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Agri-food and Nutrition / UMR 1131 TOXALIM (Food Toxicology) Joint Research Unit INRA (National Agricultural Research Institute) / UPS (University of Toulouse Paul Sabatier) / INPT (National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse)

Specialization in the study of the regulation of digestive functions and the barrier function of the intestine, development of pathophysiological animal models for these studies; management of research projects in the following fields: (i) digestive pathophysiology and pharmacology, (ii) gut-brain axis interaction, (iii) food safety and food-health relationships

• MÉNARD S., GUZYLACK-PIRIOU L., LENCINA C., LEVEQUE M., NATUREL M., SEKKAL S., HARKAT C., GAULTIER E., OLIER M., GARCIA-VILLAR R., THEODOROU V.,HOUDEAU E. 2014. Perinatal exposure to a low dose of bisphenol A impaired systemic cellular immune response and predisposes young rats to intestinal parasitic infection. PLoS One, 2014 Nov 21; 9(11): e112752. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112752. eCollection 2014.
• PETRELLA C., GIULI C., AGOSTINI S., BACQUIE V., ZINNI M., THEODOROU V.,BROCCARDO M., CASOLINI P., IMPROTA G., 2014. Maternal exposure to low levels of corticosterone during lactation protects against experimental inflammatory colitis-induced damage in adult rat offspring. PLoS One, 2014 Nov 18; 9(11): e113389.
• DA SILVA S., ROBBE-MASSELOT C., AIT-BELGNAOUI A., MANCUSO A., MERCADE-LOUBIÈRE M., SALVADOR-CARTIER C., GILLET M., FERRIER L., LOUBIÈRE P., DAGUE E., THEODOROU V., MERCIER-BONIN M., 2014. Stress disrupts intestinal mucus barrier in rats via mucin O-glycosylation shift: prevention by a probiotic treatment. M. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 2014 Aug 15; 307(4): G420-9.
• NÉBOT-VIVINUS M., HARKAT C., BZIOUECHE H., CARTIER C., PLICHON-DAINESE R., MOUSSA L., EUTAMENE H., PISHVAIE D., HOLOWACZ S., SEYRIG C., PICHE T., THEODOROU V.,2014. Multispecies probiotic protects gut barrier function in experimental models. World J Gastroenterol, Jun 14, 20(22): 6832-43.
• THEODOROU V.,AIT BELGNAOUI A., AGOSTINI S., EUTAMENE H., 2014. Effect of commensals and probiotics on visceral sensitivity and pain in irritable bowel syndrome. Gut Microbes, 2014 May-Jun, 5(3): 430-6.
• PAYROS D., SECHER T., BOURY M., BREHIN C., MÉNARD S., SALVADOR-CARTIER C., CUEVAS-RAMOS G., WATRIN C., MARCQ I., NOUGAYRÈDE J.P., DUBOIS D., BEDU A., GARNIER F., CLERMONT O., DENAMUR E., PLAISANCIÉ P., THEODOROU V., FIORAMONTI J., OLIER M., OSWALD E., 2014. Maternally acquired genotoxic Escherichia coli alters offspring’s intestinal homeostasis. Microbes, 2014 May-Jun; 5(3): 313-25.
• AIT-BELGNAOUI A., COLOM A., BRANISTE V., RAMALHO L., MARROT A., CARTIER C., HOUDEAU E., THEODOROU V.,TOMPKINS T., 2014. Probiotic gut effect prevents the chronic psychological stress-induced brain activity abnormality in mice. Neurogastroenterol Motil, 2014 Apr; 26(4): 510-20.
• MOUSSAOUI N., BRANISTE V., AIT-BELGNAOUI A., GABANOU M., SEKKAL S., OLIER M., THEODOROU V., MARTIN P.G., HOUDEAU E., 2014. Changes in intestinal glucocorticoid sensitivity in early life shape the risk of epithelial barrier defect in maternal-deprived rats. PLoS One, 2014 Feb 20; 9(2): e88382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088382.
• OLIVIER I., THEODOROU V., VALET P., CASTAN-LAURELL I., FERRIER L., EUTAMÈNE H., 2014. Modifications of mesenteric adipose tissue during moderate experimental colitis in mice. Life Sci, 2014 Jan 14; 94(1): 1–7.

• 1998: Accreditation to Supervise Research
• 1992: Doctoral Degree from the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (I.N.P.T.)
• 1987: Master’s Degree in Animal Physiology from the University of Toulouse Paul Sabatier

• Director of the Neuro-gastroenterology and Nutrition team Joint Research Unit UMR 1331 Toxalim (Food Toxicology), INRAE (National Agricultural Research Institute)/INPT (National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse)/UPS (University of Toulouse Paul Sabatier)
• Pharmaceutical industry researcher (Laboratoires Jouveinal)