Publications with the participation of the Sorter Lab (collaboration)

Polymerization of misfolded Z alpha-1 antitrypsin protein lowers CX3CR1 expression in human PBMCs.

Tumpara S, Ballmaier M, Wrenger S, König M, Lehmann M, Lichtinghagen R, Martinez-Delgado B, Korenbaum E, DeLuca D, Jedicke N, Welte T, Fromme M, Strnad P, Stolk J, Janciauskiene S. Elife. 2021 May 18;10:e64881. doi: 10.7554/eLife.64881.

 

Repertoire characterization and validation of gB-specific human IgGs directly cloned from humanized mice vaccinated with dendritic cells and protected against HCMV.

Theobald SJ, Kreer C, Khailaie S, Bonifacius A, Eiz-Vesper B, Figueiredo C, Mach M, Backovic M, Ballmaier M, Koenig J, Olbrich H, Schneider A, Volk V, Danisch S, Gieselmann L, Ercanoglu MS, Messerle M, Kaisenberg CV, Witte T, Klawonn F, Meyer-Hermann M, Klein F, Stripecke R. PLoS Pathog. 2020 Jul 15;16(7):e1008560. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008560. eCollection 2020 Jul. PMID: 32667948 Free PMC article.

 

DNA Methylation of the t-PA Gene Differs Between Various Immune Cell Subtypes Isolated From Depressed Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Moschny N, Jahn K, Bajbouj M, Maier HB, Ballmaier M, Khan AQ, Pollak C, Bleich S, Frieling H, Neyazi A. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 19;11:571. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00571. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32636772 Free PMC article.

 

Electroconvulsive therapy, changes in immune cell ratios, and their association with seizure quality and clinical outcome in depressed patients.

Moschny N, Jahn K, Maier HB, Khan AQ, Ballmaier M, Liepach K, Sack M, Skripuletz T, Bleich S, Frieling H, Neyazi A. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2020 Jul;36:18-28. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.03.019. Epub 2020 May 21. PMID: 32446707

 

Mutations of the gene FNIP1 associated with a syndromic autosomal recessive immunodeficiency with cardiomyopathy and pre-excitation syndrome.

Niehues T, Özgür TT, Bickes M, Waldmann R, Schöning J, Bräsen J, Hagel C, Ballmaier M, Klusmann JH, Niedermayer A, Pannicke U, Enders A, Dückers G, Siepermann K, Hempel J, Schwarz K, Viemann D. Eur J Immunol. 2020 Jul;50(7):1078-1080. doi: 10.1002/eji.201948504. Epub 2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32181500

 

Multimodal and Multiscale Analysis Reveals Distinct Vascular, Metabolic and Inflammatory Components of the Tissue Response to Limb Ischemia.

Kapanadze T, Bankstahl JP, Wittneben A, Koestner W, Ballmaier M, Gamrekelashvili J, Krishnasamy K, Limbourg A, Ross TL, Meyer GJ, Haller H, Bengel FM, Limbourg FP. Theranostics. 2019 Jan 1;9(1):152-166. doi: 10.7150/thno.27175. eCollection 2019. PMID: 30662559 Free PMC article.

 

Deciphering the impact of parameters influencing transgene expression kinetics after repeated cell transduction with integration-deficient retroviral vectors.

Schott JW, Jaeschke NM, Hoffmann D, Maetzig T, Ballmaier M, Godinho T, Cathomen T, Schambach A. Cytometry A. 2015 May;87(5):405-18. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.22650. Epub 2015 Feb 27. PMID: 25728583

 

High frequencies of polyfunctional CD8+ NK cells in chronic HIV-1 infection are associated with slower disease progression.

Ahmad F, Hong HS, Jäckel M, Jablonka A, Lu IN, Bhatnagar N, Eberhard JM, Bollmann BA, Ballmaier M, Zielinska-Skowronek M, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. J Virol. 2014 Nov;88(21):12397-408. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01420-14. Epub 2014 Aug 13. PMID: 25122796 Free PMC article.

 

FcγRIII (CD16)-mediated ADCC by NK cells is regulated by monocytes and FcγRII (CD32).

Bhatnagar N, Ahmad F, Hong HS, Eberhard J, Lu IN, Ballmaier M, Schmidt RE, Jacobs R, Meyer-Olson D. Eur J Immunol. 2014 Nov;44(11):3368-79. doi: 10.1002/eji.201444515. Epub 2014 Sep 19. PMID: 25100508

 

Activated human hepatic stellate cells induce myeloid derived suppressor cells from peripheral blood monocytes in a CD44-dependent fashion.

