Publications by Patrick Descombes

In vivo transcriptomic profiling using cell encapsulation identifies effector pathways of systemic aging

Nicolas Bouche, Christophe Boss, Patrick Descombes, Filippo De Franceschi, Sylviane Métairon, Jérome Feige, Omid Mashinchian

Sustained exposure to a young systemic environment rejuvenates aged organisms and promotes cellular function. However, due to the intrinsic complexity of tissues it remains challenging to pinpoint niche-independent effects of circulating factors on specifi ...

2022

Genome-wide gene-based analyses of weight loss interventions identify a potential role for NKX6.3 in metabolism

Patrick Descombes, Hélène Ruffieux, Jörg Hager, Nele Gheldof, Sylviane Métairon

Hundreds of genetic variants have been associated with Body Mass Index (BMI) through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using observational cohorts. However, the genetic contribution to efficient weight loss in response to dietary intervention remains ...

Springer2019

Mitochondrial oxidative capacity and NAD(+) biosynthesis are reduced in human sarcopenia across ethnicities

Patrick Descombes, Sylviane Métairon, Sofia Moco, Sonia Karaz, Tanja Sonntag, Lei Feng

The causes of impaired skeletal muscle mass and strength during aging are well-studied in healthy populations. Less is known on pathological age-related muscle wasting and weakness termed sarcopenia, which directly impacts physical autonomy and survival. H ...

Springer2019

Aging Disrupts Muscle Stem Cell Function by Impairing Matricellular WISP1 Secretion from Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors

Patrick Descombes, Guillaume Jacot, Sara Ancel, Laura Lukjanenko, Sylviane Métairon, Sonia Karaz, Federico Sizzano, Omid Mashinchian

Research on age-related regenerative failure of skeletal muscle has extensively focused on the phenotypes of muscle stem cells (MuSCs). In contrast, the impact of aging on regulatory cells in the MuSC niche remains largely unexplored. Here, we demonstrate ...

CELL PRESS2019

Oral application of Escherichia coli bacteriophage: safety tests in healthy and diarrheal children from Bangladesh

Patrick Descombes

A T4-like coliphage cocktail was given with different oral doses to healthy Bangladeshi children in a placebo-controlled randomized phase I safety trial. Fecal phage detection was oral dose dependent suggesting passive gut transit of coliphages through the ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Mfn1 Deficiency in the Liver Protects Against Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance and Enhances the Hypoglycemic Effect of Metformin

Patrick Descombes, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Richardus Houtkooper, Sylviane Métairon, Joanna Ratajczak, Catherine Maclachlan, Wen Gao

Mitochondrial function can be influenced by mitochondrial shape and connectivity with other cellular organelles through fusion and fission processes. Disturbances in mitochondrial architecture and mitochondrial fusion related genes are observed in situatio ...

American Diabetes Association2016

SIRT1 Gain of Function Does Not Mimic or Enhance the Adaptations to Intermittent Fasting

Patrick Descombes, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Sylviane Métairon

Caloric restriction (CR) has been shown to prevent the onset of insulin resistance and to delay age-related physiological decline in mammalian organisms. SIRT1, a NAD(+) -dependent deacetylase enzyme, has been suggested to mediate the adaptive responses to ...

Elsevier2016

Circadian and feeding rhythms differentially affect rhythmic mRNA transcription and translation in mouse liver

Felix Naef, Patrick Descombes, Cédric Gobet, Jingkui Wang, Florian Atger, Frédéric Bruno Martin Gachon, Benjamin Dieter Weger

Diurnal oscillations of gene expression are a hallmark of rhythmic physiology across most living organisms. Such oscillations are controlled by the interplay between the circadian clock and feeding rhythms. Although rhythmic mRNA accumulation has been exte ...

National Academy of Sciences2015

Mutations in the SPARC-Related Modular Calcium-Binding Protein 1 Gene, SMOC1, Cause Waardenburg Anophthalmia Syndrome

Tatiana Favez, Patrick Descombes

Waardenburg anophthalmia syndrome, also known as microphthalmia with limb anomalies, ophthalmoacromelic syndrome, and anophthalmia-syndactyly, is a rare autosomal-recessive developmental disorder that has been mapped to 10p11.23. Here we show that this dis ...

2011