Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Berger

Bonaiti, Elena, Muraro, Manuele G., Robert, Philippe A., Jakscha, Jens, Dirnhofer, Stefan, Martin, Ivan, & Berger, Christoph T. (2024). Tonsil explants as a human in vitro model to study vaccine responses [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Immunology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1425455

Brandt, O., Berger, C. T., Heijnen, I. A. F. M., Navarini, A. A., & Müller, S. M. (2024). Pemphigus foliaceus successfully treated with upadacitinib [Journal-article]. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20225

Borrego-Yaniz, Gonzalo, Ortiz-Fernández, Lourdes, Madrid-Paredes, Adela, Kerick, Martin, Hernández-Rodríguez, José, Mackie, Sarah L, Vaglio, Augusto, Castañeda, Santos, Solans, Roser, Mestre-Torres, Jaume, Khalidi, Nader, Langford, Carol A, Ytterberg, Steven, Beretta, Lorenzo, Govoni, Marcello, Emmi, Giacomo, Cimmino, Marco A, Witte, Torsten, Neumann, Thomas, et al. (2024). Risk loci involved in giant cell arteritis susceptibility: a genome-wide association study. The Lancet Rheumatology, 6(6), e374–e383. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00064-X

Hemmig AK, Aschwanden M, Berger CT, Kyburz D, Mensch N, Staub D, Stegert M, Imfeld S, & Daikeler T. (2024). Prior polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with sonographic vasculitic changes in newly diagnosed patients with giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 63(6), 1523–1527. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead450

Hemmig, Andrea K., Rottenburger, Christof, Baruti, Luan, Mensch, Noemi, Aschwanden, Markus, Kyburz, Diego, Pradella, Maurice, Staub, Daniel, Stegert, Mihaela, Berger, Christoph T., Imfeld, Stephan, Sommer, Gregor, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2024). Imaging to predict early relapses after treatment discontinuation in patients with large vessel giant cell arteritis – A cohort study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152425

Baldrich, Adrian, Althaus, Dominic, Menter, Thomas, Hirsiger, Julia R., Köppen, Julius, Hupfer, Robin, Juskevicius, Darius, Konantz, Martina, Bosch, Angela, Drexler, Beatrice, Gerull, Sabine, Ghosh, Adhideb, Meyer, Benedikt J., Jauch, Annaise, Pini, Katia, Poletti, Fabio, Berkemeier, Caroline M., Heijnen, Ingmar, Panne, Isabelle, et al. (2024). Post-transplant Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated with Donor-Derived TIM-3 Deficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-024-01667-z

Brandt, O., Berger, C. T., Heijnen, I. A. F. M., Navarini, A. A., & Müller, S. M. (2024). Pemphigus foliaceus successfully treated with upadacitinib [Journal-article]. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.20225

Hemmig, Andrea K., Rottenburger, Christof, Aschwanden, Markus, Berger, Christoph T., Kyburz, Diego, Pradella, Maurice, Staub, Daniel, Imfeld, Stephan, Sommer, Gregor, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2023). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings Corresponding to Vasculitis as Defined via [18F]FDG Positron Emission Tomography or Ultrasound. Diagnostics, 13(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13233559

Seitz, Luca, Gaitan, Daniel, Berkemeier, Caroline M., Berger, Christoph T., & Recher, Mike. (2023). Cluster analysis of flowcytometric immunophenotyping with extended T cell subsets in suspected immunodeficiency. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.1106

Meyer, Benedikt J, Kunz, Natalia, Seki, Sayuri, Higgins, Rebecca, Ghosh, Adhideb, Hupfer, Robin, Baldrich, Adrian, Hirsiger, Julia R, Jauch, Annaïse J, Burgener, Anne-Valerie, Lötscher, Jonas, Aschwanden, Markus, Dickenmann, Michael, Stegert, Mihaela, Berger, Christoph T, Daikeler, Thomas, Heijnen, Ingmar, Navarini, Alexander A, Rudin, Christoph, et al. (2023). Correction to: Immunologic and Genetic Contributors to CD46‑Dependent Immune Dysregulation (Journal of Clinical Immunology, (2023), 43, 8, (1840-1856), 10.1007/s10875-023-01547-y). Journal of Clinical Immunology, 43(8), 1857. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-023-01563-y

