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Robust Identification of Suitable T-Cell Subsets for Personalized CMV-Specific T-Cell Immunotherapy Using CD45RA and CD62L Microbeads. Mangare C, Tischer-Zimmermann S,Riese SB, Dragon AC , Prinz I,Blasczyk R, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Eiz-Vesper B. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019 March 19; 20,1415

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HCV Pit Stop at the Lipid Droplet: Refuel Lipids and Put on a Lipoprotein Coat before Exit. Vieyres G, Pietschmann T Cells. 2019 Mar 12;8(3) pii: E233

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Control of primary mouse cytomegalovirus infection in lung nodular inflammatory 1 foci by cooperation of Interferon-gamma expressing CD4 and CD8 T cells. Lueder Y, Heller K, Ritter C, Keyser KA, Wagner K, Liu X, Messerle M, Stahl FR, Halle S, Förster R Plos Pathog. 2018 Aug 28;14(8):e1007252.

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Human γδ T Cell Receptor Repertoires in Peripheral Blood Remain Stable Despite Clearance of Persistent Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Direct-Acting Antiviral Drug Therapy. Ravens S, Hengst J, Schlapphoff V, Deterding K, Dhingra A, Schultze-Florey C, Koenecke C, Cornberg M, Wedemeyer H, Prinz I Front Immunol. 2018 Mar 16;9:510.

Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens to Dendritic Cells via the DC-Specific-ICAM3-Grabbing-Nonintegrin Receptor Induces Strong T-Helper 1 Immune Responses. Velasquez LN, Stüve P, Gentilini MV, Swallow M, Bartel J, Lycke NY, Barkan D, Martina M, Lujan HD, Kalay H, van Kooyk Y, Sparwasser TD, Berod L Front Immunol. 2018 Mar 9;9:471.

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Characterization of high-avidity CMV specific T-cells with differential tetramer binding co-appearing after allogeneic SCT. Ogonek J, Verma K, Schultze-Florey S, Varanasi P, Luther S, Schweier P, Kühnau W, Göhring G, Dammann E, Stadler M, Ganser A, Koehl U,  Koenecke C, Weissinger EM, Hambach L. J Immunol. 2017 Jul 15;199(2):792-805.

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Helicobacter pylori Adapts to Chronic Infection and Gastric Disease via pH-Responsive BabA-Mediated Adherence. Bugaytsova JA, Björnham O, Chernov YA, Gideonsson P, Henriksson S, Mendez M, Sjöström R, Mahdavi J, Shevtsova A, Ilver D, Moonens K, Quintana-Hayashi MP, Moskalenko R, Aisenbrey C, Bylund G, Schmidt A, Åberg A, Brännström K, Königer V, Vikström S, Rakhimova L, Hofer A, Ögren J, Liu H, Goldman MD, Whitmire JM, Ådén J, Younson J, Kelly CG, Gilman RH, Chowdhury A, Mukhopadhyay AK, Nair GB, Papadakos KS, Martinez-Gonzalez B, Sgouras DN, Engstrand L, Unemo M, Danielsson D, Suerbaum S, Oscarson S, Morozova-Roche LA, Olofsson A, Gröbner G, Holgersson J, Esberg A, Strömberg N, Landström M, Eldridge AM, Chromy BA, Hansen LM, Solnick JV, Lindén SK, Haas R, Dubois A, Merrell DS, Schedin S, Remaut H, Arnqvist A, Berg DE, Borén T. Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Mar 8;21(3):376-389.

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The third signal cytokine IL-12 rather than immune checkpoint inhibitors contribute to the functional restoration of hepatitis D virus-specific T-cells. Schirdewahn T, Grabowski J, Sekyere SO, Bremer B, Wranke A, Lunemann S, Schlaphoff V, Kirschner J, Hardtke S, Manns MP, Cornberg M, Wedemeyer H, Suneetha PV. J Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 1;215(1):139-149.

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Immunometabolism and autoimmunity. Freitag J, Berod L, Kamradt T, Sparwasser T. Immunol Cell Biol. 2016 Nov;94(10):925-934.

Proliferation status defines functional properties of endothelial cells. Lipps C, Badar M, Butueva M, Dubich T, Singh VV, Rau S, Weber A, Kracht M, Köster M, May T, Schulz TF, Hauser H, Wirth D. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2016 Nov 16.

The Mouse Cytomegalovirus Gene m42 Targets Surface Expression of the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase CD45 in Infected Macrophages. Thiel N, Keyser KA, Lemmermann NA, Oduro JD, Wagner K, Elsner C, Halenius A, Lenac Roviš T, Brinkmann MM, Jonjić S, Cicin-Sain L, Messerle M. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Dec 7;12(12):e1006057.

Systematic site-directed mutagenesis of the Helicobacter pylori CagL protein of the Cag type IV secretion system identifies novel functional domains. Bönig T, Olbermann P, Bats SH, Fischer W, Josenhans C. Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 6;6:38101.

Metabolites: deciphering the molecular language between DCs and their environment. Minarrieta L, Ghorbani P, Sparwasser T, Berod L. Semin Immunopathol. 2016 Dec 5.

Direct-Acting Antiviral–Induced Hepatitis C Virus Clearance Does Not Completely Restore the Altered Cytokine and Chemokine Milieu in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C. Hengst J, Falk CS, Schlaphoff V, Deterding K, Manns MP, Cornberg M, Wedemeyer H. J Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 15;214(12)

Interclonal gradient of virulence in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa pangenome from disease and environment. Hilker R, Munder A, Klockgether J, Losada PM, Chouvarine P, Cramer N, Davenport CF, Dethlefsen S, Fischer S, Peng H, Schönfelder T, Türk O, Wiehlmann L, Wölbeling F, Gulbins E, Goesmann A, Tümmler B. Environ Microbiol. 2015 Jan;17(1):29-46. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12606.

