My complete bilbiography is also available on MyNCBI.
Dargham, T., Aguilera-Correa, J. J., Avellan, R., Mallick, I., Celik, L., Santucci, P., Brasseur, G., Poncin, I., Point, V., Audebert, S., Camoin, L., Daher, W., Cavalier, J.-F., Kremer, L., & Canaan, S. (2025). A proteomic and functional view of intrabacterial lipid inclusion biogenesis in mycobacteria. mBio, e0147524. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01475-24 Research Article
Dargham, T., Aguilera-Correa, J. J., Avellan, R., Mallick, I., Celik, L., Santucci, P., Brasseur, G., Poncin, I., Point, V., Audebert, S., Camoin, L., Daher, W., Cavalier, J.-F., Kremer, L., & Canaan, S. (2025). A proteomic and functional view of intrabacterial lipid inclusion biogenesis in mycobacteria. mBio, e0147524. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01475-24 Research Article
Laudouze, J., Canaan, S., Gouzy*#, A., & Santucci*#, P. (2025). Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis acid resistance and pH homeostasis mechanisms. FEBS letters, 10.1002/1873-3468.70023. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70023 Review * Corresponding authors # Co-senior authors
Laudouze, J., Francis, T., Forest, E., Mies, F., Bolla, J-M., Crauste, C., Canaan, S., Shlyonsky#*, V., Santucci#*, P., & Cavalier#*, J-F. (2024). Anti-tubercular potential and pH-driven mode of action of salicylic acid derivatives. FEBS open bio, 10.1002/2211-5463.13944. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13944 Research Article. * Corresponding authors # Co-senior authors
Sarrazin, M., Poncin, I., Fourquet, P., Audebert, S., Camoin, L., Denis, Y., Santucci, P., Spilling, C. D., Kremer, L., Moigne, V. L., Herrmann, J. L., Cavalier, J. F., & Canaan, S. (2024). Cyclophostin and Cyclipostins analogues counteract macrolide-induced resistance mediated by erm(41) in Mycobacterium abscessus. Journal of biomedical science, 31(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-024-01091-w Research Article.
Laudouze, J., Point, V., Achache, W., Crauste, C., Canaan, S., & Santucci, P.* (2024). Fluorescence-based CRISPR interference system for controlled genetic repression and live single-cell imaging in mycobacteria. FEBS letters, 10.1002/1873-3468.15071. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.15071 Research Article. * Corresponding author
Santucci, P*. (2024). Molecular Microbiology of Microbiomes. Molecular microbiology, 10.1111/mmi.15308. 122(3), 271–272. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.15308 Editorial * Corresponding author
Day, N. J., Santucci, P., & Gutierrez, M. G. (2024). Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis. Trends in microbiology, 32(3), 270–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2023.08.009 Review
Dargham, T., Mallick, I., Kremer, L., Santucci*#, P., & Canaan*#, S. (2023). Intrabacterial lipid inclusion-associated proteins: A core machinery conserved from saprophyte Actinobacteria to the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEBS open bio, 10.1002/2211-5463.13721. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13721 Research Article * Corresponding author # Contributed equally
Kandolo, O., Cherrak, Y., Filella-Merce, I., Le Guenno, H., Kosta, A., Espinosa, L., Santucci, P., Verthuy, C., Lebrun, R., Nilges, M., Pellarin, R., & Durand, E. (2023). Acinetobacter type VI secretion system comprises a non-canonical membrane complex. PLoS pathogens, 19(9), e1011687. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011687 Research Article
Pellegrino, E., Aylan, B., Bussi, C., Fearns, A., Bernard, E. M., Athanasiadi, N., Santucci, P., Botella, L., & Gutierrez, M. G. (2023). Peroxisomal ROS control cytosolic Mycobacterium tuberculosis replication in human macrophages. The Journal of cell biology, 222(12), e202303066. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202303066 Research Article
Santucci*, P. (2023). Meet early career researcher-Ismath Sadhir-Awardee of the molecular microbiology poster prize at the EMBO workshop bacterial morphogenesis, survival and virulence: Dynamic genomes and envelopes: 06-10 February 2023 | Goa, India. Molecular microbiology, 120(1), 103–104. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.15111 Interview * Corresponding author
