Professional Experience

Education and Degrees

Publications

1. Targeted mutations in IFNα2 improve its antiviral activity against various viruses
   Zehra Karakoese, Vu-Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling, Jonas Schuhenn, Sandra Francois, Mengji Lu, Jia Liu, Mirko Trilling, Daniel Hoffmann, Ulf Dittmer, Kathrin Sutter
   bioRxiv 2023.09.06.556557; 2023 Oct 24 https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02357-23
2. Immunotherapy ‐ induced cytotoxic T follicular helper cells reduce numbers of retrovirus‐infected reservoir cells in B cell follicles
   Anna Malyshkina, Wibke Bayer, Philip Podschwadt, Lucas Otto, Zehra Karakoese, Kathrin Sutter, Kirsten Bruderek; Baoxiao Wang, Kerry J Lavender, Mario L Santiago, Pia Madeleine Leipe, Carina Elsner, Stefan Esser, Sven Brandau, Matthias Gunzer, Ulf Dittmer
   PLOS Pathogens. 2023 Sep 29, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011725
3. Macrophage migration Inhibitory Factor Receptor CD74 expression is associated with Expansion and Differentiation of Effector T cells in COVID-19 Patients
   Jaana Westmeier, Annika Brochtrup, Krystallenia Paniskaki, Zehra Karakoese, Tanja Werner, Kathrin Sutter, Sebastian Dolff, Andreas Limmer, Daniela Mittermüller, Jia Liu, Xin Zheng, Tetiana Koval, Igor Kaidashev, Marc Moritz Berger, Frank Herbstreit, Thorsten Brenner, Oliver Witzke, Mirko Trilling, Mengji Lu, Dongliang Yang, Nina Babel, Timm Westhoff, Ulf Dittmer and Gennadiy Zelinskyy
   Frontiers in Immunology. 2023 Oct 25, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1236374
4. Distinct Type I Interferon Subtypes Differentially Stimulate T Cell Responses in HIV-1-Infected Individuals
   Zehra Karakoese, Mara Schwerdtfeger, Christina B. Karsten, Stefan Esser, Ulf Dittmer and Kathrin Sutter
   Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 Jul 13, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.936918
5. IFNα subtype-specific susceptibility of HBV in the course of chronic infectionZEHRA KARAKÖSE
   Xiaohong Xie, Zehra Karakoese, Dilhumare Ablikim, Julia Ickler, Jonas Schuhenn, Xiaoqing Zeng, Xuemei Feng, Xuecheng Yang, Ulf Dittmer, Dongliang Yang, Kathrin Sutter and Jia Liu
   Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 Oct 14, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1017753
6. SRSF1 acts as an IFN-I-regulated cellular dependency factor decisively affecting HIV-1 post-integration steps
   Helene Sertznig, Fabian Roesmann, Alexander Wilhelm, Delia Heininger, Barbara Bleekmann, Carina Elsner, Mario Santiago, Jonas Schuhenn, Zehra Karakoese, Yvonne Benatzy, Ryan Snodgrass, Stefan Esser, Kathrin Sutter, Ulf Dittmer, Marek Widera
   Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 Nov 15, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.935800
7. Differential interferon-α subtype induced immune signatures are associated with suppression of SARS-CoV-2 infection
   Jonas Schuhenn, Toni Luise Meister, Daniel Todt, Thilo Bracht, Karin Schork, Jean-Noel Billaud, Carina Elsner, Natalie Heinen, Zehra Karakoese, Sibylle Haid, Sriram Kumar, Linda Brunotte, Martin Eisenacher, Yunyun Di, Jocelyne Lew, Darryl Falzarano, Jieliang Chen, Zhenghong Yuan, Thomas Pietschmann, Bettina Wiegmann, Hendrik Uebner, Christian Taube, Vu Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling, Mirko Trilling, Adalbert Krawczyk, Stephan Ludwig, Barbara Sitek, Eike Steinmann, Ulf Dittmer, Kerry J Lavender, Kathrin Sutter, Stephanie Pfaender
   PNAS. 2022 Feb 22, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2111600119
8. Immunotherapy With Interferon α11, But Not Interferon Beta, Controls Persistent Retroviral Infection
   Mara Schwerdtfeger, Julia Dickow, Yasmin Schmitz, Sandra Francois, Zehra Karakoese, Anna Malyshkina, Torben Knuschke, Ulf Dittmer, Kathrin Sutter
   Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 Jan 20, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.809774
9. Impaired cytotoxic CD8+ T cell response in elderly COVID-19 patients
   Jaana Westmeier, Krystallenia Paniskaki, Zehra Karaköse, Tanja Werner, Kathrin Sutter, Sebastian Dolff, Marvin Overbeck, Andreas Limmer, Jia Liu, Xin Zheng, Thorsten Brenner, Marc M. Berger, Oliver Witzke, Mirko Trilling, Mengji Lu, Dongliang Yang, Nina Babel, Timm Westhoff, Ulf Dittmer, and Gennadiy Zelinskyy
   mBio. 2020 Sep 18, doi: 10.1128/mBio.02243-20