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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2025

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
119
Citations
59210
World Ranking
664
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Marc Parmentier is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to molecular biology, immunology, oncology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and epidemiology. The work frequently addresses key topics such as chemokine receptors and signaling, angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, receptor mechanisms and signaling, cell adhesion molecules research, immune cell function and interaction, and gut microbiota and health.

Recent scholarly publications by Marc Parmentier include the following:

  • Chemerin regulates normal angiogenesis and hypoxia-driven neovascularization, 2021, Angiogenesis
  • Chemerin plasma levels are increased in COVID-19 patients and are an independent risk factor of mortality, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Atypical Chemerin Receptor GPR1 Displays Different Modes of Interaction with β-Arrestins in Humans and Mice with Important Consequences on Subcellular Localization and Trafficking, 2022, Cells
  • CCRL2 Expression by Specialized Lung Capillary Endothelial Cells Controls NK-cell Homing in Lung Cancer, 2023, Cancer Immunology Research
  • Expression of CCRL2 Inhibits Tumor Growth by Concentrating Chemerin and Inhibiting Neoangiogenesis, 2021, Cancers

Marc Parmentier has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including:

  • Valérie Wittamer
  • Anne Lefort
  • Frédérick Libert
  • Cyrine Ben Dhaou
  • Diana Al Delbany

Their publications have appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Cells
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Angiogenesis
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Resistance to HIV-1 infection in caucasian individuals bearing mutant alleles of the CCR-5 chemokine receptor gene.

    Michel Samson;Frédérick Libert;Benjamin J. Doranz;Joseph Rucker

  • A dual-tropic primary HIV-1 isolate that uses fusin and the beta-chemokine receptors CKR-5, CKR-3, and CKR-2b as fusion cofactors.

    Benjamin J Doranz;Joseph Rucker;Yanjie Yi;Robert J Smyth

  • Isolation and structure of the endogenous agonist of opioid receptor-like ORL1 receptor.

    Jean-Claude Meunier;Catherine Mollereau;Lawrence Toll;Lawrence Toll;Charles Suaudeau

  • The metastasis suppressor gene KiSS-1 encodes kisspeptins, the natural ligands of the orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR54.

    Masato Kotani;Michel Detheux;Ann Vandenbogaerde;David Communi

  • Functional characterization of human receptors for short chain fatty acids and their role in polymorphonuclear cell activation.

    Emmanuel Le Poul;Cecile Loison;Sofie Struyf;Jean-Yves Springael

  • ORL1, a novel member of the opioid receptor family: Cloning, functional expression and localization

    Catherine Mollereau;Marc Parmentier;Pierre Mailleux;Jean-Luc Butour

  • Unresponsiveness to Cannabinoids and Reduced Addictive Effects of Opiates in CB1 Receptor Knockout Mice

    Catherine Ledent;Olga Valverde;Gregorio Cossu;François Petitet

  • Specific recruitment of antigen-presenting cells by chemerin, a novel processed ligand from human inflammatory fluids.

    Valérie Wittamer;Jean Denis Franssen;Marisa Vulcano;Jean François Mirjolet

  • Aggressiveness, hypoalgesia and high blood pressure in mice lacking the adenosine A2a receptor.

    Catherine Ledent;Jean-Marie Vaugeois;Serge N. Schiffmann;Thierry Pedrazzini

  • Molecular cloning and functional expression of a new human CC-chemokine receptor gene.

    Michel Samson;Olivier Labbe;Catherine Mollereau;Gilbert Vassart

  • Selective amplification and cloning of four new members of the G protein-coupled receptor family.

    F Libert;M Parmentier;A Lefort;C Dinsart

  • Molecular cloning of a human cannabinoid receptor which is also expressed in testis.

    Claude Gérard;Catherine Mollereau;Gilbert Vassart;Marc Parmentier

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIII. Nomenclature for the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) family.

    Richard D. Ye;François Boulay;Ji Ming Wang;Claes Dahlgren

  • Molecular cloning of the thyrotropin receptor

    M Parmentier;F Libert;C Maenhaut;A Lefort

  • Involvement of CB1 cannabinoid receptors in emotional behaviour.

    Miquel Martin;Catherine Ledent;Marc Parmentier;Rafael Maldonado

  • Formyl peptide receptors: a promiscuous subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors controlling immune responses.

    Isabelle Migeotte;David Communi;Marc Parmentier

  • Expression of members of the putative olfactory receptor gene family in mammalian germ cells

    Marc Parmentier;Frédérick Libert;Stéphane Schurmans;Serge N. Schiffmann

  • Chemerin--a new adipokine that modulates adipogenesis via its own receptor.

    Sang gun Roh;Sang Houn Song;Ki Choon Choi;Kazuo Katoh

  • Interaction of chemokine receptor CCR5 with its ligands: multiple domains for HIV-1 gp120 binding and a single domain for chemokine binding.

    Lijun Wu;Greg LaRosa;Nasim Kassam;Cynthia J. Gordon

  • The role of chemerin in the colocalization of NK and dendritic cell subsets into inflamed tissues.

    Silvia Parolini;Amerigo Santoro;Emanuela Marcenaro;Walter Luini

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert Vassart
Gilbert Vassart Université Libre de Bruxelles
Catherine Ledent
Catherine Ledent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jacques Emile Dumont
Jacques Emile Dumont Université Libre de Bruxelles
Frédérick Libert
Frédérick Libert Université Libre de Bruxelles
Cédric Blanpain
Cédric Blanpain Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jean-Marie Boeynaems
Jean-Marie Boeynaems Université Libre de Bruxelles
Robert W. Doms
Robert W. Doms Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Serge N. Schiffmann
Serge N. Schiffmann Université Libre de Bruxelles
Silvano Sozzani
Silvano Sozzani Sapienza University of Rome
Benjamin J. Doranz
Benjamin J. Doranz University of Pennsylvania

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