Höchst B, Schildberg FA, Sauerborn P, Gäbel YA, Gevensleben H, Goltz D, Heukamp LC, Türler A, Ballmaier M, Gieseke F, Müller I, Kalff J, Kurts C, Knolle PA, Diehl L. J Hepatol. 2013 Sep;59(3):528-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.04.033. Epub 2013 May 9. PMID: 23665041

 

Critical role for miR-181a/b-1 in agonist selection of invariant natural killer T cells.

Ziętara N, Łyszkiewicz M, Witzlau K, Naumann R, Hurwitz R, Langemeier J, Bohne J, Sandrock I, Ballmaier M, Weiss S, Prinz I, Krueger A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 30;110(18):7407-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221984110. Epub 2013 Apr 15. PMID: 23589855 Free PMC article.

 

Role of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 in murine atherosclerosis.

Grothusen C, Schuett H, Hillmer A, Lumpe S, Grote K, Ballmaier M, Bleich A, Glage S, Tietge UJ, Luchtefeld M, Schieffer B. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051608. Epub 2012 Dec 27. PMID: 23300554 Free PMC article.

 

Loss of CCR7 expression on CD56(bright) NK cells is associated with a CD56(dim)CD16⁺ NK cell-like phenotype and correlates with HIV viral load.

Hong HS, Ahmad F, Eberhard JM, Bhatnagar N, Bollmann BA, Keudel P, Ballmaier M, Zielinska-Skowronek M, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44820. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044820. Epub 2012 Sep 19. PMID: 23028633 Free PMC article.

 

Detection of putative cancer stem cells of the side population phenotype in human tumor cell cultures.

Christgen M, Ballmaier M, Lehmann U, Kreipe H. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;878:201-15. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-854-2_13. PMID: 22674135

 

Optimal reprogramming factor stoichiometry increases colony numbers and affects molecular characteristics of murine induced pluripotent stem cells.

Tiemann U, Sgodda M, Warlich E, Ballmaier M, Schöler HR, Schambach A, Cantz T. Cytometry A. 2011 Jun;79(6):426-35. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.21072. Epub 2011 May 4. PMID: 21548079

 

Acute-phase protein α1-antitrypsin inhibits neutrophil calpain I and induces random migration.

Al-Omari M, Korenbaum E, Ballmaier M, Lehmann U, Jonigk D, Manstein DJ, Welte T, Mahadeva R, Janciauskiene S. Mol Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;17(9-10):865-74. doi: 10.2119/molmed.2011.00089. Epub 2011 Apr 11. PMID: 21494752 Free PMC article.

 

Phenotypically and functionally distinct subsets contribute to the expansion of CD56-/CD16+ natural killer cells in HIV infection.

Hong HS, Eberhard JM, Keudel P, Bollmann BA, Ahmad F, Ballmaier M, Bhatnagar N, Zielinska-Skowronek M, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. AIDS. 2010 Jul 31;24(12):1823-34. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833b556f. PMID: 20543659

 

Down-regulation of the fetal stem cell factor SOX17 by H33342: a mechanism responsible for differential gene expression in breast cancer side population cells.

Christgen M, Geffers R, Ballmaier M, Christgen H, Poczkaj J, Krech T, Kreipe H, Lehmann U. J Biol Chem. 2010 Feb 26;285(9):6412-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.082941. Epub 2009 Dec 29. PMID: 20040597 Free PMC article.

 

Multiple extrathymic precursors contribute to T-cell development with different kinetics.

Saran N, Łyszkiewicz M, Pommerencke J, Witzlau K, Vakilzadeh R, Ballmaier M, von Boehmer H, Krueger A. Blood. 2010 Feb 11;115(6):1137-44. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-07-230821. Epub 2009 Dec 15. PMID: 20009033 Free PMC article.

 

HIV infection is associated with a preferential decline in less-differentiated CD56dim CD16+ NK cells.

Hong HS, Eberhard JM, Keudel P, Bollmann BA, Ballmaier M, Bhatnagar N, Zielinska-Skowronek M, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. J Virol. 2010 Jan;84(2):1183-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01675-09. Epub 2009 Nov 11. PMID: 19906929 Free PMC article.

 

Common gamma-chain-dependent signals confer selective survival of eosinophils in the murine small intestine.

