Arbeitsgruppe OncoImmunology
2016
Seebauer CT, Brunner S, Glockzin G, Piso P, Ruemmele P, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S, Kesselring R. Peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal cancer is characterized by structural and functional reorganization of the tumor microenvironment inducing senescence and proliferation arrest in cancer cells Oncoimmunology. 2016;12(5)
Brunner SM, Hahn U, Jeiter T, Kesselring R, Rubner C, Ruemmele P, Sziklavari Z, Hofmann HS, Schlitt HJ, Fichtner-Feigl S. Immune Architecture of Colorectal Lung Metastases and Implications for Patient Survival. Eur Surg Res. 2016;57(3-4):186-196
Brand A, Singer K, Koehl GE, Kolitzus M, Schoenhammer G, Thiel A, Matos C, Bruss C, Klobuch S, Peter K, Kastenberger M, Bogdan C, Schleicher U, Mackensen A, Ullrich E, Fichtner-Feigl S, Kesselring R, Mack M, Ritter U, Schmid M, Blank C, Dettmer K, Oefner PJ, Hoffmann P, Walenta S, Geissler EK, Pouyssegur J, Villunger A, Steven A, Seliger B, Schreml S, Haferkamp S, Kohl E, Karrer S, Berneburg M, Herr W, Mueller-Klieser W, Renner K, Kreutz M. LDHA-Associated Lactic Acid Production Blunts Tumor Immunosurveillance by T and NK Cells. Cell Metab. 2016 Nov 8;24(5):657-671. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.08.011
Kesselring R, Glaesner J, Hiergeist A, Naschberger E, Neumann H, Brunner SM, Wege AK, Seebauer C, Köhl G, Merkl S, Croner RS, Hackl C, Stürzl M, Neurath MF, Gessner A, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S. IRAK-M Expression in Tumor Cells Supports Colorectal Cancer Progression through Reduction of Antimicrobial Defense and Stabilization of STAT3. Cancer Cell. 2016 May 9;29(5):684-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.03.014
2015
Fichtner-Feigl S, Kesselring R, Strober W. Chronic inflammation and the development of malignancy in the GI tract. Trends Immunol. 2015 Aug;36(8):451-9. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2015.06.007. Review.
Martin M, Kesselring RK, Saidou B, Brunner SM, Schiechl G, Mouris VF, Wege AK, Rümmele P, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S. RORγt(+) hematopoietic cells are necessary for tumor cell proliferation during colitis-associated tumorigenesis in mice. Eur J Immunol. 2015 Jun;45(6):1667-79. doi: 10.1002/eji.201444915.
Brunner SM, Rubner C, Kesselring R, Martin M, Griesshammer E, Ruemmele P, Stempfl T, Teufel A, Schlitt HJ, Fichtner-Feigl S. Tumor-infiltrating, interleukin-33-producing effector-memory CD8(+) T cells in resected hepatocellular carcinoma prolong patient survival. Hepatology. 2015 Jun;61(6):1957-67. doi: 10.1002/hep.27728.
2014
Brunner SM, Kesselring R, Rubner C, Martin M, Jeiter T, Boerner T, Ruemmele P, Schlitt HJ, Fichtner-Feigl S. Prognosis according to histochemical analysis of liver metastases removed at liver resection. Br J Surg. 2014 Dec;101(13):1681-91. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9627
Kesselring R, Thiel A, Pries R, Fichtner-Feigl S, Brunner S, Seidel P, Bruchhage KL, Wollenberg B. The complement receptors CD46, CD55 and CD59 are regulated by the tumour microenvironment of head and neck cancer to facilitate escape of complement attack. Eur J Cancer. 2014 Aug;50(12):2152-61. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2014.05.005.
Fichtner-Feigl S, Kesselring R, Martin M, Obermeier F, Ruemmele P, Kitani A, Brunner SM, Haimerl M, Geissler EK, Strober W, Schlitt HJ. IL-13 orchestrates resolution of chronic intestinal inflammation via phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β. J Immunol. 2014 Apr 15;192(8):3969-80. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301072.
