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Alain Veilleux

ResearcherNutritionUniversité Laval

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Alain Veilleux

Researcher

Nutrition

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Digestive-Associated Symptoms Emulsifiers Exposure Modelling Food Supply Gut Microbiota Host- And Microbial Metabolism Intestinal Permeability Mucosal Inflammation

Latest papers

Longitudinal changes in endocannabinoidome and dietary lipid profile in severe obesity: impact of sleeve gastrectomy.
Lipids in health and disease · 2026 · senior author
Cranberry extract-supplemented microbiota effluents enhance intestinal barrier integrity via mucin production and antimicrobial activity in murine organoids.
Scientific reports · 2026
Targeting DHODH reveals a metabolic vulnerability in AR-positive and AR-negative prostate cancer cells via pyrimidine synthesis and metabolic crosstalk with the TCA and urea cycles.
Molecular metabolism · 2026

All 41 publications

Latest funding

Impact of Emulsifiers and Thickeners in Ultra-Processed Foods on Gut Health
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$10,000
Early life determinants of childhood adiposity, appetite regulation, and obesogenic dietary behaviours.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,354,050
Étude des mécanismes d'action d'ingrédients prébiotiques et d'un probiotique: impact sur l'écologie du microbiote intestinal et la physiologie d'organoïdes intestinaux
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$177,500

All 5 grants and awards

41 publications.

Longitudinal changes in endocannabinoidome and dietary lipid profile in severe obesity: impact of sleeve gastrectomy.

St-Arnaud G, Daoust J, Pelletier M, Gagnon C, Biertho L, Bouvet-Bouchard L, Dumais E, Flamand N, Di Marzo V, Michaud A, Veilleux A

Lipids in health and disease2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12944-026-02988-1 PMID: 42298563

Cranberry extract-supplemented microbiota effluents enhance intestinal barrier integrity via mucin production and antimicrobial activity in murine organoids.

Cattero V, Mayer T, Veilleux A, Roussel C, Desjardins Y

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-39008-2 PMID: 41680408

Targeting DHODH reveals a metabolic vulnerability in AR-positive and AR-negative prostate cancer cells via pyrimidine synthesis and metabolic crosstalk with the TCA and urea cycles.

Labroy M, Paré MO, Berthiaume L, Thomas M, Jobin C, Veilleux A, Pelletier M, Pouliot F, Masson JY, Audet-Walsh É

Molecular metabolism2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102316 PMID: 41506347

Seasonal variations in circulating endocannabinoidome mediators and gut microbiota composition in humans.

Castonguay-Paradis S, Demers-Potvin É, Rochefort G, Lacroix S, Perron J, Martin C, Flamand N, Raymond F, Di Marzo V, Veilleux A

Gut microbes2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2025.2476563 PMID: 40111342

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strengthens the intestinal barrier: involvement of the endocannabinoidome.

Allam-Ndoul B, Pulido-Mateos EC, Bégin F, St-Arnaud G, Tinoco Mar BA, Mayer T, Dumais E, Flamand N, Raymond F, Roy D, Desjardins Y, Di Marzo V, Veilleux A

American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00142.2024 PMID: 40522902

Dietary Manganese Modulates Microbiota and Intestinal N-Acylethanolamines in a Sex-Specific Manner in Mice With Diet-Induced Obesity.

Agudelo FAG, Leblanc N, Bourdeau-Julien I, St-Arnaud G, Dahhani F, Flamand N, Veilleux A, Di Marzo V, Raymond F

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2025

DOI: 10.1096/fj.202500934r PMID: 40569166

Association between gestational diabetes mellitus, maternal health and diet, and gut microbiota in mother-infant dyads.

Petitclerc I, Perron J, Dugas C, Mayer T, Raymond F, Di Marzo V, Veilleux A, Robitaille J

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-025-07584-2 PMID: 40275186

The Human Fecal Endocannabinoidome Mediator Profile Is Mainly Defined by the Fecal Microbiota and Diet.

Castonguay-Paradis S, Parent L, St-Arnaud G, Perron J, Dumais É, Flamand N, Raymond F, Di Marzo V, Veilleux A

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgae586 PMID: 39171571

Dietary iron interacts with diet composition to modulate the endocannabinoidome and the gut microbiome in mice.

