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Campos-León K, Ferguson J, Günther T, Wood CD, Wingett SW, Pekel S, Varghese CS, Jones LS, Stockton JD, Várnai C, West MJ, Beggs A, Grundhoff A, Noyvert B, Roberts S, Parish JL (2025). Repression of CADM1 transcription by HPV type 18 is mediated by three-dimensional rearrangement of promoter-enhancer interactions. PLoS Pathog. 21/2025; PubMed

Wang J, Brückner N, Weissmann S, Günther T, Zhu S, Vogt C, Sun G, Guo R, Bruno R, Ritter B, Steinbrück L, Kaufer BB, Depledge DP, Grundhoff A, Viejo-Borbolla A (2025). Repression of varicella zoster virus gene expression during quiescent infection in the absence of detectable histone deposition. PLoS Pathog. 21/2025; PubMed

Tuohinto K, Graus MS, Staab P, Tiusanen V, Liangru F, Pradhan S, Wong YY, Weissmann S, Lou J, Hinde E, Wong J, Lee Q, Terskikh A, Alvarez-Kuglen M, Karnezis T, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Sahu B, Francoís M, Ojala PM (2025). Oncogenic virus hijacks SOX18 pioneer function to enhance viral persistence. Res Sq. 2025 Aug 18; 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

Ohnezeit D, Huang J, Westerkamp U, Brinschwitz V, Schmidt C, Günther T, Czech-Sioli M, Weißelberg S, Schlemeyer T, Nakel J, Mai J, Schreiner S, Schneider C, Friedel CC, Schwanke H, Brinkmann MM, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2024). Merkel cell polyomavirus small tumor antigen contributes to immune evasion by interfering with type I interferon signaling. PLoS Pathog. 20/2024; PubMed

Berneking L, Büttner H, Qi M, Günther T, Lehnhoff D, Both A, Christner M, Wolters M, Alawi M, Aepfelbacher M, Rohde H (2023). Complete genome sequence of a Staphylococcus condimenti isolated from a port catheter-associated bloodstream infection. Microbiol Resour Announc. 12/2023; PubMed

Schwanke H, Gonçalves Magalhães V, Schmelz S, Wyler E, Hennig T, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Dölken L, Landthaler M, van Ham M, Jänsch L, Büssow K, van den Heuvel J, Blankenfeldt W, Friedel CC, Erhard F, Brinkmann MM (2023). The Cytomegalovirus M35 Protein Directly Binds to the Interferon-β Enhancer and Modulates Transcription of Ifnb1 and Other IRF3-Driven Genes. J Virol. 97/2023; PubMed

Czech-Sioli M, Günther T, Robitaille A, Roggenkamp H, Büttner H, Indenbirken D, Christner M, Lütgehetmann M, Knobloch J, Aepfelbacher M, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2023). Integration of Sequencing and Epidemiologic Data for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in a Tertiary-Care Hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 76/2023; PubMed

von Stromberg K, Seddar L, Ip WH, Günther T, Gornott B, Weinert SC, Hüppner M, Bertzbach LD, Dobner T (2023). The human adenovirus E1B-55K oncoprotein coordinates cell transformation through regulation of DNA-bound host transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120/2023; PubMed

Heyer A, Günther T, Robitaille A, Lütgehetmann M, Addo MM, Jarczak D, Kluge S, Aepfelbacher M, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2022). Remdesivir-induced emergence of SARS-CoV2 variants in patients with prolonged infection. Cell Rep Med. 3/2022; PubMed

Nörz D, Brehm TT, Tang HT, Grewe I, Hermanussen L, Matthews H, Pestel J, Degen O, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N, Addo MM, Jordan S, Hertling S, Unger S, Schäfer G, Schewe K, Hoffmann C, Aepfelbacher M, Pfefferle S, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Schmiedel S, Lütgehetmann M (2022). Clinical characteristics and comparison of longitudinal qPCR results from different specimen types in a cohort of ambulatory and hospitalized patients infected with monkeypox virus. J Clin Virol. 155/2022; PubMed

Cords L, Knapp M, Woost R, Schulte S, Kummer S, Ackermann C, Beisel C, Peine S, Johansson AM, Kwok WW, Günther T, Fischer N, Wittner M, Addo MM, Huber S, Schulze Zur Wiesch J (2022). High and Sustained Ex Vivo Frequency but Altered Phenotype of SARS-CoV-2-Specific CD4+ T-Cells in an Anti-CD20-Treated Patient with Prolonged COVID-19. Viruses. 14/2022; PubMed

Wanner N, Andrieux G, Badia-I-Mompel P, Edler C, Pfefferle S, Lindenmeyer MT, Schmidt-Lauber C, Czogalla J, Wong MN, Okabayashi Y, Braun F, Lütgehetmann M, Meister E, Lu S, Noriega MLM, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N, Bräuninger H, Lindner D, Westermann D, Haas F, Roedl K, Kluge S, Addo MM, Huber S, Lohse AW, Reiser J, Ondruschka B, Sperhake JP, Saez-Rodriguez J, Boerries M, Hayek SS, Aepfelbacher M, Scaturro P, Puelles VG, Huber TB (2022). Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism. Nat Metab. 4/2022; PubMed