Meyer, Benedikt J, Kunz, Natalia, Seki, Sayuri, Higgins, Rebecca, Ghosh, Adhideb, Hupfer, Robin, Baldrich, Adrian, Hirsiger, Julia R, Jauch, Annaïse J, Burgener, Anne-Valérie, Lötscher, Jonas, Aschwanden, Markus, Dickenmann, Michael, Stegert, Mihaela, Berger, Christoph T, Daikeler, Thomas, Heijnen, Ingmar, Navarini, Alexander A, Rudin, Christoph, et al. (2023). Immunologic and Genetic Contributors to CD46-Dependent Immune Dysregulation. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 43(8), 1840–1856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-023-01547-y

Berger, C., Bonaiti, E., Muraro, M., Robert, P., Jakscha, J., Dirnhofer, S., & Martin, I. (2023, October 20). Tonsil explants as a human in vitro model to study immune responses to vaccines [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3426839/v1

Buergin, Natacha, Lopez-Ayala, Pedro, Hirsiger, Julia R., Mueller, Philip, Median, Daniela, Glarner, Noemi, Rumora, Klara, Herrmann, Timon, Koechlin, Luca, Haaf, Philip, Rentsch, Katharina, Battegay, Manuel, Banderet, Florian, Berger, Christoph T., & Mueller, Christian. (2023). Sex-specific differences in myocardial injury incidence after COVID-19 mRNA-1273 booster vaccination. European Journal of Heart Failure, 25(10), 1871–1881. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2978

Donners, Ricardo, Gehweiler, Julian, Kovacs, Balazs, Breit, Hanns-Christian, Daikeler, Thomas, Harder, Dorothee, & Berger, Christoph T. (2023). Chronic stage magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). Skeletal Radiology, 52(9), 1695–1701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-023-04334-3

Baldrich, A., Althaus, D., Menter, T., Hirsiger, J., Köppen, J., Hupfer, R., Bosch, A., Drexler, B., Gerull, S., Ghosh, A., Meyer, B., Jauch, A., Berkemeier, C., Heijnen, I., Cavelti-Weder, C., Niess, J. H., Dixon, K., Hess, C., Halter, J., et al. (2023). Post-transplant inflammatory bowel disease associated with donor-derived TIM-3 deficiency [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3282819/v1

Mensch, Noemi, Hemmig, Andrea Katharina, Aschwanden, Markus, Imfeld, Stephan, Stegert, Mihaela, Recher, Mike, Staub, Daniel, Kyburz, Diego, Berger, Christoph T, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2023). Rapid glucocorticoid tapering regimen in patients with giant cell arteritis: a single centre cohort study. RMD Open, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003301

Hemmig, Andrea K., Aschwanden, Markus, Imfeld, Stephan, Berger, Christoph T., & Daikeler, Thomas. (2023). A diagnostic performance study of the 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria for giant cell arteritis in a cohort of patients presenting with suspected giant cell arteritis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 75(6), 1075–1077. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42440

Lopez-Morales, Joanan, Vanella, Rosario, Utzinger, Tamara, Schittny, Valentin, Hirsiger, Julia, Osthoff, Michael, Berger, Christoph T., Guri, Yakir, & Nash, Michael A. (2023). Multiplexed on-yeast serological assay for immune escape screening of SARS-CoV-2 variants. iScience, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106648

Iudici, Michele, Hemmig, Andrea Katharina, Stegert, Mihaela, Courvoisier, Delphine Sophie, Adler, Sabine, Becker, Mike Oliver, Berger, Christoph T., Dan, Diana, Finckh, Axel, Mahr, Alfred, Neumann, Thomas, Reichenbach, Stephan, Ribi, Camillo, Seitz, Luca, Villiger, Peter, Wildi, Lukas, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2023). Management of giant-cell arteritis in Switzerland: an online national survey. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(4). https://doi.org/10.57187/SMW.2023.40051

Lopez-Morales, J., Vanella, R., Utzinger, T., Schittny, V., Hirsiger, J., Osthoff, M., Berger, C., Guri, Y., & Nash, M. A. (2023, February 18). Rapidly Adaptable Multiplexed Yeast Surface Display Serological Assay for Immune Escape Screening of SARS-CoV-2 Variants [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.17.23286074

Hirsiger, Julia R., Tzankov, Alexandar, Alborelli, Ilaria, Recher, Mike, Daikeler, Thomas, Parmentier, Stefani, & Berger, Christoph T. (2023). Case Report: mRNA vaccination-mediated STAT3 overactivation with agranulocytosis and clonal T-LGL expansion. Frontiers in Immunology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1087502

Hemmig, Andrea Katharina, Aschwanden, Markus, Seiler, Sabine, Berger, Christoph T., Köhn, Philipp, Kyburz, Diego, Mensch, Noemi, Staub, Daniel, Stegert, Mihaela, Imfeld, Stephan, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2023). Long delay from symptom onset to first consultation contributes to permanent vision loss in patients with giant cell arteritis: a cohort study. RMD Open, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002866

