Timeline

Antoine Gessain
Head of Structure
26 Nov 2024
project

Pathogen discovery through clinical metagenomics

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13 Nov 2024
project

Pasteur-Cnam-EHESP school of public health

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11 Oct 2024
publication

Structures of the Foamy virus fusion protein reveal an unexpected link with the F protein of paramyxo- and pneumoviruses.

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10 Aug 2024
publication

High seroreactivities to orthoebolaviruses in rural Cameroon: a case-control study on non-human primate bites and a cross-sectional survey in rural population

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18 Sep 2023
project

FURTHEST: Unraveling the Foamy Virus interactions with the host: insights into the molecular mechanisms of entry and neutralization

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01 Jun 2023
publication

Investigation of a mpox outbreak in Central African Republic, 2021-2022.

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01 Apr 2023
publication

Neutralization of zoonotic retroviruses by human antibodies: Genotype-specific epitopes within the receptor-binding domain from simian foamy virus.

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06 Mar 2023
publication

The crystal structure of a simian Foamy Virus receptor binding domain provides clues about entry into host cells.

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07 Nov 2022
event

“Human infection with zoonotic simian foamy retroviruses (SFVs) – Characterization of epitopic regions recognized by neutralizing antibodies in infected humans”

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26 Oct 2022
publication

Monkeypox.

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08 Sep 2022
publication

The genomic landscape of contemporary western Remote Oceanians.

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05 Sep 2022
news

New publication on Monkeypoxvirus: Nanopore sequencing

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22 Jul 2022
publication

Epidemiological evidence of nosocomial and zoonotic transmission of HTLV-1 in a large survey in rural population of central Africa.

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23 May 2022
publication

Plasma antibodies from humans infected with zoonotic simian foamy virus do not inhibit cell-to-cell transmission of the virus despite binding to the surface of infected cells.

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20 Apr 2022
publication

Excretion of Cell-Free and Cell-Associated Zika Virus into Breast Milk of Infected Dams and Identification of Antiviral Factors.

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15 Sep 2021
project

Foamy virus Env protein – where virus meets the cells and host immune system

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09 Sep 2021
course

MOOC Viruses and Human Cancers

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01 Apr 2021
publication

Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania.

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09 Jan 2021
project

PTR2020-353 ZOOFOAMENV – Host pathogens interactions in humans infected with zoonotic foamy viruses

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01 Dec 2020
publication

Multiple recombinant events in human T-cell Leukemia virus Type 1: complete sequences of recombinant African strains.

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24 Jun 2020
project

AFRIPOX – A One Health approach of monkeypox in Centrafrican Republic

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29 Apr 2020
publication

Investigation of viral etiology in potentially malignant disorders and oral squamous cell carcinomas in non-smoking, non-drinking patients

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22 Oct 2019
project

Genetic diversity and evolution of PTLVs

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16 Oct 2019
publication

Modular nature of simian foamy virus genomes and their evolutionary history

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08 Jul 2019
publication

Absence of accessory genes in a divergent simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 isolated from a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata).

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03 May 2018
project

EBO-SURSY PROJECT

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26 Mar 2018
publication

Proteomic analysis of plasma extracellular vesicles reveals mitochondrial stress upon HTLV-1 infection.

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17 Jan 2017
publication

Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus infection occurs during early childhood with intra-familial transmission, especially from mother to child

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01 Jun 2016
event

Foamy 2016 meeting 9-10, June, 2016

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11 May 2016
event

VIROLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR

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01 Dec 2015
publication

Cocirculation of Two env Molecular Variants, of Possible Recombinant Origin, in Gorilla and Chimpanzee Simian Foamy Virus Strains from Central Africa.

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10 Sep 2015
project

A multi-disciplinary study of human beings, great apes, and viral emergence in equatorial Africa (SHAPES)

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09 Sep 2015
project

Interactions between Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and the blood-brain barrier

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09 Sep 2015
project

Franchissement de la barrière intestinale par le virus HTLV-1 dans le cadre de la transmission mère-enfant

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09 Sep 2015
project

Infectious aetiology of potentially malignant disorders and squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity

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09 Sep 2015
project

PTR 437: Human infection by zoonotic foamy retroviruses: physiological and immunological factors involved in the restriction of viral emergence

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09 Sep 2015
project

Régulation normale et pathologique de la voie des leucotriènes

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09 Sep 2015
project

REEMFOAMY : Human infection with zoonotic simian foamy retroviruses: role of virological and immunological factors in restricting viral emergence

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09 Sep 2015
project

Carcinome cutané à cellules de Merkel: Variabilité génétique du Polyomavirus associé

