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Professor Dr
Jürgen Knop
| Year of election: | 2002 |
| Section: | Internal Medicine and Dermatology |
| City: | Mainz |
| Country: | Germany |
Research
Jürgen Knop was Director of the Department of Dermatology at the University Medical Center Mainz (retired). His scientific focus is dermato-immunology. He published contributions to the etio-pathogenesis of contact sensitivity, the role of dendritic cells and regulatory T-cells in allergic and autoimmunologic diseases and melanoma. He was chairman of the Collaborative Research Center 548 “Analysis and Modulation of Allergic and Autoimmunologic Diseases”.