Urban Sester

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Urban Sester is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Urban Sester has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Epidemiology, 38 papers in Immunology and 25 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Urban Sester's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (33 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (21 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (20 papers). Urban Sester is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (33 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (21 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (20 papers). Urban Sester collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Urban Sester's co-authors include Martina Sester, Hans Köhler, Matthias Girndt, Barbara C. Gärtner, Harald Kaul, Andreas Meyerhans, Tina Schmidt, Gunnar H. Heine, Nikolaus Mueller‐Lantzsch and Jan Dirks and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Urban Sester

96 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of heterologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/mRNA vaccination

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	De Novo Immune Induction After COVID‐19 Vaccination Under B‐Cell Depletion Is Characterized by Robust T‐Cellular Immunity in Patients With Inflammatory Central Nervous System Disease 2025 ·Brain and Behavior ·Mathias Fousse, Verena Klemis, (unknown), Rebecca Urschel, Franziska Hielscher, Klaus Faßbender, Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Tina Schmidt	1
2	Differences in SARS-CoV-2 specific humoral and cellular immune responses after contralateral and ipsilateral COVID-19 vaccination 2023 ·EBioMedicine ·Laura Ziegler, Verena Klemis, Tina Schmidt, Sophie Schneitler, (unknown), Jürgen Neumann, Sören L. Becker, Barbara C. Gärtner, Urban Sester, Martina Sester	15
3	A Polyclonal Immune Function Assay Allows Dose-Dependent Characterization of Immunosuppressive Drug Effects but Has Limited Clinical Utility for Predicting Infection on an Individual Basis 2020 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·Stefanie Marx, (unknown), Janine Mihm, (unknown), Urban Sester, Martina Sester	4
4	Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus compared with ciclosporin-A in renal transplantation: 7-year observational results 2015 ·Transplant International ·Bernhard K. Krämer, G. Montagnino, Bernd Krüger, Raimund Margreiter, Christoph J. Olbricht, Roberto Marcén, Urban Sester, Ulrich Kunzendorf, Karl‐Heinz Dietl, Paolo Rigotti, Claudio Ronco, (unknown), Bernhard Banas, Ferdinand Mühlbacher, Manuel Arias, (unknown)	16
5	Antigen-Specific CD4 T Cells Are Induced after Intravesical BCG-Instillation Therapy in Patients with Bladder Cancer and Show Similar Cytokine Profiles as in Active Tuberculosis 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Martin Janssen, Frank Becker, H. Suttmann, (unknown), Urban Sester, Michael Stöckle, Martina Sester	20
6	Impaired detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosisimmunity in patients using high levels of immunosuppressive drugs 2009 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Urban Sester, Heinrike Wilkens, (unknown), Mahavir Singh, Gerhard W. Sybrecht, HJ Schäfers, Martina Sester	34
7	Cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell responses and viral replication in kidney transplant recipients 2008 ·Journal of Translational Medicine ·Adrian Egli, Isabelle Binet, S. Binggeli, Clemens Jäger, Alexis Dumoulin, Stefan Schaub, Juerg Steiger, Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Hans H. Hirsch	94
8	Costimulation induced phosphorylation of L‐plastin facilitates surface transport of the T cell activation molecules CD69 and CD25 2007 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Guido Wabnitz, Thomas Köcher, Philipp Lohneis, (unknown), Mathias H. Konstandin, (unknown), Urban Sester, Matthias Wilm, Martin Klemke, Yvonne Samstag	84
9	Maintenance of HIV-Specific Central and Effector Memory CD4 and CD8 T Cells Requires Antigen Persistence 2007 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Hans Köhler, H.W. Pees, Barbara C. Gärtner, Simon Wain–Hobson, Gennady Bocharov, Andreas Meyerhans	9
10	Ras/PI3Kinase/cofilin‐independent activation of human CD45RA⁺ and CD45RO⁺ T cells by superagonistic CD28 stimulation 2007 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Urban Sester, Guido Wabnitz, Henning Kirchgessner, Yvonne Samstag	11
11	Estimation of Human Herpesvirus 8 Prevalence in High-Risk Patients by Analysis of Humoral and Cellular Immunity 2007 ·Transplantation ·(unknown), Martina Sester, Urban Sester, H.W. Pees, Nikolaus Mueller‐Lantzsch, Hans Köhler, Barbara C. Gärtner	8
12	Evaluation of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with inflammatory arthropathies before treatment with TNF- blocking drugs using a novel flow-cytometric interferon- release assay 2007 ·Lara D. Veeken ·Robert Dinser, Mathias Fousse, Urban Sester, Katinka Albrecht, Mahavir Singh, Hans Köhler, Ulf Müller‐Ladner, Martina Sester	37
13	Monocyte-derived dendritic cells of patients with coronary artery disease show an increased expression of costimulatory molecules CD40, CD80 and CD86 in vitro 2007 ·Coronary Artery Disease ·Jörn F. Dopheide, Urban Sester, Axel Schlitt, Georg Horstick, Hans J. Rupprecht, Thomas Münzel, Stefan Blankenberg	56
14	A novel flow-cytometry-based assay for quantification of affinity and avidity changes of integrins 2006 ·Journal of Immunological Methods ·Mathias H. Konstandin, Urban Sester, Martin Klemke, (unknown), Guido Wabnitz, Yvonne Samstag	33
15	Humoral immune responses of lung cancer patients against tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 2005 ·Cancer Letters ·Özlem Türeci, Ulrich Mack, Ulrich Luxemburger, (unknown), Frank Krummenauer, Martina Sester, Urban Sester, Gerhard W. Sybrecht, Uğur Şahin	66
16	Differences in CMV-Specific T-Cell Levels and Long-Term Susceptibility to CMV Infection after Kidney, Heart and Lung Transplantation 2005 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·Urban Sester, Barbara C. Gärtner, Heinrike Wilkens, Bernhard Schwaab, (unknown), Ingrid Kindermann, Matthias Girndt, Andreas Meyerhans, Nikolaus Mueller‐Lantzsch, (unknown), Gerhard W. Sybrecht, Hans Köhler, Martina Sester	129
17	Anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 genotype protects dialysis patients from cardiovascular events 2002 ·Kidney International ·Matthias Girndt, Harald Kaul, Urban Sester, Christof Ulrich, Martina Sester, Thomas Georg, Hans Köhler	111
18	Age‐Related Decrease in Adenovirus‐Specific T Cell Responses 2002 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Martina Sester, Urban Sester, (unknown), Gunnar H. Heine, (unknown), Matthias Girndt, Barbara C. Gärtner, Hans Köhler	49
19	Defective expression of B7-2 (CD86) on monocytes of dialysis patients correlates to the uremia-associated immune defect 2001 ·Kidney International ·Matthias Girndt, Martina Sester, Urban Sester, Harald Kaul, Hans Köhler	84
20	T‐cell activation follows Th1 rather than Th2 pattern in haemodialysis patients 2000 ·Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Urban Sester, Martina Sester, (unknown), Harald Kaul, Hans Köhler, Matthias Girndt	129

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