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Michel Simon

Michel Simon

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9640
World Ranking
17148
National Ranking
729

Overview

Michel Simon is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on dermatology, immunology and allergy, cell biology, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including dermatology and skin diseases, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, skin and cellular biology research, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, contact dermatitis and allergies, plasma applications and diagnostics, and burn injury management and outcomes.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michel Simon include:

  • Atopic dermatitis: Role of the skin barrier, environment, microbiome, and therapeutic agents (2021, Journal of Dermatological Science)
  • Revisiting the Roles of Filaggrin in Atopic Dermatitis (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Dupilumab-Associated Adverse Events During Treatment of Allergic Diseases (2022, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology)
  • Deimination and Peptidylarginine Deiminases in Skin Physiology and Diseases (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Deimination, Intermediate Filaments and Associated Proteins (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Michel Simon frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Dominique Goudounèche
  • Sophie Guyonnet
  • Sandrine Andrieu
  • Marie-Claire Méchin
  • Corinne Leprince

The scientist's publications often appear in specific venues such as:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • JID Innovations
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Journal of Dermatological Science

Best Publications

  • The Epitopes Targeted by the Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Antifilaggrin Autoantibodies are Posttranslationally Generated on Various Sites of (Pro)Filaggrin by Deimination of Arginine Residues

    Elisabeth Girbal-Neuhauser;Jean-Jacques Durieux;Michel Arnaud;Pascal Dalbon

  • Degradation of Corneodesmosome Proteins by Two Serine Proteases of the Kallikrein Family, SCTE/KLK5/hK5 and SCCE/KLK7/hK7

    Cécile Caubet;Nathalie Jonca;Maria Brattsand;Marina Guerrin

  • Peptidyl arginine deiminase type 2 (PAD‐2) and PAD‐4 but not PAD‐1, PAD‐3, and PAD‐6 are expressed in rheumatoid arthritis synovium in close association with tissue inflammation

    Céline Foulquier;Mireille Sebbag;Cyril Clavel;Sabine Chapuy-Regaud

  • The antiperinuclear factor and the so-called antikeratin antibodies are the same rheumatoid arthritis-specific autoantibodies.

    M Sebbag;M Simon;C Vincent;C Masson-Bessière

  • The cytokeratin filament-aggregating protein filaggrin is the target of the so-called "antikeratin antibodies," autoantibodies specific for rheumatoid arthritis.

    M Simon;E Girbal;M Sebbag;V Gomès-Daudrix

  • Defects of filaggrin-like proteins in both lesional and nonlesional atopic skin.

    Laurence Pellerin;Laurence Pellerin;Laurence Pellerin;Julie Henry;Julie Henry;Julie Henry;Chiung-Yueh Hsu;Chiung-Yueh Hsu;Chiung-Yueh Hsu;Stéfana Balica

  • Comparative analysis of the mouse and human peptidylarginine deiminase gene clusters reveals highly conserved non-coding segments and a new human gene, PADI6.

    Stéphane Chavanas;Marie-Claire Méchin;Hidenari Takahara;Akira Kawada

  • Refined characterization of corneodesmosin proteolysis during terminal differentiation of human epidermis and its relationship to desquamation.

    Michel Simon;Nathalie Jonca;Marina Guerrin;Marek Haftek

  • Hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp is associated with nonsense mutations in CDSN encoding corneodesmosin

    Etgar Levy-Nissenbaum;Regina C Betz;Moshe Frydman;Michel Simon

  • Staphylococcus aureus density on lesional and nonlesional skin is strongly associated with disease severity in atopic dermatitis

    Marie Tauber;Stefana Balica;Chiung-Yueh Hsu;Catherine Jean-Decoster

  • Peptidylarginine Deiminase Isoforms 1–3 Are Expressed in the Epidermis and Involved in the Deimination of K1 and Filaggrin

    Rachida Nachat;Marie-Claire Mechin;Hidenari Takahara;T. Stéphane Chavanas

  • Epidermal lamellar granules transport different cargoes as distinct aggregates.

    Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Michel Simon;Mari Kishibe;Yuki Miyauchi

  • Update on the epidermal differentiation complex.

    Julie Henry;Eve Toulza;Chiung-Yueh Hsu;Laurence Pellerin

  • cDNA cloning, gene organization and expression analysis of human peptidylarginine deiminase type I.

    Marina Guerrin;Akihito Ishigami;Marie-Claire Méchin;Rachida Nachat

  • Corneodesmosin, a Component of Epidermal Corneocyte Desmosomes, Displays Homophilic Adhesive Properties

    Nathalie Jonca;Marina Guerrin;Krassimira Hadjiolova;Cécile Caubet

  • Knockdown of Filaggrin in a Three-Dimensional Reconstructed Human Epidermis Impairs Keratinocyte Differentiation

    Valérie Pendaries;Valérie Pendaries;Valérie Pendaries;Jeremy Malaisse;Laurence Pellerin;Laurence Pellerin;Laurence Pellerin;Marina Le Lamer;Marina Le Lamer;Marina Le Lamer

  • Atopic dermatitis: Role of the skin barrier, environment, microbiome, and therapeutic agents.

    Thomas Luger;Masayuki Amagai;Brigitte Dreno;Marie Ange Dagnelie

  • Variant PADI3 in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia.

    Liron Malki;Ofer Sarig;Maria-Teresa Romano;Marie-Claire Méchin

  • Skin barrier in atopic dermatitis

    Sanja Kezic;Natalija Novak;Ivone Jakasa;Jackob M Jungersted

  • Characterization and Purification of Human Corneodesmosin, an Epidermal Basic Glycoprotein Associated with Corneocyte-specific Modified Desmosomes

    Michel Simon;Martine Montézin;Marina Guerrin;Jean-Jacques Durieux

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Serre
Guy Serre Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Carle Paul
Carle Paul Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Christian Vincent
Christian Vincent Grenoble Alpes University
Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto
Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto Asahikawa Medical University
Daniel Schmitt
Daniel Schmitt Grenoble Alpes University
Odile Burlet-Schiltz
Odile Burlet-Schiltz Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Adrian Hayday
Adrian Hayday King's College London
Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen
Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen Radboud University
Hajime Iizuka
Hajime Iizuka Asahikawa Medical University
Richard C. Trembath
Richard C. Trembath King's College London

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