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Gunilla Hedlin

Gunilla Hedlin

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Immunology

D-Index
62
Citations
12226
World Ranking
3160
National Ranking
69

Overview

Gunilla Hedlin is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed substantially to the field of medicine with a focus on respiratory and allergic diseases. Their research involves multiple interconnected areas, including physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology and allergy, epidemiology, and molecular biology.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Allergic rhinitis and sensitization
  • Dermatology and skin diseases
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Inhalation and respiratory drug delivery
  • Food allergy and anaphylaxis research
  • Respiratory and cough-related research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hedlin include:

  • Skin emollient and early complementary feeding to prevent infant atopic dermatitis (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Asthma: Practice Adjustments and Disease Burden, 2020, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Early food intervention and skin emollients to prevent food allergy in young children (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Butyrate Levels in the Transition from an Infant- to an Adult-Like Gut Microbiota Correlate with Bacterial Networks Associated with Eubacterium Rectale and Ruminococcus Gnavus, 2020, Genes
  • Urinary Leukotriene E4 and Prostaglandin D2 Metabolites 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

Hedlin has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, reflecting a broad network within the research community. These include:

  • Björn Nordlund
  • Cilla Söderhäll
  • Riyas Vettukattil
  • Christine Monceyron Jonassen
  • Håvard Ove Skjerven

Their publications are often found in journals with a strong focus on allergy and respiratory medicine. The most common venues of publication are:

  • Allergy
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • British Journal of Dermatology

Gunilla Hedlin's work is concentrated in the medical field, covering 128 publications with a multidisciplinary approach to understanding respiratory and allergic conditions, their treatment, and related pediatric health issues.

Best Publications

  • International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma

    N. G. Papadopoulos;H. Arakawa;A. Custovic;J. Gern

  • 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

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

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

  • Worsening of asthma in children allergic to cats, after indirect exposure to cat at school.

    Catarina Almqvist;Magnus Wickman;Luca Perfetti;Niklas Berglind

  • Classification and pharmacological treatment of preschool wheezing: changes since 2008

    Paul L P Brand;Daan Caudri;Ernst Eber;Erol A Gaillard

  • The burden of severe asthma in childhood and adolescence: results from the paediatric U-BIOPRED cohorts.

    Louise Fleming;Clare Murray;Aruna T. Bansal;Simone Hashimoto

  • Allergy to furry animals: New insights, diagnostic approaches, and challenges

    Jon R. Konradsen;Jon R. Konradsen;Takao Fujisawa;Marianne van Hage;Gunilla Hedlin;Gunilla Hedlin

  • Skin emollient and early complementary feeding to prevent infant atopic dermatitis (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial.

    Håvard Ove Skjerven;Håvard Ove Skjerven;Eva Maria Rehbinder;Eva Maria Rehbinder;Riyas Vettukattil;Riyas Vettukattil;Marissa LeBlanc

  • Anaphylaxis and reactions to foods in children--a population-based case study of emergency department visits.

    M. Vetander;M. Vetander;D. Helander;D. Helander;C. Flodström;E. Östblom;E. Östblom

  • Immunotherapy with cat- and dog-dander extracts

    G. Hedlin;V. Graff-Lonnevig;H. Heilborn;G. Lilja

  • Direct and indirect exposure to pets – risk of sensitization and asthma at 4 years in a birth cohort

    C Almqvist;C Almqvist;Ann-Charlotte Egmar;G Hedlin;M Lundqvist

  • Immunotherapy with cat- and dog-dander extracts. IV. Effects of 2 years of treatment.

    G Lilja;B Sundin;V Graff-Lonnevig;G Hedlin

  • Early food intervention and skin emollients to prevent food allergy in young children (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial

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  • Immunotherapy with partially purified and standardized animal dander extracts: I. Clinical results from a double-blind study on patients with animal dander asthma

    B. Sundin;G. Lilja;V. Graff-Lonnevig;G. Hedlin

  • Problematic severe asthma in children, not one problem but many: a GA2LEN initiative.

    G. Hedlin;A. Bush;K. Lødrup Carlsen;G. Wennergren

  • 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

  • Monitoring asthma in children

    Mariëlle W Pijnenburg;Eugenio Baraldi;Paul L P Brand;Kai-Håkon Carlsen

  • IgE to peanut allergen components: relation to peanut symptoms and pollen sensitization in 8‐year‐olds

    A. Asarnoj;Robert Movérare;E. Östblom;E. Östblom;M. Poorafshar

  • Peanut component Ara h 8 sensitization and tolerance to peanut.

    Anna Asarnoj;Caroline Nilsson;Caroline Nilsson;Jonas Lidholm;Susanne Glaumann;Susanne Glaumann

  • Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Asthma: Practice Adjustments and Disease Burden.

    Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos;Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos;Adnan Custovic;Antoine Deschildre;Alexander G. Mathioudakis;Alexander G. Mathioudakis

  • Indoor environmental risk factors in young asthmatics: a case-control study.

    A Lindfors;M Wickman;G Hedlin;G Pershagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai-Håkon Carlsen
Kai-Håkon Carlsen University of Oslo
Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen
Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen Oslo University Hospital
Gunnar Lilja
Gunnar Lilja Karolinska Institute
Magnus Wickman
Magnus Wickman Karolinska Institute
Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Graham Roberts
Graham Roberts University of Southampton
Sven-Erik Dahlén
Sven-Erik Dahlén Karolinska Institute
Inger Kull
Inger Kull Karolinska Institute
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

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