Publications

2011

Type I interferon production induced by Streptococcus pyogenes-derived nucleic acids is required for host protection.

Gratz N, Hartweger H, Matt U, Kratochvill F, Janos M, Sigel S, Drobits B, Li XD, Knapp S, Kovarik P.
PLoS Pathog. 2011 May;7(5):e1001345.
2012

Apolipoprotein B100 is a suppressor of Staphylococcus aureus-induced innate immune response in humans and mice.

Sigel S, Bunk S, Meergans T, Doninger B, Stich K, Stulnig T, Derfler K, Hoffmann J, Deininger S, von Aulock S, Knapp S.
Eur J Immunol. 2012 Jul 18. doi: 10.1002/eji.201242564. [Epub ahead of print].
2013

Lipocalin 2 deactivates macrophages and worsens pneumococcal pneumonia outcomes.

Warszawska JM, Gawish R, Sharif O, Sigel S, Doninger B, Lakovits K, Mesteri I, Nairz M, Boon L, Spiel A, Fuhrmann V, Strobl B, Müller M, Schenk P, Weiss G, Knapp S.
J Clin Invest. 2013 August 1; 123(8).
2013

The scavenger receptor CD36 downmodulates the early inflammatory response while enhancing bacterial phagocytosis during pneumococcal pneumonia.

Sharif O, Matt U, Saluzzo S, Lakovits K, Haslinger I, Furtner T, Doninger B, Knapp S.
J Immunol. 2013 Jun 1;190(11):5640-8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202270. Epub 2013 Apr 22.
2013

WAVE1 mediates suppression of phagocytosis by phospholipid-derived DAMPs.

Matt U, Sharif O, Martins R, Furtner T, Langeberg L, Gawish R, Elbau I, Zivkovic A, Lakovits A, Oskolkova O, Doninger B, Vychytil A, Perkmann T, Schabbauer G, Binder CJ, Bochkov VN, Scott JD, Knapp S.
J Clin Invest. 2013 July 1; 123(7): 3014–3024. .
2012

Animal Models of Sepsis.

Knapp S.
Section Editor of this issue and Editorial. Drug Discovery Today – Disease Models Jan 2012.
2010

TLR 2 and CD14 Mediate Innate Immunity and Lung Inflammation to Staphylococcal Panton-Valentine Leukocidin In Vivo.

Zivkovic A, Sharif O, Stich K, Doninger B, Biaggio M, Colinge J, Bilban M, Mesteri I, Hazemi P, Lemmens-Gruber R, Knapp S.
J Immunol. 2010 Dec 22.
2007

CD14 facilitates invasive respiratory tract infections by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Dessing M, Knapp S, Florquin S, de Vos AF, van der Poll T.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007, 175:604–611.