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Austria
2023

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Immunology

D-Index
81
Citations
37210
World Ranking
1536
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Nikolaus Romani is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria and has contributed research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Immunology, Dermatology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research

Nikolaus Romani has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Patrizia Stoitzner, Christoph H. Tripp, Van Anh Nguyen, Claudia Zelle-Rieser, and Björn E. Clausen.

Their publications appear most often in these venues:

  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Aging Cell

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Nikolaus Romani include:

  • Clinical diversity and treatment approaches to blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a retrospective multicentre study (2020), Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Antigen targeting to dendritic cells: Still a place in future immunotherapy? (2022), European Journal of Immunology
  • Notch-Mediated Generation of Monocyte-Derived Langerhans Cells: Phenotype and Function (2020), Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Targeted delivery of a vaccine protein to Langerhans cells in the human skin via the C-type lectin receptor Langerin (2021), European Journal of Immunology
  • Elimination of damaged mitochondria during UVB-induced senescence is orchestrated by NIX-dependent mitophagy (2024), Aging Cell

Best Publications

  • Generation of large numbers of dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow cultures supplemented with granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

    K Inaba;M Inaba;N Romani;H Aya

  • An advanced culture method for generating large quantities of highly pure dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow.

    M. B. Lutz;N. Kukutsch;A. L. J. Ogilvie;S. Rössner

  • Proliferating dendritic cell progenitors in human blood.

    N Romani;S Gruner;D Brang;E Kämpgen

  • Generation of mature dendritic cells from human blood An improved method with special regard to clinical applicability

    Nikolaus Romani;Daniela Reider;Marion Heuer;Susanne Ebner

  • High level IL-12 production by murine dendritic cells: upregulation via MHC class II and CD40 molecules and downregulation by IL-4 and IL-10.

    F Koch;U Stanzl;P Jennewein;K Janke

  • Dynamics and function of Langerhans cells in vivo: dermal dendritic cells colonize lymph node areas distinct from slower migrating Langerhans cells.

    Adrien Kissenpfennig;Sandrine Henri;Bertrand Dubois;Corinne Laplace-Builhé

  • Interleukin-12 is produced by dendritic cells and mediates T helper 1 development as well as interferon-gamma production by T helper 1 cells.

    Christine Heufler;Franz Koch;Ursula Stanzl;Gerda Topar

  • Presentation of exogenous protein antigens by dendritic cells to T cell clones. Intact protein is presented best by immature, epidermal Langerhans cells.

    N Romani;S Koide;M Crowley;M Witmer-Pack

  • Rapid Induction of Tumor-specific Type 1 T Helper Cells in Metastatic Melanoma Patients by Vaccination with Mature, Cryopreserved, Peptide-loaded Monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells

    Beatrice Schuler-Thurner;Erwin S. Schultz;Thomas G. Berger;Georg Weinlich

  • CONJUGATES OF DENDRITIC CELLS AND MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTES FROM SKIN FACILITATE PRODUCTIVE INFECTION WITH HIV-1

    M. Pope;M.G.H. Betjes;N. Romani;H. Hirmand

  • Cultured human langerhans cells resemble lymphoid dendritic cells in phenotype and function

    Nikolaus Romani;Angela Lenz;Angela Lenz;Herta Glassel;Hella Stössel;Hella Stössel

  • Langerhans cells and more: langerin-expressing dendritic cell subsets in the skin

    Nikolaus Romani;Björn E. Clausen;Patrizia Stoitzner

  • Immunodeficiency virus uptake, turnover, and 2-phase transfer in human dendritic cells

    Stuart G. Turville;John J. Santos;Ines Frank;Paul U. Cameron

  • Human and murine dermis contain dendritic cells. Isolation by means of a novel method and phenotypical and functional characterization.

    Angela Lenz;Martin Heine;Gerold Schuler;Nikolaus Romani

  • Generation of Mature Dendritic Cells from Human Blood

    Gerold Schuler;Nikolaus Romani

  • Matrix metalloproteinases 9 and 2 are necessary for the migration of Langerhans cells and dermal dendritic cells from human and murine skin.

    Gudrun Ratzinger;Patrizia Stoitzner;Susanne Ebner;Manfred B. Lutz

  • Langerhans cells – dendritic cells of the epidermis

    Nikolaus Romani;Sandra Holzmann;Christoph H. Tripp;Franz Koch

  • Isolation of Dendritic Cells

    Kayo Inaba;William J. Swiggard;Ralph M. Steinman;Nikolaus Romani

  • HLA-DR expression on keratinocytes is a common feature of diseased skin

    J. Auböck;N. Romani;G. Grubauer;P. Fritsch

  • Increased Expression of CCL20 in Human Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Arthur Kaser;Othmar Ludwiczek;Sandra Holzmann;Alexander R. Moschen

  • Generation of mature dendritic cells from human blood. An improved method with special regard to clinical applicability.

    G Schuler;N Romani

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrizia Stoitzner
Patrizia Stoitzner Innsbruck Medical University
Gerold Schuler
Gerold Schuler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ralph M. Steinman
Ralph M. Steinman Rockefeller University
Eckhart Kämpgen
Eckhart Kämpgen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sem Saeland
Sem Saeland Schering-Plough
Georg Stingl
Georg Stingl Medical University of Vienna
Matthias Schmuth
Matthias Schmuth Innsbruck Medical University
Bernard Malissen
Bernard Malissen Aix-Marseille University
Kayo Inaba
Kayo Inaba Kyoto University
Adrien Kissenpfennig
Adrien Kissenpfennig Queen's University Belfast

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