Name:

Respiratory infection & Immunity

Leaders:

• Mustapha Si-Tahar
• Christophe Paget

Research axis :

Lung infections, innate immunity, immunometabolism, antimicrobial strategies

Expertise / know-how:

• Animal models of viral (influenza A) and bacterial (Streptococcus pneumoniae et Pseudomonas aeruginosa) 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

Website:

https://cepr.inserm.univ-tours.fr/english-version/teams/team-inserm-1-brm-si-tahar