A heterogeneous hierarchy of co-regulatory receptors regulates exhaustion of HCV-specific CD8 T cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Owusu Sekyere S, Suneetha PV, Kraft AR, Zhang S, Dietz J, Sarrazin C, Manns MP, Schlaphoff V, Cornberg M, Wedemeyer H. J Hepatol. 2015 Jan;62(1):31-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.08.008.

Mck2-dependent infection of alveolar macrophages promotes replication of MCMV in nodular inflammatory foci of the neonatal lung. Stahl FR, Keyser KA, Heller K, Bischoff Y, Halle S, Wagner K, Messerle M, Förster R. Mucosal Immunol. 2015 Jan;8(1):57-67. doi: 10.1038/mi.2014.42.

Dendritic cell specific targeting of MyD88 signalling pathways in vivo. Arnold-Schrauf C, Berod L, Sparwasser T. Eur J Immunol. 2015 Jan;45(1):32-9. doi: 10.1002/eji.201444747. Review

The role of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in the pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma. Gramolelli S, Schulz TF. J Pathol. 2015 Jan;235(2):368-80. doi: 10.1002/path.4441. Review.

Single-cell analysis reveals heterogeneity in onset of transgene expression from synthetic tetracycline-dependent promoters. Rand U, Riedel J, Hillebrand U, Shin D, Willenberg S, Behme S, Klawonn F, Köster M, Hauser H, Wirth D. Biotechnol J. 2015 Feb;10(2):323-31. doi: 10.1002/biot.201400076.

Fatty acid metabolism in the regulation of T cell function. Lochner M, Berod L, Sparwasser T. Trends Immunol. 2015 Feb;36(2):81-91. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2014.12.005.

Primary biliary acids inhibit hepatitis D virus (HDV) entry into human hepatoma cells expressing the sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP). Veloso Alves Pereira I, Buchmann B, Sandmann L, Sprinzl K, Schlaphoff V, Döhner K, Vondran F, Sarrazin C, Manns MP, Pinto Marques Souza de Oliveira C, Sodeik B, Ciesek S, von Hahn T. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 3;10(2):e0117152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117152.

A clonotypic Vγ4Jγ1/Vδ5Dδ2Jδ1 innate γδ T-cell population restricted to the CCR6⁺CD27⁻ subset. Kashani E, Föhse L, Raha S, Sandrock I, Oberdörfer L, Koenecke C, Suerbaum S, Weiss S, Prinz I. Nat Commun. 2015 Mar 13;6:6477. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7477.

Impact of the revised International Prognostic Scoring System, cytogenetics and monosomal karyotype on outcome after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for myelodysplastic syndromes and secondary acute myeloid leukemia evolving from myelodysplastic syndromes: a retrospective multicenter study of the European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Koenecke C, Göhring G, de Wreede LC, van Biezen A, Scheid C, Volin L, Maertens J, Finke J, Schaap N, Robin M, Passweg J, Cornelissen J, Beelen D, Heuser M, de Witte T, Kröger N; MDS subcommittee of the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT. Haematologica. 2015 Mar;100(3):400-8. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.116715.

Efficient virus assembly, but not infectivity, determines the magnitude of hepatitis C virus-induced interferon alpha responses of plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Grabski E, Wappler I, Pfaender S, Steinmann E, Haid S, Dzionek A, Pietschmann T, Kalinke U. J Virol. 2015 Mar;89(6):3200-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03229-14.

Elucidation of sigma factor-associated networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals a modular architecture with limited and function-specific crosstalk. Schulz S, Eckweiler D, Bielecka A, Nicolai T, Franke R, Dötsch A, Hornischer K, Bruchmann S, Düvel J, Häussler S. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Mar 17;11(3):e1004744. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004744

Constitutive production of c-di-GMP is associated with mutations in a variant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with altered membrane composition. Blanka A, Düvel J, Dötsch A, Klinkert B, Abraham WR, Kaever V, Ritter C, Narberhaus F, Häussler S. Sci Signal. 2015 Apr 14;8(372):ra36. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.2005943.

The 3D structure of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus LANA C-terminal domain bound to DNA. Hellert J, Weidner-Glunde M, Krausze J, Lünsdorf H, Ritter C, Schulz TF, Lührs T. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 May 26;112(21):6694-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421804112.

Generation of high-titre virus stocks using BrK.219, a B-cell line infected stably with recombinant Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Kati S, Hage E, Mynarek M, Ganzenmueller T, Indenbirken D, Grundhoff A, Schulz TF. J Virol Methods. 2015 Jun 1;217:79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.02.022.

Type I Interferon Elevates Co-Regulatory Receptor Expression on CMV- and EBV-Specific CD8 T Cells in Chronic Hepatitis C. Owusu Sekyere S, Suneetha PV, Hardtke S, Falk CS, Hengst J, Manns MP, Cornberg M, Wedemeyer H, Schlaphoff V. Front Immunol. 2015 Jun 10;6:270. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00270

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Transcriptional Landscape Is Shaped by Environmental Heterogeneity and Genetic Variation. Dötsch A, Schniederjans M, Khaledi A, Hornischer K, Schulz S, Bielecka A, Eckweiler D, Pohl S, Häussler S. MBio. 2015 Jun 30;6(4):e00749. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00749-15.

