Gerhard Opelz

Heidelberg University — Germany

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments(420), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes(217), T-cell and B-cell Immunology(127), Immune Cell Function and Interaction(122), Organ Donation and Transplantation(92)

Publications845 total

Long-term compromised immune regulation after rituximab induction in blood group incompatible (ABOi) living-donor renal transplantation – 5 year results of a prospective pilot study
Frontiers in Immunology·2025Open Access
Is Rituximab Useful or Harmful in Blood Group Incompatible (ABOi) Renal Transplantation?
American Journal of Transplantation·2025
Blood Pressure Goals and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients in an Analysis of the Collaborative Transplant Study
Kidney International Reports·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
260.1: Increased risk of acute antibody-mediated rejection despite long-term compromised B cell repopulation after rituximab induction in blood group incompatible living-donor renal transplantation.
Transplantation·2024
Five-year follow-up of a phase I trial of donor-derived modified immune cell infusion in kidney transplantation
Frontiers in Immunology·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Modified Immune Cell (MIC) Therapy disrupts Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Murine Lupus Nephritis
The Journal of Immunology·2023Open Access
Individualised immunosuppression with intravenously administered donor-derived modified immune cells compared with standard of care in living donor kidney transplantation (TOL-2 Study): protocol for a multicentre, open-label, phase II, randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Induction of Long-Lasting Regulatory B Lymphocytes by Modified Immune Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
CD4+CD25+CD127-Foxp3+ and CD8+CD28- Tregs in Renal Transplant Recipients: Phenotypic Patterns, Association With Immunosuppressive Drugs, and Interaction With Effector CD8+ T Cells and CD19+IL-10+ Bregs
Frontiers in Immunology·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Relationship of transitional regulatory B and regulatory T cells and immunosuppressive drug doses in stable renal transplant recipients
Immunity Inflammation and Disease·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Higher CD19+CD25+ Bregs are independently associated with better graft function in renal transplant recipients
BMC Nephrology·2021· 20 citedOpen Access
Zelltherapie zur Toleranzerzeugung nach Nierentransplantation
Der Nephrologe·2021
Circulating NKG2A–NKG2D+ CD56dimCD16+ Natural Killer (NK) Cells as Mediators of Functional Immunosurveillance in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Annals of Transplantation·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
IL-10 PROMOTES CHRONIC BK-VIRUS INFECTION AND HLA CLASS I ANTIBODY FORMATION IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Transplantation·2020
NK cell subsets in idiopathic recurrent miscarriage and renal transplant patients
Journal of Reproductive Immunology·2020· 6 cited
Phase I trial of donor-derived modified immune cell infusion in kidney transplantation
Journal of Clinical Investigation·2020· 38 citedOpen Access
Clinical outcomes after ABO-incompatible renal transplantation
The Lancet·2019· 1 citedOpen Access
Patients with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage have abnormally high TGFß+ blood NK, NKT and T cells in the presence of abnormally low TGFß plasma levels
BMC Immunology·2019· 22 citedOpen Access
Donor organ intervention before kidney transplantation: Head-to-head comparison of therapeutic hypothermia, machine perfusion, and donor dopamine pretreatment. What is the evidence?
American Journal of Transplantation·2019· 19 citedOpen Access
Additional file 3: of Patients with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage have abnormally high TGFß+ blood NK, NKT and T cells in the presence of abnormally low TGFß plasma levels
Figshare·2019Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Bernd Döhler(12), Peter Terness(6), Caner Süsal(4), T. Wujciak(4), Paul I. Terasaki(4), Martin Zeier(4), Christian Morath(4), Volker Daniel(4), Cord Naujokat(4), P I Terasaki(3), Stefan Löb(3), Alfred Königsrainer(3), Hans‐Georg Rammensee(3), Thomas M. Bauer(2), Jeremy R. Chapman(2), Robin Henderson(2), E. D. Albert(2), Bernd DoCombining Diaeresishler(2), Sabine Scherer(2), Joannis Mytilineos(2)