Publications

Duven, M., Friedrichs, A., Tomlinson, M. G., Steffen, I., & Gerold, G. (2025). Tetraspanins 10 and 15 support Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus replication in astrocytoma cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Official Publication of the American Society for Cell Biology, 36(3). https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E24-12-0574
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Aregay, A., Slunečko, J., Korva, M., Bogovic, P., Resman Rus, K., Knap, N., Beicht, J., Kubinski, M., Saletti, G., Avšič-Županc, T., Steffen, I., Strle, F., Osterhaus, A. D. M. E., & Rimmelzwaan, G. F. (2024). Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine breakthrough infections induce aberrant T cell and antibody responses to non-structural proteins. Npj Vaccines, 9, Article 141. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-024-00936-7
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Bauer, B. U., Runge, M., Schneider, M., Könenkamp, L., Steffen, I., Rubel, W., Ganter, M., & Schoneberg, C. (2023). Co-exposure to Anaplasma spp., Coxiella burnetii and tick-borne encephalitis virus in sheep in southern Germany. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 65, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-022-00659-6
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Camarão, A. A., Gern, O. L., Stegmann, F., Mulenge, F., Costa, B., Saremi, B., Jung, K., Lepenies, B., Kalinke, U., & Steffen, I. (2023). Secreted flavivirus NS1 proteins inhibit dendritic cell effector functions. In 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Virology: abstracts (P 173).
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Camarão, A. A. R., Gern, O. L., Stegmann, F., Mulenge, F., Costa, B., Saremi, B., Jung, K., Lepenies, B., Kalinke, U., & Steffen, I. (2023). Secreted NS1 proteins of tick-borne encephalitis virus and West Nile virus block dendritic cell activation and effector functions. Microbiology Spectrum / American Society for Microbiology, 11(5), Article e0219223. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02192-23
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Ebert, C. L., Söder, L., Kubinski, M., Glanz, J., Gregersen, E., Dümmer, K., Grund, D., Wöhler, A.-S., Könenkamp, L., Liebig, K., Knoll, S., Hellhammer, F., Topp, A.-K., Becher, P., Springer, A., Strube, C., Nagel-Kohl, U., Nordhoff, M., Steffen, I., et al. (2023). Detection and characterization of Alongshan virus in ticks and tick taliva from Lower Saxony, Germany with serological evidence for viral transmission to game and domestic animals. Microorganisms, 11(3), Article 543. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11030543
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Gonzalez Hernandez, M., Tureli, S., Smith, D. J., van Amerongen, G., Rimmelzwaan, G. F., Pöhlmann, S., Osterhaus, A. D. M., & Steffen, I. (2023). Antigenic distances between emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. In 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Virology: abstracts (P 242).
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Gonzalez-Hernandez, M., Kaiser, F. K., Steffen, I., Ciurkiewicz, M., van Amerongen, G., Tchelet, R., Emalfarb, M., Saloheimo, M., Wiebe, M. G., Vitikainen, M., Albulescu, I. C., Bosch, B.-J., Baumgärtner, W., Haagmans, B. L., & Osterhaus, A. (2023). Preclinical immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a SARS-CoV-2 RBD-based vaccine produced with the thermophilic filamentous fungal expression system Thermothelomyces heterothallica C1. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, Article 1204834. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1204834
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Kubinski, M., Beicht, J., Zdora, I., Saletti, G., Kircher, M., Petry-Gusmag, M., Steffen, I., Puff, C., Jung, K., Baumgärtner, W., Rimmelzwaan, G. F., Osterhaus, A. D. M. E., & Prajeeth, C. K. (2023). Cross-reactive antibodies against Langat virus protect mice from lethal tick-borne encephalitis virus infection. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, Article 1134371. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1134371
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Könenkamp, L., Ziegler, U., Naucke, T., Groschup, M. H., & Steffen, I. (2022). Antibody ratios against NS1 antigens of tick-borne encephalitis and West Nile viruses support differential flavivirus serology in dogs. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(5), e2789–e2799. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14630
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