Genetic Diversity Underlying the Envelope Glycoproteins of Hepatitis C Virus: Structural and Functional Consequences and the Implications for Vaccine Design. Tarr AW, Khera T, Hueging K, Sheldon J, Steinmann E, Pietschmann T, Brown RJ. Viruses. 2015 Jul 17;7(7):3995-4046. doi: 10.3390/v7072809. Review

Several Human Liver Cell Expressed Apolipoproteins Complement HCV Virus Production with Varying Efficacy Conferring Differential Specific Infectivity to Released Viruses. Hueging K, Weller R, Doepke M, Vieyres G, Todt D, Wölk B, Vondran FW, Geffers R, Lauber C, Kaderali L, Penin F, Pietschmann T. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 30;10(7):e0134529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134529.

Cyclophilin polymorphism and virus infection. von Hahn T, Ciesek S. Curr Opin Virol. 2015 Oct;14:47-9. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2015.07.012. Epub 2015 Aug 13. Review.

Foxp3+ T cells expressing RORγt represent a stable regulatory T-cell effector lineage with enhanced suppressive capacity during intestinal inflammation. Yang BH, Hagemann S, Mamareli P, Lauer U, Hoffmann U, Beckstette M, Föhse L, Prinz I, Pezoldt J, Suerbaum S, Sparwasser T, Hamann A, Floess S, Huehn J, Lochner M. Mucosal Immunol. 2015 Aug 26. doi: 10.1038/mi.2015.74.

Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Serum Response Factor Binding Protein 1 as a Host Factor for Hepatitis C Virus Entry. Gerold G, Meissner F, Bruening J, Welsch K, Perin PM, Baumert TF, Vondran FW, Kaderali L, Marcotrigiano J, Khan AG, Mann M, Rice CM, Pietschmann T. Cell Rep. 2015 Aug 4;12(5):864-78. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.063.

Targeting a host-cell entry factor barricades antiviral-resistant HCV variants from on-therapy breakthrough in human-liver mice. Vercauteren K, Brown RJ, Mesalam AA, Doerrbecker J, Bhuju S, Geffers R, Van Den Eede N, McClure CP, Troise F, Verhoye L, Baumert T, Farhoudi A, Cortese R, Ball JK, Leroux-Roels G, Pietschmann T, Nicosia A, Meuleman P. Gut. 2015 Aug 25. pii: gutjnl-2014-309045. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-309045.

Application of Synthetic Peptide Arrays To Uncover Cyclic Di-GMP Binding Motifs. Düvel J, Bense S, Möller S, Bertinetti D, Schwede F, Morr M, Eckweiler D, Genieser HG, Jänsch L, Herberg FW, Frank R, Häussler S. J Bacteriol. 2015 Aug 31;198(1):138-46. doi: 10.1128/JB.00377-15.

Frequency, Private Specificity, and Cross-Reactivity of Preexisting Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Specific CD8+ T Cells in HCV-Seronegative Individuals: Implications for Vaccine Responses. Zhang S, Bakshi RK, Suneetha PV, Fytili P, Antunes DA, Vieira GF, Jacobs R, Klade CS, Manns MP, Kraft AR, Wedemeyer H, Schlaphoff V, Cornberg M. J Virol. 2015 Aug;89(16):8304-17. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00539-15.

Decoding protein networks during virus entry by quantitative proteomics. Gerold G, Bruening J, Pietschmann T. Virus Res. 2015 Sep 10. pii: S0168-1702(15)30061-7. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.09.006.

Interferon-inducible cholesterol-25-hydroxylase restricts hepatitis C virus replication through blockage of membranous web formation. Anggakusuma, Romero-Brey I, Berger C, Colpitts CC, Boldanova T, Engelmann M, Todt D, Perin PM, Behrendt P, Vondran FW, Xu S, Goffinet C, Schang LM, Heim MH, Bartenschlager R, Pietschmann T, Steinmann E. Hepatology. 2015 Sep;62(3):702-14. doi: 10.1002/hep.27913.

Transcriptome analysis reveals a classical interferon signature induced by IFNλ4 in human primary cells. Lauber C, Vieyres G, Terczyńska-Dyla E, Anggakusuma, Dijkman R, Gad HH, Akhtar H, Geffers R, Vondran FW, Thiel V, Kaderali L, Pietschmann T, Hartmann R. Genes Immun. 2015 Sep;16(6):414-21. doi: 10.1038/gene.2015.23.

Acetate Dissimilation and Assimilation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Depend on Carbon Availability. Rücker N, Billig S, Bücker R, Jahn D, Wittmann C, Bange FC. J Bacteriol. 2015 Oct;197(19):3182-90. doi: 10.1128/JB.00259-15.

Type I Interferon Released by Myeloid Dendritic Cells Reversibly Impairs Cytomegalovirus Replication by Inhibiting Immediate Early Gene Expression. Holzki JK, Dağ F, Dekhtiarenko I, Rand U, Casalegno-Garduño R, Trittel S, May T, Riese P, Čičin-Šain L. J Virol. 2015 Oct;89(19):9886-95. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01459-15.

γδ T cells come to stay: Innate skin memory in the Aldara model. Prinz I, Sandrock I. Eur J Immunol. 2015 Nov;45(11):2994-7. doi: 10.1002/eji.201546033.

MicroRNA-181a/b-1 Is Not Required for Innate γδ NKT Effector Cell Development. Sandrock I, Ziętara N, Łyszkiewicz M, Oberdörfer L, Witzlau K, Krueger A, Prinz I. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 16;10(12):e0145010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145010.

Differential Effects of Gut-Homing Molecules CC Chemokine Receptor 9 and Integrin-β7 during Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease of the Liver. Schreder A, Moschovakis GL, Halle S, Schlue J, Lee CW, Schippers A, David S, Bernhardt G, Ganser A, Pabst O, Förster R, Koenecke C. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Dec;21(12):2069-78. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.08.038.