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04 Jul 2015
publication

Localization, quantification and interaction with host factors of endogenous HTLV-1 HBZ protein in infected cells and ATL

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11 May 2015
team

Oncogenic Virus Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

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22 Apr 2015
publication

Genetic characterization of Chikungunya virus in the Central African Republic

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25 Feb 2015
publication

A Severe Bite From a Nonhuman Primate Is a Major Risk Factor for HTLV-1 Infection in Hunters From Central Africa

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22 Feb 2015
publication

Editorial overview: Emerging viruses: interspecies transmission

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17 Feb 2015
publication

Origin, evolution and innate immune control of simian foamy viruses in humans

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31 Jan 2015
publication

Obituary for guy de thé

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18 Dec 2014
publication

HTLV-1-infected CD4+ T-cells display alternative exon usages that culminate in adult T-cell leukemia

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01 Dec 2014
publication

Molecular characterization of three Zika flaviviruses obtained from sylvatic mosquitoes in the Central African Republic

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12 Nov 2014
publication

ADAR1 enhances HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 replication through inhibition of PKR activity

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10 Nov 2014
publication

Resequencing microarray technology for genotyping human papillomavirus in cervical smears

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06 Nov 2014
publication

Co-dependence of HTLV-1 p12 and p8 functions in virus persistence

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22 Oct 2014
publication

Combination of an unbiased amplification method and a resequencing microarray for detecting and genotyping equine arteritis virus

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10 Sep 2014
publication

In vivo cellular tropism of gorilla simian foamy virus in blood of infected humans

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09 Sep 2014
publication

HTLV-1 bZIP factor HBZ promotes cell proliferation and genetic instability by activating OncomiRs

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03 Sep 2014
publication

African great apes are naturally infected with roseoloviruses closely related to human herpesvirus 7

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21 Aug 2014
publication

Origin of HTLV-1 in hunters of nonhuman primates in Central Africa

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18 Jun 2014
publication

Northern African strains of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 arose from a recombination event

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28 May 2014
publication

Higher human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C proviral loads are associated with bronchiectasis in indigenous australians: results of a case-control study

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15 May 2014
publication

Epidemiology and genetic variability of HHV-8/KSHV in Pygmy and Bantu populations in Cameroon

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12 Feb 2014
publication

Molecular epidemiology of merkel cell polyomavirus: evidence for geographically related variant genotypes

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16 Jan 2014
publication

Clinical associations of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an indigenous Australian population

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01 Dec 2013
publication

[Mechanisms of viral emergence and interspecies transmission: the exemple of simian foamy viruses in Central Africa]

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05 Nov 2013
publication

Productive infection of human skeletal muscle cells by pandemic and seasonal influenza A(H1N1) viruses

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08 Oct 2013
publication

Viral latency in blood and saliva of simian foamy virus-infected humans

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26 Sep 2013
publication

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C molecular variants among indigenous australians: new insights into the molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia

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02 Jul 2013
publication

Merkel cell polyomavirus infection occurs during early childhood and is transmitted between siblings

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30 Jan 2013
publication

HTLV-1-associated inflammatory myopathies: low proviral load and moderate inflammation in 13 patients from West Indies and West Africa

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01 Jan 2013
publication

HTLV-3/4 and simian foamy retroviruses in humans: discovery, epidemiology, cross-species transmission and molecular virology

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07 Dec 2012
publication

Resequencing microarray method for molecular diagnosis of human arboviral diseases

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15 Nov 2012
publication

Epidemiological Aspects and World Distribution of HTLV-1 Infection

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01 Nov 2012
publication

Litchi-associated acute encephalitis in children, Northern Vietnam, 2004-2009

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26 Sep 2012
publication

Genetic characterization of simian foamy viruses infecting humans

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15 May 2012
publication

Transcytosis of HTLV-1 across a tight human epithelial barrier and infection of subepithelial dendritic cells

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07 Mar 2012
publication

A new and frequent human T-cell leukemia virus indeterminate Western blot pattern: epidemiological determinants and PCR results in central African inhabitants

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11 Jan 2012
publication

Divergent KSHV/HHV-8 subtype D strains in New Caledonia and Solomon Islands, Melanesia

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16 Nov 2011
publication

Innate sensing of foamy viruses by human hematopoietic cells

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27 Oct 2011
publication

Frequent and recent human acquisition of simian foamy viruses through apes’ bites in central Africa

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01 Oct 2011
publication

Maculopapular lesions in the Central African Republic

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04 May 2011
publication

Identification of a novel neuropathogenic Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus

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18 Nov 2010
publication

Multiple retroviral infection by HTLV type 1, 2, 3 and simian foamy virus in a family of Pygmies from Cameroon

