Birgit Weinberger
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Weinberger B
Immun Ageing
. 2021 Oct;
18(1):38.
PMID: 34627326
Preserving good health in old age is of utmost importance to alleviate societal, economic and health care-related challenges caused by an aging society. The prevalence and severity of many infectious...
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Korber N, Pohl L, Weinberger B, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, Wawer A, Knolle P, et al.
Front Immunol
. 2021 Sep;
12:713351.
PMID: 34566969
Background: The cellular mechanisms involved in the lack of protective antibody response after hepatitis B vaccination are still rather unclear. Regulatory B cells (Breg) known as modulators of B-and T-cell...
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Rocamora-Reverte L, Melzer F, Wurzner R, Weinberger B
Front Immunol
. 2021 Feb;
11:616949.
PMID: 33584708
The immune system is a tightly regulated network which allows the development of defense mechanisms against foreign antigens and tolerance toward self-antigens. Regulatory T cells (Treg) contribute to immune homeostasis...
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Pangrazzi L, Naismith E, Miggitsch C, Arana J, Keller M, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, et al.
Immun Ageing
. 2020 Jun;
17:15.
PMID: 32514279
Background: Obesity has been associated with chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. Both conditions play a determinant role in the pathogenesis of age-related diseases, such as immunosenescence. Adipose tissue can modulate...
25.
Wagner A, Weinberger B
Front Immunol
. 2020 May;
11:717.
PMID: 32391017
Infectious diseases are a major cause for morbidity and mortality in the older population. Demographic changes will lead to increasing numbers of older persons over the next decades. Prevention of...
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Weinberger B
Interdiscip Top Gerontol Geriatr
. 2020 Apr;
43:146-157.
PMID: 32305971
Immunization strategies for the elderly are frequently perceived as comprising only vaccines against influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and herpes zoster. However, besides these vaccines, which are recommended specifically for the elderly,...
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Weinberger B
Interdiscip Top Gerontol Geriatr
. 2020 Apr;
43:VI-IX.
PMID: 32294642
No abstract available.
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Pangrazzi L, Weinberger B
Exp Gerontol
. 2020 Feb;
134:110887.
PMID: 32092501
The T cell compartment undergoes characteristic changes with age, which contribute to increased incidence and severity of infections and reduced immunogenicity and efficacy of many vaccines in the older population....
29.
Hockner M, Piechnik C, Fiechtner B, Weinberger B, Tomanek L
Int J Mol Sci
. 2020 Jan;
21(2).
PMID: 31963425
The heavy metal cadmium (Cd) is known to modulate the immune system, challenging soil-dwelling organisms where environmental Cd pollution is high. Since earthworms lack adaptive immunity, we determined Cd-related effects...
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Pangrazzi L, Reidla J, Arana J, Naismith E, Miggitsch C, Meryk A, et al.
Eur J Immunol
. 2019 Nov;
50(3):363-379.
PMID: 31755098
After repeated antigen exposure, both memory and terminally differentiated cells can be generated within CD8 T cells. Although, during their differentiation, activated CD8 T cells may first lose CD28, and...