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2023
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Switzerland
2022

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Immunology

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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Roland Martin is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research focuses on areas including Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Rheumatology.

Their main topics of study cover:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Martin has contributed to research published in a variety of specialized venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Cell
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Among recent papers of note are:

  • "HLA-DR15 Molecules Jointly Shape an Autoreactive T Cell Repertoire in Multiple Sclerosis" (2020, Cell)
  • "HLA Ligand Atlas: a benign reference of HLA-presented peptides to improve T-cell-based cancer immunotherapy" (2021, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer)
  • "Microbial peptides activate tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in glioblastoma" (2023, Nature)
  • "Human CD4+ T cell subsets differ in their abilities to cross endothelial and epithelial brain barriers in vitro" (2020, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS)
  • "Attenuated immune control of Epstein-Barr virus in humanized mice is associated with the multiple sclerosis risk factor HLA-DR15" (2020, European Journal of Immunology)

Frequent collaborators in Martin's research include:

  • Mireia Sospedra
  • Ilijas Jelčić
  • María José Docampo
  • Ivan Jelčić
  • Andreas Lutterotti

Martin's work covers a broad scope of immune mechanisms, focusing notably on T cell repertoires, immune responses in multiple sclerosis, cancer immunotherapy, and neuroinflammation processes. This body of research often intersects with clinical and molecular investigation across autoimmune and oncological fields, contributing to the understanding of how immune cells interact with disease environments.

Best Publications

  • Immunology of Multiple Sclerosis.

    Mireia Sospedra;Roland Martin

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility

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  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Immunological aspects of demyelinating diseases

    Roland Martin;Henry F. McFarland;Dale E. McFarlin

  • Multiple sclerosis: a complicated picture of autoimmunity.

    Henry F McFarland;Roland Martin

  • Encephalitogenic potential of the myelin basic protein peptide (amino acids 83-99) in multiple sclerosis: results of a phase II clinical trial with an altered peptide ligand.

    Bibiana Bielekova;Bonnie Goodwin;Nancy Richert;Irene Cortese

  • Regulatory CD56bright natural killer cells mediate immunomodulatory effects of IL-2Rα-targeted therapy (daclizumab) in multiple sclerosis

    Bibiana Bielekova;Marta Catalfamo;Susan Reichert-Scrivner;Amy Packer

  • Immunological aspects of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis.

    R Martin;H F McFarland

  • The OSCAR-IB consensus criteria for retinal OCT quality assessment.

    Prejaas Tewarie;Lisanne Balk;Fiona Costello;Ari Green

  • Thymic output generates a new and diverse TCR repertoire after autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple sclerosis patients

    Paolo A. Muraro;Daniel C. Douek;Amy Packer;Katherine Chung

  • TCR ligand discrimination is enforced by competing ERK positive and SHP-1 negative feedback pathways.

    Irena Stefanová;Bernhard Hemmer;Marco Vergelli;Roland Martin

  • 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

  • Distinct and Nonredundant In Vivo Functions of IFNAR on Myeloid Cells Limit Autoimmunity in the Central Nervous System

    Marco Prinz;Marco Prinz;Hauke Schmidt;Alexander Mildner;Alexander Mildner;Klaus-Peter Knobeloch

  • Exploring the origins of grey matter damage in multiple sclerosis

    Massimiliano Calabrese;Roberta Magliozzi;Olga Ciccarelli;Jeroen J. G. Geurts

  • Treatment of experimental encephalomyelitis with a peptide analogue of myelin basic protein

    Brocke S;Gijbels K;Allegretta M;Ferber I

  • Fine specificity and HLA restriction of myelin basic protein-specific cytotoxic T cell lines from multiple sclerosis patients and healthy individuals.

    Roland Martin;Dolores Jaraquemada;Marjorie Flerlage;John Richert

  • Using gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging lesions to monitor disease activity in multiple sclerosis.

    Henry F. McFarland;Joseph A. Frank;Paul S. Albert;Mary E. Smith

  • The NIMH multisite HIV prevention trial: Reducing HIV sexual risk behavior

    D. D. Celentano;C. Dilorio;T. Hartwell;J. Kelly

  • CARE-LASS (calcein-release-assay), an improved fluorescence-based test system to measure cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity

    Rudolf Lichtenfels;William E. Biddison;William E. Biddison;Hildegard Schulz;Hildegard Schulz;Anne B. Vogt;Anne B. Vogt

  • Development of biomarkers in multiple sclerosis.

    Bibiana Bielekova;Roland Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry F. McFarland
Henry F. McFarland National Institutes of Health
Bernhard Hemmer
Bernhard Hemmer Technical University of Munich
Clemencia Pinilla
Clemencia Pinilla Florida International University
Frauke Zipp
Frauke Zipp Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Bruno Gran
Bruno Gran University of Nottingham
Xavier Montalban
Xavier Montalban Autonomous University of Barcelona
Manuel Comabella
Manuel Comabella Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca
David A. Hafler
David A. Hafler Yale University
Michael Weller
Michael Weller University of Zurich
William E. Biddison
William E. Biddison National Institutes of Health

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