Jauch, Annaïse J., Bignucolo, Olivier, Seki, Sayuri, Ghraichy, Marie, Delmonte, Ottavia M., von Niederhäusern, Valentin, Higgins, Rebecca, Ghosh, Adhideb, Nishizawa, Masako, Tanaka, Mariko, Baldrich, Adrian, Köppen, Julius, Hirsiger, Julia R., Hupfer, Robin, Ehl, Stephan, Rensing-Ehl, Anne, Hopfer, Helmut, Prince, Spasenija Savic, Daley, Stephen R., et al. (2023). Autoimmunity and immunodeficiency associated with monoallelic LIG4 mutations via haploinsufficiency. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 152, 500–516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2023.03.022

Menter, Thomas, Zinner, Carl P., Berger, Christoph T., Went, Philip, & Tzankov, Alexandar. (2023). Case Report: Gene expression profiling of COVID-19 vaccination-related lymphadenopathies reveals evidence of a dominantly extrafollicular immune response. Frontiers in Immunology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1285168

Valore, Luca, Junker, Till, Heilmann, Eva, Zuern, Christine S., Streif, Matthias, Drexler, Beatrice, Arranto, Christian, Halter, Jörg P., & Berger, Christoph T. (2023). Case report: mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine-associated myopericarditis: Successful treatment and re-exposure with colchicine. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10, 1135848. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1135848

Roth MS, Chantraine S, Morales Mateluna CA, Hartmann K., & Berger CT. (2022). Safe administration of subsequent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses following a possible allergic reaction to the first dose. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 36(11), e880–e883. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.18387

Raptis CE, Berger CT, Ciurea A, Andrey DO, Polysopoulos C, Lescuyer P, Maletic T, Riek M, Scherer A, von Loga I, Safford J, Lauper K, Möller B, Vuilleumier N, Finckh A, & Rubbert-Roth A. (2022). Type of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and immunomodulatory treatment influence humoral immunogenicity in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, 1016927. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1016927

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. (2022). Passive immunization against COVID-19 by anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG in commercially available immunoglobulin preparations in severe antibody deficiency. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 10(9), 2452–2455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2022.06.020

Hemmig AK, Gozzoli D, Werlen L, Ewald H, Aschwanden M, Blockmans D, Brouwer E, Buchanan RRC, Camellino D, Campochiaro C, Cimmino MA, Corominas H, Gloy V, Henckaerts L, Kyburz D, Moya-Alvarado P, Owen CE, Stegert M, Tomelleri A, et al. (2022). Subclinical giant cell arteritis in new onset polymyalgia rheumatica A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 55, 152017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152017

Hirsiger JR, Martinez M, Tsakiris DA, Cittone MG, Graf L, Oldenburg J, Pezeshkpoor B, Recher M, Mueller J, Gerber B, & Berger CT. (2022). Investigating potential mechanisms underlying FVIII inhibition in acquired hemophilia A associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Patent No. 4). 20(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15665

Imfeld S, Imfeld S, Scherrer D, Mensch N, Aschwanden M, Staub D, Berger CT, Daikeler T, & Rottenburger C. (2022). A Simplified PET/CT Measurement Routine with Excellent Diagnostic Accuracy for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis. Diagnostics, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030728

Bongers LD, Navarini A, Berger CT, & Mueller SM. (2021). Complications and cost estimations in herpes zoster – a retrospective analysis at a Swiss tertiary dermatology clinic. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(51-52), w30081. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30081

Battegay R, Istampoulouoglou I, Holbro A, Buser A, Hirsiger JR, Eckstein J, Berger CT, Koechlin S, & Leuppi-Taegtmeyer AB. (2021). Immune thrombocytopenia associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccine tozinameran – a clinical case and global pharmacovigilance data. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(49-50), w30084. https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2021.W30084

Guedel DS, Peters IJ, Banderet F, Epple V, Egli S, Mehling M, Mayr M, Leeb A, & Berger CT. (2021). Smartphone-based active vaccine safety surveillance (SmartVax) at a Swiss adult vaccination clinic – a pilot study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(49-50), w30090. https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2021.W30090

Hirsiger, Julia R., Tamborrini, Giorgio, Harder, Dorothee, Bantug, Glenn R., Hoenger, Gideon, Recher, Mike, Marx, Christian, Li, Quan-Zhen, Martin, Ivan, Hess, Christoph, Scherberich, Arnaud, Daikeler, Thomas, & Berger, Christoph T. (2021). Chronic inflammation and extracellular matrix-specific autoimmunity following inadvertent periarticular influenza vaccination. Journal of Autoimmunity, 124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102714

