Marc Cantin

Marc Cantin
Born1933 (1933)
DiedJune 18, 1990(1990-06-18) (aged 56–57)
OccupationsMedical researcher, physician, college professor

Marc Cantin (1933 – June 18, 1990) was a Canadian Québécois doctor and professor, who directed research on heart disease, especially hypertension.[1]

Cantin earned his medical degree at Laval University in Quebec and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Montreal, with postdoctoral studies in pathology at University of Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Montreal, McGill University and worked with medical researchers Hans Selye and Jacques Genest.[2]

In 1980, Cantin began to direct the hypertension research group at the Clinical Research Institute at Montreal. In 1984 he won the Prix Marcel-Piché. In 1986, he won the Prix Léo-Pariseau. In 1988, he and Philip Needleman shared the Distinguished Research Award from the American Heart Association.[3] The Quebec Heart Foundation honored Cantin and his research team in 1989.[4] He was one of the "most-cited scientists" during the 1980s.[2]

Cantin died in 1990.[3] The Rue Marc-Cantin in Montreal's Technopark was named in his memory in 1992.

Publications

  • "Excessive Stimulation of Salivary Gland Growth by Isoproterenol" (1961, with Hans Selye and Rene Veilleux)[5]
  • "Scanning electron microscopy of surface irregularities and thrombogenesis of polyurethane and polyethylene coronary catheters" (1976, with M. G. Bourassa, E. B. Sandborn, and E. Pederson)[6]
  • "Atrial natriuretic factor inhibits adenylate cyclase activity" (1984, with Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava, Douglas J. Franks, and Jacques Genest)[7]
  • "Effect of a purified atrial natriuretic factor on rat and rabbit vascular strips and vascular beds" (1984, with R. Garcia, G. Thibault, and J. Genest)[8]
  • "The Heart as an Endocrine Gland" (1986, with Jacques Genest)[9]
  • "Atrial natriuretic factor" (1987, with Jacques Genest)[10]
  • "Atrial natriuretic factor receptors are negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase in cultured atrial and ventricular cardiocytes" (1987, with Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava)[11]
  • "Role of right and left atria in natriuresis and atrial natriuretic factor release during blood volume changes in the conscious rat" (1987, with R. Garcia and G. Thibault)[12]

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Janice (1984-12-29). "Heart hormone lessens blood pressure; Montreal team seeks treatment for hypertension". The Gazette. p. 60. Retrieved 2026-08-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Montreal pair most-cited scientists during 1980s". The Sault Star. 1990-12-07. p. 18. Retrieved 2026-08-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Genest, Jacques. “Marc Cantin” Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association vol. 103 (1992): li.
  4. ↑ Dunn, Kate (1989-02-08). "Heart hormone may control blood pressure". The Gazette. p. 4. Retrieved 2026-08-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Selye, Hans; Veilleux, Rene; Cantin, Marc (1961-01-06). "Excessive Stimulation of Salivary Gland Growth by Isoproterenol". Science. 133 (3445): 44–45. doi:10.1126/science.133.3445.44.
  6. ↑ Bourassa, M G; Cantin, M; Sandborn, E B; Pederson, E (June 1976). "Scanning electron microscopy of surface irregularities and thrombogenesis of polyurethane and polyethylene coronary catheters". Circulation. 53 (6): 992–996. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.53.6.992.
  7. ↑ Anand-Srivastava, Madhu B.; Franks, Douglas J.; Cantin, Marc; Genest, Jacques (1984-06-29). "Atrial natriuretic factor inhibits adenylate cyclase activity". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 121 (3): 855–862. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(84)90756-3. ISSN 0006-291X.
  8. ↑ Garcia, R.; Thibault, G.; Cantin, M.; Genest, J. (July 1984). "Effect of a purified atrial natriuretic factor on rat and rabbit vascular strips and vascular beds". American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 247 (1): R34–R39. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.1984.247.1.R34. ISSN 0363-6119.
  9. ↑ Cantin, Marc; Genest, Jacques (1986). "The Heart as an Endocrine Gland". Scientific American. 254 (2): 76–81. ISSN 0036-8733.
  10. ↑ Genest, Jacques, and Marc Cantin. "Atrial natriuretic factor" Circulation 75 (1987): I118-I124.
  11. ↑ Anand-Srivastava, Madhu B.; Cantin, Marc (1986-07-16). "Atrial natriuretic factor receptors are negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase in cultured atrial and ventricular cardiocytes". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 138 (1): 427–436. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(86)90299-8. ISSN 0006-291X.
  12. ↑ Garcia, R; Cantin, M; Thibault, G (July 1987). "Role of right and left atria in natriuresis and atrial natriuretic factor release during blood volume changes in the conscious rat". Circulation Research. 61 (1): 99–106. doi:10.1161/01.RES.61.1.99.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.