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Christoph Hess is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, working primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research spans various subfields including Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Neurology.

The main topics of their scientific work focus notably on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, encompassing immune cell function and interaction, clinical research studies related to COVID-19, and investigations into the long-term effects of COVID-19. Additional areas of study include renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, immune cells in cancer, and mechanisms of phagocytosis and immune regulation.

Christoph Hess has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity (2022, Nature)
  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection (2021, Nature)
  • Age-related immune response heterogeneity to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine BNT162b2 (2021, Nature)
  • Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies (2021, Nature)
  • Longitudinal analysis reveals that delayed bystander CD8+ T cell activation and early immune pathology distinguish severe COVID-19 from mild disease (2021, Immunity)

Their frequent collaborators include Oriol Manuel, Paul Lyons, Federica Mescia, Michael Dickenmann, and Christian Garzoni. These partnerships illustrate a consistent engagement with a network of researchers contributing to immunological and infectious disease studies.

Publications by Christoph Hess have appeared in multiple scientific venues, with notable recurring contributions in:

  • Cell Reports
  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Immunology

Best Publications

  • Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity

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  • A transcriptionally and functionally distinct PD-1+ CD8+ T cell pool with predictive potential in non-small-cell lung cancer treated with PD-1 blockade

    Daniela S. Thommen;Daniela S. Thommen;Viktor H. Koelzer;Petra Herzig;Andreas Roller

  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

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

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

  • Age-related immune response heterogeneity to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine BNT162b2.

    Dami A Collier;Dami A Collier;Isabella A T M Ferreira;Prasanti Kotagiri;Rawlings P Datir;Rawlings P Datir

  • Serine Is an Essential Metabolite for Effector T Cell Expansion

    Eric H. Ma;Glenn Bantug;Takla Griss;Stephanie Condotta

  • Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies.

    Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Anna De Marco;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira;Bo Meng

  • Rapid effector function of memory CD8+ T cells requires an immediate-early glycolytic switch

    Patrick M Gubser;Glenn R Bantug;Leyla Razik;Marco Fischer

  • Whole genome deep sequencing of HIV-1 reveals the impact of early minor variants upon immune recognition during acute infection

    Matthew R. Henn;Christian L. Boutwell;Patrick Charlebois;Niall J Lennon

  • The spectrum of T cell metabolism in health and disease

    Glenn R Bantug;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Guido Kroemer;Christoph Hess

  • Memory CD8(+) T Cells Require Increased Concentrations of Acetate Induced by Stress for Optimal Function.

    Maria Luisa Balmer;Eric H Ma;Glenn R Bantug;Jasmin Grählert

  • Ectosomes Released by Human Neutrophils Are Specialized Functional Units

    Christoph Hess;Salima Sadallah;Andreas Hefti;Regine Landmann

  • Longitudinal analysis reveals that delayed bystander CD8+ T cell activation and early immune pathology distinguish severe COVID-19 from mild disease.

    Laura Bergamaschi;Federica Mescia;Lorinda Turner;Aimee L. Hanson

  • CD1d-restricted NKT cells express a chemokine receptor profile indicative of Th1-type inflammatory homing cells.

    Seddon Y. Thomas;Runhua Hou;Jonathan E. Boyson;Terry K. Means

  • Gain Fat???Lose Metastasis: Converting Invasive Breast Cancer Cells into Adipocytes Inhibits Cancer Metastasis

    Dana Ishay-Ronen;Maren Diepenbruck;Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur;Nami Sugiyama

  • Burden and Timeline of Infectious Diseases in the First Year After Solid Organ Transplantation in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study

    Christian van Delden;Susanne Stampf;Hans H Hirsch;Hans H Hirsch;Oriol Manuel

  • Complement Regulates Nutrient Influx and Metabolic Reprogramming during Th1 Cell Responses

    Martin Kolev;Sarah Dimeloe;Gaelle Le Friec;Alexander Navarini

  • Polymorphonuclear neutrophil-derived ectosomes interfere with the maturation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells.

    Ceylan Eken;Olivier Gasser;Gabriela Zenhaeusern;Ineke Oehri

  • Th17 central memory T cells are reduced by FTY720 in patients with multiple sclerosis

    M. Mehling;R. Lindberg;F. Raulf;J. Kuhle

  • Targeting Metabolic Symbiosis to Overcome Resistance to Anti-angiogenic Therapy

    Laura Pisarsky;Ruben Bill;Ernesta Fagiani;Sarah Dimeloe

  • Complement-Mediated Regulation of Metabolism and Basic Cellular Processes.

    Christoph Hess;Claudia Kemper;Claudia Kemper

  • T-cell metabolism governing activation, proliferation and differentiation; a modular view.

    Sarah Dimeloe;Anne-Valérie Burgener;Jasmin Grählert;Christoph Hess

  • Ectosomes released by human neutrophils are specialized functional units

    C. Hess;S. Sadallah;A. Hefti;R. Landmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Battegay
Manuel Battegay University Hospital of Basel
Hans H. Hirsch
Hans H. Hirsch University Hospital of Basel
Christian Brander
Christian Brander University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Claudia Kemper
Claudia Kemper National Institutes of Health
Bruce D. Walker
Bruce D. Walker Harvard University
Andrew D. Luster
Andrew D. Luster Harvard University
Jürg A. Schifferli
Jürg A. Schifferli University Hospital of Basel
Russell G. Jones
Russell G. Jones McGill University
Ludwig Kappos
Ludwig Kappos University Hospital of Basel
Thomas Klimkait
Thomas Klimkait University of Basel

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