Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Wautier has been a leader in the fields of haematology and vascular biology for more than 40 years. He qualified first as a Doctor in Medicine in Caen 1971, obtained his Doctor in Human Biological Sciences in Paris in 1979 and became Professor in Haematology at Université Paris Diderot in 1986. Working initially with Prof J.P. Caen in haematology and haemostasis, he developed an interest in the haematological, vascular and rheological complications of diabetes and sickle cell disease. He pioneered studies of red cell and leukocyte adhesion to endothelium and the roles of abnormal adhesive interactions in these circulatory disorders. A seminal study in the 1981 was the first to describe an abnormality in the adhesive properties of red blood cells in diabetes. This was later linked to interactions between red cell membrane advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) and their endothelial membrane receptor (R-AGE) which could induce vascular complications. In much of this research he worked closely with his wife Marie-Paule Wautier, forming a team able to develop and experimentally evaluate new concepts of vascular pathology.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Hematology
Hemostasis
Thrombosis
Transfusion Medicine
Vascular Biology
Immunoloy
Short Biography
Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Wautier has been a leader in the fields of haematology and vascular biology for more than 40 years. He qualified first as a Doctor in Medicine in Caen 1971, obtained his Doctor in Human Biological Sciences in Paris in 1979 and became Professor in Haematology at Université Paris Diderot in 1986. Working initially with Prof J.P. Caen in haematology and haemostasis, he developed an interest in the haematological, vascular and rheological complications of diabetes and sickle cell disease. He pioneered studies of red cell and leukocyte adhesion to endothelium and the roles of abnormal adhesive interactions in these circulatory disorders. A seminal study in the 1981 was the first to describe an abnormality in the adhesive properties of red blood cells in diabetes. This was later linked to interactions between red cell membrane advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) and their endothelial membrane receptor (R-AGE) which could induce vascular complications. In much of this research he worked closely with his wife Marie-Paule Wautier, forming a team able to develop and experimentally evaluate new concepts of vascular pathology.
