Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter
Prof. Dr. Brune, Wolfram
Abteilungsleiter Virus-Wirt-InteraktionCurriculum vitae
Since 2015: Deputy Scientific Director of the LIV
Since 2010: Professor (W3) and Head of the Department of Virus Host Interaction at the LIV
2005-2010: Head of Viral Infection, Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin
2005: Habilitation and medical specialist for microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology
2002-2005: Junior Research Group Leader (Emmy Noether-Programme) Rudolf Virchow Center, for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
2003: Postdoctoral Award Robert Koch Foundation
2000-2002: Visiting Research Fellow Dept. of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, USA
1996-2000: PostDoc, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, University of Munich (LMU)
1995: Doctorate (Dr. med.) Heidelberg University
Publikationen
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
Cimato G, Zhou X, Brune W, Frascaroli G (2024). Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein variants governing viral tropism and syncytium formation in epithelial cells and macrophages. J Virol. 98/2024; PubMed
Ebert S, Böhm V, Büttner JK, Brune W, Brinkmann MM, Holtappels R, Reddehase MJ, Lemmermann NAW (2024). Cytomegalovirus inhibitors of programmed cell death restrict antigen cross-presentation in the priming of antiviral CD8 T cells. PLoS Pathog. 20/2024; PubMed
Deng Y, Águeda-Pinto A, Brune W (2024). No Time to Die: How Cytomegaloviruses Suppress Apoptosis, Necroptosis, and Pyroptosis. Viruses. 16/2024; 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. 2024 Nov 04; 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
Zhou X, Cimato G, Zhou Y, Frascaroli G, Brune W (2023). A Virus Genetic System to Analyze the Fusogenicity of Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B Variants. Viruses. 15/2023; PubMed
Bosse JB, Brune W (2023). Viral dew: Phase separation and the formation of viral replication compartments. PLoS Pathog. 19/2023; 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
Brizić I, Lisnić B, Krstanović F, Brune W, Hengel H, Jonjić S (2022). Mouse Models for Cytomegalovirus Infections in Newborns and Adults. Curr Protoc. 2/2022; PubMed
Caragliano E, Brune W, Bosse JB (2022). Herpesvirus Replication Compartments: Dynamic Biomolecular Condensates? Viruses. 14/2022; PubMed
Caragliano E, Bonazza S, Frascaroli G, Tang J, Soh TK, Grünewald K, Bosse JB, Brune W (2022). Human cytomegalovirus forms phase-separated compartments at viral genomes to facilitate viral replication. Cell Rep. 38/2022; PubMed
Muscolino E, Castiglioni C, Brixel R, Frascaroli G, Brune W (2021). Species-Specific Inhibition of Necroptosis by HCMV UL36. Viruses. 13/2021; PubMed
Tang J, Frascaroli G, Zhou X, Knickmann J, Brune W (2021). Cell Fusion and Syncytium Formation in Betaherpesvirus Infection. Viruses. 13/2021; PubMed
Muscolino E, Luoto LM, Brune W (2021). Viral Induced Protein Aggregation: A Mechanism of Immune Evasion. Int J Mol Sci. 22/2021; PubMed
Tallarek AC, Urbschat C, Fonseca Brito L, Stanelle-Bertram S, Krasemann S, Frascaroli G, Thiele K, Wieczorek A, Felber N, Lütgehetmann M, Markert UR, Hecher K, Brune W, Stahl F, Gabriel G, Diemert A, Arck PC (2021). Inefficient Placental Virus Replication and Absence of Neonatal Cell-Specific Immunity Upon Sars-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy. Front Immunol. 12/2021; PubMed
Hinte F, Müller J, Brune W (2021). Viral mediated tethering to SEL1L facilitates ER-associated degradation of IRE1. J Virol. 95/2021; 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
Frascaroli G, Rossini G, Maltoni V, Bartoletti M, Ortolani P, Gredmark-Russ S, Gelsomino F, Moroni A, Silenzi S, Castellani G, Sambri V, Mastroianni A, Brune W, Varani S (2020). Genetic and Functional Characterization of Toll-Like Receptor Responses in Immunocompetent Patients With CMV Mononucleosis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 10/2020; 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
Hinte F, van Anken E, Tirosh B, Brune W (2020). Repression of viral gene expression and replication by the unfolded protein response effector XBP1u. Elife. 9/2020; 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
Fonseca Brito L, Brune W, Stahl FR (2019). Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Pneumonitis: Cell Tropism, Inflammation, and Immunity. Int J Mol Sci. 20/2019; PubMed
Koch S, Damas M, Freise A, Hage E, Dhingra A, Rückert J, Gallo A, Kremmer E, Tegge W, Brönstrup M, Brune W, Schulz TF (2019). Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus vIRF2 protein utilizes an IFN-dependent pathway to regulate viral early gene expression. PLoS Pathog. 15/2019; PubMed
Tang J, Brixel R, Brune W (2019). Copy-Paste Mutagenesis: A Method for Large-Scale Alteration of Viral Genomes. Int J Mol Sci. 20/2019; 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
