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Kai Matuschewski is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable contributions in subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Parasitology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with significant attention to Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling, HIV Research and Treatment, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Complement system in diseases, and Bird parasitology and diseases.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Alexander G. Maier
  • Katja Müller
  • Julius Clemence R. Hafalla
  • Olivier Silvie
  • Matthew P. Gibbins

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in key venues, reflecting consistent scholarly output. Notable publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • International Journal for Parasitology

A selection of recent papers demonstrates the scope of their work:

  • "A lipocalin mediates unidirectional heme biomineralization in malaria parasites", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Breakdown in membrane asymmetry regulation leads to monocyte recognition of P. falciparum-infected red blood cells", 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • "A Plasmodium cysteine protease required for efficient transition from the liver infection stage", 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Importance of the Immunodominant CD8 + T Cell Epitope of Plasmodium berghei Circumsporozoite Protein in Parasite- and Vaccine-Induced Protection", 2020, Infection and Immunity
  • "The deubiquitinating enzyme OTUD7b protects dendritic cells from TNF-induced apoptosis by stabilizing the E3 ligase TRAF2", 2023, Cell Death and Disease

The prominent themes across these publications focus on malaria parasites and immune system interactions, cellular mechanisms, and parasite biology, indicative of the scientist's ongoing engagement with infectious disease research and immunological responses.

Best Publications

  • Activation of a Membrane-Bound Transcription Factor by Regulated Ubiquitin/Proteasome-Dependent Processing

    Thorsten Hoppe;Kai Matuschewski;Michael Rape;Stephan Schlenker

  • Genetically modified Plasmodium parasites as a protective experimental malaria vaccine

    Ann-Kristin Mueller;Mehdi Labaied;Stefan H. I. Kappe;Stefan H. I. Kappe;Kai Matuschewski

  • High efficiency transfection of Plasmodium berghei facilitates novel selection procedures.

    Chris J. Janse;Blandine Franke-Fayard;Gunnar R. Mair;Jai Ramesar

  • Plasmodium liver stage developmental arrest by depletion of a protein at the parasite–host interface

    Ann-Kristin Mueller;Nelly Camargo;Karine Kaiser;Cathy Andorfer

  • A novel protein modification pathway related to the ubiquitin system

    Dimitris Liakopoulos;Georg Doenges;Kai Matuschewski;Stefan Jentsch

  • Intravital Observation of Plasmodium berghei Sporozoite Infection of the Liver

    Ute Frevert;Sabine Engelmann;Sergine Zougbédé;Jörg Stange

  • Role of the ubiquitin‐selective CDC48UFD1/NPL4 chaperone (segregase) in ERAD of OLE1 and other substrates

    Sigurd Braun;Kai Matuschewski;Michael Rape;Sven Thoms;Sven Thoms

  • The ubiquitin-like proteins SMT3 and SUMO-1 are conjugated by the UBC9 E2 enzyme

    Sylvia E. Schwarz;Kai Matuschewski;Dimitris Liakopoulos;Martin Scheffner

  • Myosin A tail domain interacting protein (MTIP) localizes to the inner membrane complex of Plasmodium sporozoites.

    Lawrence W. Bergman;Karine Kaiser;Hisashi Fujioka;Isabelle Coppens

  • Infectivity-associated Changes in the Transcriptional Repertoire of the Malaria Parasite Sporozoite Stage

    Kai Matuschewski;Kai Matuschewski;Jessica Ross;Stuart M. Brown;Karine Kaiser

  • Cytokines and Chemokines in Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis.

    Josefine Dunst;Josefine Dunst;Josefine Dunst;Faustin Kamena;Faustin Kamena;Faustin Kamena;Kai Matuschewski;Kai Matuschewski

  • A malarial cysteine protease is necessary for Plasmodium sporozoite egress from oocysts.

    Ahmed S.I. Aly;Kai Matuschewski

  • Plasmodium sporozoite motility is modulated by the turnover of discrete adhesion sites

    Sylvia Münter;Benedikt Sabass;Christine Selhuber-Unkel;Mikhail Kudryashev

  • Plasmodium sporozoite invasion into insect and mammalian cells is directed by the same dual binding system

    Kai Matuschewski;Kai Matuschewski;Alvaro C. Nunes;Victor Nussenzweig;Robert Ménard

  • Differential transcriptome profiling identifies Plasmodium genes encoding pre‐erythrocytic stage‐specific proteins

    Karine Kaiser;Kai Matuschewski;Nelly Camargo;Jessica Ross

  • Cell biology and immunology of malaria

    Julius Clemence Hafalla;Olivier Silvie;Kai Matuschewski

  • Genetically Attenuated Plasmodium berghei Liver Stages Induce Sterile Protracted Protection That Is Mediated by Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I-Dependent Interferon-γ-Producing CD8+ T Cells

    Ousman Jobe;Joanne Lumsden;Ann-Kristin Mueller;Jackie Williams

  • Exploring the transcriptome of the malaria sporozoite stage

    Stefan H. I. Kappe;Malcolm J. Gardner;Stuart M. Brown;Jessica Ross

  • Natural Immunization Against Malaria: Causal Prophylaxis with Antibiotics

    Johannes Friesen;Olivier Silvie;Elyzana Dewi Putrianti;Julius C. R. Hafalla

  • A sporozoite asparagine-rich protein controls initiation of Plasmodium liver stage development.

    Olivier Silvie;Kristin Goetz;Kai Matuschewski

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Borrmann
Steffen Borrmann University of Tübingen
Friedrich Frischknecht
Friedrich Frischknecht Heidelberg University
Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
Stefan Jentsch
Stefan Jentsch Max Planck Society
Volker Brinkmann
Volker Brinkmann Max Planck Society
Victor Nussenzweig
Victor Nussenzweig New York University
Christos Louis
Christos Louis University of Crete
Andrew P. Waters
Andrew P. Waters University of Glasgow
Stefan H. I. Kappe
Stefan H. I. Kappe University of Washington
Hans-Joachim Mollenkopf
Hans-Joachim Mollenkopf Max Planck Society

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