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Yohan Bossé

Yohan Bossé

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
73
Citations
19933
World Ranking
1275
National Ranking
39

Overview

Yohan Bossé is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics feature diverse areas such as:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Yohan Bossé has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Atherosclerosis
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Their recent published papers include:

  • An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Tobacco Smoking Increases the Lung Gene Expression of ACE2, the Receptor of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Calcific aortic valve disease: mechanisms, prevention and treatment, 2023, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Electronic health record-based genome-wide meta-analysis provides insights on the genetic architecture of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers, 2021, Nature Genetics

They collaborate regularly with several researchers with frequent coauthorship including:

  • Patrick Mathieu
  • Sébastien Thériault
  • Philippe Joubert
  • Benoît J. Arsenault
  • Nathalie Gaudreault

Best Publications

  • Benefits and limitations of genome-wide association studies.

    Vivian Tam;Nikunj Patel;Michelle Turcotte;Yohan Bossé

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries

    Shrine N;Guyatt Al;Erzurumluoglu Am;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve

  • Novel insights into the genetics of smoking behaviour, lung function, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UK BiLEVE): a genetic association study in UK Biobank

    Louise V Wain;Nick Shrine;Suzanne Miller;Victoria E Jackson

  • Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

    Brian D. Hobbs;Kim De Jong;Maxime Lamontagne;Yohan Bossé

  • Lung eQTLs to Help Reveal the Molecular Underpinnings of Asthma

    Ke Hao;Yohan Bossé;David C. Nickle;Peter D. Paré

  • Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations

    Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat;Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat;Dmitry Prokopenko;Dmitry Prokopenko;Maxime Lamontagne;Nicola F Reeve

  • Tobacco Smoking Increases the Lung Gene Expression of ACE2, the Receptor of SARS-CoV-2.

    Guoshuai Cai;Yohan Bossé;Feifei Xiao;Farrah Kheradmand

  • Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

    Louise V. Wain;Louise V. Wain;Nick Shrine;María Soler Artigas;A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu

  • Genetic variants associated with susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in people of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study

    Richard J Allen;Joanne Porte;Rebecca Braybrooke;Carlos Flores

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

    Richard J. Allen;Beatriz Guillen-Guio;Justin M. Oldham;Shwu-Fan Ma

  • A Decade of GWAS Results in Lung Cancer.

    Yohan Bossé;Christopher I. Amos

  • Altered DNA Methylation of Long Noncoding RNA H19 in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Promotes Mineralization by Silencing NOTCH1

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  • 1α,25-Dihydroxy-vitamin D3 stimulation of bronchial smooth muscle cells induces autocrine, contractility, and remodeling processes

    Yohan Bossé;Karim Maghni;Thomas J. Hudson

  • Identification of TMPRSS2 as a Susceptibility Gene for Severe 2009 Pandemic A(H1N1) Influenza and A(H7N9) Influenza

    Zhongshan Cheng;Jie Zhou;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Hin Chu

  • Asthma and genes encoding components of the vitamin D pathway

    Yohan Bossé;Mathieu Lemire;Audrey H Poon;Audrey H Poon;Denise Daley

  • P2Y2 receptor represses IL-6 expression by valve interstitial cells through Akt: implication for calcific aortic valve disease.

    Diala El Husseini;Marie-Chloé Boulanger;Ablajan Mahmut;Rihab Bouchareb

  • Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers

    Tongwu Zhang;Philippe Joubert;Naser Ansari-Pour;Wei Zhao

  • Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations

    Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat;Dmitry Prokopenko;Maxime Lamontagne;Nicola F. Reeve

  • Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

    Louise V. Wain;Nick Shrine;Maria Soler Artigas;A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Timens
Wim Timens University Medical Center Groningen
Philippe Pibarot
Philippe Pibarot Université Laval
Ke Hao
Ke Hao Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Martin D. Tobin
Martin D. Tobin University of Leicester
Dirkje S. Postma
Dirkje S. Postma University Medical Center Groningen
Louise V. Wain
Louise V. Wain University of Leicester
Peter D. Paré
Peter D. Paré University of British Columbia
Ian P. Hall
Ian P. Hall University of Nottingham
Christopher I. Amos
Christopher I. Amos Baylor College of Medicine
Jean-Pierre Després
Jean-Pierre Després Université Laval

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