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Pia Wittmann

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2

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Andreas BeilhackiD· 2 shared Antoine‐Emmanuel SalibaiD· 2 shared Hermann EinseleiD· 2 shared Michael A. G. KerniD· 2 shared Zahraa AbboudiD· 2 shared Zeinab MokhtariiD· 2 shared Albert García LópeziD· 1 shared Alexander J. WestermanniD· 1 shared

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M-CSF stimulated alveolar macrophages safeguard from invasive aspergillosis

Dalia Sheta, Zeinab Mokhtari, Marlene Strobel, Yidong Yu, Pia Wittmann, Zahraa Abboud, Michael A. G. Kern, Jorge Amich, Nora Trinks, Sebastian Reinhard, Sina Hirsch, Ivan Aleksić, Vasileios Drosos, Eslam S. Ibrahim, Kerstin Guenther, , Andreas Beilhack

This study shows that M-CSF enhances alveolar macrophage function to protect against invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised mice.

bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Secondary lymphoid organ endothelial cells prime alloreactive CD4+ T cells to trigger acute graft-versus-host disease

Haroon Shaikh, Pia Wittmann, Moutaz Helal, Michael A. G. Kern, Zahraa Abboud, Juan Gamboa Vargas, Joern Pezoldt, Zeinab Mokhtari, Katja J. Jarick, Hao Yan, Jörg P.J. Müller, Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba, Angela Riedel, Alma Zernecke, Maike Buettner-Herold, , Andreas Beilhack

This study identifies blood endothelial cells in secondary lymphoid organs as key APCs that prime donor CD4 T cells, leading to acute graft-versus-host disease.

bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2025 · PreprintImmunology