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D-Index
56
Citations
17469
World Ranking
14180
National Ranking
36

Overview

P. Rod Dunbar is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Oncology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics addressed in their research include CAR-T cell therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Chemokine receptors and signaling, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research.

The scientist has published frequently in several journals and publication venues. The most notable among these are:

  • Cytotherapy
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Immunology Research
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include Anna E. S. Brooks, Hilary M. Sheppard, Vaughan Feisst, Evert Jan Loef, and Karrie Wong, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in their research projects.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Safety and efficacy of the oral TLR8 agonist selgantolimod in individuals with chronic hepatitis B under viral suppression, 2022, Journal of Hepatology
  • Ex Vivo Human Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (ASC) Are a Heterogeneous Population That Demonstrate Rapid Culture-Induced Changes, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Results of a randomized, double-blind phase II clinical trial of NY-ESO-1 vaccine with ISCOMATRIX adjuvant versus ISCOMATRIX alone in participants with high-risk resected melanoma, 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Delphi-driven consensus definition for mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical reporting guidelines for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapeutics, 2024, Cytotherapy
  • Rational design of a SOCS1-edited tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy using CRISPR/Cas9 screens, 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Best Publications

  • Memory CD8+ T cells vary in differentiation phenotype in different persistent virus infections.

    Victor Appay;P. Rod Dunbar;Margaret Callan;Paul Klenerman

  • Quantitation of HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and plasma load of viral RNA.

    G. S. Ogg;Xia Jin;S. Bonhoeffer;P. R. Dunbar

  • Human CD141(+) (BDCA-3)(+) dendritic cells (DCs) represent a unique myeloid DC subset that cross-presents necrotic cell antigens

    Sarah L. Jongbloed;Andrew J. Kassianos;Kylie J. McDonald;Georgina J. Clark

  • Ex Vivo Staining of Metastatic Lymph Nodes by Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Tetramers Reveals High Numbers of Antigen-experienced Tumor-specific Cytolytic T Lymphocytes

    Pedro Romero;P. Rod Dunbar;Danila Valmori;Mikaël Pittet

  • High Frequency of Skin-homing Melanocyte-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Autoimmune Vitiligo

    Graham S. Ogg;P. Rod Dunbar;Pedro Romero;Ji-Li Chen

  • Monitoring CD8 T cell responses to NY-ESO-1: Correlation of humoral and cellular immune responses

    E Jäger;Y Nagata;S Gnjatic;H Wada

  • Human adipose-derived stem cells: isolation, characterization and applications in surgery

    Michelle Locke;John Windsor;P. Rod Dunbar

  • Structural and Kinetic Basis for Heightened Immunogenicity of T Cell Vaccines

    Ji-Li Chen;Guillaume Stewart-Jones;Giovanna Bossi;Nikolai M. Lissin

  • The human CD8 coreceptor effects cytotoxic T cell activation and antigen sensitivity primarily by mediating complete phosphorylation of the T cell receptor zeta chain.

    M. A. Purbhoo;J. M. Boulter;David Price;A.-L. Vuidepot

  • Concise review: human adipose-derived stem cells: separating promise from clinical need

    Michelle Locke;Vaughan Feisst;P. Rod Dunbar

  • Competition between CTL narrows the immune response induced by prime-boost vaccination protocols

    Michael J. Palmowski;Ed Man-Lik Choi;Ian F. Hermans;Sarah C. Gilbert

  • Structures of an MHC class I molecule from B21 chickens illustrate promiscuous peptide binding.

    Michael Koch;Simon Camp;Trevor Collen;David Avila

  • Association of a syndrome resembling Wegener's granulomatosis with low surface expression of HLA class-I molecules

    Hélène T Moins-Teisserenc;Stephan D Gadola;Marina Cella;P Rod Dunbar

  • Cutting Edge: CD1a+ Antigen-Presenting Cells in Human Dermis Respond Rapidly to CCR7 Ligands

    Catherine E. Angel;Elizabeth George;Anna E. S. Brooks;Lena L. Ostrovsky

  • Recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara primes functionally activated CTL specific for a melanoma tumor antigen epitope in melanoma patients with a high risk of disease recurrence

    Caroline L Smith;P Rod Dunbar;Fareed Mirza;Michael J Palmowski

  • Immunofluorescence identifies distinct subsets of endothelial cells in the human liver.

    Otto Strauss;Anthony Phillips;Katya Ruggiero;Adam Bartlett

  • CD14+ antigen-presenting cells in human dermis are less mature than their CD1a+ counterparts.

    Catherine E. Angel;Aisha Lala;Chun-Jen J. Chen;Stephen G. Edgar

  • Immunodominance of Poxviral-Specific CTL in a Human Trial of Recombinant-Modified Vaccinia Ankara

    Caroline L. Smith;Fareed Mirza;Valerie Pasquetto;David C. Tscharke

  • Distinctive localization of antigen-presenting cells in human lymph nodes

    Catherine E. Angel;Chun-Jen J. Chen;Oliver C. Horlacher;Sintia Winkler

  • High avidity antigen-specific CTL identified by CD8-independent tetramer staining

    Ed Man-Lik Choi;Ji-Li Chen;Linda Wooldridge;Mariolina Salio

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincenzo Cerundolo
Vincenzo Cerundolo University of Oxford
Nicolas P. Smith
Nicolas P. Smith University of Auckland
John F. Thompson
John F. Thompson University of Sydney
Jonathan Cebon
Jonathan Cebon La Trobe University
Graham S. Ogg
Graham S. Ogg University of Oxford
Bent K. Jakobsen
Bent K. Jakobsen Continuum Life Sciences
Derek N.J. Hart
Derek N.J. Hart University of Sydney
Andrew K. Sewell
Andrew K. Sewell Cardiff University
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic University of Auckland
David E. Williams
David E. Williams University of Auckland

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