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Patrizia Stoitzner is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria and has contributed extensively to research in immunology, medicine, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including immunology, oncology, molecular biology, dermatology, and immunology and allergy. The main focus areas include immunotherapy and immune responses, T-cell and B-cell immunology, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, immune cell function and interaction, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, immune cells in cancer, and CAR-T cell therapy research.

The scientist has a significant number of publications in specialized journals, with frequent contributions to the European Journal of Immunology, where they have appeared nine times. Other notable publication venues include the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, and Experimental Dermatology.

Some of their recent papers cover a range of topics related to dendritic cells, immune responses, and cancer immunotherapy, including:

  • "Skin dendritic cells in melanoma are key for successful checkpoint blockade therapy" (2021, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer)
  • "Dendritic cell-targeted therapy expands CD8 T cell responses to bona-fide neoantigens in lung tumors" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Epidermal activation of Hedgehog signaling establishes an immunosuppressive microenvironment in basal cell carcinoma by modulating skin immunity" (2020, Molecular Oncology)
  • "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)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated multiple times with Patrizia Stoitzner include Christoph H. Tripp, Florian Hornsteiner, Nikolaus Romani, Daniela Ortner, and Helen Strandt. These collaborations reflect a continued partnership in their research community.

Best Publications

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

    Nikolaus Romani;Björn E. Clausen;Patrizia Stoitzner

  • 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

  • T cells in multiple myeloma display features of exhaustion and senescence at the tumor site

    Claudia Zelle-Rieser;Shanmugapriya Thangavadivel;Rainer Biedermann;Andrea Brunner

  • Langerhans cells cross-present antigen derived from skin

    Patrizia Stoitzner;Christoph H. Tripp;Andreas Eberhart;Kylie M. Price

  • Expression of XCR1 Characterizes the Batf3-Dependent Lineage of Dendritic Cells Capable of Antigen Cross-Presentation

    Annabell Bachem;Evelyn Hartung;Steffen Güttler;Ahmed Mora

  • A close-up view of migrating Langerhans cells in the skin.

    Patrizia Stoitzner;Kristian Pfaller;Hella Stössel;Nikolaus Romani

  • Visualization and characterization of migratory Langerhans cells in murine skin and lymph nodes by antibodies against Langerin/CD207.

    Patrizia Stoitzner;Sandra Holzmann;Alexander D. McLellan;Lennart Ivarsson

  • Functional Specialization of Skin Dendritic Cell Subsets in Regulating T Cell Responses

    Björn E. Clausen;Patrizia Stoitzner

  • Expression of C-type lectin receptors by subsets of dendritic cells in human skin.

    Susanne Ebner;Zita Ehammer;Sandra Holzmann;Philipp Schwingshackl

  • Lapatinib and doxorubicin enhance the Stat1-dependent antitumor immune response.

    Lára Hannesdóttir;Piotr Tymoszuk;Nirmala Parajuli;Marie-Helene Wasmer

  • Migration of langerhans cells and dermal dendritic cells in skin organ cultures: augmentation by TNF-alpha and IL-1beta.

    Patrizia Stoitzner;Patrizia Stoitzner;Monica Zanella;Monica Zanella;Ulrike Ortner;Ulrike Ortner;Michael Lukas;Michael Lukas

  • ATP gradients inhibit the migratory capacity of specific human dendritic cell types: implications for P2Y11 receptor signaling

    Max Schnurr;Max Schnurr;Max Schnurr;Tracey Toy;Tracey Toy;Tracey Toy;Patrizia Stoitzner;Patrizia Stoitzner;Patrizia Stoitzner;Paul Cameron;Paul Cameron;Paul Cameron

  • Macrophages and dendritic cells constitute a major subpopulation of cells in the mouse dermis.

    Marcel Dupasquier;Patrizia Stoitzner;Adri van Oudenaren;Nikolaus Romani

  • Targeting Skin Dendritic Cells to Improve Intradermal Vaccination

    N. Romani;V. Flacher;C. H. Tripp;F. Sparber

  • Epidermal Langerhans Cells Rapidly Capture and Present Antigens from C-Type Lectin-Targeting Antibodies Deposited in the Dermis

    Vincent Flacher;Christoph H. Tripp;Patrizia Stoitzner;Bernhard Haid

  • Entry Into Afferent Lymphatics and Maturation In Situ of Migrating Murine Cutaneous Dendritic Cells

    Georg Weinlich;Martin Heine;Hella Stössel;Monica Zanella

  • Functional Redundancy of Langerhans Cells and Langerin(+) Dermal Dendritic Cells in Contact Hypersensitivity

    Madelon Noordegraaf;Vincent Flacher;Patrizia Stoitzner;Björn E. Clausen

  • ISCOMATRIX Adjuvant Combines Immune Activation with Antigen Delivery to Dendritic Cells In Vivo Leading to Effective Cross-Priming of CD8 + T Cells

    Peter Duewell;Ulrich Kisser;Klaus Heckelsmiller;Sabine Hoves

  • Migratory Langerhans Cells in Mouse Lymph Nodes in Steady State and Inflammation

    Patrizia Stoitzner;Christoph H. Tripp;Patrice Douillard;Sem Saeland

  • Functional Redundancy of Langerhans Cells and Langerin þ Dermal Dendritic Cells in Contact

    Hypersensitivity Noordegraaf;Vincent Flacher;Patrizia Stoitzner;Bjorn E. Clausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaus Romani
Nikolaus Romani Innsbruck Medical University
Björn E. Clausen
Björn E. Clausen Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Sem Saeland
Sem Saeland Schering-Plough
Bernard Malissen
Bernard Malissen Aix-Marseille University
Eugene Maraskovsky
Eugene Maraskovsky CSL (United Kingdom)
Gerold Schuler
Gerold Schuler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lukas A. Huber
Lukas A. Huber Innsbruck Medical University
Manfred B. Lutz
Manfred B. Lutz University of Würzburg
Matthias Schmuth
Matthias Schmuth Innsbruck Medical University
Maria Sibilia
Maria Sibilia Medical University of Vienna

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