Publications

Selection of Original Articles. 

1. Laura Bub, Elza Evren,  Stijn Verwaerde, Cecilia Ruscitti, Domien Vanneste,  Pia Ghosh, Yu Gao, Natalie Sleiers, Rong Deng, Marta López Montes, Kelsey Howley, Raphaël La Rocca, Annika Niehrs, Vassilis Glaros, Maria Reina-Campos, Barbro Dahlen, Anna Smed-Sörensen, Harald Lund, Taras Kreslavsky , Niklas K Björkström, Andrea Reboldi, Apostolos Bossios, Thomas Marichal, Bart N Lambrecht, Tim Willinger. J Exp Med. 2026 Apr 6;223(4):e20252667. doi: 10.1084/jem.20252667. Epub 2026 Mar 3. PMID: 41774079 Free PMC article.
2. Domien Vanneste, Wen Peng, Zhuangzhuang Liu, Malik Hamaïdia, Raphaël La Rocca, Joan Abinet, Alexis Balthazar, Fabienne Perin, Alexandre Hego, Didier Cataldo, Fabrice Bureau, Philippe Compère, Bénédicte Machiels, Charlotte L. Scott, Coraline Radermecker, Thomas Marichal. (2026) MafB is a conserved transcriptional regulator of macrophage development and functional identity across tissues and species, Immunity, 10.1016/j.immuni.2026.01.012. Free access link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1mgne3qNrV3VZG
3. Pierre Janssen, Joan Abinet, Latifa Karim, Wouter Coppieters, Catherine Moermans, Julian Guiot, Florence Schleich, Coraline Radermecker, Thomas Marichal. (2025) Comparison of Droplet- and Microwell-based Methods to Analyze Cryopreserved Human Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cells by scRNA-Sequencing. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 10.1165/rcmb.2024-0467MA. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2024-0467MA
4. Wen Peng, Domien Vanneste, David Bejarano, Joan Abinet, Margot Meunier, Coraline Radermecker, Fabienne Perin, Didier Cataldo, Fabrice Bureau, Andreas Schlitzer, Qiang Bai, Thomas Marichal. (2025) Endothelial-driven TGFβ signaling supports lung interstitial macrophage development from monocytes. Science Immunology. 10(106), adr4977. Free-access reprint link to the paper: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2570/full
5. Cecilia Ruscitti, Joan Abinet, Pauline Maréchal,  Margot Meunier, Constance de Meeûs, Domien Vanneste, Pierre Janssen, Mickael Dourcy, Marc Thiry, Fabrice Bureau, Christoph Schneider, Benedicte Machiels, Andres Hidalgo, Florent Ginhoux, Benjamin G Dewals, Julien Guiot, Florence Schleich, Mutien-Marie Garigliany, Akeila Bellahcène, Coraline Radermecker, Thomas Marichal. (2024) Recruited atypical Ly6G+ macrophages license alveolar regeneration after lung injury. Science Immunology.  9(98), eado1227. Free-access reprint link to the paper: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2022/full
6. Spectral imaging with ZEISS LSM 980 laser scanning confocal enable more complex studies of cell-cell interactions in immunology research. https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/resources/insights-hub/life-sciences/spatial-biology-studies-in-lung-tissue-using-spectral-microscopy.html
7. Céline Legrand, Domien Vanneste, Alexandre Hego, Catherine Sabatel, Kiréna Mollers, Joey Schyns, Pauline Maréchal, Joan Abinet, Amandine Tytgat, Maude Liégeois, Barbara Polese, Margot Meunier, Coraline Radermecker, Laurence Fiévez, Fabrice Bureau, Thomas Marichal. (2024) Lung Interstitial Macrophages Can Present Soluble Antigens and Induce Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0254OC. Advance online publication.
8. Domien Vanneste, Qiang Bai, Shakir Hasan, Wen Peng, Dimitri Pirottin, Joey Schyns, Pauline Maréchal, Cecilia Ruscitti, Margot Meunier, Zhaoyuan Liu, Céline Legrand, Laurence Fievez, Florent Ginhoux, Coraline Radermecker, Fabrice Bureau, Thomas Marichal. (2023) MafB-restricted local monocyte proliferation precedes lung interstitial macrophage differentiation. Nat Immunol. 10.1038/s41590-023-01468-3. 
9. Pierre Janssen, Irene Tosi, Alexandre Hego,  Pauline Maréchal, Thomas Marichal, Coraline Radermecker. (2022). Neutrophil extracellular traps are found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of horses with severe asthma and correlate with asthma severity. Front. Immunol. 13, 921077.
10. Maude Liégeois,  Qiang Bai, Laurence Fievez, Dimitri Pirottin,  Céline Legrand, Julien Guiot, Florence Schleich, Jean-Louis Corhay, Renaud Louis, Thomas Marichal, Fabrice Bureau. (2022). Airway Macrophages Encompass Transcriptionally and Functionally Distinct Subsets Altered by Smoking. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 67(2):241–52. 
