Brigitta Stockinger, FMedSci, FRS, is a molecular immunologist in the Francis Crick Institute in London. Stockinger's lab focus on understanding how certain immune cells, called T cells, develop and function as well as investigating how diet and other environmental factors can affect the way the immune system works.[1]
Stockinger focuses on a particular type of immune cell that helps to control immune responses to viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, called a CD4 T cell.
Stockinger's research has provided insights into a particular type of CD4 T cell, called a Th17 cell, looking at why some of these cells become inflammatory and cause damage in the body. Her lab identified a particular receptor, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which connects environmental stimuli and the immune system.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
^Stockinger, B.; Veldhoen, M. (2007). "Differentiation and function of Th17 T cells". Current Opinion in Immunology. 19 (3): 281–6. doi:10.1016/j.coi.2007.04.005. PMID17433650.
^Buckley, C. D.; Gilroy, D. W.; Serhan, C. N.; Stockinger, B.; Tak, P. P. (2012). "The resolution of inflammation". Nature Reviews Immunology. 13 (1): 59–66. doi:10.1038/nri3362. PMID23197111. S2CID7549769.