Petra Reinke Profile Page
Organisation: Charité
Department: Medical Clinic - Nephrology and Internal Intensive Medicine
Address: Augustenburgerplatz 1
13353 Berlin
Campus: Virchow Klinikum
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Field: Transplant Immunology
Track(s): Med
CV: 2006-present Platform leader “Immunology” at BCRT
2000 Professorship for Nephrology at the Humboldt-University, Charité
1990 PhD for Nephrology - Docent
1990 Medical Specialist in Nephrology
1990-present Executive Assistant Medical Director for Kidney Transplantation at the Dept. Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité
1989 Fellowship in Clinical Immunology University Innsbruck, Austria
1982 Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine
1982-1990 Fellowship in Nephrology, Charité
1979 MD
1976-1982 Residency in Internal Medicine, Charité
1971-1976 School of Medicine, Humboldt-University Berlin Study of Human Medicine
Research Interests: main field: Transplant Medicine

other fields: Transplant Immunology, Immunology of Infection, Regenerative Medicine

current research interest: cell therapy, immunopathogenesis of viral infection and
allograft rejection
Publications: Hammer MH, Brestrich G, Andree H, Engelmann E, Rosenberger C, Tillmann H, Zwinger S, Babel N, Nickel P, Volk HD, Reinke P (2006) HLA type-independent method to monitor Polyoma BK Virus specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell immunity. Am J Transplant 6: 625-631

Andree H, Nickel P, Nasiadko C, Hammer MH, Schonemann C, Pruss A, Volk HD, Reinke P (2006) Identification of Dialysis Patients with Panel-Reactive Memory T Cells before Kidney Transplantation Using an Allogeneic Cell Bank. J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 573-580

Hammer MH, Meyer S, Brestrich G, Moosmann A, Kern F, Tesfa L, Babel N, Mittenzweig, Rooney CM, Hammerschmidt W, Volk HD, Reinke P (2005) HLA type-independent generation of antigen-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy. Eur J Immunol35: 2250-2258

Nickel P, Presber F, Bold G, Biti D, Schönemann C, Tullius SG, Volk HD, Reinke P (2004) Enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay for donor-reactive interferon-gamma-producing cells identifies T-cell presensitization and correlates with graft function at 6 and 12 months in renal-transplant recipients. Transplantation78: 1640-1646

Kotsch K, Mashreghi MF, Bold G, Tretow P, Beyer J, Matz M, Hoerstrup J, Pratschke J, Ding R, Suthanthiran M, Volk HD, Reinke R (2004) Enhanced granulysin mRNA expression in urinary sediment in early and delayed acute renal allograft rejection. Transplantation 77: 1866-1875

Babel N, Gabdrakhmanova L, Juergensen JS, Eibl N, Hoerstrup J, Hammer M, Rosenberger C, Hoeflich C, Frei U, Rohde F, Volk HD, Reinke P (2004) Treatment of cytomegalovirus disease with valganciclovir in renal transplant recipients: a single center experience. Transplantation 78: 283-285

Savoldo B, Huls MH, Liu Z, Okamura T, Volk HD, Reinke P, Sabat R, Babel N, Jones JF, Webster-Cyriaque J, Gee AP, Brenner MK, Heslop HE, Rooney CM (2002) Autologous EBV specific cytotoxic T cells for the treatment of persistent active EBV infection. Blood 100: 4059-4066

Kern F, Faulhaber N, Khatamzas E, Frömmel C, Ewert R, Prösch S, Volk HD, Reinke P (2000) Analysis of the CD8+ T-cell response to human cytomegalovirus in renal transplant recipients. Eur J Immunol 30: 1676-1682

Kern F, Surel IP, Freistedt B, Scheffold A, Blasczyk R, Reinke P, Schneider-Mergener J, Radbruch A, Walden P, Volk HD (1998) T-cell epitope mapping by flow cytometry. Nat Med 8: 975-978

Staak K, Prösch S, Stein J, Priemer C, Ewert R, Döcke WD, Krüger DH, Volk HD, Reinke P (1998) Pentoxifylline Promotes Replication of Human Cytomegalovirus In vivo and In vitro. Blood 89: 3682-3690