Research

Peer reviewed publications

1. Gschwend, J., Lechner, A., Sidiropoulos, N. D., Maier, P., Andersson, T., Sturzenegger, F., Corak, B., Brander, N., Bejarano, D. A., Wells, E., Melo, S. P., Martins, J. R. D., Nitschké, M., Molofsky, A. B., Schlitzer, A., Arnold, I. C., Mundt, S., Becher, B., Kopf, M., Rehrauer, H., … Schneider, C. (2025). GM-CSF derived from alveolar type 2 cells promotes CD301b+ cDC2 generation and allergic airway inflammation. Science immunology, 10(110), eadt0688. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adt0688

2. Cui, N., Leary, P., Ivanova, V. S., Stirm, K., Kirsche, L., Aceto, N., Stenner, F., Dieterich, L. C., Detmar, M., Petrova, E., Mundt, S., Greter, M., Tzankov, A., & Müller, A. (2025). PDL1-expressing macrophages infiltrate diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and promote lymphoma growth in a MYC-driven experimental model. Blood cancer journal, 15(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-025-01281-1

3. Van Hove, H., Glück, C., Mildenberger, W., Petrova, E., Maheshwari, U., Häne, P., Kreiner, V., Bijnen, M., Mussak, C., Utz, S. G., Droux, J., Ingelfinger, F., Ashworth, C., Stifter, S. A., Roussel, E., Lelios, I., Vermeer, M., Huang, S. F., Zhou, Q., Chen, Z., … Greter, M. (2025). Interleukin-34-dependent perivascular macrophages promote vascular function in the brain. Immunity, 58(5), 1289–1305.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2025.04.003

4. Costa-Pereira, S., Lanzinger, M., Núñez, N., Villar-Vesga, J., Andreadou, M., Prisco, F., Häne, P., Roussel, E., Krishnarajah, S., Chanel Lindemann, R., Oberbichler, L., Westermann, F., Da Silva, A. F., Cecconi, V., Pinzger, M., Tugues, S., Mundt, S., Greter, M., De Feo, D., & Becher, B. (2025). Regulatory T cells suppress GM-CSF-producing T helper cells via IL-2 modulation to restrain immunopathology. Cell reports, 44(5), 115642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115642

5. Schneeberger, S., Kim, S. J., Geesdorf, M. N., Friebel, E., Eede, P., Jendrach, M., Boltengagen, A., Braeuning, C., Ruhwedel, T., Hülsmeier, A. J., Gimber, N., Foerster, M., Obst, J., Andreadou, M., Mundt, S., Schmoranzer, J., Prokop, S., Kessler, W., Kuhlmann, T., Möbius, W., … Heppner, F. L. (2025). Interleukin-12 signaling drives Alzheimer's disease pathology through disrupting neuronal and oligodendrocyte homeostasis. Nature Aging, 10.1038/s43587-025-00816-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00816-2

6. Wu, Y., Korobeynyk, V. I., Zamboni, M., Waern, F., Cole, J. D., Mundt, S., Greter, M., Frisén, J., Llorens-Bobadilla, E., & Jessberger, S. (2025). Multimodal transcriptomics reveal neurogenic aging trajectories and age-related regional inflammation in the dentate gyrus. Nature Neuroscience, 10.1038/s41593-024-01848-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01848-4

7. Gogoleva, V. S., Mundt, S., De Feo, D., & Becher, B. (2024). Mononuclear phagocytes in autoimmune neuroinflammation. Trends in immunology, 45(10), 814–823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2024.08.005

8. Keller, C. W., Mundt, S., & Segal, B. M. (2024). Editorial: CNS myeloid cell function in health and disease. Frontiers in immunology, 15, 1459138. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1459138

9. Inholz, K., Bader, U., Mundt, S., & Basler, M. (2024). The Significant Role of PA28αβ in CD8+ T Cell-Mediated Graft Rejection Contrasts with Its Negligible Impact on the Generation of MHC-I Ligands. International journal of molecular sciences, 25(11), 5649. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25115649

10. Ingelfinger, F., Kuiper, K. L., Ulutekin, C., Rindlisbacher, L., Mundt, S., Gerdes, L. A., Smolders, J., van Luijn, M. M., & Becher, B. (2024). Twin study dissects CXCR3+ memory B cells as non-heritable feature in multiple sclerosis. Med (New York, N.Y.), 5(4), 368–373.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2024.02.013

11. Ulutekin, C., Galli, E., Schreiner, B., Khademi, M., Callegari, I., Piehl, F., Sanderson, N., Kirschenbaum, D., Mundt, S., Filippi, M., Furlan, R., Olsson, T., Derfuss, T., Ingelfinger, F., & Becher, B. (2024). B cell depletion attenuates CD27 signaling of T helper cells in multiple sclerosis. Cell reports. Medicine, 5(1), 101351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101351

