Area A

Pathogen recognition in the lung and initiation of innate immune response

Area B

Humoral and cell-based bronchoalveolar defence mechanisms

Area C

Control of host response in the bronchoalveolar compartment and strategies for intervention

A1 – Bauer / Opitz

Innate immune recognition of bacterial nucleic acids in pneumonia

B1 – Aly / Suttorp / Hain

Analysis of the role and regulation mechanisms of peptidoglycan recognition peptides (PGLYRPs) in pneumonia

C1 – Schmeck/ Vingron

MicroRNA in the pathogenesis of Legionella pneumonia

A2 – Wygrecka / Preissner

The role of extracellular RNA and RNA-binding proteins in lung infection and inflammation

B2 – Herold / Pleschka / Wolff

Cell-type specific roles of the TRAIL-DR5-axis in influenza virus pneumonia. Impact of viral replication, host defense and pathogenicity

C2 – Hippenstiel / Lohmeyer

Krüppel-like factors as regulators of inflammation in pneumococci pneumonia

A4 – Pillich / Chakraborty

Induction of autophagy by  Streptococcus pneumoniae

B3 – Hackstein / Lohmeyer

Impact of macrophage/dendritic cell subsets on inflammation control in pneumonia caused by Streptococcus and Klebsiella pneumoniae

C3 – Mayer / Witzenrath

Resolvins and other lipid mediators and their role in resolution of inflammation in pneumonia

Area Z:

Service Projekte

B4 – Santoso / Schermully

Novel pathways of neutrophil-endothelial cell interaction in acute bacterial pneumonia: impact on transmigration kinetics and organ failure

C4 – Klötzel / Seifert

Pathogen induced alterations of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome-Systeme (UPS) during innate immune response in the lung

Z1a – Hocke

High end microscopy and digital image analysis in cellular microbiology of the lung

B5 – Meisel A / Meisel C

Paralysis of pulmonary immunity after cerebral ischemia by parasympathetic nervous system

C5 – Hocke / Hippenstiel

Interference of S. pneumoniae and L. pneumophila with glucocorticoid dependent signalling in pulmonary cells and human lungs

Z1b – Gruber

Experimental Histopathology, Morphometry, Molecular Pathology and Tissue Banking

C6 – Witzenrath / Weissmann

The Angiopoietin-/Tie-2 system in severe pneumonia