Cellular Antiviral Factors that Target Particle Infectivity of HIV-1. Goffinet C. Curr HIV Res. 2015 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Microbe-associated immunomodulatory metabolites: Influence on T cell fate and function. Castro CN, Freitag J, Berod L, Lochner M, Sparwasser T. Mol Immunol. 2015 Dec;68(2 Pt C):575-84. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.07.025.

Habitat-associated skew of clone abundance in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa population. Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Tümmler B. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2015 Dec;7(6):955-60. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12340.

Intraclonal genome diversity of the major Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones C and PA14. Fischer S, Klockgether J, Losada PM, Chouvarine P, Cramer N, Davenport CF, Dethlefsen S, Dorda M, Goesmann A, Hilker R, Mielke S, Schönfelder T, Suerbaum S, Türk O, Woltemate S, Wiehlmann L, Tümmler B. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2015 Dec 28. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12372.

Identification of the alternative sigma factor SigX regulon and its implications for Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity. Blanka A, Schulz S, Eckweiler D, Franke R, Bielecka A, Nicolai T, Casilag F, Düvel J, Abraham WR, Kaever V, Häussler S. J Bacteriol. 2014 Jan;196(2):345-56. doi: 10.1128/JB.01034-13. Epub 2013 Nov 1.

Bridging the species divide: transgenic mice humanized for type-I interferon response. Harari D, Abramovich R, Zozulya A, Smith P, Pouly S, Köster M, Hauser H, Schreiber G. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 9;9(1):e84259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084259. eCollection 2014.

Impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the essential HCV entry factor CD81 on HCV infectivity and neutralization. Deest M, Westhaus S, Steinmann E, Manns MP, von Hahn T, Ciesek S. Antiviral Res. 2014 Jan;101:37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.10.018. Epub 2013 Nov 7.

The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Krebes J, Morgan RD, Bunk B, Spröer C, Luong K, Parusel R, Anton BP, König C, Josenhans C, Overmann J, Roberts RJ, Korlach J, Suerbaum S. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Feb;42(4):2415-32. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1201. Epub 2013 Dec 2.

Advances in understanding Pseudomonas. Tümmler B, Wiehlmann L, Klockgether J, Cramer N. F1000Prime Rep. 2014 Feb 3;6:9. doi: 10.12703/P6-9. eCollection 2014.

Dendritic cells coordinate innate immunity via MyD88 signaling to control Listeria monocytogenes infection. Arnold-Schrauf C, Dudek M, Dielmann A, Pace L, Swallow M, Kruse F, Kühl AA, Holzmann B, Berod L, Sparwasser T. Cell Rep. 2014 Feb 27;6(4):698-708. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.023. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Apolipoprotein E codetermines tissue tropism of hepatitis C virus and is crucial for viral cell-to-cell transmission by contributing to a postenvelopment step of assembly. Hueging K, Doepke M, Vieyres G, Bankwitz D, Frentzen A, Doerrbecker J, Gumz F, Haid S, Wölk B, Kaderali L, Pietschmann T. J Virol. 2014 Feb;88(3):1433-46. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01815-13. Epub 2013 Oct 30.

Reversible silencing of cytomegalovirus genomes by type I interferon governs virus latency. Dağ F, Dölken L, Holzki J, Drabig A, Weingärtner A, Schwerk J, Lienenklaus S, Conte I, Geffers R, Davenport C, Rand U, Köster M, Weiß S, Adler B, Wirth D, Messerle M, Hauser H, Cičin-Šain L. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Feb 20;10(2):e1003962. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003962. eCollection 2014.

Interferon regulatory factor-1 protects from fatal neurotropic infection with vesicular stomatitis virus by specific inhibition of viral replication in neurons. Nair S, Michaelsen-Preusse K, Finsterbusch K, Stegemann-Koniszewski S, Bruder D, Grashoff M, Korte M, Köster M, Kalinke U, Hauser H, Kröger A. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Mar 27;10(3):e1003999. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003999. eCollection 2014.

IL-17-induced CXCL12 recruits B cells and induces follicle formation in BALT in the absence of differentiated FDCs. Fleige H, Ravens S, Moschovakis GL, Bölter J, Willenzon S, Sutter G, Häussler S, Kalinke U, Prinz I, Förster R. J Exp Med. 2014 Apr 7;211(4):643-51. doi: 10.1084/jem.20131737. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

MyD88 signalling in myeloid cells is sufficient to prevent chronic mycobacterial infection. Berod L, Stüve P, Swallow M, Arnold-Schrauf C, Kruse F, Gentilini MV, Freitag J, Holzmann B, Sparwasser T. Eur J Immunol. 2014 May;44(5):1399-409. doi: 10.1002/eji.201344039. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

The extensive set of accessory Pseudomonas aeruginosa genomic components. Pohl S, Klockgether J, Eckweiler D, Khaledi A, Schniederjans M, Chouvarine P, Tümmler B, Häussler S. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2014 Jul;356(2):235-41. doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12445.

Turmeric curcumin inhibits entry of all hepatitis C virus genotypes into human liver cells. Anggakusuma, Colpitts CC, Schang LM, Rachmawati H, Frentzen A, Pfaender S, Behrendt P, Brown RJ, Bankwitz D, Steinmann J, Ott M, Meuleman P, Rice CM, Ploss A, Pietschmann T, Steinmann E. Gut. 2014 Jul;63(7):1137-49.

