Selected Publications
Lutz R, Poos AM, Sole-Boldo L, John L, Wagner J, Prokoph N, et al. Bone marrow breakout lesions act as key sites for tumor-immune cell diversification in multiple myeloma. Sci Immunol. 2025;10(104):eadp6667.
Hsu MT, Willimsky G, Hansmann L, and Blankenstein T. T cell receptors specific for an imatinib-induced mutation in BCR-ABL for adoptive T cell therapy. Front Immunol. 2025;16:1518691.
Immisch L, Papafotiou G, Gallarin Delgado N, Scheuplein V, Paschen A, Blankenstein T, et al. Targeting the recurrent Rac1P29S neoepitope in melanoma with heterologous high-affinity T cell receptors. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1119498.
Immisch L, Papafotiou G, Popp O, Mertins P, Blankenstein T, and Willimsky G. H3.3K27M mutation is not a suitable target for immunotherapy in HLA-A2(+) patients with diffuse midline glioma. J Immunother Cancer. 2022;10(10).
Willimsky G, Beier C, Immisch L, Papafotiou G, Scheuplein V, Goede A, et al. In vitro proteasome processing of neo-splicetopes does not predict their presentation in vivo. Elife. 2021;10.
Hoser D, Schon C, Loddenkemper C, Lohneis P, Kuhl AA, Sommermann T, et al. Oncogene-specific T cells fail to eradicate lymphoma-initiating B cells in mice. Blood. 2018;132(9):924-34.
Willimsky G, Schmidt K, Loddenkemper C, Gellermann J, and Blankenstein T. Virus-induced hepatocellular carcinomas cause antigen-specific local tolerance. J Clin Invest. 2013;123(3):1032-43.
Schmidt K, Zilio S, Schmollinger JC, Bronte V, Blankenstein T, and Willimsky G. Differently immunogenic cancers in mice induce immature myeloid cells that suppress CTL in vitro but not in vivo following transfer. Blood. 2013;121(10):1740-8.
Willimsky G, Czeh M, Loddenkemper C, Gellermann J, Schmidt K, Wust P, et al. Immunogenicity of premalignant lesions is the primary cause of general cytotoxic T lymphocyte unresponsiveness. J Exp Med. 2008;205(7):1687-700.
Willimsky G, and Blankenstein T. Sporadic immunogenic tumours avoid destruction by inducing T-cell tolerance. Nature. 2005;437(7055):141-6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Willimsky-G&sort=date