Selected Publications

Meyer BJ, Kunz N, Seki S, Higgins R, Ghosh A, Hupfer R, Baldrich A, Hirsiger JR, Jauch AJ, Burgener AV, Lötscher J, Aschwanden M, Dickenmann M, Stegert M, Berger CT, Daikeler T, Heijnen I, Navarini AA, Rudin C, Yamamoto H, Kemper C, Hess C, Recher M. Immunologic and Genetic Contributors to CD46-Dependent Immune Dysregulation. J Clin Immunol. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1007/s10875-023-01547-y. Epub ahead of print. Erratum in: J Clin Immunol. 2023 Aug 12;: PMID: 37477760.

Mensch N, Hemmig AK, Aschwanden M, Imfeld S, Stegert M, Recher M, Staub D, Kyburz D, Berger CT, Daikeler T. Rapid glucocorticoid tapering regimen in patients with giant cell arteritis: a single centre cohort study. RMD Open. 2023 Jul;9(3):e003301. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003301. PMID: 37460275; PMCID: PMC10357647.

Jauch AJ, Bignucolo O, Seki S, Ghraichy M, Delmonte OM, von Niederhäusern V, Higgins R, Ghosh A, Nishizawa M, Tanaka M, Baldrich A, Köppen J, Hirsiger JR, Hupfer R, Ehl S, Rensing-Ehl A, Hopfer H, Prince SS, Daley SR, Marquardsen FA, Meyer BJ, Tamm M, Daikeler TD, Diesch T, Kühne T, Helbling A, Berkemeier C, Heijnen I, Navarini AA, Trück J, de Villartay JP, Oxenius A, Berger CT, Hess C, Notarangelo LD, Yamamoto H, Recher M. Autoimmunity and immunodeficiency associated with monoallelic LIG4 mutations via haploinsufficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 Aug;152(2):500-516. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.03.022. Epub 2023 Mar 31. PMID: 37004747; PMCID: PMC10529397.

Hirsiger JR, Tzankov A, Alborelli I, Recher M, Daikeler T, Parmentier S, Berger CT. Case Report: mRNA vaccination-mediated STAT3 overactivation with agranulocytosis and clonal T-LGL expansion. Front Immunol. 2023 Feb 2;14:1087502. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1087502. PMID: 36817454; PMCID: PMC9933345.

Block V, Sevdali E, Recher M, Abolhassani H, Hammarstrom L, Smulski CR, Baronio M, Plebani A, Proietti M, Speletas M, Warnatz K, Voll RE, Lougaris V, Schneider P, Eibel H. CVID-Associated B Cell Activating Factor Receptor Variants Change Receptor Oligomerization, Ligand Binding, and Signaling Responses. J Clin Immunol. 2023 Feb;43(2):391-405. doi: 10.1007/s10875-022-01378-3. Epub 2022 Oct 29. PMID: 36308663; PMCID: PMC9616699.

Krausz M, Uhlmann A, Rump IC, Ihorst G, Goldacker S, Sogkas G, Posadas-Cantera S, Schmidt R, Feißt M, Alsina L, Dybedal I, Recher M, Warnatz K, Grimbacher B. The ABACHAI clinical trial protocol: Safety and efficacy of abatacept (s.c.) in patients with CTLA-4 insufficiency or LRBA deficiency: A non controlled phase 2 clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 Sep 24;30:101008. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101008. PMID: 36262801; PMCID: PMC9573884.

Dalla Via V, Stelmes A, Recher M, Arranto C, Junker T, Matteazzi F, Heim D, Passweg JR, Medinger M, van den Berg J. Treosulfan-based Reduced-intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Adults With Primary Immunodeficiency: A Case Series. Anticancer Res. 2022 Sep;42(9):4505-4509. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.15952. PMID: 36039450.

Lötscher F, Pop R, Seitz P, Recher M, Seitz L. Spectrum of Large- and Medium-Vessel Vasculitis in Adults: Neoplastic, Infectious, Drug-Induced, Autoinflammatory, and Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2022 Oct;24(10):293-309. doi: 10.1007/s11926-022-01083-5. Epub 2022 Aug 3. PMID: 35920952; PMCID: PMC9362566.

Hirsiger JR, Weigang S, Walz AC, Fuchs J, Daly ML, Eggimann S, Hausmann O, Schwemmle M, Kochs G, Panning M, Warnatz K, Recher M, Berger CT. Passive immunization against COVID-19 by anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG in commercially available immunoglobulin preparations in severe antibody deficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Sep;10(9):2452-2455.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.06.020. Epub 2022 Jun 29. PMID: 35779780; PMCID: PMC9239915.

Xu HC, Huang J, Pandyra AA, Pandey P, Wang R, Zhang Z, Zhuang Y, Gertzen CGW, Münk C, Herebian D, Borkhardt A, Recher M, Gohlke H, Esposito I, Oberbarnscheidt M, Häussinger D, Lang KS, Lang PA. Single MHC-I Expression Promotes Virus-Induced Liver Immunopathology. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Jul;6(7):1620-1633. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1913. Epub 2022 Feb 14. PMID: 35166071; PMCID: PMC9234681.

