Barbara Rehermann

Immunpathogenese der Hepatitis B und C / (1998)

Rehermann, Barbara.

Hannover, Med. Hochsch., Habil.-Schr., 1998.

Quantitative analysis of hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood and liver using peptide-MHC tetramers

He, Xiao-Song, Rehermann, Barbara, López-Labrador, F. Xavier, Boisvert, Judie, Cheung, Ramsey, Mumm, John, ...

It is believed that the hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a role in the development of liver cell injury and in the clearance of the virus. To develop a direct...

Cross-Reactivity between Hepatitis C Virus and Influenza A Virus Determinant-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells

Wedemeyer, Heiner, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Davis, Anthony R., Bennink, Jack R., Rehermann, Barbara

The cellular immune response contributes to viral clearance as well as to liver injury in acute and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. An immunodominant determinant frequently recognized by...

Genetic Immunization of Wild-Type and Hepatitis C Virus Transgenic Mice Reveals a Hierarchy of Cellular Immune Response and Tolerance Induction against Hepatitis C Virus Structural Proteins

Satoi, Jujin, Murata, Kazumoto, Lechmann, Martin, Manickan, Elanchezhiyan, Zhang, Zhensheng, Wedemeyer, Heiner, ...

To study the effect of genetic immunization on transgenic expression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins, we evaluated the immunological response of HCV transgenic mice to HCV expression plasmids....

Molecular and Immunological Significance of Chimpanzee Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotypes for Hepatitis C Virus Immune Response and Vaccination Studies

Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Blaustein, Joshua B., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., Liang, T. Jake, ...

The chimpanzee is a critical animal model for studying cellular immune responses to infectious pathogens such as hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, and malaria. Several...

Previously Infected and Recovered Chimpanzees Exhibit Rapid Responses That Control Hepatitis C Virus Replication upon Rechallenge

Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Rehermann, Barbara, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Rice, Charles M., ...

Responses in three chimpanzees were compared following challenge with a clonal hepatitis C virus (HCV) contained in plasma from an animal that had received infectious RNA transcripts. Two of the...

The Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chimpanzees May Not Necessarily Correlate with the Appearance of Acquired Immunity

Thomson, Michael, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Havert, Michael B., Major, Marian, Gonzales, Sophia, Alter, Harvey, ...

Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in humans and chimpanzees is thought to be associated with the induction of strong T-cell responses. We studied four chimpanzees infected with HCV...

Kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ Memory T-Cell Responses during Hepatitis C Virus Rechallenge of Previously Recovered Chimpanzees

Nascimbeni, Michelina, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Bosmann, Markus, Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., ...

The immunological correlates of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific immunity are not well understood. Antibodies to HCV structural proteins do not appear to play a key role in clearance of the virus and...

Immunization with Hepatitis C Virus-Like Particles Induces Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in Nonhuman Primates

Jeong, Sook-Hyang, Qiao, Ming, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Hu, Zongyi, Rehermann, Barbara, Murthy, Krishna, ...

We have previously reported the production of hepatitis C virus-like particles (HCV-LP) using a recombinant baculovirus containing the cDNA of the HCV structural proteins (core, E1, and E2). These...

Hepatitis C virus mutation affects proteasomal epitope processing

Seifert, Ulrike, Liermann, Heike, Racanelli, Vito, Halenius, Anne, Wiese, Manfred, Wedemeyer, Heiner, ...

The high incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) persistence raises the question of how HCV interferes with host immune responses. Studying a single-source HCV outbreak, we identified an HCV mutation...

Liver-Directed Gamma Interferon Gene Delivery in Chronic Hepatitis C

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Protzer, Ulrike, Untergasser, Andreas, Feinstone, Stephen M., Rice, Charles M., Hasselschwert, Dana, ...

Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) has been shown to inhibit replication of subgenomic and genomic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNAs in vitro and to noncytolytically suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in...

Virus-induced type I IFN stimulates generation of immunoproteasomes at the site of infection

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Seifert, Ulrike, Kato, Takanobu, Rice, Charles M., Feinstone, Stephen M., Kloetzel, Peter-M., ...

IFN-γ is known as the initial and primary inducer of immunoproteasomes during viral infections. We now report that type I IFN induced the transcription and translation of immunoproteasome subunits,...

Quantitative analysis of hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood and liver using peptide-MHC tetramers

He, Xiao-Song, Rehermann, Barbara, López-Labrador, F. Xavier, Boisvert, Judie, Cheung, Ramsey, Mumm, John, ...

It is believed that the hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a role in the development of liver cell injury and in the clearance of the virus. To develop a direct...

Cross-Reactivity between Hepatitis C Virus and Influenza A Virus Determinant-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells

Wedemeyer, Heiner, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Davis, Anthony R., Bennink, Jack R., Rehermann, Barbara

The cellular immune response contributes to viral clearance as well as to liver injury in acute and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. An immunodominant determinant frequently recognized by...

Genetic Immunization of Wild-Type and Hepatitis C Virus Transgenic Mice Reveals a Hierarchy of Cellular Immune Response and Tolerance Induction against Hepatitis C Virus Structural Proteins

Satoi, Jujin, Murata, Kazumoto, Lechmann, Martin, Manickan, Elanchezhiyan, Zhang, Zhensheng, Wedemeyer, Heiner, ...