2013
Brunner SM, Schiechl G, Kesselring R, Martin M, Balam S, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S. IL-13 signaling via IL-13Rα2 triggers TGF-β1-dependent allograft fibrosis. Transplant Res. 2013 Oct 22;2(1):16. doi: 10.1186/2047-1440-2-16
Plassmeier L, Knoop R, Waldmann J, Kesselring R, Buchholz M, Fichtner-Feigl S, Bartsch DK, Fendrich V.
Aspirin prolongs survival and reduces the number of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in a genetically engineered mouse model of pancreatic cancer. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2013 Oct;398(7):989-96. doi:10.1007/s00423-013-1105-2. Epub 2013 Aug 30
Schiechl G, Brunner SM, Kesselring R, Martin M, Ruemmele P, Mack M, Hirt SW, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S. Inhibition of innate co-receptor TREM-1 signaling reduces CD4(+) T cell activation and prolongs cardiac allograft survival. Am J Transplant. 2013 May;13(5):1168-80. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12186. Epub 2013 Mar 6.
Brunner SM, Junger H, Ruemmele P, Schnitzbauer AA, Doenecke A, Kirchner GI, Farkas SA, Loss M, Scherer MN, Schlitt HJ, Fichtner-Feigl S. Bile duct damage after cold storage of deceased donor livers predicts biliary complications after liver transplantation. J Hepatol. 2013 Jun;58(6):1133-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.12.022. Epub 2013 Jan 12.
2012
Boehm F, Martin M, Kesselring R, Schiechl G, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ, Fichtner-Feigl S. Deletion of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in genetically targeted mice supports development of intestinal inflammation. BMC Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul 31;12:97
Kesselring R, Jauch D, Fichtner-Feigl S. Interleukin 21 impairs tumor immunosurveillance of colitis-associated colorectal cancer. Oncoimmunology. 2012 Jul 1;1(4):537-538.
Kesselring R, Fichtner-Feigl S. Immune responses triggering colitis and colitis-associated carcinoma. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2012 Apr;397(4):527-33. doi: 10.1007/s00423-012-0927-7. Epub 2012 Mar 1. Review.
2011
Jauch D, Martin M, Schiechl G, Kesselring R, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S. Interleukin 21 controls tumour growth and tumour immunosurveillance in colitis-associated tumorigenesis in mice.
Gut. 2011 Dec;60(12):1678-86. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300612. Epub 2011 Sep 23.
Brunner SM, Schiechl G, Falk W, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Fichtner-Feigl S. Interleukin-33 prolongs allograft survival during chronic cardiac rejection. Transpl Int. 2011 Oct;24(10):1027-39. doi:10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01306.x. Epub 2011 Jul 28.
Schiechl G, Bauer B, Fuss I, Lang SA, Moser C, Ruemmele P, Rose-John S, Neurath MF, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ, Strober W, Fichtner-Feigl S. Tumor development in murine ulcerative colitis depends on MyD88 signaling of colonic F4/80+CD11b(high)Gr1(low) macrophages. J Clin Invest. 2011 May;121(5):1692-708. doi: 10.1172/JCI42540. Epub 2011 Apr 25.
2010
Hackl C, Lang SA, Moser C, Mori A, Fichtner-Feigl S, Hellerbrand C, Dietmeier W, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Stoeltzing O. Activating transcription factor-3 (ATF3) functions as a tumor suppressor in colon cancer and is up-regulated upon heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibition. BMC Cancer. 2010 Dec 3;10:668. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-668.
Kitani A, Fichtner-Feigl S. Efficient in vivo delivery of plasmids and oligonucleotides using hemagglutinating virus of Japan envelope (HVJ-E) vector in immunological disease models. Curr Protoc Immunol. 2010 Nov;Chapter 10:Unit 10.17E.1-9. doi: 10.1002/0471142735.im1017es91.
Strober W, Zhang F, Kitani A, Fuss I, Fichtner-Feigl S. Proinflammatory cytokines underlying the inflammation of Crohn's disease. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2010 Jul;26(4):310-7. doi:10.1097/MOG.0b013e328339d099.
Watanabe T, Asano N, Fichtner-Feigl S, Gorelick PL, Tsuji Y, Matsumoto Y, Chiba T, Fuss IJ, Kitani A, Strober W. NOD1 contributes to mouse host defense against Helicobacter pylori via induction of type I IFN and activation of the ISGF3 signaling pathway. J Clin Invest. 2010 May;120(5):1645-62. doi:10.1172/JCI39481. Epub 2010 Apr 12.
