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Overview

Jakob Michaëlsson is affiliated with the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions in medicine. Within these broad fields, their work spans immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, neurology, and surgery.

The scientist's research emphasizes topics such as immune cell function and interaction, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and T-cell and B-cell immunology. Additional areas of study include single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, as well as the long-term effects of COVID-19.

The following recent papers represent notable contributions by Jakob Michaëlsson:

  • Robust T Cell Immunity in Convalescent Individuals with Asymptomatic or Mild COVID-19, 2020, Cell
  • Natural killer cell immunotypes related to COVID-19 disease severity, 2020, Science Immunology
  • MAIT cell activation and dynamics associated with COVID-19 disease severity, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Distinct developmental pathways from blood monocytes generate human lung macrophage diversity, 2020, Immunity
  • Major alterations in the mononuclear phagocyte landscape associated with COVID-19 severity, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their work include Marcus Buggert, Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Nicole Marquardt, Niklas K. Björkström, and Jeff E. Mold.

Jakob Michaëlsson has published repeatedly in several venues. Their frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Immunology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Maternal Alloantigens Promote the Development of Tolerogenic Fetal Regulatory T Cells in Utero

    Jeff E. Mold;Jakob Michaëlsson;Trevor D. Burt;Marcus O. Muench

  • Expression patterns of NKG2A, KIR, and CD57 define a process of CD56dim NK-cell differentiation uncoupled from NK-cell education

    Niklas K. Björkström;Peggy Riese;Frank Heuts;Sandra Andersson

  • CD49a Expression Defines Tissue-Resident CD8+ T Cells Poised for Cytotoxic Function in Human Skin

    Stanley Cheuk;Heinrich Schlums;Irène Gallais Sérézal;Irène Gallais Sérézal;Elisa Martini

  • Human CD4+ CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Control T-Cell Responses to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Cytomegalovirus Antigens

    Einar M. Aandahl;Jakob Michaëlsson;Walter J. Moretto;Frederick M. Hecht

  • NK cell responses to cytomegalovirus infection lead to stable imprints in the human KIR repertoire and involve activating KIRS

    Vivien Béziat;Lisa L. Liu;Jenny-Ann Malmberg;Martin A. Ivarsson

  • Rapid expansion and long-term persistence of elevated NK cell numbers in humans infected with hantavirus

    Niklas K. Björkström;Therese Lindgren;Malin Stoltz;Cyril Fauriat;Cyril Fauriat

  • Natural killer cell immunotypes related to COVID-19 disease severity.

    Christopher Maucourant;Iva Filipovic;Andrea Ponzetta;Soo Aleman;Soo Aleman

  • Fetal and Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cells Give Rise to Distinct T Cell Lineages in Humans

    Jeff E. Mold;Shivkumar Venkatasubrahmanyam;Trevor D. Burt;Jakob Michaëlsson

  • Emerging insights into natural killer cells in human peripheral tissues

    Niklas K. Björkström;Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren;Jakob Michaëlsson

  • A Signal Peptide Derived from hsp60 Binds HLA-E and Interferes with CD94/NKG2A Recognition

    Jakob Michaëlsson;Cristina Teixeira de Matos;Adnane Achour;Lewis L. Lanier

  • Education of human natural killer cells by activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors

    Cyril Fauriat;Martin A. Ivarsson;Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren;Karl-Johan Malmberg

  • T-bet and Eomes Are Differentially Linked to the Exhausted Phenotype of CD8+ T Cells in HIV Infection

    Marcus Buggert;Johanna Tauriainen;Takuya Yamamoto;Juliet Wairimu Frederiksen

  • Cutting Edge: Identification and Characterization of Human Intrahepatic CD49a+ NK Cells

    Nicole Marquardt;Vivien Béziat;Sanna Nyström;Julia Hengst

  • Regulation of T cell responses in the developing human fetus.

    Jakob Michaëlsson;Jeff E. Mold;Joseph M. McCune;Douglas F. Nixon

  • Distinct developmental pathways from blood monocytes generate human lung macrophage diversity.

    Elza Evren;Emma Ringqvist;Kumar Parijat Tripathi;Kumar Parijat Tripathi;Natalie Sleiers

  • Cutting Edge: KIR3DS1, a gene implicated in resistance to progression to AIDS, encodes a DAP12-associated receptor expressed on NK cells that triggers NK cell activation.

    William H. Carr;David B. Rosen;Hisashi Arase;Douglas F. Nixon

  • Analysis of allelic expression patterns in clonal somatic cells by single-cell RNA-seq.

    Björn Reinius;Jeff E Mold;Daniel Ramsköld;Daniel Ramsköld;Qiaolin Deng

  • Identification of a Human Natural Killer Cell Lineage-Restricted Progenitor in Fetal and Adult Tissues

    Virginie M. Renoux;Alya Zriwil;Claudia Peitzsch;Jakob Michaëlsson

  • Human lung natural killer cells are predominantly comprised of highly differentiated hypofunctional CD69−CD56dim cells

    Nicole Marquardt;Eliisa Kekäläinen;Puran Chen;Egle Kvedaraite

  • Unique transcriptional and protein-expression signature in human lung tissue-resident NK cells.

    Nicole Marquardt;Eliisa Kekäläinen;Eliisa Kekäläinen;Puran Chen;Magda Lourda

  • Emergence of CD8+ T Cells Expressing NK Cell Receptors in Influenza A Virus-Infected Mice

    Taku Kambayashi;Erika Assarsson;Jakob Michaëlsson;Peter Berglund

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren
Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren Karolinska Institute
Karl-Johan Malmberg
Karl-Johan Malmberg Oslo University Hospital
Douglas F. Nixon
Douglas F. Nixon Cornell University
Johan K. Sandberg
Johan K. Sandberg Karolinska University Hospital
Niklas K. Björkström
Niklas K. Björkström Karolinska University Hospital
Klas Kärre
Klas Kärre Karolinska Institute
Jonas Frisén
Jonas Frisén Karolinska Institute
Jenny Mjösberg
Jenny Mjösberg Karolinska Institute
Lars Eriksson
Lars Eriksson Linköping University
Jonas Klingström
Jonas Klingström Linköping University

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