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Host ­Determinants in Lung Infections

Dr. Bianca Schneider
Dr. Bianca Schneider
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Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases worldwide. The rate of progression to disease is driven by a complex interplay of pathogen and host-related factors. The current poor understanding of protective versus non-protective host responses hampers the development of new treatments, particularly those based on immunomodulatory strategies. The overall goal of our research is to understand how host-related factors regulate anti-tuberculosis defenses, focusing on two major aspects, which are likely to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of TB: the biological sex and viral coinfections.

 

Vaccines:

  • Molecular basis of sex-dependency in vaccine efficacy

 

B cells

  • Elucidate the sex-specific role of B cells in TB
  • B cell development in the bone-marrow during chronic infection

 

Myeloid cells

  • Sex-specific regulation and function of monocytes and macrophages in TB
  • Sex-specific regulation of immunoproteasome function in lung infection (Meiners/Schneider)

 

Coinfection

  • Viral triggers of TB disease: Impact of influenza or MCMV on TB disease and Mtb-specific immunity

 

 

German Research Foundation (DFG)

 

  • DFG SCHN 1150/6-1 Host determinants of susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the role of the biological sex (2020- )
  • DFG SCHN 1150/4-1 Studying the protective efficacy of radiation-attenuated Plasmodium sporozoites as anti-infective malaria vaccine during concurrent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2015-2018)
  • COVSH-NET (experimental studies on COVID-19)

 

Leibniz Graduate School "Model Systems for Infectious Diseases"

  • Hormonal effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected human macrophages (Schneider / Sellau; 2021-2024)
  • Viral triggers of tuberculosis disease: a case for cytomegalovirus? Schneider / Brune; (2020-2023)
  • Impact of an influenza virus infection on the outcome of experimental tuberculosis in mice; Schneider / Gabriel; (2015-2018)
  • Malaria – Tuberculosis Co‐Infection: Dissecting the immunological interactions during concurrent Plasmodium and Mycobacterium infection; Schneider / Jacobs; (2012-2015)

 

Life Science-Stiftung München:

  • The role of B cell/Plasma cell-derived IL-10 in tuberculosis

 

Wirtsdeterminanten bei Lungeninfektionen cell culture models


2024

Hertz, D, Eggers, L, von Borstel, L, Goldmann, T, Lotter, H & Schneider, BE 2024, 'Turning the tables: Loss of adaptive immunity reverses sex differences in tuberculosis', Biorxiv, S. 2024.09.24.614709. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.24.614709

Hertz, D, Marwitz, S, Eggers, L, von Borstel, L, Parvathy, GH, Behrends, J, Jonigk, DD, Manz, RA, Goldmann, T & Schneider, BE 2024, 'Ablation of B cell-derived IL-10 increases tuberculosis resistance', Biorxiv, S. 2024.07.17.603865. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.17.603865

Parvathy, GH, Bhandiwad, D, Eggers, L, Borstel, LV, Behrends, J, Hein, M, Hertz, D, Marschner, J, Orinska, Z & Kaufmann, SHE et al. 2024, 'Sex differences in vaccine induced immunity and protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis', Biorxiv, S. 2024.04.20.590403. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.20.590403

 

2021

Henning J, Walendy-Gnirß K, Tekin-Bubenheim N, Kouassi NM, Ben-Batalla I, Berenbrok N, Wolff M, dos Reis VP, Zickler M, Scholl L, Gries A, Jania H, Kloetgen A, Düsedau A, Pilnitz-Stolze G, Jeridi A, Yildirim AÖ, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Stoeger C, de Angelis MH, Manuylova T, Klingel K, Culley FJ, Behrends J, Loges S, Schneider B, Krauss-Etschmann S, Openshaw P, Gabriel G. Offspring born to influenza A virus infected pregnant mice have increased susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections in early life. /Nat Commun/ *12, *4957 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25220-3.

Klionsky, DJ, Abdel-Aziz, AK, Abdelfatah, S, Abdellatif, M, Abdoli, A, Abel, S, Abeliovich, H, Abildgaard, MH, Abudu, YP, Acevedo-Arozena, A, Adamopoulos, IE, Adeli, K, Adolph, TE, Adornetto, A, Aflaki, E, Agam, G, Agarwal, A, Aggarwal, BB, Agnello, M, Agostinis, P, Agrewala, JN, Agrotis, A, Aguilar, PV, Ahmad, ST, Ahmed, ZM, Ahumada-Castro, U, Aits, S, Aizawa, S, Akkoc, Y, Akoumianaki, T, Akpinar, HA, Al-Abd, AM, Al-Akra, L, Al-Gharaibeh, A, Alaoui-Jamali, MA, Alberti, S, Alcocer-Gómez, E, Alessandri, C, Ali, M, Alim Al-Bari, MA, Aliwaini, S, Alizadeh, J, Almacellas, E, Almasan, A, Alonso, A, Dallenga, T, Leschczyk, C, Schaible, UE, Schneider, BE & Sonawane, A 2021, 'Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1, Autophagy, Jg. 17, Nr. 1, S. 1-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280

 

2020

Beer, AJ, Hertz, D, Seemann, E, Beretta, M, Westermann, M, Bauer, R, Bauer, M, Kessels, MM & Qualmann, B 2020, 'Reduced Mrp2 surface availability as PI3Kγ-mediated hepatocytic dysfunction reflecting a hallmark of cholestasis in sepsis', Scientific Reports, Jg. 10, Nr. 1, 13110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69901-3

Dutta, NK & Schneider, B 2020, 'Are There Sex-Specific Differences in Response to Adjunctive Host-Directed Therapies for Tuberculosis?', FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, Jg. 11, S. 1465. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01465

Hertz D, Dibbern J, Eggers L, von Borstel L, Schneider BE. Increased male susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is associated with smaller B cell follicles in the lungs. Scientific Reports 2020; 10: 5142

Witschkowski J, Behrends J, Frank R, Eggers L, von Borstel L, Hertz D, Mueller A.-K, Schneider BE. BCG Provides Short-Term Protection from Experimental Cerebral Malaria in Mice. Vaccines 2020, 8, 745.

 

 

Head

Dr. Bianca Schneider
Dr. Bianca Schneider
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Scientific staff

Lara Buer
Lara Buer
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Dr. David Hertz
Dr. David Hertz
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Liisa Knipp
Liisa Knipp
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Jaqueline Marschner
Jaqueline Marschner
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Gishnu Harikumar Parvathy
Gishnu Harikumar Parvathy
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Technical staff

Linda von Borstel
Linda von Borstel
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Lars Eggers
Lars Eggers
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Alumni

  • Maja Grote
  • Laura Knüppel

 

 

Last Update: 02.05.2024