Clinical Interests

Antigen-presenting cells; HIV research; ontogeny of immune responses

Research Interests

HIV/AIDS pathogenesis; immune dysfunction in aging; ontogeny of immune system



 

DPharm:Université Paris XI, Paris, France, 1980.

CES (French specialized degrees; clinical biologist): Immunology, Hematology, Bacteriology-Virology, Parasitology, 1984.

PhD: Université Paris V, 1991.

Lages CS, Lewkowich I, Sproles A, Wills-Karp M, Chougnet C. Partial restoration of T-cell function in aged mice by in vitro blockade of the PD-1/ PD-L1 pathway. Aging Cell. 2010 Oct;9(5):785-98. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00611.x.

Miethke AG, Saxena V, Shivakumar P, Sabla GE, Simmons J, Chougnet CA. Post-natal paucity of regulatory T cells and control of NK cell activation in experimental biliary atresia. J Hepatol. 2010 May;52(5):718-26. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

Presicce P, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Lages CS, Orsborn KI, Chougnet CA. Association of two clones allows for optimal detection of human FOXP3. Cytometry A. 2010 Jun;77(6):571-9.

Moreno-Fernandez ME, Zapata W, Blackard JT, Franchini G, Chougnet CA. Human regulatory T cells are targets for human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, and their susceptibility differs depending on the HIV type 1 strain. J Virol. 2009 Dec;83(24):12925-33. Epub 2009 Oct 14.

Shivakumar P, Sabla GE, Whitington P, Chougnet CA, Bezerra JA. NeonatalNK cells target the duct epithelium via Nkg2d and drive the tissue-specific injury in biliary atresia. J Clin Invest. 2009 Aug;119(8)2281-90.

Nyakeriga AM, Fichtenbaum CJ, Goebel J, Nicolaou SA, Conforti L, Chougnet CA.  Engagement of the CD4 receptor affects the redistribution of lck to the immunological synapse in primary T cells: implications for T cell activation during HIV-1 infection.J Virol. 2009 Feb;83(3):1193-200.

Boasso A, Shearer GM, Chougnet C. Immune dysregulation in HIV infection: know it, fix it, prevent it? J Intern Med. 2009, 265(1):78-96. Review.

Lages CS, Suffia I, Velilla P, Huang B, Warshaw G, Hildeman D, Belkaid Y, Chougnet C.  Functional regulatory T cells accumulate in aged hosts and promote reactivation of chronic infectious disease reactivation. J Immunol. 2008;181(3):1835-48.

Velilla PA, Shata MT, Lages CS, Ying J, Fichtenbaum CJ, Chougnet C. Effect of intrauterine HIV-1 exposure on the frequency and phenotype of uninfected newborns’ dendritic cells. Clin Immunol. 2008;126:243-50.

Li S, Gowans EJ, Chougnet C, Plebanski M, Dittmer U.  Natural regulatory T cells and persistent viral infection. J. Virol. 2008;82:21-30. Review.