Publications by authors named "D Leclerc"

Cancer presents a significant public health concern, particularly in the context of metastatic disease. Surgical removal of primary tumors, while essential, can inadvertently heighten the risk of metastasis. Thus, there is a critical need for innovative neoadjuvant therapies capable of curtailing metastatic progression before or immediately following tumor resection.

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Introduction: Pakistan has the second highest prevalence of hepatitis C globally. The Musafir study, set up in 2018 in a Parisian suburb to understand the representations of hepatitis and HIV within the Urdu-speaking, male, migrant community living there, provided an opportunity to think about culturally acceptable health promotion interventions. These included awareness campaigns on hepatitis—which did not cover the question of HIV, considered taboo—, held in a mosque.

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Purpose: Uveal melanoma (UM) is a deadly cancer with limited therapeutic options. At advanced stages, UM cells metastasize almost exclusively into the liver, where targeting metastatic UM cells remain a clinical challenge. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) exhibits a functional duality in cancer, with one arm limiting tumor growth at an early stage and the second arm promoting metastasis at an advanced stage, notably by inducing an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.

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Scope: Disturbances in one-carbon metabolism contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which encompasses steatosis, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. The goal is to examine impact of folate deficiency and the Mthfr variant on NAFLD.

Methods And Results: This study uses the new Mthfr mouse model for the human MTHFR variant.

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CRISPR-based genome editing holds promise for addressing genetic disease, infectious disease, and cancer and has rapidly advanced from primary research to clinical trials in recent years. However, the lack of safe and potent in vivo delivery methods for CRISPR components has limited most ongoing clinical trials to ex vivo gene therapy. Effective CRISPR in vivo genome editing necessitates an effective vehicle ensuring target cell transduction while minimizing off-target effects, toxicity, and immune reactions.

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