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Uwe G. Liebert

Uwe G. Liebert

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Microbiology

D-Index
43
Citations
7457
World Ranking
5248
National Ranking
363

Overview

Uwe G. Liebert is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and focuses primarily on the field of medicine, with specific expertise in infectious diseases, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, hepatology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research encompasses a diverse range of topics related to viral infections and immunology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B virus studies

Significant recent publications by Uwe G. Liebert demonstrate a focus on COVID-19 and viral infections, with research published in notable journals. These include:

  • "COVID-19 severity correlates with airway epithelium-immune cell interactions identified by single-cell analysis," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Managing cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ESMO multidisciplinary expert consensus," 2020, Annals of Oncology
  • "Hypertension delays viral clearance and exacerbates airway hyperinflammation in patients with COVID-19," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Suitcase Lab for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay," 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • "Ad hoc laboratory-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 by real-time RT-PCR using minipools of RNA prepared from routine respiratory samples," 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology

Their frequent co-authors include Melanie Maier, Corinna Pietsch, Mario Hönemann, Roland Eils, and Sandra Bergs. Collaboration with these researchers reflects interdisciplinary work in infectious diseases and related fields.

Uwe G. Liebert regularly publishes in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions in journals such as:

  • Viruses
  • Research Square
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Sequence divergence of measles virus haemagglutinin during natural evolution and adaptation to cell culture

    B. K. Rima;J. A. P. Earle;K. Baczko;V. Ter Meulen

  • Decreased immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in chronic hepatitis C.

    Marcus Wiedmann;Uwe G. Liebert;Ute Oesen;Heiner Porst

  • Receptor usage and differential downregulation of CD46 by measles virus wild-type and vaccine strains.

    J Schneider-Schaulies;J J Schnorr;U Brinckmann;L M Dunster

  • Efficacy of measles, mumps and rubella revaccination in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with methotrexate and etanercept

    S. Borte;U. G. Liebert;M. Borte;U. Sack

  • Hypertension delays viral clearance and exacerbates airway hyperinflammation in patients with COVID-19.

    Saskia Trump;Soeren Lukassen;Markus S. Anker;Robert Lorenz Chua

  • PCR detection of human papillomavirus of the mucosa: comparison between MY09/11 and GP5+/6+ primer sets.

    Torsten Wilhelm Remmerbach;Ute G. Brinckmann;Alexander Hemprich;M. Chekol

  • Expression of defective measles virus genes in brain tissues of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

    K Baczko;U G Liebert;M Billeter;R Cattaneo

  • Hepatitis viruses in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Yeshambel Belyhun;Yeshambel Belyhun;Melanie Maier;Andargachew Mulu;Andargachew Mulu;Ermias Diro

  • Clonal expansion of hypermutated measles virus in a SSPE brain

    K. Baczko;J. Lampe;U. G. Liebert;U. Brinckmann

  • Fatal Encephalitic Borna Disease Virus 1 in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients

    Kore Schlottau;Leonie Forth;Klemens Angstwurm;Dirk Höper

  • Gamma interferon is a major mediator of antiviral defense in experimental measles virus-induced encephalitis.

    D Finke;U G Brinckmann;V ter Meulen;U G Liebert

  • High-Level Expression of the Measles Virus Nucleocapsid Protein by Using a Replication-Deficient Adenovirus Vector: Induction of an MHC-1-Restricted CTL Response and Protection in a Murine Model

    A. R. Fooks;E. Schadeck;U. G. Liebert;A. B. Dowsett

  • Restricted expression of measles virus proteins in brains from cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

    U. G. Liebert;K. Baczko;H. Budka;V. Ter Meulen

  • Patients at high risk for CMV infection and disease show delayed CD8+ T-cell immune recovery after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

    S Ganepola;C Gentilini;U Hilbers;T Lange

  • Induction of autoimmune reactions to myelin basic protein in measles virus encephalitis in Lewis rats.

    Uwe G. Liebert;Christopher Linington;Volker ter Meulen

  • Virological aspects of measles virus-induced encephalomyelitis in Lewis and BN rats.

    U. G. Liebert;V. Ter Meulen

  • Susceptibility to measles virus-induced encephalitis in mice correlates with impaired antigen presentation to cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

    S Niewiesk;U Brinckmann;B Bankamp;S Sirak

  • Measles virus nucleocapsid protein protects rats from encephalitis.

    B Bankamp;U G Brinckmann;A Reich;S Niewiesk

  • Suitcase Lab for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay.

    Ahmed Abd El Wahed;Ahmed Abd El Wahed;Pranav Patel;Melanie Maier;Corinna Pietsch

  • Antibody-induced restriction of viral gene expression in measles encephalitis in rats.

    U G Liebert;S Schneider-Schaulies;K Baczko;V ter Meulen

Frequent Co-Authors

V. ter Meulen
V. ter Meulen University of Würzburg
Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies
Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies University of Würzburg
Dietger Niederwieser
Dietger Niederwieser Leipzig University
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Joachim Mössner
Joachim Mössner Leipzig University
Irina Lehmann
Irina Lehmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Steeve Boulant
Steeve Boulant University of Florida
Jens Grosche
Jens Grosche Leipzig University
Victor M. Corman
Victor M. Corman Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Annette Mankertz
Annette Mankertz Robert Koch Institute

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