Nörz D, Grunwald M, Tang HT, Weinschenk C, Günther T, Robitaille A, Giersch K, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Pfefferle S, Lütgehetmann M (2022). Clinical Evaluation of a Fully-Automated High-Throughput Multiplex Screening-Assay to Detect and Differentiate the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) and B.1.617.2 (Delta) Lineage Variants. Viruses. 14/2022; PubMed

Nakel J, Robitaille A, Günther T, Rosenau L, Czech-Sioli M, Plenge-Bönig A, Bühler S, Wille A, Jakubowski E, Pruskil S, Wahlen M, Indenbirken D, Nörz D, Lütgehetmann M, Aepfelbacher M, Grundhoff A, Grolle B, Fischer N (2022). Comparing susceptibility and contagiousness in concurrent outbreaks with a non-VOC and the VOC SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in daycare centers in Hamburg, Germany. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 240/2022; PubMed

Bekere I, Huang J, Schnapp M, Rudolph M, Berneking L, Ruckdeschel K, Grundhoff A, Günther T, Fischer N, Aepfelbacher M (2021). Yersinia remodels epigenetic histone modifications in human macrophages. PLoS Pathog. 17/2021; PubMed

Ferguson J, Campos-León K, Pentland I, Stockton JD, Günther T, Beggs AD, Grundhoff A, Roberts S, Noyvert B, Parish JL (2021). The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression. PLoS Pathog. 17/2021; PubMed

Nörz D, Grunwald M, Tang HT, Olearo F, Günther T, Robitaille A, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Pfefferle S, Lütgehetmann M (2021). Rapid Automated Screening for SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Lineage Variants (Delta/Kappa) through a Versatile Toolset of qPCR-Based SNP Detection. Diagnostics (Basel). 11/2021; PubMed

Heinrich F, Romich C, Zimmermann T, Kniep I, Fitzek A, Steurer S, Glatzel M, Nörz D, Günther T, Czech-Sioli M, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Lütgehetmann M, Ondruschka B (2021). Dying of VOC-202012/01 - multimodal investigations in a death case of the SARS-CoV-2 variant. Int J Legal Med. 136/2022; PubMed

Brehm TT, Pfefferle S, von Possel R, Kobbe R, Nörz D, Schmiedel S, Grundhoff A, Olearo F, Emmerich P, Robitaille A, Günther T, Braun P, Andersen G, Knobloch JK, Addo MM, Lohse AW, Aepfelbacher M, Fischer N, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Lütgehetmann M (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in a Healthcare Worker Despite the Presence of Detectable Neutralizing Antibodies. Viruses. 13/2021; PubMed

Hamann MV, Ehmele P, Verdikt R, Bialek-Waldmann JK, Virdi S, Günther T, Van Lint C, Grundhoff A, Hauber J, Lange UC (2020). Transcriptional behavior of the HIV-1 promoter in context of the BACH2 prominent proviral integration gene. Virus Res. 293/2021; PubMed

Lotke R, Schneeweiß U, Pietrek M, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Weidner-Glunde M, Schulz TF (2020). Brd/BET Proteins Influence the Genome-Wide Localization of the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Murine Gammaherpesvirus Major Latency Proteins. Front Microbiol. 11/2020; PubMed

Günther T, Czech-Sioli M, Indenbirken D, Robitaille A, Tenhaken P, Exner M, Ottinger M, Fischer N, Grundhoff A, Brinkmann MM (2020). SARS-CoV-2 outbreak investigation in a German meat processing plant. EMBO Mol Med. 12/2020; PubMed

Pfefferle S, Günther T, Kobbe R, Czech-Sioli M, Nörz D, Santer R, Oh J, Kluge S, Oestereich L, Peldschus K, Indenbirken D, Huang J, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Knobloch JK, Lütgehetmann M, Fischer N (2020). SARS Coronavirus-2 variant tracing within the first Coronavirus Disease 19 clusters in northern Germany. Clin Microbiol Infect. 27/2021; PubMed

Elbasani E, Falasco F, Gramolelli S, Nurminen V, Günther T, Weltner J, Balboa D, Grundhoff A, Otonkoski T, Ojala PM (2020). Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Reactivation by Targeting of a dCas9-Based Transcription Activator to the ORF50 Promoter. Viruses. 12/2020; PubMed

Manzano M, Günther T, Ju H, Nicholas J, Bartom ET, Grundhoff A, Gottwein E (2020). Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Drives a Super-Enhancer-Mediated Survival Gene Expression Program in Primary Effusion Lymphoma. mBio. 11/2020; PubMed

Czech-Sioli M, Günther T, Therre M, Spohn M, Indenbirken D, Theiss J, Riethdorf S, Qi M, Alawi M, Wülbeck C, Fernandez-Cuesta I, Esmek F, Becker JC, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2020). High-resolution analysis of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus in Merkel Cell Carcinoma reveals distinct integration patterns and suggests NHEJ and MMBIR as underlying mechanisms. PLoS Pathog. 16/2020; PubMed

