Publications/Dissertations
Journal Publications
Members of the research group (in bold) have authored or contributed to the following publications:
2025
- Mohanned Alhussien, Hanna-Kaisa Vikkula, Romina Klinger, Christian Zenner, Simon P Früh, Rashi Negi, Theresa von Heyl, Sabrina Schleibinger, Milena Brunner, Tom VL Berghof, Benjamin Schade, Bassel A. Abukhadra, Silke Rautenschlein, Rudolf Preisinger, Hicham Sid, Benjamin Schusser (2025); "Type I and type III interferon receptor knockout chickens: Novel models for unraveling interferon dynamics in influenza infection"; Preprint bioRxiv
- Felix Tetzlaff, Ulrich Methner, Theresa von Heyl, Christian Menge, Benjamin Schusser, Angela Berndt (2025); Compensatory Mechanisms in γδ T Cell-Deficient Chickens Following Salmonella infection; Preprint bioRxiv
- Theresa von Heyl, Milena Brunner, Antonia Schmauser, Christine Wurmser, Simon P Frueh, Benjamin Schusser (2025); Unraveling new characteristics of γδT cells using scRNA-seq in TCR KO chicken; Preprint bioRxiv
2024
- Antonia Linti, Thomas Göbel, Simon Früh; "Chicken γδ T cells proliferate upon IL-2 and IL-12 treatment and show a restricted receptor repertoire in cell culture"; Frontiers in Immunology
- Simon Früh, Martin Früh, Benedikt Kaufer and Thomas Göbel; "Unraveling the chicken T cell repertoire with enhanced genome annotation"; Frontiers in Immunology
- Kaufman, Jim; "A complete genome for a commercial duck"; Frontiers of Agricultural Science & Engineering
- Härtle S, Sutton K, Vervelde L and Dalgaard TS; Delineation of chicken immune markers in the era of omics and multicolor flow cytometry; Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Mohammad A. Sabsabi, Ahmed Kheimar, Yu You, Dominik von La Roche, Sonja Härtle, Thomas W. Göbel, Theresa von Heyl, Benjamin Schusser and Benedikt B. Kaufer; "Unraveling the role of γδ T cells in the pathogenesis of an oncogenic avian herpesvirus"; mBio®
- Veronika E.M. Drexel, Thomas W. Göbel, Simon P. Früh; Characterization of a novel chicken γδ TCR-specific marker; Developmental & Comparative Immunology
- Kaufman, Jim; A personal view on developmental and comparative immunology: What, how and why?; Developmental & Comparative Immunology
- Simon Früh, Thomas Göbel; Entschlüsselung der T-Zell-Antwort des Haushuhns; BIOspektrum
- Caroline Denesvre, Yu You, Sylvie Remy, Tereza Vychodil, Katia Courvoisier,
Zoltan Penzes, Luca D. Bertzbach, Ahmed Kheimar, Benedikt B. Kaufer; Impact of viral telomeric repeat sequences on herpesvirus vector vaccine integration and persistence; PLOS Pathogens - Yu You, Ahmed M. Kheimar, Tereza Vychodil, Lisa Kossak, Mohammad A. Sabsabi, Andelé M. Conradie, Sanjay M. Reddy, Luca D. Bertzbach and Benedikt B. Kaufer; Telomeric repeats in the commercial SB-1 vaccine facilitate viral integration and contribute to vaccine efficacy; NPJ Vaccines
- Kamila Lengyel, Mekhla Rudra, Tom V. L. Berghof, Albertine Leitão, Carolina Frankl-Vilches, Falk Dittrich, Denise Duda, Romina Klinger, Sabrina Schleibinger, Hicham Sid, Lisa Trost, Hanna Vikkula, Benjamin Schusser & Manfred Gahr; Unveiling the critical role of androgen receptor signaling in avian sexual development; nature communications
- Dominik von La Roche, Magdalena Schumacher, Marina Kohn, Johanna Trapp, Benjamin Schusser, Silke Rautenschlein and Sonja Härtle (2024) Characterization of class-switched B cells in chickens; Frontiers in Immunology
- Milena Brunner, Catarina L. C. T. Cavaleiro, Tom V. L. Berghof, Christine Wurmser, Daniel Elleder, Theresa von Heyl, Benjamin Schusser (2024); "Regulation of B cell migration to the Bursa of Fabricius by CCR7 and cell adhesion molecules in chicken embryonic development"; Preprint bioRxiv
2023
- Theresa von Heyl, Romina Klinger, Dorothea Aumann, Christian Zenner, Mohanned Alhussien, Antonina Schlickenrieder, Kamila Lengyel, Hanna-Kaisa Vikkula, Teresa Mittermair, Hicham Sid, Benjamin Schusser; "Loss of αβ but not γδ T cells in chickens causes a severe phenotype" ; European Journal of Immunology
- Hicham Sid, Theresa von Heyl, Sabrina Schleibinger, Romina Klinger, Rodrigo Guabiraba, Vanaique Guillory, Benjamin Schade, Daniel Elleder, Samantha Sives, Lonneke Vervelde, Sascha Trapp, and Benjamin Schusser; "Reinstatement of Rig-I in Chickens Via Genetic Modification Reveals New Insights into the Dynamic Evolution of Avian Immune Sensors"; Preprint
- Luca D. Bertzbach, Marina Kohn, Yu You, Lisa Kossak, Mohammad A. Sabsabi, Ahmed Kheimar, Sonja Härtle, Benedikt B. Kaufer; In vitro infection of primary chicken lymphocytes with Marek’s disease virus; STAR Protocols (CellPress)
2022
- Johanna Trapp, Silke Rautenschlein; "Infectious bursal disease virus’ interferences with host immune cells: what do we know?"; Avian Pathology
- Nina B. Burkhardt, Daniel Elleder, Benjamin Schusser, Veronika Krchlíková, Thomas W. Göbel, Sonja Härtle, Bernd Kaspers; The Discovery of Chicken Foxp3 Demands Redefinition of Avian Regulatory T Cells; The Journal of Immunology
2021
- Samer Halabi, Michael Ghosh, Stefan Stevanović, Hans-Georg Rammensee, Luca D. Bertzbach, Benedikt B. Kaufer, Martin C. Moncrieffe, Bernd Kaspers, Sonja Härtle , Jim Kaufman; The dominantly expressed class II molecule from a resistant MHC haplotype presents only a few Marek’s disease virus peptides by using an unprecedented binding motif; PLOS Biology
Dissertations
2024
Antonia Linti; "Einfluss von Interleukin-2 und Interleukin-12 auf γδ T-Zellen im Haushuhn / Influence of interleukin-2 and interleukin-12 on γδ T cells in the domestic chicken", Dissertation Dr. med.vet.; awarded with the Brigitte and Wolfram Gedek-Award 2024; graded "summa cum laude"
Theresa von Heyl; "Charakterisierung von T-Zellen im lymphatischen und Epithelgewebe durch den Einsatz von TCR KO-Hühnern/Characterization of T cells in lymphoid and epithelial tissue using TCR KO chickens"; graded "summa cum laude"