recent publications

2010

Sakaguchi S, Hombauer M, Bilic I, Naoe Y, Schebesta A, Taniuchi I, Ellmeier W. (2010) The zinc-finger protein MAZR is part of the transcription factor network that controls the CD4 versus CD8 lineage fate of double-positive thymocytes. Nat Immunol. 11(5):442-8. PubMed link

Grausenburger, R, Bilic, I., Boucheron, N., Zupkovitz, G., El-Housseiny, L., Tschismarov, R., Zhang, Y., Rembold, M., Gaisberger, M., Hartl, A., Epstein, M.M., Matthias, P., Seiser, C., Ellmeier, W. (2010). Conditional deletion of HDAC1 in T cells leads to enhanced airway inflammation and increased Th2 cytokine production. Journal of Immunology, in press.


2009

Köprülü, A.D. and Ellmeier, W. (2009). The Role of Tec Family Kinases in Mononuclear Phagocytes. Critical Reviews in Immunology, 29(4):317-33. PubMed link

Schmidt, U., Abramova, A., Boucheron, N., Eckelhart, E., Schebesta, A., Bilic, I., Kneidinger, M., Unger, B., Hammer, M., Sibilia, M, Valent, P. and Ellmeier, W. (2009). The protein tyrosine kinase Tec regulates mast cell function. European Journal of Immunology, 39(11): 3228-28. PubMed link

Blomberg KE, Boucheron N, Lindvall JM, Yu L, Raberger J, Berglöf A, Ellmeier W, Smith CE. Transcriptional signatures of Itk-deficient CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells. (2009). BMC Genomics, 10, 233. PubMed link

2008

Raberger, J., Schebesta, A., Sakaguchi, S., Boucheron, N., Blomber, K.M., Berglöf, A., Kolbe, T., Smith, C.I.E., Rülicke, T., and Ellmeier, W. (2008). The Transcriptional Regulator PLZF Induces the Development of CD44-High Memory-Phenotype T Cells. PNAS, 105, 17919-24. PubMed link

Raberger, J., Boucheron , N. , Sakaguchi, S., Penninger, J.M. and Ellmeier , W. (2008). Impaired T cell development in the absence of Vav1 and Itk. European Journal of Immunology, 38, 3530-42. PubMed link

Melcher, M., Unger, B., Schmidt, U., Rajantie, I.A., Alitalo, K., and Ellmeier, W. (2008). Essential roles for the Tec family kinases Tec and Btk in M-CSF receptor signaling pathways that regulate macrophage survival. 2008. The Journal of Immunology, 180, 8048-56. PubMed link

Shinohara M, Koga T, Okamoto K, Sakaguchi S, Arai K, Yasuda H, Takai T, Kodama T, Morio T, Geha RS, Kitamura D, Kurosaki T, Ellmeier W, Takayanagi H. (2008). Tyrosine kinases Btk and Tec regulate osteoclast differentiation by linking RANK and ITAM signals. Cell, 132, 794-806. PubMed link

Kneidinger M, Schmidt U, Rix U, Gleixner KV, Vales A, Baumgartner C, Lupinek C, Weghofer M, Bennett KL, Herrmann H, Schebesta A, Thomas WR, Vrtala S, Valenta R, Lee FY, Ellmeier W, Superti-Furga G, Valent P. (2008). The effects of dasatinib on IgE receptor-dependent activation and histamine release in human basophils. Blood, 111, 3097-107. PubMed link


2007

Park JH, Adoro S, Lucas PJ, Sarafova SD, Alag AS, Doan LL, Erman B, Liu X, Ellmeier W, Bosselut R, Feigenbaum L, Singer A. (2007). 'Coreceptor tuning': cytokine signals transcriptionally tailor CD8 coreceptor expression to the self-specificity of the TCR. Nature Immunology, 8, 1049-59. PubMed link

Hantschel O, Rix U, Schmidt U, Burckstummer T, Kneidinger M, Schutze G, Colinge J, Bennett KL, Ellmeier W, Valent P, Superti-Furga G. (2007). The Btk tyrosine kinase is a major target of the Bcr-Abl inhibitor dasatinib. PNAS. 104, 13283-8. PubMed link

