Oncology

Schmidt-Supprian, Marc

Lymphoma. Autoimmunity. Allergy. B cells. Mast cells. NKT cells. Mouse models

Our group is interested in elucidating the molecular regulation of immune cell development and function through genetic loss and gain of function approaches in the mouse. We investigate B and T lymphocytes and mast cells. Our particular interest is on proteins whose exaggerated functions or malfunctions directly contribute to immunpathologies, such as lymphomas/leukemais, autoimmunity and allergies.
In the context of NF-kB signal transduction we currently focus on the ubiquitin editing enzyme A20/TNFAIP3 and the transcription factor c-Rel. Another central topic is the regulation of mRNA stability by the RING finger proteins Roquin1/2. In addition, we are investigating the role of T cell receptor-expression and signaling on immune-modulating regulatory T (TR) cells and lipid-recognizing NK-like T (NKT) cells.

Selected publications:

Heger K, Kober M, Rieß D, Drees C, de Vries I, Bertossi A, Roers A, Sixt M & Schmidt-Supprian M. (2015). A novel Cre recombinase reporter mouse strain facilitates selective and efficient infection of primary immune cells with adenoviral vectors. European Journal of Immunology, 45(6), 1614–1620. doi:10.1002/eji.201545457

Heger K, Fierens K, Vahl JC, Aszodi A, Peschke K, Schenten D, Hammad H, Beyaert R, Saur D, van Loo G, Roers A, Lambrecht BN, Kool M & Schmidt-Supprian M. (2014). A20-deficient mast cells exacerbate inflammatory responses in vivo. PLoS Biology, 12(1), e1001762.
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001762

Vahl JC, Drees C, Heger K, Heink S, Fischer JC, Nedjic J, Ohkura N, Morikawa H, Poeck H, Schallenberg S, Rieß D, Hein MY, Buch T, Polic B, Schönle A, Zeiser R, Schmitt-Gräff A, Kretschmer K, Klein L et al. (2014). Continuous T Cell Receptor Signals Maintain a Functional Regulatory T Cell Pool. Immunity, 41(5), 722–736. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2014.10.012

Vahl JC, Heger K, Knies N, Hein MY, Boon L, Yagita H, Polic B & Schmidt-Supprian M. (2013). NKT cell-TCR expression activates conventional T cells in vivo, but is largely dispensable for mature NKT cell biology. PLoS Biology, 11(6), e1001589. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001589

Chu Y, Vahl JC, Kumar D, Heger K, Bertossi A, Wójtowicz E, Soberon V, Schenten D, Mack B, Reutelshöfer M, Beyaert R, Amann K, van Loo G & Schmidt-Supprian M. (2011). B cells lacking the tumor suppressor TNFAIP3/A20 display impaired differentiation and hyperactivation and cause inflammation and autoimmunity in aged mice. Blood, 117(7), 2227–2236. doi:10.1182/blood-2010-09-306019

Bertossi A, Aichinger M, Sansonetti P, Lech M, Neff F, Pal M, Wunderlich FT, Anders H-J, Klein L & Schmidt-Supprian M. (2011). Loss of Roquin induces early death and immune deregulation but not autoimmunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 208(9), 1749–1756. doi:10.1084/jem.20110578

https://med3.mri.tum.de/de/institute-experimental-hematology