• 2019
  Santecchia I, Vernel-Pauillac F, Rasid O, Quintin J, Gomes-Solecki M, Boneca IG, Werts C, Innate immune memory through TLR2 and NOD2 contributes to the control of Leptospira interrogans infection, PLoS Pathog. 2019 May;15(5):e1007811.
• 2018
  Vernel-Pauillac F, Werts C, Recent findings related to immune responses against leptospirosis and novel strategies to prevent infection, Microbes Infect. 2018 Oct - Nov;20(9-10):578-588.
• 2018
  Oldenburg R, Mayau V, Prandi J, Arbues A, Astarie-Dequeker C, Guilhot C, Werts C, Winter N, Demangel C, Mycobacterial Phenolic Glycolipids Selectively Disable TRIF-Dependent TLR4 Signaling in Macrophages, Front Immunol 2018;9:2.
• 2018
  Werts C, Interaction of Leptospira with the Innate Immune System, Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 2018;415:163-187.
• 2017
  Ratet G, Santecchia I, Fanton d'Andon M, Vernel-Pauillac F, Wheeler R, Lenormand P, Fischer F, Lechat P, Haake DA, Picardeau M, Boneca IG, Werts C, LipL21 lipoprotein binding to peptidoglycan enables Leptospira interrogans to escape NOD1 and NOD2 recognition, PLoS Pathog. 2017 12;13(12):e1006725.
• 2017
  Potula HH, Richer L, Werts C, Gomes-Solecki M, Pre-treatment with Lactobacillus plantarum prevents severe pathogenesis in mice infected with Leptospira interrogans and may be associated with recruitment of myeloid cells, PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017 Aug;11(8):e0005870.
• 2017
  Dahan J, Levillayer F, Xia T, Nouët Y, Werts C, Fanton d'Andon M, Adib-Conquy M, Cassard-Doulcier AM, Khanna V, Chen J, Tordjmann T, Buendia MA, Jouvion G, Wei Y, LIM-Only Protein FHL2 Is a Negative Regulator of Transforming Growth Factor β1 Expression, Mol. Cell. Biol. 2017 05;37(10).
• 2017
  Gomes-Solecki M, Santecchia I, Werts C, Animal Models of Leptospirosis: Of Mice and Hamsters, Front Immunol 2017;8:58.
• 2016
  Ficarra FA, Santecchia I, Lagorio SH, Alarcón S, Magni C, Espariz M, Genome mining of lipolytic exoenzymes from Bacillus safensis S9 and Pseudomonas alcaliphila ED1 isolated from a dairy wastewater lagoon, Arch. Microbiol. 2016 Nov;198(9):893-904.
• 2015
  Guesdon W, Auray G, Pezier T, Bussière FI, Drouet F, Le Vern Y, Marquis M, Potiron L, Rabot S, Bruneau A, Werts C, Laurent F, Lacroix-Lamandé S, CCL20 Displays Antimicrobial Activity Against Cryptosporidium parvum, but Its Expression Is Reduced During Infection in the Intestine of Neonatal Mice, J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Oct;212(8):1332-40.
• 2014
  Ratet G, Veyrier FJ, Fanton d'Andon M, Kammerscheit X, Nicola MA, Picardeau M, Boneca IG, Werts C, Live imaging of bioluminescent leptospira interrogans in mice reveals renal colonization as a stealth escape from the blood defenses and antibiotics, PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014 Dec;8(12):e3359.
• 2014
  Bens M, Vimont S, Ben Mkaddem S, Chassin C, Goujon JM, Balloy V, Chignard M, Werts C, Vandewalle A, Flagellin/TLR5 signalling activates renal collecting duct cells and facilitates invasion and cellular translocation of uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Cell. Microbiol. 2014 Oct;16(10):1503-17.
• 2014
  Fanton d'Andon M, Quellard N, Fernandez B, Ratet G, Lacroix-Lamandé S, Vandewalle A, Boneca IG, Goujon JM, Werts C, Leptospira Interrogans induces fibrosis in the mouse kidney through Inos-dependent, TLR- and NLR-independent signaling pathways, PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8(1):e2664.
• 2014
  Vandewalle A, Tourneur E, Bens M, Chassin C, Werts C, Calcineurin/NFAT signaling and innate host defence: a role for NOD1-mediated phagocytic functions, Cell Commun. Signal 2014;12:8.
• 2013
  Lantier L, Drouet F, Guesdon W, Mancassola R, Metton C, Lo-Man R, Werts C, Laurent F, Lacroix-Lamandé S, Poly(I:C)-induced protection of neonatal mice against intestinal Cryptosporidium parvum infection requires an additional TLR5 signal provided by the gut flora, J. Infect. Dis. 2014 Feb;209(3):457-67.
• 2013
  Zarantonelli ML, Skoczynska A, Antignac A, El Ghachi M, Deghmane AE, Szatanik M, Mulet C, Werts C, Peduto L, d'Andon MF, Thouron F, Nato F, Lebourhis L, Philpott DJ, Girardin SE, Vives FL, Sansonetti P, Eberl G, Pedron T, Taha MK, Boneca IG, , Penicillin resistance compromises Nod1-dependent proinflammatory activity and virulence fitness of neisseria meningitidis., Cell Host Microbe 2013 Jun; 13(6): 735-45.
• 2013
  Tourneur E, Ben Mkaddem S, Chassin C, Bens M, Goujon JM, Charles N, Pellefigues C, Aloulou M, Hertig A, Monteiro RC, Girardin SE, Philpott DJ, Rondeau E, Elbim C, Werts C, Vandewalle A, Cyclosporine A impairs nucleotide binding oligomerization domain (Nod1)-mediated innate antibacterial renal defenses in mice and human transplant recipients, PLoS Pathog. 2013 Jan;9(1):e1003152.
