Carmen Gerlach

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Our research is directed at understanding basic principles and mechanisms
underlying the generation, maintenance and consequences of the heterogeneity
within the T cell immune response, with a special focus on CD8 T cells.
Please see our lab's website [1] for more detailed information.
[1] https://gerlachlab.com/

Articles

Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;25(8):1367-1382
Direct presentation of inflammation-associated self-antigens by thymic innate-like T cells induces elimination of autoreactive CD8⁺ thymocytes
You Y; Dunst J; Ye K; Sandoz PA; Reinhardt A; Sandrock I; Comet NR; Sarkar RD; Yang E; Duprez E; Agudo J; Brown BD; Utz PJ; Kastenmueller W; Gerlach C; Prinz I; Onfelt B; Kreslavsky T
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;54(1):e2350658
The cellular microenvironment regulates CX3CR1 expression on CD8⁺ T cells and the maintenance of CX3CR1⁺ CD8⁺ T cells
Pokharel J; Shryki I; Zwijnenburg AJ; Sandu I; Krumm L; Bekiari C; Avramov V; Heinback R; Lysell J; Eidsmo L; Harris HE; Gerlach C
Article: IMMUNITY. 2023;56(8):1955-1974.e10
Graded expression of the chemokine receptor CX3CR1 marks differentiation states of human and murine T cells and enables cross-species interpretation
Zwijnenburg AJ; Pokharel J; Varnait R; Zheng W; Hoffer E; Shryki I; Comet NR; Ehrstrom M; Gredmark-Russ S; Eidsmo L; Gerlach C
Article: COLD SPRING HARBOR PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY. 2018;10(10):a029488
Is There Natural Killer Cell Memory and Can It Be Harnessed by Vaccination? Natural Killer Cells in Vaccination
Neely HR; Mazo IB; Gerlach C; von Andrian UH
Article: IMMUNITY. 2016;45(6):1270-1284
The Chemokine Receptor CX3CR1 Defines Three Antigen-Experienced CD8 T Cell Subsets with Distinct Roles in Immune Surveillance and Homeostasis
Gerlach C; Moseman EA; Loughhead SM; Alvarez D; Zwijnenburg AJ; Waanders L; Garg R; de la Torre JC; von Andrian UH
Article: CELL REPORTS. 2014;9(4):1375-1386
Parallel In Vivo and In Vitro Melanoma RNAi Dropout Screens Reveal Synthetic Lethality between Hypoxia and DNA Damage Response Inhibition
Possik PA; Mueller J; Gerlach C; Kenski JCN; Huang X; Shahrabi A; Krijgsman O; Song J-Y; Smit MA; Gerritsen B; Lieftink C; Kemper K; Michaut M; Beijersbergen RL; Wessels L; Schumacher TN; Peeper DS
Article: SCIENCE. 2013;340(6132):635-639
Heterogeneous Differentiation Patterns of Individual CD8⁺ T Cells
Gerlach C; Rohr JC; Perie L; van Rooij N; van Heijst JWJ; Velds A; Urbanus J; Naik SH; Jacobs H; Beltman JB; de Boer RJ; Schumacher TNM
Article: NATURE. 2013;496(7444):229-232
Diverse and heritable lineage imprinting of early haematopoietic progenitors
Naik SH; Perie L; Swart E; Gerlach C; van Rooij N; de Boer RJ; Schumacher TN
Article: SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2012;4(158):158ra145
Intravital Microscopy Through an Abdominal Imaging Window Reveals a Pre-Micrometastasis Stage During Liver Metastasis
Ritsma L; Steller EJA; Beerling E; Loomans CJM; Zomer A; Gerlach C; Vrisekoop N; Seinstra D; van Gurp L; Schaefer R; Raats DA; de Graaff A; Schumacher TN; de Koning EJP; Rinkes IHB; Kranenburg O; van Rheenen J
Article: BLOOD. 2012;119(3):798-804
Nab2 regulates secondary CD8⁺ T-cell responses through control of TRAIL expression
Wolkers MC; Gerlach C; Arens R; Janssen EM; Fitzgerald P; Schumacher TN; Medema JP; Green DR; Schoenberger SP
Article: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2011;1217:139-153
The descent of memory T cells
Gerlach C; van Heijst JWJ; Schumacher TNM
Article: IMMUNITY. 2010;32(6):754-765
Apoptosis Threshold Set by Noxa and Mcl-1 after T Cell Activation Regulates Competitive Selection of High-Affinity Clones
Wensveen FM; van Gisbergen KPJM; Derks IAM; Gerlach C; Schumacher TN; van Lier RAW; Eldering E
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE (JEM). 2010;207(6):1235-1246
One naive T cell, multiple fates in CD8⁺ T cell differentiation
Gerlach C; van Heijst JWJ; Swart E; Sie D; Armstrong N; Kerkhoven RM; Zehn D; Bevan MJ; Schepers K; Schumacher TNM
Article: SCIENCE. 2009;325(5945):1265-1269
Recruitment of Antigen-Specific CD8⁺ T Cells in Response to Infection Is Markedly Efficient
van Heijst JWJ; Gerlach C; Swart E; Sie D; Nunes-Alves C; Kerkhoven RM; Arens R; Correia-Neves M; Schepers K; Schumacher TNM
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE (JEM). 2008;205(10):2309-2318
Dissecting T cell lineage relationships by cellular barcoding
Schepers K; Swart E; van Heijst JWJ; Gerlach C; Castrucci M; Sie D; Heimerikx M; Velds A; Kerkhoven RM; Arens R; Schumacher TNM

