The goal of the CRC 1160
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1160. “Immune-mediated pathology as a consequence of impaired immune reactions (IMPATH)” is a research consortium of clinical and basic immunologists exploring the basis of diseases mediated by the immune system.
The CRC sets out to challenge the traditional idea that an “overreaction” or “deviation“ of normal immune responses is pivotal to immune mediated pathology and that, consequently, immunosuppression is the appropriate therapeutic strategy for such disorders. Instead, the conceptual basis of the CRC is the idea that impaired immune reactions constitute a major prerequisite for immunopathology. This is what we call the “IMPATH paradox”. This paradox implies that immune reconstitution and/or immune stimulation rather than immunosuppression represent appropriate therapeutic principles for these forms of immunopathology.
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Heim K, Sagar, Sogukpinar Ö, Llewellyn-Lacey S, Price DA, Emmerich F, Kraft ARM, Cornberg M, Kielbassa S, Knolle P, Wohlleber D, Bengsch B, Boettler T, Neumann-Haefelin C, Thimme R, Hofmann M. 2024. Attenuated effector T cells are linked to control of chronic HBV infection. Nat Immunol. 25(9):1650-1662. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-01928-4.
Schamel WW, Zinchenko M, Nguyen T, Fehse B, Briquez PS, Minguet S. 2024. The potential of γδ CAR and TRuC T cells: An unearthed treasure. Eur J Immunol. 2024 Aug 27:e2451074. doi: 10.1002/eji.202451074.
Frosch M, Prinz M. 2024. Novel pathomechanistic insights into lysosomal storage disorders: how neuron-intrinsic cGAS-STING signaling drives disease progression. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 9(1):203. doi: 10.1038/s41392-024-01901-5.
Wogram E, Sümpelmann F, Dong W, Rawat E, Fernández Maestre I, Fu D, Braswell B, Khalil A, Buescher JM, Mittler G, Borner GHH, Vlachos A, Tholen S, Schilling O, Bell GW, Rambold AS, Akhtar A, Schnell O, Beck J, Abu-Remaileh M, Prinz M, Jaenisch R. 2024. Rapid phagosome isolation enables unbiased multiomic analysis of human microglial phagosomes. Immunity. S1074-7613(24)00368-6. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.07.019.
Kuehn JC, Metzger P, Neidert N, Matysiak U, Gräßel L, Philipp U, Bleul S, Pauli T, Falkenstein J, Bertemes H, Cysar S, Hess ME, Frey AV, Duque-Afonso J, Schorb E, Machein M, Beck J, Schnell O, von Bubnoff N, Illert AL, Peters C, Brummer T, Prinz M, Miething C, Becker H, Lassmann S, Werner M, Börries M, Duyster J, Heiland DH, Sankowski R, Scherer F. 2024. Comprehensive genetic profiling and molecularly guided treatment for patients with primary CNS tumors. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2024 Aug 14;8(1):180. doi: 10.1038/s41698-024-00674-y.
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Scientific Manager/Administration
Dr. Heike Ufheil
Institute for Immunodeficiency,
Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI)
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
