Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD
Professor
Publications
Inoue F, Eckalbar WL, Wang Y, Murphy KK, Matharu N, Vaisse C, Ahituv N. Author Correction: Genomic and epigenomic mapping of leptin-responsive neuronal populations involved in body weight regulation. Nature metabolism 2024. PMID: 38429391
Brewer KK, Brewer KM, Terry TT, Caspary T, Vaisse C, Berbari NF. Postnatal Dynamic Ciliary ARL13B and ADCY3 Localization in the Mouse Brain. Cells 2024. PMID: 38334651
Bachor TP, Hwang E, Yulyaningsih E, Attal K, Mifsud F, Pham V, Vagena E, Huarcaya R, Valdearcos M, Vaisse C, Williams KW, Emmerson PJ, Xu AW. Identification of AgRP cells in the murine hindbrain that drive feeding. Molecular metabolism 2024. PMID: 38246589
Terry TT, Gigante ED, Alexandre CM, Brewer KM, Engle SE, Yue X, Berbari NF, Vaisse C, Caspary T. Ciliary ARL13B prevents obesity in mice. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023. PMID: 37577625
TOMAS P. BACHOR, KUSH ATTAL, EIRINI VAGENA, FRANCOIS MIFSUD, VIANA PHAM, MARTIN VALDEARCOS-CONTRERAS, CHRISTIAN VAISSE, ALLISON XU. 1522-P: Identification of AgRP Cells in the Murine Hindbrain That Drive Feeding. Diabetes 2023. PMID:
Brewer KM, Engle SE, Bansal R, Brewer KK, Jasso KR, McIntyre JC, Vaisse C, Reiter JF, Berbari NF. Physiological Condition Dependent Changes in Ciliary GPCR Localization in the Brain. eNeuro 2023. PMID: 36849261
Bernard A, Ojeda Naharros I, Yue X, Mifsud F, Blake A, Bourgain-Guglielmetti F, Ciprin J, Zhang S, McDaid E, Kim K, Nachury MV, Reiter JF, Vaisse C. MRAP2 regulates energy homeostasis by promoting primary cilia localization of MC4R. JCI insight 2023. PMID: 36692018
Jiang Z, Elsarrag SZ, Duan Q, LaGory EL, Wang Z, Alexanian M, McMahon S, Rulifson IC, Winchester S, Wang Y, Vaisse C, Brown JD, Quattrocelli M, Lin CY, Haldar SM. KLF15 cistromes reveal a hepatocyte pathway governing plasma corticosteroid transport and systemic inflammation. 2022. PMID: 35263131
Wang Y, Bernard A, Comblain F, Yue X, Paillart C, Zhang S, Reiter JF, Vaisse C. Melanocortin 4 receptor signals at the neuronal primary cilium to control food intake and body weight. The Journal of clinical investigation 2021. PMID: 33938449
Adelaide A Bernard, Irene Ojeda Naharros, Florence Bourgain Guglielmetti, Xinyu Yue, Christian Vaisse. OR04-01 MRAP2 Regulates Energy Homeostasis by Promoting Primary Cilia Localization of MC4R. Journal of the Endocrine Society 2020. PMID:
Ng BK, Sommer MJ, Wong MC, Pagano I, Nie Y, Fan B, Kennedy S, Bourgeois B, Kelly N, Liu YE, Hwaung P, Garber AK, Chow D, Vaisse C, Curless B, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd JA. Detailed 3-dimensional body shape features predict body composition, blood metabolites, and functional strength: the Shape Up! studies. The American journal of clinical nutrition 2019. PMID: 31553429
Matharu N, Rattanasopha S, Tamura S, Maliskova L, Wang Y, Bernard A, Hardin A, Eckalbar WL, Vaisse C, Ahituv N. CRISPR-mediated activation of a promoter or enhancer rescues obesity caused by haploinsufficiency. 2019. PMID:
Inoue F, Eckalbar WL, Wang Y, Murphy KK, Matharu N, Vaisse C, Ahituv N. Genomic and epigenomic mapping of leptin-responsive neuronal populations involved in body weight regulation. Nature metabolism 2019. PMID: 31535083
Matharu N, Rattanasopha S, Tamura S, Maliskova L, Wang Y, Bernard A, Hardin A, Eckalbar WL, Vaisse C, Ahituv N. CRISPR-mediated activation of a promoter or enhancer rescues obesity caused by haploinsufficiency. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2018. PMID: 30545847
Siljee JE, Wang Y, Bernard AA, Ersoy BA, Zhang S, Marley A, Von Zastrow M, Reiter JF, Vaisse C. Subcellular localization of MC4R with ADCY3 at neuronal primary cilia underlies a common pathway for genetic predisposition to obesity. Volume 50 of Issue 2. Nature genetics 2018. PMID: 29311635