12. Andreadou, M.; Ingelfinger, F.; De Feo, D.; Friebel, E.; Tuzlak, S.; Cramer, T. M. L.; Schreiner, B.; Eede, P.; Schneeberger, S.; Geesdorf, M.; Ridder, F.; Welsh, C.; Kirschenbaum, D.; Tyagarajan, S. K.; Greter, M.; Heppner, F. L.; Mundt, S.*; Becher, B.* Neuroprotective Tissue Adaptation Induced by IL-12 Attenuates CNS Inflammation. Nature Neuroscience 2023. doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01435-z *Shared last authorship

13. Nuñez, N. G., Schmid, J., Power, L., Alberti, C., Krishnarajah, S., Kreutmair, S., Unger, S., Blanco, S., Konigheim, B., Marín, C., Onofrio, L., Kienzler, J. C., Costa-Pereira, S., Ingelfinger, F., InmunoCovidCba, InViV working group, Pasinovich, M. E., Castelli, J. M., Vizzotti, C., Schaefer, M., … Becher, B. (2023). High-dimensional analysis of 16 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine combinations reveals lymphocyte signatures correlating with immunogenicity. Nature immunology, 10.1038/s41590-023-01499-w. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01499-w

14. Ingelfinger, F., Kramer, M., Lutz, M., Widmer, C. C., Piccoli, L., Kreutmair, S., Wertheimer, T., Woodhall, M., Waters, P., Sallusto, F., Lanzavecchia, A., Mundt, S., Becher, B., & Schreiner, B. (2023).  Antibodies Produced by CLL Phenotype B Cells in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis Are Not Directed Against Neuromuscular Endplates. Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 10(2), e200087. doi:10.1212/NXI.0000000000200087. 

15. Mundt, S., Greter, M., & Becher, B. (2022). The CNS mononuclear phagocyte system in health and disease. Neuron, 110(21), 3497–3512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.10.005. 

16. Ingelfinger, F., Sparano, C., Bamert, D., Reyes-Leiva, D., Sethi, A., Rindlisbacher, L., Zwicky, P., Kreutmair, S., Widmer, C. C., Mundt, S., Cortés-Vicente, E., Tugues, S., Becher, B., & Schreiner, B. (2022). Azathioprine therapy induces selective NK cell Depletion and IFN-γ Deficiency predisposing to herpes virus reactivation. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, S0091-6749(22)01187-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2022.09.010. 

17. Ingelfinger, F., Gerdes, L. A., Kavaka, V., Krishnarajah, S., Friebel, E., Galli, E., Zwicky, P., Furrer, R., Peukert, C., Dutertre, C. A., Eglseer, K. M., Ginhoux, F., Flierl-Hecht, A., Kümpfel, T., De Feo, D., Schreiner, B., Mundt, S., Kerschensteiner, M., Hohlfeld, R., Beltrán, E., … Becher, B. (2022). Twin study reveals non-heritable immune perturbations in multiple sclerosis. Nature, 603(7899), 152–158. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04419-4 

18. Krishnarajah, S., Ingelfinger, F., Friebel, E., Cansever, D., Amorim, A., Andreadou, M., Bamert, D., Litscher, G., Lutz, M., Mayoux, M., Mundt, S., Ridder, F., Sparano, C., Stifter, S. A., Ulutekin, C., Unger, S., Vermeer, M., Zwicky, P., Greter, M., Tugues, S., … Becher, B. (2022). Single-cell profiling of immune system alterations in lymphoid, barrier and solid tissues in aged mice. Nature aging, 2(1), 74–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00148-x

19. Zwicky, P., Ingelfinger, F., Silva de Melo, B. M., Ruchti, F., Schärli, S., Puertas, N., Lutz, M., Phan, T. S., Kündig, T. M., Levesque, M. P., Maul, J. T., Schlapbach, C., LeibundGut-Landmann, S., Mundt, S. *, & Becher, B. * (2021). IL-12 regulates type 3 immunity through interfollicular keratinocytes in psoriasiform inflammation. Science immunology, 6(64), eabg9012. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.abg9012 *Shared last authorship

20. Ingelfinger, F., Krishnarajah, S., Kramer, M., Utz, S. G., Galli, E., Lutz, M., Zwicky, P., Akarca, A. U., Jurado, N. P., Ulutekin, C., Bamert, D., Widmer, C. C., Piccoli, L., Sallusto, F., Núñez, N. G., Marafioti, T., Schneiter, D., Opitz, I., Lanzavecchia, A., Jung, H. H., … Becher, B. (2021). Single-cell profiling of myasthenia gravis identifies a pathogenic T cell signature. Acta neuropathologica, 141(6), 901–915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-021-02299-y. 

21. Mundt, S., Keller, A., & Greter, M. (2021). The dural sinus hub: more than just a brain drain. Cell, 184(4), 858–860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.040

22. Keller, C. W., Kotur, M. B., Mundt, S., Dokalis, N., Ligeon, L. A., Shah, A. M., Prinz, M., Becher, B., Münz, C., & Lünemann, J. D. (2021). CYBB/NOX2 in conventional DCs controls T cell encephalitogenicity during neuroinflammation. Autophagy, 17(5), 1244–1258. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2020.1756678 

23. Phan, T. S., Schink, L., Mann, J., Merk, V. M., Zwicky, P., Mundt, S., Simon, D., Kulms, D., Abraham, S., Legler, D. F., Noti, M., & Brunner, T. (2021). Keratinocytes control skin immune homeostasis through de novo-synthesized glucocorticoids. Science advances, 7(5), eabe0337. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe0337. 

