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Martin Witzenrath is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with substantial contributions in subfields including Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in their work relate to COVID-19 and respiratory diseases. These include:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

Witzenrath has contributed to numerous research papers. Some recent publications include:

  • "Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment," 2020, Cell
  • "SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19," 2020, Nature
  • "COVID-19 severity correlates with airway epithelium-immune cell interactions identified by single-cell analysis," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Estimated Global Proportions of Individuals With Persistent Fatigue, Cognitive, and Respiratory Symptom Clusters Following Symptomatic COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021," 2022, JAMA
  • "Ultra-High-Throughput Clinical Proteomics Reveals Classifiers of COVID-19 Infection," 2020, Cell Systems

Frequent co-authors with significant collaborative publications include:

  • Norbert Suttorp
  • Leif Erik Sander
  • Florian Kurth
  • Geraldine Nouailles
  • Stefan Hippenstiel

The scientist's work has been published extensively in specific venues, indicating their active engagement in key journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Pneumologie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • COVID-19 severity correlates with airway epithelium-immune cell interactions identified by single-cell analysis.

    Robert Lorenz Chua;Soeren Lukassen;Saskia Trump;Bianca P. Hennig

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

    Julian Braun;Lucie Loyal;Marco Frentsch;Daniel Wendisch

  • Angiopoietin-2 sensitizes endothelial cells to TNF-alpha and has a crucial role in the induction of inflammation.

    Ulrike Fiedler;Yvonne Reiss;Marion Scharpfenecker;Verena Grunow

  • Ultra-High-Throughput Clinical Proteomics Reveals Classifiers of COVID-19 Infection.

    Christoph B. Messner;Vadim Demichev;Vadim Demichev;Daniel Wendisch;Laura Michalick

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis

    Daniel Wendisch;Oliver Dietrich;Tommaso Mari;Saskia von Stillfried

  • A Therapeutic Non-self-reactive SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Protects from Lung Pathology in a COVID-19 Hamster Model.

    Jakob Kreye;S. Momsen Reincke;Hans Christian Kornau;Hans Christian Kornau;Elisa Sánchez-Sendin;Elisa Sánchez-Sendin;Elisa Sánchez-Sendin

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome is differentially activated by pneumolysin variants and contributes to host defense in pneumococcal pneumonia.

    Martin Witzenrath;Florence Pache;Daniel Lorenz;Uwe Koppe

  • IFNs Modify the Proteome of Legionella-Containing Vacuoles and Restrict Infection Via IRG1-Derived Itaconic Acid.

    Jan Naujoks;Christoph Tabeling;Brian D. Dill;Christine Hoffmann

  • Adrenomedullin Reduces Endothelial Hyperpermeability

    Stefan Hippenstiel;Martin Witzenrath;Bernd Schmeck;Andreas Hocke

  • Listeria monocytogenes-infected human peripheral blood mononuclear cells produce IL-1beta, depending on listeriolysin O and NLRP3.

    Karolin Meixenberger;Florence Pache;Julia Eitel;Bernd Schmeck

  • Vascular receptor autoantibodies in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis.

    Mike O Becker;Angela Kill;Marissa Kutsche;Jeannine Guenther

  • Anti-C5a antibody IFX-1 (vilobelimab) treatment versus best supportive care for patients with severe COVID-19 (PANAMO): an exploratory, open-label, phase 2 randomised controlled trial.

    Alexander P.J. Vlaar;Sanne de Bruin;Matthias Busch;Sjoerd A.M.E.G. Timmermans

  • Systemic use of the endolysin Cpl-1 rescues mice with fatal pneumococcal pneumonia.

    Martin Witzenrath;Bernd Schmeck;Jan M. Doehn;Thomas Tschernig

  • Autoantibodies to angiotensin and endothelin receptors in systemic sclerosis induce cellular and systemic events associated with disease pathogenesis

    Angela Kill;Angela Kill;Christoph Tabeling;Reinmar Undeutsch;Reinmar Undeutsch;Anja A Kühl

  • Tumor necrosis factor-α–dependent expression of phosphodiesterase 2: role in endothelial hyperpermeability

    Joachim Seybold;Dirk Thomas;Dirk Thomas;Martin Witzenrath;Martin Witzenrath;Şengül Boral;Şengül Boral

  • Role of pneumolysin for the development of acute lung injury in pneumococcal pneumonia

    Martin Witzenrath;Birgitt Gutbier;Andreas C. Hocke;Bernd Schmeck

  • Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction requires connexin 40–mediated endothelial signal conduction

    Liming Wang;Jun Yin;Hannah T. Nickles;Hannes Ranke

  • Coronaviruses as the cause of respiratory infections

    V. M. Corman;J. Lienau;M. Witzenrath

  • Presence of SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in COVID-19 patients and healthy donors

    Julian Braun;Lucie Loyal;Marco Frentsch;Daniel Wendisch

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stefan Hippenstiel
Stefan Hippenstiel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas C. Hocke
Andreas C. Hocke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Achim D. Gruber
Achim D. Gruber Freie Universität Berlin
Timothy J. Mitchell
Timothy J. Mitchell University of Birmingham
Thomas Tschernig
Thomas Tschernig Saarland University
Peter H. Seeberger
Peter H. Seeberger Max Planck Society
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Victor M. Corman
Victor M. Corman Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Norbert Weissmann
Norbert Weissmann University of Giessen

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