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- Levin, Malin, 1973, et al.
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Rip2 deficiency leads to increased atherosclerosis despite decreased inflammation.
- 2011
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Ingår i: Circulation research. - 1524-4571. ; 109:11, s. 1210-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The innate immune system and in particular the pattern-recognition receptors Toll-like receptors have recently been linked to atherosclerosis. Consequently, inhibition of various signaling molecules downstream of the Toll-like receptors has been tested as a strategy to prevent progression of atherosclerosis. Receptor-interacting protein 2 (Rip2) is a serine/threonine kinase that is involved in multiple nuclear factor-κB (NFκB) activation pathways, including Toll-like receptors, and is therefore an interesting potential target for pharmaceutical intervention.
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- Lingman Framme, Jenny, 1977, et al.
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Newborns with 22q11 Deletion Syndrome and Low TRECs
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical Immunology. - : Springer. - 0271-9142 .- 1573-2592. ; 42, s. 618-633
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Population-based neonatal screening using T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) identifies infants with profound T lymphopenia, as seen in cases of severe combined immunodeficiency, and in a subgroup of infants with 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS).Purpose: To investigate the long-term prognostic value of low levels of TRECs in newborns with 22q11DS.Methods: Subjects with 22q11DS and low TRECs at birth (22q11Low, N=10), matched subjects with 22q11DS and normal TRECs (22q11Normal, N=10), and matched healthy controls (HC, N=10) were identified. At follow-up (median age 16 years), clinical and immunological characterizations, covering lymphocyte subsets, immunoglobulins, TRECs, T-cell receptor repertoires, and relative telomere length (RTL) measurements were performed.Results: At follow-up, the 22q11Low group had lower numbers of naïve T-helper cells, naïve T-regulatory cells, naïve cytotoxic T cells, and persistently lower TRECs compared to healthy controls. Receptor repertoires showed skewed V-gene usage for naïve T-helper cells, whereas for naïve cytotoxic T cells, shorter RTL and a trend towards higher clonality were found. Multivariate discriminant analysis revealed a clear distinction between the three groups and a skewing towards Th17 differentiation of T-helper cells, particularly in the 22q11Low individuals. Perturbations of B-cell subsets were found in both the 22q11Low and 22q11Normal group compared to the HC group, with larger proportions of naïve B cells and lower levels of memory B cells, including switched memory B cells.Conclusions: This long-term follow-up study shows that 22q11Low individuals have persistent immunologic aberrations and increased risk for immune dysregulation, indicating the necessity of lifelong monitoring.Clinical Implications: This study elucidates the natural history of childhood immune function in newborns with 22q11DS and low TRECs, which may facilitate the development of programs for long-term monitoring and therapeutic choices.
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- Casas, Rosaura, 1954-, et al.
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Impaired maturation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells from birch allergic individuals in association with birch-specific immune responses
- 2007
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. - : Wiley. - 0300-9475 .- 1365-3083. ; 66:5, s. 591-598
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Optimal activation of T lymphocytes requires a costimulatory signal provided by the interaction of molecules on the surface of T cells with their ligands expressed on dendritic cells (DC). We investigated whether DC differentiated from monocytes from healthy and birch allergic asthmatic individuals and further maturated by stimulation with cat and birch allergens and LPS differ in their phenotypic receptor expression. Similar expression of DC surface markers, including HLA-DR, CD80, CD86, CD83, CD1a and CD11c, was detected in monocyte-derived DC from allergic and healthy individuals. Cells from healthy donors stimulated either antigen showed a similar activation of the CD80 and double CD80/CD86 costimulatory molecules when compared with non-stimulated cells. In the case of cells from allergic individuals, birch allergen was unable to produce the same increased expression of CD80 alone or in combination with CD80/CD86, in comparison with cells stimulated with cat and LPS. Levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, MCP-1/MCAF and MIP-1β were similar in the supernatant of non-stimulated DC from both groups of subjects. By contrast, the spontaneous secretion of IL-12p70 and TNF-α was higher in the supernatant of DC from healthy subjects when compared with that from allergic individuals. Stimulation with birch and LPS resulted in an increased secretion of IL-12p70 in samples from healthy when compared with that in allergic individuals. The results suggest an impaired specific maturation of DC from birch allergic individuals in association with birch-specific immune responses. Lower secretion of IL-12p70 from birch-stimulated DC from allergic individuals suggests that not only maturation, but also the specific Th1 function of these cells seems to be affected in those individuals.
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- Hammaréus, Filip, 1998-, et al.
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Plasma type I collagen α1 chain in relation to coronary artery disease : findings from a prospective population-based cohort and an acute myocardial infarction prospective cohort in Sweden.
