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Overview

Tobias Junt is affiliated with Novartis in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology. Their work spans several subfields, including immunology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist has a focused research interest in topics related to immune response and inflammation, systemic lupus erythematosus research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, long-term effects of COVID-19, immune cells in cancer, and immunotherapy and immune responses.

Some of the recent publications by Tobias Junt include:

  • Two distinct immunopathological profiles in autopsy lungs of COVID-19 (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Butyrate inhibits human mast cell activation via epigenetic regulation of FcεRI-mediated signaling (2020) in Allergy
  • Distinct pathogenic roles for resident and monocyte-derived macrophages in lupus nephritis (2022) in JCI Insight
  • Two distinct immunopathological profiles in autopsy lungs of COVID-19 (2020) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Preclinical characterization of the Toll-like receptor 7/8 antagonist MHV370 for lupus therapy (2023) in Cell Reports Medicine

Tobias Junt has frequently published in venues such as JCI Insight, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Arthritis & Rheumatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Stuart Hawtin
  • Claudia Betschart
  • Roland Feifel
  • Géraldine Zipfel
  • Kirsten D. Mertz

Best Publications

  • Gut microbiota metabolism of dietary fiber influences allergic airway disease and hematopoiesis

    Aurélien Trompette;Eva S Gollwitzer;Koshika Yadava;Anke K Sichelstiel

  • Generation of gut-homing IgA-secreting B cells by intestinal dendritic cells

    J. Rodrigo Mora;Makoto Iwata;Bertus Eksteen;Si-Young Song

  • Subcapsular sinus macrophages in lymph nodes clear lymph-borne viruses and present them to antiviral B cells

    Tobias Junt;E. Ashley Moseman;Matteo Iannacone;Steffen Massberg

  • Immunosurveillance by Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Trafficking through Blood, Lymph, and Peripheral Tissues

    Steffen Massberg;Patrick Schaerli;Irina Knezevic-Maramica;Maria Köllnberger

  • Dynamic Visualization of Thrombopoiesis Within Bone Marrow

    Tobias Junt;Harald Schulze;Zhao Chen;Steffen Massberg

  • Cessation of CCL2 inhibition accelerates breast cancer metastasis by promoting angiogenesis

    Laura Bonapace;Marie-May Coissieux;Jeffrey Wyckoff;Jeffrey Wyckoff;Kirsten D. Mertz

  • Triggering the succinate receptor GPR91 on dendritic cells enhances immunity

    Tina Rubic;Günther Lametschwandtner;Sandra Jost;Sonja Hinteregger

  • Lymphoid follicle destruction and immunosuppression after repeated CpG oligodeoxynucleotide administration

    Mathias Heikenwalder;Magdalini Polymenidou;Tobias Junt;Christina Sigurdson

  • GPR91 senses extracellular succinate released from inflammatory macrophages and exacerbates rheumatoid arthritis

    Amanda Littlewood-Evans;Sophie Sarret;Verena Apfel;Perrine Loesle

  • T cell sensing of antigen dose governs interactive behavior with dendritic cells and sets a threshold for T cell activation

    Sarah E Henrickson;Thorsten R Mempel;Irina B Mazo;Bai Liu

  • The Intestinal Microbiota Contributes to the Ability of Helminths to Modulate Allergic Inflammation

    Mario M. Zaiss;Alexis Rapin;Luc Lebon;Lalit Kumar Dubey

  • Toll-like receptor engagement converts T-cell autoreactivity into overt autoimmune disease.

    Karl S Lang;Mike Recher;Tobias Junt;Alexander A Navarini

  • Restoration of lymphoid organ integrity through the interaction of lymphoid tissue-inducer cells with stroma of the T cell zone.

    Elke Scandella;Beatrice Bolinger;Evelyn Lattmann;Simone Miller

  • β cells are responsible for CXCR3-mediated T-cell infiltration in insulitis

    Simona Frigerio;Tobias Junt;Bao Lu;Craig Gerard

  • Definition of Germinal-Center B Cell Migration In Vivo Reveals Predominant Intrazonal Circulation Patterns

    Anja E. Hauser;Tobias Junt;Thorsten R. Mempel;Michael W. Sneddon

  • Type I interferons directly regulate lymphocyte recirculation and cause transient blood lymphopenia.

    Elisabeth Kamphuis;Tobias Junt;Tobias Junt;Tobias Junt;Zoe Waibler;Zoe Waibler;Zoe Waibler;Reinhold Forster;Reinhold Forster;Reinhold Forster

  • Subcapsular sinus macrophages prevent CNS invasion on peripheral infection with a neurotropic virus

    Matteo Iannacone;E. Ashley Moseman;Elena Tonti;Lidia Bosurgi

  • Form follows function: lymphoid tissue microarchitecture in antimicrobial immune defence

    Tobias Junt;Elke Scandella;Burkhard Ludewig

  • CCL17-expressing dendritic cells drive atherosclerosis by restraining regulatory T cell homeostasis in mice

    Christian Weber;Svenja Meiler;Yvonne Döring;Miriam Koch

  • Two distinct immunopathological profiles in autopsy lungs of COVID-19.

    Ronny Nienhold;Yari Ciani;Viktor H. Koelzer;Viktor H. Koelzer;Alexandar Tzankov

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich H. von Andrian
Ulrich H. von Andrian Harvard University
Burkhard Ludewig
Burkhard Ludewig University of Zurich
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf M. Zinkernagel University of Zurich
Hans Hengartner
Hans Hengartner University of Zurich
Matteo Iannacone
Matteo Iannacone IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Thorsten R. Mempel
Thorsten R. Mempel Harvard University
Sarah E. Henrickson
Sarah E. Henrickson Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Nicola L. Harris
Nicola L. Harris Monash University
Reinhold Förster
Reinhold Förster Hannover Medical School
Karl S. Lang
Karl S. Lang University of Duisburg-Essen

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