Name:
Pathophysiology of Lung Infections
Leaders:
- Sandrine Henri
- Mustapha Si-Tahar
Research axis :
Lung infections, Innate immunity, Immunometabolism, Inflammasome, Cell death, Antimicrobial strategies
Expertise / know-how:
– Animal models of viral (influenza A), bacterial (Streptococcus pneumoniae et Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and fungal (Aspergillus fumigatus) lung infections.
– Deciphering the immune molecular and cellular determinants of the host antimicrobial response.
– Development and study of new anti-infective strategies (microbial- and immune-based)
Location:
INSERM U1100, Research Center for Respiratory Pathologies, Faculty of medicine of Tours