Haaf P, Kuster GM, Mueller C, Berger CT, Monney P, Burger P, Stämpfli SF, Attenhofer Jost CH, Zellweger MJ, Osswald S, Donner BC, Koestner SC, & Tanner FC. (2021). The very low risk of myocarditis and pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination should not discourage vaccination. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(41-42), w30087. https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2021.W30087

Cittone MG, Battegay R, Condoluci A, Terzi di Bergamo L, Fernandes E, Galfetti E, Noseda R, Leuppi-Taegtmeyer A, Drexler B, Ceschi A, Tsakiris DA, Berger CT, Favre G, Martin T, Korte W, Graf L, Martinez M, & Gerber B. (2021). The statistical risk of diagnosing coincidental acquired hemophilia A following anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (Patent No. 9). 19(9), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15421

Rottenburger, Christof, Mensch, Noemi, Imfeld, Stephan, Aschwanden, Markus, Glatz, Katharina, Staub, Daniel, Berger, Christoph T., & Daikeler, Thomas. (2021). 18F-FDG PET/CT compared with ultrasound and biopsy for detection of vasculitis of the temporal artery branches. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(23-24). https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20512

Sazgary L, Meienberg A, Berger CT, & Mayr M. (2021). The meaning of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a patient with a systemic reaction to the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after previous natural immunization. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8(6), 2617. https://doi.org/10.12890/2021_002617

Baenziger-Sieber P, Daikeler T, Negoias S, & Berger CT. (2021). Throat swelling following tocilizumab infusion - Not always angioedema. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 5(3), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkab072

Güdel DS, & Berger CT. (2021). [Update and practical advice for travel vaccinations and consultations in primary care]. Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique, 78(2), 83–92. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a001242

Hirsiger, J. R., Heijnen, I. A. F. M., Hartmann, K., & Berger, C. T. (2021). Anaphylaxis to goat’s and sheep’s milk in an adult tolerant to cow milk: A sensitization profile study. Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology, 32(2), 154–156. https://doi.org/10.18176/jiaci.0721

Légeret C, Meyer B.J., Rovina A., Deigendesch N, Berger CT, Daikeler T, Heijnen I, Burstein E, Köhler H, & Recher M. (2021). JAK Inhibition in a Patient with X-Linked Reticulate Pigmentary Disorder (Patent No. 1). 41(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-020-00867-7

Meier MA, & Berger CT. (2020). A simple clinical score to identify likely hepatitis B vaccination non-responders – data from a retrospective single center study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(1), 891. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05634-y

Berger CT, & Daikeler T. (2020). Longitudinal versus cross-sectional IL-6 measurements in tocilizumab-treated GCA. Response to: € Analysis of IL-6 measurement in GCA patients treated with tocilizumab should consider concomitant treatment with prednisone’ by Samson and Bonnotte. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(8), e103. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215729

Sarcevic J, Cavelti-Weder C, Berger CT, & Trendelenburg M. (2020). Case Report—Secondary Antibody Deficiency Due to Endogenous Hypercortisolism [Frontiers Media S.A.]. 11, 1435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01435

Imfeld S, Aschwanden M, Rottenburger C, Schegk E, Berger CT, Staub D, & Daikeler T. (2020). FDG positron emission tomography and ultrasound in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: Congruent or complementary imaging methods? Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 59(4), 772–778. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez362

Deigendesch, Nikolaus, Hirsiger, Julia R., Bigler, Marc B., Ghosh, Adhideb, Harder, Dorothee, Jauch, Annaïse, Espinosa, Joaquin M., Recher, Mike, Navarini, Alexander, Daikeler, Thomas, & Berger, Christoph T. (2020). Tumoural soft tissue calcification in Down syndrome: association with heterozygous germline SAMD9 mutation and hyperactive type I interferon signaling. Rheumatology, 59(11), e102–e104. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa301

Fuchs, Philipp S., Lötscher, Jonas, Berkemeier, Caroline M., Hirsiger, Julia R., Ghosh, Adhideb, Li, Quan-Zhen, Deigendesch, Nikolaus, Christ, Emanuel, Navarini, Alexander A., Recher, Mike, Daikeler, Thomas, Heijnen, Ingmar A. F. M., & Berger, Christoph T. (2020). 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. Frontiers in Immunology, 11(11), 613130. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.613130

Sarcevic, Jelena, Cavelti-Weder, Claudia, Berger, T. Christoph, & Trendelenburg, Marten. (2020). Secondary Antibody Deficiency Due to Endogenous Hypercortisolism. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01435

