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Christian Taube is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their body of work includes the study of multiple subfields such as physiology, surgery, immunology and allergy, and infectious diseases. Key topics addressed in their publications cover asthma and respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, respiratory and cough-related research, cystic fibrosis research advances, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, as well as respiratory support and mechanisms.

Taube has contributed to several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Pneumologie
  • Allergo Journal
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Allergologie
  • Respiratory Research

The scholar maintains collaborations with multiple frequent co-authors, among them Eckard Hamelmann, Matthias Welsner, Sivagurunathan Sutharsan, Stephanie Korn, and Kaid Darwiche.

Some notable recent papers associated with their research include:

  • "Eosinophilic and Noneosinophilic Asthma" (2021, CHEST Journal)
  • "Onset of Effect and Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life, Exacerbation Rate, Lung Function, and Nasal Polyposis Symptoms for Patients with Severe Eosinophilic Asthma Treated with Benralizumab (ANDHI): A Randomised, Controlled, Phase 3b Trial" (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • "Practical Guide to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults" (2022, Respiratory Research)
  • "Defining a Severe Asthma Super-Responder: Findings from a Delphi Process" (2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice)
  • "ACE2 Polymorphism and Susceptibility for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Severity of COVID-19" (2021, Pharmacogenetics and Genomics)

Best Publications

  • Interferon-Regulatory Factor 4 Is Essential for the Developmental Program of T Helper 9 Cells

    Valérie Staudt;Evita Bothur;Matthias Klein;Karen Lingnau

  • HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION PREVENTS ALLERGIC ASTHMA IN MOUSE MODELS THROUGH THE INDUCTION OF REGULATORY T CELLS

    Isabelle C. Arnold;Nina Dehzad;Sebastian Reuter;Helen Martin

  • DC-derived IL-18 drives Treg differentiation, murine Helicobacter pylori–specific immune tolerance, and asthma protection

    Mathias Oertli;Malin Sundquist;Iris Hitzler;Daniela B. Engler

  • Naturally Occurring Lung CD4+CD25+ T Cell Regulation of Airway Allergic Responses Depends on IL-10 Induction of TGF-β

    Anthony Joetham;Katsuyuki Takada;Christian Taube;Nobuaki Miyahara

  • Helicobacter pylori γ-glutamyl transpeptidase and vacuolating cytotoxin promote gastric persistence and immune tolerance.

    Mathias Oertli;Manuel Noben;Daniela B. Engler;Raphaela P. Semper

  • Eosinophilic and Noneosinophilic Asthma: An Expert Consensus Framework to Characterize Phenotypes in a Global Real-Life Severe Asthma Cohort.

    Liam G. Heaney;Luis Perez de Llano;Mona Al-Ahmad;Vibeke Backer

  • Sarilumab in patients admitted to hospital with severe or critical COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

    François-Xavier Lescure;Hitoshi Honda;Robert A Fowler;Jennifer Sloane Lazar

  • The Role of IL-13 in Established Allergic Airway Disease

    Christian Taube;Catherine Duez;Zhi Hua Cui;Katsuyuki Takeda

  • Effect of bariatric surgery on asthma control, lung function and bronchial and systemic inflammation in morbidly obese subjects with asthma

    Astrid van Huisstede;Arjan Rudolphus;Manuel Castro Cabezas;Laser Ulas Biter

  • Specific IgE against Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins: An independent risk factor for asthma

    Claus Bachert;Kristel van Steen;Kristel van Steen;Nan Zhang;Gabriële Holtappels

  • Effector CD8^+ T cells mediate inflammation and airway hyper-responsiveness

    Nobuaki Miyahara;Bradley J Swanson;Katsuyuki Takeda;Christian Taube

  • Assessment of lymph node tuberculosis in northern Germany: a clinical review.

    Henning Geldmacher;Christian Taube;Clemens Kroeger;Helgo Magnussen

  • The Enhancement or Prevention of Airway Hyperresponsiveness during Reinfection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Is Critically Dependent on the Age at First Infection and IL-13 Production

    Azzeddine Dakhama;Jung Won Park;Christian Taube;Anthony Joetham

  • Different Potentials of γδ T Cell Subsets in Regulating Airway Responsiveness: Vγ1+ Cells, but Not Vγ4+ Cells, Promote Airway Hyperreactivity, Th2 Cytokines, and Airway Inflammation

    Youn-Soo Hahn;Christian Taube;Niyun Jin;Laura Sharp

  • Invasive and noninvasive methods for studying pulmonary function in mice

    Thomas Glaab;Christian Taube;Armin Braun;Wayne Mitzner

  • IL-22 Is Produced by Innate Lymphoid Cells and Limits Inflammation in Allergic Airway Disease

    Christian Taube;Christine Tertilt;Gabor Gyülveszi;Nina Dehzad

  • Helicobacter urease–induced activation of the TLR2/NLRP3/IL-18 axis protects against asthma

    Katrin N. Koch;Mara L. Hartung;Sabine Urban;Andreas Kyburz

  • Omalizumab in patients with severe persistent allergic asthma in a real-life setting in Germany.

    S. Korn;A. Thielen;S. Seyfried;C. Taube

  • Onset of effect and impact on health-related quality of life, exacerbation rate, lung function, and nasal polyposis symptoms for patients with severe eosinophilic asthma treated with benralizumab (ANDHI): a randomised, controlled, phase 3b trial

    Tim W Harrison;Pascal Chanez;Francesco Menzella;Giorgio Walter Canonica

  • Mast cells are crucial for early inflammation, migration of Langerhans cells, and CTL responses following topical application of TLR7 ligand in mice.

    Valeska Heib;Marc Becker;Tobias Warger;Gerd Rechtsteiner

  • Effective treatment of allergic airway inflammation with Helicobacter pylori immunomodulators requires BATF3-dependent dendritic cells and IL-10.

    Daniela B. Engler;Sebastian Reuter;Yolanda van Wijck;Sabine Urban

  • Insights into the pathogenesis of asthma utilizing murine models.

    Christian Taube;Azzeddine Dakhama;Erwin W. Gelfand

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Buhl
Roland Buhl Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Erwin W. Gelfand
Erwin W. Gelfand University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Katsuyuki Takeda
Katsuyuki Takeda National Jewish Health
Azzeddine Dakhama
Azzeddine Dakhama National Jewish Health
Anthony Joetham
Anthony Joetham National Jewish Health
Eckard Hamelmann
Eckard Hamelmann Bielefeld University
Ludger Klimek
Ludger Klimek Ghent University
Tobias Bopp
Tobias Bopp Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hansjörg Schild
Hansjörg Schild Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Thomas Werfel
Thomas Werfel Hannover Medical School

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