Latest Publications

Latest publications:

 

 Perinatal dysfunction of innate immunity incystic fibrosis

Florian JaudasFlorian BartenschlagerBachuki ShashikadzeGianluca SantamariaDaniel ReichartAlexander SchnellJan Bernd StöcklRoxane L DegrooteJosep M CambraSimon Y GraeberAndrea BährHeike KartmannMonika StefanskaHuan LiuNora Naumann-BartschHeiko BrunsJohannes BergesLea HanselmannMichael StirmStefan KrebsCornelia A DeegHelmut BlumChristian SchulzDorota ZawadaMelanie JandaIgnacio Caballero-PosadasKarl KunzelmannAlessandra MorettiKarl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Christian KupattArmin SaalmüllerThomas FröhlichEckhard WolfMarcus A MallLars MundhenkWilhelm GernerNikolai Klymiuk

Acid tolerance of Coxiella burnetii is strain-specific and might depend on stomach content.

Sobotta K, Schulze-Luehrmann J, Ölke M, Boden K, Lührmann A.

Pathogens (2025) 14: 272; doi: 10.3390/pathogens14030272


A novel inhibitor against the bromodomain protein 1 (PfBDP1) of the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum.

Amann M, Warstat R, Rechten KK, Theuer P, Schustereder M, Clavey S, Breit B, Einsle O, Huegle M, Petter M, Guenther S.

ChemMedChem. 2025, accepted for publication. BioRxiv: doi: 10.1101/2025.01.16.633141.

PfGCN5 is essential for Plasmodium falciparum survival and transmission and regulates Pf H2B.Z acetylation and chromatin structure.

Tang J**, Yeoh LM**, Grotz MD**, Goodman CD, Chisholm SA, Nguyen HHT, Yu C, Pareek K, McPherson F, Cozijnsen A, Hustadt SA, Josling GA, Day KP, Schulz D, MacFadden GI, de Koning Ward TF*, Petter M, Duffy MF* (**co-first authors, *co-senior authors)

Nucleic Acids Research. 2025, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf218.


Eosinophils as modulators of host defense during parasitic, fungal, bacterial, and viral infections

Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, Shelby M Jones, David Voehringer, Katrin D Mayer-Barber, Amali E Samarasinghe
J Leukoc Biol. 2024 Nov 27;116(6):1301-1323. doi: 10.1093/jleuko/qiae173.
Nicole Eisenhuth, Elisa Theres Rauh, Melina Mitnacht, Andrea Debus, Ulrike Schleicher, Falk Butter, Katerina Pruzinova, Petr Volf and Christian J. Janzen
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025 Jan 20:14:1502339. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1502339. eCollection 2024.

Divergent effects of itaconate isomers on Coxiella burnetii growth in macrophages and in axenic culture

Md Nur A Alam Siddique, Fabian Kellermeier, Martha Ölke, Mingming Zhao, Konrad Büssow, Peter J. Oefner, Anja Lührmann, Katja Dettmer and Roland Lang.

Front. Immunol., 02 August 2024, Sec. Microbial Immunology, Volume 15 – 2024.  doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1427457

Cell type-specific modulation of metabolic, immune-regulatory, and anti-microbial pathways by CD101

Marius Wrage, Tim Holland, BjörnNüse, Johanna Kaltwasser, Jessica Fröhlich, Harald Arnold, Claudia Gießler, Cindy Flamann, Heiko Bruns, Johannes Berges, Christoph Daniel, Markus H. Hoffmann, Chakkumkal Anish, Peter H. Seeberger, Christian Bogdan, Katja Dettmer, Manfred Rauh and Jochen Mattner.


Blockade of the CD47/SIRPα checkpoint axis potentiates the macrophage-mediated anti-tumor efficacy of tafasitamab.