Bühler T, Boos N, Leuppi-Taegtmeyer AB, & Berger CT. (2019). Febrile illness and bicytopenia within hours after tick-borne encephalitis booster vaccination (Patent No. 1). 4(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-019-0152-2

Ankli B, Berger CT, Haeni N, Kyburz D, Hügle T, So AK, & Daikeler T. (2019). The target uric acid level in multimorbid patients with gout is difficult to achieve: Data from a longitudinal Swiss single-centre cohort. Swiss Medical Weekly, 149(35-36), w20121. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20121

Berger CT, Rebholz-Chaves B, Recher M, Manigold T, & Daikeler T. (2019). Serial IL-6 measurements in patients with tocilizumab-treated large-vessel vasculitis detect infections and may predict early relapses (Patent No. 7). 78(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214704

Aschwanden M, Schegk E, Imfeld S, Staub D, Rottenburger C, Berger CT, & Daikeler T. (2019). Vessel wall plasticity in large vessel giant cell arteritis: An ultrasound follow-up study. Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 58(5), 792–797. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key383

Hirsiger, Julia R., Fuchs, Philipp S., Häusermann, Peter, Müller-Durovic, Bojana, Daikeler, Thomas, Recher, Mike, Hirsch, Hans H., Terracciano, Luigi, & Berger, Christoph T. (2019). Syphilis Reactivates Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Reservoir via Toll-Like Receptor 2 and B-Cell Receptor Activation. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz317

Berger CT, Sommer G, Aschwanden M, Staub D, Rottenburger C, & Daikeler T. (2018). The clinical benefit of imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis. Swiss medical weekly, 148, w14661. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14661

Fuchs, P. S., Bigler, M. B., Küng, C., Manigold, T., Aschwanden, M., Staub, D., Kyburz, D., Greiff, V., Daikeler, T., & Berger, C. T. (2018, June 1). AB0653 Prediction of relapses in autoimmune large-vessel vasculitis – towards personalised immunosuppressive treatment stewardship [Proceedings-article]. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-eular.5474

Schegk, E., Berger, C. T., Imfeld, S., Staub, D., Recher, M., Kyburz, D., Aschwanden, M., & Daikeler, T. (2018, June 1). FRI0517 Vessel wall morphology in giant cell arteritis– a longterm sonographic follow-up study [Proceedings-article]. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-eular.5478

Ankli B, Kyburz D, Hirschmann A, Hügle T, Manigold T, Berger CT, & Daikeler T. (2018). Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a frequent finding in patients with long-standing erosive gout. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 47(2), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2017.1332239

Bigler MB, Hirsiger JR, Recher M, Mehling M, Daikeler T, & Berger CT. (2018). Varicella zoster virus-specific T cell responses in untreated giant cell arteritis: comment on the article by England et al. (Patent No. 2). 70(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40363

Berger, Christoph T., Recher, Mike, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2018). Interleukin-6 flags infection in tocilizumab-treated giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 57(1), 196–197. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex336

Bigler, Marc B., Hirsiger, Julia R., Recher, Mike, Mehling, Matthias, Daikeler, Thomas, & Berger, Christoph T. (2018). Varicella Zoster Virus specific T cell responses in untreated Giant Cell Arteritis: comment on the article by England et al. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 70(2), 318–320. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40363

Frick C, Dettinger P, Renkawitz J, Jauch A, Berger CT, Recher M, Schroeder T, & Mehling M. (2018). Nano-scale microfluidics to study 3D chemotaxis at the single cell level. PloS one, 13(6), e0198330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198330

Miho E, Yermanos A, Weber CR, Berger CT, Reddy ST, & Greiff V. (2018). Computational Strategies for Dissecting the High-Dimensional Complexity of Adaptive Immune Repertoires. Frontiers in immunology, 9, 224. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00224

Recher, Mike, Hirsiger, Julia R., Bigler, Marc B., Iff, Martin, Lemaître, Barbara, Scherer, Kathrin, Häusermann, Peter, Siegrist, Claire-Anne, & Berger, Christoph T. (2018). Immune system correlates of extensive limb swelling in response to conjugated pneumococcal vaccination. Npj Vaccines, 3, 17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-018-0059-3

Yu WH, Cosgrove C, Berger CT, Cheney PC, Krykbaeva M, Kim AY, Lewis-Ximenez L, Lauer GM, & Alter G. (2018). ADCC-Mediated CD56(DIM) NK Cell Responses Are Associated with Early HBsAg Clearance in Acute HBV Infection. Pathogens & Immunity, 3(1), 2–18. https://doi.org/10.20411/pai.v3i1.228

