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Marie Wahren-Herlenius

Marie Wahren-Herlenius

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Immunology

D-Index
64
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12567
World Ranking
2960
National Ranking
63

Overview

Marie Wahren-Herlenius is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on autoimmune diseases, specifically primary Sjögren syndrome. Their scholarly output includes 131 publications concentrated in the field of Medicine, with notable contributions to Rheumatology, Immunology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine as subfields of study.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Oral Health Pathology and Treatment

Marie Wahren-Herlenius's recent papers reflect a focus on genetic, epigenetic, environmental, and clinical aspects of Sjögren syndrome and related conditions:

  • Genetics and epigenetics of primary Sjögren syndrome: implications for future therapies, 2023, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Genome-wide association study identifies Sjögren's risk loci with functional implications in immune and glandular cells, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Environmental factors in the pathogenesis of primary Sjögren's syndrome, 2020, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Childhood-onset of primary Sjögren's syndrome: phenotypic characterization at diagnosis of 158 children, 2021, Lara D. Veeken
  • Influence of the age at diagnosis in the disease expression of primary Sjögren syndrome. Analysis of 12,753 patients from the Sjögren Big Data Consortium, 2021, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Marie Wahren-Herlenius include:

  • Gunnel Nordmark (28 collaborations)
  • Marika Kvarnström (27 collaborations)
  • Lars Rönnblom (26 collaborations)
  • Thomas Mandl (19 collaborations)
  • Maija-Leena Eloranta (18 collaborations)

Publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (20 publications)
  • Lara D. Veeken (7 publications)
  • RMD Open (6 publications)
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology (3 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Immunopathogenic mechanisms of systemic autoimmune disease

    Marie Wahren-Herlenius;Thomas Dörner

  • Variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjogren's syndrome.

    Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;He Li;He Li;Indra Adrianto;John A. Ice

  • Cellular basis of ectopic germinal center formation and autoantibody production in the target organ of patients with Sjögren's syndrome.

    Stina Salomonsson;Malin V. Jonsson;Kathrine Skarstein;Karl A. Brokstad

  • Loss of the lupus autoantigen Ro52/Trim21 induces tissue inflammation and systemic autoimmunity by disregulating the IL-23–Th17 pathway

    Alexander Espinosa;Valerie Dardalhon;Susanna Brauner;Aurelie Ambrosi

  • State of the art: Reproduction and pregnancy in rheumatic diseases.

    Monika Østensen;Laura Andreoli;Antonio Brucato;Irene Cetin

  • Expression of the B cell-attracting chemokine CXCL13 in the target organ and autoantibody production in ectopic lymphoid tissue in the chronic inflammatory disease Sjögren's syndrome.

    S. Salomonsson;P. Larsson;P. Tengnér;E. Mellquist

  • Signs of first‐degree heart block occur in one‐third of fetuses of pregnant women with anti–SSA/Ro 52‐kd antibodies

    Sven-Erik Sonesson;Stina Salomonsson;Lilly-Ann Jacobsson;Katarina Bremme

  • Detection of anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibody-producing cells in salivary glands from patients with Sjögren's syndrome

    Pia Tengnér;Anne‐Kristine Halse;Hans‐Jacob Haga;Roland Jonsson

  • Differential effects on BAFF and APRIL levels in rituximab-treated patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

    Therese Vallerskog;Mikael Heimbürger;Iva Gunnarsson;Wei Zhou

  • Induction of interferon-alpha by immune complexes or liposomes containing systemic lupus erythematosus autoantigen- and Sjögren's syndrome autoantigen-associated RNA.

    Tanja Lövgren;Maija-Leena Eloranta;Berthold Kastner;Marie Wahren-Herlenius

  • Influence of geolocation and ethnicity on the phenotypic expression of primary Sjögren's syndrome at diagnosis in 8310 patients: a cross-sectional study from the Big Data Sjögren Project Consortium.

    Pilar Brito-Zerón;Pilar Brito-Zerón;Nihan Acar-Denizli;Margit Zeher;Astrid Rasmussen

  • The Sjögren’s Syndrome-Associated Autoantigen Ro52 Is an E3 Ligase That Regulates Proliferation and Cell Death

    Alexander Espinosa;Wei Zhou;Monica Ek;Malin Hedlund

  • The complexity of Sjögren's syndrome: Novel aspects on pathogenesis

    Roland Jonsson;Petra Vogelsang;Roman Volchenkov;Alexander Espinosa

  • Ro/SSA autoantibodies directly bind cardiomyocytes, disturb calcium homeostasis, and mediate congenital heart block

    Stina Salomonsson;Sven-Erik Sonesson;Lars Ottosson;Saad Muhallab

  • Increased expression of the novel proinflammatory cytokine high mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 in skin lesions of patients with lupus erythematosus.

    Karin Popovic;Monica Ek;Alexander Espinosa;Leonid Padyukov

  • X Chromosome Dose and Sex Bias in Autoimmune Diseases: Increased Prevalence of 47,XXX in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren's Syndrome.

    Ke Liu;Biji T. Kurien;Sarah L. Zimmerman;Kenneth M. Kaufman

  • The immunobiology of Ro52 (TRIM21) in autoimmunity: a critical review.

    Vilija Oke;Marie Wahren-Herlenius

  • A serologic marker for fetal risk of congenital heart block.

    Stina Salomonsson;Thomas Dörner;Elke Theander;Katarina Bremme

  • Mutations in the gene encoding fibroblast growth factor 10 are associated with aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands.

    Miriam Entesarian;Hans Matsson;Joakim Klar;Birgitta Bergendal

  • Self protection from anti-viral responses--Ro52 promotes degradation of the transcription factor IRF7 downstream of the viral Toll-Like receptors.

    Rowan Higgs;Elisa Lazzari;Claire Wynne;Joan Ní Gabhann

  • Interferon-alpha induces up-regulation and nuclear translocation of the Ro52 autoantigen as detected by a panel of novel Ro52-specific monoclonal antibodies.

    Linn Strandberg;Aurelie Ambrosi;Alexander Espinosa;Lars Ottosson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Jonsson
Roland Jonsson University of Bergen
Xavier Mariette
Xavier Mariette University of Paris-Saclay
Lars Rönnblom
Lars Rönnblom Uppsala University
Per Eriksson
Per Eriksson Karolinska University Hospital
Fabiola Atzeni
Fabiola Atzeni University of Messina
Luca Quartuccio
Luca Quartuccio University of Udine
Margit Zeher
Margit Zeher University of Debrecen
Vijay K. Kuchroo
Vijay K. Kuchroo Harvard University
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Damien Sene
Damien Sene Université Paris Cité

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