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Flory C, Virdi S, Schie M, Pfister S, Conze C, Thünauer R, Joseph LE, Nagar N, Wilken L, Blümke P, Scaturro P (2026). Multi-omics analysis of arboviral capsids targets in mosquitoes reveals a pro-viral function of the chromatin-remodeling Brahma complex. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2026 Jan 19; 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

Hamann, M. V., Brauckmann, L., Schwarz, C., Spohn, M., Stoeck, R., Leddy, S. M., Frouard, J., Adiba, M., Winzer, R., Virdi, S., Grundhoff, A., Feschotte, C., Muecksch, F., Roan, N. R., Tolosa, E. & Lange, U. C. (2026). Selective persistence of HIV-1-infected T cell clones can occur through immune reprogramming driven by defective, transcriptionally active proviruses bioRxiv. URI

Beschorner N, Künzle P, Voges M, Hauber I, Indenbirken D, Nakel J, Virdi S, Bradtke P, Lory NC, Rothe M, Paszkowski-Rogacz M, Buchholz F, Grundhoff A, Schambach A, Thirion C, Mittrücker HW, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Hauber J, Chemnitz J (2024). Preclinical toxicity analyses of lentiviral vectors expressing the HIV-1 LTR-specific designer-recombinase Brec1. PLoS One. 19/2024; PubMed

McCann T, Sundaramurthi H, Walsh C, Virdi S, Alvarez Y, Sapetto-Rebow B, Collery RF, Carter SP, Moran A, Mulholland R, O'Connor JJ, Taylor MR, Rauch N, Starostik MR, English MA, Swaroop A, Geisler R, Reynolds AL, Kennedy BN (2024). Emc1 is essential for vision and zebrafish photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis. FASEB J. 38/2024; 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

Peters MK, Astafyeva Y, Han Y, Macdonald JFH, Indenbirken D, Nakel J, Virdi S, Westhoff G, Streit WR, Krohn I (2023). Novel marine metalloprotease-new approaches for inhibition of biofilm formation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 107/2023; PubMed

Albertini S, Martuscelli L, Borgogna C, Virdi S, Indenbirken D, Lo Cigno I, Griffante G, Calati F, Boldorini R, Fischer N, Gariglio M (2022). Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Exert Proangiogenic Activity in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol. 143/2023; PubMed

Engelmann C, Schuhmachers P, Zdimerova H, Virdi S, Hauri-Hohl M, Pachlopnik Schmid J, Grundhoff A, Marsh RA, Wong WW, Münz C (2022). Epstein Barr virus-mediated transformation of B cells from XIAP-deficient patients leads to increased expression of the tumor suppressor CADM1. Cell Death Dis. 13/2022; PubMed

Zech ATL, Prondzynski M, Singh SR, Pietsch N, Orthey E, Alizoti E, Busch J, Madsen A, Behrens CS, Meyer-Jens M, Mearini G, Lemoine MD, Krämer E, Mosqueira D, Virdi S, Indenbirken D, Depke M, Salazar MG, Völker U, Braren I, Pu WT, Eschenhagen T, Hammer E, Schlossarek S, Carrier L (2022). ACTN2 Mutant Causes Proteopathy in Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Cells. 11/2022; PubMed

Vollmers S, Lobermeyer A, Niehrs A, Fittje P, Indenbirken D, Nakel J, Virdi S, Brias S, Trenkner T, Sauer G, Peine S, Behrens GMN, Lehmann C, Meurer A, Pauli R, Postel N, Roider J, Scholten S, Spinner CD, Stephan C, Wolf E, Wyen C, Richert L, Norman PJ, Sauter J, Schmidt AH, Hoelzemer A, Altfeld M, Körner C (2022). Host KIR/HLA-C Genotypes Determine HIV-Mediated Changes of the NK Cell Repertoire and Are Associated With Vpu Sequence Variations Impacting Downmodulation of HLA-C. Front Immunol. 13/2022; PubMed

Schlemeyer T, Ohnezeit D, Virdi S, Körner C, Weißelberg S, Starzonek S, Schumacher U, Grundhoff A, Indenbirken D, Albertini S, Fischer N (2022). Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Immune Evasion: Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small T-Antigen‒Induced Surface Changes Can Be Reverted by Therapeutic Intervention. J Invest Dermatol. 142/2022; 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

Schoof M, Hellwig M, Harrison L, Holdhof D, Lauffer MC, Niesen J, Virdi S, Indenbirken D, Schüller U (2020). The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor TCF4 impacts brain architecture as well as neuronal morphology and differentiation. Eur J Neurosci. 51/2020; PubMed