Bernhard Fleischer

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. CD83 is a regulator of murine B cell functionin vivo
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 634–648, 2007
  2. Transgenic expression of a CD83-immunoglobulin fusion protein impairs the development of immune-competent CD4-positive T cells
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 2035–2045, 2006
  3. Synergistic and Differential Modulation of Immune Responses by Hsp60 and Lipopolysaccharide
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 282, no. 7, pp. 4669–4680, 2006
  4. Dry-Reagent-Based PCR as a Novel Tool for Laboratory Confirmation of Clinically Diagnosed Mycobacterium ulcerans-Associated Disease in Areas in the Tropics Where M. ulcerans Is Endemic
    Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 271–276, 2005
  5. Mice Deficient in Interleukin-4 (IL-4) or IL-4 Receptor   Have Higher Resistance to Sporozoite Infection with Plasmodium berghei (ANKA) than Do Naive Wild-Type Mice
    Infection and Immunity, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 322–331, 2004
  6. NK Cells Contribute to the Control of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection by Killing Free Parasites by Perforin-Independent Mechanisms
    Infection and Immunity, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 6817–6825, 2004
  7. Lipopolysaccharide-free Heat Shock Protein 60 Activates T Cells
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 46, pp. 47906–47911, 2004
  8. CTLA-4 regulates the murine immune response to Trypanosoma cruzi infection
    Parasite Immunology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 19–28, 2004
  9. Editorial: 100 years ago: Giemsa's solution for staining of plasmodia
    Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 755–756, 2004
  10. CTLA-4-dependent mechanisms prevent T cell induced-liver pathology during the erythrocyte stage ofPlasmodium berghei malaria
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 972–980, 2004
  11. Expression of CD83 in the murine immune system
    Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 192, no. 4, pp. 189–192, 2003
  12. Enhanced Activation of CD83-Positive T Cells*
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 306–311, 2003
  13. Interleukin-12 but not interleukin-18 is required for immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi in mice
    Microbes and Infection, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 833–839, 2003
  14. Murine susceptibility to Chagas' disease maps to chromosomes 5 and 17
    Genes and Immunity, vol. 4, no. 5, Article ID 6363972, 4 pages, 2003
  15. CTLA-4 positive T cells in contrast to procalcitonin plasma levels discriminate between severe and uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children
    Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 1018–1024, 2003
  16. Mikrosporidiosen des Menschen: Parasitologie, Klinik, Therapie
    DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, vol. 128, no. 3, pp. 87–91, 2003
  17. NK-Lysin and Its Shortened Analog NK-2 Exhibit Potent Activities against Trypanosoma cruzi
    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 607–613, 2003
  18. Detection, Differentiation, and Quantitation of Pathogenic Leishmania Organisms by a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Real-Time PCR Assay
    Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 1529–1535, 2003
  19. Antigen-specific T regulatory-1 cells are associated with immunosuppression in a chronic helminth infection (onchocerciasis)
    Microbes and Infection, vol. 4, no. 13, pp. 1291–1300, 2002
  20. 'Ignorance' of Antigen-Specific Murine CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells is Overruled by Lipopolysaccharide and Leads to Specific Induction of IFN-gamma*
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 329–335, 2002
  21. Basic streptococcal superantigens (SPEX/SMEZ or SPEC) are responsible for the mitogenic activity of the so-called mitogenic factor (MF)
    FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 209–216, 2001
  22. Increased expression of CTLA-4 (CD152) by T and B lymphocytes in Wegener's granulomatosis
    Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 126, no. 1, pp. 143–150, 2001
  23. Call to consolidate achievements for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis control
    Trends in Parasitology, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 566–567, 2001
  24. Depletion of wolbachia endobacteria in by doxycycline and microfilaridermia after ivermectin treatment
    The Lancet, vol. 357, no. 9266, pp. 1415–1416, 2001
  25. Of filariasis, mice and men
    Parasitology Today, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 4–5, 2001
  26. Lack of interferon-? confers impaired neutrophil granulocyte function and imparts prolonged survival of adult filarial worms in murine filariasis
    Microbes and Infection, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 203–213, 2001
  27. Heat shock proteins as "danger signals": eukaryotic Hsp60 enhances and accelerates antigen-specific IFN-? production in T cells
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 2051–2059, 2001
  28. Downregulation of p56lck Tyrosine Kinase Activity in T Cells of Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) Correlates with the Nontransforming and Apathogenic Properties of Herpesvirus Saimiri in Its Natural Host
    Journal of Virology, vol. 75, no. 19, pp. 9252–9261, 2001
  29. Stage-Dependent Role of Nitric Oxide in Control of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
    Infection and Immunity, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 2252–2259, 2001
  30. Interleukin-4 Is Essential for the Control of Microfilariae in Murine Infection with the Filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis
    Infection and Immunity, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 2950–2956, 2001
  31. IL-5 is essential for vaccine-induced protection and for resolution of primary infection in murine filariasis
    Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 189, no. 2, pp. 67–74, 2000
  32. Purification and biochemical characterization of a basic superantigen (SPEX/SMEZ3) from Streptococcus pyogenes
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 188, no. 2, pp. 153–163, 2000
  33. A century of research in tropical medicine in Hamburg: the early history and present state of the Bernhard Nocht Institute
    Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 747–751, 2000
  34. Transmission of malaria tertiana by multi-organ donation
    Clinical Transplantation, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 491–495, 1999
  35. Expression of CTLA-4 (CD152) on human medullary CD4 + thymocytes
    Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 187, no. 1, pp. 49–52, 1998
  36. Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV/CD26 on T cells: analysis of an alternative T-cell activation pathway
    Immunological Reviews, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 43–53, 1998
  37. Immune responses to filarial infection in laboratory mice
    Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 185, no. 4, pp. 207–215, 1997
  38. CD2-mediated signaling in T cells lacking the ζ-chain-specific immune receptor tyrosine-based activation (ITAM) motif
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 2233–2238, 1997
  39. Activation induces apoptosis inHerpesvirus saimiri-transformed T cells independent of CD95 (Fas, APO-1)
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 2774–2780, 1997
  40. Trypanosoma cruzi is a potent inducer of interleukin-12 production in macrophages
    Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 185, no. 3, pp. 189–193, 1996
  41. Superantigens and pseudosuperantigens of gram-positive cocci
    Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 184, no. 1, pp. 1–8, 1995
  42. The cytoplasmic tail of the T cell receptor ζ chain is required for signaling via CD26
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 295–297, 1995
  43. Major histocompatibility complex class II-associated peptides determine the binding of the superantigen toxic shock syndrome toxin-1
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 2894–2898, 1995
  44. Interleukin-10 prevents experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in rats
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1434–1440, 1994
  45. Differential expression of mRNA encoding interleukin-12 p35 and p40 subunitsin situ
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 2435–2440, 1994
  46. Phosphodiesterase inhibitor pentoxifylline, a selective suppressor of T helper type 1- but not type 2-associated lymphokine production, prevents induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats
    European Journal of Immunology, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 1745–1751, 1993
  47. The human hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor is a target antigen for liver-infiltrating T cells in autoimmune chronic active hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis
    Hepatology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1314–1320, 1990