Krstanovic F, Mihalic A, Rashidi AS, Sitnik KM, Ruzsics Z, Cicin-Sain L, Verjans G, Jonjic S, Brizic I (2025) Neuron-restricted cytomegalovirus latency in the central nervous system regulated by CD4+ T-cells and IFN-γ. Journal of Neuroinflammation 22(1):95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-025-03422-6
Fortelny N, Farlik M, Fife V, Gorki A-D, Lassnig C, Maurer B, Meissl K, Dolezal M, Boccuni L, Geetha ARSJ, Akagha MJ, Karjalainen A, Shoebridge S, Farhat A, Mann U, Jain R, Tikoo S, Zila N, Esser-Skala W, Krausgruber T, Sitnik K, Penz T, Hladik A, Suske T, Zahalka S, Senekowitsch M, Barreca D, Halbritter F, Macho-Maschler S, Weninger W, Neubauer HA, Moriggl R, Knapp S, Sexl V, Strobl B, Decker T, Müller M, Bock C. (2024) JAK-STAT signaling maintains homeostasis in T cells and macrophages. Nature Immunology 25, 847–859. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01804-1
Sitnik KM, Krstanovic F, Goedecke N, Rand U, Kubsch T, Maass H, Kim Y, Brizic I, Cicin-Sain L (2023) Fibroblasts are a site of mouse cytomegalovirus in vivo lytic replication and Stat1-dependent latent persistence. Nature Communications 14:3087. https://rdcu.be/ddfvZ
Pærregaard SI, Schussek S, Wulff L, Niss K, Mörbe U, Jendholm J, Wendland K, Andrusaite AT, Brulois KF, Nibbs RJB, Sitnik KM, Mowat A, Butcher EC, Brunak S, Agace WW (2023) The small and large intestine contain transcriptionally related mesenchymal stromal cell subsets that derive from embryonic Gli1+ precursors. Nature Communications 14(1):2307. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37952-5
Pezoldt J, Wiechers C, Zou M, Litovchenko M, Biocanin M, Beckstette M, Sitnik KM, Martina Palatella M, van Mierlo G, Chen W, Gardeux V, Floess S, Ebel M, Russeil J, Arampatzi P, Vafardanejad E, Saliba AE, Deplancke B, Huehn J (2022) Postnatal lymph node expansion of stromal progenitors towards reticular and CD34+ stromal cell subsets is determined by distinct transcriptional programs. Nature Communications 13(1):7227. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34868-4
Pezoldt J, Wiechers C, Erhard F, Rand U, Bulat T, Beckstette M, Brendolan A, Huehn J, Kalinke U, Mueller M, Strobl B, Deplancke B, Cicin-Sain L, Sitnik KM (2021) Single-cell transcriptional profiling of splenic fibroblasts reveals subset-specific innate immune signatures in homeostasis and during viral infection. Communications Biology 4(1):1355. https://rdcu.be/dbU8b
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition). Cossarizza A,…(Sitnik KM)… et al. (2021) European Journal of Immunology 51(12):2708-3145. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202170126
Chaudhry MZ, Casalegno-Garduno R, Sitnik KM, Kasmapour B, Pulm AK, Brizic I, Eiz-Vesper B, Moosmann A, Jonjic S, Mocarski ES, Cicin-Sain L. (2020) Cytomegalovirus inhibition of extrinsic apoptosis determines fitness and resistance to cytotoxic CD8 T cells. PNAS 117(23):12961-12968. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914667117
Contreras NA, Sitnik KM, Jeftic I, Coplen CP, Čičin-Šain L, Nikolich-Žugich J. (2019) Life-long control of cytomegalovirus (CMV) by T resident memory cells in the adipose tissue results in inflammation and hyperglycemia. PLoS Pathogens 15(6):e1007890. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007890
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition). Cossarizza A,…(Sitnik KM)… et al. (2019) European Journal of Immunology 49(10):1457-1973. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201970107
Wendland K, Niss K, Kotarsky K, Wu NYH, White AJ, Jendholm J, Rivollier A, Izarzugaza JMG, Brunak S, Holländer GA, Anderson G, Sitnik KM, Agace WW. (2018) Retinoic Acid Signaling in Thymic Epithelial Cells Regulates Thymopoiesis. Journal of immunology 15;201(2):524-532. doi: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1800418
Borkner L, Sitnik KM, Dekhtiarenko I, Pulm AK, Tao R, Drexler I, Cicin-Sain L. (2017) Immune Protection by a Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Vector Expressing a Single Low-Avidity Epitope. Journal of immunology 199(5):1737-1747. doi: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1602115
Withers SB, Forman R, Meza-Perez S, Sorobetea D, Sitnik KM, Hopwood T, Lawrence CB, Agace WW, Else KJ, Heagerty AM, Svensson-Frej M, Cruickshank SM. (2017) Eosinophils are key regulators of perivascular adipose tissue and vascular functionality. Scientific Reports 7:44571. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44571
Sitnik KM, Wendland K, Weishaupt H, Uronen-Hansson H, White AJ, Anderson G, Kotarsky K, Agace WW (2016) Context-Dependent Development of Lymphoid Stroma from Adult CD34(+) Adventitial Progenitors. Cell Reports 14(10):2375-88. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.02.033
Luda KM, Joeris T, Persson EK, Rivollier A, Demiri M, Sitnik KM, Pool L, Holm JB, Melo-Gonzalez F, Richter L, Lambrecht BN, Kristiansen K, Travis MA, Svensson-Frej M, Kotarsky K, Agace WW. (2016) IRF8 Transcription-Factor-Dependent Classical Dendritic Cells Are Essential for Intestinal T Cell Homeostasis. Immunity 44(4):860-74. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2016.02.008
Lucas B, White AJ, Ulvmar MH, Nibbs RJ, Sitnik KM, Agace WW, Jenkinson WE, Anderson G, Rot A. CCRL1/ACKR4 is expressed in key thymic microenvironments but is dispensable for T lymphopoiesis at steady state in adult mice. 2015. European Journal of Immunology, 45 (2):574-83. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201445015
Sitnik KM, Kotarsky K, White AJ, Jenkinson WE, Anderson G, Agace WW. (2012) Mesenchymal cells regulate retinoic acid receptor-dependent cortical thymic epithelial cell homeostasis. Journal of immunology 188(10):4801-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1200358
Kotarsky K, Sitnik KM, Stenstad H, Kotarsky H, Schmidtchen A, Koslowski M, Wehkamp J, Agace WW. (2010) A novel role for constitutively expressed epithelial-derived chemokines as antibacterial peptides in the intestinal mucosa. Mucosal Immunology 3(1):40-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/mi.2009.115
Suzuki K, Maruya M, Kawamoto S, Sitnik KM, Kitamura H, Agace WW, Fagarasan S. The sensing of environmental stimuli by follicular dendritic cells promotes immunoglobulin A generation in the gut. 2010. Immunity 33(1):71-83. doi: https://10.1016/j.immuni.2010.07.003
van de Pavert SA, Olivier BJ, Goverse G, Vondenhoff MF, Greuter M, Beke P, Kusser K, Höpken UE, Lipp M, Niederreither K, Blomhoff R, Sitnik KM, Agace WW, Randall TD, de Jonge WJ, Mebius RE. (2009) Chemokine CXCL13 is essential for lymph node initiation and is induced by retinoic acid and neuronal stimulation. Nature Immunology 10(11):1193-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.1789
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