Decreased CYP3A expression and activity in guinea pig models of diet-induced metabolic syndrome: is fatty liver infiltration involved?

D Patoine, X Levac, S Pilote, B Drolet… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2013 - ASPET
Background: In humans, CYP3A drug-metabolizing enzyme subfamily is the most important.
Numerous pathophysiological factors, such as diabetes and obesity, were shown to affect …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular imaging of the human pulmonary vascular endothelium in pulmonary hypertension: a phase II safety and proof of principle trial

…, V Finnerty, QT Nguyen, M Letourneau, X Levac… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The adrenomedullin receptor is densely expressed in the pulmonary vascular
endothelium. PulmoBind, an adrenomedullin receptor ligand, was developed for molecular …

Molecular imaging of the human pulmonary vascular endothelium using an adrenomedullin receptor ligand

F Harel, X Levac, QT Nguyen… - Molecular …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This phase I study (NCT01539889) evaluated the safety, efficacy, and dosing of PulmoBind
for molecular imaging of pulmonary circulation. PulmoBind is a ligand of the adrenomedullin …

Metabolic syndrome potentiates the cardiac action potential-prolonging action of drugs: a possible 'anti-proarrhythmic'role for amlodipine

B Caillier, S Pilote, D Patoine, X Levac… - Pharmacological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Type II diabetes was shown to prolong the QT interval on the ECG and to promote cardiac
arrhythmias. This is not so clear for metabolic syndrome, a precursor state of type II diabetes. …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of pulmonary perfusion by SPECT imaging using an endothelial cell tracer in supine humans and dogs

X Levac, F Harel, V Finnerty, QT Nguyen… - EJNMMI research, 2016 - Springer
Background Pulmonary perfusion is not spatially homogeneously distributed, and its
variations could be of diagnostic value in lung vascular disease. PulmoBind is a ligand of the …

Spatial Distribution of the Metabolically Active Pulmonary Circulation in Humans

X Levac, F Harel, V Finnerty, QT Nguyen… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Introduction: Human pulmonary perfusion is not homogeneously distributed. Analysis of
pulmonary perfusion spatial distribution (SD) variations, could be useful in the evaluation of …

Evaluation of Pulmonary Perfusion Using an Endothelial Cell Tracer in Supine Humans and Dogs

X Levac, F Vincent, Q Nguyen, M Letourneau, S Marcil… - 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
1726 Objectives Pulmonary perfusion is not homogeneously distributed and its variations
could be of diagnostic value. PulmoBind is a ligand of the adrenomedullin receptor expressed …

MOLECULAR IMAGING OF THE HUMAN PULMONARY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: THE PULMOBIND SAFETY AND PROOF …

…, QT Nguyen, V Finnerty, M Letourneau, X Levac… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background The adrenomedullin receptor is densely expressed in the pulmonary vascular
endothelium. PulmoBind, an adrenomedullin receptor ligand, was developed for molecular …

Palynological records from Bay of Islands, Newfoundland: Direct correlation of Holocene paleoceanographic and climatic changes

E Levac - Palynology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
… Comparison of the quantitative reconstructions from La Have Basin with previous studies in
the area outlined three differences (Levac, 2001) that will be investigated in this paper. First, …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute World Congress 2017 Scientific Abstracts

M Takeuchi, A Kawazoe, Y Tanaka, KE Pinkerton - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cigarette smoke (CS) is a risk factor of pulmonary diseases. Honey is used as a traditional
medicine for colds and skin inflammation. It is known that lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induce …