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Overview

Frank Momburg is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany and has made significant contributions to the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including immunology, oncology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and hepatology.

The main research topics covered in Momburg's work include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Momburg has a history of coauthoring with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Marten Meyer (11 publications)
  • Inka Zörnig (7 publications)
  • Ulrike Protzer (6 publications)
  • Dirk Jäger (5 publications)
  • Yanhong Lyu (5 publications)

Their research has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple articles published in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 5 publications
  • Frontiers in Immunology - 4 publications
  • Cytotherapy - 2 publications
  • Immunology - 1 publication
  • Journal of Hepatology - 1 publication

Recent publications by Frank Momburg include:

  • <scp>NKG2A</scp>-checkpoint inhibition and its blockade critically depends on peptides presented by its ligand <scp>HLA-E</scp>, 2022, Immunology
  • Co-Stimulatory Bispecific Antibodies Induce Enhanced T Cell Activation and Tumor Cell Killing in Breast Cancer Models, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • T-cell engager antibodies enable T cells to control HBV infection and to target HBsAg-positive hepatoma in mice, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • NKG2C+ NK Cells for Immunotherapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • <scp>MLLT</scp> 6 maintains <scp>PD</scp> -L1 expression and mediates tumor immune resistance, 2020, EMBO Reports

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Selective and ATP-dependent translocation of peptides by the MHC-encoded transporter

    Jacques J. Neefjes;Frank Momburg;Günter J. Hämmerling

  • Down-regulation of T cell receptors on self-reactive T cells as a novel mechanism for extrathymic tolerance induction

    Günther Schönrich;Ulrich Kalinke;Frank Momburg;Marie Malissen

  • Selectivity of MHC-encoded peptide transporters from human, mouse and rat

    Frank Momburg;Joost Roelse;Jonathan C. Howard;Geoffrey W. Butcher

  • The ER aminopeptidase, ERAP1, trims precursors to lengths of MHC class I peptides by a "molecular ruler" mechanism.

    Shih-Chung Chang;Frank Momburg;Nidhi Bhutani;Alfred L. Goldberg

  • A viral ER resident glycoprotein inactivates the MHC encoded peptide transporter.

    Hartmut Hengel;Jens Oliver Koopmann;Thomas Flohr;Walter Muranyi

  • In vitro induction of human cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses against peptides of mutant and wild-type p53.

    J. G. A. Houbiers;H. W. Nijman;S. H. Van Der Burg;J. W. Drijfhout

  • Proteasome subunits encoded by the major histocompatibility complex are not essential for antigen presentation.

    Frank Momburg;Vianney Ortiz-Navarrete;Jacques Neefjes;Els Goulmy

  • Peptide size selection by the major histocompatibility complex-encoded peptide transporter.

    Frank Momburg;Joost Roelse;Günter J. Hämmerling;Jacques J. Neefjes

  • Characterization of the major histocompatibility complex class I deficiencies in B16 melanoma cells.

    Barbara Seliger;Ursula Wollscheid;Frank Momburg;Thomas Blankenstein

  • Impaired assembly of the major histocompatibility complex class I peptide-loading complex in mice deficient in the oxidoreductase ERp57

    Natalio Garbi;Satoshi Tanaka;Frank Momburg;Günter J Hämmerling

  • Impaired immune responses and altered peptide repertoire in tapasin-deficient mice.

    Natalio Garbi;Pamela Tan;Alexander D. Diehl;Benedict J. Chambers

  • Cell biology of antigen presentation.

    Jacques J. Neefjes;Frank Momburg;Frank Momburg

  • Export of Antigenic Peptides from the Endoplasmic Reticulum Intersects with Retrograde Protein Translocation through the Sec61p Channel

    Jens Oliver Koopmann;Jörn Albring;Eva Hüter;Nadja Bulbuc

  • Trimming of TAP-translocated peptides in the endoplasmic reticulum and in the cytosol during recycling.

    Joost Roelse;Monique Grommé;Frank Momburg;Günter Hämmerling

  • Activation of Natural Killer Cells by Newcastle Disease Virus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase

    Mostafa Jarahian;Carsten Watzl;Philippe Fournier;Annette Arnold

  • Differential expression of Ia and Ia-associated invariant chain in mouse tissues after in vivo treatment with IFN-gamma.

    F Momburg;N Koch;P Möller;G Moldenhauer

  • Translocation of long peptides by transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP)

    Jens Oliver Koopmann;Markus Post;Jacques J. Neefjes;Günter J. Hämmerling

  • Cross‐presentation of oral antigens by liver sinusoidal endothelial cells leads to CD8 T cell tolerance

    Andreas Limmer;Jutta Ohl;Gerhard Wingender;Martina Berg

  • Distinct mechanisms of extrathymic T cell tolerance due to differential expression of self antigen.

    Günther Schönrich;Frank Momburg;Marie Malissen;Ann marie Schmitt-verhulst

Frequent Co-Authors

Günter J. Hämmerling
Günter J. Hämmerling German Cancer Research Center
Hartmut Hengel
Hartmut Hengel University of Freiburg
Jacques Neefjes
Jacques Neefjes Leiden University Medical Center
Gerhard Moldenhauer
Gerhard Moldenhauer German Cancer Research Center
Bernd Arnold
Bernd Arnold German Cancer Research Center
Dirk Jäger
Dirk Jäger Heidelberg University
Barbara Seliger
Barbara Seliger Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Natalio Garbi
Natalio Garbi University of Bonn
Volker Schirrmacher
Volker Schirrmacher German Cancer Research Center
Carsten Watzl
Carsten Watzl TU Dortmund University

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