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Publications
Pujantell M, Altfeld M (2026). Sex-Specific Factors Influencing HIV Infection. Immunol Rev. 338/2026; PubMed
Skenteris NT, Luttermann E, Nair S, Evangelakos I, Pujantell M, Eggers M, Hausmann F, Bérouti M, Padoan B, Flomm FJ, Claussen JM, Grünhagel B, Salfelder A, Beifuss B, Biskup S, Blümke P, Rading K, Hildebrandt H, Matschl U, Giesemann-Jansen S, Hennesen J, Nikolaev VO, Kutsche M, Kubisch C, Koch-Nolte F, Tomas NM, Tolosa E, Lütgehetmann M, Stahl FR, Hornung V, Bunders MJ, Schlein C, Topf M, Kötter I, Altfeld M (2026). Structural modeling and functional characterization of a novel gain-of-function TLR8 variant causing severe inflammatory syndrome. JCI Insight. 11/2026; PubMed
Padoan B, Casar C, Krause J, Schultheiss C, Baumdick ME, Niehrs A, Zecher BF, Pujantell M, Yuki Y, Martin M, Remmerswaal EBM, Dekker T, van der Bom-Baylon ND, Noble JA, Carrington M, Bemelman FJ, van Lier RAW, Binder M, Gagliani N, Bunders MJ, Altfeld M (2024). NKp44/HLA-DP-dependent regulation of CD8 effector T cells by NK cells. Cell Rep. 43/2024; PubMed
Thiele RJ, Grünhagel B, Muenchhoff M, Pujantell-Graell M, Jocham L, Düsedau A, Hennesen J, Hildebrandt H, Hagen SH, Sandfort D, Bunders MJ, Keppler OT, Hoffmann C, Altfeld M (2024). Magnitude of Type I Interferon Responses by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells After TLR7 Stimulation Is Associated With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reservoir Sizes in Cisgender Women With HIV-1 on Antiretroviral Therapy. J Infect Dis. 229/2024; PubMed
Pujantell M, Skenteris NT, Claussen JM, Grünhagel B, Thiele RJ, Altfeld M (2023). Sex-dependent differences in type I IFN-induced natural killer cell activation. Front Immunol. 14/2023; PubMed
Grünhagel B, Borggrewe M, Hagen SH, Ziegler SM, Henseling F, Glau L, Thiele RJ, Pujantell M, Sivayoganathan V, Padoan B, Claussen JM, Düsedau A, Hennesen J, Bunders MJ, Bonn S, Tolosa E, Krebs CF, Dorn C, Altfeld M (2023). Reduction of IFN-I responses by plasmacytoid dendritic cells in a longitudinal trans men cohort. iScience. 26/2023; PubMed
Pasin C, Consiglio CR, Huisman JS, de Lange AG, Peckham H, Vallejo-Yagüe E, Abela IA, Islander U, Neuner-Jehle N, Pujantell M, Roth O, Schirmer M, Tepekule B, Zeeb M, Hachfeld A, Aebi-Popp K, Kouyos RD, Bonhoeffer S (2023). Sex and gender in infection and immunity: addressing the bottlenecks from basic science to public health and clinical applications. R Soc Open Sci. 10/2023; PubMed