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Prof. Dr. Irmgard Förster

Member, Steering-Committee Member

Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES)

University of Bonn Carl-Troll-Strasse 31 53115 Bonn

irmgard.foerster@uni-bonn.de

+49 228 7362789

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Prof. Förster has special expertise in the functional characterization of macrophages and dendritic cells using conditional gene targeting techniques. She is interested in cell migration and immune regulation in barrier organs, and has profound experience with mouse models of atopic dermatitis, inflammatory bowel disease and bacterial infection.

Irmgard Förster

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Recent publications

  • AhR signaling in skin-resident CD207 cells is involved in UV-B-induced amelioration of neuroinflammation.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    Authors: Nadine Mykicki, Johannes A Eble, Heike Weighardt, Elena Gonnelli, Maria Schneeweiß, Charlotte Esser, Carsten Weishaupt, Maryam Rezaei, Irmgard Förster, Nicholas Schwab, Heinz Wiendl, Björn E Clausen, Sven G Meuth, Karin Loser

  • Ablation of CCL17-positive hippocampal neurons induces inflammation-dependent epilepsy.

    Epilepsia

    Authors: Judith Eberhard, Lukas Henning, Lorenz Fülle, Konrad Knöpper, Jana Böhringer, Frederike J Graelmann, Lea Hänschke, Julia Kenzler, Frederic Brosseron, Michael T Heneka, Ana I Domingos, Stefanie Eyerich, Matthias Lochner, Heike Weighardt, Peter Bedner, Christian Steinhäuser, Irmgard Förster

  • Topical application of a CCL22-binding aptamer suppresses contact allergy.

    Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids

    Authors: Anna Jonczyk, Marlene Gottschalk, Matthew S J Mangan, Yasmin Majlesain, Manja W Thiem, Lea-Corinna Burbaum, Heike Weighardt, Eicke Latz, Günter Mayer, Irmgard Förster

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