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Gunnar Pejler

Gunnar Pejler

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
15013
World Ranking
7119
National Ranking
98

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Gunnar Pejler is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and primarily works in the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, and Cell Biology.

The research topics frequently addressed include Mast cells and histamine, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Polyamine Metabolism and Applications, melanin and skin pigmentation, Urticaria and Related Conditions, and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema.

Gunnar Pejler has contributed to a range of recent publications, among which are the following:

  • Urticaria: Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA) Update 2020, 2020, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
  • The ingenious mast cell: Contemporary insights into mast cell behavior and function, 2021, Allergy
  • Landscape of mast cell populations across organs in mice and humans, 2023, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Novel Strategies to Target Mast Cells in Disease, 2021, Journal of Innate Immunity
  • Novel Insight into the in vivo Function of Mast Cell Chymase: Lessons from Knockouts and Inhibitors, 2020, Journal of Innate Immunity

The most frequent coauthors collaborating with Gunnar Pejler include Mirjana Grujić, Aida Paivandy, Fábio Rabelo Melo, Srinivas Akula, and Maria Lampinen.

The venues where Gunnar Pejler typically publishes research consist of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Journal of Innate Immunity.

Best Publications

  • Mast cell secretory granules: armed for battle

    Sara Wernersson;Gunnar Pejler

  • Abnormal mast cells in mice deficient in a heparin-synthesizing enzyme

    Erik Forsberg;Gunnar Pejler;Maria Ringvall;Carolina Lunderius

  • Mice lacking histidine decarboxylase exhibit abnormal mast cells

    Hiroshi Ohtsu;Satoshi Tanaka;Tadashi Terui;Yoshio Hori

  • Mast cell proteases: multifaceted regulators of inflammatory disease

    Gunnar Pejler;Elin Rönnberg;Ida Waern;Sara Wernersson

  • Mast Cells Can Enhance Resistance to Snake and Honeybee Venoms

    Martin Metz;Adrian M. Piliponsky;Ching-Cheng Chen;Verena Lammel

  • A key role for mast cell chymase in the activation of pro-matrix metalloprotease-9 and pro-matrix metalloprotease-2.

    Elena Tchougounova;Anders Lundequist;Ignacio Fajardo;Jan-Olof Winberg

  • Mast cell proteases.

    Gunnar Pejler;Magnus Abrink;Maria Ringvall;Sara Wernersson

  • Neutralization of heparin-related saccharides by histidine-rich glycoprotein and platelet factor 4.

    David A. Lane;Gunnar Pejler;Angela M. Flynn;Elizabeth A. Thompson

  • Biology of mast cell tryptase. An inflammatory mediator.

    Jenny Hallgren;Gunnar Pejler

  • Serglycin is essential for maturation of mast cell secretory granule.

    Magnus Åbrink;Mirjana Grujic;Gunnar Pejler

  • The Chymase, Mouse Mast Cell Protease 4, Constitutes the Major Chymotrypsin-like Activity in Peritoneum and Ear Tissue. A Role for Mouse Mast Cell Protease 4 in Thrombin Regulation and Fibronectin Turnover

    Elena Tchougounova;Gunnar Pejler;Magnus Åbrink

  • Mast cells regulate homeostatic intestinal epithelial migration and barrier function by a chymase/Mcpt4-dependent mechanism

    Katherine R. Groschwitz;Richard Ahrens;Heather Osterfeld;Michael F. Gurish

  • Secretory Granule Proteases in Rat Mast Cells. Cloning of 10 Different Serine Proteases and a Carboxypeptidase A from Various Rat Mast Cell Populations

    Claudia Lützelschwab;Gunnar Pejler;Maria Aveskogh;Lars Hellman

  • Urticaria: Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA) Update 2020.

    Marcus Maurer;Kilian Eyerich;Stefanie Eyerich;Marta Ferrer

  • Serglycin: a structural and functional chameleon with wide impact on immune cells.

    Svein O. Kolset;Gunnar Pejler

  • Critical Role of Mast Cell Chymase in Mouse Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation

    Jiusong Sun;Jie Zhang;Jes Sanddal Lindholt;Galina K Sukhova

  • Mast cell chymase reduces the toxicity of Gila monster venom, scorpion venom, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in mice

    Mitsuteru Akahoshi;Chang Ho Song;Chang Ho Song;Adrian M. Piliponsky;Adrian M. Piliponsky;Martin Metz;Martin Metz

  • A tick salivary protein targets cathepsin G and chymase and inhibits host inflammation and platelet aggregation

    Jindrich Chmelar;Jindrich Chmelar;Carlo J. Oliveira;Pavlina Rezacova;Ivo M. B. Francischetti

  • Neurotensin increases mortality and mast cells reduce neurotensin levels in a mouse model of sepsis.

    Adrian M. Piliponsky;Ching Cheng Chen;Toshihiko Nishimura;Martin Metz

  • Neutralization of heparin-related saccharides by histidine-rich glycoprotein and platelet factor 4 [published erratum appears in J Biol Chem 1986 Oct 5;261(28):13387]

    D A Lane;G Pejler;A M Flynn;E A Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnus Åbrink
Magnus Åbrink Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lars Hellman
Lars Hellman Uppsala University
Ulrich Blank
Ulrich Blank Université Paris Cité
Ulf Lindahl
Ulf Lindahl Uppsala University
Michael F. Gurish
Michael F. Gurish Harvard Medical School
Martin Metz
Martin Metz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Lena Kjellén
Lena Kjellén Uppsala University
Stephen J. Galli
Stephen J. Galli Stanford University
Mindy Tsai
Mindy Tsai Stanford University
Shinji Takai
Shinji Takai Kitasato University

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