Marie-Claude Vohl

Research

Bariatric Surgery Epigenetics Obesity Remission Type 2 Diabetes

Latest papers

Fine Mapping of the Insulin-Induced Gene 2 Identifies a Variant Associated With LDL Cholesterol and Total Apolipoprotein B Levels
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine · 2010
Association of OSBPL11 gene polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease risk factors in obesity.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2009 · senior author
Chylomicron retention disease: a long term study of two cohorts.
Molecular genetics and metabolism · 2009

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Integrative Epigenomics of Obesity and Metabolic Complications - The Obesity Epigenomics Trilateral Project
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$429,000
Full Resolution Metabolic Disease Epigenomics in Human Populations
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$1,249,500

All 2 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Fine Mapping of the Insulin-Induced Gene 2 Identifies a Variant Associated With LDL Cholesterol and Total Apolipoprotein B Levels

Do R, Bailey SD, Paré G, Montpetit A, Desbiens K, Hudson TJ, Yusuf S, Bouchard C, Gaudet D, Pérusse L

Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine20107 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.109.917039 PMID: W2548863622

02

Association of OSBPL11 gene polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease risk factors in obesity.

Bouchard L, Faucher G, Tchernof A, Deshaies Y, Marceau S, Lescelleur O, Biron S, Bouchard C, Pérusse L, Vohl MC

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2009Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.71 PMID: 19325544

03

Chylomicron retention disease: a long term study of two cohorts.

Peretti N, Roy CC, Sassolas A, Deslandres C, Drouin E, Rasquin A, Seidman E, Brochu P, Vohl MC, Labarge S, Bouvier R, Samson-Bouma ME, Charcosset M, Lachaux A, Levy E

Molecular genetics and metabolism2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.02.003 PMID: 19285442

04

Genetic variants of FTO influence adiposity, insulin sensitivity, leptin levels, and resting metabolic rate in the Quebec Family Study.

Do R, Bailey SD, Desbiens K, Belisle A, Montpetit A, Bouchard C, Pérusse L, Vohl MC, Engert JC

Diabetes2008

DOI: 10.2337/db07-1267 PMID: 18316358

05

Relation of the "hypertriglyceridemic waist" phenotype to earlier manifestations of coronary artery disease in patients with glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

St-Pierre J, Lemieux I, Perron P, Brisson D, Santuré M, Vohl MC, Després JP, Gaudet D

The American journal of cardiology2007

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.041 PMID: 17261400

06

Common polymorphisms in the promoter of the visfatin gene (PBEF1) influence plasma insulin levels in a French-Canadian population.

Bailey SD, Loredo-Osti JC, Lepage P, Faith J, Fontaine J, Desbiens KM, Hudson TJ, Bouchard C, Gaudet D, Pérusse L, Vohl MC, Engert JC

Diabetes2006

DOI: 10.2337/db06-0189 PMID: 17003359

Integrative Epigenomics of Obesity and Metabolic Complications - The Obesity Epigenomics Trilateral Project

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: Epigenomics of Complex Diseases

Principal investigators: Grundberg, Elin; Vohl, Marie-Claude

Keywords: Bariatric Surgery; Epigenetics; Obesity; Remission; Type 2 Diabetes

$429,000

Full Resolution Metabolic Disease Epigenomics in Human Populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Team Grant: CEEHRC - Full application

Principal investigators: Lathrop, Mark

Keywords: Bisulphite-Sequencing; Dna Methylation; Epigenomics; Laser-Capture Microdisection; Metabolic Disease; Next-Generation Sequencing; Obesity; Twin Study

$1,249,500

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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Guillaume Pare

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Tomi Pastinen

Human Genetics

1 shared papers, latest 2010

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