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Peter Steinberger is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine, with a focus on immunology and microbiology, evidenced by 88 publications in these fields. Their work also covers significant contributions to subfields including immunology, oncology, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and epidemiology.

Their research mainly addresses topics related to immune cell function and interaction, CAR-T cell therapy research, and T-cell and B-cell immunology. Additional areas of focus include immunotherapy and immune responses, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, as well as virus-based gene therapy research.

Steinberger's frequent publication venues feature:

  • Frontiers in Immunology (8 publications)
  • European Journal of Immunology (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • iScience (4 publications)
  • Bioorganic Chemistry (3 publications)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Steinberger are:

  • "A conformation-specific ON-switch for controlling CAR T cells with an orally available drug" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Targeted T cell receptor gene editing provides predictable T cell product function for immunotherapy" (2021), Cell Reports Medicine
  • "Transferrin receptor 1 is a cellular receptor for human heme-albumin" (2020), Communications Biology
  • "Composite CD79A/CD40 co-stimulatory endodomain enhances CD19CAR-T cell proliferation and survival" (2021), Molecular Therapy
  • "Immunosuppressive Activity of Artemisia argyi Extract and Isolated Compounds" (2020), Frontiers in Pharmacology

Steinberger collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Judith Leitner (39 publications)
  • Claire Battin (20 publications)
  • Annika De Sousa Linhares (9 publications)
  • Johannes Stöckl (8 publications)
  • Adam K. Sieradzan (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • B cells sustain inflammation and predict response to immune checkpoint blockade in human melanoma

    Johannes Griss;Wolfgang Bauer;Christine Wagner;Martin Simon

  • B7-H1 (Programmed Death-1 Ligand) on Dendritic Cells Is Involved in the Induction and Maintenance of T Cell Anergy

    Nicole Selenko-Gebauer;Otto Majdic;Andreas Szekeres;Gerald Höfler

  • Molecular characterization of human 4Ig-B7-H3, a member of the B7 family with four Ig-like domains.

    Peter Steinberger;Otto Majdic;Sophia V. Derdak;Sophia V. Derdak;Katharina Pfistershammer

  • B7-H3 is a potent inhibitor of human T-cell activation: No evidence for B7-H3 and TREML2 interaction.

    Judith Leitner;Christoph Klauser;Winfried F. Pickl;Johannes Stöckl

  • Methods for the generation of chicken monoclonal antibody fragments by phage display.

    Jennifer Andris-Widhopf;Christoph Rader;Peter Steinberger;Roberta Fuller

  • Assessment of costimulation and coinhibition in a triple parameter T cell reporter line: Simultaneous measurement of NF-κB, NFAT and AP-1.

    Sabrina Jutz;Judith Leitner;Klaus Schmetterer;Iago Doel-Perez

  • Integrated drug profiling and CRISPR screening identify essential pathways for CAR T-cell cytotoxicity.

    Olli Dufva;Jan Koski;Pilvi Maliniemi;Aleksandr Ianevski;Aleksandr Ianevski

  • Therapeutic PD-L1 antibodies are more effective than PD-1 antibodies in blocking PD-1/PD-L1 signaling.

    Annika De Sousa Linhares;Claire Battin;Sabrina Jutz;Judith Leitner

  • Not All Immune Checkpoints Are Created Equal

    Annika De Sousa Linhares;Judith Leitner;Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer;Peter Steinberger

  • Functional deletion of the CCR5 receptor by intracellular immunization produces cells that are refractory to CCR5-dependent HIV-1 infection and cell fusion

    Peter Steinberger;Jennifer Andris-Widhopf;Bernd Bühler;Bruce E. Torbett

  • Construction of a Combinatorial IgE Library from an Allergic Patient ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN IgE Fabs WITH SPECIFICITY FOR THE MAJOR TIMOTHY GRASS POLLEN ALLERGEN, Phl p 5

    Peter Steinberger;Dietrich Kraft;Rudolf Valenta

  • Human Rhinoviruses Inhibit the Accessory Function of Dendritic Cells by Inducing Sialoadhesin and B7-H1 Expression

    Stefanie Kirchberger;Otto Majdic;Peter Steinberger;Stefan Blüml

  • Molecular characterization of Phl p II, a major timothy grass (Phleum pratense) pollen allergen

    Christiane Dolecek;Susanne Vrtala;Sylvia Laffer;Peter Steinberger

  • A Comprehensive and Quantitative Analysis of the Major Specificities in Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Preparations

    I. Popow;J. Leitner;K. Grabmeier-Pfistershammer;O. Majdic

  • Identification of PD-1 as a unique marker for failing immune reconstitution in HIV-1-infected patients on treatment.

    Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer;Peter Steinberger;Armin Rieger;Judith Leitner

  • TIM-3 does not act as a receptor for galectin-9.

    Judith Leitner;Armin Rieger;Winfried F. Pickl;Gerhard Zlabinger

  • The capacity of the TNF family members 4-1BBL, OX40L, CD70, GITRL, CD30L and LIGHT to costimulate human T cells

    Johanna Kober;Judith Leitner;Christoph Klauser;Ramona Woitek

  • Notch is active in Langerhans cell histiocytosis and confers pathognomonic features on dendritic cells

    Caroline Hutter;Max Kauer;Ingrid Simonitsch-Klupp;Gunhild Jug

  • Identification of human CD93 as the phagocytic C1q receptor (C1qRp) by expression cloning.

    Peter Steinberger;Andreas Szekeres;Stefan Wille;Johannes Stöckl

  • Azithromycin suppresses CD4 + T-cell activation by direct modulation of mTOR activity

    F. Ratzinger;H. Haslacher;W. Poeppl;G. Hoermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard J. Zlabinger
Gerhard J. Zlabinger Medical University of Vienna
Rudolf Valenta
Rudolf Valenta Medical University of Vienna
Winfried F. Pickl
Winfried F. Pickl Medical University of Vienna
Susanne Vrtala
Susanne Vrtala Medical University of Vienna
Dietrich Kraft
Dietrich Kraft Medical University of Vienna
Christiane Dolecek
Christiane Dolecek University of Oxford
Barbara Bohle
Barbara Bohle Medical University of Vienna
Peter Valent
Peter Valent Medical University of Vienna
Carlos F. Barbas
Carlos F. Barbas Scripps Research Institute
Hannes Stockinger
Hannes Stockinger Medical University of Vienna

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