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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

  • 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

  • Predicting Macrophage Spatial Localization from Single-Cell Transcriptomes to Uncover Disease Mechanisms.

    Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)

    Authors: Junping Yin, Qi Mei, Hans-Joachim Paust, Ning Song, Yu Zhao, Daniela Klaus, Melanie Eichler, Yijun Hua, Jie Qin, Weiting Cheng, Christina K Weisheit, Veronika Lukacs-Kornek, Isis Ludwig-Portugall, Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Christian F Krebs, Johanna Klughammer, Ulf Panzer, Christian Kurts, Jian Li

All publications by Prof. Dr. Christian Kurts