Dr Nuala Mooney
Nuala Mooney Ph. D.
INSERM Unité 396 "Immunogénétique Humaine"
Centre de Recherche Biomédicale des Cordeliers
75006 Paris
nuala.mooney@bhdc.jussieu.fr

Themes of Research:
Microdomain organisation of MHC class II molecules
MHC class II mediated signaling
Regulation of survival of Antigen Presenting Cells

Group members
Dr N. Setterblad, Dr E. Assier, Dr A. Delaguillaumie, Mr. S. Bécart

Recent Publications:

1. Bertho N, Blancheteau V, Setterblad N, Laupeze B, Drénou B, Amiot L, Charron D, Fauchet R, Mooney N (2002). MHC class II mediated apoptosis of mature dendritic cells proceeds by activation of the Protein Kinase C-d iso-enzyme. Int. Imm. 14:1-8
2. Baumgartner M, Angelisova P, Setterblad N, Mooney N, Werling D, Horejsi V, Langsley G.(2002) Constitutive exclusion of Csk from Hck-positive membrane microdomains permits Src kinase-dependent proliferation of Theileria-transformed B-lymphocytes. Blood.101:1874-81
3. Bécart S., Setterblad N, Ostrand-Rosenberg S, Ono S.J., Charron D and Mooney N (2003) Intracytoplasmic domains of MHC class II molecules are essential for lipid raft-dependent signalling. J. Cell Science, 116:2565-75
4. Setterblad N, Roucard C, Bocaccio C, Abastado JP, Charron D and Mooney N (2003) Composition of MHC class II-enriched lipid microdomains is modified during maturation of primary dendritic cells. J. Leukocyte Biology , 74:40-48.
5. Nagy Z and Mooney N (2003). A novel, alternative pathway of apoptosis triggered through class II major histocompatibility complex molecules. J. of Mol. Med.
(In Press)