11. Coraline Radermecker, Nancy Detrembleur, Julien Guiot, Etienne Cavalier, Monique Henket, Céline d’Emal, Céline Vanwinge, Didier Cataldo, Cécile Oury, Philippe Delvenne, Thomas Marichal. (2020) Neutrophil extracellular traps infiltrate the lung airway, interstitial, and vascular compartments in severe COVID-19. J Exp Med 217 (12): e20201012.
12. Joey Schyns, Qiang Bai, Cecilia Ruscitti, Coraline Radermecker, Sebastiaan De Schepper, Svetoslav Chakarov, Frédéric Farnir, Dimitri Pirottin, Florent Ginhoux, Guy Boeckxstaens, Fabrice Bureau, and Thomas Marichal. (2019) Non-classical tissue monocytes and two functionally distinct populations of interstitial macrophages populate the mouse lung. Nat Commun 10, 21. <Link to bioinformatics analysis>
13. Coraline Radermecker, Catherine Sabatel, Céline Vanwinge, Cecilia Ruscitti, Pauline Maréchal, Fabienne Perin, Joey Schyns, Natacha Rocks, Marie Toussaint, Didier Cataldo, Sebastian L Johnston, Fabrice Bureau, and Thomas Marichal. (2019) Locally instructed CXCR4hi neutrophils trigger environment-driven allergic asthma through the release of neutrophil extracellular traps. Nat Immunol 20, 1444–1455.
14. Sophie El Abbas, Coraline Radermecker, Qiang Bai, Charline Beguin, Joey Schyns, Margot Meunier, Dimitri Pirottin, Christophe J Desmet, Marie-Alice Meuwis, Tatiana Art, Edouard Louis, See-Ying Tam, Mindy Tsai, Fabrice Bureau, Stephen J Galli, and Thomas Marichal. (2019) Epithelial RABGEF1 deficiency promotes intestinal inflammation by dysregulating intrinsic MYD88-dependent innate signaling. Mucosal Immunol 35, 538 (2019).
15. Toussaint M, Jackson DJ, Swieboda D, Guedán A, Tsourouktsoglou D, Ching YM, Radermecker C, Makrinioti H, Aniescenko J, Edwards MR, Solari R, Farnir F, Papayannopoulos V, Bureau F^$, Marichal T^$, Johnston SL^$. (2017) Host DNA released by NETosis promotes rhinovirus-induced type-2 allergic asthma exacerbation.Nat Med23(6):681-691. [IF29.9] <Links to Ulg Research News>
16. Sabatel C^*, Radermecker C^*, Fievez L^*, Paulissen G, Chakarov S, Fernandes C, Olivier S, Toussaint M, Pirottin D, Xiao X, Quatresooz P, Sirard JC, Cataldo D, Gillet L, Bouabe H, Desmet CJ, Ginhoux F, Marichal T^$, Bureau F^$(2017)Exposure to Bacterial CpG-DNA Protects from Airway Allergic Inflammation by Expanding Regulatory Lung Interstitial Macrophages. Immunity46(3):457-473. [IF 22.8] <Links to Ulg Research News>
17. Marichal T^*, Gaudenzio N^*, Starkl P, El Abbas S, Reber LL, Sibilano R, Kim J, Chambon P, Roers A, Antoine N, Kawakami Y, Kawakami T, Bureau F, Tam SY, Tsai M, Galli SJ (2016) Guanine nucleotide exchange factor RABGEF1 regulates keratinocyte-intrinsic signaling to maintain skin homeostasis.J Clin Invest126(12):4497-4515.
18. Raulier S^*, Mesnil C^*, Paulissen G, Xiao X, Birrell MA, Pirottin D, Janss T, Ramery E, Gillet L, Thiry M, Belvisi ML, Desmet C, Marichal T^$, Bureau F^$(2016)Lung-resident eosinophils represent a distinct regulatory eosinophil subset. J Clin Invest126(9): 3279-95. [IF 13.6] <Links to Ulg Research News>
19. Marichal T^*,Starkl P^*, Reber LL, Kalesnikoff J, Oettgen HC, Tsai M, Metz M^$, Galli SJ^$(2013) A Beneficial Role for IgE in Host Defense Against Honeybee Venom.Immunity39 (5), 1-13.[IF21.6] <Links to Ulg Research News>
20. Marichal T, Ohata K, Bedoret D, Mesnil C, Sabatel C, Kobyiama K, Lekeux P, Cevaiyr C, Akira S, Ishii KJ^$, Bureau F^$, Desmet CJ^$. (2011) DNA released from dying host cells mediates aluminium adjuvant activity. Nat Med17, 996-1002. [IF29.9]