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Carl G. A. Persson

Carl G. A. Persson

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Immunology

D-Index
69
Citations
14057
World Ranking
2530
National Ranking
51

Overview

Carl G. A. Persson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, epidemiology, emergency medical services, and immunology. The scientist's work covers a range of topics including asthma and respiratory diseases, neonatal respiratory health research, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, respiratory viral infections research, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, as well as respiratory support and mechanisms.

The scientist has published extensively in multiple academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Nature reviews. Immunology

Recent significant papers by Carl G. A. Persson include:

  • "Early humoral defence: Contributing to confining COVID-19 to conducting airways?" (2021), published in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
  • "'Bedside' observations challenge aspects of the 'epithelial barrier hypothesis'" (2021), published in Nature reviews. Immunology
  • "Humoral First-Line Mucosal Innate Defence in vivo" (2020), published in Journal of Innate Immunity
  • "Early humoral defense under the radar: microvascular-epithelial cooperation at airways infection in asthma and health" (2022), published in American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • "Well-controlled mucosal exudation of plasma proteins in airways with intact and regenerating epithelium" (2024), published in Physiological Reports

Their publications reflect a sustained focus on the immune and physiological mechanisms relevant to respiratory health, addressing both fundamental biological processes and clinical implications. The recent works emphasize humoral defence and epithelial barrier aspects in respiratory diseases, including responses to viral infections such as COVID-19.

Carl G. A. Persson's collaboration network does not indicate frequent co-authors, suggesting a more individual or diverse collaborative approach. Their contributions to medicine appear to integrate clinical observations with molecular and cellular insights, linking research areas such as pulmonary medicine and immunology with epidemiological and emergency medical studies.

Best Publications

  • Allergic eosinophil-rich inflammation develops in lungs and airways of B cell-deficient mice

    Magnus Korsgren;Jonas Erjefält;Olle Korsgren;Frank Sundler

  • Xanthine derivatives as adenosine receptor antagonists

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Carl G.A. Persson

  • Natural Killer Cells Determine Development of Allergen-induced Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in Mice

    Magnus Korsgren;Carl G.A. Persson;Frank Sundler;Torbjörn Bjerke

  • Asthma : its pathology and treatment

    Michael A. Kaliner;Peter J. Barnes;C. G. A. Persson

  • In vivo restitution of airway epithelium.

    Jonas S. Erjefält;Ingrid Erjefält;Frank Sundler;Carl G. A. Persson

  • The‘nasal pool’device applies controlled concentrations of solutes on human nasal airway mucosa and samples its surface exudations/secretions

    L. Greiff;U. Pipkorn;U. Alkner;C. G. A. Persson

  • The effect of theophylline and enprofylline on allergen-induced bronchoconstriction

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  • Objective monitoring of nasal airway inflammation in rhinitis

    Peter H. Howarth;Carl G.A. Persson;Eli O. Meltzer;Mikila R. Jacobson

  • Cough and bronchoconstriction mediated by capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons in the guinea-pig.

    K. Forsberg;J.-A. Karlsson;E. Theodorsson;J.M. Lundberg

  • Allergen-induced eosinophil cytolysis is a primary mechanism for granule protein release in human upper airways.

    Jonas S. Erjefält;Lennart Greiff;Morgan Andersson;Erik Matsson

  • New aspects of degranulation and fates of airway mucosal eosinophils.

    Jonas S. Erjefält;Carl G. A. Persson

  • Effects of bronchoconstrictors and bronchodilators on a novel human small airway preparation

    M.J.B. Finney;J.-A. Karlsson;C.G.A. Persson

  • Albumin, bradykinins, and eosinophil cationic protein on the nasal mucosal surface in patients with hay fever during natural allergen exposure.

    Christer Svensson;Morgan Andersson;Carl G.A. Persson;Per Venge

  • Plasma exudation and asthma.

    Carl G. A. Persson

  • Antagonism of the prostaglandin D2 receptor CRTH2 attenuates asthma pathology in mouse eosinophilic airway inflammation

    Lena Uller;Jesper Mosolff Mathiesen;Lisa Alenmyr;Magnus Korsgren

  • Prevalence of nasal symptoms and their relation to self-reported asthma and chronic bronchitis/emphysema.

    Peter Montnemery;Christer Svensson;E Ädelroth;Claes-Göran Löfdahl

  • Pharmacologic control of plasma exudation into tracheobronchial airways.

    Ingrid Erjefält;Carl G. A. Persson

  • Degranulation patterns of eosinophil granulocytes as determinants of eosinophil driven disease

    Jonas Erjefält;Lennart Greiff;M Andersson;E Ädelroth

  • Degranulation status of airway tissue eosinophils in mouse models of allergic airway inflammation.

    Monika Malm-Erjefält;Carl G. A. Persson;Jonas S. Erjefält

  • Plasma-derived proteins in airway defence, disease and repair of epithelial injury

    Carl Persson;Jonas Erjefält;Lennart Greiff;M Andersson

  • Eosinophil lysis and free granules: an in vivo paradigm for cell activation and drug development

    Carl G.A. Persson;Jonas S. Erjefält

  • Mice Are Not a Good Model of Human Airway Disease

    Carl G. A. Persson

  • Leakage of macromolecules from guinea-pig tracheobronchial microcirculation. Effects of allergen, leukotrienes, tachykinins, and anti-asthma drugs.

    C. G. A. Persson;I. Erjefalt;P. Andersson

  • The use of the nose to study the inflammatory response of the respiratory tract.

    C G A Persson;C Svensson;Lennart Greiff;M Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingegerd Johansson
Ingegerd Johansson Umeå University
Jonas S. Erjefält
Jonas S. Erjefält Lund University
Christer Svensson
Christer Svensson Linköping University
Frank Sundler
Frank Sundler Lund University
Karl-Erik Andersson
Karl-Erik Andersson Lund University
Pär Nordlund
Pär Nordlund Karolinska Institute
Leif Bjermer
Leif Bjermer Lund University
Peter J. Barnes
Peter J. Barnes Imperial College London
Peter H. Howarth
Peter H. Howarth University of Southampton
Mats Andersson
Mats Andersson Flinders University

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