Center for Pathology
Institute for Clinical Pathology
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Breisacher Str. 115a
79106 Freiburg i. Brsg.
- +49 (0) 761/ 270 – 80660
- annette.schmitt-graeff@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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Current position
Professor, Institute for Clinical Pathology, Center for Pathology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Academic training
| 1969 – 1975 | Study of Medicine in Bonn and Zurich, Switzerland |
Scientific qualifications
| 1986 | Habilitation in Pathology, University of Düsseldorf (Mentor: Prof. Giulio Gabbiani, MD, PhD, Geneva) |
| 1978 | Dissertation in Medicine, University of Düsseldorf (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. C. Kallfelz, Bonn) |
Postgraduate Positions
| since 1996 | C3 Professor of Hemato- and Gastroenteropathology, Center for Pathology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg |
| 2002 – 2005 | Senior consultant, Center for Pathology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg |
| 1992 – 1995 | Consultant, Institute of Pathology, KBF, Free University of Berlin |
| 1992 | Professor (Apl) of Pathology |
| 1990 – 1992 | Médecin adjoint, Department of Pathology, University Hospital Genève, Switzerland |
| 1984 – 1989 | Consultant, Institute of Pathology, University of Düsseldorf |
| 1978 – 1984 | Internship in Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Düsseldorf |
| 1976 – 1978 | Internship in Internal Medicine, Klinik II Innere Medizin, University Hospital Köln and Innere Klinik, Tumorforschung, University Hospital Essen |
Publications based on CRC1160 funding
Maas-Bauer K, Stell AV, Yan KL, de Vega E, Vinnakota JM, Unger S, Núñez N, Norona J, Talvard-Balland N, Koßmann S, Schwan C, Miething C, Martens US, Shoumariyeh K, Nestor RP, Duquesne S, Hanke K, Rackiewicz M, Hu Z, El Khawanky N, Taromi S, Andrlova H, Faraidun H, Walter S, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Waldschmidt J, Melchinger W, Rassner M, Wehr C, Schmitt-Graeff A, Halbach S, Liao J, Häcker G, Brummer T, Dengjel J, Andrieux G, Grosse R, Tugues S, Blazar BR, Becher B, Boerries M, Zeiser R. 2024. ROCK1/2 signaling contributes to corticosteroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease. Nat Commun. 15(1):446. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44703-7.
Ruckert, T., G. Andrieux, M. Boerries, K. Hanke-Muller, N. M. Woessner, S. Doetsch, C. Schell, K. Aumann, J. Kolter, A. Schmitt-Graeff, M. Schiff, L. M. Braun, E. Haring, S. Kissel, B. A. Siranosian, A. S. Bhatt, P. Nordkild, J. Wehkamp, B. A. H. Jensen, S. Minguet, J. Duyster, R. Zeiser, and N. Kohler. 2022. Human beta-defensin 2 ameliorates acute GVHD by limiting ileal neutrophil infiltration and restraining T cell receptor signaling. Sci Transl Med 14: eabp9675. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abp9675.
Gross, M., C. Speckmann, A. May, T. Gajardo-Carrasco, K. Wustrau, S. L. Maier, M. Panning, D. Huzly, A. Agaimy, Y. T. Bryceson, S. Choo, C. W. Chow, G. Duckers, A. Fasth, S. Fraitag, K. Grawe, S. Haxelmans, D. Holzinger, O. Hudowenz, J. M. Hubschen, C. Khurana, K. Kienle, R. Klifa, K. Korn, H. Kutzner, T. Lammermann, S. Ledig, D. Lipsker, M. Meeths, N. Naumann-Bartsch, J. Rascon, A. Schanzer, M. Seidl, B. Tesi, C. Vauloup-Fellous, B. Vollmer-Kary, K. Warnatz, C. Wehr, B. Neven, P. Vargas, F. E. Sepulveda, K. Lehmberg, A. Schmitt-Graeff, and S. Ehl. 2022. Rubella vaccine-induced granulomas are a novel phenotype with incomplete penetrance of genetic defects in cytotoxicity. J Allergy Clin Immunol 149: 388-399.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.007.
Osswald L, Hamarsheh S, Uhl FM, Andrieux G, Klein C, Dierks C, Duquesne S, Braun LM, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Boerries M, Brummer T, Zeiser R. 2021. Oncogenic KrasG12D Activation in the Nonhematopoietic Bone Marrow Microenvironment Causes Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Mice. Mol Cancer Res. 19(9):1596-1608. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0275.
Haring E, Andrieux G, Uhl FM, Krausz M, Proietti M, Sauer B, Esser PR, Martin SF, Pfeifer D, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Köhler N, Grimbacher B, Boerries M, Aumann K, Zeiser R, Apostolova P. 2021. Therapeutic targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in acute graft-versus-host disease. Haematologica. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2021.278387.
