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Steffen Stenger

Steffen Stenger

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Immunology

D-Index
58
Citations
21581
World Ranking
3460
National Ranking
237

Overview

Steffen Stenger is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their body of work spans a total of 119 publications focused primarily on medicine and 47 on immunology and microbiology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to infectious diseases and related biomedical sciences.

The scientist's research covers several specialized subfields, including infectious diseases, immunology, epidemiology, microbiology, and molecular biology. This broad scope emphasizes a comprehensive engagement with understanding disease mechanisms and immune responses. Topics frequently addressed in their work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, antimicrobial peptides and their activities, COVID-19 clinical research studies, interferon and immune responses, COVID-19's impact on reproduction, protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides, and antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Steffen Stenger has collaborated regularly with multiple researchers, indicating active participation in diverse scientific teams. Frequent coauthors include Jan Münch, Carina Conzelmann, Frank Kirchhoff, Janis A. Müller, and Ludger Ständker.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in cells of the human endocrine and exocrine pancreas" (2021, Nature Metabolism)
  • "Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human breastmilk" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "Systematic functional analysis of SARS-CoV-2 proteins uncovers viral innate immune antagonists and remaining vulnerabilities" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "IFITM proteins promote SARS-CoV-2 infection and are targets for virus inhibition in vitro" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "SARS-CoV-2 Is Restricted by Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein despite Preadaptation to the Low-CpG Environment in Humans" (2020, mBio)

These publications have appeared in various peer-reviewed venues, including Nature Metabolism, The Lancet, Cell Reports, Nature Communications, and mBio, demonstrating the scientist's engagement with high-impact journals in fields related to virology, immunology, and molecular biology.

In addition to these high-profile journals, Steffen Stenger has contributed multiple articles to other frequent publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Biomolecules. This variety indicates a steady dissemination of research findings across several platforms within molecular and microbiological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response

    Philip T. Liu;Steffen Stenger;Huiying Li;Linda Wenzel

  • An Antimicrobial Activity of Cytolytic T Cells Mediated by Granulysin

    Steffen Stenger;Dennis A. Hanson;Rachel Teitelbaum;Puneet Dewan

  • Cutting Edge: Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Dependent on the Induction of Cathelicidin

    Philip T. Liu;Steffen Stenger;Dominic H. Tang;Robert L. Modlin

  • Induction of Direct Antimicrobial Activity Through Mammalian Toll-Like Receptors

    Sybille Thoma-Uszynski;Steffen Stenger;Osamu Takeuchi;Maria Teresa Ochoa

  • Differential effects of cytolytic T cell subsets on intracellular infection

    Steffen Stenger;Richard J. Mazzaccaro;Koichi Uyemura;Sungae Cho

  • Vitamin D Is Required for IFN-γ–Mediated Antimicrobial Activity of Human Macrophages

    Mario Fabri;Steffen Stenger;Dong Min Shin;Jae Min Yuk

  • Cutting edge: Mincle is essential for recognition and adjuvanticity of the mycobacterial cord factor and its synthetic analog trehalose-dibehenate.

    Hanne Schoenen;Barbara Bodendorfer;Kelly Hitchens;Silvia Manzanero

  • SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in cells of the human endocrine and exocrine pancreas.

    Janis A Müller;Rüdiger Groß;Carina Conzelmann;Jana Krüger

  • A Role for Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in Host Defense During the Early-Induced and Adaptive Phases of the Immune Response

    Joshua R. Bleharski;Viviane Kiessler;Cecilia Buonsanti;Peter A. Sieling

  • Type I Interferon Suppresses Type II Interferon–Triggered Human Anti-Mycobacterial Responses

    Rosane M. B. Teles;Thomas G. Graeber;Stephan R. Krutzik;Dennis Montoya

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human breastmilk.

    Rüdiger Groß;Carina Conzelmann;Janis A Müller;Steffen Stenger

  • Anti-TNF immunotherapy reduces CD8+ T cell-mediated antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans.

    Heiko Bruns;Christoph Meinken;Philipp Schauenberg;Georg Härter

  • Tissue expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase is closely associated with resistance to Leishmania major.

    S Stenger;H Thüring;M Röllinghoff;C Bogdan

  • Reactivation of latent leishmaniasis by inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase.

    S Stenger;N Donhauser;H Thüring;M Röllinghoff

  • Diacylated sulfoglycolipids are novel mycobacterial antigens stimulating CD1-restricted T cells during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Martine Gilleron;Steffen Stenger;Zaima Mazorra;Frederick Wittke

  • Macrophages acquire neutrophil granules for antimicrobial activity against intracellular pathogens.

    Belinda H. Tan;Christoph Meinken;Max Bastian;Heiko Bruns

  • IL-15 links TLR2/1-induced macrophage differentiation to the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial pathway.

    Stephan R. Krutzik;Martin Hewison;Philip T. Liu;Juan Antonio Robles

  • Antimicrobial activity of MHC class I-restricted CD8+ T cells in human tuberculosis

    Sungae Cho;Vijay Mehra;Vijay Mehra;Sybille Thoma-Uszynski;Steffen Stenger

  • Down-Regulation of CD1 on Antigen-Presenting Cells by Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Steffen Stenger;Kayvan R. Niazi;Robert L. Modlin

  • Human NKT Cells Express Granulysin and Exhibit Antimycobacterial Activity

    Jennifer L. Gansert;Viviane Kieβler;Matthias Engele;Frederick Wittke

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Modlin
Robert L. Modlin University of California, Los Angeles
Jan Münch
Jan Münch University of Ulm
Martin Röllinghoff
Martin Röllinghoff University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm
Barry R. Bloom
Barry R. Bloom Harvard University
Christian Bogdan
Christian Bogdan University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Peter A. Sieling
Peter A. Sieling University of California, Los Angeles
Steven A. Porcelli
Steven A. Porcelli Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thomas F. E. Barth
Thomas F. E. Barth University of Ulm
Giovanni Sotgiu
Giovanni Sotgiu University of Sassari

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