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Georges Lutfalla is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine, focusing on areas such as Immunology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on zebrafish biomedical applications, immune cells in cancer, immune response and inflammation, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, as well as COVID-19 clinical research and SARS-CoV-2 studies. Another noted research interest involves Trypanosoma species and their implications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Georges Lutfalla include:

  • Mai Nguyen-Chi
  • Tamara Sipka
  • Seol Ah Park
  • Karol Mikula
  • Jean-Pierre Levraud

Georges Lutfalla has published in various peer-reviewed venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • eLife
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Biology

Some recent representative publications include:

  • "Damage-Induced Calcium Signaling and Reactive Oxygen Species Mediate Macrophage Activation in Zebrafish", 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Molecular Actors of Inflammation and Their Signaling Pathways: Mechanistic Insights from Zebrafish", 2023, Biology
  • "Exploring Zebrafish Larvae as a COVID-19 Model: Probable Abortive SARS-CoV-2 Replication in the Swim Bladder", 2022, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Macrophages undergo a behavioural switch during wound healing in zebrafish", 2022, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Pro-resolving mediator protectin D1 promotes epimorphic regeneration by controlling immune cell function in vertebrates", 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Genome duplication in the teleost fish Tetraodon nigroviridis reveals the early vertebrate proto-karyotype

    Olivier Jaillon;Jean-Marc Aury;Frédéric Brunet;Jean-Louis Petit

  • Genetic transfer of a functional human interferon α receptor into mouse cells: Cloning and expression of its c-DNA

    Gilles Uzé;Georges Lutfalla;Ion Gresser

  • The candidate gene for the X-linked Kallmann syndrome encodes a protein related to adhesion molecules

    Renaud Legouis;Jean-Pierre Hardelin;Jacqueline Levilliers;Jean-Michel Claverie

  • Comparative genomics: Insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors.

    Mylène Weill;Georges Lutfalla;Knud Mogensen;Fabrice Chandre

  • Mycobacterium abscessus cording prevents phagocytosis and promotes abscess formation

    Audrey Bernut;Jean-Louis Herrmann;Karima Kissa;Jean-François Dubremetz

  • The type I interferon receptor: structure, function, and evolution of a family business.

    Knud E. Mogensen;Malte Lewerenz;Jerome Reboul;Georges Lutfalla

  • Alpha and beta interferons and their receptor and their friends and relations.

    Gilles Uzé;Georges Lutfalla;Knud E. Mogensen

  • Mutant U5A cells are complemented by an interferon-alpha beta receptor subunit generated by alternative processing of a new member of a cytokine receptor gene cluster.

    G Lutfalla;S J Holland;E Cinato;D Monneron

  • The two groups of zebrafish virus-induced interferons signal via distinct receptors with specific and shared chains.

    Dina Aggad;Martine Mazel;Pierre Boudinot;Knud Erik Mogensen

  • Identification of the Zebrafish IFN Receptor: Implications for the Origin of the Vertebrate IFN System

    Jean-Pierre Levraud;Pierre Boudinot;Ingrid Colin;Abdenour Benmansour

  • Identification of polarized macrophage subsets in zebrafish

    Mai Nguyen-Chi;Beryl Laplace-Builhe;Jana Travnickova;Patricia Luz-Crawford

  • Comparative genomic analysis reveals independent expansion of a lineage-specific gene family in vertebrates: the class II cytokine receptors and their ligands in mammals and fish.

    Georges Lutfalla;Hugues Roest Crollius;Nicole Stange-thomann;Olivier Jaillon

  • Selective expression of type I IFN genes in human dendritic cells infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Maria Elena Remoli;Elena Giacomini;Georges Lutfalla;Elisabetta Dondi

  • Real-time whole-body visualization of Chikungunya Virus infection and host interferon response in zebrafish.

    Nuno R Palha;Florence Guivel-Benhassine;Florence Guivel-Benhassine;Valérie Briolat;Valérie Briolat;Georges Lutfalla;Georges Lutfalla

  • Structure of the X–linked Kallmann syndrome gene and its homologous pseudogene on the Y chromosome

    del Castillo I;Cohen-Salmon M;Blanchard S;Lutfalla G

  • TNF signaling and macrophages govern fin regeneration in zebrafish larvae.

    Mai Nguyen-Chi;Mai Nguyen-Chi;Béryl Laplace-Builhé;Jana Travnickova;Patricia Luz-Crawford

  • The structure of the human interferon alpha/beta receptor gene.

    G Lutfalla;K Gardiner;D Proudhon;E Vielh

  • Domains of Interaction between Alpha Interferon and its Receptor Components

    G Uzé;S Di Marco;E Mouchel-Vielh;D Monneron

  • Performing quantitative reverse-transcribed polymerase chain reaction experiments.

    Georges Lutfalla;Gilles Uze

  • Author response: Identification of polarized macrophage subsets in zebrafish

    Mai Nguyen-Chi;Mai Nguyen-Chi;Béryl Laplace-Builhe;Béryl Laplace-Builhe;Jana Travnickova;Jana Travnickova;Patricia Luz-Crawford;Patricia Luz-Crawford

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Levraud
Jean-Pierre Levraud Institut Pasteur
Laurent Kremer
Laurent Kremer Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier
Ion Gresser
Ion Gresser Grenoble Alpes University
Christian Jorgensen
Christian Jorgensen University of Bergen
Philippe Herbomel
Philippe Herbomel Institut Pasteur
Jean-Louis Herrmann
Jean-Louis Herrmann Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Pierre Boudinot
Pierre Boudinot Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Katheleen Gardiner
Katheleen Gardiner University of Colorado Denver
Jean-François Dubremetz
Jean-François Dubremetz University of Montpellier
Jean-Michel Claverie
Jean-Michel Claverie Aix-Marseille University

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