Agnès M C Vignery DDS, PhD

Senior Research Scientist in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and in Cell Biology

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development

Stem Cell Center, Yale: Stem Cell Niche and Homing

Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program

Cell Biology

Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation: Orthopaedic Biology Laboratories

Immunology and Immunotherapy

Research Interests

Differentiation mechanism of osteoblasts; Fusion mechanism of macrophages

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Education

D.D.S., University of Paris , 1972
Ph.D., University of Paris , 1975

Selected Publication

Jin C, Frayssinet P, Pelker R, Cwirka D, Hu B, Vignery A, Eisenbarth SC, Flavell RA. NLRP3 inflammasome plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of hydroxyapatite-associated arthropathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Sep 6;108(36):14867-72. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Articles

May/June 2008

A two-pronged tactic to grow new bone

School of Medicine researchers have devised a novel technique—removing bone marrow and injecting a hormone—that...