Hirsiger JR, Martinez M, Tsakiris DA, Cittone MG, Graf L, Oldenburg J, Pezeshkpoor B, Recher M, Mueller J, Gerber B, Berger CT. Investigating potential mechanisms underlying FVIII inhibition in acquired hemophilia A associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. J Thromb Haemost. 2022 Apr;20(4):1015-1018. doi: 10.1111/jth.15665. Epub 2022 Feb 13. PMID: 35108443; PMCID: PMC9303467.

Furrer R, Jauch AJ, Nageswara Rao T, Dilbaz S, Rhein P, Steurer SA, Recher M, Skoda RC, Handschin C. Remodeling of metabolism and inflammation by exercise ameliorates tumor-associated anemia. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 10;7(37):eabi4852. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abi4852. Epub 2021 Sep 8. PMID: 34516881; PMCID: PMC8442918.

Hirsiger JR, Tamborrini G, Harder D, Bantug GR, Hoenger G, Recher M, Marx C, Li QZ, Martin I, Hess C, Scherberich A, Daikeler T, Berger CT. Chronic inflammation and extracellular matrix-specific autoimmunity following inadvertent periarticular influenza vaccination. J Autoimmun. 2021 Nov;124:102714. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102714. Epub 2021 Aug 14. PMID: 34403915.

Schifferli A, Cavalli F, Godeau B, Liebman HA, Recher M, Imbach P, Kühne T. Understanding Immune Thrombocytopenia: Looking Out of the Box. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Jun 24;8:613192. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.613192. PMID: 34249957; PMCID: PMC8266194.

Egg D, Rump IC, Mitsuiki N, Rojas-Restrepo J, Maccari ME, Schwab C, Gabrysch A, Warnatz K, Goldacker S, Patiño V, Wolff D, Okada S, Hayakawa S, Shikama Y, Kanda K, Imai K, Sotomatsu M, Kuwashima M, Kamiya T, Morio T, Matsumoto K, Mori T, Yoshimoto Y, Dybedal I, Kanariou M, Kucuk ZY, Chapdelaine H, Petruzelkova L, Lorenz HM, Sullivan KE, Heimall J, Moutschen M, Litzman J, Recher M, Albert MH, Hauck F, Seneviratne S, Pachlopnik Schmid J, Kolios A, Unglik G, Klemann C, Snapper S, Giulino-Roth L, Svaton M, Platt CD, Hambleton S, Neth O, Gosse G, Reinsch S, Holzinger D, Kim YJ, Bakhtiar S, Atschekzei F, Schmidt R, Sogkas G, Chandrakasan S, Rae W, Derfalvi B, Marquart HV, Ozen A, Kiykim A, Karakoc-Aydiner E, Králíčková P, de Bree G, Kiritsi D, Seidel MG, Kobbe R, Dantzer J, Alsina L, Armangue T, Lougaris V, Agyeman P, Nyström S, Buchbinder D, Arkwright PD, Grimbacher B. Therapeutic options for CTLA-4 insufficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Feb;149(2):736-746. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.04.039. Epub 2021 Jun 7. PMID: 34111452.

Fuchs PS, Lötscher J, Berkemeier CM, Hirsiger JR, Ghosh A, Li QZ, Deigendesch N, Christ E, Navarini AA, Recher M, Daikeler T, Heijnen IAFM, Berger CT. Co-Occurrence of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Sjögren's Syndrome in a Patient With Acromegaly: A Case Report and Retrospective Single-Center Review of Acromegaly Patients. Front Immunol. 2020 Dec 21;11:613130. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.613130. PMID: 33408719; PMCID: PMC7779546.

Légeret C, Meyer BJ, Rovina A, Deigendesch N, Berger CT, Daikeler T, Heijnen I, Burstein E, Köhler H, Recher M. JAK Inhibition in a Patient with X-Linked Reticulate Pigmentary Disorder. J Clin Immunol. 2021 Jan;41(1):212-216. doi: 10.1007/s10875-020-00867-7. Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32989594; PMCID: PMC7846528.

Ghraichy M, Galson JD, Kovaltsuk A, von Niederhäusern V, Pachlopnik Schmid J, Recher M, Jauch AJ, Miho E, Kelly DF, Deane CM, Trück J. Maturation of the Human Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Repertoire With Age. Front Immunol. 2020 Aug 6;11:1734. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01734. PMID: 32849618; PMCID: PMC7424015.

Deigendesch N, Hirsiger JR, Bigler MB, Ghosh A, Harder D, Jauch A, Espinosa JM, Recher M, Navarini A, Daikeler T, Berger CT. Tumoural soft tissue calcification in Down syndrome: association with heterozygous germline SAMD9 mutation and hyperactive type I interferon signaling. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Nov 1;59(11):e102-e104. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa301. PMID: 32594144; PMCID: PMC7820359.