Rapid rebound of the Treg compartment in DEREG mice limits the impact of Treg depletion on mycobacterial burden, but prevents autoimmunity. Berod L, Stüve P, Varela F, Behrends J, Swallow M, Kruse F, Krull F, Ghorbani P, Mayer CT, Hölscher C, Sparwasser T. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 22;9(7):e102804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102804.

The gammaherpesviruses Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 modulate the Toll-like receptor-induced proinflammatory cytokine response. Bussey KA, Reimer E, Todt H, Denker B, Gallo A, Konrad A, Ottinger M, Adler H, Stürzl M, Brune W, Brinkmann MM. J Virol. 2014 Aug;88(16):9245-59. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00841-14.

Mouse cytomegalovirus infection overrules T regulatory cell suppression on natural killer cells. Lindenberg M, Solmaz G, Puttur F, Sparwasser T. Virol J. 2014 Aug 9;11:145. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-145.

Age-dependent enterocyte invasion and microcolony formation by Salmonella. Zhang K, Dupont A, Torow N, Gohde F, Leschner S, Lienenklaus S, Weiss S, Brinkmann MM, Kühnel M, Hensel M, Fulde M, Hornef MW. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Sep 11;10(9):e1004385. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004385.

Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection. Helicobacter. de Bernard M, Josenhans C. 2014 Sep;19 Suppl 1:11-8. doi: 10.1111/hel.12160. Review.

In sero veritas: what serum markers teach us about HCV infection of primary human hepatocytes. Pietschmann T. Gut. 2014 Sep;63(9):1375-7. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306111. Commentary

Few Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cells are sufficient to protect adult mice from lethal autoimmunity. Mayer CT, Ghorbani P, Kühl AA, Stüve P, Hegemann M, Berod L, Gershwin ME, Sparwasser T. Eur J Immunol. 2014 Oct;44(10):2990-3002. doi: 10.1002/eji.201344315. Epub 2014 Aug 11.

Antigen targeting to dendritic cells combined with transient regulatory T cell inhibition results in long-term tumor regression. Unger WW, Mayer CT, Engels S, Hesse C, Perdicchio M, Puttur F, Streng-Ouwehand I, Litjens M, Kalay H, Berod L, Sparwasser T, van Kooyk Y. Oncoimmunology. 2014 Oct 31;4(8):e970462. eCollection 2015.

De novo fatty acid synthesis controls the fate between regulatory T and T helper 17 cells. Berod L, Friedrich C, Nandan A, Freitag J, Hagemann S, Harmrolfs K, Sandouk A, Hesse C, Castro CN, Bähre H, Tschirner SK, Gorinski N, Gohmert M, Mayer CT, Huehn J, Ponimaskin E, Abraham WR, Müller R, Lochner M, Sparwasser T. Nat Med. 2014 Nov;20(11):1327-33. doi: 10.1038/nm.3704. Epub 2014 Oct 5.

Selective and efficient generation of functional Batf3-dependent CD103+ dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow. Mayer CT, Ghorbani P, Nandan A, Dudek M, Arnold-Schrauf C, Hesse C, Berod L, Stüve P, Puttur F, Merad M, Sparwasser T. Blood. 2014 Nov 13;124(20):3081-91. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-12-545772.

Herpes simplex virus internalization into epithelial cells requires Na+/H+ exchangers and p21-activated kinases but neither clathrin- nor caveolin-mediated endocytosis. Devadas D, Koithan T, Diestel R, Prank U, Sodeik B, Döhner K. J Virol. 2014 Nov;88(22):13378-95. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03631-13.

Targeting of viral capsids to nuclear pores in a cell-free reconstitution system. Anderson F, Savulescu AF, Rudolph K, Schipke J, Cohen I, Ibiricu I, Rotem A, Grünewald K, Sodeik B, Harel A. Traffic. 2014 Nov;15(11):1266-81. doi: 10.1111/tra.12209. E

Bidirectional genomic exchange between Helicobacter pylori strains from a family in Coventry, United Kingdom. Krebes J, Didelot X, Kennemann L, Suerbaum S. Int J Med Microbiol. 2014 Nov;304(8):1135-46.

Successful anti-scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) monoclonal antibody therapy in humanized mice after challenge with HCV variants with in vitro resistance to SR-BI-targeting agents. Vercauteren K, Van Den Eede N, Mesalam AA, Belouzard S, Catanese MT, Bankwitz D, Wong-Staal F, Cortese R, Dubuisson J, Rice CM, Pietschmann T, Leroux-Roels G, Nicosia A, Meuleman P. Hepatology. 2014 Nov;60(5):1508-18. doi: 10.1002/hep.27196.

Role of hypervariable region 1 for the interplay of hepatitis C virus with entry factors and lipoproteins. Bankwitz D, Vieyres G, Hueging K, Bitzegeio J, Doepke M, Chhatwal P, Haid S, Catanese MT, Zeisel MB, Nicosia A, Baumert TF, Kaderali L, Pietschmann T. J Virol. 2014 Nov;88(21):12644-55. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01145-14.

A human adenovirus species B subtype 21a associated with severe pneumonia. Hage E, Huzly D, Ganzenmueller T, Beck R, Schulz TF, Heim A. J Infect. 2014 Nov;69(5):490-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.06.015.

Dynamics of Lewis b binding and sequence variation of the babA adhesin gene during chronic Helicobacter pylori infection in humans. Nell S, Kennemann L, Schwarz S, Josenhans C, Suerbaum S. MBio. 2014 Dec 16;5(6). pii: e02281-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02281-14.

Cell culture systems for hepatitis C virus. Steinmann E, Pietschmann T. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2013;369:17-48. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-27340-7_2.

Advances in computational analysis of metagenome sequences. Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jan;15(1):1-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02843.x. Epub 2012 Aug 8.

