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Olivier Toussaint

Olivier Toussaint

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
14019
World Ranking
12431
National Ranking
228

Overview

Olivier Toussaint was affiliated with the University of Namur in Belgium during their academic career. Their research spanned across the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Toussaint's work covered various topics including Nutritional Studies and Diet, Gut Microbiota and Health, Trace Elements in Health, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Health, Psychology, and Well-being, and cardiac and mental health.

Their significant recent publications included:

  • Self-rated health in individuals with and without disease is associated with multiple biomarkers representing multiple biological domains, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Microbiome in Blood Samples From the General Population Recruited in the MARK-AGE Project: A Pilot Study, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Associations of circulating GDF15 with combined cognitive frailty and depression in older adults of the MARK-AGE study, 2023, GeroScience
  • Age, Sex, and BMI Influence on Copper, Zinc, and Their Major Serum Carrier Proteins in a Large European Population Including Nonagenarian Offspring From MARK-AGE Study, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Improving Quality in Nanoparticle-Induced Cytotoxicity Testing by a Tiered Inter-Laboratory Comparison Study, 2020, Nanomaterials

Frequent co-authors of Toussaint were Alexander Bürkle, Efstathios S. Gonos, Ewa Sikora, Eugène Jansen, and Martijn E.T. Dollé. These collaborations appeared across multiple studies, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Their publications appeared regularly in a range of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to GeroScience and The Journals of Gerontology Series A, as well as articles in Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Nanomaterials.

Best Publications

  • Protocols to detect senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-betagal) activity, a biomarker of senescent cells in culture and in vivo.

    Florence Debacq-Chainiaux;Jorge D Erusalimsky;Judith Campisi;Judith Campisi;Olivier Toussaint

  • IMPORTANCE OF SE-GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE, CATALASE, AND CU/ZN-SOD FOR CELL SURVIVAL AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS

    Carine Michiels;Martine Raes;Olivier Toussaint;José Remacle

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of stress-induced premature senescence (SIPS) of human diploid fibroblasts and melanocytes.

    O Toussaint;E.E Medrano;T von Zglinicki

  • Induction of replicative senescence biomarkers by sublethal oxidative stresses in normal human fibroblast

    Patrick Dumont;Maggi Burton;Qin M. Chen;Efstathios S. Gonos

  • Subcytotoxic H2O2 Stress Triggers a Release of Transforming Growth Factor-β1, Which Induces Biomarkers of Cellular Senescence of Human Diploid Fibroblasts *

    Christophe Frippiat;Qin M. Chen;Stephanie Zdanov;Joao Padro Magalhaes

  • Low levels of reactive oxygen species as modulators of cell function

    José Remacle;Martine Raes;Olivier Toussaint;Patricia Renard

  • Repeated exposure of human skin fibroblasts to UVB at subcytotoxic level triggers premature senescence through the TGF-β1 signaling pathway

    Florence Debacq-Chainiaux;Céline Borlon;Thierry Pascal;Véronique Royer

  • MARK-AGE biomarkers of ageing

    Alexander Bürkle;María Moreno-Villanueva;Jürgen Bernhard;María Blasco

  • Deoxynivalenol affects in vitro intestinal epithelial cell barrier integrity through inhibition of protein synthesis

    Jacqueline Van De Walle;Thérèse Sergent;Neil Piront;Olivier Toussaint

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of dietary phenolic compounds in an in vitro model of inflamed human intestinal epithelium.

    Thérèse Sergent;Neil Piront;Julie Meurice;Olivier Toussaint

  • HAGR: the Human Ageing Genomic Resources

    João Pedro de Magalhães;Joana Costa;Olivier Toussaint

  • Involvement of Rb family proteins, focal adhesion proteins and protein synthesis in senescent morphogenesis induced by hydrogen peroxide

    Qin M. Chen;Victoria C. Tu;Jeffrey Catania;Maggi Burton

  • Impact of ageing on proteasome structure and function in human lymphocytes.

    Géraldine Carrard;Marc Dieu;Martine Raes;Olivier Toussaint

  • GenAge: a genomic and proteomic network map of human ageing

    João Pedro de Magalhães;Olivier Toussaint

  • Stress-induced premature senescence and tissue ageing.

    Olivier Toussaint;Véronique Royer;Michel Salmon;José Remacle

  • Signal transduction in H2O2-induced senescence-like phenotype in human diploid fibroblasts

    Christophe Frippiat;Janique Dewelle;José Remacle;Olivier Toussaint

  • Replicative aging down‐regulates the myogenic regulatory factors in human myoblasts

    Anne Bigot;Virginie Jacquemin;Florence Debacq-Chainiaux;Gillian S. Butler-Browne

  • UV, stress and aging

    Florence Debacq-Chainiaux;Cedric Leduc;Alix Verbeke;Olivier Toussaint

  • Combating inflammaging through a Mediterranean whole diet approach: The NU-AGE project's conceptual framework and design

    Aurelia Santoro;Elisa Pini;Maria Scurti;Giustina Palmas

  • The thermodynamics and evolution of complexity in biological systems.

    Olivier Toussaint;Eric D. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

José Remacle
José Remacle University of Namur
Efstathios S. Gonos
Efstathios S. Gonos National Hellenic Research Foundation
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Ewa Sikora
Ewa Sikora Polish Academy of Sciences
João Pedro de Magalhães
João Pedro de Magalhães University of Liverpool
Tilman Grune
Tilman Grune University of Potsdam
Alexander Bürkle
Alexander Bürkle University of Konstanz
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein University of Innsbruck
Martine Raes
Martine Raes University of Namur
Patrick Dumont
Patrick Dumont Australian National University

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