Alexander Biedermann, Maria Patra-Kneuer, Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Maike Büttner-Herold, Doris Mangelberger-Eberl, Johannes Berges, Christian Kellner, Sarah Altmeyer, Jörg Thomas Bittenbring, Christian Augsberger, Kristina Ilieva-Babinsky, Stefan Haskamp, Fabian Beier, Christopher Lischer, Julio Vera, Anja Lührmann, Simone Bertz, Simon Völkl, Benedikt Jacobs, Stefan Steidl, Andreas Mackensen, Heiko Bruns.

Haematologica. 2024 Jun 27. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284795.

Gene network-based and ensemble modeling-based selection of tumor-associated antigens with a predicted low risk of tissue damage for targeted immunotherapy.

Christopher Lischer, Martin Eberhardt, Johannes Berges, Cindy Flamann, Esther Güse, Anja Wessely, Adrian Weich, Jimmy Retzlaff, Jan Dörrie , Niels Schaft, Manuel Wiesinger, Johannes März, Beatrice Schuler- Thurner, Harald Knorr, Shailendra Gupta, Krishna Pal Singh, Gerold Schuler, Markus Vincent Heppt, Elias Andreas Thomas Koch, Nadine D van Kleef, Julian J Freen- van Heeren, Annelies W Turksma, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Bettina Hohberger, Carola Berking, Heiko Bruns, Julio Vera.


Eosinophils preserve bone homeostasis by inhibiting excessive osteoclast formation and activity via eosinophil peroxidase.

Darja AndreevKaterina KachlerMengdan LiuZhu ChenBrenda KrishnacoumarMark RingerSilke FreyGerhard KrönkeDavid VoehringerGeorg Schett and Aline Bozec.

Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 5;15(1):1067. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45261-8. PubMed PMID: 38316791

L-arginine metabolism inhibits arthritis and inflammatory bone loss.

Shan CaoYixuanRui SongXianyi MengMaximilian FuchsChunguang LiangKaterina KachlerXinyu MengJinming WenUrsula Schlötzer-SchrehardtVerena TaudteArne GessnerMeik KunzUlrike SchleicherMario M ZaissAlf KastbomXiaoxiang ChenGeorg Schett and Aline Bozec.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Jan 2;83(1):72-87. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223626. PubMed PMID: 37775153


Acetate, a metabolic product of Heligmosomoides polygyrus, facilitates intestinal epithelial barrier breakdown in a FFAR2-dependent manner.

Fabian SchälterMichael FrechKerstin DürholzSébastien LucasKerstin SarterLuc LebonJulia Esser-von BierenLalit K DubeyDavid VoehringerGeorg SchettNicola L Harris and Mario M. Zaiss

Int. J. Parasitol. 2022 Aug;52(9):591-601. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.04.004. Epub 2022 Jun 6

High-fat-diet-associated intestinal microbiota exacerbates psoriasis-like inflammation by enhancing systemic γδ T cell IL-17 production.

Koshiro Sonomoto, Rui Song, Daniel Eriksson, Anne M Hahn, Xianyi Meng, Pang Lyu, Shan Cao, Ning Liu, R Verena Taudte, Stefan Wirtz, Yoshiya Tanaka, Thomas H Winkler, Georg Schett, Didier Soulat and Aline Bozec.

Cell Rep. 2023 Jul 25;42(7):112713. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112713. Epub 2023 Jul 7

 

Chronic Systemic Infection of Mice with Leishmania infantum Leads to Increased Bone Mass

Chaobo Lai, Jennifer Heinemann, Ulrike Schleicher, Georg Schett, Christian Bogdan, Aline Bozec and Didier Soulat.

J Bone Miner Res. 2023 Jan;38(1):86-102. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4733. Epub 2022 Nov 16

Acidic Microenvironments Found in Cutaneous Leishmania Lesions Curtail NO-Dependent Antiparasitic Macrophage Activity.

Linus FrickLinda HinterlandKathrin RennerMarion VoglNathalie BablSimon HeckscherAnna WeigertSusanne WeißJoachim GläsnerRaffaela BergerPeter J OefnerKatja DettmerMarina KreutzValentin Schatz and Jonathan Jantsch.