Selected publications

Ringleb M, Bizjak DA, Nieß AM, Notbohm H, Predel H-G, Puta C, Steinacker JM, Widmann M, Zacher J, Bloch W, Javelle F (2026). Immune Dysregulation and Persistent Symptoms: Insights into T Cell Dynamics in Post-COVID among Athletes from the CoSmo-S Study. Journal of Clinical Immunology. doi: 10.1007/s10875-026-02020-2

Fehrer A, Windzio L, Schoening S, Steiner S, Aschenbrenner AC, Babel N, Behrends U, Bellmann-Strobl J, Cammà G, Cash A, Doehner W, den Dunnen J, Fluge Ø, Franke C, Hoffmann K, Kedor C, Kim L, Löhden W, Mella O, Mihatsch LL, Peluso MJ, Puta C, Putrino D, Ramoji A, Sato W, Sawitzki B, Schlieper G, Schoenfeld Y, Seifert M, Sigurdsson F, Slaghekke A, Sommerfelt K, Sotzny F, Stein E, Steinacker JM, Stingl M, Systrom DM, Tronstad KJ, Wirth K, Wörmann B, Wüst RCI, Yamamura T, Scheibenbogen C (2026). Expert perspectives on Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – Insights from the 3rd International Conference of the Charité Fatigue Center. Autoimmunity Reviews: 104043. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2026.104043

Ringleb M, Fabritius F, Godde J, Puta C, Bloch W, Javelle F (2026). Circulating Myokine Responses to Acute Endurance Exercise and Their Role in Immunoregulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The FASEB Journal 40(4): e71536. doi: 10.1096/fj.202504780R

Simon R, Röhr W, Schwarz M, Haase H, Puta C, Kipp AP (2026). Acute effects of physical exercise on biomarkers of the trace elements selenium, zinc, copper, and iron. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 94: 127828. doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2026.127828

Bähr F, Wöhrl T, Teich P, Puta C, Kliegl R (2025). Impact of age, sex, body constitution, and the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical fitness of 38,084 German primary school children. Scientific Reports 15: 11300. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-95461-5

Garza AP, Morton L, Motsch A-L, Puta C, Stiebler M, Lading Y, Chakrabarty S, Schreiber S, Buzás EI, Braun-Dullaeus R, Müller P, Dunay IR (2025). Acute exercise alters immune responses in older adults, with extracellular vesicle changes observed in a high-intensity intervention. Frontiers in Immunology 16: 1661161. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1661161

Kiel A, Kliegl R, Zum Berge AH, Schwarzenbrunner K, Puta C, Kullik L, Jakowski S, Kellmann M (2025). Interindividual and intraindividual differences in recovery of German junior female ice hockey players during 2020 World Championship Division IA tournament. Scientific Reports 15(1): 25520. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-09906-y

Ledebur K, Wiedermann M, Puta C, Thurner S, Klimek P, Brockmann D (2025). Wearable data reveals distinct characteristics of individuals with persistent symptoms after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. npj digital medicine 8: 167. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01456-x

Puta C, Reuken P, Katzer K, Gabriel M, Dudziak D, Stallmach A (2025). Exercise Snacks. Ärzteblatt Thüringen 11: 24-28. aerzteblatt-thueringen.de/pdf/thu2511_024.pdf

Reuken PA, Besteher B, Finke K, Lemhöfer C, Puta C, Schönherr C, Vonderlind S, Stallmach A (2025). Präventionsmöglichkeiten des Post-COVID-Syndroms: ein Überblick des aktuellen Forschungsstandes. Ärzteblatt Thüringen 10: 30-33. aerzteblatt-thueringen.de/pdf/thu2510_030.pdf

Reuken PA, Wagner F, Finke K, Lemhöfer C, Puta C, Stengel S, Scherag A, Lewejohann J-C, Stallmach A, Quickert S (2025). Possible link between steatotic liver diseases, severe COVID-19 and cognitive impairment in post-COVID-19 syndrome. Infection. doi: 10.1007/s15010-025-02531-x

Saraei T, Schrenk S, Puta C, Herbsleb M, Witte OW, Frahm C, Brodoehl S, Finke K, Gaser C (2025). Physical Activity and BrainAGE: Exploring the Impact on Brain Health and Plasticity in Older Adults. Human Brain Mapping 46(15): e70378. doi: 10.1002/hbm.70378

