
Department of General Surgery (Division of Visceral Surgery)
Position: Consultant
ORCID: 0000-0002-7676-2779
T +43 1 40400 56210
christoph.a.schwarz@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Clinical Immunology; Liver; Transplantation Immunology
Research group(s)
- Surgical Research Laboratories
Head: Michael Bergmann
Research Area: The task of the laboratory is to combine molecular/cellular biology and the needs posed by surgical patients. Thus, the laboratory acts at the interface between clinical medicine and basic research, promoting translational medical science.
Members:
Selected publications
- Schwarz, C. et al., 2021. In vivo Treg expansion under costimulation blockade targets early rejection and improves long‐term outcome. American Journal of Transplantation. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16724.
- Schwarz, C. et al., 2016. The Immunosuppressive Effect of CTLA4 Immunoglobulin Is Dependent on Regulatory T Cells at Low But Not High Doses. American Journal of Transplantation, 16(12), pp.3404-3415. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13872.
- Schwarz, C. et al., 2015. Transection Speed and Impact on Perioperative Inflammatory Response - A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Stapler Hepatectomy and CUSA Resection V. Wong, ed. PLOS ONE, 10(10), p.e0140314. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140314.
- Schwarz, C. et al., 2016. Kidney Transplantation With Corticosteroids Alone After Haploidentical HSCT From The Same Donor. Transplantation, 100(10), pp.2219-2221. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000001213.
- Schwarz, C. et al., 2019. The value of indocyanine green clearance assessment to predict postoperative liver dysfunction in patients undergoing liver resection. Scientific Reports, 9(1). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44815-x.