Publications Immunology

Merkt W, Rodon L, Deicher FS, Freitag M, Claus M, Lister R, Han H, Zhou Y, Horne A, Stütz A, Li YN, Kreuter M, Kahn N, Schneider MA, Egea-Zorrilla A, Blasco-Iturri Z, Nikulina N, Turkowski K, Ruppert C, Guenther A, Rizzo R, Rizzo S, Ferraresi M, Hübschmann D, Haas S, Blank N, Watzl C, Tykocinski LO, Lorenz HM, Savai R, Pardo-Saganta A, Lagares D:

Natural killer cell immunotherapy reverses lung fibrosis by eliminating senescent fibroblasts. Sci Transl Med 18(849): eadq5442 (2026) doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adq5442

Niemann JA, Watzl C:

Serial Killing Natural Killer Cells. In: Zimmer J, Ullrich E (eds): Natural Killer Cells. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2026) doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-68816-8_67-1

Fleige L, Jakobs M, Brüggemann G, Tebbe B, Martin Schäper T, Engler H, Friedel AL, Hörbelt-Grünheidt T, Fandrey J, Schedlowski M, Capellino S:

In vivo Effects of Acute Inflammatory Responses on Dopaminergic Receptor Expression in Leukocytes and Marginal Effects of Hypoxia Pretreatment. Neuroimmunomodulation 33(1): 138–149 (2026) doi: 10.1159/000550768

Walzik D, Joisten N, Metcalfe AJ, Proschinger S, Schenk A, Wenzel C, Henneberg AL, Schneider M, Calderazzo S, Groll A, Watzl C, Opitz CA, Helm D, Zimmer P:

Acute exercise rewires the proteomic landscape of human immune cells. Nat Commun 17(1): 130 (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-68101-9

Bröde P, Claus M, Getzmann S, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Reinders J, Wascher E, Watzl C, Gajewski PD:

Latent Toxoplasma gondii Infection Does Not Modulate Immune Aging in a Cross-Sectional Working-Age Population Study. Biomolecules 16(1): 55 (2026) doi: 10.3390/biom16010055

Freitag M, Kolb P, Falcone V, Claus M, Schröder P, Andreeva I, Rodon L, Ewald M, Deicher FS, Stütz AN, Distler JHW, Blank N, Grieshaber-Bouyer R, Muñoz LE, Lorenz HM, Schett G, Merkt W:

Fcγ-receptor-activation by circulating immune complexes in systemic autoimmune diseases and its reduction by CD19-CAR T cell therapy. Rheumatology (Oxford) 65(3): keaf627 (2026) doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf627

Niemann JA, Watzl C:

Assessment of Natural Killer Cell Serial Degranulation. Curr Protoc 6(8): e70452 (2026) doi: 10.1002/cpz1.70452

Gheitasi R, Rezaei M, Nafisi Fard P, Roel D, Baumgart S, Dudziak D, Rose N, Petzinna SM, Kamradt T, Watzl C, Pletz MW, Schäfer VS:

How age and sex interaction is associated with immune aging with implications for vaccines and age-related autoimmunity. NPJ Aging 12: 117 (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41514-026-00491-6

Natasha EE, Mulder D, Fehse L, Winter NR, Fisch L, Welzel M, Bang C, Meinert S, Flinkenflügel K, Borgers T, Goltermann J, Leehr EJ, Culmsee C, Stein F, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Nenadic I, Straube B, Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Jansen A, Nitsch R, Lügering A, Franke A, Dannlowski U, Kircher T, Heider D, Hahn T, Vrijsen JN, van Eijndhoven P, Tendolkar I, Reif A, Edwin Thanarajah S, Matura S, Arias Vasquez A, Bloemendaal M:

The effect of SSRI/SNRI antidepressant treatment on the gut microbiota of patients with major depressive disorder. Commun Med 6(1): 399 (2026) doi: 10.1038/s43856-026-01782-5

Abouhegaziah S, Watzl C, Rady M:

Long Non-Coding RNAs in Natural Killer Cell Biology: Insights into Immune Regulation and Cancer. Immunol Invest (2026) doi: 10.1080/08820139.2026.2702577