Vaisse C, Reiter JF, Berbari NF. Cilia and Obesity. Volume 9 of Issue 7. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 2017. PMID: 28096262
Yulyaningsih E, Rudenko IA, Valdearcos M, Dahlén E, Vagena E, Chan A, Alvarez-Buylla A, Vaisse C, Koliwad SK, Xu AW. Acute Lesioning and Rapid Repair of Hypothalamic Neurons outside the Blood-Brain Barrier. Volume 19 of Issue 11. Cell reports 2017. PMID: 28614713
Mishra S, Harris TB, Hsueh WC, Hue T, Leak TS, Li R, Mehta M, Vaisse C, Sahyoun NR. The Association of Serum Leptin with Mortality in Older Adults. Volume 10 of Issue 10. PloS one 2015. PMID: 26473487
Evans DS, Calton MA, Kim MJ, Kwok PY, Miljkovic I, Harris T, Koster A, Liu Y, Tranah GJ, Ahituv N, Hsueh WC, Vaisse C. Genetic association study of adiposity and melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) common variants: replication and functional characterization of non-coding regions. Volume 9 of Issue 5. PloS one 2014. PMID: 24820477
Heymsfield SB, Avena NM, Baier L, Brantley P, Bray GA, Burnett LC, Butler MG, Driscoll DJ, Egli D, Elmquist J, Forster JL, Goldstone AP, Gourash LM, Greenway FL, Han JC, Kane JG, Leibel RL, Loos RJ, Scheimann AO, Roth CL, Seeley RJ, Sheffield V, Tauber M, Vaisse C, Wang L, Waterland RA, Wevrick R, Yanovski JA, Zinn AR. Hyperphagia: current concepts and future directions proceedings of the 2nd international conference on hyperphagia. Volume 22 Suppl 1. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2014. PMID: 24574081
Kim MJ, Oksenberg N, Hoffmann TJ, Vaisse C, Ahituv N. Functional characterization of SIM1-associated enhancers. Volume 23 of Issue 7. Human molecular genetics 2013. PMID: 24203700
Aslan IR, Ranadive SA, Valle I, Kollipara S, Noble JA, Vaisse C. The melanocortin system and insulin resistance in humans: insights from a patient with complete POMC deficiency and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Volume 38 of Issue 1. International journal of obesity (2005) 2013. PMID: 23649472
Ersoy BA, Pardo L, Zhang S, Thompson DA, Millhauser G, Govaerts C, Vaisse C. Mechanism of N-terminal modulation of activity at the melanocortin-4 receptor GPCR. Volume 8 of Issue 8. Nature chemical biology 2012. PMID: 22729149
Aslan IR, Campos GM, Calton MA, Evans DS, Merriman RB, Vaisse C. Weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese patients heterozygous for MC4R mutations. Volume 21 of Issue 7. Obesity surgery 2011. PMID: 20957447
Swarbrick MM, Evans DS, Valle MI, Favre H, Wu SH, Njajou OT, Li R, Zmuda JM, Miljkovic I, Harris TB, Kwok PY, Vaisse C, Hsueh WC. Replication and extension of association between common genetic variants in SIM1 and human adiposity. Volume 19 of Issue 12. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2011. PMID: 21512513
. Monogenic Disorders Within the Energy Balance Pathway. 2011. PMID:
Ionova-Martin SS, Wade JM, Tang S, Shahnazari M, Ager JW, Lane NE, Yao W, Alliston T, Vaisse C, Ritchie RO. Changes in cortical bone response to high-fat diet from adolescence to adulthood in mice. Volume 22 of Issue 8. Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2010. PMID: 20941479
Aslan IR, Ranadive SA, Ersoy BA, Rogers SJ, Lustig RH, Vaisse C. Bariatric surgery in a patient with complete MC4R deficiency. Volume 35 of Issue 3. International journal of obesity (2005) 2010. PMID: 20733581
Ionova-Martin SS, Do SH, Barth HD, Szadkowska M, Porter AE, Ager JW, Ager JW, Alliston T, Vaisse C, Ritchie RO. Reduced size-independent mechanical properties of cortical bone in high-fat diet-induced obesity. Volume 46 of Issue 1. Bone 2009. PMID: 19853069
Bromberg Y, Overton J, Vaisse C, Leibel RL, Rost B. In silico mutagenesis: a case study of the melanocortin 4 receptor. Volume 23 of Issue 9. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2009. PMID: 19417090
