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Johan K. Sandberg is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in Medicine. Within these, subfields of focus include Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Virology.

The main topics of Sandberg's work cover a range of immune-related areas:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Sandberg has published extensively, with a particularly strong presence in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Science Immunology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Sandberg include:

  • Robust T Cell Immunity in Convalescent Individuals with Asymptomatic or Mild COVID-19, 2020, published in Cell
  • Natural killer cell immunotypes related to COVID-19 disease severity, 2020, published in Science Immunology
  • Robust T cell immunity in convalescent individuals with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19, 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • TOX is expressed by exhausted and polyfunctional human effector memory CD8 + T cells, 2020, published in Science Immunology
  • MAIT cell activation and dynamics associated with COVID-19 disease severity, 2020, published in Science Immunology

Sandberg's frequent collaborators include:

  • Marcus Buggert
  • Niklas K. Björkström
  • Soo Aleman
  • Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren
  • Kristoffer Strålin

These collaborations are notable for joint contributions to immunology, infectious disease, and COVID-19 focused studies, reflecting a consistent research trajectory within immune cell biology and clinical investigations related to viral infections.

Best Publications

  • Robust T Cell Immunity in Convalescent Individuals with Asymptomatic or Mild COVID-19.

    Takuya Sekine;André Perez-Potti;Olga Rivera-Ballesteros;Kristoffer Strålin

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

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

  • Activation, exhaustion, and persistent decline of the antimicrobial MR1-restricted MAIT-cell population in chronic HIV-1 infection

    Edwin Leeansyah;Anupama Ganesh;Máire F. Quigley;Anders Sönnerborg

  • CD56 negative NK cells: origin, function, and role in chronic viral disease.

    Niklas K. Björkström;Hans Gustaf Ljunggren;Johan K. Sandberg

  • Robust T cell immunity in convalescent individuals with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19

    Takuya Sekine;André Perez-Potti;Olga Rivera-Ballesteros;Kristoffer Strålin

  • Arming of MAIT Cell Cytolytic Antimicrobial Activity Is Induced by IL-7 and Defective in HIV-1 Infection.

    Edwin Leeansyah;Jenny Svärd;Joana Dias;Marcus Buggert

  • MAIT cells reside in the female genital mucosa and are biased towards IL-17 and IL-22 production in response to bacterial stimulation

    Anna Gibbs;Edwin Leeansyah;Andrea Introini;Dominic Paquin-Proulx

  • Acquisition of innate-like microbial reactivity in mucosal tissues during human fetal MAIT-cell development

    Edwin Leeansyah;Liyen Loh;Liyen Loh;Douglas F. Nixon;Johan K. Sandberg

  • Multiple layers of heterogeneity and subset diversity in human MAIT cell responses to distinct microorganisms and to innate cytokines

    Joana Dias;Edwin Leeansyah;Edwin Leeansyah;Johan K Sandberg

  • TOX is expressed by exhausted and polyfunctional human effector memory CD8+ T cells

    Takuya Sekine;André Perez-Potti;Son Nguyen;Jean-Baptiste Gorin

  • The viral protein corona directs viral pathogenesis and amyloid aggregation

    Kariem Ezzat;Kariem Ezzat;Maria Pernemalm;Sandra Pålsson;Thomas C. Roberts;Thomas C. Roberts

  • Functional Heterogeneity of Cytokines and Cytolytic Effector Molecules in Human CD8 + T Lymphocytes

    Johan K. Sandberg;Noam M. Fast;Douglas F. Nixon

  • High Levels of Chronic Immune Activation in the T-Cell Compartments of Patients Coinfected with Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Are Reverted by Alpha Interferon and Ribavirin Treatment

    Veronica D. Gonzalez;Karolin Falconer;Kim G. Blom;Olle Reichard

  • MAIT cell activation and dynamics associated with COVID-19 disease severity.

    Tiphaine Parrot;Jean-Baptiste Gorin;Andrea Ponzetta;Kimia T. Maleki

  • Selective Loss of Innate CD4+ Vα24 Natural Killer T Cells in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Johan K. Sandberg;Noam M. Fast;Emil H. Palacios;Glenn Fennelly

  • CD8+ T cells rapidly acquire NK1.1 and NK cell-associated molecules upon stimulation in vitro and in vivo.

    Erika Assarsson;Taku Kambayashi;Johan K. Sandberg;Seokmann Hong

  • Exosomes from breast milk inhibit HIV-1 infection of dendritic cells and subsequent viral transfer to CD4+ T cells.

    Tanja I. Näslund;Dominic Paquin-Proulx;Patricia Torregrosa Paredes;Helen Vallhov

  • CXCR5+ CCR7– CD8 T cells are early effector memory cells that infiltrate tonsil B cell follicles

    Máire F. Quigley;Veronica D. Gonzalez;Anna Granath;Jan Andersson

  • Nonreversible MAIT cell‐dysfunction in chronic hepatitis C virus infection despite successful interferon‐free therapy

    Julia Hengst;Julia Hengst;Benedikt Strunz;Katja Deterding;Hans‐Gustaf Ljunggren

  • The CD4-CD8- MAIT cell subpopulation is a functionally distinct subset developmentally related to the main CD8+ MAIT cell pool.

    Joana Dias;Caroline Boulouis;Jean-Baptiste Gorin;Robin H G A van den Biggelaar;Robin H G A van den Biggelaar

  • MAIT cell activation and dynamics associated with COVID-19 disease severity and outcome

    Tiphaine Parrot;Jean-Baptiste Gorin;Andrea Ponzetta;Kimia T Maleki

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren
Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren Karolinska Institute
Douglas F. Nixon
Douglas F. Nixon Cornell University
Niklas K. Björkström
Niklas K. Björkström Karolinska University Hospital
Merlin L. Robb
Merlin L. Robb Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Anders Sönnerborg
Anders Sönnerborg Karolinska Institute
Jakob Michaëlsson
Jakob Michaëlsson Karolinska University Hospital
Nelson L. Michael
Nelson L. Michael Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Lars Eriksson
Lars Eriksson Linköping University
Karl-Johan Malmberg
Karl-Johan Malmberg Oslo University Hospital
Klas Kärre
Klas Kärre Karolinska Institute

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