Christian Kurts Explained

Christian Kurts (born 27 November 1964 in Helmstedt, Germany) is a German immunologist and nephrologist.

Career

Since 2009, Christian Kurts has been the Director Institute of Experimental Immunology,[1] University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany. In 2016, he founded the Bonn & Melbourne Research and Graduate training group (Bo&MeRanG) and remains a Co-Spokesperson of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-funded program.[2]

Scientific interests

Christian Kurts in known for publications in the fields of cross-presentation,[3] [4] [5] and immune tolerance as well as his work on the function of dendritic cells in a variety of organs, with a particular focus on the urogenital tract.[6] [7] [4] [8] [9]

Awards

In 2012, he shared the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize with Gunther Hartmann for their "seminal discoveries concerning the mode of action of the body’s endogenous defence systems."[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. med. Christian Kurts.
  2. Web site: Bo&MeRanG Bonn & Melbourne / GRK 2168 . 2019-02-20 . 2020-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200729080604/http://bomerang.iei-bonn.de/bomerang.html . dead .
  3. Burgdorf . Sven . Kautz . Andreas . Böhnert . Volker . Knolle . Percy A. . Kurts . Christian . Distinct Pathways of Antigen Uptake and Intracellular Routing in CD4 and CD8 T Cell Activation . Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) . 316 . 5824 . 27 April 2007 . 0036-8075 . 10.1126/science.1137971 . 612–616. 17463291 . 2007Sci...316..612B . 40811442 .
  4. Kurts . Christian . Robinson . Bruce W. S. . Knolle . Percy A. . Cross-priming in health and disease . Nature Reviews Immunology . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 10 . 6 . 2010 . 1474-1733 . 10.1038/nri2780 . 403–414. 20498667 . 25318142 .
  5. Semmling . Verena . Lukacs-Kornek . Veronika . Thaiss . Christoph A . Quast . Thomas . Hochheiser . Katharina . Panzer . Ulf . Rossjohn . Jamie . Perlmutter . Patrick . Cao . Jia . Godfrey . Dale I . Savage . Paul B . Knolle . Percy A . Kolanus . Waldemar . Förster . Irmgard . Kurts . Christian . Alternative cross-priming through CCL17-CCR4-mediated attraction of CTLs toward NKT cell–licensed DCs . Nature Immunology . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 11 . 4 . 28 February 2010 . 1529-2908 . 10.1038/ni.1848 . 313–320. 20190758 . 31211161 .
  6. Heymann . Felix . Meyer-Schwesinger . Catherine . Hamilton-Williams . Emma E. . Hammerich . Linda . Panzer . Ulf . Kaden . Sylvia . Quaggin . Susan E. . Floege . Jürgen . Gröne . Hermann-Josef . Kurts . Christian . Kidney dendritic cell activation is required for progression of renal disease in a mouse model of glomerular injury . Journal of Clinical Investigation . American Society for Clinical Investigation . 119 . 5 . 1 May 2009 . 0021-9738 . 10.1172/jci38399 . 1286–1297. 19381017 . 2673875 .
  7. Engel . Daniel R . Koscielny . Arne . Wehner . Sven . Maurer . Juliane . Schiwon . Marzena . Franken . Lars . Schumak . Beatrix . Limmer . Andreas . Sparwasser . Tim . Hirner . Andreas . Knolle . Percy A . Kalff . Jörg C . Kurts . Christian . T helper type 1 memory cells disseminate postoperative ileus over the entire intestinal tract . Nature Medicine . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 16 . 12 . 28 November 2010 . 1078-8956 . 10.1038/nm.2255 . 1407–1413. 21113155 . 23226382 .
  8. Kurts . Christian . Panzer . Ulf . Anders . Hans-Joachim . Rees . Andrew J. . The immune system and kidney disease: basic concepts and clinical implications . Nature Reviews Immunology . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 13 . 10 . 16 September 2013 . 1474-1733 . 10.1038/nri3523 . 738–753. 24037418 . 205492119 .
  9. Schiwon . Marzena . Weisheit . Christina . Franken . Lars . Gutweiler . Sebastian . Dixit . Akanksha . Meyer-Schwesinger . Catherine . Pohl . Judith-Mira . Maurice . Nicholas J. . Thiebes . Stephanie . Lorenz . Kristina . Quast . Thomas . Fuhrmann . Martin . Baumgarten . Georg . Lohse . Martin J. . Opdenakker . Ghislain . Bernhagen . Jürgen . Bucala . Rick . Panzer . Ulf . Kolanus . Waldemar . Gröne . Hermann-Josef . Garbi . Natalio . Kastenmüller . Wolfgang . Knolle . Percy A. . Kurts . Christian . Engel . Daniel R. . Crosstalk between Sentinel and Helper Macrophages Permits Neutrophil Migration into Infected Uroepithelium . Cell . Elsevier BV . 156 . 3 . 2014 . 0092-8674 . 10.1016/j.cell.2014.01.006 . 456–468. 24485454 . 4258064 .
  10. Web site: DFG, German Research Foundation – Prof. Dr. Gunther Hartmann & Prof. Dr. Christian Kurts. www.dfg.de. en.

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