Publications

2023

N Abu Hussein, C Machahua, S C Ruchti, M P Horn, L Piquilloud, M Prella, T K Geiser, C von Garnier, M Funke-Chambour. Circulating calprotectin levels four months after severe and non-severe COVID-19. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 3;23(1):650. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08653-7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37789266/

Alexandra Lenoir, Andreas Christe, Lukas Ebner, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry, Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, Martin Brutsche, Christian Clarenbach, Berra Erkosar, Christian Garzoni, Thomas Geiser, Sabina A Guler, Dik Heg, Frédéric Lador, Marco Mancinetti, Sebastian R Ott, Lise Piquilloud, Maura Prella, Yok-Ai Que, Christophe von Garnier, Manuela Funke-Chambour. Pulmonary Recovery 12 Months after Non-Severe and Severe COVID-19: The Prospective Swiss COVID-19 Lung Study. Respiration. 2023;102(2):120-133. doi: 10.1159/000528611. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36566741/

 

2022

G Tuba Barut, Nico Joel Halwe, Adriano Taddeo, Jenna N Kelly, Jacob Schön, Nadine Ebert, Lorenz Ulrich, … , Carlos Machahua, Patrick Dorn, Thomas M Marti, Manuela Funke-Chambour, … , Marco P Alves, Charaf Benarafa, Martin Beer, Volker Thiel. The spike gene is a major determinant for the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-BA.1 phenotype. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 7;13(1):5929. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33632-y. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36207334/

Sylvia Nyilas, Grzegorz Bauman, Insa Korten, Orso Pusterla, Florian Singer, Michael Ith, Cindy Groen, Anna Schoeni, Johannes T Heverhagen, Andreas Christe, Nicolas Rodondi, Oliver Bieri, Thomas Geiser, Reto Auer, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Lukas Ebner. MRI Shows Lung Perfusion Changes after Vaping and Smoking. Radiology. 2022 Jul;304(1):195-204. doi: 10.1148/radiol.211327. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35380498/

Namrata Kewalramani,, Carlos Machahua, Venerino Poletti, Jacques Cadranel, Athol U Wells, Manuela Funke-Chambour. Lung cancer in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: an overview of current knowledge and challenges. ERJ Open Res. 2022 Jun 20;8(2):00115-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00115-2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35747227/

Ilena Müller, Marco Mancinetti, Anja Renner, Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, Martin H Brutsche, Christian Clarenbach, Christian Garzoni, Alexandra Lenoir, Bruno Naccini, Sebastian Ott, Lise Piquilloud, Maura Prella, Yok-Ai Que, Paola Marina Soccal, Christophe von Garnier, Thomas K Geiser, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Sabina Guler. Frailty assessment for COVID-19 follow-up: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2022 Apr;9(1):e001227. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2022-001227. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35459694/

 

2021

Carlos Machahua, Sabina A Guler, Michael P Horn, Lurdes Planas-Cerezales, Ana Montes-Worboys, Thomas K Geiser, Maria Molina-Molina, Manuela Funke-Chambour. Serum calprotectin as new biomarker for disease severity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a cross-sectional study in two independent cohorts. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2021 Jan;8(1):e000827. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33451989/

Guler S, Ebner L, Beigelmann C, Bridevaux PO, Brutsche M, Clarenbach C, Gasche P, Garzoni C, Geiser T, Ott SR, Lenoir A, Mancinetti M, Prella M, Que YA,von Garnier C, Funke-Chambour M. Pulmonary function and radiological features four months after COVID-19: first results from the national prospective observational Swiss COVID-19 lung study. Eur Respir J. 2021 Jan 8;2003690. PMID: 33419891 https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/erj/early/2020/12/17/13993003.03690-2020.full.pdf

Manuela Funke-Chambour, Carlo Albera, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Ulrich Costabel, Jan C. Grutters, Sergio Harari, Kerri Johannson, Michael Kreuter, Irina Strambu, Carlo Vancheri, Francesco Varone, Patrizio Vitulo, Wim A. Wuyts, Fernando Martinez and Ganesh Raghu. Suggestions for improving clinical utility of future guidelines for diagnosis and management of IPF – results of a Delphi survey. Eur Respir J.  2021 Jan 8;2004219. PMID: 33419886

Kurz, Johanna; Frey, Jeannette; Auer, Reto; Rodondi, Nicolas; Nyilas, Sylvia; Pavlov, Nikolay; Funke-Chambour, Manuela*; Singer, Florian*. Influence of ventilation inhomogeneity on diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide in smokers without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J. Open research R-00706-2020.R1 ERJ Open Res. 2021 Mar 8;7(1):00706-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00706-2020.

Khor YH et al. , Yet H Lawrence Gutman, Nebal Abu Hussein, Nicole SL Goh, Kerri A Johannson, Ian Glaspole, Sabina Guler, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Thomas Geiser, Christopher J Ryerson . ILD Progression and prognostic significance of hypoxemia in fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Chest 2021 Apr 24;S0012-3692(21)00762-5.

