Philipa Levesque-Damphousse

ORCID: 0000-0002-4848-5778
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Research Areas
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pharmacological Effects and Assays
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Montreal Clinical Research Institute
2019-2024

Nexen (Canada)
2024

Q2 Solutions (United Kingdom)
2023

Université de Montréal
2019

Significance The liver plays crucial roles in the control of glucose homeostasis during fast-feeding cycle. It responds to insulin and glucagon either store or provide other organs. Insulin resistance is a hallmark metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes nonalcoholic fatty disease. Associations have been made between low hepatic levels peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC1A) resistance, but underlying mechanisms are elusive. We show that PGC1A controls...

10.1073/pnas.1815150116 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019-02-15

BackgroundAccurate quantitation of immune markers is crucial for ensuring reliable assessment vaccine efficacy against infectious diseases. This study was designed to confirm standardised performance SARS-CoV-2 assays used evaluate COVID-19 candidates at the initial seven laboratories (in North America, Europe, and Asia) Coalition Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Centralized Laboratory Network (CLN).MethodsThree ELISAs (pre-spike protein, receptor binding domain, nucleocapsid), a...

10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00324-5 article EN cc-by-nc-nd The Lancet Microbe 2024-01-23

To date, thousands of SARS-CoV-2 samples from many vaccine developers have been tested within the CEPI-Centralized Laboratory Network. convert data each clinical assay to international standard units, WHO and CEPI generated by Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency were run in multiple facilities determine conversion factor for assay. Reporting results units advances global understanding immunity efficacy, enhancing quality, reliability, utility data.

10.1080/21645515.2024.2344249 article EN cc-by-nc Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2024-05-06

Spinal cord dorsal horn inhibition is critical to the processing of sensory inputs, and its impairment leads mechanical allodynia. How this decreased occurs whether restoration alleviates allodynic pain are poorly understood. Here, we show that a step in loss inhibitory tone change firing pattern parvalbumin (PV)-expressing neurons (PVNs). Our results PV, calcium-binding protein, controls activity PVNs by enabling them sustain high-frequency tonic patterns. Upon nerve injury, transition...

10.1073/pnas.2403777121 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024-06-25

Abstract The nervous system processes sensory information by relying on the precise coordination of neuronal networks and their specific synaptic firing patterns. In spinal cord, disturbances to pattern tonic parvalbumin (PV)-expressing inhibitory interneuron (PV neurons) disrupt ability dorsal horn integrate touch may result in pathological phenotypes. protein (PVp) is a calcium (Ca 2+ )-binding that buffers accumulation Ca following train action potential allow for firing. Here, we find...

10.1101/2022.09.15.508019 preprint EN bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2022-09-17

Background: Accurate quantitation of immune markers is critical for ensuring reliable assessment vaccines efficacy against infectious diseases. This report presents the standardization and harmonization test results SARS-CoV-2 assays amongst initial seven laboratories (North America, Europe Asia) Coalition Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Centralized Laboratory Network (CLN) used to support evaluation COVID-19 vaccine candidates.Methods: Three ELISA (Spike, Receptor Binding Domain...

10.2139/ssrn.4479614 preprint EN 2023-01-01
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