2026

Aquaporin-4-specific T cell responses in NMOSD revealed by mRNA-engineered dendritic cells.
Pauly, Verena, Hastermann, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Paul, Friedemann ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070, Garner, Craig Curtis, Cestari, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8490-1785, Schmitz, Dietmar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-5241, Klotzsch, Enrico ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7577-9042 and Strempel, Nadine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2207-177X
bioRxiv : 2026.06.05.730365. 9 June 2026

Socioeconomic impact of depression and pain in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.
Tkachenko, Daria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5647-8038, Ayzenberg, Ilya, Schöppe, Louisa M., Schülke, Rasmus, Paul, Friedemann ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070, Duchow, Ankelien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0854-7521, Bellmann-Strobl, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2615-1643, Siebert, Nadja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6576-7761, Kümpfel, Tania, Havla, Joachim, Pellkofer, Hannah, Jarius, Sven, Wildemann, Brigitte, Berthele, Achim, Klotz, Luisa, Pawlitzki, Marc, Gingele, Stefan, Schreiber-Katz, Olivia, Weber, Martin S., Senel, Makbule, Stellmann, Jan-Patrick, Häußler, Vivien, Aktas, Orhan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-9210, Ringelstein, Marius, Hellwig, Kerstin, Schwake, Carolin, Kleiter, Ingo, Trebst, Corinna and Hümmert, Martin W.
Neurological Research and Practice 8 (1): 36. 4 May 2026

Identification of genetic risk loci associated with aquaporin 4-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a genome-wide association study.
Attfield, Kathrine E., Armen, Angelos P., Kuttikkatte, Subita Balaram, Farooq, Redwan, Francis, Anna G., Dendrou, Calliope A., Leite, M. Isabel, Waters, Patrick, Weinshenker, Brian G., Karczewski, Konrad J., Neale, Benjamin M., Jensen, Lise Torp, Rossjohn, Jamie, Gold, Ralf, Korn, Thomas, McVean, Gil, Palace, Jacqueline and Fugger, Lars
Lancet Neurology 25 (5): 482-491. May 2026

2024

Autoantigen-specific CD4(+) T cells acquire an exhausted phenotype and persist in human antigen-specific autoimmune diseases.
Saggau, C., Bacher, P., Esser, D., Rasa, M., Meise, S., Mohr, N., Kohlstedt, N., Hutloff, A., Schacht, S.S., Dargvainiene, J., Martini, G.R., Stürner, K.H., Schröder, I., Markewitz, R., Hartl, J., Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Duchow, A., Schindler, P., Becker, M., Bautista, C., Gottfreund, J., Walter, J., Polansky, J.K., Yang, M., Naghavian, R., Wendorff, M., Schuster, E.M., Dahl, A., Petzold, A., Reinhardt, S., Franke, A., Wieczorek, M., Henschel, L., Berger, D., Heine, G., Holtsche, M., Häußler, V., Peters, C., Schmidt, E., Fillatreau, S., Busch, D.H., Wandinger, K.P., Schober, K., Martin, R., Paul, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070, Leypoldt, F. and Scheffold, A.
Immunity 57 (10): 2416-2432. 8 October 2024

Serum proteomics distinguish subtypes of NMO spectrum disorder and MOG antibody-associated disease and highlight effects of B-cell depletion.
Gawde, S., Siebert, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6576-7761, Ruprecht, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1962-6014, Kumar, G., Ko, R.M., Massey, K., Guthridge, J.M., Mao-Draayer, Y., Schindler, P., Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Pardo, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2207-3708, Paul, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070 and Axtell, R.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6041-4588
Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 11 (4): e200268. July 2024

Muscle stiffness indicating mission crew health in space.
Schoenrock, B., Muckelt, P.E., Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Albracht, K., MacGregor, R., Martin, D., Gunga, H.C., Salanova, M., Stokes, M.J., Warner, M.B. and Blottner, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0355-3340
Scientific Reports 14 (1): 4196. 20 February 2024

2023

Delimiting MOGAD as a disease entity using translational imaging.
Oertel, F.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4906-5983, Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115 and Paul, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070
Frontiers in Neurology 14 : 1216477. 7 December 2023

Space omics and tissue response in astronaut skeletal muscle after short and long duration missions.
Blottner, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0355-3340, Moriggi, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4718-0307, Trautmann, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8917-2962, Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Capitanio, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-728X, Torretta, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6374-3325, Block, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-5232, Rittweger, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-8963, Limper, U., Gelfi, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2996-6912 and Salanova, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7066-3876
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 (4): 4095. 2 February 2023

2022

Impaired response of blood neutrophils to cell-death stimulus differentiates AQP4-IgG-seropositive NMOSD from MOGAD.
Schroeder-Castagno, M., Del Rio-Serrato, A., Wilhelm, A., Romero-Suárez, S., Schindler, P., Alvarez-González, C., Duchow, A.S., Bellmann-Strobl, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2615-1643, Ruprecht, K., Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Grütz, G., Wildemann, B., Jarius, S., Schmitz-Hübsch, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-5937, Paul, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070 and Infante-Duarte, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-351X
Journal of Neuroinflammation 19 (1): 239. 1 October 2022

Protocol and reference values for minimal detectable change of MyotonPRO and ultrasound imaging measurements of muscle and subcutaneous tissue.
Muckelt, P.E., Warner, M.B., Cheliotis-James, T., Muckelt, R., Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Schoenrock, B., Martin, D., MacGregor, R., Blottner, D. and Stokes, M.
Scientific Reports 12 (1): 13654. 11 August 2022

2021

Diurnal variations in the expression of core-clock genes correlate with resting muscle properties and predict fluctuations in exercise performance across the day.
Basti, A., Yalçin, M., Herms, D., Hesse, J., Aboumanify, O., Li, Y., Aretz, Z., Garmshausen, J., El-Athman, R., Hastermann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-0115, Blottner, D. and Relógio, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9165-2439
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 7 (1): e000876. 10 February 2021