Steidten T, Granacher U, Gabriel H, Haunhorst S, Reuken P, Dudziak D, Puta C (2025). Impact of different concurrent training sequencing schemes on overnight systemic immunological regulation in adolescent athletes. Frontiers in Physiology 16: 1392946. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1392946

Zhang B, Grau M, Puta C, Arvidsson D, Arz M, Böcker J, Chilibeck P, Forbes SC, Kaiser-Stolz C, McLaurin N, Miyamoto-Mikami E, Pesta D, Pustowalow W, Tanaka H, Rittweger J, Bloch W (2025). Post-COVID-19 Condition in Track and Field Master Athletes: Severity, Symptoms, and Associations With Quality of Life and C-Reactive Protein Levels. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 35(7): e70106. doi: 10.1111/sms.70106

Christ T, Ringleb M, Haunhorst S, Fennen L, Jordan PM, Wagner H, Puta C (2024). The acute effects of pre- and mid-exercise carbohydrate ingestion on the immunoregulatory stress hormone release in experienced endurance athletes — a systematic review. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 6: 1264814. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1264814

Haunhorst S, Dudziak D, Scheibenbogen C, Seifert M, Sotzny F, Finke C, Behrends U, Aden K, Schreiber S, Brockmann D, Burggraf P, Bloch W, Ellert C, Ramoji A, Popp J, Reuken P, Walter M, Stallmach A, Puta C (2024). Towards an understanding of physical activity-induced post-exertional malaise: Insights into microvascular alterations and immunometabolic interactions in post-COVID condition and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Infection 53: 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s15010-024-02386-8

Kullik L, Stork M, Kellmann M, Puta C, Jakowski S (2024). Impact of sleep-wake patterns and daily rhythms including training on midsleep time in adolescent basketball players during the COVID-19 pandemic. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research 54: 393-401. doi: 10.1007/s12662-023-00933-3

Quickert S, Wagner F, Finke K, Katzer K, Lemhöfer C, Puta C, Stengel S, Scherag A, Lewejohann JC, Stallmach A, Reuken PA (2024). MASLD is a common comorbidity in post-COVID-19 and associated with severe COVID-19 courses and neurocognitive impairments. Z Gastroenterol 62(09): e668. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1789803

Reuken PA, Besteher B, Bleidorn J, Brockmann D, Finke K, Freytag A, Lehmann-Pohl K, Lemhöfer C, Mikolajczyk R, Puta C, Scherag A, Wiedermann M, Zippel-Schultz B, Stallmach A (2024). Web-based telemedicine approach for treatment of post-COVID-19 in Thuringia (WATCH). DIGITAL HEALTH 10. doi: 10.1177/20552076241291748

Ringleb M, Javelle F, Haunhorst S, Bloch W, Fennen L, Baumgart S, Drube S, Reuken PA, Pletz MW, Wagner H, Gabriel HHW, Puta C (2024). Beyond muscles: Investigating immunoregulatory myokines in acute resistance exercise – A systematic review and meta-analysis. The FASEB Journal 38(7): e23596. doi: 10.1096/fj.202301619R

Stallmach A, Quickert S, Puta C, Reuken PA (2024). The gastrointestinal microbiota in the development of ME/CFS: a critical view and potential perspectives. Frontiers in Immunology 15: 1352744. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1352744

Giszas B, Trommer S, Schüßler N, Rodewald A, Bester B, Bleidorn J, Dickmann P, Finke K, Katzer K, Lehmann-Pohl K, Lemhöfer C, Pletz MW, Puta C, Quickert S, Walter M, Stallmach A, Reuken PA (2023). Post-COVID-19 condition is not only a question of persistent symptoms: structured screening including health-related quality of life reveals two separate clusters of post-COVID. Infection 51(2): 365-377. doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01886-9

Haunhorst S, Bloch W, Drube S, Baumgart S, Pletz MW, Gabriel HHW, Puta C (2023). Current return to sports recommendations after non-severe COVID-19 from an exercise immunology perspective: A scoping review. Sport Orthopaedics and Traumatology 39(4): 378-388. doi: 10.1016/j.orthtr.2023.11.003

