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Overview

Marcel A. Müller is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases. Additional areas of study include molecular biology, immunology, neurology, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's work prominently addresses several key topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic and viral infections. These topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Animal virus infections studies
  • Long-term effects of COVID-19
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Marcel A. Müller has contributed to multiple recent publications related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, detailing viral entry mechanisms, immune responses, and virological assessments of COVID-19 patients. Notable papers include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor" (2020, Cell)
  • "Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019" (2020, Nature)
  • "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2−Specific Antibody Responses in Coronavirus Disease Patients" (2020, Emerging infectious diseases)
  • "SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19" (2020, Nature)
  • "The novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) uses the SARS-coronavirus receptor ACE2 and the cellular protease TMPRSS2 for entry into target cells" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The scientist often collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Christian Drosten
  • Victor M. Corman
  • Daniela Niemeyer
  • Anja Richter
  • Florian Kurth

Their research has been disseminated through a variety of publication venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals and platforms:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Emerging infectious diseases

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

    Markus Hoffmann;Hannah Kleine-Weber;Simon Schroeder;Nadine Krüger

  • Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019.

    Roman Wölfel;Victor M. Corman;Wolfgang Guggemos;Michael Seilmaier

  • Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is a functional receptor for the emerging human coronavirus-EMC

    V. Stalin Raj;Huihui Mou;Saskia L. Smits;Dick H. W. Dekkers

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Specific Antibody Responses in Coronavirus Disease Patients

    Nisreen M.A. Okba;Marcel A. Müller;Wentao Li;Chunyan Wang

  • SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19.

    Julian Braun;Lucie Loyal;Marco Frentsch;Daniel Wendisch

  • Evidence that TMPRSS2 Activates the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein for Membrane Fusion and Reduces Viral Control by the Humoral Immune Response

    Ilona Glowacka;Stephanie Bertram;Marcel A. Müller;Paul Allen

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus neutralising serum antibodies in dromedary camels: a comparative serological study

    Chantal B.E.M. Reusken;Bart L. Haagmans;Marcel A. Müller;Carlos Gutierrez

  • Detection of a novel human coronavirus by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction

    V M Corman;I Eckerle;T Bleicker;A Zaki

  • Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Gael Darren Maganga

  • Rapid reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 using a synthetic genomics platform.

    Tran Thi Nhu Thao;Fabien Labroussaa;Nadine Ebert;Philip V’kovski

  • Nafamostat Mesylate Blocks Activation of SARS-CoV-2: New Treatment Option for COVID-19.

    Markus Hoffmann;Simon Schroeder;Simon Schroeder;Hannah Kleine-Weber;Marcel A. Müller;Marcel A. Müller

  • Serological assays for emerging coronaviruses: challenges and pitfalls.

    Benjamin Meyer;Christian Drosten;Marcel A. Müller

  • Clinical features and virological analysis of a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

    Christian Drosten;Michael Seilmaier;Victor M. Corman;Wulf Hartmann

  • Assays for laboratory confirmation of novel human coronavirus (hCoV-EMC) infections.

    Victor Corman;Marcel Müller;U. Costabel;J. Timm

  • Transmission of MERS-Coronavirus in Household Contacts

    Christian Drosten;Benjamin Meyer;Marcel A. Müller;Victor M. Corman

  • Chloroquine does not inhibit infection of human lung cells with SARS-CoV-2.

    Markus Hoffmann;Markus Hoffmann;Kirstin Mösbauer;Kirstin Mösbauer;Heike Hofmann-Winkler;Artur Kaul

  • The SARS-Coronavirus-Host Interactome: Identification of Cyclophilins as Target for Pan-Coronavirus Inhibitors

    Susanne Pfefferle;Julia Schöpf;Manfred Kögl;Caroline C. Friedel;Caroline C. Friedel

  • Viral Shedding and Antibody Response in 37 Patients With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection.

    Victor M. Corman;Ali M. Albarrak;Ali Senosi Omrani;Mohammed M. Albarrak

  • Human infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013.

    Ziad A. Memish;Matthew Cotten;Benjamin Meyer;Simon J. Watson

  • Genomic Characterization of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus in European Bats and Classification of Coronaviruses Based on Partial RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Gene Sequences

    Jan Felix Drexler;Florian Gloza-Rausch;Jörg Glende;Victor Max Corman

  • Corrigendum: Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses.

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Gael Darren Maganga

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Victor M. Corman
Victor M. Corman Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jan Felix Drexler
Jan Felix Drexler Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stefan Pöhlmann
Stefan Pöhlmann German Primate Center
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern
Georg Herrler
Georg Herrler University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Ronald Dijkman
Ronald Dijkman University of Bern
Friedemann Weber
Friedemann Weber University of Giessen
Berend Jan Bosch
Berend Jan Bosch Utrecht University
Isabella Eckerle
Isabella Eckerle University of Geneva

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