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Finn-Eirik Johansen

Finn-Eirik Johansen

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Immunology

D-Index
57
Citations
12572
World Ranking
3614
National Ranking
20

Overview

Finn-Eirik Johansen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions also spanning biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The work addresses several main topics including aquaculture disease management and microbiota, immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, zebrafish biomedical research applications, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and animal genetics and reproduction.

Their frequent publication venues include Developmental & Comparative Immunology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Science Advances, Communications Biology, and Aquaculture.

  • Developmental & Comparative Immunology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science Advances
  • Communications Biology
  • Aquaculture

Johansen's recent published papers include the following:

  • Identification of a pharyngeal mucosal lymphoid organ in zebrafish and other teleosts: Tonsils in fish? (2023, Science Advances)
  • Lymphocyte subsets in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) interrogated by single-cell sequencing (2022, Communications Biology)
  • CRISPR-Cas9/Cas12a-based genome editing in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) (2023, Aquaculture)
  • Sustained T cell-independent type 2 antibody response in a naturally MHC II-deficient teleost fish (2025, Developmental & Comparative Immunology)
  • Legends of allergology and immunology: Per Brandtzaeg - Pillar of mucosal immunology (2021, Allergy)

Their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Shuo-Wang Qiao
  • Alexandra Jonsson
  • Adrián López-Porras
  • Naomi Croft Guslund
  • Simen Foyn Nørstebø

Johansen's research covers multiple important subfields such as immunology, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, and genetics. Their diverse research themes incorporate:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Physiology
  • Genetics

Best Publications

  • The immune geography of IgA induction and function

    Macpherson Aj;McCoy Kd;Johansen Fe;Brandtzaeg P

  • Molecular characterization of NF-HEV, a nuclear factor preferentially expressed in human high endothelial venules.

    Espen S. Baekkevold;Myriam Roussigné;Takeshi Yamanaka;Finn-Eirik Johansen

  • Depletion of murine intestinal microbiota: Effects on gut mucosa and epithelial gene expression

    Dag Henrik Reikvam;Alexander Erofeev;Anders Sandvik;Vedrana Grcic

  • Mucosal B cells: phenotypic characteristics, transcriptional regulation, and homing properties.

    Per Brandtzaeg;Finn-Eirik Johansen

  • Gluten induces an intestinal cytokine response strongly dominated by interferon gamma in patients with celiac disease

    Ellen M. Nilsen;Frode L. Jahnsen;Knut E.A. Lundin;Finn–Eirik Johansen

  • Absence of Epithelial Immunoglobulin a Transport, with Increased Mucosal Leakiness, in Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor/Secretory Component–Deficient Mice

    Finn-Eirik Johansen;Marcela Pekna;Inger Natvig Norderhaug;Bjørn Haneberg

  • Regional specialization in the mucosal immune system: what happens in the microcompartments?

    Per Brandtzaeg;Espen S Baekkevold;Inger N Farstad;Frode L Jahnsen

  • Regulation of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor and IgA transport: new advances in environmental factors that stimulate pIgR expression and its role in mucosal immunity.

    Finn-Eirik Johansen;Charlotte Kaetzel

  • Role of J chain in secretory immunoglobulin formation.

    F E Johansen;R Braathen;P Brandtzaeg

  • The B‐cell system of human mucosae and exocrine glands

    Per Brandtzaeg;Inger Nina Farstad;Finn‐Eirik Johansen;H. Craig Morton

  • Dependence of antibody-mediated presentation of antigen on FcRn

    Shuo-Wang Qiao;Kanna Kobayashi;Finn-Eirik Johansen;Ludvig M. Sollid

  • Innate secretory antibodies protect against natural Salmonella typhimurium infection

    Odilia L.C. Wijburg;Tania K. Uren;Kim Simpfendorfer;Finn-Eirik Johansen

  • Regulation of the formation and external transport of secretory immunoglobulins.

    I N Norderhaug;F E Johansen;H Schjerven;P Brandtzaeg

  • The J Chain Is Essential for Polymeric Ig Receptor-Mediated Epithelial Transport of IgA

    Finn-Eirik Johansen;Ranveig Braathen;Per Brandtzaeg

  • Mucosal Cytokine Response After Short-Term Gluten Challenge in Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

    Margit Brottveit;Ann-Christin R Beitnes;Stig Tollefsen;Jorunn E Bratlie

  • Cytokine profiles of cultured microvascular endothelial cells from the human intestine.

    E. M. Nilsen;F.-E. Johansen;F. L. Jahnsen;K. E. A. Lundin

  • B cell attracting chemokine 1 (CXCL13) and its receptor CXCR5 are expressed in normal and aberrant gut associated lymphoid tissue.

    Carlsen Hs;Baekkevold Es;Johansen Fe;Haraldsen G

  • Regional induction of adhesion molecules and chemokine receptors explains disparate homing of human B cells to systemic and mucosal effector sites: dispersion from tonsils

    Finn-Eirik Johansen;Espen S. Baekkevold;Espen S. Baekkevold;Hege S. Carlsen;Hege S. Carlsen;Inger Nina Farstad;Inger Nina Farstad

  • Ectodomains 3 and 4 of human polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (hpIgR) mediate invasion of Streptococcus pneumoniae into the epithelium

    Christine Elm;Ranveig Braathen;Simone Bergmann;Ronald Frank

  • Bidirectional Transepithelial IgG Transport by a Strongly Polarized Basolateral Membrane Fcγ-Receptor

    Steven M. Claypool;Bonny L. Dickinson;Jessica S. Wagner;Finn Eirik Johansen

  • Rapid chemokine secretion from endothelial cells originates from 2 distinct compartments

    Inger Øynebråten;Oddmund Bakke;Per Brandtzaeg;Finn-Eirik Johansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Brandtzaeg
Per Brandtzaeg University of Oslo
Frode L. Jahnsen
Frode L. Jahnsen Oslo University Hospital
Guttorm Haraldsen
Guttorm Haraldsen Oslo University Hospital
Inger Sandlie
Inger Sandlie University of Oslo
Charlotte S. Kaetzel
Charlotte S. Kaetzel University of Kentucky
Ludvig M. Sollid
Ludvig M. Sollid Oslo University Hospital
Oddmund Bakke
Oddmund Bakke University of Oslo
Ron Prywes
Ron Prywes Columbia University
Leonardo A. Meza-Zepeda
Leonardo A. Meza-Zepeda Oslo University Hospital
Petter Brandtzaeg
Petter Brandtzaeg University of Oslo

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