Keywords
Adenocarcinoma; Clinical Immunology; Esophageal Diseases; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Liver Transplantation; oesophageal cancer; Organ Preservation; Reperfusion Injury; Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Research group(s)
- Upper Gastrointestinal Research and Service
Head: Sebastian Schoppmann
Members: - Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Members:
Research interests
Upper GI Tract - Esophageal Cancer, Tumor Immunology
Functional Esophageal Disorders
Ex vivo liver perfusion - Basic research and clinical application of hypothermic and normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion
Liver/Kidney Transplantation - Clinical Research, Translational Research, Biomarker
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
- Analysis of the Tumor Microenvironment (Immunohistochemistry, ELISA, metabolomics, etc.)
- Clinical Research (Large data analysis, Outcome analyses)
- Large animal liver transplantation and experimental ex vivo organ perfusion
- Standard laboratory techniques (ELISA, Immunhistochemistry, Western Blot, etc.)
Selected publications
- Kollmann, D. et al. (2018) ‘PD-L1 expression is an independent predictor of favorable outcome in patients with localized esophageal adenocarcinoma’, OncoImmunology, 7(6). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402x.2018.1435226.
- Kollmann, D. et al. (2017) ‘Expression of Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 by Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Tumor Cells is Associated with Advanced Tumor Stage in Patients with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma’, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 24(9), pp. 2698–2706. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-017-5858-7.
- Kollmann, D. & Selzner, M., 2017. Recent advances in the field of warm ex-vivo liver perfusion. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 22(6), pp.555–562. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0000000000000471.
- Kollmann, D. et al. (2020) ‘Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion Prevents Intrahepatic Platelet Sequestration After Liver Transplantation’, Transplantation, 104(6), pp. 1177–1186. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000003194.
- Kollmann, D. et al. (2018) ‘Expanding the donor pool: Donation after circulatory death and living liver donation do not compromise the results of liver transplantation’, Liver Transplantation, 24(6), pp. 779–789. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.25068.