Uhl, F. M., S. Chen, D. O’Sullivan, J. Edwards-Hicks, G. Richter, E. Haring, G. Andrieux, S. Halbach, P. Apostolova, J. Buscher, S. Duquesne, W. Melchinger, B. Sauer, K. Shoumariyeh, A. Schmitt-Graeff, M. Kreutz, M. Lubbert, J. Duyster, T. Brummer, M. Boerries, T. Madl, B. R. Blazar, O. Gross, E. L. Pearce, and R. Zeiser. 2020. Metabolic reprogramming of donor T cells enhances graft-versus-leukemia effects in mice and humans. Sci Transl Med 12:eabb8969. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb8969.
Haring E, Uhl FM, Andrieux G, Proietti M, Bulashevska A, Sauer B, Braun LM, de Vega Gomez E, Esser PR, Martin SF, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Schmitt-Graeff A, Buescher J, Duyster J, Grimbacher B, Boerries M, Pearce EL, Zeiser R, Apostolova P. Haematologica. 2020. Bile acids regulate intestinal antigen presentation and reduce graft-versus-host disease without impairing the graft-versus-leukemia effect. Jul 16:haematol.2019.242990. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.242990. Online ahead of print.
Norona, J., P. Apostolova, D. Schmidt, R. Ihlemann, N. Reischmann, G. Taylor, N. Kohler, J. de Heer, S. Heeg, G. Andrieux, B. A. Siranosian, A. Schmitt-Graeff, D. Pfeifer, A. Catalano, I. Frew, M. Proietti, B. Grimbacher, A. Bulashevska, A. S. Bhatt, T. Brummer, T. S. Clauditz, T. Zabelina, N. Kroeger, B. R. Blazar, M. Boerries, F. Ayuk, and R. Zeiser. 2020. Glucagon like peptide-2 for Intestinal stem cell and Paneth cell repair during graft-versus-host disease in mice and humans. Blood. 2020005957. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020005957. Online ahead of print.
Gather, R., P. Aichele, N. Goos, J. Rohr, H. Pircher, T. Kogl, R. Zeiser, H. Hengel, A. Schmitt-Graff, C. Weaver, and S. Ehl. 2020. Trigger-dependent differences determine therapeutic outcome in murine primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Eur J Immunol. doi: 10.1002/eji.201948123. [Epub ahead of print].
Wegehaupt, O., M. Gross, C. Wehr, R. Marks, A. Schmitt-Graeff, M. Uhl, M. Lorenz, K. Schwarz, C. Kratz, C. Niemeyer, and S. Ehl. 2020. TIM-3 deficiency presenting with two clonally unrelated episodes of mesenteric and subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 67: e28302.
Hamarsheh, S., L. Osswald, B. S. Saller, S. Unger, D. De Feo, J. M. Vinnakota, M. Konantz, F. M. Uhl, H. Becker, M. Lubbert, K. Shoumariyeh, C. Schurch, G. Andrieux, N. Venhoff, A. Schmitt-Graeff, S. Duquesne, D. Pfeifer, M. A. Cooper, C. Lengerke, M. Boerries, J. Duyster, C. M. Niemeyer, M. Erlacher, B. R. Blazar, B. Becher, O. Gross, T. Brummer, and R. Zeiser. 2020. Oncogenic Kras(G12D) causes myeloproliferation via NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Nat Commun 11: 1659.
Marschner, D., M. Falk, N. R. Javorniczky, K. Hanke-Muller, J. Rawluk, Schmitt-Graeff, F. Simonetta, E. Haring, S. Dicks, M. Ku, S. Duquesne, K. Aumann, D. Rafei-Shamsabadi, F. Meiss, P. Marschner, M. Boerries, R. S. Negrin, J. Duyster, R. Zeiser, and N. Kohler. 2020. MicroRNA-146a regulates immune-related adverse events caused by immune checkpoint inhibitors. JCI insight 5. pii: 132334. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.132334.
Hulsdunker, J., O. S. Thomas, E. Haring, S. Unger, N. Gonzalo Nunez, S. Tugues, Z. Gao, S. Duquesne, C. Cywes-Bentley, O. Oyardi, S. Kirschnek, A. Schmitt-Graeff, O. Pabst, C. Koenecke, J. Duyster, P. Apostolova, M. J. Blaser, B. Becher, G. B. Pier, G. Hacker, and R. Zeiser. 2019. Immunization against poly-N-acetylglucosamine reduces neutrophil activation and GVHD while sparing microbial diversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116: 20700-20706.
Schwab, C., A. Gabrysch, P. Olbrich, V. Patino, Warnatz, D. Wolff, A. Hoshino, M. Kobayashi, K. Imai, M. Takagi, I. Dybedal, J. A. Haddock, D. Sansom, J. M. Lucena, M. Seidl, A. Schmitt-Graff, V. Reiser, F. Emmerich, N. Frede, A. Bulashevska, U. Salzer, D. Schubert, S. Hayakawa, S. Okada, M. Kanariou, Z. Y. Kucuk, H. Chapdelaine, L. Petruzelkova, Z. Sumnik, A. Sediva, M. Slatter, P. D. Arkwright, A. Cant, H. M. Lorenz, T. Giese, V. Lougaris, A. Plebani, C. Price, K. E. Sullivan, M. Moutschen, J. Litzman, T. Freiberger, F. L. van de Veerdonk, M. Recher, M. H. Albert, F. Hauck, S. Seneviratne, J. P. Schmid, A. Kolios, G. Unglik, C. Klemann, C. Speckmann, S. Ehl, A. Leichtner, R. Blumberg, A. Franke, S. Snapper, S. Zeissig, C. Cunningham-Rundles, L. Giulino-Roth, O. Elemento, G. Duckers, T. Niehues, E. Fronkova, V. Kanderova, C. D. Platt, J. Chou, T. Chatila, R. Geha, E. McDermott, S. Bunn, M. Kurzai, A. Schulz, L. Alsina, F. Casals, A. Deya-Martinez, S. Hambleton, H. Kanegane, K. Tasken, O. Neth, and B. Grimbacher. 2018. Phenotype, penetrance, and treatment of 133 CTLA-4-insufficient individuals. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 142: 1932-1946.
