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  1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome activation via its phosphokinase PknF

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, July 2021, PLOS

    Volker Briken

  2. The Cell Wall Lipid PDIM Contributes to Phagosomal Escape and Host Cell Exit of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • mBio, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Volker Briken

  3. A Novel Strategy to Reverse General Anesthesia by Scavenging with the Acyclic Cucurbit[n]uril-type Molecular Container Calabadion 2

    Article • Anesthesiology, August 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Volker Briken

  4. Identification of a Transcription Factor That Regulates Host Cell Exit and Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2016, PLOS

    Volker Briken

  5. Modular Organization of the ESX-5 Secretion System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2016, Frontiers

    Volker Briken

  6. Acyclic Cucurbit[n]uril-Type Molecular Container Enables Systemic Delivery of Effective Doses of Albendazole for Treatment of SK-OV-3 Xenograft Tumors

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Volker Briken

  7. Activator of G-Protein Signaling 3–Induced Lysosomal Biogenesis Limits Macrophage Intracellular Bacterial Infection

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, December 2015, The American Association of Immunologists

    Volker Briken

  8. A Duplicated ESAT-6 Region of ESX-5 Is Involved in Protein Export and Virulence of Mycobacteria

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Volker Briken

  9. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the host cell inflammasome: a complex relationship

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Volker Briken

  10. “With a Little Help from My Friends”: Efferocytosis as an Antimicrobial Mechanism

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, September 2012, Elsevier

    Volker Briken

  11. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Dendritic Cells Leads to Partially Caspase-1/11-Independent IL-1β and IL-18 Secretion but Not to Pyroptosis

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2012, PLOS

    Volker Briken

  12. Acyclic cucurbit[n]uril molecular containers enhance the solubility and bioactivity of poorly soluble pharmaceuticals

    Article • Nature Chemistry, April 2012, Nature

    Volker Briken

  13. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Inhibits Neutrophil Apoptosis, Leading to Delayed Activation of Naive CD4 T cells

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, January 2012, Elsevier

    Volker Briken

  14. Toxicology and Drug Delivery by Cucurbit[n]uril Type Molecular Containers

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2010, PLOS

    Volker Briken

  15. CD1c bypasses lysosomes to present a lipopeptide antigen with 12 amino acids

    Article • The Journal of Experimental Medicine, July 2009, Rockefeller University Press

    Volker Briken

  16. Living on the edge: inhibition of host cell apoptosis by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Future Microbiology, August 2008, Future Medicine

    Volker Briken

  17. Mycobacterium tuberculosis nuoG Is a Virulence Gene That Inhibits Apoptosis of Infected Host Cells

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2007, PLOS

    Volker Briken

  18. Mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan and related lipoglycans: from biogenesis to modulation of the immune response

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2004, Wiley

    Volker Briken, Dr Laurent Kremer

  19. Intracellular trafficking pathway of newly synthesized CD1b molecules

    Article • The EMBO Journal, February 2002, Wiley

    Volker Briken

  20. Diversification of CD1 proteins: sampling the lipid content of different cellular compartments

    Article • Seminars in Immunology, December 2000, Elsevier

    Volker Briken