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Ulrike Protzer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and has a research focus primarily in medicine, with 504 publications in this field. Their subfields of study include infectious diseases, epidemiology, immunology, hepatology, and molecular biology.

The main topics covered in Ulrike Protzer's work include:

  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Multilevel proteomics reveals host perturbations by SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV", 2021, Nature
  • "Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in Germany resulting from a single travel-associated primary case: a case series", 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Three exposures to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 by either infection or vaccination elicit superior neutralizing immunity to all variants of concern", 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Programmable icosahedral shell system for virus trapping", 2021, Nature Materials
  • "A roadmap for serum biomarkers for hepatitis B virus: current status and future outlook", 2022, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ulrike Protzer include:

  • Percy A. Knolle
  • Jochen M. Wettengel
  • Anna D. Kosinska
  • Christoph D. Spinner
  • Johanna Erber

The researcher's work has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Viruses

Best Publications

  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

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  • Specific and nonhepatotoxic degradation of nuclear hepatitis B virus cccDNA.

    Julie Lucifora;Yuchen Xia;Florian Reisinger;Ke Zhang

  • Multilevel proteomics reveals host perturbations by SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV.

    Alexey Stukalov;Virginie Girault;Vincent Grass;Ozge Karayel

  • Metabolic activation of intrahepatic CD8+ T cells and NKT cells causes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and liver cancer via cross-talk with hepatocytes

    Monika Julia Wolf;Arlind Adili;Kira Piotrowitz;Zeinab Abdullah

  • Living in the liver: hepatic infections

    Ulrike Protzer;Mala K. Maini;Percy A. Knolle

  • Hepatitis B virus X protein is essential to initiate and maintain virus replication after infection

    Julie Lucifora;Silke Arzberger;David Durantel;David Durantel;David Durantel;Laura Belloni;Laura Belloni

  • Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in Germany resulting from a single travel-associated primary case: a case series.

    Merle M Böhmer;Udo Buchholz;Victor M Corman;Martin Hoch

  • A global scientific strategy to cure hepatitis B

    Peter A Revill;Francis V Chisari;Joan M Block;Maura Dandri

  • Three exposures to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 by either infection or vaccination elicit superior neutralizing immunity to all variants of concern

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  • Viral hepatitis and liver cancer.

    Marc Ringehan;Marc Ringehan;Jane A. McKeating;Jane A. McKeating;Ulrike Protzer;Ulrike Protzer

  • Not interferon, but interleukin-6 controls early gene expression in hepatitis B virus infection.

    Marianna Hösel;Maria Quasdorff;Katja Wiegmann;Dennis Webb

  • Hepatitis B virus surface antigen impairs myeloid dendritic cell function: a possible immune escape mechanism of hepatitis B virus.

    Marjoleine L Op den Brouw;Rekha S Binda;Mark H van Roosmalen;Ulrike Protzer

  • Interferon-γ and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Produced by T Cells Reduce the HBV Persistence Form, cccDNA, Without Cytolysis.

    Yuchen Xia;Daniela Stadler;Julie Lucifora;Florian Reisinger

  • Immunosurveillance of the liver by intravascular effector CD8(+) T cells.

    Luca G. Guidotti;Luca G. Guidotti;Donato Inverso;Laura Sironi;Laura Sironi;Pietro Di Lucia

  • Functional classification of memory CD8(+) T cells by CX3CR1 expression.

    Jan P. Böttcher;Marc Beyer;Felix Meissner;Zeinab Abdullah

  • Early IFN-α signatures and persistent dysfunction are distinguishing features of NK cells in severe COVID-19.

    Benjamin Krämer;Rainer Knoll;Lorenzo Bonaguro;Michael ToVinh

  • T Cells Expressing a Chimeric Antigen Receptor That Binds Hepatitis B Virus Envelope Proteins Control Virus Replication in Mice

    Karin Krebs;Nina Böttinger;Li–Rung Huang;Markus Chmielewski

  • HLA-DRB1*1301 and *1302 protect against chronic hepatitis B.

    Thomas Höhler;Guido Gerken;Arman Notghi;Roswitha Lubjuhn

  • Intrahepatic myeloid-cell aggregates enable local proliferation of CD8 + T cells and successful immunotherapy against chronic viral liver infection

    Li-Rung Huang;Dirk Wohlleber;Florian Reisinger;Craig N Jenne

  • Control of hepatitis B virus at the level of transcription

    M. Quasdorff;U. Protzer

  • Transfer of Hepatitis B Virus Genome by Adenovirus Vectors into Cultured Cells and Mice: Crossing the Species Barrier

    Martin Franz Sprinzl;Heike Oberwinkler;Heinz Schaller;Ulrike Protzer

  • [Prophylaxis, diagnosis and therapy of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: the German guidelines on the management of HCV infection].

    C. Sarrazin;T. Berg;R. S. Ross;P. Schirmacher

  • Multi-level proteomics reveals host-perturbation strategies of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV

    Alexey Stukalov;Virginie Girault;Vincent Grass;Ozge Karayel

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathias Heikenwalder
Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center
Percy A. Knolle
Percy A. Knolle Technical University of Munich
Jane A. McKeating
Jane A. McKeating University of Oxford
Peter Schirmacher
Peter Schirmacher University Hospital Heidelberg
Dirk H. Busch
Dirk H. Busch Technical University of Munich
Michael Roggendorf
Michael Roggendorf Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Stremmel
Wolfgang Stremmel Heidelberg University
Maura Dandri
Maura Dandri Universität Hamburg

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