Intraclonal diversity of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis airway isolates TBCF10839 and TBCF121838: distinct signatures of transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, adherence and pathogenicity despite an almost identical genome sequence. Klockgether J, Miethke N, Kubesch P, Bohn YS, Brockhausen I, Cramer N, Eberl L, Greipel J, Herrmann C, Herrmann S, Horatzek S, Lingner M, Luciano L, Salunkhe P, Schomburg D, Wehsling M, Wiehlmann L, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jan;15(1):191-210. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02842.x. Epub 2012 Aug 8.

Cytosolic herpes simplex virus capsids not only require binding inner tegument protein pUL36 but also pUL37 for active transport prior to secondary envelopment. Sandbaumhüter M, Döhner K, Schipke J, Binz A, Pohlmann A, Sodeik B, Bauerfeind R. Cell Microbiol. 2013 Feb;15(2):248-69. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12075. Epub 2012 Dec 20.

Ex vivo transcriptional profiling reveals a common set of genes important for the adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to chronically infected host sites. Bielecki P, Komor U, Bielecka A, Müsken M, Puchałka J, Pletz MW, Ballmann M, Martins dos Santos VA, Weiss S, Häussler S. Environ Microbiol. 2013 Feb;15(2):570-87. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12024. Epub 2012 Nov 12.

Entry and replication of recombinant hepatitis C viruses in cell culture. Vieyres G, Pietschmann T. Methods. 2013 Feb;59(2):233-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2012.09.005. Epub 2012 Sep 23.

The human cytomegalovirus UL51 protein is essential for viral genome cleavage-packaging and interacts with the terminase subunits pUL56 and pUL89. Borst EM, Kleine-Albers J, Gabaev I, Babic M, Wagner K, Binz A, Degenhardt I, Kalesse M, Jonjic S, Bauerfeind R, Messerle M. J Virol. 2013 Feb;87(3):1720-32. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01955-12. Epub 2012 Nov 21.

Priming of CD8+ T cells against cytomegalovirus-encoded antigens is dominated by cross-presentation. Busche A, Jirmo AC, Welten SP, Zischke J, Noack J, Constabel H, Gatzke AK, Keyser KA, Arens R, Behrens GM, Messerle M. J Immunol. 2013 Mar 15;190(6):2767-77. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200966. Epub 2013 Feb 6.

Evaluating a ligation-mediated PCR and pyrosequencing method for the detection of clonal contribution in polyclonal retrovirally transduced samples. Brugman MH, Suerth JD, Rothe M, Suerbaum S, Schambach A, Modlich U, Kustikova O, Baum C. Hum Gene Ther Methods. 2013 Apr;24(2):68-79. doi: 10.1089/hgtb.2012.175. Epub 2013 Mar 14.

Characterization of the inhibition of hepatitis C virus entry by in vitro-generated and patient-derived oxidized low-density lipoprotein. Westhaus S, Bankwitz D, Ernst S, Rohrmann K, Wappler I, Agné C, Luchtefeld M, Schieffer B, Sarrazin C, Manns MP, Pietschmann T, Ciesek S, von Hahn T. Hepatology. 2013 May;57(5):1716-24. doi: 10.1002/hep.26190. Epub 2013 Feb 15.

Hepatitis C Virus p7 is Critical for Capsid Assembly and Envelopment. Gentzsch J, Brohm C, Steinmann E, Friesland M, Menzel N, Vieyres G, Perin PM, Frentzen A, Kaderali L, Pietschmann T. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(5):e1003355. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003355. Epub 2013 May 2.

A new reporter mouse cytomegalovirus reveals maintained immediate-early gene expression but poor virus replication in cycling liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. Dag F, Weingärtner A, Butueva M, Conte I, Holzki J, May T, Adler B, Wirth D, Cicin-Sain L. Virol J. 2013 Jun 17;10:197. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-197.

Intraclonal genome diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones CHA and TB. Bezuidt OK, Klockgether J, Elsen S, Attree I, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. BMC Genomics. 2013 Jun 22;14:416. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-416.

Activation of the B cell antigen receptor triggers reactivation of latent Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in B cells. Kati S, Tsao EH, Günther T, Weidner-Glunde M, Rothämel T, Grundhoff A, Kellam P, Schulz TF. J Virol. 2013 Jul;87(14):8004-16. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00506-13. Epub 2013 May 15.

Generation of mouse small intestinal epithelial cell lines that allow the analysis of specific innate immune functions. Schwerk J, Köster M, Hauser H, Rohde M, Fulde M, Hornef MW, May T. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 5;8(8):e72700. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072700. Print 2013.

Absence of Siglec-H in MCMV infection elevates interferon alpha production but does not enhance viral clearance. Puttur F, Arnold-Schrauf C, Lahl K, Solmaz G, Lindenberg M, Mayer CT, Gohmert M, Swallow M, van Helt C, Schmitt H, Nitschke L, Lambrecht BN, Lang R, Messerle M, Sparwasser T. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(9):e1003648. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003648. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Survival in hostile territory: the microbiota of the stomach. Yang I, Nell S, Suerbaum S. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2013 Sep;37(5):736-61. doi: 10.1111/1574-6976.12027. Epub 2013 Jul 22.

Recent acquisition of Helicobacter pylori by Baka pygmies. Nell S, Eibach D, Montano V, Maady A, Nkwescheu A, Siri J, Elamin WF, Falush D, Linz B, Achtman M, Moodley Y, Suerbaum S. PLoS Genet. 2013;9(9):e1003775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003775. Epub 2013 Sep 19.

