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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
1. D. Rusu, I. Allaeys, I. Gymninova, P.E.Poubelle
Inflammatory RANK-Expressing Neutrophils Resorb Bone in K/BxN Arthritis; Journal of
Rheumatology 2014, 41:1525 (conference paper)
2. M.E. García-Pérez, I. Allaeys, D. Rusu, R. Pouliot, T.S. Janezic, P.E. Poubelle
Picea mariana polyphenolic extract inhibits phlogogenic mediators produced by TNF-α-
activated psoriatic keratinocytes.Impact on NF-κB pathway; Journal of Ethnopharmacol
2014, 151:265
3. G. Martin, S. Guérard, M. M. R. Fortin, D. Rusu, J. Soucy, P. E. Poubelle and R. Pouliot
Pathological crosstalk in vitro between T lymphocytes and lesional keratinocytes in psoriasis:
necessity of direct cell-to-cell contact; Laboratory Investigation 2012, 92: 1058
4. Allaeys, D. Rusu, S. Picard, M. Pouliot, P. Borgeat, and P.E. Poubelle
Osteoblast retraction induced by adherent neutrophils promotes osteoclast bone resorption:
implication for altered bone remodeling in chronic gout; Laboratory Investigation 2011, 91:
905
5. P.E. Poubelle, D. Rusu, A. Chakravarti, I. Allaeys
Neutrophils present in synovial fluids and tissues of rheumatoid arthritis are a major source of
RANKL; Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2011, (eletter)
6. D. Rusu, R. Drouin, Y. Pouliot, S. Gauthier, and P.E. Poubelle
A bovine whey protein extract stimulates human neutrophils to generate bioactive IL-1Ra
through a NF-kB- and MAPK-dependent mechanism; Journal of Nutrition 2010, 140: 382
7. D. Rusu, R. Drouin, Y. Pouliot, S. Gauthier and P.E. Poubelle
A Bovine Whey Protein Extract can Prime Normal Human Blood Neutrophils to Enhance their
Functions Involved in Innate Immunity; Journal of Nutrition 2009, 139: 386
8. P. Simard, H. Galarneau, S. Marois, D. Rusu, C.D. Hoemann, P.E. Poubelle, H.EL-Gabalawy
and M.J.G. Fernandes
Neutrophils exhibit distinct phenotypes toward chitosans with different degrees of
deacetylation: implications for cartilage repair; Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11: R74
9. G. Morissette, A. Ammoury, D. Rusu, MC. Marguery, R. Lodge, P.E. Poubelle and F. Marceau
Intracellular sequestration of amiodarone: role of V-ATPase and macroautophagic transition
of the resulting vacuolar cytopathology; British Journal of Pharmacology 2009, 157: 1531
10. Chakravarti, D. Rusu, N. Flamand, P. Borgeat and P.E. Poubelle
Reprogramming of a subpopulation of human blood neutrophils by prolonged exposure to cyto-
kines; Laboratory Investigation 2009, 89: 1084

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1. 12th
Scientific Meeting of CRRI (Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center), Quebec,
Canada 2013
I. Gymninova, J. Gamara, I. Allaeys, L. Davis, E. Rollet-Labelle, D. Rusu, F. Aoudjit, S.G.
Bourgoin et P.E. Poubelle
Mouse conditional knockout in neutrophils: issues and limitations
2. 10th
Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society, Montréal, Canada 2012
C.-H. Lafantaisie-Favreau, D. Rusu, P.E. Poubelle, J. Sun, C.D. Hoemann
Alternative macrophage activation and neutrophil chemotaxis induced in vivo by chi-
tosan/blood implants correlate with mast cell recruitment
3. 11th
Scientific Meeting of CRRI (Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center), Quebec,
Canada 2012
I. Gymninova, I. Allaeys, D. Rusu et P.E. Poubelle
Inflammatory neutrophils express RANK in K/BxN serum transfer model of arthritis
4. 5th
International Conference on Polyphenols and Health, Barcelona, Spain 2011
M-E Garcia, M. Royer, D. Rusu, P.E. Poubelle, T. Stevanovic and R. Pouliot
Inhibition of IL-6 production by black spruce polyphenols in psoriatic keratinocytes stimulated
with TNF-alpha
5. 41st
Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology, Denver, USA 2008
D. Rusu, R. Drouin, S. Gauthier, Y. Pouliot and P.E. Poubelle
Human blood neutrophils respond to a bovine whey protein extract by enhancing their produc-
tion of IL-1Ra; Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Suppl. 2008, p 43
6. Week in dairy science and technology of IDF (International Dairy Federation), Quebec,
Canada 2008
D. Rusu, R. Drouin, S. Gauthier, Y. Pouliot and P.E. Poubelle
Human blood neutrophils primed by a bovine WPE increase their specialized functions of in-
nate defence
7. Conference of the Dairy Science and Technology Research Centre research STELA, Quebec,
Canada 2007
D. Rusu, R. Drouin, L. Bouchard, S. Gauthier, Y. Pouliot et P. E. Poubelle
Effects of a bovin whey protein extract on the functions of neutrophils from healthy humans
8. 4e
Scientific Meeting of CRRI (Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center), Quebec,
Canada 2005
D. Rusu, R. Drouin, L. Bouchard, S. Gauthier, Y. Pouliot et P.E. Poubelle
Effects of a proteic whey protein extract on the production of superoxide anions and on the de-
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1. 8e Scientific Meeting of CRRI (Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center), Quebec,
Canada 2009
D. Rusu, C. Gilbert, I. Allaeys et P.E. Poubelle
Human neutrophils, WPE (whey protein extract) and the intracellular Ca2+
mobilisation
2. 3rd Conference of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, INAF, Lévis Convention & Ex-
hibition Center, Quebec, Canada 2009
D. Rusu, R. Drouin, S. Gauthier, Y. Pouliot et P.E. Poubelle
A whey protein extract reduces inflammation in trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis
3. 6th Scientific Meeting of CRRI (Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center), Quebec,
Canada 2007
D. Rusu et P.E. Poubelle
Intracellular Ca2
, neutrophils and WPE (whey protein extract)
4. 5th Scientific Meeting of CRRI (Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center), Quebec,
Canada 2006
D. Rusu et P.E. Poubelle
Neutrophils and WPE, a whey protein extract