Bilic, I., and Ellmeier, W. (2007). The role of BTB domain-containing zinc finger proteins in T cell development and function. Immunol Lett. 108, 1-9. PubMed link

Taschner, S., Koesters, C., Platzer, B., Jorgl, A., Ellmeier, W., Benesch, T., Strobl, H. Downregulation of RXR{alpha} expression is essential for neutrophil development from granulocyte/monocyte progenitors. (2007). Blood, 109, 971-9. PubMed link

Koesters, C., Unger, B. Bilic, I., Bluml, S., Lichtenberger, B., Schreiber, M., Stockl, J. and Ellmeier, W. (2007). Regulation of dendritic cell differentiation, maturation and subset distribution by the zinc finger protein CTCF. Immunology Letters, 109, 165-74. PubMed link

2006

Bilic, I., Koesters, C., Unger, B., Sekimata, M., Hertweck, A., Maschek, R., Wilson, C.B. and Ellmeier, W. (2006). Negative regulation of CD8 expression via Cd8 enhancer-mediated recruitment of the zinc finger protein MAZR. Nature Immunology, 7, 393-400. PubMed link

2005

Sarafova, S.D., Erman, B., Yu, O., Van Laethem, F., Guinter, T., Sharrow, S.O., Feigenbaum, L., Wildt, F.L., Ellmeier, W. and Singer, A. (2005). Transcriptional Modulation of Coreceptor Expression during Positive Selection Dictates Lineage Fate Independently of TCR Specificity and Coreceptor Protein Identity, Immunity, 23:75-87. PubMed link

Marquez, M.E., Ellmeier, W ., Sanchez-Guajardo, V., Freitas, A.A., Acuto, O. and Di Bartolo, V. (2005) CD8 T cell sensory adaptation dependent on TCR avidity for self-antigens. The Journal of Immunology, J Immunol., 175(11):3788-97. PubMed link

Feik, N., Bilic, I., Tinhofer, J., Unger, B., Littman, D.R. and Ellmeier, W. (2005). Functional and Molecular Analysis of the Double-Positive Stage-specific CD8 Enhancer E8III During Thymocyte Development. J Immunol., 174(3):1513-24. PubMed link

2004

Yu PW, Tabuchi RS, Kato RM, Astrakhan A, Humblet-Baron S, Kipp K, Chae K, Ellmeier W, Witte ON, Rawlings, D.R. (2004). Sustained correction of B cell development and function in a murine model of X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) using retroviral-mediated gene transfer. Blood, 104(5):1281-90. PubMed link

Madakamutil LT, Christen U, Lena CJ, Wang-Zhu Y, Attinger A, Sundarrajan M, Ellmeier W, von Herrath MG, Jensen P, Littman DR, Cheroutre H. (2004). CD8alphaalpha mediated survival and differentiation of CD8 memory T cell precursors. Science, 304, 590-93. PubMed link

Taniuchi, I., Ellmeier, W., Littman, D.R. (2004). The CD4/CD8 Lineage Choice: New Insights into Epigenetic Regulation During T Cell  Development. Adv. Immunology. Vol 83, 55-89. PubMed link

Schmidt, U., Boucheron, N., Unger, B., Ellmeier, W. (2004). The role of Tec family kinases in myeloid cells. Int Arch of Allergy Immunol., 134, 65-78. PubMed link

Schmidt, U., Van Den Akker, E., Parren-Van Amelsvoort ,M., Litos, G., De Bruijn , M., Gutierrez, L., Hendriks, R.W., Ellmeier, W., Lowenberg, B., Beug, H,. Von Lindern, M. (2004). Btk Is Required for an Efficient Response to Erythropoietin and for SCF-controlled Protection against TRAIL in Erythroid Progenitors. J Exp Med, 199, 785-795. PubMed link

2003

Atkinson, B.T., Ellmeier, W., Watson, S.P. (2003). Tec regulates platelet activation by GPVI in the absence of Btk. Blood, 102, 3592-9. PubMed link

2002

Kioussis, D., Ellmeier, W. (2002). Chromatin and CD4, CD8A and CD8B gene expression during thymic differentiation. Nat Rev Immunol, 2, 909-19. PubMed link

