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Overview

Richard Leduc is affiliated with the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. Their research spans several fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

Leduc's work extensively covers topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, including COVID-19 clinical studies, computational drug discovery methods, receptor mechanisms and signaling. Their research also includes influenza virus studies, neuropeptides and animal physiology, as well as vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leduc include Pierre-Luc Boudreault, Antoine Désilets, François Jean, Gabriel Lemieux, and Malihe Hassanzadeh.

Common publication venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Antiviral Research, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ChemMedChem, and Nature Communications.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Leduc are:

  • A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic, 2022, Nature
  • Inhibitors of type II transmembrane serine proteases in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract - A review of patent literature, 2020, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents
  • Unraveling allostery within the angiotensin II type 1 receptor for Gα q and β-arrestin coupling, 2023, Science Signaling
  • Convergent selective signaling impairment exposes the pathogenicity of latrophilin-3 missense variants linked to inheritable ADHD susceptibility, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalisations and composition of the group, 2023, The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue

Best Publications

  • Processing of transforming growth factor beta 1 precursor by human furin convertase.

    Claire M. Dubois;Marie-Hélène Laprise;François Blanchette;Larry E. Gentry

  • KEX2-LIKE ENDOPROTEASES PC2 AND PC3 ACCURATELY CLEAVE A MODEL PROHORMONE IN MAMMALIAN CELLS : EVIDENCE FOR A COMMON CORE OF NEUROENDOCRINE PROCESSING ENZYMES

    Laurel Thomas;Richard Leduc;Barbara A. Thorne;Steven P. Smeekens

  • Characterization of ADAMTS-9 and ADAMTS-20 as a distinct ADAMTS subfamily related to Caenorhabditis elegans GON-1.

    Robert P.T. Somerville;Jean-Michel Longpre;Katherine A. Jungers;J. Michael Engle

  • Evidence that Furin Is an Authentic Transforming Growth Factor-β1-Converting Enzyme

    Claire M. Dubois;François Blanchette;Marie-Hélène Laprise;Richard Leduc

  • A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic

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  • Activation of human furin precursor processing endoprotease occurs by an intramolecular autoproteolytic cleavage.

    R Leduc;S S Molloy;B A Thorne;G Thomas

  • Subtilase-like pro-protein convertases: from molecular specificity to therapeutic applications.

    Unknown

  • Characterization of METH-1/ADAMTS1 Processing Reveals Two Distinct Active Forms

    Juan Carlos Rodrı́guez-Manzaneque;Allison B. Milchanowski;Erick K. Dufour;Richard Leduc

  • Ligand-Induced Signaling in the Absence of Furin Processing of Notch1

    Guy diSibio;Alison Miyamoto;Jean-Bernard Denault

  • Processing of proendothelin-1 by human furin convertase

    Jean-Bernard Denault;Audrey Claing;Pedro D'Orléans-Juste;Tatsuya Sawamura

  • Functional selectivity profiling of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor using pathway-wide BRET signaling sensors

    Yoon Namkung;Christian LeGouill;Sahil Kumar;Yubo Cao

  • Characterization of proADAMTS5 processing by proprotein convertases.

    Jean Michel Longpré;Daniel R. McCulloch;Bon Hun Koo;J. Preston Alexander

  • A Polyaromatic Caveolin-Binding-Like Motif in the Cytoplasmic Tail of the Type 1 Receptor for Angiotensin II Plays an Important Role in Receptor Trafficking and Signaling

    Patrice C. Leclerc;Mannix Auger-Messier;Pascal M. Lanctot;Emanuel Escher

  • Polyethylene Glycol Conjugation at Cys232 Prolongs the Half-Life of α1 Proteinase Inhibitor

    André M. Cantin;Donald E. Woods;Diane Cloutier;Erick K. Dufour

  • ADAMTS7B, the full-length product of the ADAMTS7 gene, is a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan containing a mucin domain.

    Robert P T Somerville;Jean Michel Longpré;Elizabeth D. Apel;Renate M. Lewis

  • Inhibitory Potency and Specificity of Subtilase-like Pro-protein Convertase (SPC) Prodomains

    Martin Fugère;Polizois C. Limperis;Véronique Beaulieu-Audy;Frédéric Gagnon

  • Discovery and Structure–Activity Relationship of a Bioactive Fragment of ELABELA that Modulates Vascular and Cardiac Functions

    Alexandre Murza;Xavier Sainsily;David Coquerel;Jérôme Côté

  • Conjugation of a brain-penetrant peptide with neurotensin provides antinociceptive properties

    Michel Demeule;Nicolas Beaudet;Anthony Régina;Élie Besserer-Offroy

  • Probing the substrate specificities of matriptase, matriptase-2, hepsin and DESC1 with internally quenched fluorescent peptides.

    François Béliveau;Antoine Désilets;Richard Leduc

  • The tyrosine within the NPXnY motif of the human angiotensin II type 1 receptor is involved in mediating signal transduction but is not essential for internalization.

    S A Laporte;G Servant;D E Richard;E Escher

  • The Peptidomimetic CXCR4 Antagonist TC14012 Recruits β-Arrestin to CXCR7 ROLES OF RECEPTOR DOMAINS

    Stéphanie Gravel;Camille Malouf;Philip E. Boulais;Yamina A. Berchiche

  • Role of N-glycosylation in the expression and functional properties of human AT1 receptor.

    Pascal M. Lanctôt;Patrice C. Leclerc;Emanuel Escher;Richard Leduc

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Sarret
Philippe Sarret Université de Sherbrooke
Claude Lazure
Claude Lazure University of Montreal
Suneel S. Apte
Suneel S. Apte Case Western Reserve University
Andrew D. Rowan
Andrew D. Rowan Newcastle University
Nabil G. Seidah
Nabil G. Seidah University of Montreal
Robin Plevin
Robin Plevin University of Strathclyde
Marie-Pierre Dubé
Marie-Pierre Dubé Montreal Heart Institute
Laurent Prézeau
Laurent Prézeau University of Montpellier
Robert Day
Robert Day Université de Sherbrooke
Tim E. Cawston
Tim E. Cawston Newcastle University

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