Calton MA, Vaisse C. Narrowing down the role of common variants in the genetic predisposition to obesity. Volume 1 of Issue 3. Genome medicine 2009. PMID: 19341502
Ranadive SA, Ersoy B, Favre H, Cheung CC, Rosenthal SM, Miller WL, Vaisse C. Identification, characterization and rescue of a novel vasopressin-2 receptor mutation causing nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Volume 71 of Issue 3. Clinical endocrinology 2008. PMID: 19170711
Calton MA, Ersoy BA, Zhang S, Kane JP, Malloy MJ, Pullinger CR, Bromberg Y, Pennacchio LA, Dent R, McPherson R, Ahituv N, Vaisse C. Association of functionally significant Melanocortin-4 but not Melanocortin-3 receptor mutations with severe adult obesity in a large North American case-control study. Volume 18 of Issue 6. Human molecular genetics 2008. PMID: 19091795
Clément K, Dubern B, Mencarelli M, Czernichow P, Ito S, Wakamatsu K, Barsh GS, Vaisse C, Leger J. Unexpected endocrine features and normal pigmentation in a young adult patient carrying a novel homozygous mutation in the POMC gene. Volume 93 of Issue 12. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2008. PMID: 18765507
Ranadive SA, Vaisse C. Lessons from extreme human obesity: monogenic disorders. Volume 37 of Issue 3. Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America 2008. PMID: 18775361
Dubern B, Lubrano-Berthelier C, Mencarelli M, Ersoy B, Frelut ML, Bouglé D, Costes B, Simon C, Tounian P, Vaisse C, Clement K. Mutational analysis of the pro-opiomelanocortin gene in French obese children led to the identification of a novel deleterious heterozygous mutation located in the alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone domain. Volume 63 of Issue 2. Pediatric research 2008. PMID: 18091355
Louet JF, Smith SB, Gautier JF, Molokhia M, Virally ML, Kevorkian JP, Guillausseau PJ, Vexiau P, Charpentier G, German MS, Vaisse C, Urbanek M, Mauvais-Jarvis F. Gender and neurogenin3 influence the pathogenesis of ketosis-prone diabetes. Volume 10 of Issue 10. Diabetes, obesity & metabolism 2007. PMID: 18093211
Srinivasan S, Santiago P, Lubrano C, Vaisse C, Conklin BR. Engineering the melanocortin-4 receptor to control constitutive and ligand-mediated G(S) signaling in vivo. Volume 2 of Issue 7. PloS one 2007. PMID: 17668051
Ahituv N, Kavaslar N, Schackwitz W, Ustaszewska A, Martin J, Hebert S, Doelle H, Ersoy B, Kryukov G, Schmidt S, Yosef N, Ruppin E, Sharan R, Vaisse C, Sunyaev S, Dent R, Cohen J, McPherson R, Pennacchio LA. Medical sequencing at the extremes of human body mass. Volume 80 of Issue 4. American journal of human genetics 2007. PMID: 17357083
B Dubern, C Lubrano-berthelier, D Bouglé, ML Frelut, C Simon, C Vaisse, K Clément, P Tounian. MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN GENE IN OBESE CHILDREN. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2006. PMID:
Lubrano-Berthelier C, Dubern B, Lacorte JM, Picard F, Shapiro A, Zhang S, Bertrais S, Hercberg S, Basdevant A, Clement K, Vaisse C. Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations in a large cohort of severely obese adults: prevalence, functional classification, genotype-phenotype relationship, and lack of association with binge eating. Volume 91 of Issue 5. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2006. PMID: 16507637
Govaerts C, Srinivasan S, Shapiro A, Zhang S, Picard F, Clement K, Lubrano-Berthelier C, Vaisse C. Obesity-associated mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor provide novel insights into its function. Volume 26 of Issue 10. Peptides 2005. PMID: 16083993
Swarbrick MM, Waldenmaier B, Pennacchio LA, Lind DL, Cavazos MM, Geller F, Merriman R, Ustaszewska A, Malloy M, Scherag A, Hsueh WC, Rief W, Mauvais-Jarvis F, Pullinger CR, Kane JP, Dent R, McPherson R, Kwok PY, Hinney A, Hebebrand J, Vaisse C. Lack of support for the association between GAD2 polymorphisms and severe human obesity. Volume 3 of Issue 9. PLoS biology 2005. PMID: 16122350
