Clinical Immunology and Immune Monitoring
Description
The group conducts research in the area of clinical immunology and immunomonitoring and investigates immunodeficiency diseases in adult patients as well as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Range of methods & services: multi-color FACS analyses (LSR II, Canto); functional flow cytometry (cytokines, proliferation, cytotoxicity, migration); MACS (CD8, Treg Separation, IFNg Secretion Assay); T cell culture; and establishment of tumor cell lines. (Description adapted from working group website: see link above)Research projects
19
Research areas
39
Research types
8
Research networks
2
People
9
Research projects
Analysing Antibody Responses against EBV-derived Antigens in ME/CFS
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
Poland, UK, GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen, Nuno Sepúlveda
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
2020-10
to not available
to not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Autoimmunity Risk Variants in the PTPN22 and CTLA4 Genes are Associated with Infectious Onset of ME/CFS
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Sophie Steiner
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Genetic risk factors, General
Biosamples, GPCR-Autoantibodies, Data Management and Bioinformatics
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein - Luebeck (UKSH),Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Max Delbrück Center (MDC),Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, General
Care Model for Patients with ME/CFS (CFS_CARE)
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2021-12
to 2024-12
to 2024-12
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
General, Mental health
Cell Morphology, Cell Deformability and Microclots in ME/CFS
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Annick Fehrer
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL)
Research period:
2024-01
to 2026-12
to 2026-12
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Hemic and lymphatic system disorders, Infections
Development of Diagnostic Tests to Detect Autoantibodies in CFS
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
EBV, SARS-CoV-2, HSV Mimicry Epitopes and Autoantibodies
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Franziska Sotzny
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Technical University of Munich (TUM),Helmholtz Munich
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction, General
Endothelial Dysfunction and Altered Endothelial Biomarkers in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Milan Haffke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Delbrück Center (MDC),Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Endothelial dysfunction in post-infection fatigue syndromes
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
Austria, GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Francisco Westermeier
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences,Medical University of Vienna,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
2024-07
to 2027-06
to 2027-06
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Establishing Immunological Assays for the Diagnostics of ME/CFS
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Annick Fehrer
Organisations:
University Clinic Bonn,Charité – University Medicine Berlin,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Extracellular Vesicles from Plasma as Potential Biomarkers for an Improved Diagnosis of Endothelial Dysfunction in ME/CFS
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Diana Boristowski
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
HHV-6 Mediated Mitochondrial Modulation and Its Association to ME/CFS
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
Latvia, GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Bhupesh K. Prusty
Organisations:
University Clinic Erlangen,Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University of Wuerzburg,University of California San Diego,Riga Stradins University
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Nutritional and metabolic system disorder, General
Handgrip strength as a marker for muscular fatigue and fatigability in ME/CFS
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Bianka Jaekel
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system disorder
Hyperbaric High Pressure Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Post-COVID Syndrome and ME/CFS
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2023-07
to 2025-08
to 2025-08
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system disorder, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Impact of the serum of Post-COVID-Syndrome patients without vs with ME/CFS on endothelial cell function
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Lavinia Flaskamp
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
ME/CFS Registry and Biobank (MECFS-R & MECFS-Bio)
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2022-01
to 2024-12
to 2024-12
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
General
Occurence and Characterization of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Berlin Subcohort of the Population-Based NAPKON-POP (COVIDOM) Study
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Lilian Krist
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
General
Repeat Immunoadsorption Post Covid ME/CFS (RIA)
Project status:
OngoingCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-01
to 2025-01
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Sodium Content in Lower Leg Muscle in Patients with ME/CFS
Project status:
CompletedCountry:
GermanyPrincipal investigator:
Elisabeth Petter
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system disorder, Nutritional and metabolic system disorder
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