Aylan, B#., Bernard, E.M#., Pellegrino, E#., Botella, L., Fearns A., Athanasiadi, N., Bussi, C., Santucci, P., & Gutierrez M.G. (2023) Differential control of cytosolic and phagosomal Mycobacterium tuberculosis replication by ATG7 and ATG14 in human macrophages. Nature Microbiology, 8, 803–818 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01335-9 Research Article # Contributed equally
Le, T. T. H., Kellenberger, C., Boyer, M., Santucci, P., Flaugnatti, N., Cascales, E., Roussel, A., Canaan, S., Journet, L., & Cambillau, C. (2023). Activity and Crystal Structure of the Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli Tle3/Tli3 T6SS Effector/Immunity Complex Determined Using an AlphaFold2 Predicted Model. International journal of molecular sciences, 24(2), 1740. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021740 Research Article
Aylan, B., Botella, L., Gutierrez*#, M.G. & Santucci*#, P(2022). High content quantitative imaging of Mycobacterium tuberculosis responses to acidic microenvironments within human macrophages. FEBS Open bio, 10.1002/2211-5463.13537. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13537 Method Article * Corresponding author # Contributed equally
Bussi, C., Heunis, T., Pellegrino, E., Bernard, E.M., Bah,N., Silva dos Santos, M., Santucci, P., Aylan, B., Rodgers, A., Fearns, A., Mitschke, J., Moore, C., MacRae, J.I., Greco, M., Reinheckel, T., Trost, M., & Gutierrez, M.G. (2022) Lysosomal damage drives mitochondrial proteome remodelling and reprograms macrophage immunometabolism. Nature Communications, 13(1), 7338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34632-8 Research article
Santucci*, P., Aylan, B., Botella, L., Bernard, E. M., Bussi, C., Pellegrino, E., Athanasiadi, N., & Gutierrez*, M. G. (2022). Visualizing Pyrazinamide Action by Live Single-Cell Imaging of Phagosome Acidification and Mycobacterium tuberculosis pH Homeostasis. mBio, 13(2), e0011722. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00117-22 Research Article * Corresponding author
Santucci*, P. (2022). Cell wall architecture and function in microbial physiology. Molecular microbiology, 117(4), 715–716. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14892 Editorial * Corresponding author
Santucci, P., Greenwood, D.J., Fearns, T., Chen K., Jiang, H., & Guiterrez, M.G. (2021). Intracellular localisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects efficacy of the antibiotic pyrazinamide. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3816. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24127-3 Research Article
Mallick#, I., Santucci#, P., Poncin, I., Point, V., Kremer, L., Cavalier, J.F., & Canaan, S. (2021). Intrabacterial lipid inclusions in mycobacteria: unexpected key players in survival and pathogenesis?. FEMS microbiology reviews, fuab029. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab029 Review # Contributed equally
Santucci*, P. (2021). Intracellular pathogens, membrane damage and cytosolic access. Cellular microbiology, 23(4), e13296. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13296 Editorial
Bernard, E. M., Fearns, A., Bussi, C., Santucci, P., Peddie, C. J., Lai, R. J., Collinson, L. M., & Gutierrez, M. G. (2020). M. tuberculosis infection of human iPSC-derived macrophages reveals complex membrane dynamics during xenophagy evasion. Journal of cell science, 134(5), jcs252973. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.252973 Research Article
Santucci#, P., Johansen#, M. D., Point, V., Poncin, I., Viljoen, A., Cavalier, J. F., Kremer, L., & Canaan, S. (2019). Nitrogen deprivation induces triacylglycerol accumulation, drug tolerance and hypervirulence in mycobacteria. Scientific reports, 9(1), 8667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45164-5 Research Article # Contributed equally
Santucci, P., Smichi, N., Diomandé, S., Poncin, I., Point, V., Gaussier, H., Cavalier, J. F., Kremer, L., & Canaan, S. (2019). Dissecting the membrane lipid binding properties and lipase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis LipY domains. The FEBS journal, 286(16), 3164–3181. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.14864 Research Article
Santucci#, P., Dedaki#, C., Athanasoulis, A., Gallorini, L., Munoz, A., Canaan, S., Cavalier, J. F., & Magrioti, V. (2019). Synthesis of Long-Chain β-Lactones and Their Antibacterial Activities against Pathogenic Mycobacteria. ChemMedChem, 14(3), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201800720 Research Article# Contributed equally