Guevara Agudelo FA, Leblanc N, Bourdeau-Julien I, St-Arnaud G, Dahhani F, Flamand N, Veilleux A, Di Marzo V, Raymond F

Gut microbiome (Cambridge, England)2025

DOI: 10.1017/gmb.2025.1 PMID: 40692677

The human milk endocannabinoidome and neonatal growth in gestational diabetes.

Fradet A, Castonguay-Paradis S, Dugas C, Perron J, St-Arnaud G, Marc I, Doyen A, Flamand N, Dahhani F, Di Marzo V, Veilleux A, Robitaille J

Frontiers in endocrinology2024

DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1415630 PMID: 38938519

Impact of Emulsifiers and Thickeners in Ultra-Processed Foods on Gut Health

Nominated PICIHR2026Team Grant: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods-Mechanisms of Health Eff-LOI

Principal investigators: Veilleux, Alain; Brisson, Guillaume; Provencher, Veronique; Robitaille, Julie; Tremblay, Bénédicte L.

Keywords: Digestive-Associated Symptoms; Emulsifiers; Exposure Modelling; Food Supply; Gut Microbiota; Host- And Microbial Metabolism; Intestinal Permeability; Mucosal Inflammation; Thickners

$10,000

Early life determinants of childhood adiposity, appetite regulation, and obesogenic dietary behaviours.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bouchard, Luigi; Gingras, Véronique

Keywords: Childhood Obesity; Developmental Origins Of Health And Diseases (Dohad); Dietary Behaviours; Food Intake Regulation; Functional Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; Gut-Brain Axis; Microbiome; Nutrition; Satiety Peptides

$1,354,050

Étude des mécanismes d'action d'ingrédients prébiotiques et d'un probiotique: impact sur l'écologie du microbiote intestinal et la physiologie d'organoïdes intestinaux

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Desjardins, Yves YJ

$177,500

Développement de combinaisons synergiques de polyphénols prébiotiques et de bactéries probiotiques permettant de moduler le microbiote intestinal: compréhension des mécanismes

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Desjardins, Yves

$434,733

Role of intestinal microenvironment and insulin resistance in postprandial dyslipidemia in humans

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Veilleux, Alain

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Cellular Biology; Classical Lipidology And Lipidomics; Insulin Resistance; Lipid Tracer Assay; Obesity And Diabetes; Protein; Rna; Small Intestine

$313,161

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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Alain Veilleux

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Longitudinal changes in endocannabinoidome and dietary lipid profile in severe obesity: impact of sleeve gastrectomy.

Cranberry extract-supplemented microbiota effluents enhance intestinal barrier integrity via mucin production and antimicrobial activity in murine organoids.

Targeting DHODH reveals a metabolic vulnerability in AR-positive and AR-negative prostate cancer cells via pyrimidine synthesis and metabolic crosstalk with the TCA and urea cycles.

Seasonal variations in circulating endocannabinoidome mediators and gut microbiota composition in humans.

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strengthens the intestinal barrier: involvement of the endocannabinoidome.

Dietary Manganese Modulates Microbiota and Intestinal N-Acylethanolamines in a Sex-Specific Manner in Mice With Diet-Induced Obesity.

Association between gestational diabetes mellitus, maternal health and diet, and gut microbiota in mother-infant dyads.

The Human Fecal Endocannabinoidome Mediator Profile Is Mainly Defined by the Fecal Microbiota and Diet.

Dietary iron interacts with diet composition to modulate the endocannabinoidome and the gut microbiome in mice.

The human milk endocannabinoidome and neonatal growth in gestational diabetes.

Impact of Emulsifiers and Thickeners in Ultra-Processed Foods on Gut Health

Early life determinants of childhood adiposity, appetite regulation, and obesogenic dietary behaviours.

Étude des mécanismes d'action d'ingrédients prébiotiques et d'un probiotique: impact sur l'écologie du microbiote intestinal et la physiologie d'organoïdes intestinaux

Développement de combinaisons synergiques de polyphénols prébiotiques et de bactéries probiotiques permettant de moduler le microbiote intestinal: compréhension des mécanismes

Role of intestinal microenvironment and insulin resistance in postprandial dyslipidemia in humans

Frequent collaborators

Vincenzo Di Marzo

Nicolas Flamand

Anne-Sophie Morisset

Julie Robitaille

Simone Lemieux

Laurent Biertho

Isabelle Marc

Denis Richard

Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier

Frederic Raymond

Elyse Bissonnette

Jean-Yves Masson

Patrick Couture

Martin Pelletier