Catherine Laprise

Research

Epigenomics

Latest papers

Increased Autophagy-Related 5 Gene Expression Is Associated with Collagen Expression in the Airways of Refractory Asthmatics.
Frontiers in immunology · 2017
Sex- and age-dependent DNA methylation at the 17q12-q21 locus associated with childhood asthma.
Human genetics · 2013 · senior author
ATG5, autophagy and lung function in asthma.
Autophagy · 2012

All 9 publications

Latest funding

REsolving Systems Epigenomes of T-cells in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$388,170
ImmunoSeq: novel immunogenetic discovery tool and its translation to personalized medicine in Finnish and Canadian partnership
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Genetic and epigenetic control of the ZPBP2/ORMDL3/GSDMB domain and susceptibility to asthma
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$716,290

All 3 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Increased Autophagy-Related 5 Gene Expression Is Associated with Collagen Expression in the Airways of Refractory Asthmatics.

Poon AH, Choy DF, Chouiali F, Ramakrishnan RK, Mahboub B, Audusseau S, Mogas A, Harris JM, Arron JR, Laprise C, Hamid Q

Frontiers in immunology2017

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00355 PMID: 28424691

02

Sex- and age-dependent DNA methylation at the 17q12-q21 locus associated with childhood asthma.

Naumova AK, Al Tuwaijri A, Morin A, Vaillancourt VT, Madore AM, Berlivet S, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Moussette S, Laprise C

Human genetics2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1298-z PMID: 23546690

03

ATG5, autophagy and lung function in asthma.

Poon A, Eidelman D, Laprise C, Hamid Q

Autophagy2012

DOI: 10.4161/auto.19315 PMID: 22498476

04

Profiling of differentially expressed genes using suppression subtractive hybridization in an equine model of chronic asthma.

Lavoie JP, Lefebvre-Lavoie J, Leclere M, Lavoie-Lamoureux A, Chamberland A, Laprise C, Lussier J

PloS one2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029440 PMID: 22235296

05

Relevance and implication of genetic determinants to asthma pathophysiology.

Poon A, Litonjua AA, Laprise C

Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/aci.0b013e32834a9540 PMID: 21822132

06

Genomic and genealogical investigation of the French Canadian founder population structure.

Roy-Gagnon MH, Moreau C, Bherer C, St-Onge P, Sinnett D, Laprise C, Vézina H, Labuda D

Human genetics2011

DOI: 10.1007/s00439-010-0945-x PMID: 21234765

07

Allele-specific chromatin remodeling in the ZPBP2/GSDMB/ORMDL3 locus associated with the risk of asthma and autoimmune disease.

Verlaan DJ, Berlivet S, Hunninghake GM, Madore AM, Larivière M, Moussette S, Grundberg E, Kwan T, Ouimet M, Ge B, Hoberman R, Swiatek M, Dias J, Lam KC, Koka V, Harmsen E, Soto-Quiros M, Avila L, Celedón JC, Weiss ST, Dewar K, Sinnett D, Laprise C, Raby BA, Pastinen T, Naumova AK

American journal of human genetics2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.08.007 PMID: 19732864

08

Low plasma adiponectin exacerbates the risk of premature coronary artery disease in familial hypercholesterolemia.

Bouhali T, Brisson D, St-Pierre J, Tremblay G, Perron P, Laprise C, Vohl MC, Vissers MN, Hutten BA, Després JP, Kastelein JJP, Gaudet D

Atherosclerosis2008

DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.10.035 PMID: 17123536

09

Association of urokinase-type plasminogen activator with asthma and atopy.

Bégin P, Tremblay K, Daley D, Lemire M, Claveau S, Salesse C, Kacel S, Montpetit A, Becker A, Chan-Yeung M, Kozyrskyj AL, Hudson TJ, Laprise C

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2007Senior author

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200607-1012oc PMID: 17363771

REsolving Systems Epigenomes of T-cells in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: Epigenomics of Complex Diseases

Principal investigators: Pastinen, Tomi; Laprise, Catherine

Keywords: Epigenomics

$388,170

ImmunoSeq: novel immunogenetic discovery tool and its translation to personalized medicine in Finnish and Canadian partnership

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Team Grant: Health Challenges in Chronic Inflammation Initiative (LOI)

Principal investigators: Pastinen, Tomi; Lathrop, Mark

Keywords: Autoimmune Disease; Genetic Risk; Immune System; Inflammatory Disease; Personalized Medicine

$20,000

Genetic and epigenetic control of the ZPBP2/ORMDL3/GSDMB domain and susceptibility to asthma

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Naumova, Anna K

Keywords: Chromatin Structure; Cildhood Asthma; Epigenetics; Genetic Variation; Transcriptional Regulation

$716,290

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Basic Sciences
Pharmacologie - Physiologie
Sciences cliniques
Nutrition
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Julie St-Pierre

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Jean-Pierre Lavoie

Sciences cliniques

1 shared papers, latest 2012

Daniel Sinnett

Pharmacologie - Physiologie

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Claude Bhérer

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Tomi Pastinen

Human Genetics

1 shared papers, latest 2009

Marie-Claude Vohl

Nutrition

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Catherine Laprise

Basic Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2007

Elin Grundberg

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2009

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