@article{BogdanMollSolbachetal.1990,
  author    = {Bogdan, Christian and Moll, Heidrun and Solbach, Werner and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin},
  title     = {Tumor necrosis factor-\(\alpha\) in combination with interferon-\(\gamma\), but not with interleukin 4 activates murine macrophages for elimination of Leishmania major amastigotes},
  volume    = {20},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-31614},
  pages     = {1131 -- 1135},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {We have previously shown that during an infection with Leishmania major, susceptible BALB/c mice, as opposed to mice of a resistant strain (C57BLl6), are primed by lipopolysaccharide for the production of high levels of tumor necrosis factor-\(\alpha\) (TNF-\(\alpha\)) which is known to be a potent maerophage M\(\Phi\) stimulator in other parasitic diseases. In the present study we investigated whether TNF-\(\alpha\) activates M\(\Phi\) for killing of L. major parasites. In the absence of interferon-y (IFN-\(\gamma\)) or lipopolysaccharide, TNF-\(\alpha\) (0.025-25000 U/ml) failed to activate peritoneal exudate M\(\Phi\) from BALB/c mice for killling of L. major amastigotes. In the presence of suboptimal doses of IFN-\(\gamma\) (5 or 10 Vlml), however, TNF-\(\alpha\) mediated a rapid elimination of intracellular parasites, which was highly significant compared to IFN-\(\gamma\) alone. Tbe combination of TNF with interleukin 4, in contrast, was inactive in this respect and allowed survival of intracellular parasites. From these data we conelude that the presence of IFN-\(\gamma\) is crucial for TNF-\(\alpha\)-mediated killing of L. major parasites by M\(\Phi\). Disease progression in susceptible mice therefore seems to be a consequence of a deficiency of IFN-\(\gamma\) and a predominance of interleukin 4 rather than the result of an excess amount of TNF-\(\alpha\).},
  subject      = {Infektionsbiologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{HandmanMitchellMcConvilleetal.1987,
  author    = {Handman, E. and Mitchell, G. F. and McConville, M. J. and Moll, Heidrun},
  title     = {Towards a carbohydrate-based vaccine against leishmaniasis},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33827},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1987},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollBoesingSchneider1988,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and B{\"o}sing-Schneider, Rita},
  title     = {The transplantation barrier of nude mice},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46045},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {Syngeneic memory cells can be stimulated to yield a secondary immune response after their transfer into irradiated euthymie recipients as well as into young thymusless nude mice. It is shown that nude mice older than twelve weeks of age are not permissive towards memory cell activation as it is found in non-irradiated euthymie animals. This barrier to isogeneie or congeneic cells seems to be caused by a pool of cyclophosphamide-sensitive cells. Since young nude mice could be rendered as unpermissive as older nude mice by pretreatment with either PNA-agglutinable thymus cells or nylon-wool passed spleen cells, it is suggested that an increased number of precursor T cells in older nude mice might induce this effect. Further experiments with monoclonal antibodies against the Lyt-l, Lyt-2, and L3T4 marker on T cells indicate that T -helper/inducer activity might be required to establish the "isogeneie barrief" in nude mice.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MollRoellinghoff1991,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin},
  title     = {T-cell reactivity to purified lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania major: A model for analysis of the cellular immune response to microbial carbohydrates.},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33022},
  year      = {1991},
  abstract  = {The major macromolecule on the surface o/Leishmania majorpromastigotes is a lipophosphoglycan (LPG). This glycoconjugate plays a key role in determining infectivity and survival of para-sites in the mammalian host cell. In addition, L. major LPG is able to induce a host-protective immune response. In this article, we summarise the evidence for recognition of highly purified LPG by T cells and we discuss the potential mechanisms of T-cell Stimulation by this non-protein antigen.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchwarzRemerNahrendorfetal.2013,
  author    = {Schwarz, Tobias and Remer, Katharina A. and Nahrendorf, Wiebke and Masic, Anita and Siewe, Lisa and M{\"u}ller, Werner and Roers, Axel and Moll, Heidrun},
  title     = {T Cell-Derived IL-10 Determines Leishmaniasis Disease Outcome and Is Suppressed by a Dendritic Cell Based Vaccine},
  series = {PLoS Pathogens},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {PLoS Pathogens},
  number    = {6},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1003476},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130385},
