Prof. Dr. med. Onur Boyman

Area of Research

Description of Research Interest

We are interested in the function of cytokines in the immune system during health and disease. We study how cytokines coordinate immune homeostasis and responses, and how they stimulate various immune cells in vitro and in different models of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, as well as allograft rejection. To this end, we generate and characterize natural versus modified cytokine formulations, including cytokine-antibody complexes, in order to better understand cytokine biology and improve cytokine-directed immunotherapy.

Special Expertise

Cytokine biology
Immunotherapy
Inflammation models
Transplantation models
Autoimmune Disease

Member of Collaborative/interdisciplinary Research Consortia

mTORUS
SleepLoop
Network Infection and Immunity Zurich
HSM-2 Immunology