Cardioimmunology

Blyszczuk P., Kania G., Dieterle T., Marty RR., Valaperti A., Berthonneche C., Pedrazzini T., Berger CT., Dirnhofer S., Matter CM., Penninger JM., Lüscher TF., Eriksson U.
(2009) MyD88/IL-1 signalling controls cardiac fibrosis and heart failure progression in inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy. Circulation Research, Sep 17
[Epub ahead of print]

Kania G., Blyszczuk P., Stein MS, Valaperti A., Germano D, Dirnhofer S, Hunziker L, Matter CM, Eriksson U.
Heart- infiltrating prominin-1+/CD133+ progenitor cells represent the cellular source of TGF-b-mediated cardiac fibrosis in experimental autoimmune myocarditis. Circulation Research 2009.
Aug 28;105(5):462-70

Mauermann N, Burian J, Dirnhofer S, Bingisser RM, Tamm M, Eriksson U*, Hunziker L*.
Interferon regulates idiopathic pneumonia syndrome, a Th17 CD4 T cell mediated GvH disease.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 178:379-388. *shared last authorship

Kania G, Blyszczuk P, Valaperti A, Dieterle T, Leimenstoll B, Dirnhofer S, Zulewski H, Eriksson U.
Prominin-1⁺/CD133⁺ bone marrow derived heart resident cells suppress experimental autoimmune myocarditis.
Cardiovasc Res 2008; 80:236-245.

Valaperti A, Marty RR, Kania G, Germano D, Mauermann N, Dirnhofer S, Leimenstoll B, Blyszczuk P, Hunziker L, Eriksson U.
CD11b⁺ monocytes abrogate Th17 CD4⁺ T cell mediated experimental autoimmune myocarditis.
J Immunol 2008; 180:2686-2695

Rangachari M, Mauermann N, Marty RR, Dirnhofer S, Kurrer MO, Komnenovic V, Penninger JM, Eriksson U.
T-bet is a negative regulator of autoimmune heart disease.
J Exp Med 2006; 203: 2009-2019.

Marty RR, Dirnhofer S, Mauermann N, Schweikert S, Akira S, Hunziker L, Penninger JM, Eriksson U.
MyD88 signaling controls autoimmune myocarditis induction.
Circulation 2006; 113:258-265.

Abel B, Kurrer MO, Shamshiev J, Marty RR, Eriksson U, Gunthert U, Kopf M.
The osteopontin – CD44 pathway is superfluous for the development of autoimmune myocarditis.
Eur J Immunol 2006; 36:494-499

Eriksson U, Egermann U, Bihl MP, Gambazzi F, Tamm M, Holt PG, Bingisser RM.
Human bronchial epithelium controls TH2 responses by TH1 induced nitric oxide-mediated STAT5 dephosphorylation: implications for the pathogenesis of asthma.
J Immunol 2005; 175:2715-2720.

Ricci R, Eriksson U, Oudit GY, Eferl R, Akhmedov A, Sumara I, Sumara G, Kassiri Z, David JP, Bakiri L, Sasse B, Idarraga MH, Rath M, Kurz D, Theussl HC, Perriard J, Backx P, Penninger JM, Wagner EF.
Distinct function of junD in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
Genes Dev 2005; 19:208-213.

Eriksson U, Ricci R, Hunziker L, Kurrer MO, Oudit GY, Watts TH, Sonderegger I, Bachmaier K,
Kopf M, Penninger JM.
Dendritic cell-induced heart failure requires essential cooperation between adaptive and innate immunity.
Nat Med 2003; 9:1484-1489.

Eriksson U, Kurrer MO, Sonderegger I, Iezzi G, Tafuri A, Hunziker L, Suzuki S, Bachmaier K, Bingisser RM, Penninger JM, Kopf M.
Activation of dendritic cells through the IL-1 receptor 1 is essential for the induction of
autoimmune myocarditis.
J Exp Med 2003; 197(3):323-331.

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