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Barbro Dahlén

Barbro Dahlén

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Immunology

D-Index
59
Citations
12517
World Ranking
3426
National Ranking
75

Overview

Barbro Dahlén is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, focusing on research in medicine with particular emphasis on physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, and related subfields.

Their research publications predominantly cover topics related to asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, and inhalation and respiratory drug delivery.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Ratko Djukanović, Stephen J. Fowler, Sven-Erik Dahlén, Peter Howarth, and Kian Fan Chung. This reflects collaboration within the respiratory and immunology research communities.

Barbro Dahlén regularly publishes in several venues with multiple contributions, including the European Respiratory Journal, ERJ Open Research, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Epidemiology. These journals represent key platforms in respiratory medicine and clinical immunology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Tissue-specific transcriptional imprinting and heterogeneity in human innate lymphoid cells revealed by full-length single-cell RNA-sequencing, 2021, Cell Research
  • Urinary Leukotriene E4and Prostaglandin D2Metabolites Increase in Adult and Childhood Severe Asthma Characterized by Type 2 Inflammation. A Clinical Observational Study, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Correlation-Based Deconvolution (CorrDec) To Generate High-Quality MS2 Spectra from Data-Independent Acquisition in Multisample Studies, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Development of Core Outcome Measures sets for paediatric and adult Severe Asthma (COMSA), 2022, European Respiratory Journal
  • Back to the future: re-establishing guinea pigin vivoasthma models, 2020, Clinical Science

Their research contributions are situated primarily within the overlapping fields of physiology, immunology, and pulmonary medicine, addressing complex respiratory diseases and the underlying immunological mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • The ENFUMOSA cross-sectional European multicentre study of the clinical phenotype of chronic severe asthma

    B Abraham;JM Anto;E Barreiro;Ehd Bel

  • Clinical and inflammatory characteristics of the European U-BIOPRED adult severe asthma cohort

    Dominick E. Shaw;Ana R. Sousa;Stephen J. Fowler;Louise J. Fleming

  • Benefits from Adding the 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor Zileuton to Conventional Therapy in Aspirin-intolerant Asthmatics

    Barbro Dahlén;Ewa Nizankowska;Andrew Szczeklik;Olle Zetterström

  • EAACI/GA2LEN guideline: aspirin provocation tests for diagnosis of aspirin hypersensitivity

    E Nizankowska-Mogilnicka;G Bochenek;L Mastalerz;M Swierczyńska

  • Improvement of aspirin-intolerant asthma by montelukast, a leukotriene antagonist: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Sven-Erik Dahlén;Kerstin Malmström;Ewa Nizankowska;Barbro Dahlén

  • Urinary Excretion of Leukotriene E4 and 11-dehydro-Thromboxane B2 in Response to Bronchial Provocations with Allergen, Aspirin, Leukotriene D4, and Histamine in Asthmatics

    Maria Kumlin;Barbro Dahlén;Thure Björck;Olle Zetterström

  • U-BIOPRED clinical adult asthma clusters linked to a subset of sputum omics

    Diane Lefaudeux;Bertrand De Meulder;Matthew J. Loza;Nancy Peffer

  • Combined antagonism of leukotrienes and histamine produces predominant inhibition of allergen-induced early and late phase airway obstruction in asthmatics.

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  • Increased urinary excretion of the prostaglandin D2 metabolite 9α,11β-prostaglandin F2 after aspirin challenge supports mast cell activation in aspirin-induced airway obstruction

    Siobhán O’Sullivan;Barbro Dahlén;Sven-Erik Dahlén;Maria Kumlin

  • A Transcriptome-driven Analysis of Epithelial Brushings and Bronchial Biopsies to Define Asthma Phenotypes in U-BIOPRED.

    Chih-Hsi Scott Kuo;Stelios Pavlidis;Matthew Loza;Fred Baribaud

  • Evidence for mast cell activation during exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

    S O'Sullivan;A Roquet;B Dahlen;F Larsen

  • Frequent exacerbators--a distinct phenotype of severe asthma

    M Kupczyk;M Kupczyk;A ten Brinke;PJ Sterk;EH Bel

  • Biochemical and clinical evidence that aspirin-intolerant asthmatic subjects tolerate the cyclooxygenase 2-selective analgetic drug celecoxib.

    Pär Gyllfors;Grazyna Bochenek;John Overholt;Diane Drupka

  • Transcriptome analysis reveals upregulation of bitter taste receptors in severe asthmatics

    Christina Orsmark-Pietras;Anna James;Jon R. Konradsen;Jon R. Konradsen;Björn Nordlund;Björn Nordlund

  • Epithelial IL-6 trans-signaling defines a new asthma phenotype with increased airway inflammation

    Zala Jevnikar;Jörgen Östling;Elisabeth Ax;Jenny Calvén

  • High prevalence of anaphylaxis in patients with systemic mastocytosis – a single‐centre experience

    T Gülen;Hans Hägglund;B Dahlén;B Dahlén;G Nilsson;G Nilsson

  • Immunohistochemical localisation of the matrix metalloproteinases MMP-3 and MMP-9 within the airways in asthma

    Barbro Dahlen;Janis Shute;Peter Howarth

  • The chitinase-like protein YKL-40: A possible biomarker of inflammation and airway remodeling in severe pediatric asthma

    Jon R Konradsen;Jon R Konradsen;Anna James;Björn Nordlund;Björn Nordlund;Lovisa E Reinius

  • Efficacy and safety of multiple doses of QGE031 (ligelizumab) versus omalizumab and placebo in inhibiting allergen-induced early asthmatic responses

    Gail M. Gauvreau;Jonathan P. Arm;Louis-Philippe Boulet;Richard Leigh

  • Celecoxib in patients with asthma and aspirin intolerance. The Celecoxib in Aspirin-Intolerant Asthma Study Group.

    B Dahlén;A Szczeklik;J J Murray

  • Effect of the leukotriene receptor antagonist MK-0679 on baseline pulmonary function in aspirin sensitive asthmatic subjects.

    B Dahlén;D J Margolskee;O Zetterström;S E Dahlén

  • The leukotriene-receptor antagonist MK-0679 blocks airway obstruction induced by inhaled lysine-aspirin in aspirin-sensitive asthmatics

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Frequent Co-Authors

Sven-Erik Dahlén
Sven-Erik Dahlén Karolinska Institute
Craig E. Wheelock
Craig E. Wheelock Karolinska Institute
Ratko Djukanovic
Ratko Djukanovic University of Southampton
Peter H. Howarth
Peter H. Howarth University of Southampton
Thomas Sandström
Thomas Sandström Umeå University
Norbert Krug
Norbert Krug Fraunhofer Society
Peter J. Sterk
Peter J. Sterk University of Amsterdam
Pascal Chanez
Pascal Chanez Aix-Marseille University
Kian Fan Chung
Kian Fan Chung Imperial College London
Ian M. Adcock
Ian M. Adcock Imperial College London

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