Florian Gourgue - Thesis defence

Bruxelles Woluwe

Investigation of the apelin adipokine as a potential therapeutic target for breast cancer patients in the context of obesity

Florian GOURGUE - REMA (Biomedical Magnetic Resonance) and MNut (Metabolism and Nutrition), LDRI, UCLouvain.

Supervisors : Prof. Bénédicte F. Jordan et Prof. Patrice D. Cani.

Related publications :

  • Gourgue F., Mignion L., Van Hul M., Dehaen N., Bastien E., Payen V., Leroy B., Joudiou N., Vertommen D., Bouzin C., Delzenne N., Gallez B., Feron O., Jordan B.F. & Cani P.D. “Obesity & Triple Negative Breast Cancer: is Apelin a new key target?” Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2020 Sep;24(17):10233-10244. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.15639
  • Gourgue F., Derouane F., van Marcke C., Villar E., Dano H., Desmet L., Bouzin C., Duhoux F.P., Cani P.D. & Jordan B.F. “Obesity and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: implication of the apelinergic system” submitted to Scientific Reports
  • Jordan B.F., Gourgue F. & Cani P.D. “Adipose Tissue Metabolism and Cancer Progression: Novel Insights from Gut Microbiota?” Current Pathobiology Reports 2017;5(4):315-322. doi: 10.1007/s40139-017-0154-6.

The thesis defence took place on December 18, 2020

Published on December 22, 2020