ZMB Member Ulf Dittmer

ZMB Member
Ulf Dittmer

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Ulf Dittmer
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Prof. Dr. Ulf Dittmer

Director of:

Institute of Virology

University Hospital Essen
Hufelandstr. 55
45147 Essen

Research Overview

  1. Persistent viral infections
  2. Innate immunity to retroviruses
  3. Basics of cellular and molecular immune defense mechanisms
  4. Immune regulation in retrovirus infections
  5. Immunotherapy for retroviral infections and virus-induced tumors
  6. Development of vaccines against retroviruses
  7. Antiviral activity of interferons
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Selected Publications

    Journal articles

  • Stupia, Simone; Heeke, Christina; Brüggemann, Alicia; Zaremba-Montenari, Anne; Thier, Beatrice; Kretz, Julia; Sucker, Antje; Philip, Manuel; Zelinskyy, Gennadiy; Ferrone, Soldano; Rösch, Alexander; Horn, Susanne; Hadaschik, Eva; Schadendorf, Dirk; Trilling, Mirko; Dittmer, Ulf; Griewank, Klaus; Zhao, Fang; Paschen, Annette
    HLA class II loss and JAK1/2 deficiency coevolve in melanoma leading to CD4 T cell and IFNγ cross-resistance
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, Vol. 29, 2023, Nr. 15, pp. 2894 – 2907
    DOI
  • Dewald, Felix; Pirkl, Martin; Paluschinski, Martha; Kühn, Joachim; Elsner, Carina; Schulte, Bianca; Knüfer, Jacqueline; Ahmadov, Elvin; Schlotz, Maike; Oral, Göksu; Bernhard, Michael; Michael, Mark; Luxenburger, Maura; Andrée, Marcel; Hennies, Marc Tim; Hafezi, Wali; Müller, Marlin Maybrit; Kümpers, Philipp; Risse, Joachim; Kill, Clemens; Manegold, Randi Katrin; von Frantzki, Ute; Richter, Enrico; Emmert, Dorian; Monzon-Posadas, Werner O.; Gräff, Ingo; Kogej, Monika; Büning, Antonia; Baum, Maximilian; Teipel, Finn; Mochtarzadeh, Babak; Wolff, Martin; Gruell, Henning; Di Cristanziano, Veronica; Burst, Volker; Streeck, Hendrik; Dittmer, Ulf; Ludwig, Stephan; Timm, Jörg; Klein, Florian
    Impaired humoral immunity to BQ.1.1 in convalescent and vaccinated patients
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 14, 2023, Nr. 1, 2835
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Zehner, Matthias; Alt, Mira; Ashurov, Artem; Goldsmith, Jory A.; Spies, Rebecca; Weiler, Nina; Lerma, Justin; Gieselmann, Lutz; Stöhr, Dagmar; Gruell, Henning; Schultz, Eric P.; Kreer, Christoph; Schlachter, Linda; Janicki, Hanna; Laib Sampaio, Kerstin; Stegmann, Cora; Nemetchek, Michelle D.; Dähling, Sabrina; Ullrich, Leon; Dittmer, Ulf; Witzke, Oliver; Koch, Manuel; Ryckman, Brent J.; Lotfi, Ramin; McLellan, Jason S.; Krawczyk, Adalbert; Sinzger, Christian; Klein, Florian
    Single-cell analysis of memory B cells from top neutralizers reveals multiple sites of vulnerability within HCMV Trimer and Pentamer
    In: Immunity, Vol. 56, 2023, Nr. 11, pp. 2602 – 2620.e10
    DOI
  • Littwitz-Salomon, Elisabeth; Moreira, Diana; Frost, Joe N.; Choi, Chloe; Liou, Kevin T.; Ahern, David K.; O’Shaughnessy, Simon; Wagner, Bernd; Biron, Christine A.; Drakesmith, Hal; Dittmer, Ulf; Finlay, David K.
    Metabolic requirements of NK cells during the acute response against retroviral infection
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, 2021, Nr. 1, 5376
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Heming, Michael; Li, Xiaolin; Räuber, Saskia; Mausberg, Anne K.; Börsch, Anna-Lena; Hartlehnert, Maike; Singhal, Arpita; Lu, I-Na; Fleischer, Michael; Szepanowski, Fabian; Witzke, Oliver; Brenner, Thorsten; Dittmer, Ulf; Yosef, Nir; Kleinschnitz, Christoph; Wiendl, Heinz; Stettner, Mark; Meyer zu Hörste, Gerd
    Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 Feature T Cell Exhaustion and Dedifferentiated Monocytes in Cerebrospinal Fluid
    In: Immunity, Vol. 54, 2021, Nr. 1, pp. 164
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Wu, Jun; Liang, Boyun; Chen, Cunrong; Wang, Hua; Fang, Yaohui; Shen, Shu; Yang, Xiaoli; Wang, Baoju; Chen, Liangkai; Chen, Qi; Wu, Yang; Liu, Jia; Yang, Xuecheng; Li, Wei; Zhu, Bin; Zhou, Wenqing; Wang, Huan; Li, Sumeng; Lu, Sihong; Liu, Di; Li, Huadong; Krawczyk, Adalbert; Lu, Mengji; Yang, Dongliang; Deng, Fei; Dittmer, Ulf; Trilling, Mirko; Zheng, Xin
    SARS-CoV-2 infection induces sustained humoral immune responses in convalescent patients following symptomatic COVID-19
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, 2021, Nr. 1, pp. 1813
