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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16747
World Ranking
8610
National Ranking
112

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Claes Dahlgren is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial body of work also in Immunology and Microbiology.

The subfields of study covered by Dahlgren include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Cancer Research. This range reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex biological mechanisms.

The main topics addressed in Dahlgren's work encompass Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, S100 Proteins and Annexins, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms, Immune Response and Inflammation, Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms, and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects.

Their recent papers include:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors, 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors, 2023, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Formation, Signaling and Occurrence of Specialized Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators-What is the Evidence so far?, 2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Neutrophil Signaling That Challenges Dogmata of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Regulated Functions, 2020, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • Barbadin selectively modulates FPR2-mediated neutrophil functions independent of receptor endocytosis, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Dahlgren has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biochemical Pharmacology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, British Journal of Pharmacology, and Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

Their scientific collaborations include frequent co-authorship with Huamei Forsman, Martina Sundqvist, Simon Lind, Lena Björkman, and Jonas Mårtensson.

Best Publications

  • Respiratory burst in human neutrophils.

    Claes Dahlgren;Anna Karlsson

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIII. Nomenclature for the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) family.

    Richard D. Ye;François Boulay;Ji Ming Wang;Claes Dahlgren

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Mobilization of granules and secretory vesicles during in vivo exudation of human neutrophils.

    H Sengeløv;P Follin;L Kjeldsen;K Lollike

  • Role of myeloperoxidase in luminol-dependent chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    C Dahlgren;O Stendahl

  • Isoluminol-enhanced chemiluminescence: A sensitive method to study the release of superoxide anion from human neutrophils

    Helen Lundqvist;Claes Dahlgren

  • Intra- and extracellular events in luminol-dependent chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    G Briheim;O Stendahl;C Dahlgren

  • 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

  • Histaminergic regulation of NK cells. Role of monocyte-derived reactive oxygen metabolites

    K Hellstrand;A Asea;C Dahlgren;S Hermodsson

  • 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

  • The Inhibition of Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Cytotoxicity by Dapsone: A POSSIBLE MECHANISM IN THE TREATMENT OF DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS

    O. Stendahl;L. Molin;C. Dahlgren

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

    Huamei Fu;Jennie Karlsson;Johan Bylund;Charlotta Movitz

  • Natural killer cell dysfunction and apoptosis induced by chronic myelogenous leukemia cells: role of reactive oxygen species and regulation by histamine

    Ulf-Henrik Mellqvist;Markus Hansson;Mats Brune;Claes Dahlgren

  • A proinflammatory peptide from Helicobacter pylori activates monocytes to induce lymphocyte dysfunction and apoptosis

    Åsa Betten;Johan Bylund;Thierry Cristophe;François Boulay

  • 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

  • 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

  • Basic characteristics of the neutrophil receptors that recognize formylated peptides, a danger-associated molecular pattern generated by bacteria and mitochondria.

    Claes Dahlgren;Michael Gabl;André Holdfeldt;Malene Winther

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Karlsson
Anna Karlsson Skåne University Hospital
Kristoffer Hellstrand
Kristoffer Hellstrand University of Gothenburg
Olle Stendahl
Olle Stendahl Linköping University
Karl-Eric Magnusson
Karl-Eric Magnusson Linköping University
Hakon Leffler
Hakon Leffler Lund University
Hans Elwing
Hans Elwing University of Gothenburg
Mark T. Quinn
Mark T. Quinn Montana State University
Ji Ming Wang
Ji Ming Wang National Institutes of Health
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
John H. Hartwig
John H. Hartwig Brigham and Women's Hospital

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