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Andreas Grützkau is affiliated with the German Rheumatism Research Centre in Germany. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on medicine, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, their work emphasizes subfields such as immunology, nephrology, molecular biology, rheumatology, and physiology.

Themes central to their research include T-cell and B-cell immunology, calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, immune cell function and interaction, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, systemic lupus erythematosus research, immunotherapy and immune responses, and acute kidney injury research.

Frequent publication venues for Grützkau's work include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andreas Grützkau include:

  • "Dysregulated CD38 Expression on Peripheral Blood Immune Cell Subsets in SLE," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Deep Phenotyping of Urinary Leukocytes by Mass Cytometry Reveals a Leukocyte Signature for Early and Non-Invasive Prediction of Response to Treatment in Active Lupus Nephritis," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Kidney transplant monitoring by urinary flow cytometry: Biomarker combination of T cells, renal tubular epithelial cells, and podocalyxin-positive cells detects rejection," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Synovial tissue transcriptomes of long-standing rheumatoid arthritis are dominated by activated macrophages that reflect microbial stimulation," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Peripheral blood mononuclear cells are hypomethylated in active rheumatoid arthritis and methylation correlates with disease activity," 2020, Lara D. Veeken

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with multiple co-authorships including:

  • Henrik E. Mei
  • Falk Hiepe
  • Philipp Enghard
  • Biljana Smiljanovic
  • Gerd R Burmester

Best Publications

  • IL-35-producing B cells are critical regulators of immunity during autoimmune and infectious diseases

    Ping Shen;Toralf Roch;Vicky Lampropoulou;Richard A. O’Connor

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • DNA Demethylation in the Human FOXP3 Locus Discriminates Regulatory T Cells From Activated FOXP3(+) Conventional T Cells

    Udo Baron;Stefan Floess;Georg Wieczorek;Katrin Baumann

  • Synthesis, Storage, and Release of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor (VEGF/VPF) by Human Mast Cells: Implications for the Biological Significance of VEGF206

    Andreas Grützkau;Sabine Krüger-Krasagakes;Hans Baumeister;Constanze Schwarz

  • Quantitative DNA Methylation Analysis of FOXP3 as a New Method for Counting Regulatory T Cells in Peripheral Blood and Solid Tissue

    Georg Wieczorek;Anne Asemissen;Fabian Model;Ivana Turbachova

  • Mast cells and their mediators in cutaneous wound healing – active participants or innocent bystanders?

    Artuc M;Hermes B;Steckelings Um;Grützkau A

  • Sialic acid–binding Ig-like lectin 1 expression in inflammatory and resident monocytes is a potential biomarker for monitoring disease activity and success of therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Robert Biesen;Robert Biesen;Cemal Demir;Fidan Barkhudarova;Fidan Barkhudarova;Joachim R. Grün

  • Human skin mast cells express H2 and H4, but not H3 receptors.

    Undine Lippert;Metin Artuc;Andreas Grützkau;Magda Babina

  • Small but mighty: How the MACS®-technology based on nanosized superparamagnetic particles has helped to analyze the immune system within the last 20 years

    Andreas Grützkau;Andreas Radbruch

  • CD303 (BDCA-2) signals in plasmacytoid dendritic cells via a BCR-like signalosome involving Syk, Slp65 and PLCgamma2.

    Jürgen Röck;Erik Schneider;Joachim R. Grün;Andreas Grützkau

  • IFNα and its response proteins, IP-10 and SIGLEC-1, are biomarkers of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Thomas Rose;Andreas Grützkau;Heike Hirseland;Dörte Huscher;Dörte Huscher

  • TLR2-activated human langerhans cells promote Th17 polarization via IL-1beta, TGF-beta and IL-23.

    Ehsan Aliahmadi;Robert Gramlich;Andreas Grützkau;Manuel Hitzler

  • Gene expression and regulation of nerve growth factor in atopic dermatitis mast cells and the human mast cell line-1

    David A. Groneberg;Frauke Serowka;Nora Peckenschneider;Metin Artuc

  • Mast cells and vasculature in atopic dermatitis – potential stimulus of neoangiogenesis

    D A Groneberg;C Bester;A Grützkau;F Serowka;F Serowka

  • Expression and Functional Activity of the IL-8 Receptor Type CXCR1 and CXCR2 on Human Mast Cells

    Undine Lippert;Metin Artuc;Andreas Grützkau;Annelie Möller

  • Low Thymic Activity and Dendritic Cell Numbers Are Associated with the Immune Response to Primary Viral Infection in Elderly Humans

    Axel Ronald Schulz;Axel Ronald Schulz;Julia Nora Mälzer;Cristina Domingo;Karsten Jürchott

  • Epigenetic quantification of tumor-infiltrating T-lymphocytes

    Jalid Sehouli;Christoph Loddenkemper;Tatjana Cornu;Tim Schwachula

  • CD11c as a transcriptional biomarker to predict response to anti-TNF monotherapy with adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Stuhlmüller B;Häupl T;Hernandez Mm;Grützkau A

  • Monocyte alterations in rheumatoid arthritis are dominated by preterm release from bone marrow and prominent triggering in the joint.

    Biljana Smiljanovic;Anna Radzikowska;Ewa Kuca-Warnawin;Weronika Kurowska

  • The production, storage and release of the neurotrophins nerve growth factor, brain‐derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin‐3 by human peripheral eosinophils in allergics and non‐allergics

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  • Down-regulation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor expression in atopic dermatitis.

    David A. Groneberg;Pia Welker;Tanja C. Fischer;Q.Thai Dinh

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Häupl
Thomas Häupl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas Radbruch
Andreas Radbruch German Rheumatism Research Centre
Falk Hiepe
Falk Hiepe Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gerd R. Burmester
Gerd R. Burmester Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Thomas Dörner
Thomas Dörner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Torsten Zuberbier
Torsten Zuberbier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Simon Fillatreau
Simon Fillatreau Université Paris Cité
Fritz Melchers
Fritz Melchers Leibniz Association
Shimon Sakaguchi
Shimon Sakaguchi Osaka University
Jürgen Wienands
Jürgen Wienands University of Göttingen

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