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Prof. Dr. Valentin Sebastian Schäfer

Member

Medical Clinic III

Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn

valentin.schaefer@ukbonn.de

+49 228 28717016

ukbonn.de/rheumatologie

Valentin Schäfer's research groups focuses on advanced imaging and immunological mechanisms in vasculitides, particularly large-vessel vasculitis and ANCA-associated vasculitides. His work investigates resistance mechanisms to immunosuppressive therapies in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis through synovial biopsies. Additionally, he examines Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 (VAP-1) as a therapeutic target and molecular imaging marker, employing [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-Siglec-9-PET/CT in rheumatologic diseases. By leveraging innovative technologies such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and advanced ultrasound, his research bridges fundamental science, clinical practice, and education to advance diagnostics, patient care, and medical training.

Prof. Dr. Valentin Schäfer

Recent publications

  • Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Detects Subclinical Cardiac Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis.

    Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

    Authors: Annemarie Proff, Simon M Petzinna, Lena Kreis, Sophie-Marie Kirch, Taraneh Aziz-Safaie, Narine Mesropyan, Dmitrij Kravchenko, Anja Winklbauer, Tatjana Dell, Claus C Pieper, Daniel Kuetting, Julian A Luetkens, Valentin S Schäfer, Alexander Isaak

  • Novel PET/CT tracers for large-vessel vasculitis: molecular imaging of immune cell recruitment, myeloid activation and vascular remodelling in giant cell arteritis and Takayasu's arteritis.

    Clinical and experimental rheumatology

    Authors: Simon M Petzinna, Claus-Jürgen Bauer, Valentin S Schäfer

  • Definitions and online reliability assessment of elementary ultrasound lesions in Takayasu arteritis: a study from the OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group.

    Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

    Authors: Alessandro Tomelleri, Simon J Reider, Christian Dejaco, Wolfgang A Schmidt, Cristina Ponte, Alojzija Hocevar, Ana Filipa Águeda, Fatma Alibaz-Oner, Simone Appenzeller, Markus Aschwanden, Hans Bastian, Philipp Bosch, Dario Camellino, Vincent Casteleyn, Stavros Chrysidis, Thomas Daikeler, Eugenio De Miguel, Andreas P Diamantopoulos, Georgios Filippou, Ruchika Goel, Petra Hanova, Wolfgang Hartung, Kei Ikeda, Nevsun Inanc, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin, Aaron Juche, Rositsa Karalilova, Kresten Krarup Keller, Søren Geill Kjær, Minna J Kohler, Matthew J Koster, Pierluigi Macchioni, Sarah L Mackie, Marcin Milchert, Durga Prasanna Misra, Juan Molina-Collada, Sara Monti, Daiki Nakagomi, Esperanza Naredo, Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen, Michihiro Ogasawara, Johannes Roth, Valentin S Schäfer, Luca Seitz, Pascal Seitz, Russka Shumnalieva, Lene Terslev, Kornelis S M van der Geest, Florentin Ananu Vreju, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino, Helen I Keen, Peter Mandl, Carlos Pineda, Christina Duftner, Milena Bond

All publications by Prof. Dr. Valentin Sebastian Schäfer