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Catharina Svanborg

Catharina Svanborg

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Microbiology
Sweden
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
93
Citations
23580
World Ranking
605
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Catharina Svanborg is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The main fields of study include molecular biology, surgery, genetics, biotechnology, and oncology.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Recent publications demonstrate their ongoing research in cancer therapies and immunomodulation. Selected papers include:

  • A bacterial protease depletes c-MYC and increases survival in mouse models of bladder and colon cancer, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Immunomodulation therapy offers new molecular strategies to treat UTI, 2022, Nature Reviews Urology
  • Bladder cancer therapy without toxicity-A dose-escalation study of alpha1-oleate, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • Bladder cancer therapy using a conformationally fluid tumoricidal peptide complex, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Immunomodulation-A Molecular Solution to Treating Patients with Severe Bladder Pain Syndrome?, 2021, European Urology Open Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include Inès Ambite, Trần Thị Hiền, Murphy Lam Yim Wan, Shahram Ahmadi, and Daniel Butler.

The most recurrent publication venues where they have contributed multiple articles are the International Journal of Cancer, Journal of Clinical Investigation, European Urology Open Science, Life Science Alliance, and Scientific Reports.

Catharina Svanborg has been recognized as a member of Academia Europaea since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Type 1 fimbrial expression enhances Escherichia coli virulence for the urinary tract

    I Connell;W Agace;P Klemm;M Schembri

  • Apoptosis induced by a human milk protein

    Anders Hakansson;Boris Zhivotovsky;Sten Orrenius;Hemant Sabharwal

  • Subversion of Toll-like receptor signaling by a unique family of bacterial Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domain-containing proteins.

    Christine Cirl;Andreas Wieser;Manisha Yadav;Susanne Duerr

  • Conversion of alpha-lactalbumin to a protein inducing apoptosis.

    Malin Svensson;Anders P Håkansson;A K Mossberg;S Linse

  • Neuroepithelial control of mucosal inflammation in acute cystitis.

    Daniel S.C. Butler;Ines Ambite;Karoly Nagy;Caterina Cafaro

  • Bacterial virulence in urinary tract infection

    Catharina Svanborg;Gabriela Godaly

  • Interleukin-8 and the neutrophil response to mucosal gram-negative infection.

    W W Agace;S R Hedges;M Ceska;C Svanborg

  • Analysis of Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates by Use of DNA Arrays

    Ulrich Dobrindt;Franziska Agerer;Kai Michaelis;Andreas Janka

  • Neutrophil recruitment and resistance to urinary tract infection.

    Masashi Haraoka;Long Hang;Björn Frendéus;Gabriela Godaly

  • Interleukin-6 response of epithelial cell lines to bacterial stimulation in vitro.

    S Hedges;M Svensson;C Svanborg

  • Nasopharyngeal colonization during the first year of life.

    Aniansson G;Alm B;Andersson B;Larsson P

  • Intestinal colonization with Enterobacteriaceae in Pakistani and Swedish hospital-delivered infants.

    Ingegerd Adlerberth;Barbro Carlsson;Peter De Man;Fehmida Jalil

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 Expression and Cytokine Responses in the Human Urinary Tract Mucosa

    Patrik Samuelsson;Long Hang;Björn Wullt;Heikki Irjala

  • Selective cytokine production by epithelial cells following exposure to Escherichia coli.

    W Agace;S Hedges;U Andersson;J Andersson

  • Cytokine responses during mucosal infections: role in disease pathogenesis and host defence.

    Catharina Svanborg;Gabriela Godaly;Maria Hedlund

  • Molecular characterization of alpha-lactalbumin folding variants that induce apoptosis in tumor cells.

    Malin Svensson;Hemant Sabharwal;Anders Håkansson;Ann-Kristin Mossberg

  • Lipopolysaccharide from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli binds to platelets through TLR4 and CD62 and is detected on circulating platelets in patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome

    Anne-lie Ståhl;Majlis Svensson;Matthias Mörgelin;Catharina Svanborg

  • HAMLET kills tumor cells by an apoptosis-like mechanism--cellular, molecular, and therapeutic aspects

    Catharina Svanborg;Helena Agerstam;Annika Aronson;Rolf Bjerkvig;Rolf Bjerkvig

  • Polyethyleneimine is a potent mucosal adjuvant for viral glycoprotein antigens.

    Frank Wegmann;Kate H. Gartlan;Ali M. Harandi;Sarah A. Brinckmann

  • Interleukin 8 receptor deficiency confers susceptibility to acute experimental pyelonephritis and may have a human counterpart

    Björn Frendéus;Gabriela Godaly;Long Hang;Diana Karpman

  • Neutrophil recruitment, chemokine receptors, and resistance to mucosal infection

    Gabriela Godaly;Göran Bergsten;L Hang;Hans Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Agace
William W. Agace University of Copenhagen
Diana Karpman
Diana Karpman Lund University
Ulrich Dobrindt
Ulrich Dobrindt University of Münster
Ulf Jodal
Ulf Jodal University of Gothenburg
Sara Linse
Sara Linse Lund University
Agnes E. Wold
Agnes E. Wold University of Gothenburg
Lars Å. Hanson
Lars Å. Hanson University of Gothenburg
Sten Orrenius
Sten Orrenius Karolinska Institute
Hakon Leffler
Hakon Leffler Lund University
Mark A. Schembri
Mark A. Schembri University of Queensland

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