2026-08-29

Host-to-Pathogen Transfer of Neutrophil Components via Extracellular Vesicles Shields Candida albicans From Immune Attack in Human Blood

Jennifer J. Patitz, Natalie E. Nieuwenhuizen, Anastasia Solomatina, Yann Bachelot, Thomas Krüger, Carl-Magnus Svensson, Stephanie Hoeppener, Ann-Kathrin Zimmermann, Matthew G. Blango, Ronny Martin, Olaf Kniemeyer, Theresa Lange, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge, Oliver Kurzai#, Kerstin Hünniger-Ast

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles

2026-07-28

Assessing the proinflammatory potential of sterile fecal microbiome filtrate from ulcerative colitis patients using an intestine-on-chip platform and automated image analysis

Schaal T*, Akbarimoghaddam P*, Wegner VD, Steube A, Gardey E, Feile A, Hassan MIA, Cseresnyés Z, Stallmach A, Mosig AS, Figge MT#, Stallhofer J#

Gut Microbes 18(1)

2026-07-24

Functional analysis of Candida albicans protein kinases identifies Crk1 as a modulator of epithelial cell damage

Anna Möslinger , Dr. Allon Weiner , Sascha Schäuble , Dr. Bernardo Ramírez-Zavala , Nadja Jablonowski , Zoltán Cseresnyés , Tim Bastian Schille , Prof. Marc Thilo Figge , Prof. Gianni Panagiotou , Dr. Joachim Morschhäuser , Dr. Lydia Kasper , Mark Gresnigt , Ms. Stefanie Allert , Prof. Bernhard Hube (corr-auth)

mBio

2026-07-24

Reconstructing host-pathogen interactions: analysis of the intercellular network of macrophages and other immune cells within an Aspergillosis-on-chip model.

Simranpreet Kaur*, Anna Katharina Renner*, Pauline Porschitz*, Franziska Schmidt*, Svenja Grau, Hannah Afolayan, Stanislaw Schmidt, Thomas Lehrnbecher-Lanzeni, Hubertus Haas, Axel A. Brakhage, Marc Thilo Figge, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Zoltan Cseresnyés*, Susann Hartung*, Susanne Jahreis*

microLife

2026-06-30

Ethanol-driven structural transitions of human serum albumin and surface-assisted 2D network formation on Ti-6Al-4V: A kinetic-morphological map

Zhongqian Xi, Mounir Zerdani, Julius Trautmann, Christof Neumann, Christoph Wiedemann, Adrian Nowotnick, Nils Wolf, Linus Reck, Marc Thilo Figge, Carl-Magnus Svensson, Andrey Turchanin, Christian Eggeling, Ute A. Hellmich, Klaus D. Jandt

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

2026-05-15

Human Colitis-on-Chip Model Reveals Dual Roles of Butyrate in Epithelial and Macrophage Defense Against Candida albicans Tissue Invasion

Manuel Allwang*, Maximilian Wipplinger*, Parastoo Akbarimoghaddam*, Raquel Alonso-Roman, Zoltan Cseresnyes, Axel Dietschmann, Valentin Wegner, Adrian Feile, Yann Bachelot, Maria Warschinke, Mohamed I Abdelwahab Hassan, Sonnhild Mittag, Otmar Huber, Bernhard Hube, Mark S. Gresnigt, Marc Thilo Figge, Alexander S. Mosig#

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