Gern O.L., Pavlou A., Mulenge F., Busker L.M., Ghita L., Aringo A., Costa B., Spanier J., Waltl I., Stangel M., Kalinke U. MAVS signaling shapes microglia responses to neurotropic virus infection. J Neuroinflammation. 2024 Oct 18;21(1):264.

Mulenge F., Gern O.L., Busker L.M., Aringo A., Ghita L., Waltl I., Pavlou A., Kalinke U. Transcriptomic analysis unveils bona fide molecular signatures of microglia under conditions of homeostasis and viral encephalitis. J Neuroinflammation. 2024 Aug 17;21(1):203.

Pavlou A., Mulenge F., Gern O.L. Busker L.M., Greimel E., Waltl I., Ulrich Kalinke U. Orchestration of antiviral responses within the infected central nervous system. Cell Mol Immunol 21, 943–958 (2024)

Fneish Z., Becker J., Mulenge F., Fneish F., Costa B., Traidl-Hoffmann C., Gilles S., Kalinke U. Birch pollen-induced signatures in dendritic cells are maintained upon additional cytomegalovirus exposure. Gene. 2024 Nov 15;927:148649.

Costa B., Becker J., Krammer T., Mulenge F., Durán V., Pavlou A., Gern O.L., Chu X., Li Y., Čičin-Šain L., Eiz-Vesper B., Messerle M., Dölken L., Saliba A.E, Erhard F., Kalinke U. Human cytomegalovirus exploits STING signaling and counteracts IFN/ISG induction to facilitate infection of dendritic cells. Nat Commun 15, 1745 (2024)

Camarão A.A.R., Gern O.L., Stegmann F., Mulenge F., Costa B., Saremi B., Jung K., Lepenies B., Kalinke U., Steffen I. Secreted NS1 proteins of tick-borne encephalitis virus and West Nile virus block dendritic cell activation and effector functions. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Sep 14;11(5):e0219223.

Schröder L.J., Mulenge F., Pavlou A., Skripuletz T., Stangel M., Gudi V., Kalinke U. Dynamics of reactive astrocytes fosters tissue regeneration after cuprizone-induced demyelination. Glia. 2023 Nov;71(11):2573-2590.

Fneish Z., Becker J., Mulenge F., Costa B., Krajewski L., Duran V., Ziegler A., Sommer V., Traidl-Hoffmann C., Gilles S., Kalinke U. Birch pollen extract enhances human cytomegalovirus replication in monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Allergy. 2023 Feb;78(2):543-546.

Gern O.L., Mulenge F., Pavlou A., Ghita L., Steffen I., Stangel M., Kalinke U. Toll-like Receptors in Viral Encephalitis. Viruses. 2021 Oct 14;13(10):2065.

Ghita L., Breitkopf V., Mulenge F., Pavlou A., Gern O.L., Durán V., Prajeeth C.K., Kohls M., Jung K., Stangel M., Steffen I., Kalinke U. Sequential MAVS and MyD88/TRIF signaling triggers anti-viral responses of tick-borne encephalitis virus-infected murine astrocytes. J Neurosci Res. 2021 Oct;99(10):2478-2492.

Ghita L., Spanier J., Chhatbar C., Mulenge F., Pavlou A., Larsen P.K., Waltl I., Lueder Y., Kohls M., Jung K., Best S.M., Förster R., Stangel M., Schreiner D., Kalinke U. MyD88 signaling by neurons induces chemokines that recruit protective leukocytes to the virus-infected CNS. Sci Immunol. 2021 Jun 25;6(60):eabc9165.

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