Selected Publications

Wu, Z., Graf, F.E., Hirsch, H.H. (2021) Acitretin and Retinoic Acid Derivatives Inhibit BK Polyomavirus Replication in Primary Human Proximal Renal Tubular Epithelial and Urothelial Cells J. Virol. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00127-21.

Leuzinger, K., Kaur, A., Wilhelm, M., Hirsch, H.H. (2020) Variations in BK Polyomavirus Immunodominant Large Tumor Antigen-Specific 9mer CD8 T-Cell Epitopes Predict Altered HLA-Presentation and Immune Failure. Viruses. 12, 1476 

Wilhelm, M., Kaur, A., Wernli, M., Hirsch, H.H. (2020) BK Polyomavirus (BKPyV)-specific CD8 T-cell expansion in vitro using 27mer peptide antigens for developing adoptive T-cell transfer and vaccination. J. Infect. Dis. 223, 1410  

Manzetti J, Weissbach FH, Graf FE, Unterstab G, Wernli M, Hopfer H, et al. (2020) BK Polyomavirus Evades Innate Immune Sensing by Disrupting the Mitochondrial Network and Promotes Mitophagy. iScience, 23, 101257

Leuzinger K, Roloff T, Gosert R, Sogaard K, Naegele K, Rentsch K, et al. (2020) Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Emergence Amidst Community-Acquired Respiratory Viruses. J. Infect. Dis. 222,1270