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Nathalie Rufer is affiliated with the University Hospital of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions across various subfields including Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Oncology, Neurology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientific topics covered in their work span multiple areas of immunological and clinical research, notably:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Neoantigen-specific CD8 T cells with high structural avidity preferentially reside in and eliminate tumors" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Transcriptomic Signature Differences Between SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus Infected Patients" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Single-cell transcriptomics identifies multiple pathways underlying antitumor function of TCR- and CD8αβ-engineered human CD4 + T cells" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Case Report: Stepwise Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Effects Following Convalescent Plasma Therapy With Full Clinical Recovery" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Antibody response and intra-host viral evolution after plasma therapy in COVID-19 patients pre-exposed or not to B-cell-depleting agents" (2022, British Journal of Haematology)

Nathalie Rufer has collaborated frequently with a range of coauthors. Among the most recurrent are Michaël Hebeisen, Julien Schmidt, Péter Vollenweider, David Gachoud, and David Gfeller.

Their work has been published extensively in numerous scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • British Journal of Haematology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Exhaustion of tumor-specific CD8(+) T cells in metastases from melanoma patients

    Lukas Baitsch;Petra Baumgaertner;Estelle Devêvre;Sunil K. Raghav

  • Infusion of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T cells for the treatment of CMV infection not responding to antiviral chemotherapy.

    Hermann Einsele;Eddy Roosnek;Nathalie Rufer;Christian Sinzger

  • Telomere Fluorescence Measurements in Granulocytes and T Lymphocyte Subsets Point to a High Turnover of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Memory T Cells in Early Childhood

    Nathalie Rufer;Tim H. Brümmendorf;Steen Kolvraa;Claus Bischoff

  • Rapid and strong human CD8 + T cell responses to vaccination with peptide, IFA, and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide 7909

    Daniel E. Speiser;Danielle Liénard;Nathalie Rufer;Verena Rubio-Godoy

  • Telomere length dynamics in human lymphocyte subpopulations measured by flow cytometry.

    Nathalie Rufer;Wieslawa Dragowska;Gayle Thornbury;Eddy Roosnek

  • Immune Activation and CD8+ T-Cell Differentiation towards Senescence in HIV-1 Infection

    L Papagno;C A Spina;A Marchant;M Salio

  • Decreased specific CD8+ T cell cross‐reactivity of antigen recognition following vaccination with Melan‐A peptide

    Victor Appay;Victor Appay;Daniel E. Speiser;Nathalie Rufer;Severine Reynard

  • Four functionally distinct populations of human effector-memory CD8+ T lymphocytes.

    Pedro Romero;Alfred Zippelius;Alfred Zippelius;Isabel Kurth;Mikaël J. Pittet;Mikaël J. Pittet

  • Effector Function of Human Tumor-Specific CD8 T Cells in Melanoma Lesions: A State of Local Functional Tolerance

    Alfred Zippelius;Pascal Batard;Verena Rubio-Godoy;Gilles Bioley

  • MicroRNA-155 Is Required for Effector CD8+ T Cell Responses to Virus Infection and Cancer

    Jan C. Dudda;Bruno Salaun;Yun Ji;Douglas C. Palmer

  • The proteolytic activity of the paracaspase MALT1 is key in T cell activation.

    Fabien Rebeaud;Stephan Hailfinger;Anita Posevitz-Fejfar;Myriam Tapernoux

  • Evidence for a TCR Affinity Threshold Delimiting Maximal CD8 T Cell Function

    Daphné A. Schmid;Melita B. Irving;Vilmos Posevitz;Michael Hebeisen

  • Transfer of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase(TERT) gene into T lymphocytes results in extension of replicative potential

    Nathalie Rufer;Marco Migliaccio;Jennifer Antonchuk;R. Keith Humphries

  • Extended co-expression of inhibitory receptors by human CD8 T-cells depending on differentiation, antigen-specificity and anatomical localization.

    Lukas Baitsch;Amandine Legat;Leticia Barba;Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco

  • Ex vivo characterization of human CD8+ T subsets with distinct replicative history and partial effector functions.

    Nathalie Rufer;Alfred Zippelius;Pascal Batard;Mikaël J. Pittet

  • Long-lasting stem cell–like memory CD8+ T cells with a naïve-like profile upon yellow fever vaccination

    Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco;Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco;Charlotte Soneson;Laurène Cagnon;Philippe O. Gannon

  • Antigenicity and immunogenicity of Melan-A/MART-1 derived peptides as targets for tumor reactive CTL in human melanoma.

    Pedro Romero;Danila Valmori;Mikael J. Pittet;Alfred Zippelius

  • Thymic selection generates a large T cell pool recognizing a self-peptide in humans.

    Alfred Zippelius;Mikaël J. Pittet;Pascal Batard;Nathalie Rufer

  • High resolution HLA matching associated with decreased mortality after unrelated bone marrow transplantation.

    Daniel E. Speiser;Jean-Marie Tiercy;Nathalie Rufer;Christophe Grundschober

  • New generation vaccine induces effective melanoma-specific CD8+ T cells in the circulation but not in the tumor site.

    Victor Appay;Camilla Jandus;Verena Voelter;Severine Reynard

  • Unmodified self antigen triggers human CD8 T cells with stronger tumor reactivity than altered antigen

    Daniel E. Speiser;Petra Baumgaertner;Verena Voelter;Estelle Devevre

  • Interplay between T Cell Receptor Binding Kinetics and the Level of Cognate Peptide Presented by Major Histocompatibility Complexes Governs CD8+ T Cell Responsiveness

    Melita Irving;Vincent Zoete;Michael Hebeisen;Daphné Schmid

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel E. Speiser
Daniel E. Speiser University of Lausanne
Pedro Romero
Pedro Romero University of Lausanne
Immanuel F. Luescher
Immanuel F. Luescher University of Lausanne
Jean-Charles Cerottini
Jean-Charles Cerottini University of Lausanne
Olivier Michielin
Olivier Michielin University of Lausanne
Mikael J. Pittet
Mikael J. Pittet University of Geneva
Alfred Zippelius
Alfred Zippelius University Hospital of Basel
Philippe Guillaume
Philippe Guillaume University of Lausanne
Alois Gratwohl
Alois Gratwohl University of Basel
Pierre-Yves Dietrich
Pierre-Yves Dietrich University of Geneva

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