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Overview

Stefan Kunz was affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spanned across multiple disciplines within Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing to a variety of subfields including Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Immunology, and Cell Biology.

Their work covered main topics such as Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, interferon and immune responses, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Virus-based gene therapy research, and healthcare professionals' stress and burnout.

Kunz authored numerous papers, among which the following are noted:

  • Factors associated with health professionals' stress reactions, job satisfaction, intention to leave and health-related outcomes in acute care, rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes and home care organisations, 2024, published in BMC Health Services Research
  • Structural Basis for a Neutralizing Antibody Response Elicited by a Recombinant Hantaan Virus Gn Immunogen, 2021, published in mBio
  • Characterization of RNA Sensing Pathways in Hepatoma Cell Lines and Primary Human Hepatocytes, 2021, published in Cells
  • Characterization of a Disease-Suppressive Isolate of Lysobacter enzymogenes with Broad Antagonistic Activity against Bacterial, Oomycetal and Fungal Pathogens in Different Crops, 2023, published in Plants
  • The Role of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Lassa Virus Cell Entry, 2020, published in Viruses

Frequent coauthors in Kunz's publications included Héctor Moreno, Sonja Weißhaupt, Gisa Gerold, Christian Drenker, and Doris El Mazouar.

The main venues where Kunz published multiple works consisted of the Journal of Plant Pathology, Viruses, UNC Libraries, BMC Health Services Research, and mBio.

Best Publications

  • Difficidin and bacilysin produced by plant-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens are efficient in controlling fire blight disease.

    Xiao-Hua Chen;Romy Scholz;Michael Borriss;Helmut Junge

  • O-Mannosyl Phosphorylation of Alpha-Dystroglycan Is Required for Laminin Binding

    Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi;Liping Yu;Stephanie H. Stalnaker;Sarah Davis

  • Immunosuppression and Resultant Viral Persistence by Specific Viral Targeting of Dendritic Cells

    Noemí Sevilla;Stefan Kunz;Andreas Holz;Hanna Lewicki

  • Molecular Recognition by LARGE Is Essential for Expression of Functional Dystroglycan

    Motoi Kanagawa;Fumiaki Saito;Stefan Kunz;Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi

  • Two Distinct Mechanisms Target Membrane Proteins to the Axonal Surface

    Bernard Sampo;Stefanie Kaech;Stefan Kunz;Gary Banker

  • A dystroglycan mutation associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

    Yuji Hara;Burcu Balci-Hayta;Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi;Motoi Kanagawa

  • Vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G activates a specific antiviral Toll-like receptor 4-dependent pathway.

    Philippe Georgel;Zhengfan Jiang;Stefan Kunz;Edith Janssen

  • New World Arenavirus Clade C, but Not Clade A and B Viruses, Utilizes α-Dystroglycan as Its Major Receptor

    Christina F. Spiropoulou;Stefan Kunz;Pierre E. Rollin;Kevin P. Campbell

  • Differences in Affinity of Binding of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Strains to the Cellular Receptor α-Dystroglycan Correlate with Viral Tropism and Disease Kinetics

    Sara C. Smelt;Persephone Borrow;Stefan Kunz;Wei Cao

  • Viral targeting of hematopoietic progenitors and inhibition of DC maturation as a dual strategy for immune subversion

    Noemí Sevilla;Dorian B. McGavern;Chao Teng;Stefan Kunz

  • Molecular analysis of the interaction of LCMV with its cellular receptor α-dystroglycan

    Stefan Kunz;Noemí Sevilla;Dorian B. McGavern;Kevin P. Campbell

  • Old World Arenaviruses Enter the Host Cell via the Multivesicular Body and Depend on the Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport

    Giulia Pasqual;Jillian M. Rojek;Mark Masin;Jean-Yves Chatton

  • Mechanisms for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus glycoprotein cleavage, transport, and incorporation into virions

    Stefan Kunz;Kurt H Edelmann;Juan-Carlos de la Torre;Robert Gorney

  • The Trypanosoma brucei cAMP phosphodiesterases TbrPDEB1 and TbrPDEB2: flagellar enzymes that are essential for parasite virulence

    Michael Oberholzer;Gabriela Marti;Mario Baresic;Stefan Kunz

  • Different Mechanisms of Cell Entry by Human-Pathogenic Old World and New World Arenaviruses

    Jillian M. Rojek;Ana B. Sanchez;Ngoc Thao Nguyen;Juan-Carlos de la Torre

  • Posttranslational Modification of α-Dystroglycan, the Cellular Receptor for Arenaviruses, by the Glycosyltransferase LARGE Is Critical for Virus Binding

    Stefan Kunz;Jillian M. Rojek;Motoi Kanagawa;Christina F. Spiropoulou

  • Arenavirus nucleoprotein targets interferon regulatory factor-activating kinase IKKε

    Christelle Pythoud;W. W. Shanaka I. Rodrigo;Giulia Pasqual;Sylvia Rothenberger

  • Basal lamina strengthens cell membrane integrity via the laminin G domain-binding motif of α-dystroglycan

    Renzhi Han;Motoi Kanagawa;Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi;Erik P. Rader

  • Characterization of the Interaction of Lassa Fever Virus with Its Cellular Receptor α-Dystroglycan

    Stefan Kunz;Jillian M. Rojek;Mar Perez;Christina F. Spiropoulou

  • Arenavirus Z-glycoprotein association requires Z myristoylation but not functional RING or late domains.

    Althea A. Capul;Mar Perez;Emily Burke;Stefan Kunz

  • Cell adhesion molecules NgCAM and axonin-1 form heterodimers in the neuronal membrane and cooperate in neurite outgrowth promotion.

    A Buchstaller;S Kunz;P Berger;B Kunz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. A. Oldstone
Michael B. A. Oldstone Scripps Research Institute
Kevin P. Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell University of Iowa
Juan Carlos de la Torre
Juan Carlos de la Torre Scripps Research Institute
Nabil G. Seidah
Nabil G. Seidah University of Montreal
Christina F. Spiropoulou
Christina F. Spiropoulou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christoph Rader
Christoph Rader Scripps Research Institute
Dorian B. McGavern
Dorian B. McGavern National Institutes of Health
Peter Sonderegger
Peter Sonderegger University of Zurich
Gert Zimmer
Gert Zimmer University of Bern
Esther T. Stoeckli
Esther T. Stoeckli University of Zurich

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