Beaulieu Jean-François

Regular Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Sherbrooke
Canada

Professor Medicine
Biography

Prof Beaulieu Jean-François is working as Director of a research team funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. His research has considerably advanced the state of knowledge of the functioning of the intestinal cells. Based on this research and fellowship training he has received several awards and honors, such as Fellow of the American Association of Gastroenterology (AGA), the AGA's highest honor

Research Intrest

Study of the renewal mechanisms of cells that form the inner wall of the human digestive system. 

List of Publications
Mayeur S, Veilleux A, Pouliot Y, Lamarche B, Beaulieu J-F, Hould FS, et al. Plasma Lactoferrin Levels Positively Correlate with Insulin Resistance despite an Inverse Association with Total Adiposity in Lean and Severely Obese Patients. Wolfe A, editor. PLOS ONE [Internet]. Public Library of Science (PLoS); 2016 Nov 30;11(11):e0166138. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166138
Ferretti E, Tremblay E, Thibault M-P, Grynspan D, Burghardt KM, Bettolli M, et al. The nitric oxide synthase 2 pathway is targeted by both pro- and anti-inflammatory treatments in the immature human intestine. Nitric Oxide [Internet]. Elsevier BV; 2017 Jun;66:53–61. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2017.03.003
Herring E, Kanaoka S, Tremblay É, Beaulieu J-F. Droplet digital PCR for quantification of ITGA6 in a stool mRNA assay for the detection of colorectal cancers. World Journal of Gastroenterology [Internet]. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.; 2017;23(16):2891. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i16.2891
Marcil V, Amre D, Seidman EG, Boudreau F, Gendron FP, Ménard D, et al. Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 Alpha Polymorphisms and the Metabolic Syndrome in French-Canadian Youth. Sladek FM, editor. PLOS ONE [Internet]. Public Library of Science (PLoS); 2015 Feb 11;10(2):e0117238. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117238