Bischof, Antje, Manigold, Tobias, Barro, Christian, Heijnen, Ingmar, Berger, Christoph T., Derfuss, Tobias, Kuhle, Jens, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2017). Serum neurofilament light chain: a biomarker of neuronal injury in vasculitic neuropathy. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(7), 1093–1094. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212045

Budweg, Joris, Sprenger, Till, De Vere-Tyndall, Anthony, Hagenkord, Anne, Stippich, Christoph, & Berger, Christoph T. (2017). Factors associated with significant MRI findings in medical walk-in patients with acute headache. Swiss Medical Weekly, 146, w14349.

Carmona, F. David, Vaglio, Augusto, Mackie, Sarah L., Hernández-Rodríguez, José, Monach, Paul A., Castañeda, Santos, Solans, Roser, Morado, Inmaculada C., Narváez, Javier, Ramentol-Sintas, Marc, Pease, Colin T., Dasgupta, Bhaskar, Watts, Richard, Khalidi, Nader, Langford, Carol A., Ytterberg, Steven, Boiardi, Luigi, Beretta, Lorenzo, Govoni, Marcello, et al. (2017). A Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Risk Alleles in Plasminogen and P4HA2 Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis. American Journal of Human Genetics, 100(1), 64–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.11.013

Elkuch, M., Greiff, Vicor, Berger, Christoph T., Bouchenaki, M., Daikeler, T., Bircher, Andreas J., Navarini, Alexander A., Heijnen, Ingmar A. F. M., & Recher, Mike. (2017). Low immunoglobulin E flags two distinct types of immune dysregulation. Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 187(3), 345–352. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.12885

Imfeld, Stefan, Rottenburger, Christoph, Schegk, Elke, Aschwanden, Markus, Juengling, Freimut, Staub, Daniel, Recher, Mike, Kyburz, Diego, Berger, Christoph T., & Daikeler, Thomas. (2017). [18F]FDG positron emission tomography in patients presenting with suspicion of giant cell arteritis-lessons from a vasculitis clinic. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 19(8), 933–940. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jex259

Kistner, Anne, Bigler, Marc B., Glatz, Katharina, Egli, Simon B., Baldin, Fabian S., Marquardsen, Florian A., Mehling, Matthias, Rentsch, Katharina M., Staub, Daniel, Aschwanden, Markus, Recher, Mike, Daikeler, Thomas, & Berger, Christoph T. (2017). Characteristics of autoantibodies targeting 14-3-3 proteins and their association with clinical features in newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology, 56(5), 829–834. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew469

Marquardsen, Florian A., Baldin, Fabian, Wunderer, Florian, Al-Herz, Waleed, Mikhael, Raymond, Lefranc, Gérard, Baz, Zeina, Rezaee, Fariba, Hanna, Rabi, Kfir-Erenfeld, Shlomit, Stepensky, Polina, Meyer, Benedikt, Jauch, Annaise, Bigler, Marc B., Burgener, Anne-Valérie, Higgins, Rebecca, Navarini, Alexander A., Church, Joeseph A., Chou, Janet, et al. (2017). Detection of Sp110 by Flow Cytometry and Application to Screening Patients for Veno-occlusive Disease with Immunodeficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 37(7), 707–714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-017-0431-5

Navarini, Alexander A., Hruz, Petr, Berger, Christoph T., Hou, Tie Zheng, Schwab, Charlotte, Gabrysch, Annemarie, Higgins, Rebecca, Frede, Natalie, Padberg Sgier, Barbara-Christina, Kämpe, Olle, Burgener, Anne-Valérie, Marquardsen, Florian, Baldin, Fabian, Bigler, Marc, Kistner, Anne, Jauch, Annaise, Bignucolo, Olivier, Meyer, Benedikt, Meienberg, Fabian, et al. (2017). Vedolizumab as a successful treatment of CTLA-4-associated autoimmune enterocolitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 139(3), 1043–1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2016.08.042

Nordmann, Thierry M., Juengling, Freimut D., Recher, Mike, Berger, Christoph T., Kalbermatten, Daniel, Wicki, Andreas, Paasinen-Sohns, Aino, Cathomas, Gieri, Tzankov, Alexandar, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2017). Trametinib after disease reactivation under dabrafenib in Erdheim-Chester disease with both BRAF and KRAS mutations. Blood, 129(7), 879–882. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2016-09-740217

