Where oncology and autoimmunity converge to accelerate
immunotherapies. CAR‑T cells, Bispecific antibodies, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors drive Innovations for Patients.
One ambitious objective: to cure autoimmune diseases.
Decoding autoimmunity–cancer crosstalk to enable
curative immunotherapies.

Our Research Targets

Now, CAR‑T cells and Bispecific Therapies offer unprecedented hope with patients achieving lasting remission beyond two years.
FHU CARE² is pioneering this new frontier toward curative immunotherapies.
Led by Samuel Bitoun, Camille Bigenwald and Xavier Mariette, FHU CARE²
federates clinicians, researchers, teachers and industry partners
across rheumatology, internal medicine, haematology,
nephrology, gastroenterology, neurology and haemato‑oncology
(AP-HP, Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, CEA, INRAE)
to drive translational excellence in immunotherapies.

Our latest publications
Characterization and treatment outcomes of malignant histiocytoses in a retrospective series of 141 cases in France.
Camille Bigenwald, Damien Roos-Weil, Arnaud Pagès, Zofia Hélias-Rodzewicz, Christiane Copie-Bergman, Marzieh Nashvi, Pierre Khneisser, Marie Parrens, Alexandra Traverse-Glehen, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Loïc Ysebaert, Tony Marchand, Jérôme Razanamahery, Frédéric Charlotte, Antoine Neel, Gandhi Damaj, Jérémie Dion, Eve-Marie Nazal-Traissac, Stéphanie Tardy, Géraldine Salmeron, Hélène Monjanel, Ahmed Idbaih, Sébastien Héritier, Julien Haroche, Jean Donadieu, Jean-François Emile
Blood Adv. | 2025 May 27;9(10):2530-2541. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015208. PMID: 40009752 PMCID: PMC12148392 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015208
PD1+ TIGIT+ CD4+ T cells predict response to anti-TNF in rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis
Samuel Bitoun , Matthieu Roulleaux-Dugage, Marie Naigeon , Caroline de Oliveira , Caroline Berthot , Xavier Mariette , Gaetane Nocturne , Nathalie Chaput
BMJ Journals | . 2026 May 20;12(2):e006537. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-006537. Affiliations Expand PMID: 42161414 PMCID: PMC13201991 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-006537













