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Prof. Dr. Christian Kurts

Member, Steering-Committee Member

Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology (IMMEI)

Medical Faculty, University of Bonn University Hospital of Bonn Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25 53105 Bonn

ckurts@uni-bonn.de

+49 228 28711050

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Prof. Kurts and his group are interested in the mechanisms governing antigen-presentation and the ensuing immune response in the defense against infections and in immune mediated disease. Their main research projects focus on the mechanisms of antigen cross-presentation to cytotoxic CD8 T cells, peripheral immune tolerance of T and B lymphocytes against self antigens, and the role of dendritic cells in diseases, especially in kidney disease.

Christian Kurts

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Recent publications

  • Gut microbiome composition differs between aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation patients.

    Scientific reports

    Authors: Benedikt Bartsch, Svetozar Nesic, Muntadher Al Zaidi, Raul Nicolas Jamin, Ansgar Ackerschott, Nikola Lübbering, Hannah Billig, Axel Schott, Chiara Hesse, Marijo Parcina, Marwan Hamiko, Farhad Bakhtiary, Georg Nickenig, Christian Kurts, Sebastian Zimmer, Christina Katharina Weisheit

  • Homing pigeon navigation relies on superparamagnetic macrophages under overcast conditions.

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    Authors: Clivia Lisowski, Michael Quetting, Daniela Klaus, Lisa Lazarevski, Lea Seep, Maximilian Germer, Jian Li, Inge Müller, Daniel Zuniga, Wolfgang Fiedler, Dina K N Dechmann, Kasper Thorup, Jan Hasenauer, Lars Fester, Stefanie Kuerten, Michael Farle, Ulf Wiedwald, Martin Wikelski, Christian Kurts

  • Monocyte Chemokines Enhance Atherosclerotic Plaque Necrosis After Bacterial Kidney Infection.

    FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

    Authors: Lena Possenriede, Peyman Falahat, Marie Foerster, Georg W Sendtner, Julia Miranda, Leonie Richard-Stropahl, Uta Scheidt, Christian Kurts, Florian Wagenlehner, Ekaterina K Koltsova, Sibylle von Vietinghoff

All publications by Prof. Dr. Christian Kurts