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Overview

Thorsten Wolff is affiliated with the Robert Koch Institute in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. Additional subfields include Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics covered in Wolff's work involve Influenza Virus Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Respiratory viral infections research. Other areas of study include SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, interferon and immune responses, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Wolff has published multiple research articles in various journals. Some recent papers include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis, 2021, Cell
  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Trends in respiratory virus circulation following COVID-19-targeted nonpharmaceutical interventions in Germany, January - September 2020: Analysis of national surveillance data, 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Phage capsid nanoparticles with defined ligand arrangement block influenza virus entry, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology

Frequent coauthors in Wolff's research include Ralf Dürrwald, Christin Mache, Andreas C. Hocke, Christian Drosten, and Barbara Biere.

Common publication venues for Wolff's work are:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Eurosurveillance
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide RNAi screen identifies human host factors crucial for influenza virus replication

    Alexander Karlas;Nikolaus MacHuy;Yujin Shin;Klaus Peter Pleissner

  • The viral polymerase mediates adaptation of an avian influenza virus to a mammalian host

    G. Gabriel;B. Dauber;T. Wolff;Oliver Planz

  • IFN-stimulated gene 15 functions as a critical antiviral molecule against influenza, herpes, and Sindbis viruses.

    Deborah J. Lenschow;Caroline Lai;Natalia Frias-Staheli;Nadia V. Giannakopoulos

  • Influenza virus propagation is impaired by inhibition of the Raf/MEK/ERK signalling cascade

    Stephan Pleschka;Thorsten Wolff;Christina Ehrhardt;Gerd Hobom

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

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

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

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

  • Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein Activates the PI3K/Akt Pathway To Mediate Antiapoptotic Signaling Responses

    Christina Ehrhardt;Thorsten Wolff;Stephan Pleschka;Oliver Planz

  • Interdependence of hemagglutinin glycosylation and neuraminidase as regulators of influenza virus growth: a study by reverse genetics.

    Ralf Wagner;Thorsten Wolff;Astrid Herwig;Stephan Pleschka

  • IFNbeta induction by influenza A virus is mediated by RIG-I which is regulated by the viral NS1 protein.

    Bastian Opitz;Amira Rejaibi;Bianca Dauber;Jamina Eckhard

  • Influenza A Virus Inhibits Type I IFN Signaling via NF-κB-Dependent Induction of SOCS-3 Expression

    Eva-K. Pauli;Mirco Schmolke;Thorsten Wolff;Dorothee Viemann

  • NF-κB-dependent Induction of Tumor Necrosis Factor-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand (TRAIL) and Fas/FasL Is Crucial for Efficient Influenza Virus Propagation

    Walter J. Wurzer;Christina Ehrhardt;Stephan Pleschka;Friederike Berberich-Siebelt

  • NS1 Protein of Influenza A Virus Down-Regulates Apoptosis

    O. P. Zhirnov;T. E. Konakova;T. Wolff;H.-D. Klenk

  • Bivalent role of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) during influenza virus infection and host cell defence.

    Christina Ehrhardt;Henju Marjuki;Thorsten Wolff;Bernd Nürnberg

  • Ringing the alarm bells: signalling and apoptosis in influenza virus infected cells

    Stephan Ludwig;Stephan Pleschka;Oliver Planz;Thorsten Wolff

  • The Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein Inhibits Activation of Jun N-Terminal Kinase and AP-1 Transcription Factors

    Stephan Ludwig;Xiuyan Wang;Christina Ehrhardt;Hongyong Zheng

  • Macrophage-expressed IFN-β Contributes to Apoptotic Alveolar Epithelial Cell Injury in Severe Influenza Virus Pneumonia

    Katrin Högner;Thorsten Wolff;Stephan Pleschka;Stephanie Plog

  • Influenza A Viruses Target Type II Pneumocytes in the Human Lung

    Viola K. Weinheimer;Anne Becher;Mario Tönnies;Gudrun Holland

  • Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) blocks influenza virus propagation via its NF-kappa B-inhibiting activity

    Igor Mazur;Walter J. Wurzer;Christina Ehrhardt;Stephan Pleschka

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • Influenza-virus-induced signaling cascades: targets for antiviral therapy?

    Stephan Ludwig;Oliver Planz;Stephan Pleschka;Thorsten Wolff

  • Contact investigation of a case of human novel coronavirus infection treated in a German hospital, October-November 2012.

    Udo Buchholz;Marcel A. Müller;Andreas Nitsche;A. Sanewski

  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2

    Áine O'Toole;Verity Hill;Oliver G. Pybus;Alexander Watts

  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch.

    Áine O'Toole;Verity Hill;Oliver G. Pybus;Alexander Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Ludwig
Stephan Ludwig University of Münster
Stephan Pleschka
Stephan Pleschka University of Giessen
Oliver Planz
Oliver Planz University of Tübingen
Stefan Hippenstiel
Stefan Hippenstiel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas C. Hocke
Andreas C. Hocke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Achim D. Gruber
Achim D. Gruber Freie Universität Berlin
Andreas Herrmann
Andreas Herrmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Susanne Herold
Susanne Herold University of Giessen
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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