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  • Peter D. Kurktschiev, Bijan Raziorrouh, Winfried Schraut, Markus Backmund, Martin Wächtler, Clemens-Martin Wendtner, Bertram Bengsch, Robert Thimme, Gerald Denk, Reinhart Zachoval, Andrea Dick, Michael Spannagl, Jürgen Haas, Helmut M. Diepolder, Maria-Christina Jung, Norbert H. Gruener. Dysfunctional CD8+ T cells in hepatitis B and C are characterized by a lack of antigen-specific T-bet induction. JEM vol. 211 no. 10 2047-2059
  • Ulsenheimer A, Paranhos-Baccala G, Komurian-Pradel F, Raziorrouh B, Kurktschiev P, Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Spannagl M, Jung MC, Gruener NH. Lack of variant specific CD8+ T-cell response against mutant and pre-existing variants leads to outgrowth of particular clones in acute hepatitis C. Virol J. 2013 Sep 28; 10:295.
  • Horster S, Bäuerlein FJ, Mandel P, Raziorrouh B, Hopf c, Stemmler HJ, Guba M, Angele M, Stangl M, Rentsch M, Frey L, Kaspar M, Kaczmarek I, Eberle J, Nickel T, Gruener N, Zachoval R, Diepolder H. Influence of hepatitis C virus infection and high virus serum load on biliary complications in liver transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Jun; 15(3): 306-13.
  • Raziorrouh B, Ulsenheimer A, Schraut W, Heeg M, Kurktschiev P, Zachoval R, Jung MC, Thimme R, Neumann-Haefelin C, Horster S, Wächtler M, Spannagl M, Haas J, Diepolder HM, Grüner NH. Inhibitory molecules that regulate expansion and restoration of HCV-specific CD4+ T cells in patients with chronic infection. Gastroenterology. 2011 Oct;141(4):1422-31, 1431.
  • Raziorrouh B, Schraut W, Gerlach T, Nowack D, Grüner NH, Ulsenheimer A, Zachoval R, Wächtler M, Spannagl M, Haas J, Diepolder HM, Jung MC. The immunoregulatory role of CD244 in chronic hepatitis B infection and its inhibitory potential on virus-specific CD8+ T-cell function. Hepatology. 2010 Dec;52(6):1934-47.
  • Heeg MH, Ulsenheimer A, Grüner NH, Zachoval R, Jung MC, Gerlach JT, Raziorrouh B, Schraut W, Horster S, Kauke T, Spannagl M, Diepolder HM. FOXP3 expression in hepatitis C virus-specific CD4+ T cells during acute hepatitis C. Gastroenterology. 2009 Oct;137(4):1280-8.e1-6.
  • Diepolder HM. Can specific heterologous immunity boost hepatitis B vaccine responses? J Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 1;198(3):297-8.
  • Lucas M, Ulsenheimer A, Pfafferot K, Heeg MH, Gaudieri S, Grüner N, Rauch A, Gerlach JT, Jung MC, Zachoval R, Pape GR, Schraut W, Santantonio T, Nitschko H, Obermeier M, Phillips R, Scriba TJ, Semmo N, Day C, Weber JN, Fidler S, Thimme R, Haberstroh A, Baumert TF, Klenerman P, Diepolder HM. Tracking virus-specific CD4+ T cells during and after acute hepatitis C virus infection. PLoS One. 2007 Jul 25;2(7):e649.
  • Gruener NH, Gerlach TJ, Ulsenheimer A, Diepolder HM, Wierenga E, Zachoval R, Heeg M, Pape GR, Jung MC. Characterization of sequence variations in immunodominant regions of the HBV-nucleocapsid protein as a prerequisite for the development of an epitope-based vaccine. Vaccine. 2007 Jun 21;25(26):4960-6.
  • Ulsenheimer A, Lucas M, Seth NP, Tilman Gerlach J, Gruener NH, Loughry A, Pape GR, Wucherpfennig KW, Diepolder HM, Klenerman P. Transient immunological control during acute hepatitis C virus infection: ex vivo analysis of helper T-cell responses. J Viral Hepat. 2006 Oct;13(10):708-14.
  • Gerlach JT, Ulsenheimer A, Grüner NH, Jung MC, Schraut W, Schirren CA, Heeg M, Scholz S, Witter K, Zahn R, Vogler A, Zachoval R, Pape GR, Diepolder HM. Minimal T-cell-stimulatory sequences and spectrum of HLA restriction of immunodominant CD4+ T-cell epitopes within hepatitis C virus NS3 and NS4 proteins. J Virol. 2005 Oct;79(19):12425-33.
