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Overview

Onur Boyman is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research focuses primarily on immunology, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, and molecular biology.

Their work addresses a wide range of topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Boyman has published numerous articles in prominent venues. The frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Allergy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Among recent papers are:

  • "Systemic and mucosal antibody responses specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19," 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Persistent complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation in active Long Covid," 2024, Science
  • "Immunoglobulin signature predicts risk of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Commensal Clostridiales strains mediate effective anti-cancer immune response against solid tumors," 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "A systematic review of interleukin-2-based immunotherapies in clinical trials for cancer and autoimmune diseases," 2023, EBioMedicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Miro E. Raeber
  • Carlo Cervia
  • Yves Zurbuchen
  • Jakob Nilsson
  • Sarah Adamo

Best Publications

  • The role of interleukin-2 during homeostasis and activation of the immune system.

    Onur Boyman;Jonathan Sprent;Jonathan Sprent

  • Plasmacytoid predendritic cells initiate psoriasis through interferon-α production

    Frank O. Nestle;Curdin Conrad;Adrian Tun-Kyi;Bernhard Homey

  • Selective stimulation of T cell subsets with antibody-cytokine immune complexes

    Onur Boyman;Marek Kovar;Marek Kovar;Mark P. Rubinstein;Mark P. Rubinstein;Charles D. Surh;Charles D. Surh

  • Spontaneous Development of Psoriasis in a New Animal Model Shows an Essential Role for Resident T Cells and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

    Onur Boyman;Hans Peter Hefti;Curdin Conrad;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • In vivo expansion of T reg cells with IL-2–mAb complexes: induction of resistance to EAE and long-term acceptance of islet allografts without immunosuppression

    Kylie E. Webster;Stacey Walters;Rachel E. Kohler;Tomas Mrkvan

  • Exploiting a natural conformational switch to engineer an interleukin-2 'superkine'

    Aron M. Levin;Darren L. Bates;Aaron M. Ring;Carsten Krieg

  • Memory B Cells Activate Brain-Homing, Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis.

    Ivan Jelcic;Faiez Al Nimer;Faiez Al Nimer;Jian Wang;Verena Lentsch

  • Converting IL-15 to a superagonist by binding to soluble IL-15Rα

    Mark P. Rubinstein;Marek Kovar;Jared F. Purton;Jae-Ho Cho

  • Improved IL-2 immunotherapy by selective stimulation of IL-2 receptors on lymphocytes and endothelial cells

    Carsten Krieg;Sven Létourneau;Giuseppe Pantaleo;Onur Boyman

  • Systemic and mucosal antibody responses specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19

    Carlo Cervia;Jakob Nilsson;Yves Zurbuchen;Alan Valaperti

  • Cytokines and T-cell homeostasis.

    Onur Boyman;Jared F Purton;Charles D Surh;Jonathan Sprent

  • Homeostasis of memory T cells.

    Charles D. Surh;Onur Boyman;Jared F. Purton;Jonathan Sprent

  • Persistent complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation in active Long Covid

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  • IL-2- and CD25-dependent immunoregulatory mechanisms in the homeostasis of T-cell subsets.

    Sven Létourneau;Carsten Krieg;Giuseppe Pantaleo;Onur Boyman

  • Interleukin-2: biology, design and application

    Natalia Arenas-Ramirez;Janine Woytschak;Onur Boyman

  • GATA3-Driven Th2 Responses Inhibit TGF-β1–Induced FOXP3 Expression and the Formation of Regulatory T Cells

    Pierre-Yves Mantel;Harmjan Kuipers;Onur Boyman;Claudio Rhyner

  • The epigenetic modifier EZH2 controls melanoma growth and metastasis through silencing of distinct tumour suppressors

    Daniel Zingg;Julien Debbache;Simon M. Schaefer;Eylul Tuncer

  • Homeostatic proliferation and survival of naïve and memory T cells.

    Onur Boyman;Sven Létourneau;Carsten Krieg;Jonathan Sprent

  • The Histone Methyltransferase Ezh2 Controls Mechanisms of Adaptive Resistance to Tumor Immunotherapy

    Daniel Zingg;Natalia Arenas-Ramirez;Dilara Sahin;Rodney A. Rosalia

  • Alpha1beta1 integrin is crucial for accumulation of epidermal T cells and the development of psoriasis.

    Curdin Conrad;Onur Boyman;Onur Boyman;Giulia Tonel;Giulia Tonel;Adrian Tun-Kyi

  • IL-2/anti-IL-2 antibody complexes show strong biological activity by avoiding interaction with IL-2 receptor α subunit CD25

    Sven Létourneau;Ester M. M. van Leeuwen;Carsten Krieg;Chris Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Sprent
Jonathan Sprent Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Charles D. Surh
Charles D. Surh Pohang University of Science and Technology
Frank O. Nestle
Frank O. Nestle Deerfield (United States)
Cezmi A. Akdis
Cezmi A. Akdis University of Zurich
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne
Brian J. Nickoloff
Brian J. Nickoloff Loyola University Chicago
Aaron M. Ring
Aaron M. Ring Yale University
Bernd Bodenmiller
Bernd Bodenmiller University of Zurich
Gerhard Rogler
Gerhard Rogler University of Zurich
Adriano Aguzzi
Adriano Aguzzi University of Zurich

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