Santucci, P., Point, V., Poncin, I., Guy, A., Crauste, C., Serveau-Avesque, C., Galano, J. M., Spilling, C. D., Cavalier, J. F., & Canaan, S. (2018). LipG a bifunctional phospholipase/thioesterase involved in mycobacterial envelope remodeling. Bioscience reports, 38(6), BSR20181953. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20181953Research Article
Santucci, P., & Canaan, S. (2018). Lipid Droplets Breakdown: Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Leads the Way. Current protein & peptide science, 19(11), 1131–1133. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203719666180809143000Commentary
Santucci, P., Diomandé, S., Poncin, I., Alibaud, L., Viljoen, A., Kremer, L., de Chastellier, C., & Canaan, S. (2018). Delineating the Physiological Roles of the PE and Catalytic Domains of LipY in Lipid Consumption in Mycobacterium-Infected Foamy Macrophages. Infection and immunity, 86(9), e00394-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00394-18Research Article
Nguyen#, P. C., Madani#, A., Santucci, P., Martin, B. P., Paudel, R. R., Delattre, S., Herrmann, J. L., Spilling, C. D., Kremer, L., Canaan, S., & Cavalier, J. F. (2018). Cyclophostin and Cyclipostins analogues, new promising molecules to treat mycobacterial-related diseases. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 51(4), 651–654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.12.001 Research Article # Contributed equally
Guerrini, V., Subbian, S., Santucci, P., Canaan, S., Gennaro, M. L., & Pozzi, G. (2016). Experimental Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human Macrophages Results in Low-Frequency Mutations Not Associated with Selective Advantage. PloS one, 11(12), e0167989. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167989Research Article
Santucci#, P., Bouzid#, F., Smichi, N., Poncin, I., Kremer, L., De Chastellier, C., Drancourt, M., & Canaan, S. (2016). Experimental Models of Foamy Macrophages and Approaches for Dissecting the Mechanisms of Lipid Accumulation and Consumption during Dormancy and Reactivation of Tuberculosis. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 6, 122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00122 Review # Contributed equally
Le, T. T. H., Kellenberger, C., Boyer, M., Santucci, P., Flaugnatti, N., Cascales, E., Roussel, A., Canaan, S., Journet, L., & Cambillau, C. (2023). Activity and Crystal Structure of the Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli Tle3/Tli3 T6SS Effector/Immunity Complex Determined Using an AlphaFold2 Predicted Model. International journal of molecular sciences, 24(2), 1740. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021740 Research Article
Aylan, B., Botella, L., Gutierrez*#, M.G. & Santucci*#, P(2022). High content quantitative imaging of Mycobacterium tuberculosis responses to acidic microenvironments within human macrophages. FEBS Open bio, 10.1002/2211-5463.13537. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13537 Method Article * Corresponding author # Contributed equally
Bussi, C., Heunis, T., Pellegrino, E., Bernard, E.M., Bah,N., Silva dos Santos, M., Santucci, P., Aylan, B., Rodgers, A., Fearns, A., Mitschke, J., Moore, C., MacRae, J.I., Greco, M., Reinheckel, T., Trost, M., & Gutierrez, M.G. (2022) Lysosomal damage drives mitochondrial proteome remodelling and reprograms macrophage immunometabolism. Nature Communications, 13(1), 7338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34632-8 Research article
Santucci*, P., Aylan, B., Botella, L., Bernard, E. M., Bussi, C., Pellegrino, E., Athanasiadi, N., & Gutierrez*, M. G. (2022). Visualizing Pyrazinamide Action by Live Single-Cell Imaging of Phagosome Acidification and Mycobacterium tuberculosis pH Homeostasis. mBio, 13(2), e0011722. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00117-22 Research Article * Corresponding author
Santucci*, P. (2022). Cell wall architecture and function in microbial physiology. Molecular microbiology, 117(4), 715–716. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14892 Editorial * Corresponding author
