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Catharina C. Gross

Catharina C. Gross

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Immunology

D-Index
50
Citations
9337
World Ranking
4246
National Ranking
283

Overview

Catharina C. Gross is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany, and their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a strong focus on neurology and related subfields.

The scientist's work encompasses several specialized areas including:

  • Neurology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology

Main topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Brain
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Heinz Wiendl
  • Andreas Schulte-Mecklenbeck
  • Sven G. Meuth
  • Luisa Klotz
  • Gerd Meyer zu Hörste

Recent publications by Catharina C. Gross include the following:

  • "Integrated single cell analysis of blood and cerebrospinal fluid leukocytes in multiple sclerosis," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid findings in COVID-19: a multicenter study of 150 lumbar punctures in 127 patients," published in 2022 in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Rituximab Treatment and Long-term Outcome of Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis," published in 2021 in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • "Clinical, serological and genetic predictors of response to immunotherapy in anti-IgLON5 disease," published in 2022 in Brain
  • "Broader Epstein-Barr virus-specific T cell receptor repertoire in patients with multiple sclerosis," published in 2022 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Best Publications

  • Heat shock protein 70 surface-positive tumor exosomes stimulate migratory and cytolytic activity of natural killer cells

    Robert Gastpar;Mathias Gehrmann;Maria A. Bausero;Alexzander Asea

  • Integrated single cell analysis of blood and cerebrospinal fluid leukocytes in multiple sclerosis

    David Schafflick;Chenling A. Xu;Maike Hartlehnert;Michael Cole

  • Treatment of colon and lung cancer patients with ex vivo heat shock protein 70-peptide-activated, autologous natural killer cells: a clinical phase i trial.

    Stefan W. Krause;Robert Gastpar;Reinhard Andreesen;Catharina Gross

  • A 14-mer Hsp70 peptide stimulates natural killer (NK) cell activity

    Gabriele Multhoff;Karin Pfister;Mathias Gehrmann;Markus Hantschel

  • Cell Surface-bound Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) Mediates Perforin-independent Apoptosis by Specific Binding and Uptake of Granzyme B

    Catharina Gross;Walter Koelch;Antonio DeMaio;Nelson Arispe

  • Interaction of heat shock protein 70 peptide with NK cells involves the NK receptor CD94.

    Catharina Gross;Daniel Hansch;Robert Gastpar;Gabriele Multhoff

  • Clinical relevance of specific T-cell activation in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with mild Alzheimer's disease

    Gero Lueg;Catharina C. Gross;Hubertus Lohmann;Andreas Johnen

  • Impaired NK-mediated regulation of T-cell activity in multiple sclerosis is reconstituted by IL-2 receptor modulation.

    Catharina C. Gross;Andreas Schulte-Mecklenbeck;Anna Rünzi;Tanja Kuhlmann

  • The Cell Surface-Localized Heat Shock Protein 70 Epitope TKD Induces Migration and Cytolytic Activity Selectively in Human NK Cells

    Robert Gastpar;Catharina Gross;Lydia Rossbacher;Joachim Ellwart

  • Dimethyl fumarate treatment alters circulating T helper cell subsets in multiple sclerosis

    Catharina C. Gross;Andreas Schulte-Mecklenbeck;Svenja Klinsing;Anita Posevitz-Fejfár

  • VLA-4 blockade promotes differential routes into human CNS involving PSGL-1 rolling of T cells and MCAM-adhesion of TH17 cells

    Tilman Schneider-Hohendorf;Jan Rossaint;Hema Mohan;Daniel Böning

  • Heat shock protein 70-reactivity is associated with increased cell surface density of CD94/CD56 on primary natural killer cells

    Catharina Gross;Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf;Srinivas Nagaraj;Robert Gastpar

  • Synergistic Signals for Natural Cytotoxicity Are Required to Overcome Inhibition by c-Cbl Ubiquitin Ligase

    Hun Sik Kim;Asmita Das;Catharina C. Gross;Yenan T. Bryceson

  • Ultraviolet B light attenuates the systemic immune response in central nervous system autoimmunity

    Johanna Breuer;Nicholas Schwab;Tilman Schneider-Hohendorf;Martin Marziniak

  • CD8+ T cell-mediated endotheliopathy is a targetable mechanism of neuro-inflammation in Susac syndrome.

    Catharina C. Gross;Céline Meyer;Urvashi Bhatia;Lidia Yshii

  • Teriflunomide treatment for multiple sclerosis modulates T cell mitochondrial respiration with affinity-dependent effects

    Luisa Klotz;Melanie Eschborn;Maren Lindner;Marie Liebmann

  • Immune Cell Activation in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Parkinson's Disease.

    Jens B. Schröder;Matthias Pawlowski;Gerd Meyer zu Hörste;Catharina C. Gross

  • NMDAR encephalitis: passive transfer from man to mouse by a recombinant antibody.

    Manish Malviya;Sumanta Barman;Kristin S. Golombeck;Jesús Planagumà

  • Imaging matrix metalloproteinase activity in multiple sclerosis as a specific marker of leukocyte penetration of the blood-brain barrier

    Hanna Gerwien;Sven Hermann;Xueli Zhang;Eva Korpos

  • Blood coagulation factor XII drives adaptive immunity during neuroinflammation via CD87-mediated modulation of dendritic cells

    Kerstin Göbel;Susann Pankratz;Chloi-Magdalini Asaridou;Alexander M. Herrmann

  • Fingolimod treatment promotes regulatory phenotype and function of B cells

    Berit Grützke;Stephanie Hucke;Catharina C. Gross;Martin V. B. Herold

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Wiendl
Heinz Wiendl University of Münster
Sven G. Meuth
Sven G. Meuth University of Münster
Luisa Klotz
Luisa Klotz University Hospital Münster
Gabriele Multhoff
Gabriele Multhoff Technical University of Munich
Eric O. Long
Eric O. Long National Institutes of Health
Christoph Kleinschnitz
Christoph Kleinschnitz University of Duisburg-Essen
Brigitte Wildemann
Brigitte Wildemann University Hospital Heidelberg
Nir Yosef
Nir Yosef University of California, Berkeley
Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Hubertus Lohmann
Hubertus Lohmann University of Münster

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