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Bazinet, Michel; Pântea, Victor; Placinta, Gheorghe; Moscalu, Iurie; Cebotarescu, Valentin; Cojuhari, Lilia; Jimbei, Pavlina; Iarovoi, Liviu; Smesnoi, Valentina; Musteata, Tatiana; Jucov, Alina; Dittmer, Ulf; Krawczyk, Adalbert; Vaillant, Andrew
    Safety and Efficacy of 48 Weeks REP 2139 or REP 2165, Tenofovir Disoproxil, and Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a in Patients With Chronic HBV Infection Naïve to Nucleos(t)ide Therapy
    In: Gastroenterology, Vol. 158, 2020, Nr. 8, pp. 2180 – 2194
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Stepanova, Tatyana; Haefeli, Walter-Emil; Dittmer, Ulf; Ciesek, Sandra; Bremer, Birgit; Dandri, Maura; Burhenne, Jürgen; Voronkova, Natalia; Wedemeyer, Heiner; Alexandrov, Alexander; Urban, Stephan; Allweiss, Lena; Bogomolov, Pavel O.; Schöneweis, Katrin; Chulanov, Vladimir
    Final results of a multicenter, open-label phase 2 clinical trial (MYR203) to assess safety and efficacy of myrcludex B in cwith PEG-interferon Alpha 2a in patients with chronic HBV/HDV co-infection
    In: Journal of Hepatology, Vol. 70, 2019, Nr. 1 Suppl., pp. e81
    DOI
  • Yang, Shangqing; Wang, Lu; Pan, Wen; Bayer, Wibke; Thoens, Christine; Heim, Kathrin; Dittmer, Ulf; Timm, Jörg; Wang, Qin; Yu, Qing; Luo, Jinzhuo; Liu, Yanan; Hofmann, Maike; Thimme, Robert; Zhang, Xiaoyong; Chen, Hongtao; Wang, Hua; Feng, Xuemei; Yang, Xuecheng; Lu, Yinping; Lu, Mengji; Yang, Dongliang; Liu, Jia
    MMP2/MMP9-mediated CD100 shedding is crucial for inducing intrahepatic anti-HBV CD8 T cell responses and HBV clearance
    In: Journal of Hepatology, Vol. 71, 2019, Nr. 4, pp. 685 – 698
    DOI
  • Khairnar, Vishal; Duhan, Vikas; Patil, Ashwini M.; Zhou, Fan; Bhat, Hilal; Thoens, Christine; Sharma, Piyush; Adomati, Tom; Friendrich, Sarah-Kim; Bezgovsek, Judith; Dreesen, Janine D.; Wennemuth, Gunther; Westendorf, Astrid; Zelinskyy, Gennadiy; Dittmer, Ulf; Hardt, Cornelia; Timm, Jörg; Göthert, Joachim Rudolf; Lang, Philipp A.; Singer, Bernhard B.; Lang, Karl S.
    CEACAM1 promotes CD8⁺ T cell responses and improves control of a chronic viral infection
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, 2018, 2561
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Klein, Johanna C.; Moses, Katrin; Zelinskyy, Gennadiy; Sody, Simon; Buer, Jan; Lang, Stephan; Helfrich, Iris; Dittmer, Ulf; Kirschning, Carsten Jürgen; Brandau, Sven
    Combined toll-like receptor 3/7/9 deficiency on host cells results in T-cell-dependent control of tumour growth
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 14600
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schultz, Bruce T.; Teigler, Jeffrey E.; Pissani, Franco; Oster, Alexander F.; Kranias, Gregory; Alter, Galit; Marovich, Mary; Eller, Michael A.; Dittmer, Ulf; Robb, Merlin L.; Kim, Jerome H.; Michael, Nelson L.; Bolton, Diane; Streeck, Hendrik
    Circulating HIV-Specific Interleukin-21
    In: Immunity, Vol. 44, 2016, Nr. 1, pp. 167 – 178
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Khairnar, Vishal; Duhan, Vikas; Kumar Maney, Sathish; Seifert, Marc; Kirschning, Carsten; Westendorf, Astrid M.; Dittmer, Ulf; Küppers, Ralf; Scheffrahn, Inka; Göthert, Joachim R.; Singer, Bernhard B.; Lang, Karl S.; et al.
    CEACAM1 induces B-cell survival and is essential for protective antiviral antibody production
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 6, 2015, 6217
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Lavender, Kerry J.; Pang, Wendy W.; Messer, Ronald J.; Duley, Amanda K.; Race, Brent; Phillips, Katie; Scott, Dana; Peterson, Karin E.; Chan, Charles K.; Dittmer, Ulf; Dudek, Timothy; Allen, Todd M.; Weissman, Irving L.; Hasenkrug, Kim J.
    BLT-humanized C57BL/6 Rag2⁻/⁻γc⁻/⁻CD47⁻/⁻ mice are resistant to GVHD and develop B- and T-cell immunity to HIV infection
    In: Blood, Vol. 122, 2013, Nr. 25, pp. 4013 – 4020
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Balkow, Sandra; Krux, Frank; Loser, Karin; Becker, Jan U.; Grabbe, Stephan; Dittmer, Ulf
    Friend retrovirus infection of myeloid dendritic cells impairs maturation, prolongs contact to naïve T cells, and favors expansion of regulatory T cells
    In: Blood, Vol. 110, 2007, Nr. 12, pp. 3949 – 3958
    DOI (Open Access)
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