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Marschner J, Marwitz S, Eggers L, von Borstel L, Buer L, Hertz D, Goldmann T, Ostermann E, Brune W, Schneider BE (2026). The impact of cytomegalovirus coinfection on tuberculosis in the mouse model. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 04; PubMed

Brito LF, Ostermann E, Tödter S, Virdi S, Indenbirken D, Brixel R, Arens R, Grundhoff A, Brune W, Stahl FR (2026). Limited protection against early-life lung murine cytomegalovirus infection results from deficiency of cytotoxic CD8 T cells. PLoS Pathog. 22/2026; PubMed

Staliunaite L, Puhach O, Ostermann E, Rosenke K, Nichols J, Oestereich L, Sogoba N, Feldmann H, Davison AJ, Jarvis MA, Brune W (2025). Molecular cloning and host range analysis of three cytomegaloviruses from Mastomys natalensis. J Virol. 2025 Apr 09; PubMed

Fonseca Brito L, Ostermann E, Kottlau J, Tödter S, Brixel R, Schüle R, Solano ME, Brune W, Stahl FR (2025). Neuropilin-1 expression modulates infection susceptibility to murine cytomegalovirus at the materno-fetal interface. J Virol. 2025 Nov 25; PubMed

Deng Y, Ostermann E, Brune W (2024). A cytomegalovirus inflammasome inhibitor reduces proinflammatory cytokine release and pyroptosis. Nat Commun. 15/2024; PubMed

Knickmann J, Staliunaite L, Puhach O, Ostermann E, Günther T, Nichols J, Jarvis MA, Voigt S, Grundhoff A, Davison AJ, Brune W (2024). A simple method for rapid cloning of complete herpesvirus genomes. Cell Rep Methods. 4/2024; PubMed

Ostermann E, Luoto L-M, Clausen M, Virdi S, Brune W (2024). E2F3-dependent activation of FAM111B restricts mouse cytomegalovirus replication in primate cells. J Virol. 98/2024; PubMed

Hansen F, Vučak M, Nichols J, Hughes J, Bane S, Camiolo S, da Silva Filipe A, Ostermann E, Staliunaite L, Chan B, Mauch T, Sogoba N, Streblow DN, Voigt S, Oestereich L, Ehlers B, Redwood AJ, Feldmann H, Brune W, Rosenke K, Jarvis MA, Davison AJ (2023). Isolation and genome sequencing of cytomegaloviruses from Natal multimammate mice (Mastomys natalensis). J Gen Virol. 104/2023; PubMed

Zhang T, Potgieter TI, Kosche E, Rückert J, Ostermann E, Schulz T, Empting M, Brune W (2023). Thioxothiazolo[3,4-a]quinazoline derivatives inhibit the human cytomegalovirus alkaline nuclease. Antiviral Res. 217/2023; PubMed

Brinkmann NM, Hoffmann C, Wurr S, Pallasch E, Hinzmann J, Ostermann E, Brune W, Eskes ME, Jungblut L, Günther S, Unrau L, Oestereich L (2022). Understanding Host-Virus Interactions: Assessment of Innate Immune Responses in Mastomys natalensis Cells after Arenavirus Infection. Viruses. 14/2022; PubMed

Puhach O, Ostermann E, Krisp C, Frascaroli G, Schlüter H, Brinkmann MM, Brune W (2020). Murine cytomegaloviruses m139 targets DDX3 to curtail interferon production and promote viral replication. PLoS Pathog. 16/2020; PubMed

Bogdanow B, Schmidt M, Weisbach H, Gruska I, Vetter B, Imami K, Ostermann E, Brune W, Selbach M, Hagemeier C, Wiebusch L (2020). Cross-regulation of viral kinases with cyclin A secures shutoff of host DNA synthesis. Nat Commun. 11/2020; PubMed

Muscolino E, Schmitz R, Loroch S, Caragliano E, Schneider C, Rizzato M, Kim YH, Krause E, Juranić Lisnić V, Sickmann A, Reimer R, Ostermann E, Brune W (2019). Herpesviruses induce aggregation and selective autophagy of host signalling proteins NEMO and RIPK1 as an immune-evasion mechanism. Nat Microbiol. 5/2020; PubMed

Tang J, Frascaroli G, Lebbink RJ, Ostermann E, Brune W (2019). Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B variants affect viral entry, cell fusion, and genome stability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116/2019; PubMed

Ostermann E, Loroch S, Qian Z, Sickmann A, Wiebusch L, Brune W (2018). Activation of E2F-dependent transcription by the mouse cytomegalovirus M117 protein affects the viral host range. PLoS Pathog. 14/2018; PubMed

Stahl FR, Jung R, Jazbutyte V, Ostermann E, Tödter S, Brixel R, Kemmer A, Halle S, Rose-John S, Messerle M, Arck PC, Brune W, Renné T (2018). Laboratory diagnostics of murine blood for detection of mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV)-induced hepatitis. Sci Rep. 8/2018; PubMed

Ostermann E, Spohn M, Indenbirken D, Brune W (2016). Complete Genome Sequence of a Human Cytomegalovirus Strain AD169 Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Clone. Genome Announc. 4/2016; PubMed

Ostermann E, Warnecke G, Waibler Z, Brune W (2015). Knockout of the Host Resistance Gene Pkr Fully Restores Replication of Murine Cytomegalovirus m142 and m143 Mutants In Vivo. J Virol. 90/2016; PubMed

Ostermann E, Pawletko K, Indenbirken D, Schumacher U, Brune W (2015). Stepwise adaptation of murine cytomegalovirus to cells of a foreign host for identification of host range determinants. Med Microbiol Immunol. 204/2015; PubMed