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01 Sep 2010
publication

Human herpesvirus 8 genotype E in patients with Kaposi sarcoma, Peru

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07 Jul 2010
publication

Application of broad-spectrum resequencing microarray for genotyping rhabdoviruses

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29 Jun 2010
publication

Highly active antiretroviral treatment against STLV-1 infection combining reverse transcriptase and HDAC inhibitors

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20 Dec 2009
publication

Biofilm-like extracellular viral assemblies mediate HTLV-1 cell-to-cell transmission at virological synapses

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30 Oct 2009
publication

Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of human and non-human primate Gammaherpesvirinae

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10 Apr 2009
publication

Inferring the demographic history of African farmers and pygmy hunter-gatherers using a multilocus resequencing data set

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14 Nov 2008
publication

Alteration of blood-brain barrier integrity by retroviral infection

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17 Jun 2008
publication

Inhibition of Chikungunya virus infection in cultured human muscle cells by furin inhibitors: impairment of the maturation of the E2 surface glycoprotein

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01 Jun 2008
publication

[Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8): clinical and epidemiological aspects and clonality of associated tumors]

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05 May 2008
publication

The human HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 retroviruses: new members of the HTLV family

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16 Apr 2008
publication

Construction and characterization of a human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 infectious molecular clone

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23 Jan 2008
publication

Maternal traces of deep common ancestry and asymmetric gene flow between Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu-speaking farmers

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01 Nov 2007
publication

Novel human herpesvirus 8 subtype D strains in Vanuatu, Melanesia

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01 Oct 2007
publication

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-1

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01 Sep 2007
publication

Simian foamy virus transmission from apes to humans, rural Cameroon

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15 Aug 2007
publication

Human blood-brain barrier disruption by retroviral-infected lymphocytes: role of myosin light chain kinase in endothelial tight-junction disorganization

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01 Aug 2007
publication

In primary effusion lymphoma cells, MYB transcriptional repression is associated with v-FLIP expression during latent KSHV infection while both v-FLIP and v-GPCR become involved during the lytic cycle

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10 Jul 2007
publication

Evidence for a multiclonal origin of multicentric advanced lesions of Kaposi sarcoma

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28 Jun 2007
publication

Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C melanesian genetic variants of the Vanuatu Archipelago and Solomon Islands share a common ancestor

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13 Jun 2007
publication

Human muscle satellite cells as targets of Chikungunya virus infection

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01 Jun 2007
publication

Characterization of reemerging chikungunya virus

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11 Apr 2007
publication

Construction and characterization of a full-length infectious simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 molecular clone

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01 Oct 2006
publication

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3: complete nucleotide sequence and characterization of the human tax3 protein

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29 Sep 2006
publication

Cutaneous disseminated endemic Kaposi’s sarcoma in a Polynesian man infected with a new divergent human herpesvirus 8 subtype D

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02 Aug 2006
publication

Evolutionary insights into the high worldwide prevalence of MBL2 deficiency alleles

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21 Jun 2006
publication

Molecular epidemiology of the HHV-8 K1 gene from Moroccan patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma

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01 May 2006
publication

Chimeric peptide vaccine composed of B- and T-cell epitopes of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 induces humoral and cellular immune responses and reduces the proviral load in immunized squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

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01 May 2006
publication

DC-SIGN facilitates fusion of dendritic cells with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected cells

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11 Apr 2006
publication

Modes of transmission and genetic diversity of foamy viruses in a Macaca tonkeana colony

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01 Apr 2006
publication

Seroprevalence and molecular epidemiology of human T-Cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-2 in blood donors from Dakar, Senegal

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01 Apr 2006
publication

Detection and molecular characterization of foamy viruses in Central African chimpanzees of the Pan troglodytes troglodytes and Pan troglodytes vellerosus subspecies

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28 Feb 2006
publication

The efficacy of combined therapy of arsenic trioxide and alpha interferon in human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

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01 Jan 2006
publication

Restriction of foamy viruses by APOBEC cytidine deaminases

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01 Dec 2005
publication

Muscle wasting induced by HTLV-1 tax-1 protein: an in vitro and in vivo study

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14 Nov 2005
publication

Presence of a functional but dispensable nuclear export signal in the HTLV-2 Tax protein

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27 Sep 2005
publication

Serological and molecular evidence that human herpesvirus 8 is endemic among Amerindians in French Guiana

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01 Sep 2005
publication

Comparative trends of seroprevalence and seroincidence rates of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I and human immunodeficiency virus 1 in pregnant women of various ethnic groups sharing the same environment in French Guiana

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01 Aug 2005
publication

Kaposi’s sarcoma in Morocco: a pathological study with immunostaining for human herpesvirus-8 LNA-1

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