Publications by authors named "Catherine-Laure Tomasetto"
Article Synopsis
- Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent enzymes that play a role in breaking down proteins and are classified into six main types.
- Their activity is regulated by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), and MMPs are involved in various biological processes, both during development and in adulthood.
- Recent research has begun to explore their specific roles in metabolism and metabolic diseases, focusing on how MMPs affect adipose tissue and contribute to conditions like obesity, fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Unlabelled: Pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant systemic treatment (NST) is an important prognostic factor in HER2-positive breast cancer. The majority of HER2-positive breast cancers are amplified at the HER2 gene locus, several genes are co-amplified with HER2, and a subset of them are co-expressed. The STARD3 gene belongs to the HER2 amplicon, and its role as a predictive marker was never addressed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype that constitutes 15-20% of breast cancer cases worldwide. Current therapies often evolve into chemoresistance and lead to treatment failure. About 77% of the TNBC lacks claudin-1 (CLDN1) expression, a major tight junction component, and this absence is correlated with poorer prognostic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Muscle regeneration depends on satellite cells (SCs), quiescent precursors that, in consequence of injury or pathological states such as muscular dystrophies, activate, proliferate, and differentiate to repair the damaged tissue. A subset of SCs undergoes self-renewal, thus preserving the SC pool and its regenerative potential. The peptides produced by the ghrelin gene, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent work suggests that stomach-derived hormone ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonism may reduce motivational aspects of ethanol intake. In the current study we hypothesized that the endogenous GHS-R1A agonist ghrelin modulates alcohol reward mechanisms. For this purpose ethanol-induced conditioned place preference (CPP), ethanol-induced locomotor stimulation and voluntary ethanol consumption in a two-bottle choice drinking paradigm were examined under conditions where ghrelin and its receptor were blocked, either using ghrelin knockout (KO) mice or the specific ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonist "JMV2959".
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