Jean-Paul Swerts

High-affinity enkephalin-degrading peptidase in brain is increased after morphine

Bernard Malfroy, Jean-Paul Swerts, Anne Guyon et al. · Nature · 1978 · 650 citations

Molecular Pharmacology, Molecular Neuroscience, Medicine +8

Regional distribution of a high-affinity enkephalin-degrading peptidase (‘enkephalinase’) and effects of lesions suggest localization in the vicinity of opiate receptors in brain

Bernard Malfroy, Jean-Paul Swerts, J.C. Schwartz · Neuroscience Letters · 1979 · 116 citations

Molecular Pharmacology, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy +14

Rational design of enkephalinase inhibitors: Substrate specificity of enkephalinase studied from inhibitory potency of various dipeptides

Catherine Llorens‐Cortés, G. Gacel, Jean-Paul Swerts et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1980 · 93 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Rational Design +10

Is ‘enkephalinase” identical with ‘angiotensin-converting enzyme’?

Jean-Paul Swerts, R. Perdrisot, Bernard Malfroy et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1979 · 92 citations

Molecular Pharmacology, Medicine, Vascular Pharmacology +4

Regulation of enzymes responsible for neurotransmitter synthesis and degradation in cultured rat sympathetic neurons

Jean-Paul Swerts, Agathe Le Van Thaı̈, Annette Vigny et al. · Developmental Biology · 1983 · 73 citations

Molecular Physiology, Biochemistry, Neurophysiology +11