Berger, Christoph T., & Hess, Christoph. (2016). Neglected for too long? - CD8+ Tregs release NOX2-loaded vesicles to inhibit CD4+ T cells. The Journal for Clinical Investigation, 126(5), 1646–1648. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci87429

Budweg, Joris, Sprenger, Till, De Vere-Tyndall, Anthony, Hagenkord, Anne, Stippich, Christoph, & Berger, Christoph T. (2016). Factors associated with significant MRI findings in medical walk-in patients with acute headache. Swiss Medical Weekly, 146, w14349. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2016.14349

Recher, Mike, Berger, Christoph T., Daikeler, Thomas, Hess, Christoph, & Heijnen, Ingmar A. F. M. (2016). A ‘Too Negative’ ANA Test Predicts Antibody Deficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 36(4), 374–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-016-0262-9

Sips, Magdalena, Liu, Qingquan, Draghi, Monia, Ghebremichael, Musie, Berger, Christoph T., Suscovich, Todd J., Sun, Yongtao, Walker, Bruce D., Carrington, Mary, Altfeld, Marcus, Brouckaert, Peter, De Jager, Philip L., & Alter, Galit. (2016). HLA-C levels impact natural killer cell subset distribution and function. Human Immunology, 77(12), 1147–1153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humimm.2016.08.004

Aschwanden M, Imfeld S, Staub D, Baldi T, Walker UA, Berger CT, Hess C, & Daikeler T. (2015). The ultrasound compression sign to diagnose temporal giant cell arteritis shows an excellent interobserver agreement. Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 33(2), S–113.

Berger CT, Greiff V, John S, Koenig KF, Bigler MB, Recher M, Hess C, & Daikeler T. (2015). Risk factors for pneumocystis pneumonia in giant cell arteritis: a single-centre cohort study. Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 33(2), S–122.

Aschwanden, M., Imfeld, S., Staub, D., Baldi, T., Walker, U. A., Berger, C. T., Hess, C., & Daikeler, T. (2015). The ultrasound compression sign to diagnose temporal giant cell arteritis shows an excellent interobserver agreement. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 33(2), S113–S115. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26016760

Berger, C., Greiff, V., John, S., Koenig, K., Bigler, M., Recher, M., Hess, C., & Daikeler, T. (2015). Risk factors for pneumocystis pneumonia in giant cell arteritis: a single-centre cohort study. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 33(2 Suppl 89), S–122.

Berger, Christoph T., Greiff, Victor, Mehling, Matthias, Fritz, Stefanie, Meier, Marc A., Hoenger, Gideon, Conen, Anna, Recher, Mike, Battegay, Manuel, Reddy, Sai T., & Hess, Christoph. (2015). Influenza vaccine response profiles are affected by vaccine preparation and preexisting immunity, but not HIV infection. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11(2), 391–396. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2015.1008930

Berger, Christoph T., Llano, Anuska, Carlson, Jonathan M., Brumme, Zabrina L., Brockman, Mark A., Cedeño, Samandhy, Harrigan, P. Richard, Kaufmann, Daniel E., Heckerman, David, Meyerhans, Andreas, & Brander, Christian. (2015). Immune Screening Identifies Novel T Cell Targets Encoded by Antisense Reading Frames of HIV-1. Journal of Virology, 89(7), 4015–4019. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.03435-14

Berger, C. T., Baldi, T., Aschwanden, M., Aschwanden, M., Scherer, K., Recher, M., Hess, C., & Daikeler, T. (2015). Diagnosis at your fingertips: splinters and microemboli - is it SLE? Lupus, 24(3), 341–342. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961203314558862

Bigler, Marc B., Egli, Simon B., Hysek, Cédric M., Hoenger, Gideon, Schmied, Laurent, Baldin, Fabian S., Marquardsen, Florian A., Recher, Mike, Liechti, Matthias E., Hess, Christoph, & Berger, Christoph T. (2015). Stress-induced in vivo recruitment of human cytotoxic natural killer cells favors subsets with distinct receptor profiles and associates with increased epinephrine levels. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0145635. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145635

Balmer ML, & Berger CT. (2014). [Better vaccinations - new approaches for targeted immunomodulation in healthy and immunosuppressed]. Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 71(1), 5–15. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000476

Cosgrove, Cormac, Berger, Christoph T., Kroy, Daniela C., Cheney, Patrick C., Ghebremichael, Musie, Aneja, Jasneet, Tomlinson, Michelle, Kim, Arthur Y., Lauer, Georg M., & Alter, Galit. (2014). Chronic HCV infection affects the NK cell phenotype in the blood more than in the liver. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e105950. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105950

