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Robert Geffers is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with extensive work published across 168 and 90 publications respectively.

The principal subfields of study for this scientist include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Robert Geffers has contributed to various main research topics such as:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Renal and related cancers

Their publication record includes numerous articles in prominent journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere
  • PLoS Pathogens

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert Geffers include:

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment, 2020, Cell
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis, 2021, Cell
  • CD4+ T cell-induced inflammatory cell death controls immune-evasive tumours, 2023, Nature
  • Mesaconate is synthesized from itaconate and exerts immunomodulatory effects in macrophages, 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • Itaconate and derivatives reduce interferon responses and inflammation in influenza A virus infection, 2022, PLoS Pathogens

Robert Geffers frequently collaborates with several scientists, including:

  • Klaus Schughart
  • Johann Bauersachs
  • Danny Jonigk
  • Berend Isermann
  • Heike Bähre

Best Publications

  • TRANSFAC®: transcriptional regulation, from patterns to profiles

    V. Matys;Ellen Fricke;R. Geffers;Ellen Gößling

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • The TRANSFAC system on gene expression regulation.

    Edgar Wingender;Xin Chen;Ellen Fricke;R. Geffers

  • Frontline: Neuropilin-1: a surface marker of regulatory T cells

    Dunja Bruder;Michael Probst-Kepper;Astrid M. Westendorf;Robert Geffers

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis

    Daniel Wendisch;Oliver Dietrich;Tommaso Mari;Saskia von Stillfried

  • Gene expression profiling of human decidual macrophages: evidence for immunosuppressive phenotype.

    Charlotte Gustafsson;Jenny Mjösberg;Andreas Matussek;Robert Geffers

  • Macrophages at the Fetal–Maternal Interface Express Markers of Alternative Activation and Are Induced by M-CSF and IL-10

    Judit Svensson;Maria C. Jenmalm;Andreas Matussek;Robert Geffers

  • Quorum-Sensing Antagonistic Activities of Azithromycin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1: a Global Approach

    Yusuf Nalca;Lothar Jänsch;Florian Bredenbruch;Robert Geffers

  • 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is a potent suppressor of interferon-γ mediated macrophage activation

    Laura Helming;Jens Böse;Jan Ehrchen;Stefanie Schiebe

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal (PQS) has an iron‐chelating activity

    Florian Bredenbruch;Robert Geffers;Manfred Nimtz;Jan Buer

  • ATP Inhibits the Generation and Function of Regulatory T Cells Through the Activation of Purinergic P2X Receptors

    Ursula Schenk;Michela Frascoli;Michele Proietti;Robert Geffers

  • In vivo RNAi screening identifies a mechanism of sorafenib resistance in liver cancer

    Ramona Rudalska;Daniel Dauch;Thomas Longerich;Katherine McJunkin

  • CD4+ T cell-induced inflammatory cell death controls immune-evasive tumours

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  • Prevention of Allograft Rejection by Use of Regulatory T Cells With an MHC-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor.

    F. Noyan;K. Zimmermann;M. Hardtke-Wolenski;A. Knoefel

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Transcriptome in Planktonic Cultures and Static Biofilms Using RNA Sequencing

    Andreas Dötsch;Denitsa Eckweiler;Monika Schniederjans;Ariane Zimmermann

  • Human γδ T cells are quickly reconstituted after stem-cell transplantation and show adaptive clonal expansion in response to viral infection.

    Sarina Ravens;Christian Schultze-Florey;Solaiman Raha;Inga Sandrock

  • Active Demethylation of the Foxp3 Locus Leads to the Generation of Stable Regulatory T Cells within the Thymus

    Aras Toker;Dirk Engelbert;Garima Garg;Julia K. Polansky

  • A Cystic Fibrosis Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Displays Enhanced Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance

    Prabhakar Salunkhe;Catherine H. M. Smart;J. Alun W. Morgan;Stavroula Panagea

  • Posttranscriptional destabilization of the liver-specific long noncoding RNA HULC by the IGF2 mRNA-binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1).

    Monika Hämmerle;Tony Gutschner;Hannah Uckelmann;Sevim Ozgur

  • A Critical Role for Notch Signaling in the Formation of Cholangiocellular Carcinomas.

    Steffen Zender;Irina Nickeleit;Torsten Wuestefeld;Inga Sörensen

  • Host genetic background strongly influences the response to influenza a virus infections.

    Barkha Srivastava;Paulina Błażejewska;Manuela Heßmann;Dunja Bruder

  • Frontline: Neuropilin‐1: a surface marker of regulatory T cells (Vol. 34(3) 2004, pp 623–630, DOI 10.1002/eji.200324799)

    Dunja Bruder;Michael Probst-Kepper;Astrid M. Westendorf;Robert Geffers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Buer
Jan Buer University of Duisburg-Essen
Klaus Schughart
Klaus Schughart Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Arnold Ganser
Arnold Ganser Hannover Medical School
Michael Heuser
Michael Heuser Hannover Medical School
Michael P. Manns
Michael P. Manns Hannover Medical School
Astrid M. Westendorf
Astrid M. Westendorf University of Duisburg-Essen
Arndt Vogel
Arndt Vogel Hannover Medical School
Peter Schirmacher
Peter Schirmacher University Hospital Heidelberg
Lars Zender
Lars Zender German Cancer Research Center
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig

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