Ellmeier, W., Sunshine, M.J., Maschek, R., Littman, D.R. (2002). Combined deletion of CD8 locus cis-regulatory elements affects initiation but not maintenance of CD8 expression. Immunity, 16, 623-34. PubMed link

Keppler, O.T., Welte, F.J., Ngo, T.A., Chin, P.S., Patton, K.S., Tsou, C.L., Abbey, N.W., Sharkey, M.E., Grant, R.M., You, Y., Scarborough, J.D., Ellmeier, W., Littman, D.R., Stevenson, M., Charo, I.F., Herndier, B.G., Speck, R.F., Goldsmith, M.A. (2002). Progress toward a human CD4/CCR5 transgenic rat model for de novo infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 195, 719-36. PunMed link

2001

Donnadieu, E., Lang, V., Bismuth, G., Ellmeier, W., Acuto, O., Michel, F., Trautmann, A. (2001). Differential roles of Lck and Itk in T cell response to antigen recognition revealed by calcium imaging and electron microscopy. Journal of Immunology, 166, 5540-9. PubMed link

2000

Ellmeier, W., Jung, S., Sunshine, M.J., Hatam, F., Xu, Y, Baltimore, D., Mano, H. and Littman, D.R. (2000). Severe B Cell Deficiency in Mice Lacking the Tec Kinase Family Members Tec and Btk. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 192, 1611-24. PubMed link

Sun, Z., Arendt, C.W., Ellmeier, W., Schaeffer, E.M., Sunshine, M.J., Gandhi, L., Annes, J., Petrzilka, D., Kupfer, A., Schwartzberg, P.L., Littman, D.R. (2000). PKC-theta is required for TCR-induced NF-kappaB activation in mature but not immature T lymphocytes. Nature, 404, 402-7. PubMed link

1996-1999

Ellmeier, W., Sawada, S. and Littman, D.R. (1999). The Regulation of CD4 and CD8 Coreceptor Gene Expression During T Cell Development. Annual Reviews of Immunology, 17, 523-554. PubMed link

Ellmeier, W., Sunshine, M.J., Losos, K. and Littman, D.R. (1998). Multiple Developmental Stage-Specific Enhancers Regulate CD8 Expression In Developing Thymocytes and in Thymus-Independent T Cells. Immunity, 9, 485-496. PubMed link

Ellmeier, W., Sunshine, M.J., Losos, K., Hatam, F. and Littman, D.R. (1997). An Enhancer that Directs Lineage-Specific Expression of CD8 in Positively Selected Thymocytes and Mature T cells. Immunity, 7, 537-547. PubMed link

Deng, H., Liu, R., Ellmeier, W., Choe, S., Unutmaz, D., Burkhart, M., Di Marzio, P., Marmon, S., Sutton, R.E., Hill, C.M., Davis, C.B., Peiper, S.C., Schall, T.J., Littman, D.R., Landau, N.R. (1996). Protein Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1. Nature, 381, 661-6. PubMed link

1991-1996

Ellmeier, W., Barnas, C., Kobrna, A., Kleiner, E., Kurzbauer, R. and Weith, A. (1996). Cloning and Characterization of CpG islands of the Human Chromosome 1p36 Region. Genomics, 32, 155-158. PubMed link

Ellmeier, W. and Weith, A. (1995). Expression of Id3 during murine embryonic development. Developmental Dynamics, 203, 163-173. PubMed link

Barnas, C., Kleiner, E., Ellmeier, W., Henn, T., Brunner, C., Stapelton, P. and Weith, A. (1995). Megabasepair-sized grouped sets of microclones: a first generation physical map of chromosome 1pter - p35. Genomics, 29, 607-615. PubMed link

Aguzzi, A., Ellmeier, W. and Weith, A. (1992). Dominant and recessive molecular changes in neuroblastomas. Brain Pathology, 2, 195-208. PubMed link

Ellmeier, W., Aguzzi, A., Kleiner, E., Kurzbauer, R. and Weith, A. (1992). Mutually exclusive expression of a helix-loop-helix gene and N-myc in human neuroblastomas and in normal development. EMBO J., 11, 2563-2571. PubMed link

Eckner, R., Ellmeier, W. and Birnstiel, M.L. (1991). Mature mRNA 3' end formation stimulates RNA export from the nucleus. EMBO J., 10, 3513-3522. PubMed link

 




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