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Frederic Charron

Professor, IRCM, University of Montreal, McGill University
Verified email at ircm.qc.ca
Cited by 10474

The Hedgehog pathway promotes blood-brain barrier integrity and CNS immune quiescence

…, M Bernard, J Van Horssen, HE De Vries, F Charron… - Science, 2011 - science.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is composed of tightly bound endothelial cells (ECs) and
perivascular astrocytes that regulate central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis. We showed …

GATA transcription factors and cardiac development

F Charron, M Nemer - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 1999 - Elsevier
Three members of the GATA family of transcription factors, GATA-4, -5, and -6, are expressed
in the developing heart. One family member, GATA-5, is restricted to the endocardium …

Novel brain wiring functions for classical morphogens: a role as graded positional cues in axon guidance

F Charron, M Tessier-Lavigne - 2005 - journals.biologists.com
… in commissural neurons Commissural axons invade the motor columns Charron et al., 2003
… in commissural neurons Commissural axons invade the motor columns Charron et al., 2003 …

[HTML][HTML] A murine model of Holt-Oram syndrome defines roles of the T-box transcription factor Tbx5 in cardiogenesis and disease

BG Bruneau, G Nemer, JP Schmitt, F Charron… - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
Heterozygous Tbx5 del/+ mice were generated to study the mechanisms by which TBX5
haploinsufficiency causes cardiac and forelimb abnormalities seen in Holt-Oram syndrome. …

[HTML][HTML] The cardiac transcription factors Nkx2‐5 and GATA‐4 are mutual cofactors

D Durocher, F Charron, R Warren, RJ Schwartz… - The EMBO …, 1997 - embopress.org
… (F.Charron et al., unpublished results). Interestingly, neither GATA‐1 nor GATA‐6, which do
not transcriptionally synergize with Nkx2‐5, could be retained on the MBP–Nkx2‐5 column, …

[HTML][HTML] The morphogen sonic hedgehog is an axonal chemoattractant that collaborates with netrin-1 in midline axon guidance

F Charron, E Stein, J Jeong, AP McMahon… - Cell, 2003 - cell.com
Developing axons are guided to their targets by attractive and repulsive guidance cues. In
the embryonic spinal cord, the floor plate chemoattractant Netrin-1 is required to guide …

[HTML][HTML] Neurotrophins and netrins require calcineurin/NFAT signaling to stimulate outgrowth of embryonic axons

IA Graef, F Wang, F Charron, L Chen, J Neilson… - Cell, 2003 - cell.com
Axon outgrowth is the first step in the formation of neuronal connections, but the pathways
that regulate axon extension are still poorly understood. We find that mice deficient in …

[HTML][HTML] GATA-dependent recruitment of MEF2 proteins to target promoters

S Morin, F Charron, L Robitaille, M Nemer - The EMBO journal, 2000 - embopress.org
The myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) proteins are MADS-box transcription factors that are
essential for differentiation of all muscle lineages but their mechanisms of action remain …

Detecting anomalous and unknown intrusions against programs

AK Ghosh, J Wanken, F Charron - Proceedings 14th annual …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ubiquity of the Internet connection to desktops has been both a boon to business as well
as a cause for concern for the security of digital assets that may be unknowingly exposed. …

Boc is a receptor for sonic hedgehog in the guidance of commissural axons

A Okada, F Charron, S Morin, DS Shin, K Wong… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
… Tian and F. de Sauvage for discussions during early stages of the project; and T. … Ami
Okada and Frédéric Charron: These authors contributed equally to this work. … Frédéric Charron