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Division of Immunopathology
Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research
Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology

Medical University of Vienna

Vienna General Hospital, AKH, 3Q
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Rebuilding the 'allergen-specific synaps' with human receptors and allergen relevant for the human disease to investigate mechanisms of antigen-specific immuno-modulation

Publications

Derdak SV, Kueng HJ, Leb VM, Neunkirchner A, Schmetterer KG, Bielek E, Majdic O, Knapp W, Seed B, Pickl WF. Direct stimulation of T lymphocytes by immunosomes: virus-like particles decorated with T cell receptor/CD3 ligands plus costimulatory molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 29;103(35):13144-9. Epub 2006 Aug 21.
Kueng HJ, Leb VM, Haiderer D, Raposo G, Thery C, Derdak SV, Schmetterer KG, Neunkirchner A, Sillaber C, Seed B, Pickl WF. General strategy for decoration of enveloped viruses with functionally active lipid- modified cytokines. J Virol. 2007 Aug;81(16):8666-76. Epub 2007 May 30.
Leb VM, Jahn-Schmid B, Schmetterer KG, Kueng HJ, Haiderer D, Neunkirchner A, Fischer GF, Nissler K, Hartl A, Thalhamer J, Bohle B, Seed B, Pickl WF. Molecular and functional analysis of the antigen receptor of Art v 1-specific helper T lymphocytes. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Jan;121(1):64-71. Epub 2007 Nov 26.
Jahn-Schmid B, Sirven P, Leb V, Pickl WF, Fischer GF, Gadermaier G, Egger M, Ebner C, Ferreira F, Maillére B, Bohle B. Characterization of HLA class II/peptide-TCR interactions of the immunodominant T cell epitope in Art v 1, the major mugwort pollen allergen. J Immunol. 2008 Sep 1;181(5):3636-42.