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null Laurence Chapuy, MD, PhD

Associate Investigator, RI-MUHC

Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program

Centre for Translational Biology

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

 

Keywords

inflammatory bowel disease • mucosal immunology • innate immunity • mononuclear phagocytes • fibrosis

Research Focus

My research focuses on immunological mechanisms underlying inflammatory bowel diseases. I study the role of innate immune cells, called mononuclear phagocytes, in the inflammatory and scar tissues of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Selected Publications

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  • Chapuy, L., Bsat, M., Sarkizova, S., Rubio, M., Therrien, A., Wassef, E., Bouin, M., Orlicka, K., Weber, A., Hacohen, N., Villani, A.C., Sarfati, M. Two distinct colonic CD14+ subsets characterized by single-cell RNA profiling in Crohn's disease. Mucosal Immunol, 12(3):703-719. PMID: 30670762.

  • Chapuy, L., Bsat, M., Rubio, M., Harvey, F., Motta, V., Schwenter, F., Wassef, R., Richard, C., Deslandres, C., Nguyen, B.N., Soucy, G., Hacohen, N., Fritz, J., Villani, A.C., Mehta, H., Sarfati, M. Transcriptomic analysis and high dimensional phenotypic mapping of mononuclear phagocytes in mesenteric lymph nodes reveal differences between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Journal of Crohn and colitis, 13;14(3):393-405. PMID: 31541232.

  • Chapuy, L., Bsat, M., Rubio, M., Sarkizova, S., Therrien, A., Bouin, M., Orlicka, K., Weber, A., Soucy, G., Villani, A.C., Sarfati, M. IL-12 and mucosal CD14+ monocyte-like cells induce IL-8 in colonic memory CD4+ T cells of patients with Ulcerative colitis but not Crohn's disease. Journal of Crohn and Colitis, 14(1):79-95. PMID: 31206576.

  • Chapuy, L., Bsat, M., Mehta, H., Rubio, M., Wakahara, K., Van, V.Q., Baba, N., Cheong, C., Yun, T.J., Panzini, B., Wassef, R., Richard, C., Tamaz, R., Soucy, G., Delespesse, G., Sarfati, M. Basophils increase in Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis and favor mesenteric lymph node memory Th17/Th1 response. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 134(4):978-81.e1. PMID: 24996262.

  • Bsat, M., Chapuy, L., Rubio, M., and Sarfati, M. A two-step human culture system replicates intestinal monocyte maturation cascade: Conversion of tissue-like inflammatory monocytes into macrophages. Eur J Immunol, 50(1):1676-1690. PMID: 32557554.