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52
Citations
16756
World Ranking
16454
National Ranking
1151

Overview

Eckhart Kämpgen is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their academic contributions include research focused on oncology and pharmacological therapies.

One recent publication is titled Sorafenib as first-line therapy for metastatic uveal melanoma: A multicenter, placebo-controlled randomized discontinuation study (STREAM), published in 2025 in the journal iScience. This study is a clinical investigation into the use of sorafenib as a treatment option for metastatic uveal melanoma.

Frequent co-authors working alongside Eckhart Kämpgen include:

  • Halime Kalkavan
  • M. E. Scheulen
  • Ulrich Keilholz
  • Lucie Heinzerling
  • Annalena Hlinka

The main publication venue for their work so far has been:

  • iScience

Best Publications

  • Proliferating dendritic cell progenitors in human blood.

    N Romani;S Gruner;D Brang;E Kämpgen

  • Vaccination with Mage-3a1 Peptide–Pulsed Mature, Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Expands Specific Cytotoxic T Cells and Induces Regression of Some Metastases in Advanced Stage IV Melanoma

    Beatrice Thurner;Ina Haendle;Claudia Röder;Detlef Dieckmann

  • Generation of mature dendritic cells from human blood An improved method with special regard to clinical applicability

    Nikolaus Romani;Daniela Reider;Marion Heuer;Susanne Ebner

  • High level IL-12 production by murine dendritic cells: upregulation via MHC class II and CD40 molecules and downregulation by IL-4 and IL-10.

    F Koch;U Stanzl;P Jennewein;K Janke

  • Generation of large numbers of fully mature and stable dendritic cells from leukapheresis products for clinical application.

    Beatrice Thurner;Claudia Röder;Detlef Dieckmann;Marion Heuer

  • Dacarbazine (DTIC) versus vaccination with autologous peptide-pulsed dendritic cells (DC) in first-line treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma: a randomized phase III trial of the DC study group of the DeCOG

    D. Schadendorf;S. Ugurel;B. Schuler-Thurner;F.O. Nestle

  • Antigen Presentation in Extracellular Matrix: Interactions of T Cells with Dendritic Cells Are Dynamic, Short Lived, and Sequential

    Matthias Gunzer;Matthias Gunzer;Angelika Schäfer;Stefan Borgmann;Stephan Grabbe

  • Unique appearance of proliferating antigen-presenting cells expressing DC-SIGN (CD209) in the decidua of early human pregnancy.

    Ulrike Kämmerer;Andreas O. Eggert;Michaela Kapp;Alexander D. McLellan

  • Mage-3 and influenza-matrix peptide-specific cytotoxic T cells are inducible in terminal stage HLA-A2.1+ melanoma patients by mature monocyte-derived dendritic cells.

    B Schuler-Thurner;D Dieckmann;P Keikavoussi;A Bender

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha maintains the viability of murine epidermal Langerhans cells in culture, but in contrast to granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor, without inducing their functional maturation.

    F Koch;C Heufler;E Kämpgen;D Schneeweiss

  • Induction of maturation of human blood dendritic cell precursors by measles virus is associated with immunosuppression

    J.-J. Schnorr;S. Xanthakos;P. Keikavoussi;E. Kampgen

  • Human decidua contains potent immunostimulatory CD83(+) dendritic cells.

    Ulrike Kämmerer;Michael Schoppet;Alexander D. McLellan;Michaela Kapp

  • Differential expression of Rel/NF-κB and octamer factors is a hallmark of the generation and maturation of dendritic cells

    M. Neumann;H.-W. Fries;C. Scheicher;P. Keikavoussi

  • Phase II DeCOG-study of ipilimumab in pretreated and treatment-naive patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.

    Lisa Zimmer;Julia Vaubel;Peter Mohr;Axel Hauschild

  • Disappearance of certain acidic organelles (endosomes and Langerhans cell granules) accompanies loss of antigen processing capacity upon culture of epidermal Langerhans cells.

    H Stössel;F Koch;E Kämpgen;P Stöger

  • Class II major histocompatibility complex molecules of murine dendritic cells: synthesis, sialylation of invariant chain, and antigen processing capacity are down-regulated upon culture.

    Eckhart Kampgen;Norbert Koch;Franz Koch;Peter Stoger

  • Cytokine gene expression in murine epidermal cell suspensions: interleukin 1 beta and macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha are selectively expressed in Langerhans cells but are differentially regulated in culture.

    C Heufler;G Topar;F Koch;B Trockenbacher

  • Visualization and characterization of migratory Langerhans cells in murine skin and lymph nodes by antibodies against Langerin/CD207.

    Patrizia Stoitzner;Sandra Holzmann;Alexander D. McLellan;Lennart Ivarsson

  • Generation of an optimized polyvalent monocyte-derived dendritic cell vaccine by transfecting defined RNAs after rather than before maturation.

    Niels Schaft;Jan Dörrie;Peter Thumann;Verena E. Beck

  • Anatomic location and T-cell stimulatory functions of mouse dendritic cell subsets defined by CD4 and CD8 expression.

    Alexander D. McLellan;Michaela Kapp;Andreas Eggert;Christian Linden

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva-B. Bröcker
Eva-B. Bröcker University of Würzburg
Gerold Schuler
Gerold Schuler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jürgen C. Becker
Jürgen C. Becker University of Duisburg-Essen
Nikolaus Romani
Nikolaus Romani Innsbruck Medical University
Matthias Gunzer
Matthias Gunzer University of Duisburg-Essen
Mads Hald Andersen
Mads Hald Andersen Copenhagen University Hospital
Peter Friedl
Peter Friedl Radboud University Medical Center
Martin Leverkus
Martin Leverkus RWTH Aachen University
Per thor Straten
Per thor Straten University of Copenhagen
Dirk Schadendorf
Dirk Schadendorf University of Duisburg-Essen

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