COVID-19 Research at the Institute of Immunology

Researchers of the Institute of Immunology also make important contributions for a better understanding of the immune response upon a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Winfried Pickl and his team are investigating cellular and humoral immune responses in COVID-19 patients.

• Kratzer B, Schlax LC, Gattinger P, Waidhofer-Söllner P, Trapin D, Tauber PA, Sehgal ANA, Körmöczi U, Rottal A, Feichter M, Oberhofer T, Grabmeier-Pfistershammer K, Borochova K, Dorofeeva Y, Tulaeva I, Weber M, Mühl B, Kropfmüller A, Negrin B, Kundi M, Valenta R, Pickl WF. (2022). Combined assessment of S- and N-specific IL-2 and IL-13 secretion and CD69 neo-expression for discrimination of post-infection and post-vaccination cellular SARS-CoV-2-specific immune response. Allergy. 2022 Jun 12:10.1111/all.15406. doi: 10.1111/all.15406. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35690994
  
  
• Gattinger P, Borochova K, Dorofeeva Y, Henning R, Kiss R, Kratzer B, Mühl B, Perkmann T, Trapin D, Trella M, Ettel P, Tulaeva I, Pickl WF, Valenta R. (2020). Antibodies in serum of convalescent patients following mild COVID-19 do not always prevent virus-receptor binding. Allergy. 2020 Jul 30. doi: 10.1111/all.14523. PMID: 32734595
  
  
• Kratzer B, Trapin D, Ettel P, Körmöczi U, Rottal A, Tuppy F, Feichter M, Gattinger P, Borochova K, Dorofeeva Y, Tulaeva I, Weber M, Grabmeier-Pfistershammer K, Tauber PA, Gerdov M, Mühl B, Perkmann T, Fae I, Wenda S, Führer H, Henning R, Valenta R, Pickl WF. (2020). Immunological imprint of COVID-19 on human peripheral blood leukocyte populations. Allergy. 2020 Oct 31. doi: 10.1111/all.14647. PMID: 33128792