Mirjam Kiener, Nuria Roldan, Carlos Machahua, Arunima Sengupta, Thomas Geiser, Olivier Thierry Guenat, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Nina Hobi and Marianna Kruithof-de Julio. Human-Based Advanced in vitro Approaches to Investigate Lung Fibrosis and Pulmonary Effects of COVID-19. Front. Med. 2021. 8:644678. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.644678.

Sabina A. Guler, Eva Wohlfarth, Sabina Berezowska, Thomas K. Geiser, Lukas Ebner,  Manuela Funke-Chambour. Performance of a diagnostic algorithm for fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. A case-control study. Respir Res. 2021 Apr 23;22(1):120.

Funke-Chambour M, Bridevaux PO, Clarenbach C, Soccal PM, Nicod L, Von Garnier C. Swiss Recommendation for the follow-up and treatment of pulmonary LongCOVID - on behalf of the Swiss COVID Lung Study Group and the Swiss Society of Pulmonology. Respiration accepted May 2021

Sabina A. Guler, Anne-Kathrin Brill, Christian Clarenbach, Katrin Hostettler, Martin Brutsche, Anke Schertel, Thomas K. Geiser, Manuela Funke-Chambour. Azithromycin for the treatment of cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A randomized controlled cross-over pilot trial. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 May 20. PMID: 34015241

2020

Kristina Krempaska, Sandra Barnowski, Jacopo Gavini, Nina Hobi, Simone Ebener, Cedric Simillion, Andrea Stokes, Ronja Schliep, Lars Knudsen, Thomas K Geiser, Manuela Funke-Chambour. Azithromycin has enhanced effects on lung fibroblasts from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients compared to controls. Respir Res. 2020 Jan 15;21(1):25. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31941499/

Justet, D. Klay, Raphael Porcher, V. Cottin, K. Ahmad, ,M. Molina Molina, H. Nunes, M. Reynaud-Gaubert, J. M. Naccache, E. Manali, S.Papiris, A. Froidure, S. Jouneau, L. Wemeau, C. Andrejak, A. Gondouin,S. Hirschi, E. Blanchard, B. Bondue, P. Bonniaud, C. Tromeur, G. Prévot, S. Marchand-Adam, M. Funke-Chambour, A. S. Gamez, I Ba, B. Crestani, C. Van Moorsel, C. Kannengiesser, R. Borie on behalf of Orphalung Network. Safety and efficacy of anti fibrotic treatments in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and carrying telomerase complex mutation. Eur Respir J. 2020 Nov 19;2003198.

Michael Kreuter, Markus Polke, Simon L. F. Walsh, Johannes Krisam, Harold R. Collard, Nazia Chaudhuri, Sergey Avdeev, Jürgen Behr, Gregory Calligaro, Tamera Corte, Kevin Flaherty, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Martin Kolb, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Toby M. Maher, Maria Molina Molina, Antonio Morais, Catharina C. Moor, Julie Morisset, Carlos Pereira, Silvia Quadrelli, Moises Selman, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Claudia Valenzuela, Carlo Vancheri, Vanesa Vicens-Zygmunt, Julia Wälscher, Wim Wuyts, Marlies Wijsenbeek, Vincent Cottin, Elisabeth Bendstrup. Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: International survey and call for harmonisation. Eur Respir J. 2020 Feb 14. pii: 1901760. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01760-2019

Fabian Braun, Christophe Verjus, Josep Solà, Marcus Marienfeld, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Jens Krauss, Thomas Geiser, Sabina A. Guler. Evaluation of a Novel Ear Pulse Oximeter: Towards Automated Oxygen Titration in Eyeglass Frames. Sensors 2020 Jun 10;20(11):3301.

2019

Rindlisbacher B, Schmid C, Geiser T, Bovet C, Funke-Chambour M. Serum metabolic profiling identified a distinct metabolic signature in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a potential biomarker role for LysoPC. Respir Res. 2018 Jan 10;19(1):7.

Funke-Chambour M, Guler SA, Geiser T, Christe A, Heverhagen J, Pöllinger A, Huber A, Ebner L. New radiological diagnostic criteria - impact on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis. Eur Respir J. 2019 Jul 4. PMID: 31273039

2018

Janick Stucki, Nina Hobi, Artur Galimov, Andreas O. Stucki, Nicole Schneider-Daum, Claus-Michael Lehr, Hanno Huwer, Manfred Frick, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Thomas Geiser, and Olivier Guenat. Medium throughput breathing human primary cell alveolus-on-chip modelSci Rep.2018 Sep 25;8(1):14359.

Zeinali S, Bichsel CA, Hobi N, Funke M, Marti TM, Schmid RA, Guenat OT, Geiser T. Human microvasculature-on-a chip: anti-neovasculogenic effect of nintedanib in vitro. Angiogenesis. 2018 Jul 2.