Publications

• Risks linked to endogenous retroviruses for vaccine production: a general overview. Dewannieux M, Ribet D, Heidmann T.
  Biologicals. 2010 May;38(3):366-70. PMID: 20335054

• Retroviral infection in vivo requires an immune escape virulence factor encrypted in the envelope protein of oncoretroviruses. Schlecht-Louf G, Renard M, Mangeney M, Letzelter C, Richaud A, Ducos B, Bouallaga I, Heidmann T.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 23;107(8):3782-7. PMID: 20142478

• Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals. Heidmann O, Vernochet C, Dupressoir A, Heidmann T.
  Retrovirology. 2009 Nov 27;6:107. PMID: 19943933

• Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene. Dupressoir A, Vernochet C, Bawa O, Harper F, Pierron G, Opolon P, Heidmann T.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jul 21;106(29):12127-32. PMID: 19564597

• Recombination of retrotransposon and exogenous RNA virus results in nonretroviral cDNA integration. Geuking MB, Weber J, Dewannieux M, Gorelik E, Heidmann T, Hengartner H, Zinkernagel RM, Hangartner L.
  Science. 2009 Jan 16;323(5912):393-6. PMID: 19150848

• A placenta-specific receptor for the fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, human syncytin-2. Esnault C, Priet S, Ribet D, Vernochet C, Bruls T, Lavialle C, Weissenbach J, Heidmann T.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Nov 11;105(45):17532-7. PMID: 18988732

• Trex1 prevents cell-intrinsic initiation of autoimmunity. Stetson DB, Ko JS, Heidmann T, Medzhitov R
  Cell. 2008 Aug 22;134(4):587-98. PMID: 18724932

• Restriction by APOBEC3 proteins of endogenous retroviruses with an extracellular life cycle: ex vivo effects and in vivo "traces" on the murine IAPE and human HERV-K elements. Esnault C, Priet S, Ribet D, Heidmann O, Heidmann T.
  Retrovirology. 2008 Aug 14;5:75. PMID: 18702815

• The GLN family of murine endogenous retroviruses contains an element competent for infectious viral particle formation. Ribet D, Harper F, Esnault C, Pierron G, Heidmann T
  J Virol. 2008 May;82(9):4413-9. PMID: 18287236

• An infectious progenitor for the murine IAP retrotransposon: emergence of an intracellular genetic parasite from an ancient retrovirus. Ribet D, Harper F, Dupressoir A, Dewannieux M, Pierron G, Heidmann T
  Genome Res. 2008 Apr;18(4):597-609. PMID: 18256233