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Anna Karlsson is affiliated with Skåne University Hospital in Sweden and has a research focus spanning medicine, immunology and microbiology, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work emphasizes immunology and molecular biology as key subfields, with specific interests in infectious diseases, surgery, and physiology.

Their research topics center on neutrophil biology, myeloperoxidase activity, and oxidative mechanisms, alongside studies on glycosylation and glycoproteins. Additional thematic areas include galectins and cancer biology, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, nitric oxide and endothelin effects, peptidase inhibition and analysis, as well as orthopedic infections and their treatment.

Anna Karlsson has contributed to a number of scientific publications, with a significant presence in several respected venues. These include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Scientific Reports
  • Communications Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Karlsson include:

  • "Hyper-truncated Asn355- and Asn391-glycans modulate the activity of neutrophil granule myeloperoxidase," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Partial reduction of amyloid β production by β-secretase inhibitors does not decrease synaptic transmission," 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • "Glycan analysis of human neutrophil granules implicates a maturation-dependent glycosylation machinery," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "The role of Staphylococcus aureus lipoproteins in hematogenous septic arthritis," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Staphylococcus aureus lipoproteins promote abscess formation in mice, shielding bacteria from immune killing," 2021, Communications Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Karlsson include:

  • Johan Bylund
  • Vignesh Venkatakrishnan
  • Régis Dieckmann
  • Harry C. Tjondro
  • Sayantani Chatterjee

Best Publications

  • Respiratory burst in human neutrophils.

    Claes Dahlgren;Anna Karlsson

  • Redefined nomenclature for members of the carcinoembryonic antigen family.

    N. Beauchemin;P. Draber;G. Dveksler;P. Gold

  • Galectins as inflammatory mediators

    Jenny Almkvist;Anna Karlsson

  • The Synthetic Peptide Trp-Lys-Tyr-Met-Val-Met-NH2 Specifically Activates Neutrophils through FPRL1/Lipoxin A4 Receptors and Is an Agonist for the Orphan Monocyte-expressed Chemoattractant Receptor FPRL2

    Thierry Christophe;Anna Karlsson;Christophe Dugave;Marie Josèphe Rabiet

  • Galectin-3 activates the NADPH-oxidase in exudated but not peripheral blood neutrophils.

    Anna Karlsson;Per Follin;Hakon Leffler;Claes Dahlgren

  • Phorbol myristate acetate induces neutrophil NADPH-oxidase activity by two separate signal transduction pathways: dependent or independent of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

    Anna Karlsson;Jennifer B. Nixon;Linda C. McPhail

  • Intracellular generation of superoxide by the phagocyte NADPH oxidase: how, where, and what for?

    Johan Bylund;Kelly L. Brown;Charlotta Movitz;Claes Dahlgren

  • Assembly and activation of the neutrophil NADPH oxidase in granule membranes.

    Anna Karlsson;Claes Dahlgren

  • Ligand recognition and activation of formyl peptide receptors in neutrophils.

    Huamei Fu;Jennie Karlsson;Johan Bylund;Charlotta Movitz

  • Secretion of heparin-binding protein from human neutrophils is determined by its localization in azurophilic granules and secretory vesicles

    Hans Tapper;Anna Karlsson;Matthias Mörgelin;Hans Flodgaard

  • Affinity of galectin-8 and its carbohydrate recognition domains for ligands in solution and at the cell surface

    Susanne Carlsson;Christopher T Öberg;Michael C Carlsson;Anders Sundin

  • The Sweden Cancerome Analysis Network - Breast (SCAN-B) Initiative: a large-scale multicenter infrastructure towards implementation of breast cancer genomic analyses in the clinical routine

    Lao H Saal;Johan Vallon-Christersson;Jari Häkkinen;Cecilia Hegardt

  • Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Selectively Reduces Proinflammatory Macrophage Responses

    Kelly L. Brown;Kelly L. Brown;Grace F. T. Poon;Darlene Birkenhead;Olga M. Pena

  • Neutrophil NET formation is regulated from the inside by myeloperoxidase-processed reactive oxygen species.

    Halla Björnsdottir;Amanda Welin;Erik Michaëlsson;Veronica Osla

  • Galectin-3 functions as an opsonin and enhances the macrophage clearance of apoptotic neutrophils.

    Anna Karlsson;Karin Christenson;Mustafa Matlak;Åse Björstad

  • The synthetic chemoattractant Trp-Lys-Tyr-Met-Val-DMet activates neutrophils preferentially through the lipoxin A4 receptor

    Claes Dahlgren;Thierry Christophe;Francois Boulay;Phoebus N. Madianos

  • Galectin-3 contributes to neonatal hypoxic–ischemic brain injury

    Christina Doverhag;Maj Hedtjärn;Françoise Poirier;Carina Mallard

  • Identification of CD66a and CD66b as the major galectin-3 receptor candidates in human neutrophils

    Elisabeth Feuk-Lagerstedt;Elizabeth T. Jordan;Hakon Leffler;Claes Dahlgren

  • MAGIC-type polymer gel for three-dimensional dosimetry: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy verification

    Helen Gustavsson;Anna Karlsson;Sven Å. J. Bäck;Lars E. Olsson

  • Cutaneous human papillomaviruses persist on healthy skin.

    Kristina Hazard;Anna Karlsson;Kristin Andersson;Henrik Ekberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Claes Dahlgren
Claes Dahlgren University of Gothenburg
Johan Staaf
Johan Staaf Lund University
Bo H. Svensson
Bo H. Svensson Linköping University
David C. Christiani
David C. Christiani Harvard University
Hakon Leffler
Hakon Leffler Lund University
Göran Jönsson
Göran Jönsson Lund University
Åke Borg
Åke Borg Lund University
Manel Esteller
Manel Esteller Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Matthias Mörgelin
Matthias Mörgelin Lund University
Xin Chen
Xin Chen Fudan University

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