Molecular Basis of Inflammation

Molecular bases of human diseases

Inflammation is a normal reaction of the immune system in response to infections or tissue damage. It plays a pivotal role in triggering adaptive immune responses. However, unresolved inflammation is pervasive and fosters several etiologically distinct human pathologies that present with a broad range of symptoms. Such pathologies include cancer, auto-inflammatory and auto-immune disorders, but also metabolic diseases.

The Molecular Basis of Inflammation team studies the molecular mechanisms involved in the initiation, maintenance, and resolution of inflammation. To decipher how deregulation of these processes promote pathologies, we study inflammatory responses at several scales:

  • At the molecular level: we identify and characterize new pathways involved in triggering inflammatory pathologies,
  • At the cellular level: we characterize how these pathways are regulated depending on cellular identity,
  • At the tissue level: we study how cellular heterogeneity within tissues dictates the outcome of inflammatory response and impacts homeostasis
  • At the organism level: we study inflammatory responses and the consequences of their pathological activation on integrated in vivo models .


To achieve these aims, the Molecular Basis of Inflammation team uses and develops techniques ranging from nanotechnologies, single-cell transcriptomics, to in vivo phenotyping. We develop interdisciplinary approaches around these themes through networks and collaborations at national (https://www.innasco.fr/) and international (https://frontinov.cnrs.fr/) levels.

The “Molecular Basis of Inflammation” team welcomes applications from research scientists and engineers willing to implement new technologies in a fast-evolving area of research.
Contact: Nadine.Laguette@igh.cnrs.fr

Moritz Schüssler
Moritz SCHüSSLER
Postdoc
Researcher

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Isabelle Vila
Isabelle VILA
Researcher

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Hanane CHAMMA
PhD Student

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Tommy Chastel
Tommy CHASTEL
PhD Student
PhD Student

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Soumyabrata GUHA
PhD Student

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Morgane Chemarin
Morgane CHEMARIN
Ingénieur étude en techniques biologiques
ITA

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Publications of the team

Regulation of innate immunity by Nrf2

van der Horst D, Carter-Timofte ME, van Grevenynghe J, Laguette N, Dinkova-Kostova AT, Olagnier D

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Alternative pathways driven by STING: From innate Immunity to lipid metabolism.

Vila IK, Guha S, Kalucka J, Olagnier D, Laguette N.

The crosstalk between DNA-PK and cGAS drives tumor immunogenicity

Clara Taffoni, Johanna Marines, Hanane Chamma, Mathilde Saccas, Amel Bouzid, Soumyabrata Guha, Ana-Luiza Chaves Valadao, Katarzyna Polak, Maguy Del Rio, Celine Gongora, Donovan Pineau, Jean-Philippe Hugnot, Karima Kissa, Laura Fontenille, Fabien P. Blanchet, Isabelle K. Vila, Nadine Laguette

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Protocol to induce and assess cGAS-STING pathway activation in vitro.

Chamma H, Guha S, Laguette N, Vila IK

Activation of STING in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment: A novel therapeutic opportunity

Hanane Chamma, Isabelle K Vila, Clara Taffoni, Andrei Turtoi, Nadine Laguette

STING orchestrates the crosstalk between polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism and inflammatory responses

Isabelle K.Vila, Hanane Chamma, Alizée Steer, Mathilde Saccas, Clara Taffoni, Evgenia Turtoi, Line S.Reinert, Saqib Hussain, Johanna Marines, Lei Jin, Xavier Bonnefont, Mathieu Hubert, Olivier Schwartz, Soren R.Paludan, Gaetan Van Simaeys, Gilles Doumont, Bijan Sobhian, Dimitrios Vlachakis, Andrei Turtoi, Nadine Laguette

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Editorial: Nucleic Acid-Associated Inflammation.

Laguette N, Langevin C, Olagnier D, Torraca V, Vanpouille-Box C, Verrier ER.

Nucleic Acid Immunity and DNA Damage Response: New Friends and Old Foes.

Taffoni C, Steer A, Marines J, Chamma H, Vila IK, Laguette N

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Animal Models for the Study of Nucleic Acid Immunity: Novel Tools and New Perspectives

Isabelle K Vila , Maxence Fretaud , Dimitrios Vlachakis, Nadine Laguette, Christelle Langevin

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Lysyl-tRNA synthetase produces diadenosine tetraphosphate to curb STING-dependent inflammation

J. Guerra, A.-L. Valadao, D. Vlachakis, K. Polak, I. K. Vila, C. Taffoni, T. Prabakaran, A. S. Marriott, R. Kaczmarek, A. Houel, B. Auzemery,S. Déjardin,P. Boudinot, B. Nawrot, N. J. Jones, S. R. Paludan, S. Kossida, C. Langevin and N. Laguette

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V1b vasopressin receptor trafficking and signaling: Role of arrestins, G proteins and Src kinase.

Perkovska S, Méjean C, Ayoub MA, Li J, Hemery F, Corbani M, Laguette N, Ventura MA, Orcel H, Durroux T, Mouillac B, Mendre C

Upregulated LINE-1 Activity in the Fanconi Anemia Cancer Susceptibility Syndrome Leads to Spontaneous Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Production

Bregnard, C, Guerra, J, Dejardin, S, Passalacqua, F, Benkirane, M, Laguette, N

+ Laboratory of Molecular Virology

Premature Activation of the SLX4 Complex by Vpr Promotes G2/M Arrest and Escape from Innate Immune Sensing

Laguette,N., Bregnard, C., Hue, P., Basbous, J., Yatim, A., Larroque, M., Kirchhoff, F., Constantinou, A., Sobhian, B., Benkirane, M.


+ Laboratory of Molecular Virology

+ Genetic Instability and Cancer

DNA damage repair machinery and HIV escape from innate immune sensing

Brégnard C, Benkirane M, Laguette N.

+ Laboratory of Molecular Virology

Thèses et hdr

Impact of cytosolic nucleic acids on antitumor immunity in a glioblastoma model 13/12/2021

Defended by Johanna MARINES under the supervision of Dr. Karima Kissa & Dr. Nadine Laguette

BREGNARD Christelle
BREGNARD Christelle
Chercheur
CAVAL Vincent
CAVAL Vincent
Chercheur
GUERRA Jessica
GUERRA Jessica
Chercheur
LAGUETTE Nadine
LAGUETTE Nadine
Chercheur
POLAK Katarzyna
POLAK Katarzyna
Chercheur
TAFFONI Clara
TAFFONI Clara
Chercheur
VALADAO Ana-Luiza
VALADAO Ana-Luiza
Chercheur
MARINES Johanna
MARINES Johanna
Doctorant
AUZEMERY Baptiste
AUZEMERY Baptiste
ITA
SACCAS Mathilde
SACCAS Mathilde
ITA