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Thomas Rustemeyer is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their primary field of study lies within Medicine, with a significant focus on Dermatology, Immunology and Allergy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Surgery. The scientist's work covers several interdisciplinary subfields reflecting diverse research interests.

The main topics Thomas Rustemeyer has focused on throughout their career include:

  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies

The scientist has contributed numerous papers primarily published in respected venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Contact Dermatitis
  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Experimental Dermatology

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Rustemeyer are:

  • Updating exposure assessment for skin sensitization quantitative risk assessment for fragrance materials, 2020, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
  • Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hand eczema, 2021, Contact Dermatitis
  • Patch test results with the European baseline series and additions thereof in the ESSCA network, 2015-2018, 2020, Contact Dermatitis
  • Patch test results with the European baseline series, 2019/20-Joint European results of the ESSCA and the EBS working groups of the ESCD, and the GEIDAC, 2022, Contact Dermatitis
  • The Complexity of the Post-Burn Immune Response: An Overview of the Associated Local and Systemic Complications, 2023, Cells

Thomas Rustemeyer collaborates frequently with several scholars in the field, evidenced by repeated co-authorship on multiple studies. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marie L. A. Schuttelaar
  • Margarida Gonçalo
  • Mark Wilkinson
  • Norbertus A. Ipenburg
  • Ana M. Giménez-Arnau

Best Publications

  • Allergic contact dermatitis: epidemiology, molecular mechanisms, in vitro methods and regulatory aspects Current knowledge assembled at an international workshop at BfR, Germany

    M. Peiser;T. Tralau;J. Heidler;A. M. Api

  • Circulating V(alpha24+) Vbeta11+ NKT cell numbers are decreased in a wide variety of diseases that are characterized by autoreactive tissue damage.

    Hans J.J. van der Vliet;B.Mary E. von Blomberg;Nobusuke Nishi;Martine Reijm

  • Hand eczema severity and quality of life: a cross-sectional, multicentre study of hand eczema patients

    Tove Agner;Klaus E Andersen;Francisco M Brandao;Derk P Bruynzeel

  • Hand eczema classification: a cross‐sectional, multicentre study of the aetiology and morphology of hand eczema

    T. L. Diepgen;K. E. Andersen;F. M. Brandao;Magnus Bruze

  • The European baseline series in 10 European Countries, 2005/2006--results of the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA)

    Wolfgang Uter;Christiane Rämsch;Werner Aberer;Fabio Ayala

  • Wound-healing factors secreted by epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts in skin substitutes

    Sander W. Spiekstra;Melanie Breetveld;Thomas Rustemeyer;Rik J. Scheper

  • Dendritic cells: biology of the skin.

    Mascha J. Toebak;Susan Gibbs;Derk P. Bruynzeel;Rik J. Scheper

  • Progress on the development of human in vitro dendritic cell based assays for assessment of the sensitizing potential of a compound

    G. Galvao dos Santos;J. Reinders;K. Ouwehand;T. Rustemeyer

  • Current patch test results with the European baseline series and extensions to it from the 'European Surveillance System on Contact Allergy' network, 2007-2008.

    Wolfgang Uter;Werner Aberer;José Carlos Armario-Hita;José M Fernandez-Vozmediano

  • Contact allergies in healthcare workers. Results from the IVDK

    Schnuch A;Uter W;Geier J;Frosch Pj

  • T-cell recognition of chemicals, protein allergens and drugs: towards the development of in vitro assays.

    Stefan F. Martin;Philipp R. Esser;Philipp R. Esser;Sonja Schmucker;Lisa Dietz

  • Minimum standards on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of occupational and work-related skin diseases in Europe - position paper of the COST Action StanDerm (TD 1206).

    J. H. Alfonso;A. Bauer;L. Bensefa-Colas;A. Boman

  • Induction of cytokine (interleukin-1alpha and tumor necrosis factor-alpha) and chemokine (CCL20, CCL27, and CXCL8) alarm signals after allergen and irritant exposure

    S. W. Spiekstra;M. J. Toebak;S. Sampat‐Sardjoepersad;P. J. Van Beek

  • Sensitization to palladium and nickel in Europe and the relationship with oral disease and dental alloys.

    Joris Muris;An Goossens;Margarida Gonçalo;Andreas J. Bircher

  • European surveillance system on contact allergies (ESSCA): results with the European baseline series, 2013/14

    W. Uter;J.C. Amario-Hita;A. Balato;B. Ballmer-Weber

  • Stratum corneum cytokines and skin irritation response to sodium lauryl sulfate

    Cindy M. De Jongh;Maarten M. Verberk;Carien E. T. Withagen;John J. L. Jacobs

  • Contact allergy to common ingredients in hair dyes

    Heidi Søsted;Thomas Rustemeyer;Margarida Gonçalo;Magnus Bruze

  • Analysis of effector and regulatory immune reactivity to nickel.

    T. Rustemeyer;B. M. E. Von Blomberg;I. M. W. Van Hoogstraten;D. P. Bruynzeel

  • CXCL8 secretion by dendritic cells predicts contact allergens from irritants.

    M.J. Toebak;P.R. Pohlmann;S.C. Sampat-Sardjoepersad;B.M.E. von Blomberg

  • Stratum Corneum Tape Stripping: Monitoring of Inflammatory Mediators in Atopic Dermatitis Patients Using Topical Therapy

    Sjors A. Koppes;Richard Brans;Suzana Ljubojevic Hadzavdic;Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • Mechanisms in Allergic Contact Dermatitis

    Thomas Rustemeyer;Ingrid M. W. van Hoogstraten;B. Mary E. von Blomberg;Rik J. Scheper

  • The European surveillance system of contact allergies (ESSCA) : results of patch testing the standard series, 2004

    W. Uter;W. Aberer;F. Ayala

  • Increased CCL27-CCR10 expression in allergic contact dermatitis: implications for local skin memory.

    Heleen Moed;Dick M Boorsma;Cornelis P Tensen;Jacoba Flier

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Gibbs
Susan Gibbs Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ana Giménez-Arnau
Ana Giménez-Arnau Autonomous University of Barcelona
Wolfgang Uter
Wolfgang Uter University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jeanne D. Johansen
Jeanne D. Johansen Copenhagen University Hospital
Rik J. Scheper
Rik J. Scheper Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Ian R. White
Ian R. White University College London
Albert J. Feilzer
Albert J. Feilzer Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam
Klaus Ejner Andersen
Klaus Ejner Andersen University of Southern Denmark
Thomas L. Diepgen
Thomas L. Diepgen Heidelberg University
Barbara Ballmer-Weber
Barbara Ballmer-Weber Kantonsspital St. Gallen

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