ZMB Member Elisabeth Littwitz-Salomon
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Elisabeth Littwitz-Salomon
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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Littwitz-Salomon
Institute for The Research on HIV and AIDS-associated Diseases
University Hospital Essen
Robert Koch Haus 179
45147 Essen
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Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Transplantation
Research Overview
Despite intensive research, the cure of infections with retroviruses, e.g. the immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is still impossible with the strategies currently used. New ways of strengthening the body's own immunity and improving antiviral functions are therefore of outstanding interest. Natural killer (NK) cells are an important cell type of innate immunity that fights infection until adaptive immunity takes over. For their activity, NK cells undergo metabolic reprogramming to meet their increased demand for nutrients and energy. We have shown that metabolism plays an essential role in the cytotoxic function of antiviral NK cells.
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PD-1 knockout on cytotoxic primary murine CD8+ T cells improves their motility in retrovirus infected miceIn: Frontiers in Immunology Vol. 15 (2024) 1338218Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Restriction of Glycolysis Increases Serial Killing Capacity of Natural Killer CellsIn: International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) Vol. 25 (2024) Nr. 5, 2917Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Fatty acids are crucial to fuel NK cells upon acute retrovirus infectionIn: Frontiers in Immunology Vol. 14 (2023) 1296355Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Hypoxia-Inducible Factor–Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor Improves Leukocyte Energy Metabolism in Hereditary Hemorrhagic TelangiectasiaIn: Life Vol. 13 (2023) Nr. 8, 1708Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Inhibition of Glucose Uptake Blocks Proliferation but Not Cytotoxic Activity of NK CellsIn: Cells Vol. 11 (2022) Nr. 21, 3489Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Superior antiviral activity of IFNβ in genital HSV-1 infectionIn: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Vol. 12 (2022) 949036Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Metabolic requirements of NK cells during the acute response against retroviral infectionIn: Nature Communications Vol. 12 (2021) Nr. 1, 5376Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Simultaneous or Prior Activation of Intrahepatic Type I Interferon Signaling Leads to Hepatitis B Virus Persistence in a Mouse ModelIn: Journal of Virology Vol. 95 (2021) Nr. 24, e00034-21Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Chronic retroviral infection of mice promotes tumor development, but CD137 agonist therapy restores effective tumor immune surveillanceIn: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Vol. 68 (2019) Nr. 3, pp. 479 - 488Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
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Effects of Friend Virus Infection and Regulatory T Cells on the Antigen Presentation Function of B CellsIn: mBio Vol. 10 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. e02578 - 18Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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IFI16 Targets the Transcription Factor Sp1 to Suppress HIV-1 Transcription and Latency ReactivationIn: Cell Host & Microbe Vol. 25 (2019) Nr. 6, pp. 858 - 872.e13Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Natural Killer Cells Integrate Signals Received from Tumour Interactions and IL2 to Induce Robust and Prolonged Anti-Tumour and Metabolic ResponsesIn: Immunometabolism Vol. 1 (2019) pp. e190014Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Friend retrovirus infection induces the development of memory-like natural killer cells 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1107 ImmunologyIn: Retrovirology Vol. 15 (2018) Nr. 1, 68Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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The Cytotoxic Activity of Natural Killer Cells Is Suppressed by IL-10⁺ Regulatory T Cells During Acute Retroviral InfectionIn: Frontiers in Immunology Vol. 9 (2018) pp. 1947Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Dose of retroviral infection determines induction of antiviral NK cell responsesIn: Journal of Virology Vol. 91 (2017) Nr. 22, pp. e01122 15 Seiten - 17Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Fas Ligand-mediated cytotoxicity of CD4+ T cells during chronic retrovirus infectionIn: Scientific Reports Vol. 7 (2017) pp. 7785Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Natural killer T cells contribute to the control of acute retroviral infectionIn: Retrovirology Vol. 14 (2017) Nr. 1, 5Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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CD137 agonist therapy can reprogram regulatory T cells into cytotoxic CD4+ T cells with antitumor activityIn: The Journal of Immunology (JI) Vol. 196 (2016) Nr. 1, pp. 484 - 492Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Insufficient natural killer cell responses against retroviruses : How to improve NK cell killing of retrovirus-infected cellsIn: Retrovirology Vol. 13 (2016) Nr. 1, 77Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Activated regulatory T cells suppress effector NK cell responses by an IL-2-mediated mechanism during an acute retroviral infectionIn: Retrovirology Vol. 12 (2015) Nr. 1, 66Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Distinct roles of NK cells in viral immunity during different phases of acute Friend retrovirus infectionIn: Retrovirology Vol. 10 (2013) Nr. 1, 127Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)