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Prof. Dr. Marc Hübner

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Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology

huebner@uni-bonn.de

+49 228 28719177

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My lab focuses on different aspects of helminth (worm) infections: 1) Protective immune responses against filariae and especially the protective role of eosinophils and the contribution of extracellular DNA traps (ETosis), 2) Filarial immunomodulation and its beneficial impact on life-style diseases such as diet-induced insulin resistance, 3) Preclinical testing of drug candidates for filariasis in order to identify novel macrofilaricidal drugs in collaboration with partners from industry and not-for-profit-organizations. For these investigations we use the Litomosoides sigmodontis rodent model and perform human studies with filariasis patients in sub-Saharan Africa.

Recent publications

  • Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells inhibit Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia through cytolytic effector activity in vitro.

    Immunobiology

    Authors: Rohulla Vaseq, Berthila Ferkamchwi, Hans Weiher, Veronika Lukacs-Kornek, Nahid Mahleqa, Marc P Hübner, Amit Sharma, Ingo G H Schmidt-Wolf

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  • Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and IgG subclasses following multiple doses and diverse COVID-19 vaccine combinations.

    Frontiers in immunology

    Authors: Julia Meyer, Achim Hoerauf, Aleksandra Elzbieta Dubiel, Peđa Kovačević, Anika Trudić, Dragan Primorac, Marc P Hübner, Tomabu Adjobimey, Marijo Parcina

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  • The role of the IL-9‒NLRP3 axis in insulin resistance and adipose tissue inflammation during diet-induced obesity.

    Cellular & molecular immunology

    Authors: Marc P Hübner, Dennis de Coninck, Benjamin Lenz, Jayagopi Surendar, Marianne Koschel, Narcisse Victor Tchamatchoua Gandjui, Beng Amuam Andrew, Lucy Cho Nchang, Anita Obi Bate Ebob, Fanny Fri Fombad, Lisa Marie Springer, Lars Eppe, Frank A Schildberg, Samuel Wanji, Achim Hoerauf, Alexander Pfeifer, Indulekha Karunakaran

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