{"id":9460,"date":"2020-04-29T10:41:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T08:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resist-cluster.de\/?page_id=9460"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:54:10","slug":"prof-dr-thomas-werfel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.resist-cluster.de\/en\/about-us\/research-team-2\/prof-dr-thomas-werfel\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Thomas Werfel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Werfel participates in\u00a0RESIST research projects A3, A4 and B5.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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My research interests focus on chronic inflammatory skin diseases including atopic dermatitis (role of allergens, microbial antigens and autoantigens, immunological mechanism, new therapeutical approaches). During the last years, I contributed knowledge regarding different trigger factors, inflammatory signaling and cellular and humoral responses. I investigated patients at risk regarding pathogen infections which can lead to life-threatening complications and described mechanisms how pathogens act as driving forces of atopic dermatitis.<\/p>\n

In RESIST, I aim to expand the knowledge on pathogens that represent a threat for patients suffering from inflammatory skin and other diseases driven by severe type 2 immune responses, especially Herpes viruses. Recruiting different cohorts of patients at risk, I will investigate susceptibility factors from a genetic as well as an immunological point of view and will contribute to projects investigating pathogen infection and inflammation mechanisms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Prof. Werfel about his scientific work<\/h1><\/div>