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Günter Steiner is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, particularly focusing on rheumatology, molecular biology, and immunology. Over their career, they have contributed to a significant number of scientific publications predominantly in these fields.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, Steiner has concentrated on several subfields, with the highest volume of publications in:

  • Rheumatology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Biochemistry

Their research covers various topics related primarily to autoimmune diseases and immunological mechanisms. Notably, these topics include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Immune cells in cancer

Steiner has published in multiple scientific venues with recurring contributions to:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • RMD Open
  • Journal of Translational Autoimmunity
  • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Daniel Aletaha
  • Daniela Sieghart
  • Lieve Van Hoovels
  • Xavier Bossuyt
  • Josef S Smolen

Some recent papers by Steiner and colleagues highlight key areas of their research:

  • The complement system drives local inflammatory tissue priming by metabolic reprogramming of synovial fibroblasts, 2021, Immunity
  • Cytokine-directed cellular cross-talk imprints synovial pathotypes in rheumatoid arthritis, 2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis - rheumatoid factor, anticitrullinated protein antibodies and beyond, 2024, Current Opinion in Rheumatology
  • microRNA-146a controls age-related bone loss, 2020, Aging Cell
  • Histone deacetylases 1 and 2 restrain CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte differentiation, 2020, JCI Insight

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic strategies for rheumatoid arthritis

    Josef S. Smolen;Günter Steiner

  • Rheumatoid arthritis associated autoantibodies in patients with synovitis of recent onset.

    Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky;Jennifer Lee;Angela McCoy;Joseph Hoxworth

  • Activation, differential localization, and regulation of the stress-activated protein kinases, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-JUN N-terminal kinase, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, in synovial tissue and cells in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Georg Schett;Makiyeh Tohidast-Akrad;Josef S. Smolen;Beatrice Jahn Schmid

  • Safety and efficacy of tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade in systemic lupus erythematosus: an open-label study.

    Martin Aringer;Winfried B. Graninger;Günter Steiner;Josef S. Smolen

  • Single and combined inhibition of tumor necrosis factor, interleukin‐1, and RANKL pathways in tumor necrosis factor–induced arthritis: Effects on synovial inflammation, bone erosion, and cartilage destruction

    Jochen Zwerina;Silvia Hayer;Makiyeh Tohidast-Akrad;Helga Bergmeister

  • TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA AND ITS SOLUBLE RECEPTORS PARALLEL CLINICAL DISEASE AND AUTOIMMUNE ACTIVITY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

    A. Studnicka-Benke;G. Steiner;P. Petera;J. S. Smolen

  • Very recent onset rheumatoid arthritis: clinical and serological patient characteristics associated with radiographic progression over the first years of disease

    K. P. Machold;T. A. Stamm;V. P. K. Nell;S. Pflugbeil

  • Depletion of endothelial progenitor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Johannes Grisar;Daniel Aletaha;Carl W. Steiner;Theresa Kapral

  • Enhanced expression of heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) and heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) activation in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue. Differential regulation of hsp70 expression and hsf1 activation in synovial fibroblasts by proinflammatory cytokines, shear stress, and antiinflammatory drugs.

    G. Schett;K. Redlich;Qingbo Xu;P. Bizan

  • Identification of a site on 23S ribosomal RNA located at the peptidyl transferase center

    Andrea Barta;Gunter Steiner;Jurgen Brosius;Harry F. Noller

  • The complement system drives local inflammatory tissue priming by metabolic reprogramming of synovial fibroblasts.

    Jasna Friščić;Martin Böttcher;Christiane Reinwald;Heiko Bruns

  • Osteoprotegerin protects against generalized bone loss in tumor necrosis factor-transgenic mice.

    Georg Schett;Kurt Redlich;Silvia Hayer;Jochen Zwerina

  • Repair of Local Bone Erosions and Reversal of Systemic Bone Loss Upon Therapy with Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor in Combination with Osteoprotegerin or Parathyroid Hormone in Tumor Necrosis Factor-Mediated Arthritis

    Kurt Redlich;Birgit Görtz;Silvia Hayer;Jochen Zwerina

  • Autoimmune response to the spliceosome : an immunologic link between rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus

    Wolfgang Hassfeld;GÜNter Steiner;Andrea Studnicka-Benke;Karl Skriner

  • Demonstration of a new antinuclear antibody (anti-RA33) that is highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis.

    Wolfgang Hassfeld;Günter Steiner;Klaus Hartmuth;Gernot Kolarz

  • Effects of short-term infliximab therapy on autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Martin Aringer;Günter Steiner;Winfried B. Graninger;Elisabeth Höfler

  • Photo-affinity labelling at the peptidyl transferase centre reveals two different positions for the A- and P-sites in domain V of 23S rRNA.

    G. Steiner;E. Kuechler;A. Barta

  • Anti-A2/RA33 autoantibodies are directed to the RNA binding region of the A2 protein of the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex. Differential epitope recognition in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and mixed connective tissue disease.

    K Skriner;W H Sommergruber;V Tremmel;I Fischer

  • Purification and partial sequencing of the nuclear autoantigen RA33 shows that it is indistinguishable from the A2 protein of the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex.

    G Steiner;K Hartmuth;K Skriner;I Maurer-Fogy

  • Endothelial progenitor cells in active rheumatoid arthritis: effects of tumour necrosis factor and glucocorticoid therapy

    Johannes C Grisar;Daniel Aletaha;Carl W Steiner;Theresa Kapral

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef S. Smolen
Josef S. Smolen Medical University of Vienna
Daniel Aletaha
Daniel Aletaha Medical University of Vienna
Marije I. Koenders
Marije I. Koenders Radboud University
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Giulio Superti-Furga
Giulio Superti-Furga Medical University of Vienna
Wilfried Ellmeier
Wilfried Ellmeier Medical University of Vienna
Kiyoshi Hirahara
Kiyoshi Hirahara Chiba University
Patrick Matthias
Patrick Matthias Friedrich Miescher Institute
Christian Seiser
Christian Seiser Medical University of Vienna

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