Carlens J, Wahl B, Ballmaier M, Bulfone-Paus S, Förster R, Pabst O. J Immunol. 2009 Nov 1;183(9):5600-7. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0801581. PMID: 19843944

 

Exogenous HIV-1 Vpr disrupts IFN-alpha response by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) and subsequent pDC/NK interplay.

Hong HS, Bhatnagar N, Ballmaier M, Schubert U, Henklein P, Volgmann T, Heiken H, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. Immunol Lett. 2009 Aug 15;125(2):100-4. doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.06.008. Epub 2009 Jun 25. PMID: 19559726

 

Comprehensive genetic and functional characterization of IPH-926: a novel CDH1-null tumour cell line from human lobular breast cancer.

Christgen M, Bruchhardt H, Hadamitzky C, Rudolph C, Steinemann D, Gadzicki D, Hasemeier B, Römermann D, Focken T, Krech T, Ballmaier M, Schlegelberger B, Kreipe H, Lehmann U. J Pathol. 2009 Apr;217(5):620-32. doi: 10.1002/path.2495. PMID: 19191266

 

CX3CR1+ c-kit+ bone marrow cells give rise to CD103+ and CD103- dendritic cells with distinct functional properties.

del Rio ML, Rodriguez-Barbosa JI, Bölter J, Ballmaier M, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Kracht M, Jung S, Förster R. J Immunol. 2008 Nov 1;181(9):6178-88. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.6178. PMID: 18941208

 

KAI1/CD82 is a novel target of estrogen receptor-mediated gene repression and downregulated in primary human breast cancer.

Christgen M, Bruchhardt H, Ballmaier M, Krech T, Länger F, Kreipe H, Lehmann U. Int J Cancer. 2008 Nov 15;123(10):2239-46. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23806. PMID: 18712725

 

A new population of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma patients induces CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) T cells.

Hoechst B, Ormandy LA, Ballmaier M, Lehner F, Krüger C, Manns MP, Greten TF, Korangy F. Gastroenterology. 2008 Jul;135(1):234-43. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.03.020. Epub 2008 Mar 21. PMID: 18485901

 

FACS-isolation of Salmonella-infected cells with defined bacterial load from mouse spleen.

Thöne F, Schwanhäusser B, Becker D, Ballmaier M, Bumann D. J Microbiol Methods. 2007 Dec;71(3):220-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.08.016. Epub 2007 Sep 11. PMID: 17931727

 

Up-regulation of platelet-derived growth factor by peripheral-blood leukocytes during experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.

Koehler NK, Roebbert M, Dehghani K, Ballmaier M, Claus P, von Hoersten S, Shing M, Odin P, Strehlau J, Heidenreich F. J Neurosci Res. 2008 Feb 1;86(2):392-402. doi: 10.1002/jnr.21497. PMID: 17893914

 

Identification of a distinct side population of cancer cells in the Cal-51 human breast carcinoma cell line.

Christgen M, Ballmaier M, Bruchhardt H, von Wasielewski R, Kreipe H, Lehmann U. Mol Cell Biochem. 2007 Dec;306(1-2):201-12. doi: 10.1007/s11010-007-9570-y. Epub 2007 Jul 28. PMID: 17660947

 

The angiogenic factor CCN1 promotes adhesion and migration of circulating CD34+ progenitor cells: potential role in angiogenesis and endothelial regeneration.

Grote K, Salguero G, Ballmaier M, Dangers M, Drexler H, Schieffer B. Blood. 2007 Aug 1;110(3):877-85. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-036202. Epub 2007 Apr 11. PMID: 17429007 Clinical Trial.

 

Robust Salmonella metabolism limits possibilities for new antimicrobials.

Becker D, Selbach M, Rollenhagen C, Ballmaier M, Meyer TF, Mann M, Bumann D. Nature. 2006 Mar 16;440(7082):303-7. doi: 10.1038/nature04616. PMID: 16541065

 

Haematopoietic stem cells improve cardiac function after infarction without permanent cardiac engraftment.

Limbourg FP, Ringes-Lichtenberg S, Schaefer A, Jacoby C, Mehraein Y, Jäger MD, Limbourg A, Fuchs M, Klein G, Ballmaier M, Schlitt HJ, Schrader J, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Drexler H. Eur J Heart Fail. 2005 Aug;7(5):722-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.06.005. PMID: 16158493