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Steeve Boulant is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States, with a body of work primarily focused on infectious diseases, immunology, and molecular biology. Their publications cover a range of topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and immune system responses.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, notable subfields are Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Genetics.

Several key research topics addressed by Boulant encompass SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical studies, interferon and immune responses, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, immune cell function and interaction, virus-based gene therapy research, and immune response and inflammation.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Systems Biology
  • Journal of Virology
  • Cells

Steeve Boulant has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • Megan L. Stanifer
  • Patricio Doldan
  • Carmon Kee
  • Christopher J. Neufeldt
  • Sergio Triana

Significant recent publications include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 structure and replication characterized by in situ cryo-electron tomography" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "A colorimetric RT-LAMP assay and LAMP-sequencing for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in clinical samples" (2020, Science Translational Medicine)
  • "Critical Role of Type III Interferon in Controlling SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "TMPRSS2 expression dictates the entry route used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect host cells" (2021, The EMBO Journal)
  • "Integrative Imaging Reveals SARS-CoV-2-Induced Reshaping of Subcellular Morphologies" (2020, Cell Host & Microbe)

Best Publications

  • Peroxisomes are signaling platforms for antiviral innate immunity

    Evelyn Dixit;Steeve Boulant;Yijing Zhang;Amy S.Y. Lee

  • SARS-CoV-2 structure and replication characterized by in situ cryo-electron tomography.

    Steffen Klein;Mirko Cortese;Sophie L. Winter;Moritz Wachsmuth-Melm

  • A colorimetric RT-LAMP assay and LAMP-sequencing for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in clinical samples.

    Viet Loan Dao Thi;Konrad Herbst;Kathleen Boerner;Matthias Meurer

  • Actin dynamics counteract membrane tension during clathrin-mediated endocytosis

    Steeve Boulant;Comert Kural;Comert Kural;Jean-Christophe Zeeh;Jean-Christophe Zeeh;Florent Ubelmann

  • The First Five Seconds in the Life of a Clathrin-Coated Pit

    Emanuele Cocucci;François Aguet;Steeve Boulant;Steeve Boulant;Tom Kirchhausen;Tom Kirchhausen

  • Diverse intracellular pathogens activate type III interferon expression from peroxisomes

    Charlotte Odendall;Evelyn Dixit;Fabrizia Stavru;Helene Bierne

  • Critical Role of Type III Interferon in Controlling SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells.

    Megan L. Stanifer;Megan L. Stanifer;Carmon Kee;Mirko Cortese;Camila Metz Zumaran

  • Perforin pores in the endosomal membrane trigger the release of endocytosed granzyme B into the cytosol of target cells.

    Jerome Thiery;Dennis Keefe;Dennis Keefe;Steeve Boulant;Steeve Boulant;Emmanuel Boucrot;Emmanuel Boucrot

  • Disrupting the association of hepatitis C virus core protein with lipid droplets correlates with a loss in production of infectious virus.

    Steeve Boulant;Paul Targett-Adams;John McLauchlan

  • The lipid droplet binding domain of hepatitis C virus core protein is a major determinant for efficient virus assembly.

    Anna Shavinskaya;Steeve Boulant;Francois Penin;John McLauchlan

  • Structural Determinants That Target the Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein to Lipid Droplets

    Steeve Boulant;Steeve Boulant;Roland Montserret;R. Graham Hope;Maxime Ratinier

  • Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Induces Lipid Droplet Redistribution in a Microtubule‐ and Dynein‐Dependent Manner

    Steeve Boulant;Mark W. Douglas;Laura Moody;Agata Budkowska

  • Integrative Imaging Reveals SARS-CoV-2 Induced Reshaping of Subcellular Morphologies

    Mirko Cortese;Ji Young Lee;Berati Cerikan;Christopher J. Neufeldt

  • TMPRSS2 expression dictates the entry route used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect host cells.

    Jana Koch;Jana Koch;Zina M Uckeley;Zina M Uckeley;Patricio Doldan;Megan Stanifer

  • Visualization of Double-Stranded RNA in Cells Supporting Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication

    Paul Targett-Adams;Steeve Boulant;John McLauchlan

  • Interferons and viruses induce a novel truncated ACE2 isoform and not the full-length SARS-CoV-2 receptor.

    Olusegun O. Onabajo;A. Rouf Banday;Megan L. Stanifer;Wusheng Yan

  • Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Is a Dimeric Alpha-Helical Protein Exhibiting Membrane Protein Features

    Steeve Boulant;Christophe Vanbelle;Christine Ebel;François Penin

  • Dynamics of virus-receptor interactions in virus binding, signaling, and endocytosis.

    Steeve Boulant;Megan Stanifer;Megan Stanifer;Pierre-Yves Lozach

  • Differential Regulation of Type I and Type III Interferon Signaling

    Megan L Stanifer;Megan L Stanifer;Kalliopi Pervolaraki;Kalliopi Pervolaraki;Steeve Boulant;Steeve Boulant

  • The hepatitis C virus Core protein is a potent nucleic acid chaperone that directs dimerization of the viral (+) strand RNA in vitro.

    Gaël Cristofari;Roland Ivanyi‐Nagy;Caroline Gabus;Steeve Boulant

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Bartenschlager
Ralf Bartenschlager Heidelberg University
John McLauchlan
John McLauchlan University of Glasgow
Theodore Alexandrov
Theodore Alexandrov European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Tomas Kirchhausen
Tomas Kirchhausen Boston Children's Hospital
Hans-Georg Kräusslich
Hans-Georg Kräusslich Heidelberg University
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University
Jonathan C. Kagan
Jonathan C. Kagan Boston Children's Hospital
Dirk Grimm
Dirk Grimm Heidelberg University
Thomas Höfer
Thomas Höfer German Cancer Research Center
Joachim P. Spatz
Joachim P. Spatz Max Planck Society

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