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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
17617
World Ranking
5124
National Ranking
81

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Pierre J. Courtoy is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research focuses on several areas within medicine and biochemistry, with particular attention to biomedical research and pathophysiology, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, and neonatal health and biochemistry.

The scientist's recent publication record includes the paper titled "Dietary supplementation of cystinotic mice by lysine inhibits the megalin pathway and decreases kidney cystine content", published in 2023 in the journal Scientific Reports.

Courtroy has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Laura Rita Rega
  • Veerle Janssens
  • Jonas Heilskov Graversen
  • Søren K. Moestrup
  • Sara Cairoli

The scientist has contributed to the following publication venue:

  • Scientific Reports

Pierre J. Courtoy's fields of study span:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields relevant to their research include:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Biochemistry
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Research topics explored by Courtoy cover:

  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Cell-mediated Extracellular Acidification and Bone-resorption - Evidence for a Low Ph in Resorbing Lacunae and Localization of a 100-kd Lysosomal Membrane-protein At the Osteoclast Ruffled Border

    R. Baron;L. Neff;D. Louvard;Pierre J. Courtoy

  • Control of liver cell fate decision by a gradient of TGFβ signaling modulated by Onecut transcription factors

    Frédéric Clotman;Patrick Jacquemin;Nicolas Plumb-Rudewiez;Christophe E. Pierreux

  • Lack of cadherins Celsr2 and Celsr3 impairs ependymal ciliogenesis, leading to fatal hydrocephalus

    Fadel Tissir;Yibo Qu;Mireille Montcouquiol;Libing Zhou

  • Thrombopoietin receptor activation by myeloproliferative neoplasm associated calreticulin mutants

    Ilyas Chachoua;Ilyas Chachoua;Christian Pecquet;Christian Pecquet;Mira El-Khoury;Harini Nivarthi

  • Loss of chloride channel ClC-5 impairs endocytosis by defective trafficking of megalin and cubilin in kidney proximal tubules.

    Erik I Christensen;Olivier Devuyst;Geneviève Dom;Rikke Nielsen

  • Mice lacking renal chloride channel, CLC-5, are a model for Dent’s disease, a nephrolithiasis disorder associated with defective receptor-mediated endocytosis

    Sha Sha Wang;Olivier Devuyst;Pierre J. Courtoy;Xi Tao Wang

  • Intra-Renal and Subcellular Distribution of the Human Chloride Channel, CLC-5, Reveals a Pathophysiological Basis for Dent's Disease

    Olivier Devuyst;Paul P.T. Christie;Pierre Courtoy;Renaud Beauwens

  • Receptor-mediated endocytosis in the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei.

    I. Coppens;Frederik Opperdoes;Pierre J. Courtoy;Pierre Baudhuin

  • Progesterone regulates the activity of collagenase and related gelatinases A and B in human endometrial explants

    Etienne Marbaix;Jacques Donnez;Pierre J. Courtoy;Yves Eeckhout

  • Constitutive Macropinocytosis in Oncogene-transformed Fibroblasts Depends on Sequential Permanent Activation of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase and Phospholipase C

    Mustapha Amyere;Bernard Payrastre;Ulrike Krause;Patrick Van Der Smissen

  • Polarized secretion of lysosomal enzymes: co-distribution of cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptors and lysosomal enzymes along the osteoclast exocytic pathway.

    R. Baron;L. Neff;W. Brown;Pierre J. Courtoy

  • Comparative distribution of laminin, type IV collagen, and fibronectin in the rat glomerulus.

    Pierre J. Courtoy;Rupert Timpl;Marilyn Gist Farquhar

  • Syndecan Recyling Is Controlled by Syntenin-PIP2 Interaction and Arf6

    Pascale Zimmermann;Zhe Zhang;Gisèle Degeest;Eva Mortier

  • Restoring the association of the T cell receptor with CD8 reverses anergy in human tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.

    Nathalie Demotte;Nathalie Demotte;Vincent Stroobant;Vincent Stroobant;Pierre J. Courtoy;Patrick Van Der Smissen

  • A galectin-3 ligand corrects the impaired function of human CD4 and CD8 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and favors tumor rejection in mice.

    Nathalie Demotte;Grégoire Wieërs;Patrick Van Der Smissen;Muriel Moser

  • Origin, originality, functions, subversions and molecular signalling of macropinocytosis

    Mustapha Amyere;Marcel Mettlen;Patrick Van Der Smissen;Anna Platek

  • Fibronectin localization in the rat glomerulus.

    Pierre J. Courtoy;Pierre J. Courtoy;Y S Kanwar;Y S Kanwar;R O Hynes;R O Hynes;M G Farquhar;M G Farquhar

  • A model of protein-colloidal gold interactions.

    C De Roe;Pierre J. Courtoy;Pierre Baudhuin

  • Receptors for the host low density lipoproteins on the hemoflagellate Trypanosoma brucei: purification and involvement in the growth of the parasite

    I. Coppens;Pierre Baudhuin;Frederik Opperdoes;Pierre J. Courtoy

  • Janus kinases affect thrombopoietin receptor cell surface localization and stability.

    Yohan Royer;Judith Staerk;Judith Staerk;Marcel Costuleanu;Pierre J. Courtoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Devuyst
Olivier Devuyst University of Zurich
Jean-Noël Octave
Jean-Noël Octave Université Catholique de Louvain
Stefan N. Constantinescu
Stefan N. Constantinescu Ludwig Cancer Research
Jacques Donnez
Jacques Donnez Université Catholique de Louvain
Paul M. Tulkens
Paul M. Tulkens Université Catholique de Louvain
Erik Ilsø Christensen
Erik Ilsø Christensen Aarhus University
William B. Guggino
William B. Guggino Johns Hopkins University
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine
Jean-Pierre Vaerman
Jean-Pierre Vaerman Université Catholique de Louvain
Frédéric P. Lemaigre
Frédéric P. Lemaigre Université Catholique de Louvain

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