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Kjell Hultenby

Kjell Hultenby

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
24497
World Ranking
3879
National Ranking
58

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Kjell Hultenby is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with frequent contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Nephrology, Surgery, Cancer Research, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in Hultenby's scientific work include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization

Hultenby has published in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • iScience
  • Neurotoxicity Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hultenby include:

  • "Plantaricin NC8 αβ exerts potent antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus spp. and enhances the effects of antibiotics," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "A high-content, in vitro cardiac fibrosis assay for high-throughput, phenotypic identification of compounds with anti-fibrotic activity," 2020, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • "Cellular Trafficking of Glutathione Transferase M2-2 Between U373MG and SHSY-S7 Cells is Mediated by Exosomes," 2021, Neurotoxicity Research
  • "Enzymatically dissociated muscle fibers display rapid dedifferentiation and impaired mitochondrial calcium control," 2022, iScience
  • ""Dysmorphic" lysosomes in proximal tubular cells are not specific for CINAC/CKDu and do not provide evidence that CINAC/CKDu is a toxin-induced disease," 2020, Kidney International

Frequent co-authors working with Hultenby include:

  • Volker M. Lauschke
  • Annika Wernerson
  • Torbjörn Bengtsson
  • Robert Selegård
  • Amani Musa

Best Publications

  • The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice

    Viorica Braniste;Maha Al-Asmakh;Czeslawa Kowal;Farhana Anuar

  • Osteopontin--a possible anchor of osteoclasts to bone.

    Finn P. Reinholt;Kjell Hultenby;Ake Oldberg;Dick Heinegard

  • Mitochondrial transcription factor A regulates mtDNA copy number in mammals

    Mats I. Ekstrand;Maria Falkenberg;Anja Rantanen;Chan Bae Park

  • Defective Prelamin A Processing and Muscular and Adipocyte Alterations in Zmpste24 Metalloproteinase-Deficient Mice

    Alberto M. Pendás;Zhongjun Zhou;Juan Cadiñanos;José M.P. Freije

  • Deleterious Mutations in LRBA Are Associated with a Syndrome of Immune Deficiency and Autoimmunity

    Gabriela Lopez-Herrera;Giacomo Tampella;Qiang Pan-Hammarström;Peer Herholz

  • A pneumococcal pilus influences virulence and host inflammatory responses

    M A Barocchi;J Ries;X Zogaj;C Hemsley

  • Liver X receptors in the central nervous system: from lipid homeostasis to neuronal degeneration.

    Ling Wang;Gertrud U. Schuster;Kjell Hultenby;Qinghong Zhang

  • Defective cytotoxic lymphocyte degranulation in syntaxin-11 deficient familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 4 (FHL4) patients.

    Yenan T. Bryceson;Yenan T. Bryceson;Eva Rudd;Chengyun Y. Zheng;Josefine Edner

  • Determining optimal surface roughness of TiO(2) blasted titanium implant material for attachment, proliferation and differentiation of cells derived from human mandibular alveolar bone.

    K Mustafa;A Wennerberg;J Wroblewski;K Hultenby

  • Involvement of estrogen receptor β in terminal differentiation of mammary gland epithelium

    Carola Förster;Sari Mäkela;Anni Wärri;Silke Kietz

  • LRPPRC is necessary for polyadenylation and coordination of translation of mitochondrial mRNAs

    Benedetta Ruzzenente;Benedetta Ruzzenente;Metodi D Metodiev;Anna Wredenberg;Ana Bratic;Ana Bratic

  • Role of estrogen receptor β in colonic epithelium

    Osamu Wada-Hiraike;Otabek Imamov;Haruko Hiraike;Kjell Hultenby

  • MTERF4 regulates translation by targeting the methyltransferase NSUN4 to the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome

    Yolanda Camara;Jorge Asin-Cayuela;Chan Bae Park;Metodi D. Metodiev

  • Emergency contraception with mifepristone and levonorgestrel: mechanism of action.

    Lena Marions;Kjell Hultenby;Ingrid Lindell;Xiaoxi Sun

  • MTERF3 Is a Negative Regulator of Mammalian mtDNA Transcription

    Chan Bae Park;Jorge Asin-Cayuela;Yolanda Cámara;Yonghong Shi

  • A small-molecule inhibitor of type III secretion inhibits different stages of the infectious cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis

    Sandra Muschiol;Leslie Bailey;Åsa Gylfe;Charlotta Sundin

  • MYC inhibition induces metabolic changes leading to accumulation of lipid droplets in tumor cells

    Hanna Zirath;Anna Frenzel;Ganna Oliynyk;Lova Segerström

  • Cell death induced by dexamethasone in lymphoid leukemia is mediated through initiation of autophagy

    E. Laane;K. Pokrovskaja Tamm;E. Buentke;K. Ito

  • Clinical and Pathological Characterization of Mesoamerican Nephropathy: A New Kidney Disease in Central America

    Julia Wijkström;Ricardo Leiva;Carl-Gustaf Elinder;Carl-Gustaf Elinder;Silvia Leiva

  • Mitofusin 2 is required to maintain mitochondrial coenzyme Q levels

    Arnaud Mourier;Elisa Motori;Tobias Brandt;Marie Lagouge

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils-Göran Larsson
Nils-Göran Larsson Karolinska Institute
Karl Tryggvason
Karl Tryggvason Karolinska Institute
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Dick Heinegård
Dick Heinegård Lund University
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Rolf Wibom
Rolf Wibom Karolinska Institute
Outi Hovatta
Outi Hovatta Karolinska Institute
Bengt Fadeel
Bengt Fadeel Karolinska Institute
Birgitta Henriques-Normark
Birgitta Henriques-Normark Karolinska Institute
Hjalmar Brismar
Hjalmar Brismar Royal Institute of Technology

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