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Knut E.A. Lundin

Knut E.A. Lundin

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Immunology
Norway
2026

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Immunology

D-Index
76
Citations
23697
World Ranking
1892
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Knut E.A. Lundin is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Gastroenterology, Epidemiology, Immunology, Surgery, and Genetics. Their work encompasses a comprehensive exploration of gastrointestinal diseases and immunological responses related to these conditions.

Themes in Lundin's research include:

  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

Lundin has published extensively, with significant contributions recorded in the following major venues:

  • Gastroenterology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Science
  • Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
  • PLoS ONE

Co-authorship has been a notable aspect of Lundin's scientific collaborations. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ludvig M. Sollid
  • Jørgen Jahnsen
  • Rasmus Iversen
  • Louise F. Risnes
  • Shiva Dahal-Koirala

Some of the recent research papers associated with Lundin's field include:

  • A Randomized Trial of a Transglutaminase 2 Inhibitor for Celiac Disease, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Fecal microbiota transplantation in systemic sclerosis: A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized pilot trial, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • A molecular basis for the T cell response in HLA-DQ2.2 mediated celiac disease, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Guidelines for best practices in monitoring established coeliac disease in adult patients, 2023, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Nutritional quality and costs of gluten-free products: a case-control study of food products on the Norwegian marked, 2021, Food & Nutrition Research

Best Publications

  • The Oslo definitions for coeliac disease and related terms

    Jonas F Ludvigsson;Daniel A Leffler;Julio C Bai;Federico Biagi

  • Tissue transglutaminase selectively modifies gliadin peptides that are recognized by gut-derived T cells in celiac disease

    Øyvind Molberg;Stephen N. Mcadam;Roman Körner;Hanne Quarsten

  • The intestinal T cell response to alpha-gliadin in adult celiac disease is focused on a single deamidated glutamine targeted by tissue transglutaminase.

    Helene Arentz-Hansen;Roman Körner;Øyvind Molberg;Hanne Quarsten

  • Gliadin-specific, HLA-DQ(alpha 1*0501,beta 1*0201) restricted T cells isolated from the small intestinal mucosa of celiac disease patients.

    K. E. A. Lundin;H. Scott;T. Hansen;G. Paulsen

  • Gluten induces an intestinal cytokine response strongly dominated by interferon gamma in patients with celiac disease

    Ellen M. Nilsen;Frode L. Jahnsen;Knut E.A. Lundin;Finn–Eirik Johansen

  • Celiac lesion T cells recognize epitopes that cluster in regions of gliadins rich in proline residues.

    Helene Arentz-Hansen;Stephen N McAdam;Øyvind Molberg;Burkhard Fleckenstein

  • Gluten specific, HLA-DQ restricted T cells from coeliac mucosa produce cytokines with Th1 or Th0 profile dominated by interferon gamma.

    E. M. Nilsen;K. E. A. Lundin;P. Krajci;H. Scott

  • The Molecular Basis for Oat Intolerance in Patients with Celiac Disease

    Helene Arentz-Hansen;Burkhard Fleckenstein;Burkhard Fleckenstein;Øyvind Molberg;Helge Scott

  • Autoantibodies in coeliac disease: tissue transglutaminase—guilt by association?

    L M Sollid;Ø Molberg;S McADAM;K E A Lundin

  • Oats induced villous atrophy in coeliac disease

    K E A Lundin;E M Nilsen;H G Scott;E M Løberg

  • Identification of a Gliadin T-Cell Epitope in Coeliac Disease: General Importance of Gliadin Deamidation for Intestinal T-Cell Recognition

    H. Sjostrom;K. E. A. Lundin;O. Molberg;R. Korner

  • Mapping of gluten T-cell epitopes in the bread wheat ancestors: implications for celiac disease.

    Oyvind Molberg;Anne Kjersti Uhlen;Tore Jensen;Nina Solheim Flaete

  • Wheat peptide challenge in coeliac disease

    R Sturgess;P Day;H.J Ellis;M Kontakou

  • Small intestinal T cells of celiac disease patients recognize a natural pepsin fragment of gliadin

    Yvonne van de Wal;Yvonne M. C. Kooy;Peter A. van Veelen;Salvador A. Peña

  • HLA-DQ2 and -DQ8 signatures of gluten T cell epitopes in celiac disease

    Stig Tollefsen;Helene Arentz-Hansen;Burkhard Fleckenstein;Øyvind Molberg

  • Mucosal Cytokine Response After Short-Term Gluten Challenge in Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

    Margit Brottveit;Ann-Christin R Beitnes;Stig Tollefsen;Jorunn E Bratlie

  • T cells from the small intestinal Mucosa of a DR4, DQ7/DR4. DQ8 celiac disease patient preferentially recognize gliadin when presented by DQ8

    Knut E.A. Lundin;Helge Scott;Olav Fausa;Erik Thorsby

  • High abundance of plasma cells secreting transglutaminase 2-specific IgA autoantibodies with limited somatic hypermutation in celiac disease intestinal lesions

    Roberto Di Niro;Luka Mesin;Nai-Ying Zheng;Jorunn Stamnaes

  • T cells from celiac disease lesions recognize gliadin epitopes deamidated in situ by endogenous tissue transglutaminase.

    Øyvind Molberg;Stephen McAdam;Knut E.A. Lundin;Christel Kristiansen

  • Tetramer visualization of gut-homing gluten-specific T cells in the peripheral blood of celiac disease patients

    Melinda Ráki;Lars Egil Fallang;Margit Brottveit;Elin Bergseng

Frequent Co-Authors

Ludvig M. Sollid
Ludvig M. Sollid Oslo University Hospital
Erik Thorsby
Erik Thorsby Oslo University Hospital
Abu Salim Mustafa
Abu Salim Mustafa Kuwait University
Helge Scott
Helge Scott University of Oslo
Frode L. Jahnsen
Frode L. Jahnsen Oslo University Hospital
David Sanders
David Sanders Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Tore K. Kvien
Tore K. Kvien University of Oslo
Kirsten Muri Boberg
Kirsten Muri Boberg University of Oslo
Inger Sandlie
Inger Sandlie University of Oslo
Gustav Gaudernack
Gustav Gaudernack Ultimovacs (Norway)

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