Dr. St-Amand completed his doctoral studies at Laval University, and his postdoctoral studies at the University of British Columbia. In 1998, he optimized the SAGE method in his laboratory located in Japan, at the pharmaceutical company Otsuka. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Laval University, and director of the Functional Genomics Laboratory and SAGE platform at the CHU Research Centre of Quebec. He is an expert in genetic engineering and functional genomics.

Dr. St-Amand’s research program aims to characterize the transcriptomes of several tissues and their regulation through physical exercise, a lipid-rich diet, and steroid hormones, in order to identify, clone and characterize functionally the genes of interest that can be used as therapeutic targets for coronary heart disease, obesity, and cancer. Dr. St-Amand’s laboratory is developing genetic engineering methods and bioinformatics programs, particularly for the analysis of functional genomics results. Dr. St-Amand developed the first SAGE platform in Canada. This powerful strategy makes it possible to compare all transcripts, including new genes, to identify the molecular mechanisms responsible for diseases.

Dr. St-Amand and his team are also studying in vitro cells and knockout mice to characterize the functions of candidate genes. These research projects will identify therapeutic targets to, in turn, develop therapeutic treatments for obesity and cardiovascular disease.

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Melouane A, Yoshioka M, Kanzaki M, St-Amand J

Sparc, an EPS-induced gene, modulates the extracellular matrix and mitochondrial function via ILK/AMPK pathways in C2C12 cells.

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Life Sci, 2019, ISSN: 0024-3205.

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Ghanemi A, Melouane A, Mucunguzi O, Yoshioka M, St-Amand J

Energy and metabolic pathways in trefoil factor family member 2 (Tff2) KO mice beyond the protection from high-fat diet-induced obesity.

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Life Sci, 215 , pp. 190-197, 2018, ISSN: 0024-3205.

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Ghanemi A, St-Amand J

Interleukin-6 as a "metabolic hormone".

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Cytokine, 112 , pp. 132-136, 2018, ISSN: 1043-4666.

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Ghanemi A, Yoshioka M, St-Amand J

Broken Energy Homeostasis and Obesity Pathogenesis: The Surrounding Concepts.

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J Clin Med, 7 (11), 2018, ISSN: 2077-0383.

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Melouane A, Ghanemi A, Aube S, Yoshioka M, St-Amand J

Differential gene expression analysis in ageing muscle and drug discovery perspectives.

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Ageing Res Rev, 41 , pp. 53-63, 2018, ISSN: 1568-1637.

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Melouane A, Carbonell A, Yoshioka M, Puymirat J, St-Amand J

Implication of SPARC in the modulation of the extracellular matrix and mitochondrial function in muscle cells.

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PLoS ONE, 13 (2), pp. e0192714, 2018.

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Ghanemi A, St-Amand J

Redefining obesity toward classifying as a disease.

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Eur J Intern Med, 55 , pp. 20-22, 2018, ISSN: 0953-6205.

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Mucunguzi O, Melouane A, Ghanemi A, Yoshioka M, Boivin A, Calvo EL, St-Amand J

Identification of the principal transcriptional regulators for low-fat and high-fat meal responsive genes in small intestine.

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Nutr Metab (Lond), 14 , pp. 66, 2017.

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De Giorgio MR, Yoshioka M, Riedl I, Moreault O, Cherizol RG, Shah AA, Blin N, Richard D, St-Amand J

Trefoil factor family member 2 (Tff2) KO mice are protected from high-fat diet-induced obesity.

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Obesity (Silver Spring), 21 (7), pp. 1389-95, 2013, ISSN: 1930-7381.

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St-Amand J, Yoshioka M, Nishida Y, Tobina T, Shono N, Tanaka H

Effects of mild-exercise training cessation in human skeletal muscle.

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Eur J Appl Physiol, 112 (3), pp. 853-69, 2012, ISSN: 1439-6319.

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Active projects

  • Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Subvention, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Centres de recherche affiliés, from 2017-01-01 to 2099-12-31

Recently finished projects

  • Centre de recherche en endocrinologie, métabolisme et inflammation, Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, BDR - Centres de recherche reconnus, from 1996-06-01 to 2018-04-30
  • Roles of exercise-induced gene, SPARC, against sarcopenia: Link between extracellular matrix and mitochondria., Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement, from 2014-04-01 to 2019-03-31
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