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P16

The role of primary-CRC-derived adaptive immune cells in anti-metastasis immunity

Project Leaders

Prof. Dr. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl

Prof. Dr. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl

University of Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Katharina Imkeller

Prof. Dr. Katharina Imkeller

Goethe University Frankfurt

Research Focus

P16 will examine a possible interconnection of the TME of a primary tumor and its metastases and assess whether adaptive immune cells such as B and T cells can shuttle and differentiate between a primary tumor and its metastases. Employing immunoinformatic data integration of transcriptome profiles and adaptive immune receptor sequences, the clonal relationship of different phenotypes of B and T cells will be characterized and will be linked to spatial transcriptomic and proteomic analyses to determine whether tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in metastatic tissue may hold the potential to protect from metastasis.

Core Team

Prof. Dr. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl

Prof. Dr. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl

Project Leader
Deputy Spokesperson

University of Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Katharina Imkeller

Prof. Dr. Katharina Imkeller

Project Leader

Goethe University Frankfurt

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