Prof. Dr. Christine Skerka

Alumni

Publikationen

Chen Q, Müller D, Rudolph B, Hartmann A, Kuwertz-Bröking E, Wu K, Kirschfink M, Skerka C, Zipfel PF (2011) Combined C3b and factor B autoantibodies and MPGN type II. N Engl J Med 365(24), 2340-2342.
Gropp K, Weber N, Reuter M, Micklisch S, Kopka I, Hallström T, Skerka C (2011) β₂-glycoprotein I, the major target in antiphospholipid syndrome, is a special human complement regulator. Blood 118(10), 2774-2783.
Lauer N, Mihlan M, Hartmann A, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Keilhauer C, Scholl HP, Charbel Issa P, Holz F, Weber BH, Skerka C, Zipfel PF (2011) Complement regulation at necrotic cell lesions is impaired by the age-related macular degeneration-associated factor-H His402 risk variant. J Immunol 187(8), 4374-4383.
Luo S, Blom AM, Rupp S, Hipler UC, Hube B, Skerka C, Zipfel PF (2011) The pH-regulated antigen 1 of Candida albicans binds the human complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein and mediates fungal complement evasion. J Biol Chem 286(10), 8021-8029.
Weismann D, Hartvigsen K, Lauer N, Bennett KL, Scholl HP, Charbel Issa P, Cano M, Brandstätter H, Tsimikas S, Skerka C, Superti-Furga G, Handa JT, Zipfel PF, Witztum JL, Binder CJ (2011) Complement factor H binds malondialdehyde epitopes and protects from oxidative stress. Nature 478(7367), 76-81.
Zipfel PF, Skerka C, Kupka D, Luo S (2011) Immune escape of the human facultative pathogenic yeast Candida albicans: the many faces of the Candida Pra1 protein. Int J Med Microbiol 301(5), 423-430. (Review)
Zipfel PF, Wolf G, John U, Kentouche K, Skerka C (2011) Novel developments in thrombotic microangiopathies: is there a common link between hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytic purpura? Pediatr Nephrol 26(11), 1947-1956.
Siegel C, Hallström T, Skerka C, Eberhardt H, Uzonyi B, Beckhaus T, Karas M, Wallich R, Stevenson B, Zipfel PF, Kraiczy P (2010) Complement factor H-related proteins CFHR2 and CFHR5 represent novel ligands for the infection-associated CRASP proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi. PLOS One 5(10), e13519.
Gropp K, Schild L, Schindler S, Hube B, Zipfel PF, Skerka C (2009) The yeast Candida albicans evades human complement attack by secretion of aspartic proteases. Mol Immunol 47(2-3), 465-475.