Thomas Mertens

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1 Cellular immunity and active human cytomegalovirus infection in patients with septic shock. J Infect Dis 2007 1.78
2 Cytomegalovirus retinitis in a patient treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha antibody therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Infect Dis 2004 1.68
3 Telomerase gene mutations are associated with cirrhosis formation. Hepatology 2011 1.67
4 Antiviral treatment of cytomegalovirus infection and resistant strains. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2009 1.55
5 Adoptive transfer and selective reconstitution of streptamer-selected cytomegalovirus-specific CD8+ T cells leads to virus clearance in patients after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Transfusion 2010 1.49
6 Polyomavirus BK-specific CD8+ T cell responses in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplant. Leuk Lymphoma 2010 1.46
7 High variability between results of different in-house tests for cytomegalovirus (CMV) monitoring and a standardized quantitative plasma CMV PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.34
8 Cytomegalovirus primary envelopment occurs at large infoldings of the inner nuclear membrane. J Virol 2006 1.34
9 Active cytomegalovirus infection in patients with septic shock. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 1.28
10 A new tool linking human cytomegalovirus drug resistance mutations to resistance phenotypes. Antiviral Res 2009 1.13
11 Major tegument protein pp65 of human cytomegalovirus is required for the incorporation of pUL69 and pUL97 into the virus particle and for viral growth in macrophages. J Virol 2008 1.12
12 GCV resistance due to the mutation A594P in the cytomegalovirus protein UL97 is partially reconstituted by a second mutation at D605E. Antiviral Res 2002 1.11
13 Human cytomegalovirus tegument proteins ppUL82 (pp71) and ppUL35 interact and cooperatively activate the major immediate-early enhancer. J Virol 2004 1.11
14 Protein pUL128 of human cytomegalovirus is necessary for monocyte infection and blocking of migration. J Virol 2011 1.07
15 Mutations in the UL97 ORF of ganciclovir-resistant clinical cytomegalovirus isolates differentially affect GCV phosphorylation as determined in a recombinant vaccinia virus system. Antiviral Res 2002 1.04
16 Ganciclovir/valganciclovir prophylaxis decreases cytomegalovirus-related events and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. Clin Infect Dis 2008 1.03
17 Inactivation and Environmental Stability of Zika Virus. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 1.03
18 The tegument protein UL71 of human cytomegalovirus is involved in late envelopment and affects multivesicular bodies. J Virol 2011 1.03
19 Constitutive inositol phosphate formation in cytomegalovirus-infected human fibroblasts is due to expression of the chemokine receptor homologue pUS28. J Virol 2003 1.01
20 Constitutive signaling of the human cytomegalovirus-encoded receptor UL33 differs from that of its rat cytomegalovirus homolog R33 by promiscuous activation of G proteins of the Gq, Gi, and Gs classes. J Biol Chem 2003 1.00
21 Intravenous zanamivir for patients with pneumonitis due to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus. Clin Infect Dis 2010 0.99
22 The UL97 protein kinase of human cytomegalovirus and homologues in other herpesviruses: impact on virus and host. Biochim Biophys Acta 2004 0.99
23 Human cytomegalovirus infection of M1 and M2 macrophages triggers inflammation and autologous T-cell proliferation. J Virol 2012 0.99
24 Human cytomegalovirus-induced NKG2C(hi) CD57(hi) natural killer cells are effectors dependent on humoral antiviral immunity. J Virol 2013 0.98
25 Post-pandemic seroprevalence of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection (swine flu) among children <18 years in Germany. PLoS One 2011 0.98
26 Human cytomegalovirus tegument protein ppUL35 is important for viral replication and particle formation. J Virol 2005 0.98
27 TRAIL and its receptors in the colonic epithelium: a putative role in the defense of viral infections. Gastroenterology 2002 0.98
28 Identification of the first nonpeptidergic inverse agonist for a constitutively active viral-encoded G protein-coupled receptor. J Biol Chem 2002 0.97
29 Differentiation between polymorphisms and resistance-associated mutations in human cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010 0.96
30 Human cytomegalovirus-induced reduction of extracellular matrix proteins in vascular smooth muscle cell cultures: a pathomechanism in vasculopathies? J Gen Virol 2006 0.96
31 Upregulation of functionally active vascular endothelial growth factor by human cytomegalovirus. J Gen Virol 2005 0.95
32 Role of the human herpesvirus 6 u69-encoded kinase in the phosphorylation of ganciclovir. Mol Pharmacol 2002 0.91