Santucci, P., Greenwood, D.J., Fearns, T., Chen K., Jiang, H., & Guiterrez, M.G. (2021). Intracellular localisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects efficacy of the antibiotic pyrazinamide. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3816. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24127-3 Research Article
Mallick#, I., Santucci#, P., Poncin, I., Point, V., Kremer, L., Cavalier, J.F., & Canaan, S. (2021). Intrabacterial lipid inclusions in mycobacteria: unexpected key players in survival and pathogenesis?. FEMS microbiology reviews, fuab029. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab029 Review # Contributed equally
Santucci*, P. (2021). Intracellular pathogens, membrane damage and cytosolic access. Cellular microbiology, 23(4), e13296. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13296 Editorial
Bernard, E. M., Fearns, A., Bussi, C., Santucci, P., Peddie, C. J., Lai, R. J., Collinson, L. M., & Gutierrez, M. G. (2020). M. tuberculosis infection of human iPSC-derived macrophages reveals complex membrane dynamics during xenophagy evasion. Journal of cell science, 134(5), jcs252973. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.252973 Research Article
Santucci#, P., Johansen#, M. D., Point, V., Poncin, I., Viljoen, A., Cavalier, J. F., Kremer, L., & Canaan, S. (2019). Nitrogen deprivation induces triacylglycerol accumulation, drug tolerance and hypervirulence in mycobacteria. Scientific reports, 9(1), 8667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45164-5 Research Article # Contributed equally
Santucci, P., Smichi, N., Diomandé, S., Poncin, I., Point, V., Gaussier, H., Cavalier, J. F., Kremer, L., & Canaan, S. (2019). Dissecting the membrane lipid binding properties and lipase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis LipY domains. The FEBS journal, 286(16), 3164–3181. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.14864 Research Article
Santucci#, P., Dedaki#, C., Athanasoulis, A., Gallorini, L., Munoz, A., Canaan, S., Cavalier, J. F., & Magrioti, V. (2019). Synthesis of Long-Chain β-Lactones and Their Antibacterial Activities against Pathogenic Mycobacteria. ChemMedChem, 14(3), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201800720 Research Article# Contributed equally
Santucci, P., Point, V., Poncin, I., Guy, A., Crauste, C., Serveau-Avesque, C., Galano, J. M., Spilling, C. D., Cavalier, J. F., & Canaan, S. (2018). LipG a bifunctional phospholipase/thioesterase involved in mycobacterial envelope remodeling. Bioscience reports, 38(6), BSR20181953. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20181953Research Article
Santucci, P., & Canaan, S. (2018). Lipid Droplets Breakdown: Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Leads the Way. Current protein & peptide science, 19(11), 1131–1133. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203719666180809143000Commentary
Santucci, P., Diomandé, S., Poncin, I., Alibaud, L., Viljoen, A., Kremer, L., de Chastellier, C., & Canaan, S. (2018). Delineating the Physiological Roles of the PE and Catalytic Domains of LipY in Lipid Consumption in Mycobacterium-Infected Foamy Macrophages. Infection and immunity, 86(9), e00394-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00394-18Research Article
Nguyen#, P. C., Madani#, A., Santucci, P., Martin, B. P., Paudel, R. R., Delattre, S., Herrmann, J. L., Spilling, C. D., Kremer, L., Canaan, S., & Cavalier, J. F. (2018). Cyclophostin and Cyclipostins analogues, new promising molecules to treat mycobacterial-related diseases. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 51(4), 651–654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.12.001 Research Article # Contributed equally
Guerrini, V., Subbian, S., Santucci, P., Canaan, S., Gennaro, M. L., & Pozzi, G. (2016). Experimental Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human Macrophages Results in Low-Frequency Mutations Not Associated with Selective Advantage. PloS one, 11(12), e0167989. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167989Research Article
Santucci#, P., Bouzid#, F., Smichi, N., Poncin, I., Kremer, L., De Chastellier, C., Drancourt, M., & Canaan, S. (2016). Experimental Models of Foamy Macrophages and Approaches for Dissecting the Mechanisms of Lipid Accumulation and Consumption during Dormancy and Reactivation of Tuberculosis. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 6, 122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00122 Review # Contributed equally