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Dieter Kabelitz

Dieter Kabelitz

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Immunology

D-Index
80
Citations
22444
World Ranking
1635
National Ranking
112

Overview

Dieter Kabelitz is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and specializes in immunology and microbiology, with a significant focus on medicine. Their research interests span multiple subfields including immunology, oncology, molecular biology, epidemiology, and pathology and forensic medicine. The main topics of their work cover immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, CAR-T cell therapy research, immunotherapy and immune responses, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, as well as vitamin C and vitamin D related antioxidant research.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, Cells, and Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. These venues highlight a consistent contribution to the field of immunological research.

Notable recent papers by Dieter Kabelitz include:

  • Cancer immunotherapy with γδ T cells: many paths ahead of us, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • The Effects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Organ Metabolism and the Immune System, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • γδ T cells: origin and fate, subsets, diseases and immunotherapy, 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Allogeneic Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell immunotherapy exhibits promising clinical safety and prolongs the survival of patients with late-stage lung or liver cancer, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Tumor resistance mechanisms and their consequences on γδ T cell activation, 2020, Immunological Reviews

Dieter Kabelitz collaborates regularly with a group of frequent coauthors, including Christian Peters, Kurosh Kalantar, Jaydeep Bhat, Daniela Wesch, and Ruben Serrano. This network reflects ongoing partnerships within the immunology research community.

Their scientific output focuses heavily on understanding immune cell types such as γδ T cells and their roles in cancer immunotherapy, alongside broader investigations of immune cell function and interaction. Studies on CAR-T cell therapy and immune responses form an important part of their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Human T-cell receptor variable gene segment families.

    Bernhard Arden;Stephen P. Clark;Dieter Kabelitz;Tak W. Mak

  • Compartmentalization of TNF Receptor 1 Signaling: Internalized TNF Receptosomes as Death Signaling Vesicles

    Wulf Schneider-Brachert;Vladimir Tchikov;Jens Neumeyer;Marten Jakob

  • The Effects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Organ Metabolism and the Immune System.

    Gholamreza Daryabor;Mohamad Reza Atashzar;Dieter Kabelitz;Seppo Meri

  • Induction of activation-driven death (apoptosis) in activated but not resting peripheral blood T cells

    S Wesselborg;O Janssen;D Kabelitz

  • Foxp3 expression in pancreatic carcinoma cells as a novel mechanism of immune evasion in cancer.

    Sebastian Hinz;Laia Pagerols-Raluy;Hans-Heinrich Oberg;Ole Ammerpohl

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a psoriasis susceptibility locus at TRAF3IP2

    Eva Ellinghaus;David Ellinghaus;Philip E Stuart;Rajan P Nair

  • Activation of Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells by NKG2D

    Bladimiro Rincon-Orozco;Volker Kunzmann;Philine Wrobel;Dieter Kabelitz

  • Evidence in support of a self-perpetuating HLA-DR-dependent delayed-type cell reaction in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Lars Klareskog;Urban Forsum;Annika Scheynius;Dieter Kabelitz

  • gammadelta T cells link innate and adaptive immune responses.

    Wolfgang Holtmeier;Dieter Kabelitz

  • Perspectives of γδ T Cells in Tumor Immunology

    Dieter Kabelitz;Daniela Wesch;Wei He

  • Polymorphisms of the IL12B and IL23R Genes Are Associated with Psoriasis

    Rajan P. Nair;Andreas Ruether;Philip E. Stuart;Stefan Jenisch

  • Expression and function of Toll-like receptors in T lymphocytes

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  • Lysis of a broad range of epithelial tumour cells by human gamma delta T cells: Involvement of NKG2D ligands and T-cell receptor- versus NKG2D-dependent recognition

    P. Wrobel;H. Shojaei;B. Schittek;F. Gieseler

  • Tumor-associated macrophages exhibit pro- and anti-inflammatory properties by which they impact on pancreatic tumorigenesis.

    Ole Helm;Janka Held-Feindt;Evelin Grage-Griebenow;Norbert Reiling

  • Cutting Edge: Immunological Consequences and Trafficking of Human Regulatory Macrophages Administered to Renal Transplant Recipients

    James A. Hutchinson;James A. Hutchinson;Paloma Riquelme;Paloma Riquelme;Birgit Sawitzki;Birgit Sawitzki;Stefan Tomiuk;Stefan Tomiuk

  • Cancer immunotherapy with γδ T cells: many paths ahead of us

    Dieter Kabelitz;Ruben Serrano;Léonce Kouakanou;Christian Peters

  • The γδTCR combines innate immunity with adaptive immunity by utilizing spatially distinct regions for agonist selection and antigen responsiveness.

    Daisy Melandri;Daisy Melandri;Iva Zlatareva;Iva Zlatareva;Raphaël A.G. Chaleil;Robin J. Dart;Robin J. Dart

  • Shedding of endogenous MHC class I-related chain molecules A and B from different human tumor entities: heterogeneous involvement of the "a disintegrin and metalloproteases" 10 and 17.

    Guranda Chitadze;Marcus Lettau;Jaydeep Bhat;Daniela Wesch

  • Characterization of Tumor Reactivity of Human Vγ9Vδ2 γδ T Cells In Vitro and in SCID Mice In Vivo

    Dieter Kabelitz;Daniela Wesch;Elke Pitters;Margot Zöller

  • Allogeneic Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell immunotherapy exhibits promising clinical safety and prolongs the survival of patients with late-stage lung or liver cancer.

    Yan Xu;Zheng Xiang;Mohammed Alnaggar;Mohammed Alnaggar;Léonce Kouakanou

  • Patterns of Chemokine Receptor Expression on Peripheral Blood γδ T Lymphocytes: Strong Expression of CCR5 Is a Selective Feature of Vδ2/Vγ9 γδ T Cells

    Andrea Glatzel;Daniela Wesch;Florian Schiemann;Ernst Brandt

  • Direct Costimulatory Effect of TLR3 Ligand Poly(I:C) on Human γδ T Lymphocytes

    Daniela Wesch;Susann Beetz;Hans-Heinrich Oberg;Matthias Marget

  • T cell receptor/CD3-signaling induces death by apoptosis in human T cell receptor gamma delta + T cells.

    O Janssen;S Wesselborg;B Heckl-Ostreicher;K Pechhold

  • Innate immunity--cross-talk with adaptive immunity through pattern recognition receptors and cytokines.

    Dieter Kabelitz;Ruslan Medzhitov

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Wesch
Daniela Wesch Kiel University
Ottmar Janssen
Ottmar Janssen Kiel University
Matthias Peipp
Matthias Peipp Kiel University
Christoph Röcken
Christoph Röcken Kiel University
Ole Ammerpohl
Ole Ammerpohl University of Ulm
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Adrian Hayday
Adrian Hayday King's College London
Reiner Siebert
Reiner Siebert University of Ulm
Andre Franke
Andre Franke Kiel University

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