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Jorma Hinkula is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research carried out by Hinkula covers a broad range of topics. Key areas of study include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Immune Response and Inflammation, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, and Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hinkula demonstrate focus on immunological approaches and nanotechnology applications in infectious disease contexts. These papers include:

  • Nano toolbox in immune modulation and nanovaccines, 2022, Trends in Biotechnology
  • Efficacy and Immune Response Elicited by Gold Nanoparticle-Based Nanovaccines against Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vaccines
  • Innate Immune Invisible Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles-Framework for Synthesis and Evaluation, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Isotypes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Prior to Vaccination: Associations With Disease Activity, Antinuclear Antibodies, and Immunomodulatory Drugs During the First Year of the Pandemic, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Intranasal Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Immunization with Lipid Adjuvants Provides Systemic and Mucosal Immune Response against SARS-CoV-2 S1 Spike and Nucleocapsid Protein, 2022, Vaccines

Publications by Hinkula have appeared frequently in several scientific journals, with the highest number in:

  • Vaccines
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Trends in Biotechnology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Among frequent collaborators, Hinkula has co-authored multiple papers with Anirban Sengupta, Mohammad Azharuddin, Noha Al-Otaibi, Hirak K. Patra, and Claudia Devito, reflecting active involvement in interdisciplinary scientific cooperation.

Best Publications

  • Cellular cytotoxic response induced by DNA vaccination in HIV-1-infected patients

    Sandra Calarota;Göran Bratt;Siv Nordlund;Jorma Hinkula

  • Mucosal and Plasma IgA from HIV-1-Exposed Uninfected Individuals Inhibit HIV-1 Transcytosis Across Human Epithelial Cells

    Claudia Devito;Kristina Broliden;Rupert Kaul;Lennart Svensson

  • Mucosal and plasma IgA from HIV-exposed seronegative individuals neutralize a primary HIV-1 isolate.

    Claudia Devito;Jorma Hinkula;Rupert Kaul;Lucia Lopalco

  • Induction of specific T-cell responses in HIV infection

    Ann-Charlotte Leandersson;Göran Bratt;Jorma Hinkula;Gustav Gilljam

  • Cross-clade HIV-1-specific neutralizing IgA in mucosal and systemic compartments of HIV-1-exposed, persistently seronegative subjects.

    Claudia Devito;Jorma Hinkula;Rupert Kaul;Joshua Kimani

  • Therapeutic vaccination with MVA-HIV-1 nef elicits Nef-specific T-helper cell responses in chronically HIV-1 infected individuals.

    Antonio Cosma;Rashmi Nagaraj;Silja Bühler;Jorma Hinkula

  • Immune responses in asymptomatic HIV-1-infected patients after HIV-DNA immunization followed by highly active antiretroviral treatment.

    Sandra A. Calarota;Ann Charlotte Leandersson;Göran Bratt;Jorma Hinkula

  • Functional HIV-1 specific IgA antibodies in HIV-1 exposed, persistently IgG seronegative female sex workers.

    Kristina Broliden;Jorma Hinkula;Claudia Devito;Peter Kiama

  • Activation of Innate Immunity, Inflammation, and Potentiation of DNA Vaccination through Mammalian Expression of the TLR5 Agonist Flagellin

    Steven E. Applequist;Erik Rollman;Mark D. Wareing;Martin Lidén

  • Serum IgA of HIV-exposed uninfected individuals inhibit HIV through recognition of a region within the α-helix of gp41

    Mario Clerici;Claudia Barassi;Claudia Devito;Claudia Pastori

  • Recognition of prominent viral epitopes induced by immunization with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 regulatory genes.

    J Hinkula;C Svanholm;S Schwartz;P Lundholm

  • Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in humans to the NSP4 enterotoxin of rotavirus.

    Kari Johansen;Jorma Hinkula;Felix Espinoza;Mikael Levi

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 p24 production and antigenic variation in tissue culture of isolates with various growth characteristics.

    Vivi-Anne Sundqvist;Jan Albert;Eva Ohlsson;Jorma Hinkula

  • Immunization with DNA Plasmids Coding for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Capsid and Envelope Proteins and/or Virus-Like Particles Induces Protection and Survival in Challenged Mice

    Jorma Hinkula;Jorma Hinkula;Stéphanie Devignot;Stéphanie Devignot;Sara Åkerström;Helen Karlberg

  • Neutralizing cross-reactive and non-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to HIV-1 gp120.

    Lennart Åkerblom;Jorma Hinkula;Per-Anders Broliden;Barbro Mäkitalo

  • Multigene/multisubtype HIV-1 vaccine induces potent cellular and humoral immune responses by needle-free intradermal delivery.

    Andreas Bråve;Andreas Bråve;Karl Ljungberg;Andreas Boberg;Andreas Boberg;Erik Rollman;Erik Rollman

  • Enhanced immune responses after DNA vaccination with combined envelope genes from different HIV-1 subtypes.

    Karl Ljungberg;Erik Rollman;Lars Eriksson;Jorma Hinkula

  • Induction of mucosal IgA by a novel jet delivery technique for HIV-1 DNA.

    Peter Lundholm;Yusuke Asakura;Jorma Hinkula;Erik Lucht

  • Intranasal HIV-1-gp160-DNA/gp41 peptide prime-boost immunization regimen in mice results in long-term HIV-1 neutralizing humoral mucosal and systemic immunity.

    Claudia Devito;Bartek Zuber;Ulf Schröder;Reinhold Benthin

  • Interactions of Single and Combined Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) DNA Vaccines

    Anne Kjerrström;Jorma Hinkula;Gunnel Engström;Vladimir Ovod

  • A nonsense mutation (428G-->A) in the fucosyltransferase FUT2 gene affects the progression of HIV-1 infection.

    Elin Kindberg;Bo Hejdeman;Göran Bratt;Britta Wahren

Frequent Co-Authors

Britta Wahren
Britta Wahren Karolinska Institute
Eric Sandström
Eric Sandström Karolinska Institute
Lennart Svensson
Lennart Svensson Karolinska Institute
Marie Larsson
Marie Larsson Linköping University
Olle Eriksson
Olle Eriksson Uppsala University
Kenji Okuda
Kenji Okuda Yokohama City University
Stefan Schwartz
Stefan Schwartz Lund University
Jan Albert
Jan Albert Karolinska Institute
Toomas Timpka
Toomas Timpka Linköping University
Volker Erfle
Volker Erfle Technical University of Munich

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