Absence of Siglec-H in MCMV infection elevates interferon alpha production but does not enhance viral clearance. Puttur F, Arnold-Schrauf C, Lahl K, Solmaz G, Lindenberg M, Mayer CT, Gohmert M, Swallow M, van Helt C, Schmitt H, Nitschke L, Lambrecht BN, Lang R, Messerle M, Sparwasser T. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(9):e1003648. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003648. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Role of energy sensor TlpD of Helicobacter pylori in gerbil colonization and genome analyses after adaptation in the gerbil. Behrens W, Schweinitzer T, Bal J, Dorsch M, Bleich A, Kops F, Brenneke B, Didelot X, Suerbaum S, Josenhans C. Infect Immun. 2013 Oct;81(10):3534-51. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00750-13. Epub 2013 Jul 8.

In vivo targeting of human DC-SIGN drastically enhances CD8⁺ T-cell-mediated protective immunity. Hesse C, Ginter W, Förg T, Mayer CT, Baru AM, Arnold-Schrauf C, Unger WW, Kalay H, van Kooyk Y, Berod L, Sparwasser T. Eur J Immunol. 2013 Oct;43(10):2543-53. doi: 10.1002/eji.201343429. Epub 2013 Jul 22.

A structural basis for BRD2/4-mediated host chromatin interaction and oligomer assembly of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and murine gammaherpesvirus LANA proteins. Hellert J, Weidner-Glunde M, Krausze J, Richter U, Adler H, Fedorov R, Pietrek M, Rückert J, Ritter C, Schulz TF, Lührs T. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(10):e1003640. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003640. Epub 2013 Oct 17.

Nodular inflammatory foci are sites of T cell priming and control of murine cytomegalovirus infection in the neonatal lung. Stahl FR, Heller K, Halle S, Keyser KA, Busche A, Marquardt A, Wagner K, Boelter J, Bischoff Y, Kremmer E, Arens R, Messerle M, Förster R. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(12):e1003828. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003828. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

Bromo- and extraterminal domain chromatin regulators serve as cofactors for murine leukemia virus integration. Gupta SS, Maetzig T, Maertens GN, Sharif A, Rothe M, Weidner-Glunde M, Galla M, Schambach A, Cherepanov P, Schulz TF. J Virol. 2013 Dec;87(23):12721-36. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01942-13. Epub 2013 Sep 18.

Age, microbiota, and T cells shape diverse individual IgA repertoires in the intestine. Lindner C, Wahl B, Föhse L, Suerbaum S, Macpherson AJ, Prinz I, Pabst O. J Exp Med. 2012 Feb 13;209(2):365-77. doi: 10.1084/jem.20111980. Epub 2012 Jan 16.

A chemical proteomics approach to identify c-di-GMP binding proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Düvel J, Bertinetti D, Möller S, Schwede F, Morr M, Wissing J, Radamm L, Zimmermann B, Genieser HG, Jänsch L, Herberg FW, Häussler S. J Microbiol Methods. 2012 Feb;88(2):229-36. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.11.015. Epub 2011 Dec 8.

A role for the internal repeat of the Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latent nuclear antigen in the persistence of an episomal viral genome. Alkharsah KR, Schulz TF. J Virol. 2012 Feb;86(3):1883-7. doi: 10.1128/JVI.06029-11. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

Recruitment of the tumour suppressor protein p73 by Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus latent nuclear antigen contributes to the survival of primary effusion lymphoma cells. Santag S, Jäger W, Karsten CB, Kati S, Pietrek M, Steinemann D, Sarek G, Ojala PM, Schulz TF. Oncogene, 2012, 1-10; doi:10.1038/onc.2012.385

Regulatory T cells selectively preserve immune privilege of self-antigens during viral central nervous system infection. Cervantes-Barragán L, Firner S, Bechmann I, Waisman A, Lahl K, Sparwasser T, Thiel V, Ludewig B. J Immunol. 2012 Apr 15;188(8):3678-85. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102422. Epub 2012 Mar 9.

Bile acids specifically increase hepatitis C virus RNA-replication. Chhatwal P, Bankwitz D, Gentzsch J, Frentzen A, Schult P, Lohmann V, Pietschmann T. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e36029. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036029. Epub 2012 Apr 25.

The nucleotide excision repair (NER) system of Helicobacter pylori: role in mutation prevention and chromosomal import patterns after natural transformation. Moccia C, Krebes J, Kulick S, Didelot X, Kraft C, Bahlawane C, Suerbaum S. BMC Microbiol. 2012 May 6;12:67. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-67.

Age of the association between Helicobacter pylori and man. Moodley Y, Linz B, Bond RP, Nieuwoudt M, Soodyall H, Schlebusch CM, Bernhöft S, Hale J, Suerbaum S, Mugisha L, van der Merwe SW, Achtman M. PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(5):e1002693. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002693. Epub 2012 May 10.

Multi-layered stochasticity and paracrine signal propagation shape the type-I interferon response. Rand U, Rinas M, Schwerk J, Nöhren G, Linnes M, Kröger A, Flossdorf M, Kály-Kullai K, Hauser H, Höfer T, Köster M. Mol Syst Biol. 2012 May 22;8:584. doi: 10.1038/msb.2012.17.

The ubiquitin-specific protease USP7 modulates the replication of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latent episomal DNA. Jäger W, Santag S, Weidner-Glunde M, Gellermann E, Kati S, Pietrek M, Viejo-Borbolla A, Schulz TF. J Virol. 2012 Jun;86(12):6745-57. doi: 10.1128/JVI.06840-11. Epub 2012 Apr 18.

Layers of dendritic cell-mediated T cell tolerance, their regulation and the prevention of autoimmunity. Mayer CT, Berod L, Sparwasser T. Front Immunol. 2012 Jul 3;3:183. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00183. eCollection 2012.

