Philippe Tessier studied at Laval University, the John Curtin School of Medical Research (Australian National University) and the University of Adelaide, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (United Kingdom). He has been a researcher at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Laval University since 1999, and a professor at the Department of Microbiology-Infectiology and Immunology of the Laval University School of Medicine.

Research Projects

Professor Tessier studies the biological activities of the proteins S100A8 and S100A9, two small proteins expressed by neutrophils, monocytes, and activated endothelial and epithelial cells. These proteins are secreted during inflammation and activate the immune response. His research indicates that S100A8 and S100A9 have opposite functions: S100A8 is anti-inflammatory and inhibits myeloid cell differentiation, while S100A9 is pro-inflammatory and induces the differentiation of precursors of neutrophils and monocytes. He studies the roles of these proteins in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn’s disease, in immune responses to solid tumors, and in the differentiation of leukemia cells.

Auto-inflammatory diseases are monogenic orphan diseases (<10,000 cases per syndrome worldwide) usually caused by defects in the genes regulating innate immunity. These diseases are characterized by recurrent, unprovoked inflammation (fever, abdominal pain, rash, arthralgia). High plasma concentrations of S100A8 and S100A9 are often found in patients with auto-inflammatory diseases. In collaboration with Professor Martin Pelletier and Dr. Anne-Laure Chetaille, Prof. Tessier is currently studying the roles of S100A8 and S100A9 in these diseases, to develop a diagnostic test to facilitate the treatment of these patients.

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Jeong H, Kim S, Hong BJ, Lee CJ, Kim YE, Bok S, Oh JM, Gwak SH, Yoo MY, Lee MS, Chung SJ, Defrene J, Tessier P, Pelletier M, Jeon H, Roh TY, Kim B, Kim KH, Ju JH, Lee YJ, Kim DW, Kim IH, Kim HJ, Park JW, Lee YS, Lee JS, Cheon GJ, Weissman IL, Chung DH, Jeon YK, Ahn GO

Tumor-Associated Macrophages Enhance Tumor Hypoxia and Aerobic Glycolysis.

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Cancer Res, 79 (4), pp. 795-806, 2019, ISSN: 0008-5472.

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Fujita Y, Khateb A, Li Y, Tinoco R, Zhang T, Bar-Yoseph H, Tam MA, Chowers Y, Sabo E, Gerassy-Vainberg S, Starosvetsky E, James B, Brown K, Shen-Orr SS, Bradley LM, Tessier PA, Ronai ZA

Regulation of S100A8 Stability by RNF5 in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Determines Intestinal Inflammation and Severity of Colitis.

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Cell Rep, 24 (12), pp. 3296-3311.e6, 2018.

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Pelletier M, Simard JC, Girard D, Tessier PA

Quinoline-3-carboxamides such as tasquinimod are not specific inhibitors of S100A9.

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Blood Adv, 2 (10), pp. 1170-1171, 2018, ISSN: 2473-9529.

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Joly P, Marshall JC, Tessier PA, Masse C, Page N, Frenette AJ, Khazoom F, Le Guillan S, Berthiaume Y, Charbonney E

S100A8/A9 and sRAGE kinetic after polytrauma; an explorative observational study.

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Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 25 (1), pp. 114, 2017.

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Laouedj M, Tardif MR, Gil L, Raquil MA, Lachaab A, Pelletier M, Tessier PA, Barabe F

S100A9 induces differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia cells through TLR4.

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Blood, 129 (14), pp. 1980-1990, 2017, ISSN: 0006-4971.

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Rousseau LS, Pare G, Lachhab A, Naccache PH, Marceau F, Tessier P, Pelletier M, Fernandes M

S100A9 potentiates the activation of neutrophils by the etiological agent of gout, monosodium urate crystals.

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J Leukoc Biol, 102 (3), pp. 805-813, 2017, ISSN: 0741-5400.

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Yoon J, Leyva-Castillo JM, Wang G, Galand C, Oyoshi MK, Kumar L, Hoff S, He R, Chervonsky A, Oppenheim JJ, Kuchroo VK, van den Brink MR, Malefyt RW, Tessier PA, Fuhlbrigge R, Rosenstiel P, Terhorst C, Murphy G, Geha RS

IL-23 induced in keratinocytes by endogenous TLR4 ligands polarizes dendritic cells to drive IL-22 responses to skin immunization.

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J Exp Med, 213 (10), pp. 2147-66, 2016, ISSN: 0022-1007.

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El Azreq MA, Kadiri M, Boisvert M, Page N, Tessier PA, Aoudjit F

Discoidin domain receptor 1 promotes Th17 cell migration by activating the RhoA/ROCK/MAPK/ERK signaling pathway.

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Oncotarget, 7 (29), pp. 44975-44990, 2016, ISSN: 1949-2553.

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El Azreq MA, Arseneault C, Boisvert M, Page N, Allaeys I, Poubelle PE, Tessier PA, Aoudjit F

Cooperation between IL-7 Receptor and Integrin α2β1 (CD49b) Drives Th17-Mediated Bone Loss.

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J Immunol, 195 (9), pp. 4198-209, 2015, ISSN: 0022-1767.

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Tsai SY, Segovia JA, Chang TH, Shil NK, Pokharel SM, Kannan TR, Baseman JB, Defrene J, Page N, Cesaro A, Tessier PA, Bose S

Regulation of TLR3 Activation by S100A9.

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J Immunol, 195 (9), pp. 4426-37, 2015, ISSN: 0022-1767.

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Active projects

  • Centre de recherche en arthrite de l'Université Laval, Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, BDR - Entités de recherche en émergence, from 2019-01-01 to 2020-01-31
  • Centre de recherche en infectiologie, Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, BDR - Centres de recherche reconnus, from 1996-06-01 to 2019-04-30
  • Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Subvention, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Centres de recherche affiliés, from 2017-01-01 to 2099-12-31
  • Immunosuppressive function of S100A8 in arthritis., Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement, from 2014-07-01 to 2019-06-30
  • The characterization of MICL, a novel negative regulator of the immune response in arthritis., Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement, from 2015-07-01 to 2020-06-30

Recently finished projects

  • Analyse du profil de cytokines par les cellules sanguines de patients atteints de maladies auto-inflammatoires orphelines, Subvention, Le Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie, Subvention pour projet de recherche sur une maladie héréditaire orpheline, from 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
  • Traitement de la leucémie myéloïde aiguë par la protéine S100A9., Subvention, Fondation de l'Université Laval, from 2015-10-01 to 2017-09-30
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