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Christian Kurts

Christian Kurts

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Immunology

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84
Citations
27250
World Ranking
1362
National Ranking
88

Medicine

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84
Citations
27250
World Ranking
15041
National Ranking
794

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Christian Kurts is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research includes significant contributions to immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, nephrology, and neurology.

The scientist's work covers topics such as:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Christian Kurts has published extensively in prominent journals and venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Kidney International
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Society for Nephrology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Kidney dendritic cells: fundamental biology and functional roles in health and disease, 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by γδ T cells, 2020, Science
  • Vascular pathologies in chronic kidney disease: pathophysiological mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches, 2021, Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • Pathogen-induced tissue-resident memory T H 17 (T RM 17) cells amplify autoimmune kidney disease, 2020, Science Immunology
  • A high-salt diet compromises antibacterial neutrophil responses through hormonal perturbation, 2020, Science Translational Medicine

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Sibylle von Vietinghoff
  • Natalio Garbi
  • Janine Becker-Gotot
  • Ulf Panzer
  • Alexander M. C. Böhner

Christian Kurts was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2014 for work in Microbiology and Immunology.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Class I–restricted Cross-Presentation of Exogenous Self-Antigens Leads to Deletion of Autoreactive CD8+ T Cells

    Christian Kurts;Hiroshi Kosaka;Francis R. Carbone;Jacques F.A.P. Miller

  • Efficient presentation of exogenous antigen by liver endothelial cells to CD8+ T cells results in antigen-specific T-cell tolerance.

    Andreas Limmer;Jutta Ohl;Christian Kurts;Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren

  • Distinct Pathways of Antigen Uptake and Intracellular Routing in CD4 and CD8 T Cell Activation

    Sven Burgdorf;Andreas Kautz;Volker Böhnert;Percy A. Knolle

  • The immune system and kidney disease: basic concepts and clinical implications

    Christian Kurts;Ulf Panzer;Hans-Joachim Anders;Andrew J. Rees

  • Constitutive class I-restricted exogenous presentation of self antigens in vivo.

    C. Kurts;W. R. Heath;F. R. Carbone;J. Allison

  • Cross-priming in health and disease.

    Christian Kurts;Bruce W. S. Robinson;Percy A. Knolle

  • Spatial and mechanistic separation of cross-presentation and endogenous antigen presentation

    Sven Burgdorf;Christian Schölz;Andreas Kautz;Robert Tampé

  • CD4+ T Cell Help Impairs CD8+ T Cell Deletion Induced by Cross-presentation of Self-Antigens and Favors Autoimmunity

    Christian Kurts;Francis R. Carbone;Megan Barnden;Effrossini Blanas

  • Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I–restricted Cross-presentation Is Biased towards High Dose Antigens and Those Released during Cellular Destruction

    Christian Kurts;Jacques F.A.P. Miller;Rathan M. Subramaniam;Francis R. Carbone

  • Liver inflammation abrogates immunological tolerance induced by Kupffer cells.

    Felix Heymann;Julia Peusquens;Isis Ludwig‐Portugall;Marlene Kohlhepp

  • Characterization of the ovalbumin-specific TCR transgenic line OT-I: MHC elements for positive and negative selection.

    Sally RMcK Clarke;Megan Barnden;Christian Kurts;Francis R Carbone

  • The nuclear receptor PPAR gamma selectively inhibits Th17 differentiation in a T cell-intrinsic fashion and suppresses CNS autoimmunity.

    Luisa Klotz;Sven Burgdorf;Indra Dani;Kaoru Saijo

  • The Mannose Receptor Mediates Uptake of Soluble but Not of Cell-Associated Antigen for Cross-Presentation

    Sven Burgdorf;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek;Christian Kurts

  • Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by γδ T cells.

    Marc Rigau;Marc Rigau;Simone Ostrouska;Thomas S Fulford;Darryl N Johnson

  • CD8 T cell ignorance or tolerance to islet antigens depends on antigen dose

    Christian Kurts;Robyn M. Sutherland;Gayle Davey;Ming Li

  • Cell-associated ovalbumin is cross-presented much more efficiently than soluble ovalbumin in vivo.

    Ming Li;Gayle M. Davey;Robyn M. Sutherland;Christian Kurts

  • The JAK-inhibitor ruxolitinib impairs dendritic cell function in vitro and in vivo

    Annkristin Heine;Stefanie Andrea Erika Held;Solveig Nora Daecke;Stephanie Wallner

  • Cross-presentation: a general mechanism for CTL immunity and tolerance

    Francis R Carbone;Christian Kurts;Sally R.M Bennett;Jacques F.A.P Miller

  • Endocytosis mechanisms and the cell biology of antigen presentation.

    Sven Burgdorf;Christian Kurts

Frequent Co-Authors

Percy A. Knolle
Percy A. Knolle Technical University of Munich
William R. Heath
William R. Heath University of Melbourne
Joachim L. Schultze
Joachim L. Schultze University of Bonn
Ulf Panzer
Ulf Panzer Universität Hamburg
Francis R. Carbone
Francis R. Carbone University of Melbourne
Natalio Garbi
Natalio Garbi University of Bonn
Jacques F. A. P. Miller
Jacques F. A. P. Miller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Wolfgang Kastenmüller
Wolfgang Kastenmüller University of Würzburg
Jürgen Floege
Jürgen Floege RWTH Aachen University
Rolf A.K. Stahl
Rolf A.K. Stahl Universität Hamburg

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