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Overview

Anja A. Kühl is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on immunology, epidemiology, genetics, surgery, and molecular biology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, immune cell function and interaction, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, and gut microbiota and health.

Key recent papers include:

  • Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Single-Nucleus and In Situ RNA-Sequencing Reveal Cell Topographies in the Human Pancreas, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Non-redundant functions of group 2 innate lymphoid cells, 2022, Nature
  • Human small intestinal infection by SARS-CoV-2 is characterized by a mucosal infiltration with activated CD8+ T cells, 2021, Mucosal Immunology
  • Neutrophils prevent rectal bleeding in ulcerative colitis by peptidyl-arginine deiminase-4-dependent immunothrombosis, 2021, Gut

Their frequent co-authors include Britta Siegmund, Raja Atreya, Christoph Becker, Ingolf Sack, and Carl Weidinger.

Kühl has published multiple works in notable venues such as the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie, Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and Mucosal Immunology.

Best Publications

  • Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19.

    Jenny Meinhardt;Josefine Radke;Carsten Dittmayer;Jonas Franz;Jonas Franz

  • IL-35-producing B cells are critical regulators of immunity during autoimmune and infectious diseases

    Ping Shen;Toralf Roch;Vicky Lampropoulou;Richard A. O’Connor

  • Oncostatin M drives intestinal inflammation and predicts response to tumor necrosis factor-neutralizing therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    N R West;A N Hegazy;Owens Bmj.;S J Bullers

  • A guide to histomorphological evaluation of intestinal inflammation in mouse models

    Ulrike Erben;Christoph Loddenkemper;Katja Doerfel;Simone Spieckermann

  • Monocyte and M1 Macrophage-induced Barrier Defect Contributes to Chronic Intestinal Inflammation in IBD

    Donata Lissner;Michael Schumann;Arvind Batra;Lea-Isabel Kredel

  • The microRNA miR-182 is induced by IL-2 and promotes clonal expansion of activated helper T lymphocytes

    Anna-Barbara Stittrich;Claudia Haftmann;Evridiki Sgouroudis;Anja Andrea Kühl

  • The proteasome inhibitior bortezomib depletes plasma cells and ameliorates clinical manifestations of refractory systemic lupus erythematosus

    Tobias Alexander;Ramona Sarfert;Jens Klotsche;Anja A. Kühl

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol, curcumin and simvastatin in acute small intestinal inflammation

    Stefan Bereswill;Melba Muñoz;André Fischer;Rita Plickert

  • Signaling via the MyD88 Adaptor Protein in B Cells Suppresses Protective Immunity during Salmonella typhimurium Infection

    Patricia Neves;Vicky Lampropoulou;Elisabeth Calderon-Gomez;Toralf Roch

  • Lipid droplet-dependent fatty acid metabolism controls the immune suppressive phenotype of tumor-associated macrophages.

    Hao Wu;Hao Wu;Hao Wu;Yijie Han;Yasmina Rodriguez Sillke;Yasmina Rodriguez Sillke;Hongzhang Deng

  • Novel Murine Infection Models Provide Deep Insights into the “Ménage à Trois” of Campylobacter jejuni, Microbiota and Host Innate Immunity

    Stefan Bereswill;André Fischer;Rita Plickert;Lea-Maxie Haag

  • Mucosal BCG Vaccination Induces Protective Lung-Resident Memory T Cell Populations against Tuberculosis

    Carolina Perdomo;Ulrike Zedler;Anja A. Kühl;Laura Lozza

  • Aggravation of Different Types of Experimental Colitis by Depletion or Adhesion Blockade of Neutrophils

    Anja A. Kühl;Hacer Kakirman;Markus Janotta;Stefan Dreher

  • A unique population of IgG-expressing plasma cells lacking CD19 is enriched in human bone marrow.

    Henrik E. Mei;Henrik E. Mei;Ina Wirries;Ina Wirries;Daniela Frölich;Daniela Frölich;Mikael Brisslert

  • Vascular receptor autoantibodies in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis.

    Mike O Becker;Angela Kill;Marissa Kutsche;Jeannine Guenther

  • Diversity of Intestinal Macrophages in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

    Anja A. Kühl;Ulrike Erben;Lea I. Kredel;Britta Siegmund

  • Single-Nucleus and In Situ RNA-Sequencing Reveal Cell Topographies in the Human Pancreas.

    Luca Tosti;Yan Hang;Olivia Debnath;Sebastian Tiesmeyer

  • Interleukin-22 induces interleukin-18 expression from epithelial cells during intestinal infection

    Melba Muñoz;Celine Eidenschenk;Naruhisa Ota;Kit Wong

  • Human memory T cells from the bone marrow are resting and maintain long-lasting systemic memory

    Anna Okhrimenko;Joachim R. Grün;Kerstin Westendorf;Zhuo Fang

  • Role of Blimp-1 in programing Th effector cells into IL-10 producers

    Christian Neumann;Frederik Heinrich;Katrin Neumann;Victoria Junghans

  • Small Intestinal Nematode Infection of Mice Is Associated with Increased Enterobacterial Loads alongside the Intestinal Tract

    Sebastian Rausch;Josephin Held;André Fischer;Markus M. Heimesaat

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus M. Heimesaat
Markus M. Heimesaat Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Christoph Loddenkemper
Christoph Loddenkemper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Britta Siegmund
Britta Siegmund Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Stefan Bereswill
Stefan Bereswill Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulf B. Göbel
Ulf B. Göbel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin Zeitz
Martin Zeitz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas Radbruch
Andreas Radbruch German Rheumatism Research Centre
Andre Fischer
Andre Fischer University of Göttingen
Tim Sparwasser
Tim Sparwasser Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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