• 2012
  Bonis M, Williams A, Guadagnini S, Werts C, Boneca IG, The effect of bulgecin A on peptidoglycan metabolism and physiology of Helicobacter pylori, Microb. Drug Resist. 2012 Jun;18(3):230-9.
• 2012
  Lacroix-Lamandé S, d'Andon MF, Michel E, Ratet G, Philpott DJ, Girardin SE, Boneca IG, Vandewalle A, Werts C, Downregulation of the Na/K-ATPase pump by leptospiral glycolipoprotein activates the NLRP3 inflammasome, J. Immunol. 2012 Mar;188(6):2805-14.
• 2011
  Werts C, Rubino S, Ling A, Girardin SE, Philpott DJ, Nod-like receptors in intestinal homeostasis, inflammation, and cancer, J. Leukoc. Biol. 2011 Sep;90(3):471-82.
• 2010
  Werts C, Leptospirosis: a Toll road from B lymphocytes, Chang Gung Med J 2010 Nov-Dec;33(6):591-601.
• 2010
  Foureau DM, Mielcarz DW, Menard LC, Schulthess J, Werts C, Vasseur V, Ryffel B, Kasper LH, Buzoni-Gatel D, TLR9-dependent induction of intestinal alpha-defensins by Toxoplasma gondii, J. Immunol. 2010 Jun;184(12):7022-9.
• 2010
  Ben Mkaddem S, Pedruzzi E, Werts C, Coant N, Bens M, Cluzeaud F, Goujon JM, Ogier-Denis E, Vandewalle A, Heat shock protein gp96 and NAD(P)H oxidase 4 play key roles in Toll-like receptor 4-activated apoptosis during renal ischemia/reperfusion injury, Cell Death Differ. 2010 Sep;17(9):1474-85.
• 2009
  Chassin C, Picardeau M, Goujon JM, Bourhy P, Quellard N, Darche S, Badell E, d'Andon MF, Winter N, Lacroix-Lamandé S, Buzoni-Gatel D, Vandewalle A, Werts C, TLR4- and TLR2-mediated B cell responses control the clearance of the bacterial pathogen, Leptospira interrogans, J. Immunol. 2009 Aug;183(4):2669-77.
• 2009
  Mkaddem SB, Werts C, Goujon JM, Bens M, Pedruzzi E, Ogier-Denis E, Vandewalle A, Heat shock protein gp96 interacts with protein phosphatase 5 and controls toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2)-mediated activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 in post-hypoxic kidney cells, J. Biol. Chem. 2009 May;284(18):12541-9.
• 2008
  Bouskra D, Brézillon C, Bérard M, Werts C, Varona R, Boneca IG, Eberl G, Lymphoid tissue genesis induced by commensals through NOD1 regulates intestinal homeostasis, Nature 2008 Nov;456(7221):507-10.
• 2008
  Hitotsumatsu O, Ahmad RC, Tavares R, Wang M, Philpott D, Turer EE, Lee BL, Shiffin N, Advincula R, Malynn BA, Werts C, Ma A, The ubiquitin-editing enzyme A20 restricts nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2-triggered signals, Immunity 2008 Mar;28(3):381-90.
• 2007
  Bourhis LL, Werts C, Role of Nods in bacterial infection, Microbes Infect. 2007 Apr;9(5):629-36.
• 2006
  Chassin C, Goujon JM, Darche S, du Merle L, Bens M, Cluzeaud F, Werts C, Ogier-Denis E, Le Bouguénec C, Buzoni-Gatel D, Vandewalle A, Renal collecting duct epithelial cells react to pyelonephritis-associated Escherichia coli by activating distinct TLR4-dependent and -independent inflammatory pathways, J. Immunol. 2006 Oct;177(7):4773-84.
• 2006
  Werts C, Girardin SE, Philpott DJ, TIR, CARD and PYRIN: three domains for an antimicrobial triad, Cell Death Differ. 2006 May;13(5):798-815.
• 2005
  Nahori MA, Fournié-Amazouz E, Que-Gewirth NS, Balloy V, Chignard M, Raetz CR, Saint Girons I, Werts C, Differential TLR recognition of leptospiral lipid A and lipopolysaccharide in murine and human cells, J. Immunol. 2005 Nov;175(9):6022-31.
• 2004
  Que-Gewirth NL, Ribeiro AA, Kalb SR, Cotter RJ, Bulach DM, Adler B, Girons IS, Werts C, Raetz CR, A methylated phosphate group and four amide-linked acyl chains in leptospira interrogans lipid A. The membrane anchor of an unusual lipopolysaccharide that activates TLR2, J. Biol. Chem. 2004 Jun;279(24):25420-9.
• 2004
  Sweet CR, Williams AH, Karbarz MJ, Werts C, Kalb SR, Cotter RJ, Raetz CR, Enzymatic synthesis of lipid A molecules with four amide-linked acyl chains. LpxA acyltransferases selective for an analog of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in which an amine replaces the 3″-hydroxyl group, J. Biol. Chem. 2004 Jun;279(24):25411-9.
• 2001
  Werts C, Tapping RI, Mathison JC, Chuang TH, Kravchenko V, Saint Girons I, Haake DA, Godowski PJ, Hayashi F, Ozinsky A, Underhill DM, Kirschning CJ, Wagner H, Aderem A, Tobias PS, Ulevitch RJ, Leptospiral lipopolysaccharide activates cells through a TLR2-dependent mechanism, Nat. Immunol. 2001 Apr;2(4):346-52.