Beis D., von Känel R., Heimgartner N., Zuccarella-Hackl C., Bürkle A., Ehlert U., Wirtz P.H. (2018). The role of norepinephrine and alpha-adrenergic receptors in acute stress-induced changes in granulocytes and monocytes.  Psychosom Med. 2018 Jun 29. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000620, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29965944

Wirtz, P.H. & von Kanel, R. (2017). Psychological Stress, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease. Curr Cardiol Rep 19(11):111. (IF: 2.085) Review

Kuebler, U., Arpagaus, A., Meister, R.E., von Känel, R., Huber, S., Ehlert, U. & Wirtz, P.H. (2016). Dark chocolate attenuates intracellular pro-inflammatory reactivity to acute psychosocial stress in men: a randomized controlled trial. Brain Behav Immun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.04.006. (IF: 5.964)[Link]

Zuccarella-Hackl, C., von Kanel, R., Thomas, L., Kuebler, P., Schmid, J.P., Mattle, H., Mono, M.L., Rieben, R., Wiest, R. & Wirtz, P.H. (2016). Higher macrophage superoxide anion production in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with Type D personality. Psychoneuroendocrinology 68:186-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.02.031. (IF: 4.788)[Link]

Zuccarella-Hackl, C., von Kanel, R., Thomas, L., Hauser, M., Kuebler, U., Widmer, H.R. & Wirtz, P.H. (2016). Macrophage superoxide anion production in essential hypertension: associations with biological and psychological cardiovascular risk factors. Psychosom Med 78(6):750-7. (IF: 3.863), www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27187852

*Kuebler, U., *Wirtz, P.H., Sakai, M., Stemmer, A., Meister, R.E., Ehlert, U. (2015) Anticipatory cognitive stress appraisal modulates suppression of wound-induced macrophage activation by acute psychosocial stress. Psychophysiology 52(4):499-508. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12368 (IF: 2.663)* shared first authorship; Epub ahead of print in 2014[Link]

Kuebler, U., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Arpagaus, A., Wolf, J.M., Farahmand, F., von Känel, R., Ehlert, U., Wirtz, P. (2015) Stress-induced modulation of NF-κB activation, inflammation-associated gene expression, and cytokine levels in blood of healthy men. Behavior and Immunity 46:87-95.(IF: 5.964) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.12.024[Link]

Mosienko V, Matthes S, Hirth N, Beis D, Flinders M, Bader M, Hansson AC, Alenina N. Adaptive changes in serotonin metabolism preserve normal behavior in mice with reduced TPH2 activity. Neuropharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.05.015. (IF 2015: 4.936)

Kuebler, U., Trachsel, M., von Känel, R., Abbruzzese, E., Ehlert, U. & Wirtz, P.H. (2014). Attributional styles and stress-related atherogenic plasma lipid reactivity in essential hypertension. J Psychosom Res 77(1):51-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.04.004. (IF: 2.809)[Link]

Wirtz, P.H., von Känel, R., Meister, R., Arpagaus, A., Treichler, S., Kuebler, U., Huber, S., Ehlert, U. (2014). Dark chocolate buffers stress reactivity in humans. J Am Coll Cardiol 63(21):2297-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.580. (IF: 19.896) [Link]

von Kanel, R., Meister R., Stutz, M., Kummer, P., Arpagaus, A., Huber, S., Ehlert, U. & Wirtz, P.H. (2014). Effects of dark chocolate consumption on the prothrombotic response to acute psychosocial stress in healthy men. Thromb Haemost 112(6):1151-8. https://doi.org/10.1160/TH14-05-0450. (IF: 5.627)[Link]

Mosienko V, Beis D, Pasqualetti M, Waider J, Matthes S, Qadri F, Bader M, Alenina N. Life without brain serotonin: Reevaluation of serotonin function with mice deficient in brain serotonin synthesis. Behavioral Brain Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.005. (IF 2015: 3.202)

Kuebler, U., von Kanel, R:, Heimgartner, N., Zuccarella, C., Stirnimann, G., Ehlert, U. & Wirtz, P.H. (2014). Norepinephrine infusion with and without alpha-adrenergic blockade by phentolamine increases salivary alpha amylase but not cortisol levels in healthy men. Psychoneuroendocrinology 49:290-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.07.023. (IF: 4.788)[Link]

Thomas, L., Schwaninger, A., Heimgartner, N., Hedinger, P., Hofer, F., Ehlert, U. & Wirtz, P.H. (2014). Stress-induced cortisol secretion impairs detection performance in airport security x-ray baggage screening for hidden weapons by screening novices. Psychophysiology 51(9):912-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12229. (IF: 2.668)[Link]

*Kuebler, U., *Wirtz, P.H., Sakai, M., Stemmer, A. & Ehlert, U. (2013). Acute stress reduces wound-induced activation of microbicidal potential of ex vivo isolated human monocyte-derived macrophages. PLoS One 2013;8(2):e55875. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055875. (IF: 2.806) *shared first authorship [Link]

Kuebler, U., Ehlert, U., Zuccarella, C., Sakai, M., Stemmer, A. & Wirtz, P.H. (2013). An in vitro method to investigate the microbicidal potential of human macrophages for use in psychosomatic research. Psychosom Med 75(9):841-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000008. (IF: 3.863) [Link]

Nedeljkovic, M., Webfer, V., Ausfeld-Hafter, B., Wirtz, P.H., & Streitberger, K. (2013). Influence of general self-efficacy as a mediator in Taiji-induced stress reduction - Results from a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Integrative Medicine 5(3);284-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2012.12.001 (IF: 0.801) [Link]

Wirtz, P.H., Ehlert, U., Kottwitz, M., LaMarca, R., Semmer, N. (2013). Occupational role stress is associated with higher cortisol reactivity to stress. J Occup Health Psychol 18(2):121-31. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031802. (IF: 2.679) [Link]

Beis D, Duchenne J, Rousselle A, Grohmann M, Qadri F, Bader M, Alenina N. Peripheral effects of central depletion of serotonin in a mouse model for sub sickness behaviour. Abstract Published in: Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 2/2013, 29, Pages S1-S24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2013.01.062 (IF 2015: 5.874)

Kuebler, U., Linnebank, M., Semmler, A., Stoffel-Wagner, B., La Marca, R., Ehlert, U., & Wirtz, P.H. (2013). Plasma homocysteine levels increase following stress in older but not younger men. Psychoneuroendocrinology 38(8):1381-1387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.12.003. (IF: 4.788) [Link]