Haunhorst S, Bloch W, Puta C (2023). Impact Of Long Covid On Recovery In Sport and Exercise. The Importance of Recovery for Physical and Mental Health, 1st Edition, Routledge: 203-222. doi: 10.4324/9781003250647-12

Lemhöfer C, Bahmer T, Baumbach P, Besteher B, Boekel A, Finke K, Katzer K, Lehmann-Pohl K, Lewejohann JC, Loudovici-Krug D, Nowka M, Puta C, Quickert S, Reuken PA, Walter M, Stallmach A (2023). Variations and Predictors of Post-COVID Syndrome Severity in Patients Attending a Post-COVID Outpatient Clinic. J Clin Med 12(12): 4013. doi: 10.3390/jcm12124013

Markov A, Bussweiler J, Helm N, Arntz F, Steidten T, Krohm L, Sacot A, Baumert P, Puta C, Chaabene H (2023). Acute effects of concurrent muscle power and sport-specific endurance exercises on markers of immunological stress response and measures of muscular fitness in highly trained young male athletes. Eur J Appl Physiol 123(5): 1015-1026. doi: 10.1007/s00421-022-05126-8

Palmowski J, Kohnhorst S, Bauer P, Puta C, Haunhorst S, Gebhardt K, Reichel T, Keller C, Huber M, Raifer H, Krüger K (2023). T-cell-derived TNF-α and a cluster of immunological parameters from plasma allow a separation between SARS-CoV-2 convalescent versus vaccinated elite athletes. Front Physiol 14: 1203983. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1203983

Platz T, Abel U, Behrends U, Berlit P, Diem L, Ellert C, Fickenscher H, Guha M, Koch M, Köllner V, Krakow K, Kramer A, Koczulla R, Moser H, Noth R, Pohl M, Puta C, Reißhauer A, Schlitt A, Sigrist T, de Zeeuw J, Zwick RH (2023). S2k-LL COVID-19 and (early) rehabilitation. In: German Society for Neurorehabilitation e.V. (DGNR) (ed.), Guidelines for Neurorehabilitation. Edition/Version Date: 4.0 (3. Update). awmf.org/leitlinien/detail/ll/080-008.html

Reuken PA, Bester B, Finke K, Fischer A, Holl A, Katzer K, Lehmann-Pohl K, Lemhöfer C, Nowka M, Puta C, Walter M, Weißenborn C, Stallmach A (2023). Long-term course of neuropsychological symptoms and ME/CFS after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective registry study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 274(8): 1903-1910. doi: 10.1007/s00406-023-01661-3

Schrenk SJ, Brodoehl S, Flor S, Frahm C, Gaser C, Hamdan RA, Herbsleb M, Kaleta C, Kattlun F, Müller HJ, Puta C, Radscheidt M, Ruiz-Rizzo AL, Saraei T, Scherag A, Steidten T, Witte OW, Finke K (2023). Impact of an online guided physical activity training on cognition and gut-brain axis interactions in older adults: protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Front Aging Neurosci 15: 1254194. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1254194

Steiner S, Fehrer A, Hoheisel F, Schoening S, Aschenbrenner A, Babel N, Bellmann-Strobl J, Finke C, Fluge Ø, Froehlich L, Goebel A, Grande B, Haas JP, Hohberger B, Jason LA, Komaroff AL, Lacerda E, Liebl M, Maier A, Mella O, Nacul L, Paul F, Prusty BK, Puta C, Riemekasten G, Ries W, Rowe PC, Sawitzki B, Shoenfeld Y, Schultze JL, Seifert M, Sepúlveda N, Sotzny F, Stein E, Stingl M, Ufer F, Veauthier C, Westermeier F, Wirth K, Wolfarth B, Zalewski P, Behrends U, Scheibenbogen C (2023). Understanding, diagnosing, and treating Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome — State of the art: Report of the 2nd international meeting at the Charité fatigue center. Autoimmunity Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2023.103452

Teich P, Fühner T, Bähr F, Puta C, Granacher U, Kliegl R (2023). Covid Pandemic Effects on the Physical Fitness of Primary School Children: Results of the German EMOTIKON Project. Sports Med Open 9(1): 77. doi: 10.1186/s40798-023-00624-1

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