- Sektion für Rheumatologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Universitätsklinikum Bonn
- Immunopathogenesis and early detection of inflammatory arthritis, particularly psoriatic arthritis
- Advanced cellular and targeted therapies in rheumatic diseases
- Large-vessel vasculitis, particularly giant cell arteritis
- Molecular, novel and AI-assisted imaging in rheumatology
1. Petzinna SM, Kirch SM, Adamson MS, Xi D, Bauer CJ, Kreis L, Gheitasi R, Karakostas P, Behrendt R, Nickenig G, Zimmer S, Jamin RN, Schäfer VS.
AYLo study — elevated relapse risk and dysregulated proinflammatory signalling in giant cell arteritis patients with mosaic loss of the Y chromosome.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2025 Jul 15:S0003-4967(25)04188-3. DOI: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.06.2133.
2. Bauer CJ, Chrysidis S, Dejaco C, Koster MJ, Kohler MJ, Monti S, Schmidt WA, Mukhtyar CB, Karakostas P, Milchert M, Ponte C, Duftner C, de Miguel E, Hocevar A, Iagnocco A, Terslev L, Døhn UM, Nielsen BD, Juche A, Seitz L, Keller KK, Karalilova R, Daikeler T, Mackie SL, Torralba K, van der Geest KSM, Boumans D, Bosch P, Tomelleri A, Aschwanden M, Kermani TA, Diamantopoulos A, Fredberg U, Inanc N, Petzinna SM, Albarqouni S, Behning C, Schäfer VS.
Exploring the limit of image resolution for human expert classification of vascular ultrasound images in giant cell arteritis and healthy subjects: the GCA-US-AI project.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2025 Jun 12:S0003-4967(25)00969-0.
3. Bauer CJ, Karakostas P, Weber N, Behning C, Stoffel-Wagner B, Brossart P, Dolscheid-Pommerich R, Schäfer VS.
Comparative analysis of contemporary anti-double stranded DNA antibody assays for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Frontiers in Immunology. 2023 Dec 7;14:1305865. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1305865.
4. Petzinna SM, Küppers J, Schemmer B, Kernder AL, Bauer CJ, Baerlecken NT, Bruci D, Karakostas P, Jamin RN, Adamson MS, Winklbauer A, Behrendt R, Essler M, Schäfer VS.
Advanced imaging of relapse in giant cell arteritis: The role of vascular adhesion protein-1 and [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-Siglec-9 positron emission tomography-computed tomography.
Journal of Internal Medicine. 2025 Jun 26;298(2):138–142.