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Overview

Klaus Brandenburg is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany and focuses their research on fields including immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans various subfields such as microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology, and organic chemistry.

Their main research topics include antimicrobial peptides and activities, immune response and inflammation, adenosine and purinergic signaling, neuropeptides and animal physiology, chemical synthesis and analysis, antimicrobial agents and applications, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, appearing regularly in journals such as Pharmaceutics and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, each with two publications. Other publication venues include Biomolecules, Immunity, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Their recent papers include:

  • Activity of Anti-Microbial Peptides (AMPs) against Leishmania and Other Parasites: An Overview, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Cathelicidin and PMB neutralize endotoxins by multifactorial mechanisms including LPS interaction and targeting of host cell membranes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Acute suppression of mitochondrial ATP production prevents apoptosis and provides an essential signal for NLRP3 inflammasome activation, 2024, Immunity
  • An update on endotoxin neutralization strategies in Gram-negative bacterial infections, 2020, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • Fatty Acid Conjugation Leads to Length-Dependent Antimicrobial Activity of a Synthetic Antibacterial Peptide (Pep19-4LF), 2020, Antibiotics

Klaus Brandenburg collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Guillermo Martínez de Tejada and Thomas Gutsmann, each with eight joint publications. Additional frequent coauthors are Günther Weindl with seven collaborations, and Patrick Garidel and Karl Mauss, each with six collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial endotoxin: Chemical constitution, biological recognition, host response, and immunological detoxification.

    E. T. Rietschel;H. Brade;O. Holst;L. Brade

  • Biological activities of lipopolysaccharides are determined by the shape of their lipid A portion

    Andra B. Schromm;Klaus Brandenburg;Harald Loppnow;Anthony P. Moran

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Therapeutic Potential for Bacterial Skin Infections and Wounds.

    Anja Pfalzgraff;Klaus Brandenburg;Günther Weindl

  • Interaction of quorum signals with outer membrane lipids: insights into prokaryotic membrane vesicle formation.

    Lauren Mashburn-Warren;Jörg Howe;Patrick Garidel;Walter Richter

  • Intrinsic conformation of lipid A is responsible for agonistic and antagonistic activity.

    Ulrich Seydel;Masato Oikawa;Koichi Fukase;Shoichi Kusumoto

  • Influence of the supramolecular structure of free lipid A on its biological activity

    Klaus Brandenburg;Hubert Mayer;Michel H. J. Koch;Jürgen Weckesser

  • The Charge of Endotoxin Molecules Influences Their Conformation and IL-6-Inducing Capacity

    Andra B. Schromm;Klaus Brandenburg;Harald Loppnow;Ulrich Zähringer

  • Combinational clustering of receptors following stimulation by bacterial products determines lipopolysaccharide responses

    Martha Triantafilou;Klaus Brandenburg;Shoichi Kusumoto;Koichi Fukase

  • Lipid A, the endotoxic center of bacterial lipopolysaccharides: relation of chemical structure to biological activity.

    E T Rietschel;H Brade;L Brade;K Brandenburg

  • Endotoxins: relationships between structure, function, and activity.

    Klaus Brandenburg;Andre Wiese

  • The membrane-activity of Ibuprofen, Diclofenac, and Naproxen: A physico-chemical study with lecithin phospholipids

    Marcela Manrique Moreno;Marcela Manrique Moreno;Patrick Garidel;Mario Suwalsky;Jörg Howe

  • New Insights Into Endotoxin-Induced Activation of Macrophages: Involvement of a K+ Channel in Transmembrane Signaling

    Rikard Blunck;Olaf Scheel;Mareike Müller;Klaus Brandenburg

  • Biophysical characterization of lipopolysaccharide and lipid A inactivation by lactoferrin.

    Klaus Brandenburg;Gudrun Jürgens;Mareike Müller;Satoshi Fukuoka

  • The Lipopolysaccharide Core of Brucella abortus Acts as a Shield Against Innate Immunity Recognition

    Raquel Conde-Álvarez;Vilma Arce-Gorvel;Maite Iriarte;Mateja Manček-Keber

  • Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein mediates CD14-independent intercalation of lipopolysaccharide into phospholipid membranes.

    Andra B. Schromm;Klaus Brandenburg;Ernst Th. Rietschel;Hans-Dieter Flad

  • Phase behavior, supramolecular structure, and molecular conformation of lipopolysaccharide.

    Ulrich Seydel;Harald Labischinski;Manfred Kastowsky;Klaus Brandenburg

  • The immunogenicity and antigenicity of lipid A are influenced by its physicochemical state and environment.

    L Brade;K Brandenburg;H M Kuhn;S Kusumoto

  • Biophysical characterization of endotoxin inactivation by NK-2, an antimicrobial peptide derived from mammalian NK-lysin.

    Jörg Andrä;Michel H. J. Koch;Rainer Bartels;Klaus Brandenburg

  • Physicochemical properties of bacterial glycopolymers in relation to bioactivity

    Klaus Brandenburg;Jörg Andrä;Mareike Müller;Michel H.J Koch

  • Investigation into the fluidity of lipopolysaccharide and free lipid A membrane systems by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry

    Klaus Brandenburg;Ulrich Seydel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel H. J. Koch
Michel H. J. Koch European Bioinformatics Institute
Ulrich Seydel
Ulrich Seydel Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Ernst Th. Rietschel
Ernst Th. Rietschel Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Ulrich Zähringer
Ulrich Zähringer Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Artur J. Ulmer
Artur J. Ulmer University of Freiburg
Motomu Tanaka
Motomu Tanaka Heidelberg University
Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
Buko Lindner
Buko Lindner Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Jean-Pierre Mach
Jean-Pierre Mach University of Lausanne
Shoichi Kusumoto
Shoichi Kusumoto Osaka University

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