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Overview

Luis E. Muñoz is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and immunology. Their research spans multiple subfields including immunology, molecular biology, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and surgery.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including:

  • Neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Cell adhesion molecules research
  • Immune response and inflammation

Muñoz has published in prominent venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Immunology (6 publications)
  • Cells (6 publications)
  • Research Square (4 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 publications)
  • Nature Medicine (2 publications)

Recent significant papers include:

  • Anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy in Autoimmune Disease - A Case Series with Follow-up, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Vascular occlusion by neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19, 2020, EBioMedicine
  • Patients with COVID-19: in the dark-NETs of neutrophils, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • IgA subclasses have different effector functions associated with distinct glycosylation profiles, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Muñoz include:

  • Martin Herrmann (39 joint publications)
  • Georg Schett (27 joint publications)
  • Jasmin Knopf (21 joint publications)
  • Christine Schauer (16 joint publications)
  • Aparna Mahajan (15 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Aggregated neutrophil extracellular traps limit inflammation by degrading cytokines and chemokines

    Christine Schauer;Christina Janko;Luis E Munoz;Yi Zhao

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • The role of defective clearance of apoptotic cells in systemic autoimmunity

    Luis E. Muñoz;Kirsten Lauber;Martin Schiller;Angelo A. Manfredi

  • Induction of inflammatory and immune responses by HMGB1–nucleosome complexes: implications for the pathogenesis of SLE

    Vilma Urbonaviciute;Barbara G. Fürnrohr;Silke Meister;Luis Munoz

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)

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  • To NET or not to NET:current opinions and state of the science regarding the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps

    Sebastian Boeltz;Poorya Amini;Hans Joachim Anders;Felipe Andrade

  • Vascular occlusion by neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19.

    Moritz Leppkes;Jasmin Knopf;Elisabeth Naschberger;Aylin Lindemann

  • Clearance deficiency and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

    Udo S. Gaipl;Luis E. Munoz;Gerhard Grossmayer;Kirsten Lauber

  • Autophagy regulates TNFα-mediated joint destruction in experimental arthritis

    Neng-Yu Lin;Christian Beyer;Andreas Giessl;Trayana Kireva

  • SLE—a disease of clearance deficiency?

    L. E. Munoz;U. S. Gaipl;S. Franz;A. Sheriff

  • Clearance Deficiency and Cell Death Pathways: A Model for the Pathogenesis of SLE.

    Aparna Mahajan;Martin Herrmann;Luis E. Muñoz

  • Apoptosis in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus

    L.E. Munoz;C.C.A.W. van Bavel;S. Franz;J.H.M. Berden

  • Patients with COVID-19: in the dark-NETs of neutrophils.

    Maximilian Ackermann;Hans Joachim Anders;Rostyslav Bilyy;Gary L. Bowlin

  • IgA subclasses have different effector functions associated with distinct glycosylation profiles

    Ulrike Steffen;Carolien A. Koeleman;Maria V. Sokolova;Holger Bang

  • Sodium Overload and Water Influx Activate the NALP3 Inflammasome

    Christine Schorn;Benjamin Frey;Kirsten Lauber;Christina Janko

  • Recent trends in COPD prevalence in Spain: a repeated cross-sectional survey 1997–2007

    Joan B Soriano;Julio Ancochea;Marc Miravitlles;Francisco García-Río

  • Phospholipids: Key Players in Apoptosis and Immune Regulation

    Ricardo A. Chaurio;Christina Janko;Luis E. Muñoz;Benjamin Frey

  • Externalized decondensed neutrophil chromatin occludes pancreatic ducts and drives pancreatitis.

    Moritz Leppkes;Christian Maueröder;Sebastian Hirth;Stefanie Nowecki

  • Clearance of apoptotic cells in human SLE.

    U.S. Gaipl;A. Kuhn;A. Sheriff;L.E. Munoz

  • Autoimmunity and chronic inflammation - two clearance-related steps in the etiopathogenesis of SLE.

    Luis E. Muñoz;Christina Janko;Connie Schulze;Christine Schorn

  • Redox Modulation of HMGB1-Related Signaling

    Christina Janko;Milos Filipović;Luis E. Munoz;Christine Schorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Herrmann
Martin Herrmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Udo S. Gaipl
Udo S. Gaipl University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Benjamin Frey
Benjamin Frey University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Reinhard E. Voll
Reinhard E. Voll University of Freiburg
Kirsten Lauber
Kirsten Lauber Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marc Miravitlles
Marc Miravitlles Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari
Joan B. Soriano
Joan B. Soriano Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Joachim R. Kalden
Joachim R. Kalden University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Johan van der Vlag
Johan van der Vlag Radboud University

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