Dr. David CIA

• Study of the mechanisms of inflammation and pain in ocular rosacea, role of the intestinal and ocular microbiota in the symptoms associated with this pathology, search for new treatments.
• Implication of Oxidative stress in peripheral neuropathies and visual conditions caused by chemotherapy, search for new treatments.

Key words: vision – eye – neuropathy – pain – oxidative stress – ion channels, receptors, neurotransmitters – microbiota – pharmacology and therapeutic strategies.

• Teaching team: Biophysics, Pharmaceutical Biomathematics – UFR of Pharmacy – UCA.
• Teaching:
• PASS
• Pharmacy 1st and 2nd cycle (DFGSP2, DFGSP3, DFASP1)
• Medicine and paramedical professions (Orthoptics 2nd year, Speech therapy 1st and 3rd year, Occupational therapy 1st year)
• Midwifery (DFGSMa2)
• Life Sciences degree, NU-PH course (N2 and N3)
• Masters:
• M1 Medicine and health product sciences
• M1 Health Engineering – Biomedical Diagnostics course
• M2 Biology-Health – Products, Health, Innovation course

• Co-responsible for the Nutrition and Pharmacology course of the 2nd year (N2, LAS2 and LAS-R2) of the Life Sciences Degree – UCA.
• ICT referent in charge of the management of Pix in Pharmacy, Speech therapy, Orthoptics and Occupational Therapy – UCA.

• Jacquemot, N., Wersinger, E., Brabet, P., & Cia, D. (2023). Hydrogen Peroxide Affects the Electroretinogram of Isolated Perfused Rat Retina. Current Eye Research, 48(12), 1179-1188. doi:10.1080/02713683.2023.2256029
• Hassel, C., Couchet, M., Jacquemot, N., Blavignac, C., Loï, C., Moinard, C., & Cia, D. (2022). Citrulline protects human retinal pigment epithelium from hydrogen peroxide and iron/ascorbate induced damages. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 26(10), 2808-2818. doi:10.1111/jcmm.17294
• Cia, D., Cubizolle, A., Crauste, C., Jacquemot, N., Guillou, L., Vigor, C., … & Brabet, P. (2016). Phloroglucinol protects retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptor against all-trans-retinal–induced toxicity and inhibits A2E formation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 20(9), 1651-1663. doi:10.1111/jcmm.12857