Lang PA, Crome SQ, Xu HC, Lang KS, Chapatte L, Deenick EK, Grusdat M, Pandyra AA, Pozdeev VI, Wang R, Holderried TAW, Cantor H, Diefenbach A, Elford AR, McIlwain DR, Recher M, Häussinger D, Mak TW, Ohashi PS. NK Cells Regulate CD8<sup>+</sup> T Cell Mediated Autoimmunity. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Feb 13;10:36. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00036. PMID: 32117809; PMCID: PMC7031256.

Delmonte OM, Baldin F, Ovchinsky N, Marquardsen F, Recher M, Notarangelo LD, Kosinski SM. Novel Missense Mutation inSP110Associated with Combined Immunodeficiency and Advanced Liver Disease Without VOD. J Clin Immunol. 2020 Jan;40(1):236-239. doi: 10.1007/s10875-019-00715-3. Epub 2019 Nov 13. PMID: 31721003.

Hirsiger JR, Fuchs PS, Häusermann P, Müller-Durovic B, Daikeler T, Recher M, Hirsch HH, Terracciano L, Berger CT. Syphilis Reactivates Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Reservoir via Toll-Like Receptor 2 and B-Cell Receptor Activation. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 3;6(9):ofz317. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz317. PMID: 31660400; PMCID: PMC6736073.

Burgener AV, Bantug GR, Meyer BJ, Higgins R, Ghosh A, Bignucolo O, Ma EH, Loeliger J, Unterstab G, Geigges M, Steiner R, Enamorado M, Ivanek R, Hunziker D, Schmidt A, Müller-Durovic B, Grählert J, Epple R, Dimeloe S, Lötscher J, Sauder U, Ebnöther M, Burger B, Heijnen I, Martínez-Cano S, Cantoni N, Brücker R, Kahlert CR, Sancho D, Jones RG, Navarini A, Recher M, Hess C. SDHA gain-of-function engages inflammatory mitochondrial retrograde signaling via KEAP1-Nrf2. Nat Immunol. 2019 Oct;20(10):1311-1321. doi: 10.1038/s41590-019-0482-2. Epub 2019 Sep 16. PMID: 31527833.

Berner F, Bomze D, Diem S, Ali OH, Fässler M, Ring S, Niederer R, Ackermann CJ, Baumgaertner P, Pikor N, Cruz CG, van de Veen W, Akdis M, Nikolaev S, Läubli H, Zippelius A, Hartmann F, Cheng HW, Hönger G, Recher M, Goldman J, Cozzio A, Früh M, Neefjes J, Driessen C, Ludewig B, Hegazy AN, Jochum W, Speiser DE, Flatz L. Association of Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Toxic Effects With Shared Cancer and Tissue Antigens in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jul 1;5(7):1043-1047. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0402. Erratum in: JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jul 1;5(7):1070. PMID: 31021392; PMCID: PMC6487908.

Fässler M, Diem S, Mangana J, Hasan Ali O, Berner F, Bomze D, Ring S, Niederer R, Del Carmen Gil Cruz C, Pérez Shibayama CI, Krolik M, Siano M, Joerger M, Recher M, Risch L, Güsewell S, Risch M, Speiser DE, Ludewig B, Levesque MP, Dummer R, Flatz L. Antibodies as biomarker candidates for response and survival to checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma patients. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Feb 20;7(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0523-2. PMID: 30786924; PMCID: PMC6383238.

Diem S, Fässler M, Bomze D, Ali OH, Berner F, Niederer R, Hillmann D, Mangana J, Levesque MP, Dummer R, Risch L, Recher M, Risch M, Flatz L. Immunoglobulin G and Subclasses as Potential Biomarkers in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Starting Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment. J Immunother. 2019 Apr;42(3):89-93. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000255. PMID: 30768543.

Berger CT, Rebholz-Chaves B, Recher M, Manigold T, Daikeler T. Serial IL-6 measurements in patients with tocilizumab-treated large-vessel vasculitis detect infections and may predict early relapses. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jul;78(7):1012-1014. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214704. Epub 2019 Jan 22. PMID: 30670375.

Quteineh L, Wójtowicz A, Bochud PY, Crettol S, Vandenberghe F, Venetz JP, Manuel O, Golshayan D, Lehmann R, Mueller NJ, Binet I, van Delden C, Steiger J, Mohacsi P, Dufour JF, Soccal PM, Kutalik Z, Marques-Vidal P, Vollenweider P, Recher M, Hess C, Pascual M, Eap CB; Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Genetic immune and inflammatory markers associated with diabetes in solid organ transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2019 Jan;19(1):238-246. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14971. Epub 2018 Jul 13. PMID: 29920932.

Bigler MB, Hirsiger JR, Recher M, Mehling M, Daikeler T, Berger CT. Varicella Zoster Virus-specific T cell responses in untreated Giant Cell Arteritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Feb;70(2):318–320. [Research Letter].

Kistner A, Bigler MB, Glatz K, Egli SB, Baldin FS, Marquardsen FA, Mehling M, Rentsch  KM, Staub D, Aschwanden M, Recher M, Daikeler T, Berger CT. Characteristics of autoantibodies targeting 14-3-3 proteins and their association with clinical features  in newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 May 1;56(5):829–834.