- 2023
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Ingår i: BMJ Open. - : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. - 2044-6055. ; 13:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between type I collagen α1 chain (COL1α1) levels and coronary artery disease (CAD) by using absolute quantification in plasma. Also, to investigate the correlates of COL1α1 to clinical characteristics and circulating markers of collagen metabolism.DESIGN: Life conditions, Stress and Health (LSH) study: prospective cohort study, here with a nested case-control design.Assessing Platelet Activity in Coronary Heart Disease (APACHE) study: prospective cohort study.SETTING: LSH: primary care setting, southeast Sweden.APACHE: cardiology department, university hospital, southeast Sweden.PARTICIPANTS: LSH: 1007 randomly recruited individuals aged 45-69 (50% women). Exclusion criteria was serious disease. After 13 years of follow-up, 86 cases with primary endpoint were identified and sex-matched/age-matched to 184 controls.APACHE: 125 patients with myocardial infarction (MI), 73 with ST-elevation MI and 52 with non-ST-elevation MI.EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Intervention study participation, warfarin treatment and short life expectancy.PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome was the association between baseline COL1α1 and first-time major event of CAD, defined as fatal/non-fatal MI or coronary revascularisation after 13 years. Secondary outcomes were the association between the collagen biomarkers PRO-C1 (N-terminal pro-peptide of type I collagen)/C1M (matrix metalloproteinase-mediated degradation of type I collagen) and CAD; temporal change of COL1α1 after acute MI up to 6 months and lastly, correlates between COL1α1 and patient characteristics along with circulating markers of collagen metabolism.RESULTS: COL1α1 levels were associated with CAD, both unadjusted (HR=0.69, 95% CI=0.56 to 0.87) and adjusted (HR=0.55, 95% CI=0.41 to 0.75). PRO-C1 was associated with CAD, unadjusted (HR=0.62, 95% CI=0.47 to 0.82) and adjusted (HR=0.61, 95% CI=0.43 to 0.86), while C1M was not. In patients with MI, COL1α1 remained unchanged up to 6 months. COL1α1 was correlated to PRO-C1, but not to C1M.CONCLUSIONS: Plasma COL1α1 was independently and inversely associated with CAD. Furthermore, COL1α1 appeared to reflect collagen synthesis but not degradation. Future studies are needed to confirm whether COL1α1 is a clinically useful biomarker of CAD.
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- Jarrick, Simon, 1977-, et al.
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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and ischemic heart disease : a nationwide population-based cohort study
- 2021
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Ingår i: BMC Nephrology. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1471-2369. ; 22:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease has been linked to cardiovascular disease and specifically ischemic heart disease (IHD), but large-scale population data in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) are missing.OBJECTIVE: To examine absolute and relative risks for IHD in patients with IgAN.METHODS: Population-based register-based cohort study in Sweden. We identified 3945 patients with biopsy-verified IgAN, and 19,272 age- and sex-matched reference individuals from the general population. To reduce residual confounding from genetic factors and early environmental factors we carried out secondary analyses, where we compared 3039 IgAN patients with 6729 siblings, whereas a spousal analysis consisted of 2377 married couples where one of the spouses had IgAN. Data on IHD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were retrieved from the nationwide Patient Register. Cox regression estimated hazard ratios (HRs) adjusted for matching variables, education, country of birth, cancer, diabetes mellitus, and other systemic inflammatory diseases.RESULTS: During a follow-up of 55,527 person-years (py; mean follow-up 14.1 years), 371 patients (9.4%) with IgAN developed IHD (6.7/1000 py), compared with 1070 (5.6%) in 287,677 py in reference individuals (3.7/1000 py). The corresponding adjusted HR was 1.86 (95%CI = 1.63-2.13), equivalent to one extra case of IHD per 34 IgAN patients followed-up for 10 years. HRs were similar in men and women with IgAN, but higher in the first year after diagnosis and in patients born outside the Nordic countries. Patients with IgAN were at increased risk of IHD also compared to siblings (HR = 2.07; 95%CI = 1.62-2-64) and spouses (HR = 1.91; 95%CI = 1.40-2.61).CONCLUSIONS: In this nationwide population-based study, patients with IgAN were at an 86% increased risk of future IHD.
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- Lindgård, Ann, 1977, et al.
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Preservation of rat skeletal muscle energy metabolism by illumination.
- 2003
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Ingår i: Life sciences. - 0024-3205. ; 72:23, s. 2649-58
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Skeletal muscle viability is crucially dependent on the tissue levels of its high energy phosphates. In this study we investigated the effect of the preservation medium Perfadex and illumination with Singlet Oxygen Energy (SOE). Singlet oxygen can be produced photochemically by energy transfer from an excited photosensitizer. The energy emitted from singlet oxygen upon relaxation to its triplet state is captured as photons at 634 nm and is here referred to as SOE. Rat hind limb rectus femoris muscles were preserved for five hours at 22 degrees C in Perfadex, saline, SOE illuminated Perfadex or SOE illuminated saline. Extracts of the muscles were analysed by 31P NMR. Data were analysed using two-way analysis of variance and are given as mean values micromol/g dry weight) +/- SEM. The ATP concentration was higher (p = 0.006) in saline groups (4.52) compared with Perfadex groups (2.82). There was no statistically significant difference in PCr between the saline groups (1.25) and Perfadex groups (0.82). However, there were higher (p = 0.003) ATP in the SOE illuminated groups (4.61) compared with the non-illuminated groups (2.73). The PCr was also higher (p < 0.0001) in the SOE illuminated groups (1.89) compared with the non-illuminated groups (0.18). In conclusion, Perfadex in this experimental model was incapable of preserving the high energy phosphates in skeletal muscle during 5 hours of ischemia. Illumination with SOE at 634 nm improved the preservation potential, in terms of a positive effect on the energy status of the muscle cell.
