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LIBLAU Roland

Tel.: +33-5-6274-4515

Fax: +33-5-6177-9401

e-mail: rolandliblau@hotmail.com

 

Address

INSERM U563 : " Autoimmunity and Immunoregulation "

Hôpital PURPAN

Place Dr Baylac

31000 Toulouse- FRANCE

Research themes

Study of organ-specific autoimmune diseases in transgenic mice

Pathophysiology of EAE

Role of CD8 T cells in EAE and MS

Immunogenetics of multiple sclerosis

Antigen-specific immunotherapy

Regulation of autoimmunity

Key words

Multiple sclerosis, EAE, autoimmunity, antigen-specific immunotherapy, infection and autoimmunity

Methods

Cell cultures

Cellular immunology : T cell proliferation, cytokine production, FACs analysis

Molecular biology : generation of transgenic mice, RT-PCR

Animal models of autoimmune diseases

Composition of the research group

BEAUMEL Sabine

Lab Technician

INSERM U563

CABARROCAS Julie

Veterinarian, PhD student

INSERM U563

CASSAN Cécile

PhD student

INSERM U563

Mars Lennart

Post-doctoral fellow

INSERM U563

LIBLAU Roland

MD, PhD

Immunology department and INSERM

ZAPULLA Jacques

Post-doctoral fellow

INSERM U563

PIAGGIO Eliane

Post-Doctoral fellow

INSERM U563

Recent publications

  1. CORNET A, SAVIDGE T, CABARROCAS J, DENG WL, COLOMBEL JF, LASSMANN H, DESREUMAUX P, LIBLAU R. Enterocolitis induced by autoimmune targeting of enteric glial cells : a possible mechanism in Crohn's disease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 2001; 98: 13306-11.
  2. VAN WEYENBERGH J, WIETZERBIN J, ROUILLARD D, BARRAL-NETTO M, LIBLAU R Treatment of multiple sclerosis patients with interferon-beta primes monocyte-derived macrophages for apoptotic cell death J Leukoc Biol. 2001; 70: 745-8.
  3. MARS L., V LALOUX, K GOUDE, L VAN KAER, H. LASSMANN, A HERBELIN, A LEHUEN, LIBLAU R Cutting edge : Regulatory function of va14-ja281 nkt cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis J. Immunol. 2002; 168 : 6007-6011.
  4. LIBLAU R.S., WONG F.S., MARS L.T., SANTAMARIA P. Autoreactive CD8 T cells in organ-specific autoimmunity : emerging targets for therapeutic intervention. Immunity. 2002; 17 : 1-6.
  5. PICARD-RIERA N., DECKER L., DELARASSE C., GOUDE K., LIBLAU R., PHAM-DINH D., BARON-VAN EVERCOOREN A. Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Mobilizes Neural Precursor Cells From The Subventricular Zone To Undergo Oligodendrogenesis In Adult Mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (USA). 2002; 99: 13211-13216.
  6. DUPLAN V, DUTARTRE P, MARS LT, LIBLAU RS, DRUET P, SAOUDI A. LF 15-0195 Inhibits the Development of Rat Central Nervous System Autoimmunity by Inducing Long-Lasting Tolerance in Autoreactive CD4 T Cells. J. Immunol. 2003; 170: 2179-85.
  7. CABARROCAS J, BAUER J, PIAGGIO E, LIBLAU R, LASSMANN H. Effective and selective immune surveillance of the brain by MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol. 2003; 33: 1174-82.
  8. DELARASSE, C., P. DAUBAS, L. MARS, C. VIZLER, B. DELLA GASPERA, L. DECKER, J. BAUER, T. LITZENBURGER, A. IGLESIAS, A. SCHUBART, D. DIMITRI, A. DIERICH, M. LEMEUR, G. ROUSSEL, J.-L. NUSSBAUM, , A. DAUTIGNY*, R. LIBLAU*, AND D. PHAM-DINH*. Myelin/Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG)-deficient mice reveal lack of tolerance to MOG in wild-type mice. J. Clin. Invest. 2003; 112:544-53
  9. ALIZADEH M, BABRON MC, BIREBENT B, MATSUDA F, QUELVENNEC E, LIBLAU R, COURNU-REBEIX I, MOMIGLIANO-RICHIARDI P, SEQUEIROS J, YAOUANQ J, GENIN E, VASILESCU A, BOUGERIE H, TROJANO M, MARTINS SILVA B, MACIEL P, CLERGET-DARPOUX F, CLANET M, EDAN G, FONTAINE B, SEMANA G. Genetic interaction of CTLA-4 with HLA-DR15 in multiple sclerosis patients. Ann Neurol. 2003; 54(1):119-22.
  10. FISSON S, DARRASSE-JEZE G, LITVINOVA E, SEPTIER F, KLATZMANN D, LIBLAU R, SALOMON BL Continuous Activation of Autoreactive CD4+ CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in the Steady State. J Exp Med.2003; Aug 25 [Epub ahead of print]