All other publications

Editorial comment: NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;23(9):544
Heterologous immunity: innate function of memory CD4⁺ T cells
Borsa M; Gerlach C
Editorial comment: CELL REPORTS. 2023;42(5):112548
Linking asymmetric cell division, CD8⁺ T cell fate, and signal strength
Pokharel J; Gerlach C
Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;53(3):e2250305
No-shows in T-cell responses are frequent for clones of low T-cell receptor affinity
van Gisbergen KPJM; Gerlach C
Editorial comment: IMMUNITY. 2021;54(10):2169-2171
Navigating COVID-19: Starting a lab during the pandemic
Ordovas-Montanes J; Gerlach C; Moraes-Vieira P; Vento-Tormo R; Zhang C; Jurado KA
Review: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;92(6):e12983
T cell fate mapping and lineage tracing technologies probing clonal aspects underlying the generation of CD8 T cell subsets
Al Khabouri S; Gerlach C
Editorial comment: IMMUNITY. 2019;50(5):1119-1121
Exploiting Allelic Variation in CD8⁺ T Cells
Zwijnenburg AJ; Gerlach C
Editorial comment: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;39(3):167-170
TrendsTalk
Gerlach C
Editorial comment: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;39(3):170-172
Heavy Water Shedding Light on Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses
Eidsmo L; Gerlach C
Corrigendum: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;39(5):434
Carmen Gerlach (vol 39, pg 167, 2018)
Gerlach C
Editorial comment: CELL. 2015;161(4):702-704
Figuring Fact from Fiction: Unbiased Polling of Memory T Cells
Gerlach C; Loughhead SM; von Andrian UH
Review: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;35(4):170-177
Single cell behavior in T cell differentiation
Rohr JC; Gerlach C; Kok L; Schumacher TN
Editorial comment: CELL. 2013;154(4):720-722
Of Origins and Pedigrees: Lineage Tracing of Dendritic Cells
Gerlach C; Thiriot A; von Andrian UH
Review: NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;10(9):621-631
Mapping the life histories of T cells
Schumacher TNM; Gerlach C; van Heijst JWJ

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Center for Cellular Cancer Therapy (C3T)
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2024 - 31 December 2028

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