Fanny Pineau

Dr. Fanny Pineau

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2019 in Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
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AMAna Marques
Ana Marques
TVTiphaine Vidal
Tiphaine Vidal
Bruno PereiraBruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
EBEve Benchetrit
Eve Benchetrit
JSJulie Socha
Julie Socha
FDFranck Durif
Franck Durif

19 March 2021 in Genes
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FPFanny Pineau
Fanny Pineau
DCD. P. Caimmi
D. P. Caimmi
STSylvie Taviaux
Sylvie Taviaux
MRMaurane Reveil
Maurane Reveil
LBLaura Brosseau
Laura Brosseau
Albertina De SarioAlbertina De Sario
Albertina De Sario
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic genetic disease that mainly affects the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. No curative treatments are available, but the follow-up in specialized centers has greatly improved the patient life expectancy. Robust biomarkers are required to monitor the disease, guide treatments, stratify patients, and provide outcome measures in clinical trials. In the present study, we outline a strategy to select putative DNA methylation biomarkers of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis patients. In the discovery step, we selected seven potential biomarkers using a genome-wide DNA methylation dataset that we generated in nasal epithelial samples from the MethylCF cohort. In the replication step, we assessed the same biomarkers using sputum cell samples from the MethylBiomark cohort. Of interest, DNA methylation at the cg11702988 site (ATP11A gene) positively correlated with lung function and BMI, and negatively correlated with lung disease severity, P. aeruginosa chronic infection, and the number of exacerbations. These results were replicated in prospective sputum samples collected at four time points within an 18-month period and longitudinally. To conclude, (i) we identified a DNA methylation biomarker that correlates with CF severity, (ii) we provided a method to easily assess this biomarker, and (iii) we carried out the first longitudinal analysis of DNA methylation in CF patients. This new epigenetic biomarker could be used to stratify CF patients in clinical trials.