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Alexander Knuth is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main subfields covered in their work include Surgery, Oncology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research topics reflect a focus on CAR-T cell therapy research, virus-based gene therapy research, electrostatic discharge in electronics, bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, urinary and genital oncology studies, esophageal cancer research and treatment, as well as pancreatic function and diabetes.

Alexander Knuth has authored publications in several scientific journals, including:

  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Vaccines
  • Oncology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Alexander Knuth include the following titles:

  • "Local delivery of CAR T cells targeting fibroblast activation protein is safe in patients with pleural mesothelioma: first report of FAPME, a phase I clinical trial" (2020, Annals of Oncology)
  • "Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Versus Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin in Advanced or Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Results of a Large, Randomized, Multinational, Multicenter, Phase III Study" (2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • "Vaccination Against Amyloidogenic Aggregates in Pancreatic Islets Prevents Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus" (2020, Vaccines)
  • "The effect of protein mutations on drug binding suggests ensuing personalised drug selection" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Combination of HAI-FUDR and Systemic Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma: A Dose Finding Single Center Study" (2021, Oncology)

Frequent collaborators in Alexander Knuth's scholarly work include:

  • Thi Dan Linh Nguyen-Kim
  • Henrik Petrowsky
  • Stefanie Hiltbrunner
  • Christian Britschgi
  • Petra Schuberth

Their research demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement across clinical and molecular biology approaches, with a concentration on medical oncology and therapeutic development, particularly in immune cell therapies and cancer treatment protocols. The integration of topics such as electrostatic discharge in electronics hints at a broader methodological range involving bioengineering or related technological applications.

Best Publications

  • A gene encoding an antigen recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes on a human melanoma

    P van der Bruggen;C Traversari;P Chomez;C Lurquin

  • Simultaneous Humoral and Cellular Immune Response against Cancer–Testis Antigen NY-ESO-1: Definition of Human Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-A2–binding Peptide Epitopes

    Elke Jäger;Yao Tseng Chen;Jan W. Drijfhout;Julia Karbach

  • A Survey of the Humoral Immune Response of Cancer Patients to a Panel of Human Tumor Antigens

    Elisabeth Stockert;Elke Jäger;Yao-Tseng Chen;Matthew J. Scanlan

  • Survey of naturally occurring CD4+ T cell responses against NY-ESO-1 in cancer patients: Correlation with antibody responses

    Sacha Gnjatic;Djordje Atanackovic;Elke Jäger;Mitsutoshi Matsuo

  • Induction of primary NY-ESO-1 immunity: CD8+ T lymphocyte and antibody responses in peptide-vaccinated patients with NY-ESO-1+ cancers.

    Elke Jäger;Sacha Gnjatic;Yasuhiro Nagata;Elisabeth Stockert

  • Classification of current anticancer immunotherapies

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Erika Vacchelli;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Aitziber Buqué

  • Tumor regression responses in melanoma patients treated with a peptide encoded by gene MAGE-3

    M Marchand;P Weynants;E Rankin;F Arienti

  • Monitoring CD8 T cell responses to NY-ESO-1: Correlation of humoral and cellular immune responses

    E Jäger;Y Nagata;S Gnjatic;H Wada

  • NY-ESO-1: review of an immunogenic tumor antigen.

    Sacha Gnjatic;Hiroyoshi Nishikawa;Achim A Jungbluth;Ali O Güre

  • Radiotherapy Promotes Tumor-Specific Effector CD8+ T Cells via Dendritic Cell Activation

    Anurag Gupta;Hans Christian Probst;Van Vuong;Alexandro Landshammer

  • Selective Survival of Naturally Occurring Human CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells Cultured with Rapamycin

    Laura Strauss;Laura Strauss;Theresa L. Whiteside;Ashley Knights;Christoph Bergmann

  • Identification of multiple cancer/testis antigens by allogeneic antibody screening of a melanoma cell line library

    Yao-Tseng Chen;Ali O. Güre;Solam Tsang;Elisabeth Stockert

  • Immunoselection in vivo : independent loss of MHC class I and melanocyte differentiation antigen expression in metastatic melanoma

    Elke Jäger;Mark Ringhoffer;Michael Altmannsberger;Michael Arand

  • Inverse relationship of melanocyte differentiation antigen expression in melanoma tissues and CD8+ cytotoxic-T-cell responses: evidence for immunoselection of antigen-loss variants in vivo.

    Elke Jäger;Mark Ringhoffer;Julia Karbach;Michael Arand

  • Granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor enhances immune responses to melanoma-associated peptides in vivo

    Elke Jäger;Mark Ringhoffer;Hans Peter Dienes;Michael Arand

  • Expression of MAGE genes in primary and metastatic cutaneous melanoma.

    Francis Brasseur;Donata Rimoldi;Danielle Liénard;Danielle Liénard;Bernard Lethé

  • Identification of Ny-Eso-1 Epitopes Presented by Human Histocompatibility Antigen (Hla)-Drb4*0101–0103 and Recognized by Cd4+T Lymphocytes of Patients with Ny-Eso-1–Expressing Melanoma

    Elke Jäger;Dirk Jäger;Julia Karbach;Yao-Tseng Chen;Yao-Tseng Chen

  • T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity against autologous malignant melanoma: analysis with interleukin 2-dependent T-cell cultures

    Alexander Knuth;Barbara Danowski;Herbert F. Oettgen;Lloyd J. Old

  • SSX: A multigene family with several members transcribed in normal testis and human cancer

    Ali O. Gure;Özlem Türeci;Ugur Sahin;Solam Tsang

  • Lysis of human melanoma cells by autologous cytolytic T cell clones. Identification of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen A2 as a restriction element for three different antigens.

    T Wölfel;E Klehmann;C Müller;K H Schütt

Frequent Co-Authors

Elke Jäger
Elke Jäger Goethe University Frankfurt
Dirk Jäger
Dirk Jäger Heidelberg University
Yao-Tseng Chen
Yao-Tseng Chen Cornell University
Lloyd J. Old
Lloyd J. Old Ludwig Cancer Research
Holger Moch
Holger Moch University of Zurich
Maries van den Broek
Maries van den Broek University of Zurich
Gerd Ritter
Gerd Ritter Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sacha Gnjatic
Sacha Gnjatic Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
K.-H. Meyer zum Büschenfelde
K.-H. Meyer zum Büschenfelde Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Elisabeth Stockert
Elisabeth Stockert Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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