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Overview

Adrien Kissenpfennig is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with additional work in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Physiology. Key topics addressed in their publications cover Immune cells in cancer, Immune Response and Inflammation, Gut microbiota and health, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Retinal Development and Disorders, Signaling Pathways in Disease, and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Kissenpfennig has published in several scientific venues, notably contributing to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), EMBO Molecular Medicine, Molecular Neurodegeneration, PLoS Pathogens, and Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

Selected recent papers include:

  • In vivo single-cell transcriptomics reveal Klebsiella pneumoniae skews lung macrophages to promote infection, 2022, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Deletion of Socs3 in LysM+ cells and Cx3cr1 resulted in age-dependent development of retinal microgliopathy, 2021, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • The immunophilin protein FKBPL and its peptide derivatives are novel regulators of vascular integrity and inflammation via NF-κB signaling, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hyaloid Vasculature as a Major Source of STAT3 + (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3) Myeloid Cells for Pathogenic Retinal Neovascularization in Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • In vivo single-cell high-dimensional mass cytometry analysis to track the interactions between Klebsiella pneumoniae and myeloid cells, 2024, PLoS Pathogens

Collaborators frequently working with Kissenpfennig include Amy Dumigan, Joana Sá-Pessoa, Ricardo Calderón-González, José A. Bengoechea, and Mei Chen.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics and function of Langerhans cells in vivo: dermal dendritic cells colonize lymph node areas distinct from slower migrating Langerhans cells.

    Adrien Kissenpfennig;Sandrine Henri;Bertrand Dubois;Corinne Laplace-Builhé

  • Pax7-expressing satellite cells are indispensable for adult skeletal muscle regeneration.

    Ramkumar Sambasivan;Roseline Yao;Adrien Kissenpfennig;Laetitia Van Wittenberghe

  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Macrophages in Clinically Relevant Lung Injury Models by Extracellular Vesicle Mitochondrial Transfer

    Thomas J Morrison;Megan V Jackson;Erin K Cunningham;Adrien Kissenpfennig

  • Identification of a novel population of Langerin+ dendritic cells

    Laura S. Bursch;Liangchun Wang;Botond Zoltan Igyarto;Adrien Kissenpfennig

  • Mitochondrial Transfer via Tunneling Nanotubes is an Important Mechanism by Which Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Macrophage Phagocytosis in the In Vitro and In Vivo Models of ARDS.

    Megan V. Jackson;Thomas J. Morrison;Declan F. Doherty;Daniel F. McAuley

  • Regulatory T cells promote myelin regeneration in the central nervous system.

    Yvonne Dombrowski;Thomas O'Hagan;Marie Dittmer;Rosana Penalva

  • Blood-derived dermal langerin+ dendritic cells survey the skin in the steady state.

    Florent Ginhoux;Matthew P. Collin;Milena Bogunovic;Michal Abel

  • The dermis contains langerin+ dendritic cells that develop and function independently of epidermal Langerhans cells

    Lionel Franz Poulin;Lionel Franz Poulin;Sandrine Henri;Sandrine Henri;Béatrice de Bovis;Béatrice de Bovis;Elisabeth Devilard;Elisabeth Devilard

  • Langerhans cell (LC) proliferation mediates neonatal development, homeostasis, and inflammation-associated expansion of the epidermal LC network

    Laurent Chorro;Laurent Chorro;Aurélien Sarde;Mei Li;Kevin J. Woollard

  • CD207+ CD103+ dermal dendritic cells cross-present keratinocyte-derived antigens irrespective of the presence of Langerhans cells

    Sandrine Henri;Lionel Franz Poulin;Samira Tamoutounour;Laurence Ardouin

  • Skin Dendritic Cell Targeting via Microneedle Arrays Laden with Antigen-Encapsulated Poly-D, L-lactide-co-Glycolide Nanoparticles Induces Efficient Antitumor and Antiviral Immune Responses

    Marija Zaric;Oksana Lyubomska;Olivier Touzelet;Candice Poux

  • Visualization of the earliest steps of gammadelta T cell development in the adult thymus.

    Immo Prinz;Amandine Sansoni;Adrien Kissenpfennig;Adrien Kissenpfennig;Laurence Ardouin

  • Foxp3+ T Cells Induce Perforin-Dependent Dendritic Cell Death in Tumor-Draining Lymph Nodes

    Alexandre Boissonnas;Alix Scholer-Dahirel;Virginie Simon-Blancal;Luigia Pace

  • Identification of Mouse Langerin/CD207 in Langerhans Cells and Some Dendritic Cells of Lymphoid Tissues

    Jenny Valladeau;Valérie Clair-Moninot;Colette Dezutter-Dambuyant;Jean-Jacques Pin

  • Th2 lymphoproliferative disorder of LatY136F mutant mice unfolds independently of TCR-MHC engagement and is insensitive to the action of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells.

    Ying Wang;Adrien Kissenpfennig;Michael Mingueneau;Sylvie Richelme

  • Antimicrobial efficacy of tobramycin polymeric nanoparticles for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis: formulation, characterisation and functionalisation with dornase alfa (DNase).

    Jill Deacon;Sharif M. Abdelghany;Derek J. Quinn;Daniela Schmid

  • Langerhans cells protect from allergic contact dermatitis in mice by tolerizing CD8+ T cells and activating Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

    Mercedes Gomez de Agüero;Marc Vocanson;Fériel Hacini-Rachinel;Morgan Taillardet

  • Aging impairs peritoneal but not bone marrow-derived macrophage phagocytosis.

    Eimear Linehan;Yvonne Dombrowski;Rachel Snoddy;Padraic G. Fallon;Padraic G. Fallon

  • Insights into Langerhans cell function from Langerhans cell ablation models.

    Daniel H. Kaplan;Adrien Kissenpfennig;Björn E. Clausen

  • Targeting Siglecs with a sialic acid-decorated nanoparticle abrogates inflammation

    Shaun Spence;Michelle K. Greene;François Fay;François Fay;Emily Hams

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Malissen
Bernard Malissen Aix-Marseille University
Padraic G. Fallon
Padraic G. Fallon Trinity College Dublin
Daniel F. McAuley
Daniel F. McAuley Queen's University Belfast
Nikolaus Romani
Nikolaus Romani Innsbruck Medical University
Heping Xu
Heping Xu Queen's University Belfast
Sandrine Henri
Sandrine Henri Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Nicole M. Thielens
Nicole M. Thielens Grenoble Alpes University
Stephanie Gras
Stephanie Gras La Trobe University
Marie Malissen
Marie Malissen Aix-Marseille University

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