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Thierry Léveillard

Thierry Léveillard

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
9794
World Ranking
18875
National Ranking
878

Overview

Thierry Léveillard was affiliated with the Institut de la Vision in France and conducted research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work focused extensively on retinal development and disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Their research addressed multiple interconnected topics including redox biology and oxidative stress, ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, retinal imaging and analysis, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Several recent publications highlighted key aspects of Thierry Léveillard's research:

  • The 10q26 Risk Haplotype of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Aggravates Subretinal Inflammation by Impairing Monocyte Elimination, 2020, Immunity
  • Assessing Photoreceptor Status in Retinal Dystrophies: From High-Resolution Imaging to Functional Vision, 2021, American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Shedding Light on Myopia by Studying Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness, 2023, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Modulating Antioxidant Systems as a Therapeutic Approach to Retinal Degeneration, 2022, Redox Biology
  • Metabolic and Redox Signaling of the Nucleoredoxin-Like-1 Gene for the Treatment of Genetic Retinal Diseases, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Thierry Léveillard frequently collaborated with several researchers throughout their career. The most common co-authors included:

  • José-Alain Sahel
  • Frédéric Blond
  • Isabelle Audo
  • Christina Zeitz
  • Emmanuelle Clérin

The scientist published frequently in venues such as Redox Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Visualized Experiments, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Acta Ophthalmologica. These venues reflect a focus on molecular biology, ophthalmology, and interdisciplinary approaches to retinal research and eye health.

The subfields in which Thierry Léveillard's output was concentrated included molecular biology, ophthalmology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and epidemiology. This diverse range indicates a multidisciplinary approach to understanding visual system diseases and their molecular underpinnings.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Identification and characterization of rod-derived cone viability factor.

    Léveillard T;Mohand-Saïd S;Lorentz O;Hicks D

  • Rod-derived cone viability factor promotes cone survival by stimulating aerobic glycolysis.

    Najate Aït-Ali;Najate Aït-Ali;Najate Aït-Ali;Ram Fridlich;Ram Fridlich;Ram Fridlich;Géraldine Millet-Puel;Géraldine Millet-Puel;Géraldine Millet-Puel;Emmanuelle Clérin;Emmanuelle Clérin;Emmanuelle Clérin

  • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor induces histologic and functional protection of rod photoreceptors in the rd/rd mouse.

    Frasson M;Picaud S;Léveillard T;Simonutti M

  • TRPM1 Is Mutated in Patients with Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Isabelle Audo;Susanne Kohl;Bart P. Leroy;Francis L. Munier

  • Normal retina releases a diffusible factor stimulating cone survival in the retinal degeneration mouse

    Saddek Mohand-Said;Alain Deudon-Combe;David Hicks;Manuel Simonutti

  • Functional interactions between p53 and the TFIIH complex are affected by tumour-associated mutations.

    T. Léveillard;L. Andera;N. Bissonnette;L. Schaeffer

  • Functional cone rescue by RdCVF protein in a dominant model of retinitis pigmentosa.

    Ying Yang;Ying Yang;Saddek Mohand-Said;Saddek Mohand-Said;Aude Danan;Manuel Simonutti;Manuel Simonutti

  • Development and application of a next-generation-sequencing (NGS) approach to detect known and novel gene defects underlying retinal diseases

    Isabelle Audo;Kinga M Bujakowska;Kinga M Bujakowska;Kinga M Bujakowska;Thierry Léveillard;Thierry Léveillard;Thierry Léveillard;Saddek Mohand-Saïd

  • CRB1 mutations in inherited retinal dystrophies.

    Kinga Bujakowska;Isabelle Audo;Saddek Mohand-Saïd;Marie-Elise Lancelot;Marie-Elise Lancelot;Marie-Elise Lancelot

  • Rod-Derived Cone Viability Factor for Treating Blinding Diseases: From Clinic to Redox Signaling

    Thierry Léveillard;José-Alain Sahel

  • Viral-mediated RdCVF and RdCVFL expression protects cone and rod photoreceptors in retinal degeneration

    Leah C. Byrne;Deniz Dalkara;Gabriel Luna;Steven K. Fisher

  • Inherited retinal degenerations: therapeutic prospects.

    Marie-Noëlle Delyfer;Thierry Léveillard;Saddek Mohand-Saïd;David Hicks

  • Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Mutations in GPR179 Leading to Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Isabelle Audo;Kinga Bujakowska;Kinga Bujakowska;Kinga Bujakowska;Elise Orhan;Elise Orhan;Elise Orhan;Charlotte M. Poloschek

  • Rod–Cone Interactions:: Developmental and Clinical Significance

    Saddek Mohand-Said;David Hicks;Thierry Léveillard;Serge Picaud

  • Identification of Gene Expression Changes Associated with the Progression of Retinal Degeneration in the rd1 Mouse

    Abigail S. Hackam;Richelle Strom;Dongmei Liu;Jiang Qian

  • The MDM2 C-terminal region binds to TAFII250 and is required for MDM2 regulation of the cyclin A promoter.

    Thierry Léveillard;Bohdan Wasylyk

  • ℮-conome: an automated tissue counting platform of cone photoreceptors for rodent models of retinitis pigmentosa

    Emmanuelle Clérin;Emmanuelle Clérin;Emmanuelle Clérin;Nicolas Wicker;Saddek Mohand-Saïd;Saddek Mohand-Saïd;Saddek Mohand-Saïd;Olivier Poch

Frequent Co-Authors

José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel University of Pittsburgh
Shomi S. Bhattacharya
Shomi S. Bhattacharya University College London
Olivier Poch
Olivier Poch University of Strasbourg
Deniz Dalkara
Deniz Dalkara Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Serge Picaud
Serge Picaud Institut de la Vision
Donald J. Zack
Donald J. Zack Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jean Bennett
Jean Bennett University of Pennsylvania
Anthony T. Moore
Anthony T. Moore University of California, San Francisco
David Hicks
David Hicks Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John R.W. Yates
John R.W. Yates University of Cambridge

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