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Åke Forsberg

Åke Forsberg

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Microbiology

D-Index
48
Citations
9466
World Ranking
4665
National Ranking
88

Overview

Åke Forsberg is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, along with Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Endocrinology, Ecology, and Biotechnology.

Forsberg's research touches on topics such as Infections and bacterial resistance, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and Cancer Research and Treatments. These thematic areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach connecting molecular biology with broader biological and medical concerns.

Among recent publications, Forsberg co-authored a paper titled "The twin-arginine translocation system is vital for cell adhesion and uptake of iron in the cystic fibrosis pathogen Achromobacter xylosoxidans" published in 2023 in the journal Virulence. This work contributes to understanding bacterial mechanisms relevant to cystic fibrosis pathogens.

  • S. M. Hossein Khademi
  • Cecilia Sahl
  • Lotta Happonen
  • Lisa I. Påhlman

Forsberg has frequently collaborated with the above coauthors, evidencing a network of research partnerships around microbiology and molecular biology topics.

  • Virulence

Forsberg's scholarly contributions appear in venues such as Virulence, highlighting engagement with journals focused on microbial pathogenesis and infection biology.

Best Publications

  • The cytotoxic protein YopE of Yersinia obstructs the primary host defence.

    R. Rosqvist;Å. Forsberg;M. Rimpiläinen;T. Bergman

  • Intracellular targeting of the Yersinia YopE cytotoxin in mammalian cells induces actin microfilament disruption.

    R Rosqvist;A Forsberg;H Wolf-Watz

  • A secreted protein kinase of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is an indispensable virulence determinant.

    Edouard E. Galyov;Sebastian Håkansson;Åke Forsberg;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Role of Yersinia murine toxin in survival of Yersinia pestis in the midgut of the flea vector.

    B. Joseph Hinnebusch;Amy E. Rudolph;Peter Cherepanov;Jack E. Dixon

  • Role of Fraction 1 Antigen of Yersinia pestis in Inhibition of Phagocytosis

    Yidong Du;Roland Rosqvist;Åke Forsberg;Åke Forsberg

  • The V-antigen of Yersinia is surface exposed before target cell contact and involved in virulence protein translocation :

    Jonas Pettersson;Anna Holmström;Jim Hill;Sophie Leary

  • The surface-located YopN protein is involved in calcium signal transduction in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

    Å. Forsberg;A.-M. Viitanen;M. Skurnik;H. Wolf-Watz

  • Intracellular targeting of exoenzyme S of Pseudomonas aeruginosa via type III‐dependent translocation induces phagocytosis resistance, cytotoxicity and disruption of actin microfilaments

    Elisabet Frithz‐Lindsten;Yidong Du;Roland Rosqvist;Åke Forsberg

  • Functional conservation of the secretion and translocation machinery for virulence proteins of yersiniae, salmonellae and shigellae.

    R. Rosqvist;S. Håkansson;A. Forsberg;H. Wolf-Watz

  • Analysis of the V antigen lcrGVH-yopBD operon of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis: evidence for a regulatory role of LcrH and LcrV.

    T Bergman;S Håkansson;A Forsberg;L Norlander

  • A novel protein, LcrQ, involved in the low-calcium response of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis shows extensive homology to YopH.

    Marja Rimpilainen;Ake Forsberg;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • The virulence protein Yop5 of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is regulated at transcriptional level by plasmid-plB1-encoded trans-acting elements controlled by temperature and calcium.

    A Forsberg;H Wolf-Watz

  • YopK of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis controls translocation of Yop effectors across the eukaryotic cell membrane.

    Anna Holmström;Jonas Petterson;Roland Rosqvist;Sebastian Håkansson

  • LcrV is a channel size-determining component of the Yop effector translocon of Yersinia

    Anna Holmström;Jan Olsson;Peter Cherepanov;Elke Maier

  • Regulation of type III secretion systems

    Matthew S Francis;Hans Wolf-Watz;Ake Forsberg;Ake Forsberg

  • YscP and YscU Regulate Substrate Specificity of the Yersinia Type III Secretion System

    Petra J. Edqvist;Jan Olsson;Moa Lavander;Lena Sundberg

  • The chaperone-like protein YerA of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis stabilizes YopE in the cytoplasm but is dispensible for targeting to the secretion loci

    Elisabet Frithz-Lindsten;Roland Rosqvist;Lenore Johansson;Åke Forsberg

  • Regulation and polarized transfer of the Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) involved in antiphagocytosis

    Åke Forsberg;Roland Rosqvist;Hans Wolf-Watt

  • Molecular cloning and expression of calcium-regulated, plasmid-coded proteins of Y. pseudotuberculosis

    Åke Forsberg;Ingrid Bölin;Lena Norlander;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Functional conservation of the effector protein translocators PopB/YopB and PopD/YopD of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

    Elisabet Frithz‐Lindsten;Anna Holmström;Lars Jacobsson;Mehnam Soltani

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Wolf-Watz
Hans Wolf-Watz Umeå University
Richard W. Titball
Richard W. Titball University of Exeter
Petra C. F. Oyston
Petra C. F. Oyston Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Mats Forsman
Mats Forsman Swedish Defence Research Agency
Anders Sjöstedt
Anders Sjöstedt Umeå University
Edouard E. Galyov
Edouard E. Galyov University of Leicester
James M. Hill
James M. Hill Louisiana State University
Michael Koomey
Michael Koomey University of Oslo
Thomas Bjarnsholt
Thomas Bjarnsholt University of Copenhagen
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki

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