Publications

2025

Unravelling the complex inflammatory landscape of COVID-19 infection: a pathway to biomarkers identification in infection-associated delirium in the ICU

T Born, M Perreau, PP Axisa, C Fenwick, A Pinto, N Ben-Hamouda, AO Rossetti, RD Pasquier, J-D Chiche, R Bernard-Valnet

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 12/2025

Transcriptomic profiling after B cell depletion reveals central and peripheral immune cell changes in multiple sclerosis

J Wei, J Moon, Y Yasumizu, L Zhang, K Radassi, N Buitrago-Pocasangre, ME Deerhake, N Strauli, C-W Chen, A Herman, R Pedotti, C Raposo, I Yim, J Pappalardo, EE Longbrake, TS Sumida, PP Axisa*, DA Hafler*

* equal contribution

The Journal of Clinical Investigation; 6/2025

Circulating tumor-reactive KIR+CD8+ T cells suppress anti-tumor immunity in patients with melanoma

BY Lu, LE Lucca, W Lewis, J Wang, CV Nogueira, S Heer, V Rayon-Estrada, PP Axisa, SM Reeves, NC Buitrago-Pocasangre, GH Pham, ML Kojima, Wei, L Aizenbud, A Bacchiocchi, L Zhang, JJ Walewski, V Chiang, K Olino, J Clune, R Halaban, Y Kluger, AJ Coyle, J Kisielow, F-J Obermair, HM Kluger, DA Hafler

Nature Immunology; 1/2025

2024

NK cells with adhesion defects and reduced cytotoxic functions are associated with a poor prognosis in multiple myeloma

E Blanquart, Rüçh Ekren, B Rigaud, M-Vér Joubert, V Baylot, Hélèn Daunes, M Cuisinier, M Villard, Nèg Carrié, Cél Mazzotti, LE Lucca, A Perrot, J Corre, T Walzer, Hé Avet-Loiseau, PP Axisa*, L Martinet*

* equal contribution

Blood; 9/2024

The tidyomics ecosystem: Enhancing omic data analyses

WJ Hutchison, TJ Keyes, T Consortium, HL Crowell, J Serizay, C Soneson, ES Davis, N Sato, L Moses, B Tarlinton, AA Nahid, M Kosmac, Q Clayssen, V Yuan, W Mu, J-E Park, I Mamede, MH Ryu, PP Axisa, P Paiz, C-L Poon, M Tang, R Gottardo, M Morgan, S Lee, M Lawrence, SC Hicks, GP Nolan, KL Davis, AT Papenfuss, MI Love, S Mangiola

Nature methods; 7/2024

Genetic mapping across autoimmune diseases reveals shared associations and mechanisms

MR Lincoln, N Connally, PP Axisa, C Gasperi, M Mitrovic, Dv Heel, C Wijmenga, S Withoff, IH Jonkers, L Padyukov, SS Rich, RR Graham, PM Gaffney, CD Langefeld, TJ Vyse, DA Hafler, S Chun, SR Sunyaev, C Cotsapas

Nature genetics; 5/2024

2023

TCR-independent CD137 (4-1BB) signaling promotes CD8+-exhausted T cell proliferation and terminal differentiation

AC Pichler, Nèg Carrié, M Cuisinier, S Ghazali, A Voisin, PP Axisa, M Tosolini, Cél Mazzotti, DP Golec, S Maheo, LD Souto, Rüçh Ekren, E Blanquart, L Lemaitre, V Feliu, M-Vér Joubert, JL Cannons, C Guillerey, Hé Avet-Loiseau, TH Watts, BL Salomon, O Joffre, Y Grinberg-Bleyer, PL Schwartzberg, LE Lucca, L Martinet

Immunity; 7/2023

2022

A multiple sclerosis–protective coding variant reveals an essential role for HDAC7 in regulatory T cells

PP Axisa, TM Yoshida, LE Lucca, HG Kasler, MR Lincoln, GH Pham, DD Priore, J-M Carpier, CL Lucas, E Verdin, TS Sumida, DA Hafler

Science Translational Medicine; 12/2022

Impaired TIGIT expression on B cells drives circulating follicular helper T cell expansion in multiple sclerosis

H Asashima, PP Axisa, THG Pham, EE Longbrake, WE Ruff, N Lele, I Cohen, K Raddassi, TS Sumida, DA Hafler

The Journal of Clinical Investigation; 10/2022

Type I interferon transcriptional network regulates expression of coinhibitory receptors in human T cells

TS Sumida, S Dulberg, JC Schupp, MR Lincoln, HA Stillwell, PP Axisa, M Comi, A Unterman, N Kaminski, A Madi, VK Kuchroo, DA Hafler

Nature Immunology; 4/2022

2021

Circulating clonally expanded T cells reflect functions of tumor-infiltrating T cells

LE Lucca, PP Axisa, B Lu, B Harnett, S Jessel, L Zhang, K Raddassi, L Zhang, K Olino, J Clune, M Singer, HM Kluger, DA Hafler

Journal of Experimental Medicine; 3/2021

2020

Epigenetic fine-mapping: identification of causal mechanisms for autoimmunity

MR Lincoln, PP Axisa*, DA Hafler

* corresponding author

Current Opinion in Immunology; 12/2020

2019

TIGIT signaling restores suppressor function of Th1 Tregs

LE Lucca, PP Axisa, ER Singer, NM Nolan, M Dominguez-Villar, DA Hafler

JCI insight; 2/2019

2017

Podoplanin is a negative regulator of Th17 inflammation

AN Nylander, GD Ponath, PP Axisa, M Mubarak, M Tomayko, VK Kuchroo, D Pitt, DA Hafler

JCI insight; 9/2017

2016

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein induces incomplete tolerance of CD4+ T cells specific for both a myelin and a neuronal self‐antigen in mice

LE Lucca*, PP Axisa*, M Aloulou, C Perals, A Ramadan, P Rufas, B Kyewski, J Derbinski, N Fazilleau, LT Mars, RS Liblau

* equal contribution

European journal of immunology; 9/2016

Multiple sclerosis: genetics, biomarkers, treatments

PP Axisa, DA Hafler

Current opinion in neurology; 6/2016

In situ expansion of T cells that recognize distinct self-antigens sustains autoimmunity in the CNS

A Ramadan, LE Lucca, N Carrie, S Desbois, PP Axisa, M Hayder, J Bauer, RS Liblau, LT Mars

Brain; 5/2016