Professor Bernhard Homey
Chairman, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, German
Bernhard Homey got his Doctoral degree in Dept. of Dermatology, Heinrich-Heine-University in 1998. He became a senior consultant, head of the Allergy Unit at theDepartment of Dermatology in Heinrich-Heine-University in 2004. Since 2010, he has been a chairman of Department of Dermatology in University Hospital. Homey won several international awards and prizes such as Research Award of the German-Hungarian Society for Dermatology European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR), Galderma-Poster-Award. Now, he is focusing on studying TSLP-activated dendritic cells which could induce differentiation of human T follicular helper cells.
Selected publications:
1.Pattarini L, Trichot C, Bogiatzi S, Grandclaudon M, Meller S, Keuylian Z et al. TSLP- activated dendritic cells induce human T follicular helper cell differentiation through OX40- ligand. J Exp Med 2017; 214(5):1529-46.
2.Feld M, Garcia R, Buddenkotte J, Katayama S, Lewis K, Muirhead G et al. The pruritus- and TH2-associated cytokine IL-31 promotes growth of sensory nerves. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 138(2):500-8.
3.Meller S, Di Domizio J, Voo KS, Friedrich HC, Chamilos G, Ganguly D et al. T(H)17 cells promote microbial killing and innate immune sensing of DNA via interleukin 26. Nat Immunol 2015; 16(9):970-9.
4.Meller S, Gerber PA, Kislat A, Hevezi P, Gobel T, Wiesner U et al. Allergic sensitization to pegylated interferon-alpha results in drug eruptions. Allergy 2015; 70(7):775-83.
5.van Bon L, Affandi AJ, Broen J, Christmann RB, Marijnissen RJ, Stawski L et al. Proteome-wide analysis and CXCL4 as a biomarker in systemic sclerosis. N Engl J Med 2014; 370(5):433-43.
6.Zlotnik A, Burkhardt AM, Homey B. Homeostatic chemokine receptors and organ-specific metastasis. Nat Rev Immunol 2011; 11(9):597-606.
7.Gerber PA, Buhren BA, Homey B. More on aprepitant for erlotinib-induced pruritus. N Engl J Med 2011; 364(5):486-7.
8.Homey B, Alenius H, Muller A, Soto H, Bowman EP, Yuan W et al. CCL27-CCR10 interactions regulate T cell-mediated skin inflammation. Nat Med 2002; 8(2):157-65.
9. Homey B, Muller A, Zlotnik A. Chemokines: agents for the immunotherapy of cancer? Nat Rev Immunol 2002; 2(3):175-84.
10. Muller A, Homey B, Soto H, Ge N, Catron D, Buchanan ME et al. Involvement of chemokine receptors in breast cancer metastasis. Nature 2001; 410(6824):50-6.