Gramolelli S, Elbasani E, Tuohinto K, Nurminen V, Günther T, Kallinen RE, Kaijalainen SP, Diaz R, Grundhoff A, Haglund C, Ziegelbauer JM, Pellinen T, Bower M, Francois M, Ojala PM (2020). Oncogenic Herpesvirus Engages Endothelial Transcription Factors SOX18 and PROX1 to Increase Viral Genome Copies and Virus Production. Cancer Res. 80/2020; PubMed

Pfefferle S, Huang J, Nörz D, Indenbirken D, Lütgehetmann M, Oestereich L, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Fischer N (2020). Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Strain Isolated in Northern Germany. Microbiol Resour Announc. 9/2020; PubMed

Thiele S, Stanelle-Bertram S, Beck S, Kouassi NM, Zickler M, Müller M, Tuku B, Resa-Infante P, van Riel D, Alawi M, Günther T, Rother F, Hügel S, Reimering S, McHardy A, Grundhoff A, Brune W, Osterhaus A, Bader M, Hartmann E, Gabriel G (2020). Cellular Importin-α3 Expression Dynamics in the Lung Regulate Antiviral Response Pathways against Influenza A Virus Infection. Cell Rep. 31/2020; PubMed

Elbasani E, Gramolelli S, Günther T, Gabaev I, Grundhoff A, Ojala PM (2020). Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Lytic Replication Is Independent of Anaphase-Promoting Complex Activity. J Virol. 94/2020; PubMed

Beck S, Zickler M, Pinho Dos Reis V, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Reilly PT, Mak TW, Stanelle-Bertram S, Gabriel G (2020). ANP32B Deficiency Protects Mice From Lethal Influenza A Virus Challenge by Dampening the Host Immune Response. Front Immunol. 11/2020; PubMed

Siebels S, Czech-Sioli M, Spohn M, Schmidt C, Theiss J, Indenbirken D, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Fischer N (2020). Merkel Cell Polyomavirus DNA Replication Induces Senescence in Human Dermal Fibroblasts in a Kap1/Trim28-Dependent Manner. mBio. 11/2020; PubMed

Günther T, Fröhlich J, Herrde C, Ohno S, Burkhardt L, Adler H, Grundhoff A (2019). A comparative epigenome analysis of gammaherpesviruses suggests cis-acting sequence features as critical mediators of rapid polycomb recruitment. PLoS Pathog. 15/2019; PubMed

Bossler F, Kuhn BJ, Günther T, Kraemer SJ, Khalkar P, Adrian S, Lohrey C, Holzer A, Shimobayashi M, Dürst M, Mayer A, Rösl F, Grundhoff A, Krijgsveld J, Hoppe-Seyler K, Hoppe-Seyler F (2019). Repression of Human Papillomavirus Oncogene Expression under Hypoxia Is Mediated by PI3K/mTORC2/AKT Signaling. mBio. 10/2019; PubMed

Günther T, Grundhoff A (2017). Epigenetic manipulation of host chromatin by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus: a tumor-promoting factor? Curr Opin Virol. 26/2017; PubMed

Günther T, Haas L, Alawi M, Wohlsein P, Marks J, Grundhoff A, Becher P, Fischer N (2017). Recovery of the first full-length genome sequence of a parapoxvirus directly from a clinical sample. Sci Rep. 7/2017; PubMed

Gallo A, Lampe M, Günther T, Brune W (2017). The Viral Bcl-2 Homologs of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Rhesus Rhadinovirus Share an Essential Role for Viral Replication. J Virol. 91/2017; PubMed

Both A, Huang J, Kaase M, Hezel J, Wertheimer D, Fenner I, Günther T, Grundhoff A, Büttner H, Aepfelbacher M, Rohde H, Hentschke M (2016). First report of Escherichia coli co-producing NDM-1 and OXA-232. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 86/2016; PubMed

Günther T, Theiss JM, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2016). Investigation of Viral and Host Chromatin by ChIP-PCR or ChIP-Seq Analysis. Curr Protoc Microbiol. 40/2016; PubMed

Theiss JM, Günther T, Alawi M, Neumann F, Tessmer U, Fischer N, Grundhoff A (2015). A Comprehensive Analysis of Replicating Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Genomes Delineates the Viral Transcription Program and Suggests a Role for mcv-miR-M1 in Episomal Persistence. PLoS Pathog. 11/2015; PubMed

Günther T, Schreiner S, Dobner T, Tessmer U, Grundhoff A (2014). Influence of ND10 components on epigenetic determinants of early KSHV latency establishment. PLoS Pathog. 10/2014; PubMed

Niebuhr B, Kriebitzsch N, Fischer M, Behrens K, Günther T, Alawi M, Bergholz U, Müller U, Roscher S, Ziegler M, Buchholz F, Grundhoff A, Stocking C (2013). Runx1 is essential at two stages of early murine B-cell development. Blood. 122/2013; PubMed

Günther T, Grundhoff A (2010). The epigenetic landscape of latent Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus genomes. PLoS Pathog. 6/2010; PubMed