Hans‐Dieter Volk

This paper develops gene-edited tacrolimus-resistant Treg cells (FKBP12KO-Treg) for clinical use in transplant recipients, showing they maintain immunoregulatory function while resisting tacrolimus.

This study shows that unmodified mRNA can be used for CAR-T cell engineering without compromising function, eliminating the need for costly nucleoside modifications.

This paper develops BEKI, a base editor-based method for targeted transgene insertion and multiplex gene disruption in T cells, reducing chromosomal translocations compared to Cas9-based approaches.

This paper develops a non-viral CRISPR-Cas12a method to redirect Tregs with CARs by integrating an antigen-binding domain into the CD3 epsilon gene, showing improved antigen-specific function and graft protection in a mouse model.

This paper develops a method to integrate ζ-deficient CARs into the CD3ζ gene to create functional CAR-T and CAR-NK cells with improved safety and efficacy for off-the-shelf therapies.

The paper identifies and characterizes three subsets of human CD8+ regulatory T cells using single-cell CITE-seq and VDJ sequencing, highlighting a subset with superior suppressive activity.