24. Mundt, S., Greter, M., Flügel, A., & Becher, B. (2019). The CNS Immune Landscape from the Viewpoint of a T Cell. Trends in neurosciences, 42(10), 667–679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2019.07.008. 

25. Mundt, S., Mrdjen, D., Utz, S. G., Greter, M., Schreiner, B., & Becher, B. (2019). Conventional DCs sample and present myelin antigens in the healthy CNS and allow parenchymal T cell entry to initiate neuroinflammation. Science immunology, 4(31), eaau8380. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.aau8380. First authorship; I planned and performed all experiments, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript

26. Keller, C. W., Sina, C., Kotur, M. B., Ramelli, G., Mundt, S., Quast, I., Ligeon, L. A., Weber, P., Becher, B., Münz, C., & Lünemann, J. D. (2017). ATG-dependent phagocytosis in dendritic cells drives myelin-specific CD4+ T cell pathogenicity during CNS inflammation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(52), E11228–E11237. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713664114. 

27. Basler, M., Mundt, S., & Groettrup, M. (2018). The immunoproteasome subunit LMP7 is required in the murine thymus for filling up a hole in the T cell repertoire. European journal of immunology, 48(3), 419–429. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201747282

28. Mundt, S., Basler, M., Sawitzki, B., & Groettrup, M. (2017). No prolongation of skin allograft survival by immunoproteasome inhibition in mice. Molecular immunology, 88, 32–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2017.05.022. 

29. Mundt, S., Basler, M., Buerger, S., Engler, H., & Groettrup, M. (2016). Inhibiting the immunoproteasome exacerbates the pathogenesis of systemic Candida albicans infection in mice. Scientific reports, 6, 19434. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19434. 

30. Buerger, S., Herrmann, V. L., Mundt, S., Trautwein, N., Groettrup, M., & Basler, M. (2015). The Ubiquitin-like Modifier FAT10 Is Selectively Expressed in Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells and Modifies T Cell Selection. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 195(9), 4106–4116. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1500592

31. Mundt, S., Groettrup, M., & Basler, M. (2015). Analgesia in mice with experimental meningitis reduces pain without altering immune parameters. ALTEX, 32(3), 183–189. https://doi.org/10.14573/altex.1502021. 

32. Mundt, S., Engelhardt, B., Kirk, C. J., Groettrup, M., & Basler, M. (2016). Inhibition and deficiency of the immunoproteasome subunit LMP7 attenuates LCMV-induced meningitis. European journal of immunology, 46(1), 104–113. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.201545578. 

33. Basler, M., Mundt, S., Bitzer, A., Schmidt, C., & Groettrup, M. (2015). The immunoproteasome: a novel drug target for autoimmune diseases. Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 33(4 Suppl 92), S74–S79. 

34. Basler, M.*, Mundt, S.*, Muchamuel, T.*, Moll, C., Jiang, J., Groettrup, M., & Kirk, C. J. (2014). Inhibition of the immunoproteasome ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. EMBO molecular medicine, 6(2), 226–238. https://doi.org/10.1002/emmm.201303543. *Shared first authorship

Preprints & in revision

1. Villar-Vesga, J., Clement, P., Van Hove, H., Meuffels, E., Bugada, V., Kim, J., Greis, D., Jorba-Adolff, P., Mayoux, M., Lasne, A., Ashowrth, C., Zwicky, P., Scharli, S., Engelenburg, H.J., Hsiao, C.-C., Hamann, J., Smolders, J., Tatsch, L., Kirschenbaum, D., Bettina, S., Herwerth, M., Sonia, T., Greter., M., Defeo, D., Becher, B., Ingelfinger, F. & Mundt, S. (2025). Mapping Leukocyte Dynamics during Neuroinflammation Identifies Meningeal Monocyte-Derived Macrophages as Drivers of Progressive Disease. BioRxiv, 2025.08.15.670462. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.15.670462

2. Villar-Vesga, J., De Feo, D., Clément, P., Meuffels, E., Bugada, V., Ingelfinger, F., Ulutekin, C., Kim, J., Pena-Francesch, M., Schmidt, K.W., Meuffels, E.,  Bugada, V., Greis, D., Costra-Peireira, S., Oberbichler, L., Seehusen, F., Prisco, F., Dalvi, U., Münz, C., Saab, A. S., Becher, B., Mundt, S. (2024) Monocyte-Derived Cells But Not Microglia Cause Oxidative Tissue Damage in Neuroinflammation. BioRxiv , https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.18.612891, preprint watch journal club highlighted in Nature Reviews Immunology