Sobngwi E, Gautier JF, Kevorkian JP, Villette JM, Riveline JP, Zhang S, Vexiau P, Leal SM, Vaisse C, Mauvais-Jarvis F. High prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency without gene mutation suggests a novel genetic mechanism predisposing to ketosis-prone diabetes. Volume 90 of Issue 8. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2005. PMID: 15914531
Elefteriou F, Ahn JD, Takeda S, Starbuck M, Yang X, Liu X, Kondo H, Richards WG, Bannon TW, Noda M, Clement K, Vaisse C, Karsenty G. Leptin regulation of bone resorption by the sympathetic nervous system and CART. Volume 434 of Issue 7032. Nature 2005. PMID: 15724149
Picard F, Robin S, Lavielle M, Vaisse C, Daudin JJ. A statistical approach for array CGH data analysis. Volume 6. BMC bioinformatics 2005. PMID: 15705208
Mauvais-Jarvis F, Smith SB, Le May C, Leal SM, Gautier JF, Molokhia M, Riveline JP, Rajan AS, Kevorkian JP, Zhang S, Vexiau P, German MS, Vaisse C. PAX4 gene variations predispose to ketosis-prone diabetes. Volume 13 of Issue 24. Human molecular genetics 2004. PMID: 15509590
Srinivasan S, Lubrano-Berthelier C, Govaerts C, Picard F, Santiago P, Conklin BR, Vaisse C. Constitutive activity of the melanocortin-4 receptor is maintained by its N-terminal domain and plays a role in energy homeostasis in humans. Volume 114 of Issue 8. The Journal of clinical investigation 2004. PMID: 15489963
Lubrano-Berthelier C, Le Stunff C, Bougnères P, Vaisse C. A homozygous null mutation delineates the role of the melanocortin-4 receptor in humans. Volume 89 of Issue 5. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2004. PMID: 15126516
Mauvais-Jarvis F, Sobngwi E, Porcher R, Riveline JP, Kevorkian JP, Vaisse C, Charpentier G, Guillausseau PJ, Vexiau P, Gautier JF. Ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes in patients of sub-Saharan African origin: clinical pathophysiology and natural history of beta-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance. Volume 53 of Issue 3. Diabetes 2004. PMID: 14988248
Lubrano-Berthelier C, Cavazos M, Le Stunff C, Haas K, Shapiro A, Zhang S, Bougneres P, Vaisse C. The human MC4R promoter: characterization and role in obesity. Volume 52 of Issue 12. Diabetes 2003. PMID: 14633862
Swarbrick MM, Vaisse C. Emerging trends in the search for genetic variants predisposing to human obesity. Volume 6 of Issue 4. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 2003. PMID: 12806208
Srinivasan S, Vaisse C, Conklin BR. Engineering the melanocortin-4 receptor to control G(s) signaling in vivo. Volume 994. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2003. PMID: 12851320
Lubrano-Berthelier C, Cavazos M, Dubern B, Shapiro A, Stunff CL, Zhang S, Picart F, Govaerts C, Froguel P, Bougneres P, Clement K, Vaisse C. Molecular genetics of human obesity-associated MC4R mutations. Volume 994. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2003. PMID: 12851297
Lubrano-Berthelier C, Durand E, Dubern B, Shapiro A, Dazin P, Weill J, Ferron C, Froguel P, Vaisse C. Intracellular retention is a common characteristic of childhood obesity-associated MC4R mutations. Volume 12 of Issue 2. Human molecular genetics 2003. PMID: 12499395
Cummings DE, Clement K, Purnell JQ, Vaisse C, Foster KE, Frayo RS, Schwartz MW, Basdevant A, Weigle DS. Elevated plasma ghrelin levels in Prader Willi syndrome. Volume 8 of Issue 7. Nature medicine 2002. PMID: 12091883
Navas MA, Vaisse C, Boger S, Heimesaat M, Kollee LA, Stoffel M. The human HNF-3 genes: cloning, partial sequence and mutation screening in patients with impaired glucose homeostasis. Volume 50 of Issue 6. Human heredity 2000. PMID: 10899756
Lahlou N, Clement K, Carel JC, Vaisse C, Lotton C, Le Bihan Y, Basdevant A, Lebouc Y, Froguel P, Roger M, Guy-Grand B. Soluble leptin receptor in serum of subjects with complete resistance to leptin: relation to fat mass. Volume 49 of Issue 8. Diabetes 2000. PMID: 10923636