Mathew NR, Baumgartner F, Braun L, O’Sullivan D, Thomas S, Waterhouse M, Müller TA, Hanke K, Taromi S, Apostolova P, Illert AL, Melchinger W, Duquesne S, Schmitt-Graeff A, Osswald L, Yan KL, Weber A, Tugues S, Spath S, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Claus R, Lübbert M, Rummelt C, Bertz H, Wäsch R, Haag J, Schmidts A, Schultheiss M, Bettinger D, Thimme R, Ullrich E, Tanriver Y, Vuong GL, Arnold R, Hemmati P, Wolf D, Ditschkowski M, Jilg C, Wilhelm K, Leiber C, Gerull S, Halter J, Lengerke C, Pabst T, Schroeder T, Kobbe G, Rösler W, Doostkam S, Meckel S,Stabla K, Metzelder SK, Halbach S, Brummer T, Hu Z, Dengjel J, Hackanson B, Schmid C, Holtick U, Scheid C, Spyridonidis A, Stölzel F, Ordemann R, Müller LP, Sicre-de-Fontbrune F, Ihorst G, Kuball J, Ehlert JE, Feger D, Wagner EM, Cahn JY, Schnell J, Kuchenbauer F, Bunjes D, Chakraverty R, Richardson S, Gill S, Kröger N, Ayuk F, Vago L, Ciceri F, Müller AM, Kondo T, Teshima T, Klaeger S, Kuster B, Kim DDH, Weisdorf D, van der Velden W, Dörfel D, Bethge W, Hilgendorf I, Hochhaus A, Andrieux G, Börries M, Busch H, Magenau J, Reddy P, Labopin M, Antin JH, Henden AS, Hill GR, Kennedy GA, Bar M, Sarma A, McLornan D, Mufti G, Oran B, Rezvani K, Shah O, Negrin RS, Nagler A, Prinz M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Beelen D, Mackensen A, von Bubnoff N, Herr W, Becher B, Socié G, Caligiuri MA, Ruggiero E, Bonini C, Häcker G, Duyster J, Finke J, Pearce E, Blazar BR, Zeiser R. Sorafenib promotes graft-versus-leukemia activity in mice and humans through IL-15 production in FLT3-ITD-mutant leukemia cells. Nat Med. 24: 282-291.
Prestipino A, Emhardt AJ, Aumann K, O’Sullivan D, Gorantla SP, Duquesne S,Melchinger W, Braun L, Vuckovic S, Boerries M, Busch H, Halbach S, Pennisi S, Poggio T, Apostolova P, Veratti P, Hettich M, Niedermann G, Bartholomä M,Shoumariyeh K, Jutzi JS, Wehrle J, Dierks C, Becker H, Schmitt-Graeff A, Follo M, Pfeifer D, Rohr J, Fuchs S, Ehl S, Hartl FA, Minguet S, Miething C, Heidel FH, Kröger N, Triviai I, Brummer T, Finke J, Illert AL, Ruggiero E, Bonini C, Duyster J, Pahl HL, Lane SW, Hill GR, Blazar BR, von Bubnoff N, Pearce EL, Zeiser R. 2018. Oncogenic JAK2(V617F) causes PD-L1 expression, mediating immune escape in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Sci Transl Med. 10(429). pii:eaam7729.
Stickel N, Hanke K, Marschner D, Prinz G, Köhler M, Melchinger W, Pfeifer D, Schmitt-Graeff A, Brummer T, Heine A, Brossart P, Wolf D, von Bubnoff N, Finke J, Duyster J, Ferrara J, Salzer U, Zeiser R. 2017. MicroRNA-146a reduces MHC-II expression via targeting JAK/STAT signaling in dendritic cells after stem cell transplantation. Leukemia. 31(12):2732-2741.
Schönle A, Hartl FA, Mentzel J, Nöltner T, Rauch KS, Prestipino A, Wohlfeil SA, Apostolova P, Hechinger AK, Melchinger W, Fehrenbach K, Guadamillas MC, Follo M, Prinz G, Ruess AK, Pfeifer D, del Pozo MA, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Hippen KI, Blazar BR, Schachtrup K, Minguet S, Zeiser R. 2016. Caveolin-1 regulates TCR signal strength and regulatory T-cell differentiation into alloreactive T cells. Blood. 127:1930-1939.
