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Ester B. M. Remmerswaal

Ester B. M. Remmerswaal

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Immunology

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Overview

Ester B. M. Remmerswaal is affiliated with Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable subfields including Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, COVID-19 impact on reproduction, and vaccine coverage and hesitancy.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaboration network are:

  • Fréderike J. Bemelman
  • Jan-Stephan Sanders
  • A. Lianne Messchendorp
  • Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos
  • Luuk B. Hilbrands

Remmerswaal has published multiple papers, with some recent examples being:

  • Tissue-resident memory T cells invade the brain parenchyma in multiple sclerosis white matter lesions, 2020, Brain
  • The RECOVAC Immune-response Study: The Immunogenicity, Tolerability, and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis, or Living With a Kidney Transplant, 2021, Transplantation
  • The RECOVAC Immune-response Study: The Immunogenicity, Tolerability, and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis, or Living With a Kidney Transplant., 2022, PubMed
  • Alternative strategies to increase the immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in kidney transplant recipients not responding to two or three doses of an mRNA vaccine (RECOVAC): a randomised clinical trial, 2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • The RECOVAC IR study: the immune response and safety of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine in patients with chronic kidney disease, on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant, 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Their work appears regularly in frequent publication venues including:

  • European Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Cell Reports

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

  • Primary immune responses to human CMV: a critical role for IFN-gamma-producing CD4+ T cells in protection against CMV disease.

    Laila E Gamadia;Ester B M Remmerswaal;Jan F Weel;Frederieke Bemelman

  • Emergence of a CD4+CD28− Granzyme B+, Cytomegalovirus-Specific T Cell Subset after Recovery of Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection

    Ester M. M. van Leeuwen;Ester B. M. Remmerswaal;Mireille T. M. Vossen;Ajda T. Rowshani

  • Tissue-resident memory T cells populate the human brain

    Joost Smolders;Kirstin M. Heutinck;Nina L. Fransen;Ester B. M. Remmerswaal

  • Differentiation of cytomegalovirus-specific CD8(+) T cells in healthy and immunosuppressed virus carriers.

    L.E. Gamadia;R.J. Rentenaar;P.A. Baars;E.B.M. Remmerswaal

  • Molecular profiling of cytomegalovirus-induced human CD8+ T cell differentiation.

    Kirsten M.L. Hertoghs;Perry D. Moerland;Amber van Stijn;Ester B.M. Remmerswaal

  • The human Vδ2+ T-cell compartment comprises distinct innate-like Vγ9+ and adaptive Vγ9- subsets.

    Martin S. Davey;Carrie R. Willcox;Stuart Hunter;Sofya A. Kasatskaya;Sofya A. Kasatskaya

  • Tissue-resident memory T cells invade the brain parenchyma in multiple sclerosis white matter lesions

    Nina L Fransen;Cheng-Chih Hsiao;Marlijn van der Poel;Hendrik J Engelenburg

  • CD8⁺ T cells with an intraepithelial phenotype upregulate cytotoxic function upon influenza infection in human lung.

    Berber Piet;Godelieve J. de Bree;Barbara S. Smids-Dierdorp;Chris M. van der Loos

  • IL-7 receptor α chain expression distinguishes functional subsets of virus-specific human CD8+ T cells

    Ester M. M. van Leeuwen;Godelieve J. de Bree;Ester B. M. Remmerswaal;Si-La Yong

  • Proliferation Requirements of Cytomegalovirus-Specific, Effector-Type Human CD8+ T Cells

    Ester M. van Leeuwen;Laila E. Gamadia;Paul A. Baars;Ester B. Remmerswaal

  • The RECOVAC Immune-response Study: The Immunogenicity, Tolerability, and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis, or Living With a Kidney Transplant.

    Jan-Stephan F Sanders;Frederike J Bemelman;A Lianne Messchendorp;Carla C Baan

  • New advances in CMV and immunosenescence.

    Paolo Sansoni;Rosanna Vescovini;Francesco F. Fagnoni;Arne Akbar

  • Trigger-happy resident memory CD4+ T cells inhabit the human lungs.

    A E Oja;B Piet;C Helbig;R Stark

  • IL-21 and CD40L signals from autologous T cells can induce antigen-independent proliferation of CLL cells

    Maria Fernanda Pascutti;Margot Jak;Jacqueline M. Tromp;Ingrid A. M. Derks

  • Specific expression of GPR56 by human cytotoxic lymphocytes

    Yen Ming Peng;Martijn D B van de Garde;Kai Fong Cheng;Paul A. Baars

  • The Size and Phenotype of Virus-Specific T Cell Populations Is Determined by Repetitive Antigenic Stimulation and Environmental Cytokines

    Laila E. Gamadia;Ester M. M. van Leeuwen;Ester B. M. Remmerswaal;Si-La Yong

  • Deep sequencing of antiviral T-cell responses to HCMV and EBV in humans reveals a stable repertoire that is maintained for many years.

    P. L. Klarenbeek;E. B. M. Remmerswaal;I. J. M. ten Berge;M. E. Doorenspleet

  • Strong selection of virus-specific cytotoxic CD4 + T cell clones during primary human cytomegalovirus infection

    Ester M. M. van Leeuwen;Ester B. M. Remmerswaal;Mirjam H. M. Heemskerk;Ineke J. M. ten Berge

  • Enhanced formation and survival of CD4+ CD25hi Foxp3+ T-cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    Margot Jak;Rogier Mous;Ester B. M. Remmerswaal;René Spijker

  • The Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR56/ADGRG1 Is an Inhibitory Receptor on Human NK Cells

    Gin Wen Chang;Cheng Chih Hsiao;Yen Ming Peng;Felipe A. Vieira Braga

Frequent Co-Authors

René A. W. van Lier
René A. W. van Lier University of Amsterdam
Ineke J. M. ten Berge
Ineke J. M. ten Berge University of Amsterdam
Eric Eldering
Eric Eldering University of Amsterdam
Jörg Hamann
Jörg Hamann University of Amsterdam
Frank Baas
Frank Baas Leiden University Medical Center
Hanspeter Pircher
Hanspeter Pircher University of Freiburg
Jenny Mjösberg
Jenny Mjösberg Karolinska Institute
Simon Fillatreau
Simon Fillatreau Université Paris Cité
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Inge Huitinga
Inge Huitinga Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

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