Prof. Kastenmüller’s group is one of the top immunology labs and has contributed decisively to decipher the cellular crosstalk between T cells, antigen-presenting cells and unconventional T cells, thus unraveling the mechanisms underlying host protection. His research encompasses cutting edge technologies and is regularly published in high-ranking journals, including Cell, Immunity, Nature Immunology, etc.

Selected articles:
Lymphatic migration of unconventional T cells promotes site-specific immunity in distinct lymph nodes. Ataide MA, Knöpper K, Cruz de Casas P, Ugur M, Eickhoff S, Zou M, Shaikh H, Trivedi A, Grafen A, Yang T, Prinz I, Ohlsen K, Gomez de Agüero M, Beilhack A, Huehn J, Gaya M, Saliba AE, Gasteiger G, Kastenmüller W,Immunity. 2022 Aug 17:S1074-7613(22)00354-5. ; doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.07.019

Type 1 conventional dendritic cells maintain and guide the differentiation of precursors of exhausted T cells in distinct cellular niches. Dähling S, Mansilla AM, Knöpper K, Grafen A, Utzschneider DT, Ugur M, Whitney PG, Bachem A, Arampatzi P, Imdahl F, Kaisho T, Zehn D, Klauschen F, Garbi N, Kallies A, Saliba AE, Gasteiger G, Bedoui S, Kastenmüller W. Immunity. 2022 Apr 12; 55(4):656-670.e8 ; doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.03.006

BATF3 programs CD8+ T cell memory. Ataide MA, Komander K, Knöpper K, Peters AE, Wu H, Eickhoff S, Gogishvili T, Weber J, Grafen A, Kallies A, Garbi N, Einsele H, Hudecek M, Gasteiger G, Hölzel M, Vaeth M, Kastenmüller W. Nat Immunol. 2020 Nov;21(11):1397-1407. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0786-2.

Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Are Essential Components of the Subcapsular Sinus Macrophage Niche. Mondor I, Baratin M, Lagueyrie M, Saro L, Henri S, Gentek R, Suerinck D, Kastenmuller W, Jiang JX, Bajénoff M. Immunity. 2019 Jun 18;50(6):1453-1466.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.04.002

Perforin inhibition protects from lethal endothelial damage during fulminant viral hepatitis. Welz M, Eickhoff S, Abdullah Z, Trebicka J, Gartlan KH, Spicer JA, Demetris AJ, H. Akhlaghi H, Anton M, Manske K, Zehn D, Nieswandt B, Kurts C, Trapani JA, Knolle P, Wohlleber D, Kastenmüller W. Nat Comm 2018 Nov 15;9(1):4805. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07213-x.

CD8+ T Cells Orchestrate pDC-XCR1+ Dendritic Cell Spatial and Functional Cooperativity to Optimize Priming. Brewitz A, Eickhoff S, Dähling S, Quast T, Bedoui S, Kroczek RA, Kurts C, Garbi N, Barchet W, Iannacone M, Klauschen F, Kolanus W, Kaisho T, Colonna M, Germain RN, Kastenmüller W. Immunity 2017 Feb 21;46(2):205-219. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.01.003.

Robust Anti-viral Immunity Requires Multiple Distinct T Cell-Dendritic Cell Interactions. Eickhoff S, Brewitz A, Gerner MY, Klauschen F, Komander K, Hemmi H, Garbi N, Kaisho T, Germain RN, Kastenmüller W. Cell 2015 Sep 10;162(6):1322-37. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.08.004.