Haering, Moritz, Holbro, Andreas, Todorova, Margarita G., Aschwanden, Markus, Kesten, Friederike, Berger, Christoph T., Tyndall, Alan, Benz, Daniela, Hess, Christoph, & Daikeler, Thomas. (2014). Incidence and prognostic implications of diplopia in patients with giant cell arteritis. The Journal of Rheumatology, 41(7), 1562–1564. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.130983

Kroy DC, Ciuffreda D, Cooperrider JH, Tomlinson M, Hauck GD, Aneja J, Berger C, Wolski D, Carrington M, Wherry EJ, Chung RT, Tanabe KK, Elias N, Freeman GJ, de Kruyff RH, Misdraji J, Kim AY, & Lauer GM. (2014). Liver environment and HCV replication affect human T-cell phenotype and expression of inhibitory receptors. Gastroenterology, 146(2), 550–561. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2013.10.022

Recher, Mike, Karjalainen-Lindsberg, Marja-Liisa, Lindlof, Mikael, Soderlund-Venermo, Maria, Lanzi, Gaetana, Väisänen, Elina, Kumar, Arun, Sadeghi, Mohammadreza, Berger, Christoph T., Alitalo, Tiina, Anttila, Pekka, Kolehmainen, Maija, Franssila, Rauli, Chen, Tingting, Siitonen, Sana, Delmonte, Ottavia M., Walter, Jolan E., Pessach, Itai, Hess, Christoph, et al. (2014). Genetic variation in schlafen genes in a patient with a recapitulation of the murine Elektra phenotype. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 133(5), 1462–1465, 1465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.052

Thoens C, Berger C, Trippler M, Siemann H, Lutterbeck M, Broering R, Schlaak J, Heinemann FM, Heinold A, Nattermann J, Scherbaum N, Alter G, & Timm J. (2014). KIR2DL3+NKG2A- natural killer cells are associated with protection from productive hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs. Journal of Hepatology, 61(3), 475–481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2014.04.020

Kroy, D., Ciuffreda, D., Cooperrider, J., Tomlinson, M., Hauck, G., Aneja, J., Berger, C., Tanabe, K., Elias, N., Freeman, G., De Kruyff, R., Misdraji, J., Kim, A., & Lauer, G. (2013). Inhibitory receptor expression and phenotype of virus-specific T cells are linked to tissue localization and HCV control [Journal-article]. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie, 51(01). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1332147

Manuel, O, Kralidis, G, Müller, N J, Hirsch, H H, Garzoni, C, van Delden, C, Berger, C, Boggian, K, Cusini, A, Koller, M T, Weisser, M, Pascual, M, Meylan, P R, & Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. (2013). Impact of antiviral preventive strategies on the incidence and outcomes of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 13(9), 2402–2410. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.12388

Xia Z, Liu Q, Berger CT, Keenan BT, Kaliszewska A, Cheney PC, Srivastava GP, Castillo IW, De Jager PL, & Alter G. (2012). A 17q12 allele is associated with altered NK cell subsets and function. Journal of Immunology, 188(7), 3315–3322. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1102775

Mothe B, Llano A, Ibarrondo J, Zamarreño J, Schiaulini M, Miranda C, Ruiz-Riol M, Berger CT, Herrero MJ, Palou E, Plana M, Rolland M, Khatri A, Heckerman D, Pereyra F, Walker BD, Weiner D, Paredes R, Clotet B, et al. (2012). Ctl responses of high functional avidity and broad variant cross-reactivity are associated with hiv control. PLoS ONE, 7(1), e29717. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029717

Berger, Christoph, Boggian, Katia, Cusini, Alexia, van Delden, Christian, Garzoni, Christian, Hirsch, Hans H, Khanna, Nina, Koller, Michael, Manuel, Oriol, Meylan, Pascal, Nadal, David, Weisser, Maja, Müller, Nicolas J, & Transplant Infectious Diseases Working Group, Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. (2012). Relevance of cohort studies for the study of transplant infectious diseases. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 17(6), 581–585. https://doi.org/10.1097/mot.0b013e328359263a

Berger CT, & Kim AY. (2012). IL28B Polymorphisms as a Pretreatment Predictor of Response to HCV Treatment. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 26(4), 863–877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2012.08.010

Sips, M., Sciaranghella, G., Diefenbach, T., Dugast, A.-S., Berger, C. T., Liu, Q., Kwon, D., Ghebremichael, M., Estes, J. D., Carrington, M., Martin, J. N., Deeks, S. G., Hunt, P. W., & Alter, G. (2012). Altered distribution of mucosal NK cells during HIV infection. Mucosal Immunology, 5(1), 30–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/mi.2011.40