Publications by Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi

Establishment and Validation of Whole-Cell Based Fluorescence Assays to Identify Anti-Mycobacterial Compounds Using the Acanthamoeba castellanii - Mycobacterium marinum Host-Pathogen System

Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, John McKinney, Thierry Soldati

Tuberculosis is considered to be one of the world's deadliest disease with 2 million deaths each year. The need for new antitubercular drugs is further exacerbated by the emergence of drug-resistance strains. Despite multiple recent efforts, the majority o ...

Public Library of Science2014

Characterization of Molecular Determinants of the Conformational Stability of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor: Leucine 46 Hydrophobic Pocket

Ursula Röthlisberger, Bruno Claude Daniel Fauvet, Hilal Lashuel, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, Michele Cascella, Farah El Turk, Marilisa Neri, Florence Pojer, Amer Ashrafi, Min Kyu Cho, Magdalena Zweckstetter

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) is a key mediator of inflammatory responses and innate immunity and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The oligomerization of MIF, more specifically trimer f ...

Public Library of Science2012

Method and compositions for inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (mif)

Hilal Lashuel, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi

The present invention relates to methods for inhibition of tautomerase activity of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). The invention further relates to substances for irreversibly covalently binding to MIF for inhibition of tautomerase activity. ...

2011

Small Molecule Based Approaches to Inhibit Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Activities and Elucidate its Role in Health and Disease

Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a major mediator in innate immunity and inflammation and a potential therapeutic target in multiple inflammatory, infectious and autoimmune diseases including cancer. Current therapeutic strategies for target ...

EPFL2010

Identification and characterization of novel classes of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) inhibitors with distinct mechanisms of action

Bruno Claude Daniel Fauvet, Hilal Lashuel, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, Farah El Turk, Min Kyu Cho, Magdalena Zweckstetter

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a proinflammatory cytokine, is considered an attractive therapeutic target in multiple inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. In addition to its known biologic activities, MIF can also function as a tautomerase ...

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2010

An integrative in silico methodology for the identification of modulators of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) tautomerase activity

Bruno Claude Daniel Fauvet, Hilal Lashuel, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, Farah El Turk

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a major proinflammatory cytokine that has been increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory, autoimmune, infectious and oncogenic diseases. Accumulating evidence suggests that the tauto ...

Elsevier2010

A new class of isothiocyanate-based irreversible inhibitors of macrophage migration inhibitory factor

Bruno Claude Daniel Fauvet, Hilal Lashuel, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, Farah El Turk, Magdalena Zweckstetter

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a homotrimeric multifunctional proinflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Current therapeutic strategies for targeting MIF focus on ...

American Chemical Society2009

The conformational flexibility of the carboxy terminal residues 105-114 is a key modulator of the catalytic activity and stability of macrophage migration inhibitory factor

Ursula Röthlisberger, Hilal Lashuel, Hajer Ouertatani-Sakouhi, Michele Cascella, Farah El Turk, Magdalena Zweckstetter

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a multifunctional protein and a major mediator of innate immunity. Although X-ray crystallography revealed that MIF exists as a homotrimer, its oligomerization state in vivo and the factors governing its olig ...

American Chemical Society2008