Tobias Komar
@t-komar.bsky.social
PhD candidate exploring Innate Immunity and TLRs | Hornung lab @ Gene Center Munich LMU
We show that Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) activates interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in an inflammasome-independent manner. S. aureus secretes the cysteine protease staphopain A, which cleaves pro-IL-1β and renders the cytokine bioactive.
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August 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We show that Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) activates interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in an inflammasome-independent manner. S. aureus secretes the cysteine protease staphopain A, which cleaves pro-IL-1β and renders the cytokine bioactive.
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Reposted by Tobias Komar
VEIT HORNUNG @v-hornung.bsky.social @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social is awarded the 2025 Collen-Jeantet Prize for Translational Medicine for his important contributions to our understanding of how foreign nucleic acids and other non-self signals trigger the innate immune system.
January 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
VEIT HORNUNG @v-hornung.bsky.social @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social is awarded the 2025 Collen-Jeantet Prize for Translational Medicine for his important contributions to our understanding of how foreign nucleic acids and other non-self signals trigger the innate immune system.