  pages     = {e1003476},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Abstract In the murine model of Leishmania major infection, resistance or susceptibility to the parasite has been associated with the development of a Th1 or Th2 type of immune response. Recently, however, the immunosuppressive effects of IL-10 have been ascribed a crucial role in the development of the different clinical correlates of Leishmania infection in humans. Since T cells and professional APC are important cellular sources of IL-10, we compared leishmaniasis disease progression in T cell-specific, macrophage/neutrophil-specific and complete IL-10-deficient C57BL/6 as well as T cell-specific and complete IL-10-deficient BALB/c mice. As early as two weeks after infection of these mice with L. major, T cell-specific and complete IL-10-deficient animals showed significantly increased lesion development accompanied by a markedly elevated secretion of IFN-γ or IFN-γ and IL-4 in the lymph nodes draining the lesions of the C57BL/6 or BALB/c mutants, respectively. In contrast, macrophage/neutrophil-specific IL-10-deficient C57BL/6 mice did not show any altered phenotype. During the further course of disease, the T cell-specific as well as the complete IL-10-deficient BALB/c mice were able to control the infection. Furthermore, a dendritic cell-based vaccination against leishmaniasis efficiently suppresses the early secretion of IL-10, thus contributing to the control of parasite spread. Taken together, IL-10 secretion by T cells has an influence on immune activation early after infection and is sufficient to render BALB/c mice susceptible to an uncontrolled Leishmania major infection. Author Summary The clinical symptoms caused by infections with Leishmania parasites range from self-healing cutaneous to uncontrolled visceral disease and depend not only on the parasite species but also on the type of the host's immune response. It is estimated that 350 million people worldwide are at risk, with a global incidence of 1-1.5 million cases of cutaneous and 500,000 cases of visceral leishmaniasis. Murine leishmaniasis is the best-characterized model to elucidate the mechanisms underlying resistance or susceptibility to Leishmania major parasites in vivo. Using T cell-specific and macrophage-specific mutant mice, we demonstrate that abrogating the secretion of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 by T cells is sufficient to render otherwise susceptible mice resistant to an infection with the pathogen. The healing phenotype is accompanied by an elevated specific inflammatory immune response very early after infection. We further show that dendritic cell-based vaccination against leishmaniasis suppresses the early secretion of IL-10 following challenge infection. Thus, our study unravels a molecular mechanism critical for host immune defense, aiding in the development of an effective vaccine against leishmaniasis.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GillitzerMoll1993,
  author    = {Gillitzer, Reinhard and Moll, Heidrun},
  title     = {Simultaneous demonstration of two antigens with immunogold-silver staining and immunoenzymatic labeling},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33019},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {A novel technique for independent and simultaneous labeling of two antigens expressed on individual cells (referred to as mixed labeling) is presented. The staining procedure combined three-step (streptavidin-biotin) immunogold-silver staining with three-step immunoenzymatic labeling. To ensure both high specificity and high sensitivity, particular emphasis was placed on designing a protocol that avoids immunological crossreactivity between the antibody reagents and overlapping of the final color products. Two examples for usage of this mixed labeling technique are described: lymphocyte subpopulations were identified in inflammatory lesions of human skin and infected host cells were characterized in the skin of mice infected with the obligatory intracellular parasite Leishmania major, a cause of human cutaneous leishmaniasis.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollRoellinghoff1990,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin},
  title     = {Resistance to murine cutaneous leishmaniasis is mediated by T\(_H\)1 cells, but disease-promoting CD4\(^+\) cells are different from T\(_H\)2 cells},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61305},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollScollayMitchell1988,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and Scollay, R. and Mitchell, G. F.},
  title     = {Resistance to cutaneous leishmaniasis in nude mice injected with L3T4+ T cells but not with Ly-2+ T cells},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61269},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollEmmrichSimon1985,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and Emmrich, F. and Simon, Markus M.},