  • Ulsenheimer A, Gerlach JT, Jung MC, Gruener N, Wächtler M, Backmund M, Santantonio T, Schraut W, Heeg MH, Schirren CA, Zachoval R, Pape GR, Diepolder HM. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatology. 2005 Mar;41(3):643-51.
  • Barth H, Ulsenheimer A, Pape GR, Diepolder HM, Hoffmann M, Neumann-Haefelin C, Thimme R, Henneke P, Klein R, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Depla E, Liang TJ, Blum HE, Baumert TF. Uptake and presentation of hepatitis C virus-like particles by human dendritic cells. Blood. 2005 May 1;105(9):3605-14.
  • Gruener NH, Jung MC, Ulsenheimer A, Gerlach JT, Zachoval R, Diepolder HM, Baretton G, Schauer R, Pape GR, Schirren CA. Analysis of a successful HCV-specific CD8+ T cell response in patients with recurrent HCV-infection after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2004 Dec;10(12):1487-96.
  • Schirren CA, Zachoval R, Gerlach JT, Ulsenheimer A, Gruener NH, Diepolder HM, Baretton G, Schraut W, Rau HG, Nitschko H, Pape GR, Jung MC. Antiviral treatment of recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after liver transplantation: association of a strong, multispecific, and long-lasting CD4+ T cell response with HCV-elimination. J Hepatol. 2003 Sep;39(3):397-404.
  • Gerlach JT, Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Gruener NH, Jung MC, Ulsenheimer A, Schraut WW, Schirren CA, Waechtler M, Backmund M, Pape GR. Acute hepatitis C: high rate of both spontaneous and treatment-induced viral clearance. Gastroenterology. 2003 Jul;125(1):80-8.
  • Ulsenheimer A, Gerlach JT, Gruener NH, Jung MC, Schirren CA, Schraut W, Zachoval R, Pape GR, Diepolder HM. Detection of functionally altered hepatitis C virus-specific CD4 T cells in acute and chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2003 May;37(5):1189-98.
  • Gruener NH, Jung MC, Ulsenheimer A, Gerlach TJ, Diepolder HM, Schirren CA, Hoffmann R, Wächtler M, Backmund M, Pape GR. Hepatitis C virus eradication associated with hepatitis B virus superinfection and development of a hepatitis B virus specific T cell response. J Hepatol. 2002 Dec;37(6):866-9.
  • Appay V, Dunbar PR, Callan M, Klenerman P, Gillespie GM, Papagno L, Ogg GS, King A, Lechner F, Spina CA, Little S, Havlir DV, Richman DD, Gruener N, Pape G, Waters A, Easterbrook P, Salio M, Cerundolo V, McMichael AJ, Rowland-Jones SL. Memory CD8+ T cells vary in differentiation phenotype in different persistent virus infections. Nat Med. 2002 Apr;8(4):379-85.
  • Jung MC, Grüner N, Zachoval R, Schraut W, Gerlach T, Diepolder H, Schirren CA, Page M, Bailey J, Birtles E, Whitehead E, Trojan J, Zeuzem S, Pape GR. Immunological monitoring during therapeutic vaccination as a prerequisite for the design of new effective therapies: induction of a vaccine-specific CD4+ T-cell proliferative response in chronic hepatitis B carriers. Vaccine. 2002 Oct 4;20(29-30):3598-612.
  • Jung MC, Pape GR. Immunology of hepatitis B infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2002 Jan;2(1):43-50.
  • Diepolder HM, Gruener NH, Gerlach JT, Jung MC, Wierenga EA, Pape GR. Different levels of T-cell receptor triggering induce distinct functions in hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus-specific human CD4(+) T-cell clones. J Virol. 2001 Sep;75(17):7803-10.
  • Gruener NH, Lechner F, Jung MC, Diepolder H, Gerlach T, Lauer G, Walker B, Sullivan J, Phillips R, Pape GR, Klenerman P. Sustained dysfunction of antiviral CD8+ T lymphocytes after infection with hepatitis C virus. J Virol. 2001 Jun;75(12):5550-8.
  • Schirren CA, Jung MC, Worzfeld T, Mamin M, Baretton G, Gerlach JT, Gruener NH, Zachoval R, Houghton M, Rau HG, Pape GR. Hepatitis C virus-specific CD4+ T cell response after liver transplantation occurs early, is multispecific, compartmentalizes to the liver, and does not correlate with recurrent disease. J Infect Dis. 2001 Apr 15;183(8):1187-94.
  • Lechner F, Gruener NH, Urbani S, Uggeri J, Santantonio T, Kammer AR, Cerny A, Phillips R, Ferrari C, Pape GR, Klenerman P. CD8+ T lymphocyte responses are induced during acute hepatitis C virus infection but are not sustained. Eur J Immunol. 2000 Sep;30(9):2479-87.
