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Overview

Martine Gilleron is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a strong focus on tuberculosis and infectious diseases.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Martine Gilleron has contributed significantly to multiple scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their recent papers include:

  • A Mycobacterium tuberculosis fingerprint in human breath allows tuberculosis detection, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Supramolecular organization and dynamics of mannosylated phosphatidylinositol lipids in the mycobacterial plasma membrane, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Polysaccharide Succinylation Enhances the Intracellular Survival of Mycobacterium abscessus, 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • CD4 and CD8 co-receptors modulate functional avidity of CD1b-restricted T cells, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Molecular ruler mechanism and interfacial catalysis of the integral membrane acyltransferase PatA, 2021, Science Advances

Martine Gilleron has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jérôme Nigou
  • Adriaan J. Minnaard
  • Sophie Zuberogoïtia
  • Robin A. Corey
  • Yeol Kyo Choi

Best Publications

  • Mannosylated Lipoarabinomannans Inhibit IL-12 Production by Human Dendritic Cells: Evidence for a Negative Signal Delivered Through the Mannose Receptor

    Jérôme Nigou;Claudia Zelle-Rieser;Martine Gilleron;Martin Thurnher

  • Diacylated sulfoglycolipids are novel mycobacterial antigens stimulating CD1-restricted T cells during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Martine Gilleron;Steffen Stenger;Zaima Mazorra;Frederick Wittke

  • Lipoarabinomannans: from structure to biosynthesis.

    Jérôme Nigou;Martine Gilleron;Germain Puzo

  • Acylation State of the Phosphatidylinositol Hexamannosides from Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette Guérin and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Its Implication in Toll-like Receptor Response

    Martine Gilleron;Valérie F J Quesniaux;Germain Puzo

  • Assistance of Microbial Glycolipid Antigen Processing by CD1e

    Sabrina Mariotti;Catherine Angenieux;Martine Gilleron

  • High Content Phenotypic Cell-Based Visual Screen Identifies Mycobacterium tuberculosis Acyltrehalose-Containing Glycolipids Involved in Phagosome Remodeling

    Priscille Brodin;Priscille Brodin;Yannick Poquet;Yannick Poquet;Florence Levillain;Florence Levillain;Isabelle Peguillet

  • Definition of the first mannosylation step in phosphatidylinositol mannoside synthesis. PimA is essential for growth of mycobacteria.

    Jana Korduláková;Jana Korduláková;Martine Gilleron;Katarı́na Mikus̃ová;Germain Puzo

  • Mycobacterial lipoarabinomannans: modulators of dendritic cell function and the apoptotic response

    Jérôme Nigou;Martine Gilleron;Mauricio Rojas;Luis F. García

  • Acylation State of the Phosphatidylinositol Mannosides from Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette Guérin and Ability to Induce Granuloma and Recruit Natural Killer T Cells

    Martine Gilleron;Catherine Ronet;Martin Mempel;Bernard Monsarrat

  • Mycolic acids constitute a scaffold for mycobacterial lipid antigens stimulating CD1-restricted T cells.

    Emilie Layre;Emilie Layre;Anthony Collmann;Max Bastian;Sabrina Mariotti

  • The phosphatidyl-myo-inositol anchor of the lipoarabinomannans from Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette Guérin. Heterogeneity, structure, and role in the regulation of cytokine secretion.

    Jérôme Nigou;Martine Gilleron;Bertrand Cahuzac;Jean-Dominique Bounéry

  • Structural features of lipoarabinomannan from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Determination of molecular mass by laser desorption mass spectrometry.

    A Venisse;J M Berjeaud;P Chaurand;M Gilleron

  • Acylation Determines the Toll-like receptor (TLR)-dependent Positive Versus TLR2-, Mannose Receptor-, and SIGNR1-independent Negative Regulation of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines by Mycobacterial Lipomannan

    Emilie Doz;Stéphanie Rose;Jérôme Nigou;Martine Gilleron

  • The acylation state of mycobacterial lipomannans modulates innate immunity response through toll-like receptor 2.

    Martine Gilleron;Jérôme Nigou;Delphine Nicolle;Valérie Quesniaux

  • Mycobacterial lipomannan induces granuloma macrophage fusion via a TLR2-dependent, ADAM9- and beta1 integrin-mediated pathway.

    Marie-Pierre Puissegur;Guillaume Lay;Martine Gilleron;Laure Botella

  • Mycobacterium smegmatis phosphoinositols-glyceroarabinomannans. Structure and localization of alkali-labile and alkali-stable phosphoinositides.

    Martine Gilleron;Nourrédine Himoudi;Olivier Adam;Patricia Constant

  • Mycobacteria use their surface-exposed glycolipids to infect human macrophages through a receptor-dependent process.

    Christelle Villeneuve;Martine Gilleron;Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini;Mamadou Daffé

  • Identification of the required acyltransferase step in the biosynthesis of the phosphatidylinositol mannosides of mycobacterium species.

    Jana Korduláková;Martine Gilleron;Germain Puzo;Patrick J. Brennan

  • Rational design of adjuvants targeting the C-type lectin Mincle.

    Alexiane Decout;Sandro Silva-Gomes;Daniel Drocourt;Sophie Barbe

  • Manipulation of the endocytic pathway and phagocyte functions by Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan.

    Isabelle Vergne;Isabelle Vergne;Martine Gilleron;Martine Gilleron;Jérôme Nigou;Jérôme Nigou

Frequent Co-Authors

Germain Puzo
Germain Puzo Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Gennaro De Libero
Gennaro De Libero University Hospital of Basel
Lucia Mori
Lucia Mori University of Basel
Gurdyal S. Besra
Gurdyal S. Besra University of Birmingham
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson Colorado State University
Olivier Neyrolles
Olivier Neyrolles Paul Sabatier University
Brigitte Gicquel
Brigitte Gicquel Institut Pasteur
Patrick J. Brennan
Patrick J. Brennan Colorado State University
Priscille Brodin
Priscille Brodin University of Lille

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