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Kristian Riesbeck

Kristian Riesbeck

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Microbiology

D-Index
66
Citations
12692
World Ranking
2446
National Ranking
45

Overview

Kristian Riesbeck is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to medical research, with a strong focus on immunology, microbiology, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output includes 92 publications in the field of medicine, with significant work spanning immunology and microbiology-fields represented by 37 and 16 publications respectively.

Their research covers numerous subfields including epidemiology (47 publications), immunology (17 publications), microbiology (16 publications), molecular medicine (12 publications), and molecular biology (11 publications). The main topics addressed by Kristian Riesbeck involve pneumonia and respiratory infections, bacterial infections and vaccines, respiratory viral infections research, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, the complement system in diseases, streptococcal infections and treatments, and bacterial identification and susceptibility testing.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Jonas Ahl (18 papers)
  • Anna M. Blom (11 papers)
  • Karin Hansen (8 papers)
  • Lisa Wasserstrom (7 papers)
  • Elisabeth Rünow (7 papers)

Kristian Riesbeck often publishes in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Immunology (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (4 publications)
  • mSphere (4 publications)
  • Immunobiology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Infection (3 publications)

Recent papers by Kristian Riesbeck include:

  • "Highly multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in war victims in Ukraine, 2022," published in 2023 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Peptidoglycan-Binding Anchor Is a Pseudomonas aeruginosa OmpA Family Lipoprotein With Importance for Outer Membrane Vesicles, Biofilms, and the Periplasmic Shape," published in 2021 in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Serologic markers of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted infections and subsequent ovarian cancer risk: Results from the EPIC cohort," published in 2020 in International Journal of Cancer
  • "Confidence in the National Immunization Program among parents in Sweden 2016 - A cross-sectional survey," published in 2020 in Vaccine
  • "Complement evasion by the human respiratory tract pathogens Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis," published in 2020 in FEBS Letters

Best Publications

  • Immunoglobulin D enhances immune surveillance by activating antimicrobial, proinflammatory and B cell–stimulating programs in basophils

    Kang Chen;Weifeng Xu;Melanie Wilson;Bing He

  • Human pathogens utilize host extracellular matrix proteins laminin and collagen for adhesion and invasion of the host

    Birendra Singh;Christophe Fleury;Farshid Jalalvand;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Complement evasion strategies of pathogens-acquisition of inhibitors and beyond.

    Anna M. Blom;Teresia Hallström;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Vitronectin in bacterial pathogenesis: a host protein used in complement escape and cellular invasion

    Birendra Singh;Yu-Ching Su;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Biphasic effect of gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis on the human complement system

    Katarzyna Popadiak;Jan Potempa;Jan Potempa;Kristian Riesbeck;Anna M. Blom

  • B Cell Activation by Outer Membrane Vesicles—A Novel Virulence Mechanism

    Maria Laura A. Perez Vidakovics;Johan Jendholm;Matthias Mörgelin;Anne Månsson

  • Streptococcal M protein: a multipotent and powerful inducer of inflammation.

    Lisa I. Påhlman;Matthias Mörgelin;Jana Eckert;Linda Johansson

  • Moraxella catarrhalis outer membrane vesicles carry beta-lactamase and promote survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae by inactivating amoxicillin

    Viveka Schaar;Therése Nordström;Matthias Mörgelin;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Protein D of Haemophilus influenzae: a protective nontypeable H. influenzae antigen and a carrier for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

    Arne Forsgren;Kristian Riesbeck;Håkan Janson

  • Haemophilus influenzae Survival during Complement-Mediated Attacks Is Promoted by Moraxella catarrhalis Outer Membrane Vesicles

    Thuan Tong Tan;Matthias Morgelin;Arne Forsgren;Kristian Riesbeck

  • The Emerging Pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis Interacts with Complement Inhibitor C4b Binding Protein through Ubiquitous Surface Proteins A1 and A2

    Therése Nordström;Anna M. Blom;Arne Forsgren;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae in Sweden 1997–2009; evidence of increasing incidence and clinical burden of non‐type b strains

    Fredrik Resman;Mikael Ristovski;Jonas Ahl;Arne Forsgren

  • Human complement control and complement evasion by pathogenic microbes – Tipping the balance

    Peter F. Zipfel;Teresia Hallström;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Bacterial outer membrane vesicles in disease and preventive medicine.

    Can M. Ünal;Viveka Schaar;Kristian Riesbeck

  • CEACAM1 inhibits Toll-like receptor 2–triggered antibacterial responses of human pulmonary epithelial cells

    Hortense Slevogt;Solveig Zabel;Bastian Opitz;Andreas Hocke

  • Multicomponent Moraxella catarrhalis outer membrane vesicles induce an inflammatory response and are internalized by human epithelial cells.

    Viveka Schaar;Stefan P. W. de Vries;Maria Laura A. Perez Vidakovics;Hester J. Bootsma

  • Host–pathogen interactions of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae : from commensal to pathogen

    Benjamin Luke Duell;Yu-Ching Su;Kristian Riesbeck

  • Clinical xenotransplantation of solid organs

    Anthony Dorling;Kristian Riesbeck;Anthony Warrens;Robert Lechler

  • Interpain A, a Cysteine Proteinase from Prevotella intermedia, Inhibits Complement by Degrading Complement Factor C3

    Michal Potempa;Jan Potempa;Jan Potempa;Tomasz Kantyka;Ky-Anh Nguyen

  • A novel localization of the G-protein-coupled CysLT1 receptor in the nucleus of colorectal adenocarcinoma cells.

    Christian Kamp Nielsen;Joan I.A. Campbell;John F. Öhd;Matthias Mörgelin

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna M. Blom
Anna M. Blom Lund University
Arne Forsgren
Arne Forsgren Lund University
Matthias Mörgelin
Matthias Mörgelin Lund University
Peter F. Zipfel
Peter F. Zipfel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
Robert I. Lechler
Robert I. Lechler King's College London
Lars-Olaf Cardell
Lars-Olaf Cardell Karolinska Institute
John H. McVey
John H. McVey University of Surrey
Sven Hammerschmidt
Sven Hammerschmidt University of Greifswald
Edward G. D. Tuddenham
Edward G. D. Tuddenham University College London

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