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- Lundberg, Anna, 1977-, et al.
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Hur kan akademi och civilsamhälle samarbeta för att värna asylrätten?
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Ingår i: 2015 Till asylrättens försvar. - : Verbal. - 9789189155930
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- 2015. Året som skulle förändra livet för så många av oss.För vissa var det året då de behövde lämna sina hem och bege sig på flykt undan krig och fara. För andra var det året då de lade vardagen åt sidan och ägnade sig åt att guida, hjälpa, stötta och ta emot de som kom. Det var otvivelaktigt en tid av stress, ovisshet och rädslor men det som lever vidare hos oss idag är minnen av solidaritet, gemenskap och medmänsklighet i en svår tid. Sverige efter 2015 är ett Sverige där vi behöver skriva en bok för att försvara något som inte bara är en grundläggande mänsklig rättighet utan också något människor gjort så länge vi existerat: att fly fara och att hjälpa de som flyr. Denna antologi är till asylrättens försvar. Den samlar många olika sorters texter och röster – politiker och aktivister, forskare och flyktingar, vänsterfolk och liberaler. Vi vill att alla ska hitta något de kan läsa och ta till sig. Asylrätten ska inte vara en ideologisk fråga utan en grundläggande mänsklig rättighet. En rättighet vi varken vågar eller vill kompromissa bort eftersom vi kan behöva nyttja den och eftersom vi inte vet vilka vi blir om vi inte hjälper människor som flyr.
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- Lundberg, Anna, 1977-
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Immune responses to lipopolysaccharide in relation to allergic disease : a TLR4 gene polymorphism and endotoxin exposure
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Background: Allergic diseases have increased during the last decades, particularly in affluent countries, possibly due to a reduced and/or altered microbial exposure during infancy. Activation of the immune system by microbes early in life is probably required for accurate maturation of the immune system and tolerance development. It is not fully understood how microbial exposure is associated with the development of allergic diseases, however. Genetic factors may influence microbial induced immune responses. A certain polymorphism, in the gene coding for the Toll-like receptor 4, i.e. (TLR4 Asp299Gly), has been suggested to alter the immunological responsiveness to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS).Aim: The aim of this thesis was to study the interplay between LPS induced immune responses, LPS signalling related genetic polymorphisms, allergic disease and endotoxin exposure.Subjects: The thesis is based on the results obtained from individuals in three different study groups, i.e. Estonian and Swedish children followed prospectively from birth up to five years of age, Swedish school-children eight and 14 years of age and young adults.Methods: The study subjects were clinically evaluated regarding allergic diseases with skin prick tests, circulating IgE levels, validated questionnaires and clinical examinations by paediatricians or research nurses. The gene polymorphisms TLR4 Asp299Gly and CD14/-159 were analysed. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from blood and cultured with LPS from two Gram negative bacterial strains, i.e. Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium (Serotype Typhimurium) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Cytokine and chemokine secretions were analysed with Luminex or ELISA technique. Receptor expression of circulating peripheral blood monocytes was analysed with flow cytometry. The phosphorylation of intracellular proteins involved in LPS signalling pathways was analysed with Luminex technique. mRNA expression of proteins involved in LPS signalling pathways and of markers for T regulatory cells were analysed with realtime-PCR.Results: In school-children and young adults, the TLR4 Asp299Gly gene polymorphism was associated with reduced LPS induced IκBα phosphorylation, IL-10 and IL-12 cytokine secretion. Interestingly, these findings were observed only when the cells were cultured with LPS from Serotype Typhimurium but not with LPS from E. coli. The polymorphism was positively associated with asthma, especially atopic asthma.Several differences in immunological responses to LPS were observed between allergic and non-allergic individuals. Asthma in school-children was associated with reduced LPS induced cytokine production of IL-10 and IL-12. The phosphorylation of IκBα was lower in adult allergic compared to non-allergic individuals. Swedish children who had developed allergic disease at five years of age had lower TLR2 mRNA expression at birth compared to children who remained healthy.Estonian children displayed generally lower LPS induced cytokine and chemokine production as compared to Swedish children both at birth and at 3 and 6 months of age. The mRNA expression of the T regulatory associated markers Foxp3 and Ebi3 were higher in the Estonian compared to the Swedish children at birth.Conclusion: Polymorphisms in genes coding for pattern recognition receptors can alter the immune responsiveness of the host to microbial components and may be of importance for the development of asthma. Lower LPS induced cytokine response and higher expression of T regulatory associated markers were seen in children from Estonia as compared to Sweden, suggesting an increased capacity for early immune regulation among infants from a country with a low prevalence of allergic disease.
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