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Kenneth Nilsson

Kenneth Nilsson

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20576
World Ranking
4571
National Ranking
68

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Kenneth Nilsson is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology and infectious diseases, including vector-borne infectious diseases and viral infections involving vectors.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Dermatological diseases and infestations
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Cardiac valve diseases and treatments
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Bartonella species infections research

Kenneth Nilsson has published in journals across multiple related disciplines, with frequent appearances in:

  • European Heart Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • One Health
  • Microbes and Infection

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Vasculitis due to Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis: A Cohort Study of 40 Swedish Patients," 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Association between guilds of birds in the African-Western Palaearctic region and the tick species Hyalomma rufipes, one of the main vectors of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus," 2021, One Health
  • "A comprehensive clinical and laboratory evaluation of 224 patients with persistent symptoms attributed to presumed tick-bite exposure," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Characteristics of in vitro infection of human monocytes, by Rickettsia helvetica," 2020, Microbes and Infection
  • "Borrelia Ocular Infection: A Case Report and a Systematic Review of Published Cases," 2022, Ophthalmic Research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Björn Olsén
  • Elisabet Skoog
  • Andreas Mårtensson
  • Thord Fransson
  • Marie Edvinsson

The scientist's range of study spans core branches such as parasitology and infectious diseases, with additional involvement in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, and ecology-related subfields. Their interdisciplinary approach covers both clinical and ecological perspectives on infectious agents and vector biology.

Best Publications

  • K562--a human erythroleukemic cell line.

    Leif C. Andersson;Kenneth Nilsson;Carl G. Gahmberg

  • Lysozyme synthesis by established human and murine histiocytic lymphoma cell lines.

    Peter Ralph;Malcolm A. S. Moore;Kenneth Nilsson

  • The establishment of lymphoblastoid lines from adult and fetal human lymphoid tissue and its dependence on EBV.

    Kenneth Nilsson;George Klein;Werner Henle;Gertrude Henle

  • Classification and biological nature of established human hematopoietic cell lines

    Kenneth Nilsson;Jan Pontén

  • Phorbol ester-induced differentiation of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells.

    Thomas H. Tötterman;Kenneth Nilsson;Christer Sundström

  • MEC1 and MEC2: two new cell lines derived from B-chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in prolymphocytoid transformation

    Alessandra Stacchini;Michela Aragno;Antonella Vallario;Alda Alfarano

  • Tumorigenicity of human hematopoietic cell lines in athymic nude mice

    Kenneth Nilsson;Beppino C. Giovanella;John S. Stehlin;George Klein

  • Growth- and differentiation-associated expression of bcl-2 in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells.

    Marina Schena;Lars Gunnar Larsson;Lars Gunnar Larsson;Daniela Gottardi;Daniela Gottardi;Gianluca Gaidano;Gianluca Gaidano

  • Insulin-like growth factor I is a growth and survival factor in human multiple myeloma cell lines.

    Patrik Georgii-Hemming;Helena Jernberg Wiklund;östen Ljunggren;Kenneth Nilsson

  • Human mast cells express functional TrkA and are a source of nerve growth factor.

    Gunnar Nilsson;Gunnar Nilsson;Karin Forsberg-Nilsson;Karin Forsberg-Nilsson;Zou Xiang;Finn Hallböök

  • Production of beta 2-microglobulin by normal and malignant human cell lines and peripheral lymphocytes.

    Kenneth Nilsson;Per-Eric Evrin;Kenneth I. Welsh

  • Rapamycin sensitizes multiple myeloma cells to apoptosis induced by dexamethasone.

    Thomas Strömberg;Anna Dimberg;Anna Hammarberg;Kristina Carlson

  • Natural killer cells kill tumour cells at a given stage of differentiation.

    Magnus Gidlund;Anders Örn;Paul K. Pattengale;Mats Jansson

  • Phenotypic and cytogenetic characteristics of human B-lymphoid cell lines and their relevance for the etiology of Burkitt's lymphoma.

    Kenneth Nilsson;George Klein

  • Establishment and characteristics of two unique cell lines from patients with lymphosarcoma.

    Kenneth Nilsson;Christer Sundström

  • Expression of mad, mxi1, max and c-myc during induced differentiation of hematopoietic cells: opposite regulation of mad and c-myc.

    Larsson Lg;Pettersson M;Oberg F;Nilsson K

  • Formation and growth of multicellular spheroids of human origin.

    J. Carlsson;K. Nilsson;B. Westermark;J. Pontén

  • Expression and function of chemokine receptors in human multiple myeloma.

    Christine Möller;Thomas Strömberg;Mikael Juremalm;Kenneth Nilsson

  • Expression of the bcl-2 gene in human multiple myeloma cell lines and normal plasma cells.

    M Pettersson;H Jernberg-Wiklund;LG Larsson;C Sundstrom

  • IGF-1 receptor tyrosine kinase inhibition by the cyclolignan PPP induces G2/M-phase accumulation and apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells.

    Thomas Strömberg;Simon Ekman;Leonard Girnita;Lina Y. Dimberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Larsson
Rolf Larsson Uppsala University
Peter Nygren
Peter Nygren Uppsala University
Jonas Bergh
Jonas Bergh Karolinska Institute
Christer Sundström
Christer Sundström Uppsala University
Thomas H. Tötterman
Thomas H. Tötterman Uppsala University
Carl G. Gahmberg
Carl G. Gahmberg University of Helsinki
Leif C. Andersson
Leif C. Andersson University of Helsinki
Gunnar Nilsson
Gunnar Nilsson Karolinska Institute
Agneta Siegbahn
Agneta Siegbahn Uppsala University
Erik G. Larsson
Erik G. Larsson Linköping University

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