Principal Investigators

Prof. Dr. Dr. Bertram Bengsch

Prof. Dr. Dr. Bertram Bengsch

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Prof. Dr. Dr. Bertram Bengsch
Department of Internal Medicine II - Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Infectionology
University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine

T +49 761 270 35860
bertram.bengsch(at)uniklinik-freiburg.de

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10 selected publications

  • Tissue CD14+CD8+ T cells reprogrammed by myeloid cells and modulated by LPS.
    Pallett LJ, Swadling L, Diniz M, Maini AA, Schwabenland M, Gasull AD, Davies J, Kucykowicz S, Skelton JK, Thomas N, Schmidt NM, Amin OE, Gill US, Stegmann KA, Burton AR, Stephenson E, Reynolds G, Whelan M, Sanchez J, de Maeyer R, Thakker C, Suveizdyte K, Uddin I, Ortega-Prieto AM, Grant C, Froghi F, Fusai G, Lens S, Pérez-Del-Pulgar S, Al-Akkad W, Mazza G, Noursadeghi M, Akbar A, Kennedy PTF, Davidson BR, Prinz M, Chain BM, Haniffa M, Gilroy DW, Dorner M, Bengsch B, Schurich A, Maini MK (2023).
    Nature. 614(7947):334-342.
  • Exhaustion of CD39-Expressing CD8+ T Cells in Crohn's Disease Is Linked to Clinical Outcome.
    Globig AM, Mayer LS, Heeg M, Andrieux G, Ku M, Otto-Mora P, Hipp AV, Zoldan K, Pattekar A, Rana N, Schell C, Boerries M, Hofmann M, Neumann-Haefelin C, Kuellmer A, Schmidt A, Boettler T, Tomov V, Thimme R, Hasselblatt P, Bengsch B (2022).
    Gastroenterology. 163(4):965-981.e31.
  • High-dimensional profiling reveals Tc17 cell enrichment in active Crohn's disease and identifies a potentially targetable signature.
    Globig AM, Hipp AV, Otto-Mora P, Heeg M, Mayer LS, Ehl S, Schwacha H, Bewtra M, Tomov V, Thimme R, Hasselblatt P, Bengsch B (2022).
    Nat Commun. 13(1):3688.
  • SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can elicit a CD8 T-cell dominant hepatitis.
    Boettler T, Csernalabics B, Salié H, Luxenburger H, Wischer L, Salimi Alizei E, Zoldan K, Krimmel L, Bronsert P, Schwabenland M, Prinz M, Mogler C, Neumann-Haefelin C, Thimme R, Hofmann M, Bengsch B (2022).
    J Hepatol. 77(3):653-659.
  • T-cell exhaustion and residency dynamics inform clinical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Barsch M, Salié H, Schlaak AE, Zhang Z, Hess M, Mayer LS, Tauber C, Otto-Mora P, Ohtani T, Nilsson T, Wischer L, Winkler F, Manne S, Rech A, Schmitt-Graeff A, Bronsert P, Hofmann M, Neumann-Haefelin C, Boettler T, Fichtner-Feigl S, van Boemmel F, Berg T, Rimassa L, Di Tommaso L, Saeed A, D'Alessio A, Pinato DJ, Bettinger D, Binder H, John Wherry E, Schultheiss M, Thimme R, Bengsch B (2022).
    J Hepatol. 77(2):397-409.
  • Deep spatial profiling of human COVID-19 brains reveals neuroinflammation with distinct microanatomical microglia-T-cell interactions.
    Schwabenland M, Salié H, Tanevski J, Killmer S, Lago MS, Schlaak AE, Mayer L, Matschke J, Püschel K, Fitzek A, Ondruschka B, Mei HE, Boettler T, Neumann-Haefelin C, Hofmann M, Breithaupt A, Genc N, Stadelmann C, Saez-Rodriguez J, Bronsert P, Knobeloch KP, Blank T, Thimme R, Glatzel M, Prinz M, Bengsch B (2021).
    Immunity. 54(7):1594-1610.e11.
  • Characterization of pre-existing and induced SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells.
    Schulien I, Kemming J, Oberhardt V, Wild K, Seidel LM, Killmer S, Sagar, Daul F, Salvat Lago M, Decker A, Luxenburger H, Binder B, Bettinger D, Sogukpinar O, Rieg S, Panning M, Huzly D, Schwemmle M, Kochs G, Waller CF, Nieters A, Duerschmied D, Emmerich F, Mei HE, Schulz AR, Llewellyn-Lacey S, Price DA, Boettler T, Bengsch B, Thimme R, Hofmann M, Neumann-Haefelin C (2021).
    Nat Med. 27(1):78-85.
  • Epigenomic-Guided Mass Cytometry Profiling Reveals Disease-Specific Features of Exhausted CD8 T Cells.
    Bengsch B, Ohtani T, Khan O, Setty M, Manne S, O'Brien S, Gherardini PF, Herati RS, Huang AC, Chang KM, Newell EW, Bovenschen N, Pe'er D, Albelda SM, Wherry EJ (2018).
    Immunity. 48(5):1029-1045.e5.
  • Bioenergetic insufficiencies due to metabolic alterations are an early driver of CD8 T cell exhaustion.
    Bengsch B, Johnson AL, Kurachi M, Odorizzi PM, Pauken KE, Attanasio J, Stelekati E, McLane LM, Paley MA, Delgoffe GM, Wherry EJ. (2016).
    Immunity 45, 358-373.
  • Restoration of HBV-specific CD8+ T-cell function by PD-1 blockade in inactive carrier patients is linked to T-cell differentiation.
    Bengsch B, Martin B, Thimme R. (2014).
    J Hepatology 61, 1212-1219.