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Horst von Bernuth is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular focus on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, including:

  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Their recent publications include:

  • Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia, 2022, Nature
  • A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection, 2020, Cell
  • The expansion of human T-bet high CD21 low B cells is T cell dependent, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Mild COVID-19 despite autoantibodies against type I IFNs in autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Autoantibodies against cytokines: phenocopies of primary immunodeficiencies?, 2020, Human Genetics

Frequent co-authors of Horst von Bernuth include:

  • Renate Krüger
  • Fabian Hauck
  • Uwe Kölsch
  • Olga Staudacher
  • V. Wahn

Publications by Horst von Bernuth are commonly found in the following journals and venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • TLR3 deficiency in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis.

    Shen Ying Zhang;Shen Ying Zhang;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Sophie Ugolini;Asma Smahi

  • Pyogenic Bacterial Infections in Humans with MyD88 Deficiency

    Horst Von Bernuth;Capucine Picard;Capucine Picard;Zhongbo Jin;Rungnapa Pankla;Rungnapa Pankla

  • The EUROclass trial: defining subgroups in common variable immunodeficiency

    Claudia Wehr;Teemu Kivioja;Christian Schmitt;Berne Ferry

  • Diverse stimuli engage different neutrophil extracellular trap pathways

    Elaine F Kenny;Alf Herzig;Renate Krüger;Aaron Muth

  • Neutrophils: Between host defence, immune modulation, and tissue injury

    Philipp Kruger;Mona Saffarzadeh;Alexander N. R. Weber;Nikolaus Rieber

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia

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  • Mutations in STAT3 and IL12RB1 impair the development of human IL-17–producing T cells

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Anne Puel;Anne Puel;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Clinical Features and Outcome of Patients With IRAK-4 and MyD88 Deficiency

    Capucine Picard;Capucine Picard;Horst Von Bernuth;Horst Von Bernuth;Horst Von Bernuth;Pegah Ghandil;Pegah Ghandil;Pegah Ghandil;Maya Chrabieh;Maya Chrabieh

  • Selective predisposition to bacterial infections in IRAK-4–deficient children: IRAK-4–dependent TLRs are otherwise redundant in protective immunity

    Cheng Lung Ku;Horst Von Bernuth;Horst Von Bernuth;Capucine Picard;Shen Ying Zhang

  • Human TLR-7-, -8-, and -9-Mediated Induction of IFN-α/β and -λ Is IRAK-4 Dependent and Redundant for Protective Immunity to Viruses

    Kun Yang;Kun Yang;Anne Puel;Shenying Zhang;Shenying Zhang;Céline Eidenschenk

  • X-linked susceptibility to mycobacteria is caused by mutations in NEMO impairing CD40-dependent IL-12 production

    Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Jacinta Bustamante;Margje H. Haverkamp;Margje H. Haverkamp;Emilie Vinolo

  • IRAK-4-and MyD88-Dependent Pathways Are Essential for the Removal of Developing Autoreactive B Cells in Humans

    Isabelle Isnardi;Yen Shing Ng;Iva Srdanovic;Roja Motaghedi

  • A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

    Jean-Laurent Casanova;Helen C. Su;Covid Human Genetic Effort

  • Experimental and natural infections in MyD88- and IRAK-4-deficient mice and humans.

    Horst von Bernuth;Horst von Bernuth;Capucine Picard;Capucine Picard;Anne Puel;Anne Puel;Jean-Laurent Casanova

  • Mutations in AP3D1 associated with immunodeficiency and seizures define a new type of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

    Sandra Ammann;Sandra Ammann;Ansgar Schulz;Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann;Nele M. G. Dieckmann

  • Human Toll-like receptor-dependent induction of interferons in protective immunity to viruses.

    Shen-Ying Zhang;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu;Horst von Bernuth

  • IRAK4 and NEMO mutations in otherwise healthy children with recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease

    Cheng Lung Ku;Capucine Picard;Melinda Erdõs;Axel Jeurissen

  • Initial presenting manifestations in 16,486 patients with inborn errors of immunity include infections and noninfectious manifestations.

    Julian Thalhammer;Gerhard Kindle;Alexandra Nieters;Stephan Rusch

  • Inherited disorders of human Toll-like receptor signaling: immunological implications.

    Cheng‐Lung Ku;Kun Yang;Jacinta Bustamante;Anne Puel

  • Inborn errors in RNA polymerase III underlie severe varicella zoster virus infections

    Benson Ogunjimi;Shen-Ying Zhang;Katrine Biehl Sørensen;Kristian A Skipper

  • The expansion of human T-bet high CD21 low B cells is T cell dependent

    Baerbel Keller;Valentina Strohmeier;Valentina Strohmeier;Ina Harder;Susanne Unger

Frequent Co-Authors

Capucine Picard
Capucine Picard Université Paris Cité
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Klaus Warnatz
Klaus Warnatz University of Freiburg
Stephan Ehl
Stephan Ehl University of Freiburg
Bodo Grimbacher
Bodo Grimbacher University of Freiburg
klaus schwarz
klaus schwarz University of Ulm
Marcus A. Mall
Marcus A. Mall Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Janine Reichenbach
Janine Reichenbach University of Zurich

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