Brizić I, Lisnić B, Brune W, Hengel H, Jonjić S (2018). Cytomegalovirus Infection: Mouse Model. Curr Protoc Immunol. 122/2018; PubMed
Frascaroli G, Lecher C, Varani S, Setz C, van der Merwe J, Brune W, Mertens T (2018). Human Macrophages Escape Inhibition of Major Histocompatibility Complex-Dependent Antigen Presentation by Cytomegalovirus and Drive Proliferation and Activation of Memory CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells. Front Immunol. 9/2018; PubMed
Chaumorcel M, Lussignol M, Mouna L, Cavignac Y, Fahie K, Cotte-Laffitte J, Geballe A, Brune W, Beau I, Codogno P, Esclatine A (2018). Correction for Chaumorcel et al., "The Human Cytomegalovirus Protein TRS1 Inhibits Autophagy via Its Interaction with Beclin 1". J Virol. 92/2018; PubMed
Bussey KA, Lau U, Schumann S, Gallo A, Osbelt L, Stempel M, Arnold C, Wissing J, Gad HH, Hartmann R, Brune W, Jänsch L, Whitehouse A, Brinkmann MM (2018). The interferon-stimulated gene product oligoadenylate synthetase-like protein enhances replication of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and interacts with the KSHV ORF20 protein. PLoS Pathog. 14/2018; PubMed
Brune W, Andoniou CE (2017). Die Another Day: Inhibition of Cell Death Pathways by Cytomegalovirus. Viruses. 9/2017; PubMed
Schommartz T, Tang J, Brost R, Brune W (2017). Differential Requirement of Human Cytomegalovirus UL112-113 Protein Isoforms for Viral Replication. J Virol. 91/2017; 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
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
Schommartz T, Loroch S, Alawi M, Grundhoff A, Sickmann A, Brune W (2016). Functional Dissection of an Alternatively Spliced Herpesvirus Gene by Splice Site Mutagenesis. J Virol. 90/2016; PubMed
Mouna L, Hernandez E, Bonte D, Brost R, Amazit L, Delgui LR, Brune W, Geballe AP, Beau I, Esclatine A (2016). Analysis of the role of autophagy inhibition by two complementary human cytomegalovirus BECN1/Beclin 1-binding proteins. Autophagy. 12/2016; PubMed
Hüttmann J, Krause E, Schommartz T, Brune W (2015). Functional Comparison of Molluscum Contagiosum Virus vFLIP MC159 with Murine Cytomegalovirus M36/vICA and M45/vIRA Proteins. J Virol. 90/2015; 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
Mader J, Gallo A, Schommartz T, Handke W, Nagel CH, Günther P, Brune W, Reich K (2015). Calcium spirulan derived from Spirulina platensis inhibits herpes simplex virus 1 attachment to human keratinocytes and protects against herpes labialis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 137/2016; PubMed
Kropp KA, Hsieh WY, Isern E, Forster T, Krause E, Brune W, Angulo A, Ghazal P (2015). A temporal gate for viral enhancers to co-opt Toll-like-receptor transcriptional activation pathways upon acute infection. PLoS Pathog. 11/2015; 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
Loroch S, Schommartz T, Brune W, Zahedi RP, Sickmann A (2015). Multidimensional electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction chromatography (ERLIC) for quantitative analysis of the proteome and phosphoproteome in clinical and biomedical research. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1854/2015; PubMed
Drori A, Messerle M, Brune W, Tirosh B (2014). Lack of XBP-1 impedes murine cytomegalovirus gene expression. PLoS One. 9/2014; PubMed
Krause E, de Graaf M, Fliss PM, Dölken L, Brune W (2014). Murine cytomegalovirus virion-associated protein M45 mediates rapid NF-κB activation after infection. J Virol. 88/2014; PubMed
Bussey KA, Reimer E, Todt H, Denker B, Gallo A, Konrad A, Ottinger M, Adler H, Stürzl M, Brune W, Brinkmann MM (2014). The gammaherpesviruses Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 modulate the Toll-like receptor-induced proinflammatory cytokine response. J Virol. 88/2014; PubMed
Embarek Mohamed MS, Reiche J, Jacobsen S, Thabit AG, Badary MS, Brune W, Schweiger B, Osmann AH (2014). Molecular analysis of human metapneumovirus detected in patients with lower respiratory tract infection in upper egypt. Int J Microbiol. 2014/2014; PubMed
Stahl S, Burkhart JM, Hinte F, Tirosh B, Mohr H, Zahedi RP, Sickmann A, Ruzsics Z, Budt M, Brune W (2013). Cytomegalovirus downregulates IRE1 to repress the unfolded protein response. PLoS Pathog. 9/2013; PubMed
Handke W, Luig C, Popovic B, Krmpotic A, Jonjic S, Brune W (2013). Viral inhibition of BAK promotes murine cytomegalovirus dissemination to salivary glands. J Virol. 87/2013; PubMed
Fliss PM, Brune W (2012). Prevention of cellular suicide by cytomegaloviruses. Viruses. 4/2012; PubMed
Handke W, Krause E, Brune W (2012). Live or let die: manipulation of cellular suicide programs by murine cytomegalovirus. Med Microbiol Immunol. 201/2012; PubMed
Fliss PM, Jowers TP, Brinkmann MM, Holstermann B, Mack C, Dickinson P, Hohenberg H, Ghazal P, Brune W (2012). Viral mediated redirection of NEMO/IKKγ to autophagosomes curtails the inflammatory cascade. PLoS Pathog. 8/2012; PubMed
Brune W (2010). Inhibition of programmed cell death by cytomegaloviruses. Virus Res. 157/2011; PubMed