nguyen;Christian Puozzo;Alessia Francesca Mozzi

  • p27Kip1 independently promotes neuronal differentiation and migration in the cerebral cortex

    Laurent Nguyen;A. Besson;J Ik-Tsen Heng;C. Schuurmans

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigitte Malgrange
Brigitte Malgrange University of Liège
Alain Chariot
Alain Chariot Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS
Marc Thiry
Marc Thiry University of Liège
Frédéric Saudou
Frédéric Saudou Grenoble Alpes University
François Guillemot
François Guillemot The Francis Crick Institute
Marc Lecuit
Marc Lecuit Institut Pasteur
Bernard Rogister
Bernard Rogister University of Liège
Gilles Vassal
Gilles Vassal Institut Gustave Roussy
Carsten Janke
Carsten Janke Institute Curie
Vincent Seutin
Vincent Seutin University of Liège

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