33 Oligoclonal CD8+ T-cell expansion in patients with chronic hepatitis C is associated with liver pathology and poor response to interferon-alpha therapy. J Clin Immunol 2004 0.91
34 Fatal reactivation of postnatal cytomegalovirus infection with rapid emergence of ganciclovir resistance in an infant after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. J Clin Microbiol 2005 0.91
35 Fluorescence-based assay for phenotypic characterization of human cytomegalovirus polymerase mutations regarding drug susceptibility and viral replicative fitness. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 0.91
36 Relationship between infectious burden, systemic inflammatory response, and risk of stable coronary artery disease: role of confounding and reference group. Atherosclerosis 2003 0.90
37 Human cytomegalovirus paralyzes macrophage motility through down-regulation of chemokine receptors, reorganization of the cytoskeleton, and release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor. J Immunol 2009 0.90
38 HCMV infection of human vascular smooth muscle cells leads to enhanced expression of functionally intact PDGF beta-receptor. Cardiovasc Res 2005 0.90
39 The human cytomegalovirus UL78 gene is highly conserved among clinical isolates, but is dispensable for replication in fibroblasts and a renal artery organ-culture system. J Gen Virol 2005 0.90
40 Human cytomegalovirus subverts the functions of monocytes, impairing chemokine-mediated migration and leukocyte recruitment. J Virol 2006 0.90
41 Human cytomegaloviruses expressing yellow fluorescent fusion proteins--characterization and use in antiviral screening. PLoS One 2010 0.89
42 Quantitative investigation of murine cytomegalovirus nucleocapsid interaction. J Microsc 2007 0.87
43 Improved detection of mutated human cytomegalovirus UL97 by pyrosequencing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010 0.87
44 Cytomegalovirus primary envelopment at large nuclear membrane infoldings: what's new? J Virol 2007 0.85
45 CD34 cell selection of peripheral blood progenitor cells using the CliniMACS device for allogeneic transplantation: clinical results in 102 patients. Br J Haematol 2004 0.85
46 Analysis of human cytomegalovirus secondary envelopment by advanced electron microscopy. Cell Microbiol 2012 0.84
47 Multimer staining of cytomegalovirus phosphoprotein 65-specific T cells for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes: a comparative study. Clin Infect Dis 2008 0.84
48 Opinion article: cytomegalovirus is a risk factor in atherogenesis. Herpes 2002 0.83
49 Severe graft rejection, increased immunosuppression, and active CMV infection in renal transplantation. J Med Virol 2006 0.82
50 Fast selection of maribavir resistant cytomegalovirus in a bone marrow transplant recipient. BMC Infect Dis 2013 0.82
51 The 7-transmembrane protein homologue UL78 of the human cytomegalovirus forms oligomers and traffics between the plasma membrane and different intracellular compartments. Arch Virol 2012 0.82
52 Effective disinfection of orthodontic pliers. J Orofac Orthop 2006 0.82
53 Nuclear targeting of human cytomegalovirus large tegument protein pUL48 is essential for viral growth. J Virol 2013 0.81
54 The immunodominant CD8 T cell response to the human cytomegalovirus tegument phosphoprotein pp65(495-503) epitope critically depends on CD4 T cell help in vaccinated HLA-A*0201 transgenic mice. J Immunol 2011 0.81
55 Human cytomegalovirus infection in human renal arteries in vitro. J Virol Methods 2003 0.80
56 Human cytomegalovirus infection and antiviral immunity in septic patients without canonical immunosuppression. Med Microbiol Immunol 2008 0.79
57 Early selection of a new UL97 mutant with a severe defect of ganciclovir phosphorylation after valaciclovir prophylaxis and short-term ganciclovir therapy in a renal transplant recipient. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005 0.79
58 Report on the 1st international workshop on procedures for the development of evidence-based vaccination recommendations, Berlin, Germany, 22-23 November 2010. Vaccine 2011 0.79
59 Late HBsAg seroreversion of mutated hepatitis B virus after bone marrow transplantation. BMC Infect Dis 2013 0.78
60 Prognostic value of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism and cytomegalovirus seroprevalence in patients with coronary artery disease. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2005 0.78
61 Assessment of natural killer cell responses to human cytomegalovirus-infected macrophages. Methods Mol Biol 2013 0.78
62 HCMV-infection in a human arterial organ culture model: effects on cell proliferation and neointimal hyperplasia. BMC Microbiol 2007 0.78
63 Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with high-dose intravenous N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Hepatogastroenterology 2003 0.77