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Overview

Ulf Panzer is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. The research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, reflecting a focus on complex interactions within immune systems and their implications for renal and systemic diseases.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Immunology, Nephrology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, and Molecular Biology. This interdisciplinary approach highlights a concentration on immune mechanisms and kidney-related conditions, with an emphasis on cellular and molecular biology perspectives.

Main topics addressed by Ulf Panzer include:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Several recent papers exemplify the thematic range and focus in Panzer's research:

  • "After ten years of follow-up, no difference between supportive care plus immunosuppression and supportive care alone in IgA nephropathy," 2020, Kidney International
  • "Clonal expansion and activation of tissue-resident memory-like T H 17 cells expressing GM-CSF in the lungs of patients with severe COVID-19," 2021, Science Immunology
  • "Kidney dendritic cells: fundamental biology and functional roles in health and disease," 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Pathogen-induced tissue-resident memory T H 17 (T RM 17) cells amplify autoimmune kidney disease," 2020, Science Immunology
  • "Interleukin-9 protects from early podocyte injury and progressive glomerulosclerosis in Adriamycin-induced nephropathy," 2020, Kidney International

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Kidney International, Science Immunology, and Nature Communications.

Collaborations appear to be an integral part of Panzer's research activity. Frequent coauthors include Christian F. Krebs, Tobias B. Huber, Hans-Joachim Paust, Stefan Bonn, and Thorsten Wiech, indicating involvement in a sustained network of research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The immune system and kidney disease: basic concepts and clinical implications

    Christian Kurts;Ulf Panzer;Hans-Joachim Anders;Andrew J. Rees

  • Discovery of new risk loci for IgA nephropathy implicates genes involved in immunity against intestinal pathogens

    Krzysztof Kiryluk;Yifu Li;Francesco Scolari;Simone Sanna-Cherchi

  • Intensive Supportive Care plus Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy

    Jürgen Floege;Thomas Rauen;Frank Eitner

  • Host DNases prevent vascular occlusion by neutrophil extracellular traps

    Miguel Jiménez-Alcázar;Chandini Rangaswamy;Rachita Panda;Josephine Bitterling

  • IL-9–mediated survival of type 2 innate lymphoid cells promotes damage control in helminth-induced lung inflammation

    Jan-Eric Turner;Peter J. Morrison;Christoph Wilhelm;Christoph Wilhelm;Mark Wilson

  • Geographic Differences in Genetic Susceptibility to IgA Nephropathy: GWAS Replication Study and Geospatial Risk Analysis

    Krzysztof Kiryluk;Yifu Li;Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Mersedeh Rohanizadegan

  • Phospholipase A2 Receptor Autoantibodies and Clinical Outcome in Patients with Primary Membranous Nephropathy

    Elion Hoxha;Ina Thiele;Gunther Zahner;Ulf Panzer

  • CC chemokine receptor 5 and renal-transplant survival

    Michael Fischereder;Bruno Luckow;Berthold Hocher;Rudolf P Wüthrich

  • Enhanced expression of the M-type phospholipase A2 receptor in glomeruli correlates with serum receptor antibodies in primary membranous nephropathy.

    Elion Hoxha;Ursula Kneißler;Gesa Stege;Gunther Zahner

  • The IL-23/Th17 Axis Contributes to Renal Injury in Experimental Glomerulonephritis

    Hans-Joachim Paust;Jan-Eric Turner;Oliver M. Steinmetz;Anett Peters

  • An immunofluorescence test for phospholipase-A2-receptor antibodies and its clinical usefulness in patients with membranous glomerulonephritis

    Elion Hoxha;Sigrid Harendza;Gunter Zahner;Ulf Panzer

  • Best supportive care and therapeutic plasma exchange with or without eculizumab in Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4 induced haemolytic–uraemic syndrome: an analysis of the German STEC-HUS registry

    Jan T. Kielstein;Gernot Beutel;Susanne Fleig;Jürgen Steinhoff

  • Alternative cross-priming through CCL17-CCR4-mediated attraction of CTLs toward NKT cell-licensed DCs.

    Verena Semmling;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek;Christoph A Thaiss;Thomas Quast

  • Crosstalk between Sentinel and Helper Macrophages Permits Neutrophil Migration into Infected Uroepithelium

    Marzena Schiwon;Christina Weisheit;Lars Franken;Sebastian Gutweiler

  • Kidney dendritic cell activation is required for progression of renal disease in a mouse model of glomerular injury

    Felix Heymann;Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger;Emma E. Hamilton-Williams;Emma E. Hamilton-Williams;Linda Hammerich

  • CCR6 Recruits Regulatory T Cells and Th17 Cells to the Kidney in Glomerulonephritis

    Jan-Eric Turner;Hans-Joachim Paust;Oliver M. Steinmetz;Anett Peters

  • Development and validation of a renal risk score in ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis

    Silke R. Brix;Mercedes Noriega;Pierre Tennstedt;Eik Vettorazzi

  • An Indirect Immunofluorescence Method Facilitates Detection of Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain–Containing 7A–Specific Antibodies in Membranous Nephropathy

    Elion Hoxha;Laurence H. Beck;Thorsten Wiech;Nicola M. Tomas

  • A Mechanism for Cancer-Associated Membranous Nephropathy.

    Elion Hoxha;Thorsten Wiech;Phillip R Stahl;Gunther Zahner

  • The Th17 immune response in renal inflammation

    Jan-Eric Turner;Hans-Joachim Paust;Oliver M. Steinmetz;Ulf Panzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf A.K. Stahl
Rolf A.K. Stahl Universität Hamburg
Hans-Willi Mittrücker
Hans-Willi Mittrücker Universität Hamburg
Christian Kurts
Christian Kurts University of Bonn
Gisa Tiegs
Gisa Tiegs University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Tobias B. Huber
Tobias B. Huber Universität Hamburg
Jürgen Floege
Jürgen Floege RWTH Aachen University
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Gudmar Thorleifsson
Gudmar Thorleifsson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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