  title     = {Recombinant human interleukin 2 directly provides signals for the proliferation and functional maturation of murine B lymphocytes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34090},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {In this study the effect of recombinant human interleukin 2 (rec.hIL-2) on the proliferation and maturation of B lymphocytes was investigated. It was found that the presence of rec.hIL 2 results in proliferation of mitogen (LPS)-activated B cell blasts. In addition, it is shown that highly enriched murine B cells can be induced by rec.hIL-2 to proliferate and to develop into antibody-secreting cells (PFC) in the presence of antigen (SRBC). When tested for its effect on B cell preparations enriched for resting (small) or activated (blasted) B lymphocytes, it was found that rec.hIL 2 provides signals for both B cell populations to develop into PFC. In contrast, induction of proliferation by the same lymphokine source was only seen in blasted B cells. The data indicate that IL 2 is involved in the generation of B effector cells by directly acting on their precursors thereby providing differentiation as well as proliferation signals.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EmmrichMollSimon1985,
  author    = {Emmrich, F. and Moll, Heidrun and Simon, Markus M.},
  title     = {Recombinant human interleukin 2 acts as a B cell growth and differentiation promoting factor},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34132},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {Human B cells appropriately activated by a B cell mitogen are rendered susceptible to human Interleukin 2 (IL-2) as demonstrated with recombinant human IL-2 (rec. h IL-2). They show increased proliferation and drastically enhanced immunoglobulin secretion. Susceptibility to IL-2 is accompanied with the expression of the IL-2 receptor (Tac antigen) on B cells. The data suggest that IL-2 is one of the lymphokines directly involved in the activation of B lymphocytes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollBinoederBogdanetal.1990,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and Bin{\"o}der, Kerstin and Bogdan, Christian and Solbach, Werner and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin},
  title     = {Production of tumour necrosis factor during murine cutaneous leishmaniasis},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61291},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {We have assessed the role of tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF) during cutaneous leishmaniasis and demonstrated that significant levels of TNF were released by spleen cells from infected mice after in cirro restimulation with Leishmania major promastigotes. Spleen cells from both genetically resistant and genetically susceptible mice were equally capable of producing TNF. After challenge with bacterial endotoxin, TNF activity could also be demonstrated in the serum of L. mujor-infected mice and the titres correlated with the course of cutaneous disease in susceptible and resistant mice. TNF did not exert a direct leishmanicidal effect in uitro. Furthermore, our study indicated that macrophages are the source of L. major-induced TNF activity and that its elicitation is dependent on the presence of T cells. These findings suggest that TNF acts in concert with other cytokines produced during L. major infection and that its role depends on the composition of T cell subsets and cytokines present.},
  subject      = {Immunologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FirdessaGoodAmstaldenetal.2015,
  author    = {Firdessa, Rebuma and Good, Liam and Amstalden, Maria Cecilia and Chindera, Kantaraja and Kamaruzzaman, Nor Fadhilah and Schultheis, Martina and R{\"o}ger, Bianca and Hecht, Nina and Oelschlaeger, Tobias A. and Meinel, Lorenz and L{\"u}hmann, Tessa and Moll, Heidrun},
  title     = {Pathogen- and host-directed antileishmanial effects mediated by polyhexanide (PHMB)},
  series = {PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases},
  number    = {10},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0004041},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-148162},
  pages     = {e0004041},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. CL causes enormous suffering in many countries worldwide. There is no licensed vaccine against CL, and the chemotherapy options show limited efficacy and high toxicity. Localization of the parasites inside host cells is a barrier to most standard chemo- and immune-based interventions. Hence, novel drugs, which are safe, effective and readily accessible to third-world countries and/or drug delivery technologies for effective CL treatments are desperately needed. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we evaluated the antileishmanial properties and delivery potential of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB; polyhexanide), a widely used antimicrobial and wound antiseptic, in the Leishmania model. PHMB showed an inherent antileishmanial activity at submicromolar concentrations. Our data revealed that PHMB kills Leishmania major (L. major) via a dual mechanism involving disruption of membrane integrity and selective chromosome condensation and damage. PHMB's DNA binding and host cell entry properties were further exploited to improve the delivery and immunomodulatory activities of unmethylated cytosine-phosphate-guanine oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN). PHMB spontaneously bound CpG ODN, forming stable nanopolyplexes that enhanced uptake of CpG ODN, potentiated antimicrobial killing and reduced host cell toxicity of PHMB. Conclusions Given its low cost and long history of safe topical use, PHMB holds promise as a drug for CL therapy and delivery vehicle for nucleic acid immunomodulators.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SolbachBogdanMolletal.1989,
  author    = {Solbach, W. and Bogdan, C. and Moll, Heidrun and Lohoff, M. and R{\"o}llinghoff, M.},
  title     = {Parasit{\"a}re Evasionsmechanismen: Beispiel Leishmanien},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30920},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {Leishmanien besitzen eine Vielzahl von Mechanismen, die humorale und zellul{\"a}re Immunabwehr effektiv zu unterlaufen. Diese h{\"a}ngen eng mit der Expression von haupts{\"a}chlich zwei Glykokonjugaten auf der Parasitenoberfl{\"a}che zusammen, dem gp63 und dem Lipophosphoglykan. Die Parasiten sind einerseits schlechte Aktivatoren des alternativen Komplementweges und umgehen damit ihre eigene extrazellul{\"a}re Lyse. Oberfl{\"a}chengebundene Komplementfaktoren f{\"o}rdern andererseits die Aufnahme der Leishmanien durch Makrophagen. Solange diese nicht durch T-Zellen aktiviert sind, dienen sie den Parasiten als "Refugium". Dies gilt insbesondere, als Leishmanien in der Lage sind, 1. den "oxidative burst" zu hemmen; 2. toxische Sauerstoffmetaboliten zu entgiften; 3. abbauende lysosomale Enzyme zu hemmen und 4. das saure Milieu in den Lysosomen f{\"u}r ihren eigenen Metabolismus auszunutzen. Schließlich unterlaufen Leishmanien die zellul{\"a}re Immunabwehr des Wirts, indem sie die Aktivierung von T-Lymphozyten hemmen und die Expansion von T-Zell-Sub-populationen bewirken, die f{\"u}r ihr eigenes {\"U}berleben n{\"u}tzlich sind.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{BlankFuchsRappersbergeretal.1993,
  author    = {Blank, Christine and Fuchs, Harald and Rappersberger, Klemens and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin and Moll, Heidrun},
  title     = {Parasitism of epidermal Langerhans cells in experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis with Leishmania major},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-45850},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {Murine epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) have been demonstrated to stimulate a vigorous T cell response to Leishmania major, a cause of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. It was therefore of interest to analyze whether LC can take up viable parasites. Epidermal cells were obtained from mouse ear skin for incubation with L. major and subsequent detection of intracellular parasites by cytochemistry. Freshly isolated LC, but not cultured LC, phagocytosed L. major and the uptake was inhibited by antibodies to the complement receptor type 3. Electron microscopic studies revealed the presence of viable amastigotes within Le. Moreover, with double-Iabeling techniques, L. major-containing LC could also be detected in infected skin. The results demonstrate that LC can internalize L. major. Since the number of organisms per infected LC remained consistently low, the prime task of LC may not be the promotion of parasite spreading but the presentation of L. major antigen to T cells and, thus, the regulation of the cellular immunity during cutaneous leishmaniasis.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WillBlankRoellinghoffetal.1992,
  author    = {Will, Antje and Blank, Christine and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin and Moll, Heidrun},
  title     = {Murine epidermal Langerhans cells are potent stimulators of an antigen-specific T cell response to Leishmania major, the cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-45872},
  year      = {1992},
  abstract  = {Cutaneous leishmaniasis is initiated by the bite of an infected sandfly and inoculation of Leishmania major parasites into the mammalian skin. Macrophages are known to playa central role in the course of infection because they are the prime host cells and funetion as antigen-presenting eells (APC) for induetion of the eell-mediated immune response. However, in addition to maerophages in the dermis. the skin eontains epidermal Langerhans eells (LC) which ean present antigen (Ag) to T cells. Therefore, using a murine model of cutaneous leishmaniasis, we analyzed the ability of epidermal cells to induce a T eell response to L.major. The results demonstrated that freshly isolated LC, but not cuItured LC, are highly active in presenting L.major Ag in vitro to T cells from primed mice and to a L.major-specific T cell clone. Furthermore, freshly isolated LC had the ability to retain L.major Ag in immunogenic form for at least 2 days. Their efficiency was much greater than that of irradiated spleen cells, a standard population of APC. LC stimulated both T cell proliferation and production of the Iymphokines interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4. The response was Ag specific and could be induced by lysate of L. major parasites and by live organisms. The data suggest that epidermal LC are important APC in eutaneous leishmaniasis. They may perform a critical funetion by eapturing L.major Ag in the skin and presenting it either to quiescent T eells circulating through the draining lymph node or locally to T effector cells infiltrating the cutaneous lesion.},
