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Overview

Pierre Gressens is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work intersects with various specialized fields, including pediatrics, perinatology and child health, molecular biology, neurology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and developmental neuroscience.

Their research covers a range of topics centered on neonatal and fetal brain pathology, neonatal respiratory health research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, infant development and preterm care, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Recent publications by Pierre Gressens include:

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads, 2022, Neuron
  • Essential omega-3 fatty acids tune microglial phagocytosis of synaptic elements in the mouse developing brain, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Microglia-Mediated Neurodegeneration in Perinatal Brain Injuries, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Metabolic Regulation of Neocortical Expansion in Development and Evolution, 2020, Neuron
  • Neuroprotection offered by mesenchymal stem cells in perinatal brain injury: Role of mitochondria, inflammation, and reactive oxygen species, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pierre Gressens include:

  • Juliette Van Steenwinckel
  • Bobbi Fleiss
  • Cindy Bokobza
  • Valérie Faivre
  • Leslie Schwendimann

Publication venues where Pierre Gressens often contributes are:

  • Pediatric Research
  • Glia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor promoter causes motor neuron degeneration

    B. Oosthuyse;L. Moons;E. Storkebaum;H. Beck

  • Role of tissue factor in embryonic blood vessel development

    Peter Carmeliet;N Mackman;Lieve Moons;T Luther

  • The role of inflammation in perinatal brain injury

    Henrik Hagberg;Henrik Hagberg;Carina Mallard;Donna M. Ferriero;Susan J. Vannucci

  • Characterization of phenotype markers and neuronotoxic potential of polarised primary microglia in vitro.

    Vibol Chhor;Tifenn Le Charpentier;Tifenn Le Charpentier;Sophie Lebon;Sophie Lebon;Marie-Virgine Oré;Marie-Virgine Oré

  • Inflammation during fetal and neonatal life: Implications for neurologic and neuropsychiatric disease in children and adults

    Henrik Hagberg;Henrik Hagberg;Pierre Gressens;Carina Mallard

  • Axl Mediates ZIKA Virus Entry in Human Glial Cells and Modulates Innate Immune Responses

    Laurent Meertens;Laurent Meertens;Athena Labeau;Athena Labeau;Ophelie Dejarnac;Ophelie Dejarnac;Sara Cipriani

  • Systemic inflammation disrupts the developmental program of white matter

    Géraldine Favrais;Yohan van de Looij;Bobbi Fleiss;Nelina Ramanantsoa;Nelina Ramanantsoa

  • The yin and yang of microglia.

    Melinda Czeh;Pierre Gressens;Angela M Kaindl

  • Formation, maturation, and disorders of brain neocortex.

    Aj. Barkovich;P. Gressens;Philippe Evrard

  • The role of JAK-STAT signaling within the CNS

    Celine S Nicolas;Mascia Amici;Zuner A Bortolotto;Andrew J Doherty

  • Tertiary mechanisms of brain damage: a new hope for treatment of cerebral palsy?

    Bobbi Fleiss;Pierre Gressens

  • Growth factor function of vasoactive intestinal peptide in whole cultured mouse embryos

    Pierre Gressens;Joanna M. Hill;Illana Gozes;Mati Fridkin

  • A mouse model for Zellweger syndrome.

    M Baes;P Gressens;E Baumgart;P Carmeliet

  • Early microglial colonization of the human forebrain and possible involvement in periventricular white-matter injury of preterm infants

    Catherine C. Verney;Anne Monier;Catherine C. Fallet-Bianco;Pierre Gressens;Pierre Gressens

  • Entry and Distribution of Microglial Cells in Human Embryonic and Fetal Cerebral Cortex

    Anne Monier;Homa Adle-Biassette;Anne-Lise Delezoide;Philippe Evrard

  • Melatonin augments hypothermic neuroprotection in a perinatal asphyxia model

    Nicola J. Robertson;Stuart Faulkner;Bobbi Fleiss;Bobbi Fleiss;Bobbi Fleiss;Alan Bainbridge

  • Effect of ibotenate on brain development: an excitotoxic mouse model of microgyria and posthypoxic-like lesions.

    Stéphane Marret;Richard Mukendi;Jean-François Gadisseux;Pierre Gressens

  • The JAK/STAT Pathway Is Involved in Synaptic Plasticity

    Céline S. Nicolas;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Mascia Amici;Zsolt Csaba;Zsolt Csaba

  • Melatonin reduces inflammation and cell death in white matter in the mid-gestation fetal sheep following umbilical cord occlusion.

    Anne-Karin Welin;Pernilla Svedin;Risto Lapatto;Bo Sultan

  • Activation of microglial N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors triggers inflammation and neuronal cell death in the developing and mature brain

    Angela M. Kaindl;Vincent Degos;Vincent Degos;Stéphane Peineau;Elodie Gouadon;Elodie Gouadon

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Hagberg
Henrik Hagberg University of Gothenburg
Catherine Verney
Catherine Verney Grenoble Alpes University
Alain Verloes
Alain Verloes Université Paris Cité
Carina Mallard
Carina Mallard University of Gothenburg
Stéphane Auvin
Stéphane Auvin Université Paris Cité
Christiane Charriaut-Marlangue
Christiane Charriaut-Marlangue Université Paris Cité
Olaf Dammann
Olaf Dammann Tufts University
Michael Spedding
Michael Spedding DuPont (United States)
Illana Gozes
Illana Gozes Tel Aviv University

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