  • Cucchiarini M, Kammer AR, Grabscheid B, Diepolder HM, Gerlach TJ, Grüner N, Santantonio T, Reichen J, Pape GR, Cerny A. Vigorous peripheral blood cytotoxic T cell response during the acute phase of hepatitis C virus infection. Cell Immunol. 2000 Aug 1;203(2):111-23.
  • Schirren CA, Jung MC, Gerlach JT, Worzfeld T, Baretton G, Mamin M, Hubert Gruener N, Houghton M, Pape GR. Liver-derived hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD4(+) T cells recognize multiple HCV epitopes and produce interferon gamma. Hepatology. 2000 Sep;32(3):597-603.
  • Grüner NH, Gerlach TJ, Jung MC, Diepolder HM, Schirren CA, Schraut WW, Hoffmann R, Zachoval R, Santantonio T, Cucchiarini M, Cerny A, Pape GR. Association of hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cells with viral clearance in acute hepatitis C. Pape GR, Gerlach TJ, Diepolder HM, Grüner N, Jung M, Santantonio T. Role of the specific T-cell response for clearance and control of hepatitis C virus. J Viral Hepat. 1999 Jul;6 Suppl 1:36-40.
  • Schirren CA, Jung M, Worzfeld T, Mamin M, Baretton GB, Gruener NH, Gerlach JT, Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Pape GR. Cytokine profile of liver- and blood-derived nonspecific T cells after liver transplantation: T helper cells type 1/0 lymphokines dominate in recurrent hepatitis C virus infection and rejection. Liver Transpl. 2000 Mar;6(2):222-8.
  • Diepolder HM, Scholz S, Pape GR. Influence of HLA alleles on outcome of hepatitis C virus infection. Lancet. 1999 Dec 18-25;354(9196):2094-5.
  • Gerlach JT, Diepolder HM, Jung MC, Gruener NH, Schraut WW, Zachoval R, Hoffmann R, Schirren CA, Santantonio T, Pape GR. Recurrence of hepatitis C virus after loss of virus-specific CD4(+) T-cell response in acute hepatitis C. Gastroenterology. 1999 Oct;117(4):933-41.
  • Jung MC, Hartmann B, Gerlach JT, Diepolder H, Gruber R, Schraut W, Grüner N, Zachoval R, Hoffmann R, Santantonio T, Wächtler M, Pape GR. Virus-specific lymphokine production differs quantitatively but not qualitatively in acute and chronic hepatitis B infection. Virology. 1999 Sep 1;261(2):165-72.
  • Diepolder HM, Ries G, Jung MC, Schlicht HJ, Gerlach JT, Gr ner N, Caselmann WH, Pape GR. Differential antigen-processing pathways of the hepatitis B virus e and core proteins. Gastroenterology. 1999 Mar;116(3):650-7.
  • Chang KM, Gruener NH, Southwood S, Sidney J, Pape GR, Chisari FV, Sette A. Identification of HLA-A3 and -B7-restricted CTL response to hepatitis C virus in patients with acute and chronic hepatitis C. J Immunol. 1999 Jan 15;162(2):1156-64.
  • Gerlach JT, Diepolder H, Pape GR. Determination of Hepatitis C Virus-Specific CD4(+) T-Cell Activity in PBMC. Methods Mol Med. 1999;19:413-22.
  • Diepolder HM, Jung MC, Keller E, Schraut W, Gerlach JT, Grüner N, Zachoval R, Hoffmann RM, Schirren CA, Scholz S, Pape GR. A vigorous virus-specific CD4+ T cell response may contribute to the association of HLA-DR13 with viral clearance in hepatitis B. Clin Exp Immunol. 1998 Aug;113(2):244-51.
  • Diepolder HM, Gerlach JT, Zachoval R, Hoffmann RM, Jung MC, Wierenga EA, Scholz S, Santantonio T, Houghton M, Southwood S, Sette A, Pape GR. Immunodominant CD4+ T-cell epitope within nonstructural protein 3 in acute hepatitis C virus infection. J Virol. 1997 Aug;71(8):6011-9.
  • Pape GR, Jung MC. Role for CD4 positive T cell response in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B. J Hepatol. 1997 May;26(5):1157-8.
  • Schirren CA, Jung MC, Zachoval R, Diepolder H, Hoffmann R, Riethmüller G, Pape GR. Analysis of T cell activation pathways in patients with liver cirrhosis, impaired delayed hypersensitivity and other T cell-dependent functions. Clin Exp Immunol. 1997 Apr;108(1):144-50.
  • Diepolder HM, Jung MC, Wierenga E, Hoffmann RM, Zachoval R, Gerlach TJ, Scholz S, Heavner G, Riethmüller G, Pape GR. Anergic TH1 clones specific for hepatitis B virus (HBV) core peptides are inhibitory to other HBV core-specific CD4+ T cells in vitro. J Virol. 1996 Nov;70(11):7540-8.
  • Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Hoffmann RM, Jung MC, Gerlach T, Pape GR. The role of hepatitis C virus specific CD4+ T lymphocytes in acute and chronic hepatitis C. J Mol Med (Berl). 1996 Oct;74(10):583-8.
  • Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Hoffmann RM, Wierenga EA, Santantonio T, Jung MC, Eichenlaub D, Pape GR. Possible mechanism involving T-lymphocyte response to non-structural protein 3 in viral clearance in acute hepatitis C virus infection. Lancet. 1995 Oct 14;346(8981):1006-7.
  • Jung MC, Diepolder HM, Spengler U, Wierenga EA, Zachoval R, Hoffmann RM, Eichenlaub D, Frösner G, Will H, Pape GR. Activation of a heterogeneous hepatitis B (HB) core and e antigen-specific CD4+ T-cell population during seroconversion to anti-HBe and anti-HBs in hepatitis B virus infection. J Virol. 1995 Jun;69(6):3358-68.
  • Hoffmann RM, Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Zwiebel FM, Jung MC, Scholz S, Nitschko H, Riethmüller G, Pape GR. Mapping of immunodominant CD4+ T lymphocyte epitopes of hepatitis C virus antigens and their relevance during the course of chronic infection. Hepatology. 1995 Mar;21(3):632-8.
  • Hoffmann RM, Günther C, Diepolder HM, Zachoval R, Eissner HJ, Forst H, Anthuber M, Paumgartner G, Pape GR. Hepatitis C virus infection as a possible risk factor for ductopenic rejection (vanishing bile duct syndrome) after liver transplantation. Transpl Int. 1995;8(5):353-9.
  • Diepolder HM, Jung MC, Albert E, Hoffmann RM, Zachoval R, Pape GR. HLA and hepatitis B infection. Lancet. 1994 Dec 24-31;344(8939-8940):1772-3.
  • Jung MC, Diepolder HM, Pape GR. T cell recognition of hepatitis B and C viral antigens. Eur J Clin Invest. 1994 Oct;24(10):641-50.
  • Review.Santantonio T, Jung MC, Schneider R, Fernholz D, Milella M, Monno L, Pastore G, Pape GR, Will H. Hepatitis B virus genomes that cannot synthesize pre-S2 proteins occur frequently and as dominant virus populations in chronic carriers in Italy. Virology. 1992 Jun;188(2):948-52.
  • Naoumov NV, Schneider R, Grötzinger T, Jung MC, Miska S, Pape GR, Will H. Precore mutant hepatitis B virus infection and liver disease. Gastroenterology. 1992 Feb;102(2):538-43.
  • Santantonio T, Jung MC, Schneider R, Pastore G, Pape GR, Will H. Selection for a pre-C stop codon mutation in a hepatitis B virus variant with a pre-C initiation codon mutation during interferon treatment. J Hepatol. 1991 Nov;13(3):368-71.
  • Santantonio T, Jung MC, Miska S, Pastore G, Pape GR, Will H. Prevalence and type of pre-C HBV mutants in anti-HBe positive carriers with chronic liver disease in a highly endemic area. Virology. 1991 Aug;183(2):840-4.
  • Santantonio T, Jung MC, Miska S, Pastore G, Pape GR, Will H. High prevalence and heterogeneity of HBV preC mutants in anti-HBe-positive carriers with chronic liver disease in southern Italy. J Hepatol. 1991;13 Suppl 4:S78-81.
  • Messer G, Spengler U, Jung MC, Honold G, Blömer K, Pape GR, Riethmüller G, Weiss EH. Polymorphic structure of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) locus: an NcoI polymorphism in the first intron of the human TNF-beta gene correlates with a variant amino acid in position 26 and a reduced level of TNF-beta production. J Exp Med. 1991 Jan 1;173(1):209-19.
  • Weimer T, Schödel F, Jung MC, Pape GR, Alberti A, Fattovich G, Beljaars H, van Eerd PM, Will H. Antibodies to the RNase H domain of hepatitis B virus P protein are associated with ongoing viral replication. J Virol. 1990 Nov;64(11):5665-8.
  • Stemler M, Weimer T, Tu ZX, Wan DF, Levrero M, Jung C, Pape GR, Will H. Mapping of B-cell epitopes of the human hepatitis B virus X protein. J Virol. 1990 Jun;64(6):2802-9.
  • Weimer T, Weimer K, Tu ZX, Jung MC, Pape GR, Will H. Immunogenicity of human hepatitis B virus P-gene derived proteins. J Immunol. 1989 Dec 1;143(11):3750-6.

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