  subject      = {Immunologie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{TiuDavernGarciaetal.1989,
  author    = {Tiu, W. U. and Davern, K. M. and Garcia, E. G. and Moll, Heidrun and Mitchell, Graham F.},
  title     = {Monoclonal antibodies reacting with Schistosoma japonicum eggs and their target epitopes},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30916},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {Ten monoclonal antibodies (McAbs) raised to Schistosoma japonicum eggs could be assigned using several serological and immunochemical techniques to 3 groups. The McAbs, termed A, B and C-McAbs, apparently recognize carbohydrate epitopes that can be located on the same antigen molecule. The antibodies, generally of IgM isotype, are idiotypically related. They are distinct from another IgM McAb (Group D-McAb) the carbohydrate target epitope of which can also be associated with the epitopes of A. B and C-McAbs. The McAbs produce large vacuolated bleb reactions in the circumoval precipitin test (COPT) and target epitopes have different representations in various life cycle stages such as immature and mature eggs, male and female worms (including S. mansoni). Antigens affinity purified on columns containing A, B, C and D-McAbs stimulate proliferation of T cells from egg-sensitized mice and elicit DTH reactions in such mice. This raises the possibility that the target antigens of these carbohydrate-reactive monoclonal antibodies are immunopathologic and involved in egg-induced granuloma formation.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SolbachMollRoellinghoff1991,
  author    = {Solbach, Werner and Moll, Heidrun and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin},
  title     = {Lymphocytes play the music but the macrophage calls the tune},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-45889},
  year      = {1991},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Immunologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollFuchsBlanketal.1993,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and Fuchs, Harald and Blank, Christine and R{\"o}llinghoff, Martin},
  title     = {Langerhans cells transport Leishmania major from the infected skin to the draining lymph node for presentation to antigen-specific T cells},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46023},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Immunologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollScollay1989,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and Scollay, Roland},
  title     = {L3T4+ T cells promoting susceptibility to murine cutaneous leishmaniasis express the surface marker Ly-24 (Pgp-1)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61275},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MollEichmannSimon1985,
  author    = {Moll, Heidrun and Eichmann, K. and Simon, M. M.},
  title     = {Immunoregulation by mouse T-cell clones. II. The same H-Y-specific T helper clone can provide help for the generation of cytotoxic lymphocytes and of antibody-secreting cells.},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30903},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {Mouse H-Y-specific and I-Ab restricted T-cell clones have been established and compared for their helper effects in the differentiation ofboth T and B Iymphocytes. The results demonstrate that three individual T -cell clones and one subclone could help in the antigen-driven induction of cytotoxic Iymphocytes (CTL) from their precursor cells (CTL-P), and were able to activate B cells to develop into antibody-secreting cells (PFC) in the presence of SRBC, provided the cloned T cells were restimulated by H-Y antigen on antigen-presenting cells. In addition, antigen or lectin could induce the same H -Y -specific T -cell clones to secrete factor(s) expressing helper activities similar to that ofthe cloned T cells. Furthermore, it is shown that the T cell-derived soluble mediator(s) was distinct from T-cell growth factor (TCGF) and from immune interferon (lFN-y). The data reveal a new type ofT cell with helper potential for the activation ofCTL-P and B Iymphocytes, and suggest the existence of distinct T helper cells which can provide help for both cytotoxic and antibody responses by virtue of different Iymphokine activities.},
  language  = {en}
}