To study the effect of genetic immunization on transgenic expression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins, we evaluated the immunological response of HCV transgenic mice to HCV expression plasmids....

Molecular and Immunological Significance of Chimpanzee Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotypes for Hepatitis C Virus Immune Response and Vaccination Studies

Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Blaustein, Joshua B., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., Liang, T. Jake, ...

The chimpanzee is a critical animal model for studying cellular immune responses to infectious pathogens such as hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, and malaria. Several...

Previously Infected and Recovered Chimpanzees Exhibit Rapid Responses That Control Hepatitis C Virus Replication upon Rechallenge

Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Puig, Montserrat, Rehermann, Barbara, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Rice, Charles M., ...

Responses in three chimpanzees were compared following challenge with a clonal hepatitis C virus (HCV) contained in plasma from an animal that had received infectious RNA transcripts. Two of the...

The Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chimpanzees May Not Necessarily Correlate with the Appearance of Acquired Immunity

Thomson, Michael, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Havert, Michael B., Major, Marian, Gonzales, Sophia, Alter, Harvey, ...

Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in humans and chimpanzees is thought to be associated with the induction of strong T-cell responses. We studied four chimpanzees infected with HCV...

Kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ Memory T-Cell Responses during Hepatitis C Virus Rechallenge of Previously Recovered Chimpanzees

Nascimbeni, Michelina, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Bosmann, Markus, Major, Marian E., Mihalik, Kathleen, Rice, Charles M., ...

The immunological correlates of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific immunity are not well understood. Antibodies to HCV structural proteins do not appear to play a key role in clearance of the virus and...

Immunization with Hepatitis C Virus-Like Particles Induces Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in Nonhuman Primates

Jeong, Sook-Hyang, Qiao, Ming, Nascimbeni, Michelina, Hu, Zongyi, Rehermann, Barbara, Murthy, Krishna, ...

We have previously reported the production of hepatitis C virus-like particles (HCV-LP) using a recombinant baculovirus containing the cDNA of the HCV structural proteins (core, E1, and E2). These...

Hepatitis C virus mutation affects proteasomal epitope processing

Seifert, Ulrike, Liermann, Heike, Racanelli, Vito, Halenius, Anne, Wiese, Manfred, Wedemeyer, Heiner, ...

The high incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) persistence raises the question of how HCV interferes with host immune responses. Studying a single-source HCV outbreak, we identified an HCV mutation...

Liver-Directed Gamma Interferon Gene Delivery in Chronic Hepatitis C

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Protzer, Ulrike, Untergasser, Andreas, Feinstone, Stephen M., Rice, Charles M., Hasselschwert, Dana, ...

Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) has been shown to inhibit replication of subgenomic and genomic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNAs in vitro and to noncytolytically suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in...

Virus-induced type I IFN stimulates generation of immunoproteasomes at the site of infection

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Seifert, Ulrike, Kato, Takanobu, Rice, Charles M., Feinstone, Stephen M., Kloetzel, Peter-M., ...

IFN-γ is known as the initial and primary inducer of immunoproteasomes during viral infections. We now report that type I IFN induced the transcription and translation of immunoproteasome subunits,...

Foxp3+CD4+CD25+ T cells control virus-specific memory T cells in chimpanzees that recovered from hepatitis C

Manigold, Tobias, Shin, Eui-Cheol, Mizukoshi, Eishiro, Mihalik, Kathleen, Murthy, Krishna K., Rice, Charles M., ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) poses a global health problem because it readily establishes persistent infection and a vaccine is not available. CD4+CD25+ T cells have been implicated in HCV persistence...

Distinct KIR/HLA compound genotypes affect the kinetics of human antiviral natural killer cell responses

Ahlenstiel, Golo, Martin, Maureen P., Gao, Xiaojiang, Carrington, Mary, Rehermann, Barbara

Genetic studies suggest a role for killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor/HLA (KIR/HLA) compound genotypes in the outcome of viral infections, but functional data to explain these epidemiological...

Private aspects of heterologous immunity

Rehermann, Barbara, Shin, Eui-Cheol

Clinical manifestations of viral infections are highly variable, both in type and severity, among individual patients. Differences in host genetics and in dose and route of infection contribute to...

Efficient Generation of a Hepatitis B Virus Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitope Requires the Structural Features of Immunoproteasomes

Ruppert, Thomas, Rehermann, Barbara, Schmidt, Marion, Koszinowski, Ulrich, Kloetzel, Peter-M.

Interferon (IFN)-γ–induced cells express the proteasome subunits low molecular weight protein (LMP)2, LMP7, and MECL-1 (multicatalytic endopeptidase complex–like 1), leading to the formation of...

The Kinetics of Hepatitis C Virus-Specific CD8 T-Cell Responses in the Blood Mirror Those in the Liver in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection▿

Shin, Eui-Cheol, Capone, Stefania, Cortese, Riccardo, Colloca, Stefano, Nicosia, Alfredo, Folgori, Antonella, ...

Peripheral blood T-cell responses are used as biomarkers in hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine trials. However, it is not clear how T-cell responses in the blood correlate with those in the liver, the...