Lang SA, Hackl C, Moser C, Fichtner-Feigl S, Koehl GE, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Stoeltzing O. Implication of RICTOR in the mTOR inhibitor-mediated induction of insulin-like growth factor-I receptor (IGF-IR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her2) expression in gastrointestinal cancer cells.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Apr;1803(4):435-42. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.01.009. Epub 2010 Jan 28.
2004 - 2010
Strober W, Kitani A, Fichtner-Feigl S, Fuss IJ. The signaling function of the IL-13Ralpha2 receptor in the development of gastrointestinal fibrosis and cancer surveillance. Curr Mol Med. 2009 Aug;9(6):740-50. Review
Fichtner-Feigl S, Strober W, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ. Cytokines mediating the induction of chronic colitis and colitis-associated fibrosis. Mucosal Immunol. 2008 Nov;1 Suppl 1:S24-7. doi: 10.1038/mi.2008.41. Review
Bleich A, Janus LM, Smoczek A, Westendorf AM, Strauch U, Mähler M, Hedrich HJ, Fichtner-Feigl S, Schölmerich J, Falk W, Hofmann C, Obermeier F. CpG motifs of bacterial DNA exert protective effects in mouse models of IBD by antigen-independent tolerance induction. Gastroenterology. 2009 Jan;136(1):278-87. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.022. Epub 2008 Sep 25
Fichtner-Feigl S, Young CA, Kitani A, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ, Strober W. IL-13 signaling via IL-13R alpha2 induces major downstream fibrogenic factors mediating fibrosis in chronic TNBS colitis. Gastroenterology. 2008 Dec;135(6):2003-13, 2013.e1-7. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.08.055. Epub 2008 Sep 11
Fichtner-Feigl S, Terabe M, Kitani A, Young CA, Fuss I, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ, Berzofsky JA, Strober W. Restoration of tumor immunosurveillance via targeting of interleukin-13 receptor-alpha 2. Cancer Res. 2008 May 1;68(9):3467-75. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-5301
Moser C, Lang SA, Kainz S, Gaumann A, Fichtner-Feigl S, Koehl GE, Schlitt HJ, Geissler EK, Stoeltzing O. Blocking heat shock protein-90 inhibits the invasive properties and hepatic growth of human colon cancer cells and improves the efficacy of oxaliplatin in p53-deficient colon cancer tumors in vivo.
Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Nov;6(11):2868-78
Crouch EE, Li Z, Takizawa M, Fichtner-Feigl S, Gourzi P, Montaño C, Feigenbaum L, Wilson P, Janz S, Papavasiliou FN, Casellas R. Regulation of AID expression in the immune response. J Exp Med. 2007 May 14;204(5):1145-56. Epub 2007 Apr 23
Fichtner-Feigl S, Fuss IJ, Young CA, Watanabe T, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ, Kitani A, Strober W. Induction of IL-13 triggers TGF-beta1-dependent tissue fibrosis in chronic 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid colitis. J Immunol. 2007 May 1;178(9):5859-70
Fichtner-Feigl S, Strober W, Kawakami K, Puri RK, Kitani A. IL-13 signaling through the IL-13alpha2 receptor is involved in induction of TGF-beta1 production and fibrosis. Nat Med. 2006 Jan;12(1):99-106. Epub 2005 Dec 4
Fichtner-Feigl S, Fuss IJ, Preiss JC, Strober W, Kitani A. Treatment of murine Th1- and Th2-mediated inflammatory bowel disease with NF-kappa B decoy oligonucleotides. J Clin Invest. 2005 Nov;115(11):3057-71. Epub 2005 Oct 20
Fuss IJ, Heller F, Boirivant M, Leon F, Yoshida M, Fichtner-Feigl S, Yang Z, Exley M, Kitani A, Blumberg RS, Mannon P, Strober W. Nonclassical CD1d-restricted NK T cells that produce IL-13 characterize an atypical Th2 response in ulcerative colitis. J Clin Invest. 2004 May;113(10):1490-7
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