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Thomas M. Kündig

Thomas M. Kündig

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Immunology

D-Index
83
Citations
28969
World Ranking
1427
National Ranking
39

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
29021
World Ranking
15491
National Ranking
230

Overview

Thomas M. Kündig is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scientific output includes substantial work in the subfields of Immunology and Allergy, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their main research topics cover areas such as Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thomas M. Kündig include:

  • Pål Johansen
  • Steve Pascolo
  • Mark Mellett
  • Martin F. Bachmann
  • Julia-Tatjana Maul

Their publications often appear in several recurring journals, including:

  • Allergy
  • Dermatology
  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas M. Kündig include:

  • Inflammation in acute myocardial infarction: the good, the bad and the ugly (2023, European Heart Journal)
  • Protamine-Based Strategies for RNA Transfection (2021, Pharmaceutics)
  • Safety Profile of a Virus-Like Particle-Based Vaccine Targeting Self-Protein Interleukin-5 in Horses (2020, Vaccines)
  • A scalable and highly immunogenic virus-like particle-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 (2021, Allergy)
  • Photochemical Internalization: Light Paves Way for New Cancer Chemotherapies and Vaccines (2020, Cancers)

Best Publications

  • Mice deficient for the 55 kd tumor necrosis factor receptor are resistant to endotoxic shock, yet succumb to L. monocytogenes infection.

    Klaus Pfeffer;Toshifumi Matsuyama;Thomas M. Kündig;Andrew Wakeham

  • Differential T cell costimulatory requirements in CD28-deficient mice

    Arda Shahinian;Klaus Pfeffer;Kelvin P. Lee;Thomas M. Kündig

  • Deregulated T cell activation and autoimmunity in mice lacking interleukin-2 receptor beta

    Haruhiko Suzuki;Haruhiko Suzuki;Thomas M. Kündig;Caren Furlonger;Andrew Wakeham;Andrew Wakeham

  • The influence of antigen organization on B cell responsiveness

    Martin F. Bachmann;Urs Hoffmann Rohrer;Thomas M. Kündig;Kurt Bürki

  • Requirement for the transcription factor LSIRF/IRF4 for mature B and T lymphocyte function

    Hans-Willi Mittrücker;Toshifumi Matsuyama;Alex Grossman;Thomas M. Kündig

  • Normal development and function of CD8+ cells but markedly decreased helper cell activity in mice lacking CD4.

    A. Rahemtulla;W. P. Fung-Leung;M. W. Schilham;T. M. Kündig

  • Targeted disruption of IRF-1 or IRF-2 results in abnormal type I IFN gene induction and aberrant lymphocyte development

    Toshifumi Matsuyama;Toshifumi Matsuyama;Tohru Kimura;Tohru Kimura;Tohru Kimura;Motoo Kitagawa;Klaus Pfeffer;Klaus Pfeffer

  • Stroma-Derived Interleukin-34 Controls the Development and Maintenance of Langerhans Cells and the Maintenance of Microglia

    Melanie Greter;Iva Lelios;Pawel Pelczar;Guillaume Hoeffel

  • On immunological memory.

    Rolf M. Zinkernagel;Martin F. Bachmann;Thomas M. Kündig;Stephan Oehen

  • CD8 is needed for development of cytotoxic T cells but not helper T cells.

    Wai-Ping Fung-Leung;Marco W. Schilham;Amin Rahemtulla;Thomas M. Kündig

  • Normal B lymphocyte development but impaired T cell maturation in CD45-Exon6 protein tyrosine phosphatase-deficient mice

    Kenji Kishihara;Kenji Kishihara;Josef Penninger;Josef Penninger;Valerie A. Wallace;Valerie A. Wallace;Thomas M. Kündig

  • Antigen localisation regulates immune responses in a dose- and time-dependent fashion: a geographical view of immune reactivity.

    Rolf M. Zinkernagel;Stephan Ehl;Peter Aichele;Stephan Oehen

  • Immune responses in interleukin-2-deficient mice

    Thomas M. Kündig;Hubert Schorle;Martin F. Bachmann;Hans Hengartner

  • CD44 Regulates Hematopoietic Progenitor Distribution, Granuloma Formation, and Tumorigenicity

    Rudolf Schmits;Jorge Filmus;Nicole Gerwin;Giorgio Senaldi

  • Duration of TCR stimulation determines costimulatory requirement of T cells.

    Thomas M Kündig;Arda Shahinian;Kazuhiro Kawai;Hans-Willi Mittrücker

  • Intralymphatic allergen administration renders specific immunotherapy faster and safer: a randomized controlled trial.

    Gabriela Senti;Bettina M. Prinz Vavricka;Iris Erdmann;Mella I. Diaz

  • Immunity in response to particulate antigen-delivery systems.

    Tazio Storni;Thomas M Kündig;Gabriela Senti;Pål Johansen

  • Impaired Negative Selection of T Cells in Hodgkin's Disease Antigen CD30–Deficient Mice

    Ryuichi Amakawa;Ryuichi Amakawa;Anne Hakem;Anne Hakem;Thomas M Kundig;Toshifumi Matsuyama;Toshifumi Matsuyama

  • A molecular assembly system that renders antigens of choice highly repetitive for induction of protective B cell responses.

    Andrea Jegerlehner;Alain Tissot;Franziska Lechner;Peter Sebbel

  • Fibroblasts as Efficient Antigen-Presenting Cells in Lymphoid Organs

    Thomas M. Kündig;Thomas M. Kündig;Martin F. Bachmann;Claudio DiPaolo;John J. L. Simard

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin F. Bachmann
Martin F. Bachmann University of Bern
Pamela S. Ohashi
Pamela S. Ohashi Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Hans Hengartner
Hans Hengartner University of Zurich
Tak W. Mak
Tak W. Mak Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf M. Zinkernagel University of Zurich
Brunello Wüthrich
Brunello Wüthrich University of Zurich
Adrian Bot
Adrian Bot MannKind Corporation (United States)
Andrew Wakeham
Andrew Wakeham Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Tak W. Mak
Tak W. Mak Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Ludger Klimek
Ludger Klimek Ghent University

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