Genome sequence of Helicobacter pylori hpEurope strain N6. Behrens W, Bönig T, Suerbaum S, Josenhans C. J Bacteriol. 2012 Jul;194(14):3725-6. doi: 10.1128/JB.00386-12.

MAP-kinase regulated cytosolic phospholipase A2 activity is essential for production of infectious hepatitis C virus particles. Menzel N, Fischl W, Hueging K, Bankwitz D, Frentzen A, Haid S, Gentzsch J, Kaderali L, Bartenschlager R, Pietschmann T. PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(7):e1002829. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002829. Epub 2012 Jul 26.

Improper tagging of the non-essential small capsid protein VP26 impairs nuclear capsid egress of herpes simplex virus. Nagel CH, Döhner K, Binz A, Bauerfeind R, Sodeik B. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e44177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044177. Epub 2012 Aug 31.

Genometa–a fast and accurate classifier for short metagenomic shotgun reads. Davenport CF, Neugebauer J, Beckmann N, Friedrich B, Kameri B, Kokott S, Paetow M, Siekmann B, Wieding-Drewes M, Wienhöfer M, Wolf S, Tümmler B, Ahlers V, Sprengel F. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e41224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041224. Epub 2012 Aug 21.

Biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in solid murine tumors – a novel model system. Komor U, Bielecki P, Loessner H, Rohde M, Wolf K, Westphal K, Weiss S, Häussler S. Microbes Infect. 2012 Sep;14(11):951-8. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.04.002. Epub 2012 Apr 13.

Mutation in elongation factor G confers resistance to the antibiotic argyrin in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bielecki P, Lukat P, Hüsecken K, Dötsch A, Steinmetz H, Hartmann RW, Müller R, Häussler S. Chembiochem. 2012 Nov 5;13(16):2339-45. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201200479. Epub 2012 Sep 25.

Molecular epidemiology of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infections in cystic fibrosis. Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Ciofu O, Tamm S, Høiby N, Tümmler B. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e50731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050731. Epub 2012 Nov 28.

In vivo sequence variation in HopZ, a phase-variable outer membrane protein of Helicobacter pylori. Kennemann L, Brenneke B, Andres S, Engstrand L, Meyer TF, Aebischer T, Josenhans C, Suerbaum S. Infect Immun. 2012 Dec;80(12):4364-73. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00977-12. Epub 2012 Oct 1.

Lack of commensal flora in Helicobacter pylori-infected INS-GAS mice reduces gastritis and delays intraepithelial neoplasia. Lofgren JL, Whary MT, Ge Z, Muthupalani S, Taylor NS, Mobley M, Potter A, Varro A, Eibach D, Suerbaum S, Wang TC, Fox JG. Gastroenterology. 2011 Jan;140(1):210-20. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.09.048. Epub 2010 Oct 13.

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemotaxis methyltransferase CheR1 impacts on bacterial surface sampling. Schmidt J, Müsken M, Becker T, Magnowska Z, Bertinetti D, Möller S, Zimmermann B, Herberg FW, Jänsch L, Häussler S. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 22;6(3):e18184. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018184.

Helicobacter pylori genome evolution during human infection. Kennemann L, Didelot X, Aebischer T, Kuhn S, Drescher B, Droege M, Reinhardt R, Correa P, Meyer TF, Josenhans C, Falush D, Suerbaum S. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 22;108(12):5033-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1018444108. Epub 2011 Mar 7.

Helicobacter pylori affects the cellular deubiquitinase USP7 and ubiquitin-regulated components TRAF6 and the tumour suppressor p53. Coombs N, Sompallae R, Olbermann P, Gastaldello S, Göppel D, Masucci MG, Josenhans C. Int J Med Microbiol. 2011 Mar;301(3):213-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.09.004. Epub 2010 Dec 4.

Dual function of the NK cell receptor 2B4 (CD244) in the regulation of HCV-specific CD8+ T cells. Schlaphoff V, Lunemann S, Suneetha PV, Jaroszewicz J, Grabowski J, Dietz J, Helfritz F, Bektas H, Sarrazin C, Manns MP, Cornberg M, Wedemeyer H. PLoS Pathog. 2011 May;7(5):e1002045. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002045. Epub 2011 May 19.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Genomic Structure and Diversity. Klockgether J, Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Front Microbiol. 2011 Jul 13;2:150. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00150. eCollection 2011.

Microevolution of the major common Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones C and PA14 in cystic fibrosis lungs. Cramer N, Klockgether J, Wrasman K, Schmidt M, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jul;13(7):1690-704. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02483.x. Epub 2011 Apr 14.

Regulatory T cells selectively control CD8+ T cell effector pool size via IL-2 restriction. Kastenmuller W, Gasteiger G, Subramanian N, Sparwasser T, Busch DH, Belkaid Y, Drexler I, Germain RN. J Immunol. 2011 Sep 15;187(6):3186-97. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101649. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

Targeting DC-SIGN via its neck region leads to prolonged antigen residence in early endosomes, delayed lysosomal degradation, and cross-presentation. Tacken PJ, Ginter W, Berod L, Cruz LJ, Joosten B, Sparwasser T, Figdor CG, Cambi A. Blood. 2011 Oct 13;118(15):4111-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-04-346957. Epub 2011 Aug 22.

Molecular evolution of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin gene vacA. Gangwer KA, Shaffer CL, Suerbaum S, Lacy DB, Cover TL, Bordenstein SR. J Bacteriol. 2010 Dec;192(23):6126-35. doi: 10.1128/JB.01081-10. Epub 2010 Sep 24.