Shehata A^*, Schäuble S^*, Martin R, Aldejohann AM, Panagiotou G, Kurzai O, Hünniger-Ast K (2026) Caspofungin enhances antifungal immunity in human blood through transcriptional reprogramming. microLife [Accepted]

Heilig L, Bussemer L, Strobel L, Hünniger-Ast K, Kurzai O, Grothey A, Dölken L, Laib Sampaio K, Panagiotou G, Westermann AJ, Einsele H, Wurster S, Schäuble S, Löffler J (2025) Unveiling immune interference: how the dendritic cell response to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus is modulated by human cytomegalovirus and its virokine CMVIL-10. mBio 16(11), e0154125.

Zimmermann A, Theuersbacher J, Han H, Herzog L, Schrenker B, Lotz C, Stigloher C, Hillenkamp J, Hünniger-Ast K, Walther G, Kampik D, Kurzai O, Martin R (2025) A 3D Fusarium keratitis model reveals isolate-specific adhesion and invasion properties in the Fusarium solani species complex. mSphere 10(11), e0032825.

Heilig L, Fariha N, Trinks N, Aimanianda V, Wong SSW, Fontaine T, Terpitz U, Strobel L, Lemauff F, Sheppard D, Schaeuble S, Kurzai O, Hünniger K, Weiss E, Vargas M, Howell PL, Panagiotou G, Wurster S, Einsele H, Löffler J (2024) CD56-mediated activation of human natural killer cells is triggered by Aspergillus fumigatus galactosaminogalactan. PLOS Pathog 20(6), e1012315.

Häder A^#, Schäuble S^#, Gehlen J, Thielemann N, Buerfent BC, Schüller V, Hess T, Wolf T, Schröder J, Weber M, Hünniger K, Löffler J, Vylkova S, Panagiotou G, Schumacher J, Kurzai O (2023) Pathogen-specific innate immune response patterns are distinctly affected by genetic diversity. Nat Commun 14(1), 3239.

Belyaev I^*, Marolda A^*, Praetorius JP, Sarkar A, Medyukhina A, Hünniger K, Kurzai O, Figge MT (2022) Automated characterisation of neutrophil activation phenotypes in ex vivo human Candida blood infections. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 20, 2297-2308.

Seif M, Kakoschke TK, Ebel F, Bellet MM, Trinks N, Renga G, Pariano M, Romani L, Tappe B, Espie D, Donnadieu E, Hünniger K, Häder A, Sauer M, Damotte D, Alifano M, White PL, Backx M, Nerreter T, Machwirth M, Kurzai O, Prommersberger S, Einsele H, Hudecek M, Löffler J (2022) CAR T cells targeting Aspergillus fumigatus are effective at treating invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in preclinical models. Sci Transl Med 14(664), eabh1209.

Tappe B, Lauruschkat C, Strobel L, Kurzai O, Rebhan S, Kraus S, Lauruschkat C, Garcia JP, Bussemer L, Possler L, Held M, Huenniger K, Kniemeyer O, Schäuble S, Brakhage AA, Panagiotou G, White L, Einsele H, Löffler J, Wurster S (2022) COVID-19 patients share common, corticosteroid-independent features of impaired host immunity to pathogenic molds. Front Immunol 13, 954985.

Lehnert T, Prauße MTE, Hünniger K, Praetorius JP, Kurzai O, Figge MT (2021) Comparative assessment of immune evasion mechanisms in human whole-blood infection assays by a systems biology approach. PLOS One 16(4), e0249372.

Lehnert T^*, Leonhardt I^*, Timme S, Thomas-Rüddel D, Bloos F, Sponholz C, Kurzai O, Figge MT^#, Hünniger K^# (2021) Ex vivo immune profiling in patient blood enables quantification of innate immune effector functions. Sci Rep 11(1), 12039.