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Joachim L. Schultze

Joachim L. Schultze

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Immunology

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111
Citations
55488
World Ranking
464
National Ranking
23

Medicine

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111
Citations
55581
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5265
National Ranking
288

Overview

Joachim L. Schultze is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and works primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research engages with multiple subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Neurology.

The scientist's recent publications cover various aspects of immune function and disease, with a focus on the immune system's role in health and infectious disease contexts. Notable papers include:

  • "Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease" (2020, Nature Reviews Immunology)
  • "Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment" (2020, Cell)
  • "COVID-19 and the human innate immune system" (2021, Cell)
  • "An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease" (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • "Innate Immune Training of Granulopoiesis Promotes Anti-tumor Activity" (2020, Cell)

Themes central to Joachim L. Schultze's research include single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, immune cells in cancer, COVID-19 clinical research, immune responses and vaccinations, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immune cell function and interaction, and epigenetics and DNA methylation. These topics highlight a broad engagement with both fundamental and applied immunological questions.

Their collaborative work frequently involves coauthors such as Thomas Ulas, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Kristian Händler, Jonas Schulte-Schrepping, and Marc Beyer, indicating a network of scientific partnerships contributing to fields of immunology and infectious disease.

Joachim L. Schultze has published extensively in several key scientific venues, including multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, Nature Communications, and the journal Cell. These publication venues reflect ongoing contributions to high-impact research platforms in biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines

    Peter J Murray;Judith E Allen;Subhra K Biswas;Edward A Fisher

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues.

    Carly G.K. Ziegler;Samuel J. Allon;Sarah K. Nyquist;Ian M. Mbano

  • Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

    Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

  • Transcriptome-Based Network Analysis Reveals a Spectrum Model of Human Macrophage Activation

    Jia Xue;Susanne V. Schmidt;Jil Sander;Astrid Draffehn

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Cancer cell–autonomous contribution of type I interferon signaling to the efficacy of chemotherapy

    Antonella Sistigu;Takahiro Yamazaki;Erika Vacchelli;Kariman Chaba

  • Modulation of Myelopoiesis Progenitors Is an Integral Component of Trained Immunity

    Ioannis Mitroulis;Klara Ruppova;Baomei Wang;Lan Sun Chen

  • Regulatory T cells in cancer

    Marc Beyer;Joachim L. Schultze

  • Western Diet Triggers NLRP3-Dependent Innate Immune Reprogramming

    Anette Christ;Anette Christ;Patrick Günther;Mario A.R. Lauterbach;Peter Duewell

  • Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks

    Ann-Christin Wendeln;Ann-Christin Wendeln;Karoline Degenhardt;Karoline Degenhardt;Lalit Kaurani;Lalit Kaurani;Michael Gertig;Michael Gertig

  • Human Monocyte Subsets and Phenotypes in Major Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

    Theodore S. Kapellos;Lorenzo Bonaguro;Ioanna Gemünd;Nico Reusch

  • Specification of tissue-resident macrophages during organogenesis

    Elvira Mass;Ivan Ballesteros;Matthias Farlik;Florian Halbritter

  • New insights into the multidimensional concept of macrophage ontogeny, activation and function

    Florent Ginhoux;Joachim L Schultze;Peter J Murray;Jordi Ochando

  • Microbiome Influences Prenatal and Adult Microglia in a Sex-Specific Manner

    Morgane Sonia Thion;Donovan Low;Aymeric Silvin;Jinmiao Chen

  • The telomerase catalytic subunit is a widely expressed tumor-associated antigen recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

    Robert H Vonderheide;William C Hahn;William C Hahn;Joachim L Schultze;Lee M Nadler

  • COVID-19 and the human innate immune system.

    Joachim L. Schultze;Joachim L. Schultze;Anna C. Aschenbrenner

  • Reduced frequencies and suppressive function of CD4+CD25hi regulatory T cells in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia after therapy with fludarabine

    Marc Beyer;Matthias Kochanek;Matthias Kochanek;Kamruz Darabi;Kamruz Darabi;Alexey Popov;Alexey Popov

  • Innate Immune Training of Granulopoiesis Promotes Anti-tumor Activity.

    Lydia Kalafati;Lydia Kalafati;Ioannis Kourtzelis;Ioannis Kourtzelis;Ioannis Kourtzelis;Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Xiaofei Li

  • Salicylic Acid–Independent ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY1 Signaling in Arabidopsis Immunity and Cell Death Is Regulated by the Monooxygenase FMO1 and the Nudix Hydrolase NUDT7

    Michael Bartsch;Enrico Gobbato;Pawel Bednarek;Svenja Debey

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

    Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

  • Mapping the human DC lineage through the integration of high-dimensional techniques

    Peter See;Charles-Antoine Dutertre;Charles-Antoine Dutertre;Jinmiao Chen;Patrick Günther

  • CD40-activated human B cells: an alternative source of highly efficient antigen presenting cells to generate autologous antigen-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy.

    Joachim L. Schultze;Sabine Michalak;Mark J. Seamon;Glenn Dranoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee M. Nadler
Lee M. Nadler Harvard University
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Eicke Latz
Eicke Latz German Rheumatism Research Centre
Andreas Schlitzer
Andreas Schlitzer University of Bonn
Percy A. Knolle
Percy A. Knolle Technical University of Munich
John G. Gribben
John G. Gribben Queen Mary University of London
Robert H. Vonderheide
Robert H. Vonderheide University of Pennsylvania
Christian Kurts
Christian Kurts University of Bonn
Leo A. B. Joosten
Leo A. B. Joosten Radboud University
Susanne Schmidt
Susanne Schmidt University of Bonn

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