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Magnus Abrahamson

Magnus Abrahamson

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
68
Citations
13993
World Ranking
1531
National Ranking
26

Overview

Magnus Abrahamson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, focusing primarily on medical research with a specialization in nephrology. Their scholarly output spans several related subfields including physiology, cancer research, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics connected to chronic kidney disease and diabetes, dialysis and renal disease management, and renal diseases and glomerulopathies. Other thematic concentrations include thermoregulation and physiological responses, protease and inhibitor mechanisms, climate change and health impacts, and advanced glycation end products research.

Magnus Abrahamson has published a number of scientific papers, notable among them are:

  • The complexity of kidney disease and diagnosing it - cystatin C, selective glomerular hypofiltration syndromes and proteome regulation, 2022, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Shrunken pore syndrome and mortality: a cohort study of patients with measured GFR and known comorbidities, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
  • An explorative study of inflammation-related proteins associated with kidney injury in male heat-stressed workers, 2023, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Secreted cystatins decrease proliferation and enhance apoptosis of human leukemic cells, 2020, FEBS Open Bio
  • Large difference but high correlation between creatinine and cystatin C estimated glomerular filtration rate in Mesoamerican sugarcane cutters, 2022, Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
  • FEBS Open Bio
  • Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Magnus Abrahamson's collaboration network encompasses coauthors who have contributed to multiple joint papers. The frequent coauthors are:

  • Anders Grubb
  • Anna Åkesson
  • Veronica Lindström
  • Jonas Björk
  • Ulf Nyman

This body of work reflects a focused engagement with kidney-related diseases and physiological responses, integrating clinical investigation with biochemical and pathophysiological mechanisms. Their research contributes to disciplines that seek to improve understanding of kidney function, injury, and related systemic effects.

Best Publications

  • Lysosomal Protease Pathways to Apoptosis: CLEAVAGE OF Bid, NOT PRO-CASPASES, IS THE MOST LIKELY ROUTE *

    Veronika Stoka;Veronika Stoka;Boris Turk;Sharon L. Schendel;Tae Hyoung Kim

  • Structure and expression of the human cystatin C gene.

    Magnus Abrahamson;Isleifur Olafsson;Astridur Palsdottir;Magnus Ulvsbäck

  • Isolation of six cysteine proteinase inhibitors from human urine. Their physicochemical and enzyme kinetic properties and concentrations in biological fluids

    M Abrahamson;A J Barrett;G Salvesen;A Grubb

  • Human cystatin C, an amyloidogenic protein, dimerizes through three-dimensional domain swapping.

    Robert Janowski;Maciej Kozak;Elzbieta Jankowska;Zbigniew Grzonka

  • Inhibition of mammalian legumain by some cystatins is due to a novel second reactive site.

    Marcia Alvarez-Fernandez;Alan J. Barrett;Bernd Gerhartz;Pam M. Dando

  • Human low-Mr kininogen contains three copies of a cystatin sequence that are divergent in structure and in inhibitory activity for cysteine proteinases.

    Guy Salvesen;Catherine Parkes;Magnus Abrahamson;Anders Grubb

  • Identification of the probable inhibitory reactive sites of the cysteine proteinase inhibitors human cystatin C and chicken cystatin.

    Magnus Abrahamson;Anka Ritonja;Molly A Brown;Anders Grubb

  • Rapid cloning of rearranged immunoglobulin genes from human hybridoma cells using mixed primers and the polymerase chain reaction

    James W. Larrick;Lena Danielsson;Carol A. Brenner;Magnus Abrahamson

  • MUTATION IN CYSTATIN C GENE CAUSES HEREDITARY BRAIN HAEMORRHAGE

    A Palsdottir;Magnus Abrahamson;L Thorsteinsson;A Arnason

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA coding for the precursor of the human cysteine proteinase inhibitor cystatin C

    Magnus Abrahamson;Anders Grubb;Isleifur Olafsson;Åke Lundwall

  • Bacterial growth blocked by a synthetic peptide based on the structure of a human proteinase inhibitor.

    Lars Björck;Per Åkesson;Martin Bohus;Jerzy Trojnar

  • Efficient production of native, biologically active human cystatin C by Escherichia coli

    Magnus Abrahamson;Henrik Dalbøge;Isleifur Olafsson;Søren Carlsen

  • Human cystatin C. role of the N-terminal segment in the inhibition of human cysteine proteinases and in its inactivation by leucocyte elastase.

    Magnus Abrahamson;Robert W Mason;Heléne Hansson;David J Buttle

  • Cystatin E is a Novel Human Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor with Structural Resemblance to Family 2 Cystatins

    Jian Ni;Magnus Abrahamson;Mei Zhang;Marcia Alvarez Fernandez

  • Cystatin F Is a Glycosylated Human Low Molecular Weight Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor

    Jian Ni;Marcia Alvarez Fernandez;Lena Danielsson;Rajeev A. Chillakuru

  • Polymemse chain reaction using mixed primers. Cloning of human monoclonal antibody variable region genes from single hybridoma cells

    James W. Larrick;Lena Danielsson;Carol A. Brenner;Ellen F. Wallace

  • Enzymatic characterization of the streptococcal endopeptidase, IdeS, reveals that it is a cysteine protease with strict specificity for igg cleavage due to exosite binding.

    Bjarne Vincents;Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen;Lars Björck;Magnus Abrahamson

  • Structural Basis for the Biological Specificity of Cystatin C IDENTIFICATION OF LEUCINE 9 IN THE N-TERMINAL BINDING REGION AS A SELECTIVITY-CONFERRING RESIDUE IN THE INHIBITION OF MAMMALIAN CYSTEINE PEPTIDASES

    Anders Hall;Katarina Håkansson;Robert W. Mason;Anders Grubb

  • Folding-related Dimerization of Human Cystatin C

    Irena Ekiel;Magnus Abrahamson

  • Identification, characterization and localization of chagasin, a tight-binding cysteine protease inhibitor in Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Ana C. S. Monteiro;Magnus Abrahamson;Ana P. C. A. Lima;Marcos A. Vannier-Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Grubb
Anders Grubb Lund University
Mariusz Jaskolski
Mariusz Jaskolski Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Isleifur Olafsson
Isleifur Olafsson University of Iceland
David J. Buttle
David J. Buttle University of Sheffield
Åke Lundwall
Åke Lundwall Lund University
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
John S. Mort
John S. Mort McGill University
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Ingemar Björk
Ingemar Björk Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Alan J. Barrett
Alan J. Barrett Wellcome Sanger Institute

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