Vaisse C, Clement K, Durand E, Hercberg S, Guy-Grand B, Froguel P. Melanocortin-4 receptor mutations are a frequent and heterogeneous cause of morbid obesity. Volume 106 of Issue 2. The Journal of clinical investigation 2000. PMID: 10903341
Clement K, Hercberg S, Passinge B, Galan P, Varroud-Vial M, Shuldiner AR, Beamer BA, Charpentier G, Guy-Grand B, Froguel P, Vaisse C. The Pro115Gln and Pro12Ala PPAR gamma gene mutations in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Volume 24 of Issue 3. International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2000. PMID: 10757637
Mueller MD, Vigne JL, Vaisse C, Taylor RN. Glycodelin: a pane in the implantation window. Volume 18 of Issue 3. Seminars in reproductive medicine 2000. PMID: 11299967
Taylor RN, Savouret JF, Vaisse C, Vigne JL, Ryan I, Hornung D, Seppälä M, Milgrom E. Promegestone (R5020) and mifepristone (RU486) both function as progestational agonists of human glycodelin gene expression in isolated human epithelial cells. Volume 83 of Issue 11. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 1998. PMID: 9814484
Vaisse C, Clement K, Guy-Grand B, Froguel P. A frameshift mutation in human MC4R is associated with a dominant form of obesity. Volume 20 of Issue 2. Nature genetics 1998. PMID: 9771699
Clément K, Vaisse C, Lahlou N, Cabrol S, Pelloux V, Cassuto D, Gourmelen M, Dina C, Chambaz J, Lacorte JM, Basdevant A, Bougnères P, Lebouc Y, Froguel P, Guy-Grand B. A mutation in the human leptin receptor gene causes obesity and pituitary dysfunction. Volume 392 of Issue 6674. Nature 1998. PMID: 9537324
Vaisse C, Kim J, Espinosa R, Le Beau MM, Stoffel M. Pancreatic islet expression studies and polymorphic DNA markers in the genes encoding hepatocyte nuclear factor-3alpha, -3beta, -3gamma, -4gamma, and -6. Volume 46 of Issue 8. Diabetes 1997. PMID: 9231664
Vaisse C, Halaas JL, Horvath CM, Darnell JE, Stoffel M, Friedman JM. Leptin activation of Stat3 in the hypothalamus of wild-type and ob/ob mice but not db/db mice. Volume 14 of Issue 1. Nature genetics 1996. PMID: 8782827
Ruiz J, Blanché H, James RW, Garin MC, Vaisse C, Charpentier G, Cohen N, Morabia A, Passa P, Froguel P. Gln-Arg192 polymorphism of paraoxonase and coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes. Volume 346 of Issue 8979. Lancet (London, England) 1995. PMID: 7564671
Clément K, Vaisse C, Manning BS, Basdevant A, Guy-Grand B, Ruiz J, Silver KD, Shuldiner AR, Froguel P, Strosberg AD. Genetic variation in the beta 3-adrenergic receptor and an increased capacity to gain weight in patients with morbid obesity. Volume 333 of Issue 6. The New England journal of medicine 1995. PMID: 7609752
Hager J, Hansen L, Vaisse C, Vionnet N, Philippi A, Poller W, Velho G, Carcassi C, Contu L, Julier C. A missense mutation in the glucagon receptor gene is associated with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Volume 9 of Issue 3. Nature genetics 1995. PMID: 7773293
Mellon SH, Kushner JA, Vaisse C. Expression and regulation of adrenodoxin and P450scc mRNA in rodent tissues. Volume 10 of Issue 5. DNA and cell biology 1991. PMID: 1863358
Van Cong N, Vaisse C, Gross MS, Slim R, Milgrom E, Bernheim A. The human placental protein 14 (PP14) gene is localized on chromosome 9q34. Volume 86 of Issue 5. Human genetics 1991. PMID: 2016092
Vaisse C, Atger M, Potier B, Milgrom E. Human placental protein 14 gene: sequence and characterization of a short duplication. Volume 9 of Issue 6. DNA and cell biology 1990. PMID: 2206398
Mellon SH, Vaisse C. cAMP regulates P450scc gene expression by a cycloheximide-insensitive mechanism in cultured mouse Leydig MA-10 cells. Volume 86 of Issue 20. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1989. PMID: 2554289