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Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl

Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
11252
World Ranking
14436
National Ranking
220

Overview

Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has produced extensive research in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Hematology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Complement system in diseases
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Nilsson Ekdahl has contributed papers to a variety of research venues, with frequent publications in the following journals:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Immunobiology
  • Journal of Innate Immunity
  • Langmuir
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl include:

  • Interleukin 8 Elicits Rapid Physiological Changes in Neutrophils That Are Altered by Inflammatory Conditions (2021) - Journal of Innate Immunity
  • Mannose-Binding Lectin is Associated with Thrombosis and Coagulopathy in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients (2020) - Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • The Outcome of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Is Linked to Thromboinflammation Dominated by the Kallikrein/Kinin System (2021) - Frontiers in Immunology
  • Complement as driver of systemic inflammation and organ failure in trauma, burn, and sepsis (2021) - Seminars in Immunopathology
  • Promotion of cell membrane fusion by cell-cell attachment through cell surface modification with functional peptide-PEG-lipids (2020) - Biomaterials

Throughout their career, the scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Bo Nilsson
  • Karin Fromell
  • Yuji Teramura
  • Markus Huber-Lang
  • Oskar Eriksson

Best Publications

  • Complement and coagulation: strangers or partners in crime?

    Maciej M. Markiewski;Bo Nilsson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Tom Eirik Mollnes;Tom Eirik Mollnes

  • The role of complement in biomaterial-induced inflammation.

    Bo Nilsson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Tom Eirik Mollnes;John D. Lambris

  • Tissue factor produced by the endocrine cells of the islets of Langerhans is associated with a negative outcome of clinical islet transplantation.

    Helena Johansson;Agneta Lukinius;Lisa Moberg;Torbjörn Lundgren

  • Inhibition of thrombin abrogates the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction triggered by isolated human islets : possible application of the thrombin inhibitor melagatran in clinical islet transplantation.

    Lisa Özmen;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Graciela Elgue;Rolf Larsson

  • Titanium is a highly thrombogenic biomaterial: possible implications for osteogenesis.

    Jaan Hong;Joakim Andersson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Graciela Elgue

  • Innate immunity activation on biomaterial surfaces: A mechanistic model and coping strategies

    Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;John Lambris;Hans Elwing;Daniel Ricklin

  • Binding of C3 fragments on top of adsorbed plasma proteins during complement activation on a model biomaterial surface.

    Jonas Andersson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;John D. Lambris;Bo Nilsson

  • Compstatin Inhibits Complement and Cellular Activation in Whole Blood in Two Models of Extracorporeal Circulation

    Bo Nilsson;Rolf Larsson;Jaan Hong;Graciela Elgue

  • Control of instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction to improve islets of Langerhans engraftment.

    Bo Nilsson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Olle Korsgren

  • The tick-over theory revisited: formation and regulation of the soluble alternative complement C3 convertase (C3(H2O)Bb)

    Fredrik Bexborn;Per Ola Andersson;Hsui Chen;Bo Nilsson

  • The tick-over theory revisited: is C3 a contact-activated protein?

    Bo Nilsson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl

  • Can cells and biomaterials in therapeutic medicine be shielded from innate immune recognition

    Bo Nilsson;Olle Korsgren;John D. Lambris;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl

  • Complement activation triggered by chondroitin sulfate released by thrombin receptor-activated platelets.

    Osama A Hamad;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Per H. Nilsson;Jonas Andersson

  • A new in vitro model to study interaction between whole blood and biomaterials. Studies of platelet and coagulation activation and the effect of aspirin.

    Jaan Hong;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Helena Reynolds;Rolf Larsson

  • C3 Adsorbed to a Polymer Surface Can Form an Initiating Alternative Pathway Convertase

    Jonas Andersson;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Rolf Larsson;Ulf R. Nilsson

  • Dangerous liaisons: complement, coagulation, and kallikrein/kinin cross-talk act as a linchpin in the events leading to thromboinflammation.

    Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Yuji Teramura;Yuji Teramura;Osama A. Hamad;Sana Asif

  • Dissecting the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction in islet xenotransplantation

    Masafumi Goto;Jenny Tjernberg;Denis Dufrane;Graciela Elgue

  • Protection of Nonself Surfaces from Complement Attack by Factor H-Binding Peptides: Implications for Therapeutic Medicine

    You Qiang Wu;Hongchang Qu;Georgia Sfyroera;Apostolia Tzekou

  • Optimal heparin surface concentration and antithrombin binding capacity as evaluated with human non-anticoagulated blood in vitro

    Jonas Andersson;Javier Sanchez;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;Graciela Elgue

  • Acute antibody-mediated complement activation mediates lysis of pancreatic islets cells and may cause tissue loss in clinical islet transplantation.

    Jenny Tjernberg;Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;John Lambris;Olle Korsgren

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson Uppsala University
John D. Lambris
John D. Lambris University of Pennsylvania
Ian A. Nicholls
Ian A. Nicholls Linnaeus University
Daniel Ricklin
Daniel Ricklin University of Basel
Tom Eirik Mollnes
Tom Eirik Mollnes Oslo University Hospital
Rolf Larsson
Rolf Larsson Uppsala University
Anders A. Bengtsson
Anders A. Bengtsson Lund University
Markus Huber-Lang
Markus Huber-Lang University of Ulm
Olle Korsgren
Olle Korsgren Uppsala University
Kazuhiko Ishihara
Kazuhiko Ishihara University of Tokyo

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