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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

  • Low-dose glucocorticoids attenuate crescentic glomerulonephritis by inhibiting the local differentiation of proinflammatory neutrophils.

    Science translational medicine

    Authors: Junping Yin, Melanie Eichler, Darius P Schaub, Nariaki Asada, Jonas Engesser, Clivia Lisowski, Hans-Joachim Paust, Christina Katharina Weisheit, Jian Li, Daniela Klaus, Natalio Garbi, Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Christian F Krebs, Ulf Panzer, Christian Kurts

  • NaCl and urea modulate CD8+ T cell survival, renal accumulation and response to BK virus.

    JCI insight

    Authors: Peyman Falahat, Adrian Goldspink, Lucia Oehler, Jessica Schmitz, Julia Miranda, Islem Gammoudi, Jan Hinrich Bräsen, Niklas Klümper, Olena Babyak, Christian Kurts, Herrmann Haller, Marieta Toma, Sibylle von Vietinghoff

  • Residence of mice in metabolic cages reduces experimental kidney inflammation through stress-induced glucocorticoids.

    JCI insight

    Authors: Junping Yin, Melanie Eichler, Clivia Lisowski, Jian Li, Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Natalio Garbi, Qi Mei, Anne-Kathrin Gellner, Christian Kurts

All publications by Prof. Dr. Christian Kurts