Severity of neurological Long-COVID symptoms correlates with increased level of autoantibodies targeting vasoregulatory and autonomic nervous system receptors.

Seibert FS, Stervbo U, Wiemers L, Skrzypczyk S, Hogeweg M, Bertram S, Kurek J, Anft M, Westhoff TH and Babel N.

(2023) Autoimmun Rev. 22, 103445; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2023.103445

Vaccination in patients with kidney failure: lessons from COVID-19.

Babel N, Hugo C and Westhoff TH.

(2022) Nat Rev Nephrol. 18, 708-723; doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-022-00617-5

Detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific memory B cells to delineate long-term COVID-19 immunity.

Thieme CJ, Abou-El-Enein M, Fritsche E, Anft M, Paniskaki K, Skrzypczyk S, Doevelaar A, Elsallab M, Brindle N, Blazquez-Navarro A, Seibert FS, Meister TL, Pfaender S, Steinmann E, Witzke O, Westhoff TH, Stervbo U, Heine G, Roch T and Babel N.

(2021) Allergy. 76, 2595-2599; doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14827

The intratumoral CXCR3 chemokine system is predictive of chemotherapy response in human bladder cancer.

Vollmer T, Schlickeiser S, Amini L, Schulenberg S, Wendering DJ, Banday V, Jurisch A, Noster R, Kunkel D, Brindle NR, Savidis I, Akyüz L, Hecht J, Stervbo U, Roch T, Babel N, Reinke P, Winqvist O, Sherif A, Volk HD and Schmueck-Henneresse M.

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COVID-19-Induced ARDS Is Associated with Decreased Frequency of Activated Memory/Effector T Cells Expressing CD11a.

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(2020) Mol Ther. 28, 2691-2702; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.10.001

Regulatory T cells for minimising immune suppression in kidney transplantation: phase I/IIa clinical trial.

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The Identity Card of T Cells-Clinical Utility of T-cell Receptor Repertoire Analysis in Transplantation.

Babel N, Stervbo U, Reinke P and Volk HD.

(2019) Transplantation. 103, 1544-1555; doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002776

Human Anti-fungal Th17 Immunity and Pathology Rely on Cross-Reactivity against Candida albicans.

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Epigenetic immune cell counting in human blood samples for immunodiagnostics.

Baron U, Werner J, Schildknecht K, Schulze JJ, Mulu A, Liebert UG, Sack U, Speckmann C, Gossen M, Wong RJ, Stevenson DK, Babel N, Schürmann D, Baldinger T, Bacchetta R, Grützkau A, Borte S and Olek S.

(2018) Sci Transl Med. 10, ; doi: https://doi.org/eaan3508

LAG-3 Inhibitory Receptor Expression Identifies Immunosuppressive Natural Regulatory Plasma Cells.

Lino AC, Dang VD, Lampropoulou V, Welle A, Joedicke J, Pohar J, Simon Q, Thalmensi J, Baures A, Flühler V, Sakwa I, Stervbo U, Ries S, Jouneau L, Boudinot P, Tsubata T, Adachi T, Hutloff A, Dörner T, Zimber-Strobl U, de Vos AF, Dahlke K, Loh G, Korniotis S, Goosmann C, Weill JC, Reynaud CA, Kaufmann SHE, Walter J and Fillatreau S.

(2018) Immunity. 49, 120-133.e9; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2018.06.007

Peptide-specific recognition of human cytomegalovirus strains controls adaptive natural killer cells.

Hammer Q, Rückert T, Borst EM, Dunst J, Haubner A, Durek P, Heinrich F, Gasparoni G, Babic M, Tomic A, Pietra G, Nienen M, Blau IW, Hofmann J, Na IK, Prinz I, Koenecke C, Hemmati P, Babel N, Arnold R, Walter J, Thurley K, Mashreghi MF, Messerle M and Romagnani C.

(2018) Nat Immunol. 19, 453-463; doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-018-0082-6

Regulatory T Cell Specificity Directs Tolerance versus Allergy against Aeroantigens in Humans.

Bacher P, Heinrich F, Stervbo U, Nienen M, Vahldieck M, Iwert C, Vogt K, Kollet J, Babel N, Sawitzki B, Schwarz C, Bereswill S, Heimesaat MM, Heine G, Gadermaier G, Asam C, Assenmacher M, Kniemeyer O, Brakhage AA, Ferreira F, Wallner M, Worm M and Scheffold A.

(2016) Cell. 167, 1067-1078.e16; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.050

IL-35-producing B cells are critical regulators of immunity during autoimmune and infectious diseases.

Shen P, Roch T, Lampropoulou V, O'Connor RA, Stervbo U, Hilgenberg E, Ries S, Dang VD, Jaimes Y, Daridon C, Li R, Jouneau L, Boudinot P, Wilantri S, Sakwa I, Miyazaki Y, Leech MD, McPherson RC, Wirtz S, Neurath M, Hoehlig K, Meinl E, Grützkau A, Grün JR, Horn K, Kühl AA, Dörner T, Bar-Or A, Kaufmann SHE, Anderton SM and Fillatreau S.

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BK polyomavirus infection and nephropathy: the virus-immune system interplay.

Babel N, Volk HD and Reinke P.

(2011) Nat Rev Nephrol. 7, 399-406; doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2011.59