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Lucie Germain

Lucie Germain

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
15646
World Ranking
8667
National Ranking
297

Overview

Lucie Germain is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, rehabilitation, dermatology, biomaterials, and oncology.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of biomedical areas such as wound healing and treatments, corneal surgery and treatments, skin protection and aging, silk-based biomaterials and applications, 3D printing in biomedical research, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, and corneal surgery and disorders.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Danielle Larouche, Brice Magne, Martin A. Barbier, Karel Ferland, and Véronique Moulin, indicating a collaborative approach to advancing knowledge in these domains.

Several recent publications highlight the scope of Germain's work:

  • Human Organ-Specific 3D Cancer Models Produced by the Stromal Self-Assembly Method of Tissue Engineering for the Study of Solid Tumors, 2020, BioMed Research International
  • The Human Tissue-Engineered Cornea (hTEC): Recent Progress, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Impact of Exosomes Released by Different Corneal Cell Types on the Wound Healing Properties of Human Corneal Epithelial Cells, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The role of cultured autologous bilayered skin substitutes as epithelial stem cell niches after grafting: A systematic review of clinical studies, 2021, Burns Open
  • The Ins and Outs of Clusterin: Its Role in Cancer, Eye Diseases and Wound Healing, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scholar's work frequently appears in journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Santé Publique, British Journal of Dermatology, and Journal of Burn Care & Research, reflecting a focus on molecular sciences, dermatology, public health, and burn care research.

Germain's contributions primarily advance understanding and development in biomedical applications related to tissue engineering, wound healing mechanisms, and corneal treatment technologies, incorporating modern approaches such as 3D printing and biomaterials science.

Best Publications

  • A completely biological tissue-engineered human blood vessel

    Nicolas L'heureux;Stéphanie Pâquet;Raymond Labbé;Lucie Germain

  • Keratin 19 as a biochemical marker of skin stem cells in vivo and in vitro: keratin 19 expressing cells are differentially localized in function of anatomic sites, and their number varies with donor age and culture stage

    Martine Michel;Natalie Török;Marie-Josée Godbout;Marc Lussier

  • In vitro reconstruction of a human capillary-like network in a tissue-engineered skin equivalent

    Annie F. Black;François Berthod;Nicolas L'Heureux;Lucie Germain

  • Inosculation of Tissue-Engineered Capillaries with the Host's Vasculature in a Reconstructed Skin Transplanted on Mice

    Pierre‐Luc Tremblay;Valérie Hudon;François Berthod;Lucie Germain

  • In vitro construction of a human blood vessel from cultured vascular cells: A morphologic study

    Nicolas L'Heureux;Lucie Germain;Raymond Labbé;François A. Auger

  • Biliary Epithelial and Hepatocytic Cell Lineage Relationships in Embryonic Rat Liver as Determined by the Differential Expression of Cytokeratins, α-Fetoprotein, Albumin, and Cell Surface-exposed Components

    Lucie Germain;Marie-Josée Blouin;Normand Marceau

  • IFATS collection: Using human adipose-derived stem/stromal cells for the production of new skin substitutes.

    Valérie Trottier;Guillaume Marceau-Fortier;Lucie Germain;Caroline Vincent

  • Characterization of a new tissue-engineered human skin equivalent with hair

    Martine Michel;Nicolas L’Heureux;Roxane Pouliot;Wen Xu

  • Improvement of human keratinocyte isolation and culture using thermolysin.

    L. Germain;M. Rouabhia;R. Guignard

  • Mechanisms of wound reepithelialization: hints from a tissue-engineered reconstructed skin to long-standing questions

    Alain F. Laplante;Lucie Germain;Francois A. Auger;Veronique Moulin

  • Reconstructed human cornea produced in vitro by tissue engineering.

    Lucie Germain;François A. Auger;Eric Grandbois;Rina Guignard

  • Expression of heat shock proteins in mouse skin during wound healing

    Alain F. Laplante;Véronique Moulin;François A. Auger;Jacques Landry

  • Promotion of Growth and Differentiation of Rat Ductular Oval Cells in Primary Culture

    Lucie Germain;Micheline Noël;Henriette Gourdeau;Normand Marceau

  • Tissue-engineered human skin substitutes developed from collagen-populated hydrated gels: clinical and fundamental applications.

    François A. Auger;Mahmoud Rouabhia;Francine Goulet;François Berthod

  • A human tissue-engineered vascular media: a new model for pharmacological studies of contractile responses

    Nicolas L’Heureux;Jean-Claude Stoclet;François A. Auger;Guy Jean-Louis Lagaud

  • Role of wound healing myofibroblasts on re-epithelialization of human skin.

    Véronique Moulin;François A. Auger;Dominique A. Garrel;Lucie Germain

  • Can we produce a human corneal equivalent by tissue engineering

    Lucie Germain;Patrick Carrier;François A Auger;Christian Salesse

  • Tissue engineered heart valve

    Hugues Lafrance;Francois Bergeron;Charles Roberge;Lucie Germain

  • Tissue-engineered skin substitutes: from in vitro constructs to in vivo applications.

    François A. Auger;François Berthod;Véronique Moulin;Roxane Pouliot

  • Extracellular matrix deposition by fibroblasts is necessary to promote capillary-like tube formation in vitro.

    François Berthod;Lucie Germain;Nathalie Tremblay;François A. Auger

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahmoud Rouabhia
Mahmoud Rouabhia Université Laval
Teodor Veres
Teodor Veres National Research Council Canada
Jean-Claude Stoclet
Jean-Claude Stoclet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
L'Hocine Yahia
L'Hocine Yahia Polytechnique Montréal
Michel Laviolette
Michel Laviolette Université Laval
Robert M. Tanguay
Robert M. Tanguay Université Laval
Michael Ploug
Michael Ploug University of Copenhagen
Pierre A. Coulombe
Pierre A. Coulombe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mehmet Toner
Mehmet Toner Harvard University
Jamila Chakir
Jamila Chakir Université Laval

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