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Marita Troye-Blomberg

Marita Troye-Blomberg

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70
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13413
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National Ranking
49

Overview

Marita Troye-Blomberg is a researcher affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden, specializing in immunology and microbiology with a significant focus on malaria research and control. Their academic work spans several closely related fields including medicine, molecular biology, virology, and public health.

Their research primarily explores immune cell function and interaction, with specific interest in invertebrate immune response mechanisms and the immune dynamics involved in mosquito-borne diseases. The scientist's work also touches on RNA regulation and disease processes as well as viral infections and immunology research.

Among their recent publications are studies addressing immune responses to malaria and related infections. Notable papers include:

  • "What will studies of Fulani individuals naturally exposed to malaria teach us about protective immunity to malaria?" (2020, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology)
  • "Malaria-derived hemozoin alters chromatin remodelling and skews dendritic cell responses to subsequent bacterial infections" (2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "WITHDRAWN: Changes in ADAR1 activity during Plasmodium infection contribute to protection from malaria" (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "Malaria-derived hemozoin skews dendritic cell responses to bacterial infections by reducing interferon gene-transcription by SWI/SNF-NuRD" (2025, iScience)
  • "Sex Dependent and Sjögren Disease Like Immune Responses Against Phosphoantigens in Balb/C Mice" (2025, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology)

The researcher frequently collaborates with colleagues in the immunology field. Their most frequent coauthors include Jaclyn Quin, Ioana Bujila, Ann-Kristin Östlund Farrants, Eva Sverremark-Ekström, and Charles Arama.

Marita Troye-Blomberg's work is regularly published in venues such as the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and iScience, reflecting an active engagement with both peer-reviewed journals and preprint platforms.

Main areas of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

Subfields contributing to their research corpus cover:

  • Immunology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Virology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

The main topics they address focus on:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Muminatou Jallow;Yik Ying Teo;Yik Ying Teo;Kerrin S. Small;Kerrin S. Small;Kirk A. Rockett;Kirk A. Rockett

  • Th1/Th2 profiles in tuberculosis, based on the proliferation and cytokine response of blood lymphocytes to mycobacterial antigens.

    H M Surcel;M Troye-Blomberg;S Paulie;G Andersson

  • TLR4 polymorphisms, infectious diseases, and evolutionary pressure during migration of modern humans

    Bart Ferwerda;Matthew B. B. McCall;Santos Alonso;Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

  • Granulysin-Dependent Killing of Intracellular and Extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Vγ9/Vδ2 T Lymphocytes

    Francesco Dieli;Marita Troye-Blomberg;Juraj Ivanyi;Jean Jacques Fournié

  • Iron Deficiency and Malaria among Children Living on the Coast of Kenya

    Alice M. Nyakeriga;Alice M. Nyakeriga;Alice M. Nyakeriga;Marita Troye-Blomberg;Jeffrey R. Dorfman;Neal D. Alexander

  • IgE elevation and IgE anti‐malarial antibodies in Plasmodium falciparum malaria; association of high IgE levels with cerebral malaria

    H. Perlmann;H. Helmby;M. Hagstedt;J. Carlson

  • Vγ9/Vδ2 T lymphocytes reduce the viability of intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Francesco Dieli;Marita Troye-Blomberg;Juraj Ivanyi;Jean Jacques Fournié

  • Role of IgA in the defense against respiratory infections IgA deficient mice exhibited increased susceptibility to intranasal infection with Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

    Ariane Rodríguez;Anna Tjärnlund;Juraj Ivanji;Mahavir Singh

  • Altered immune responses in mice with concomitant Schistosoma mansoni and Plasmodium chabaudi infections.

    Helena Helmby;Marika Kullberg;Marita Troye-Blomberg

  • Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic children in Senegal: relation to transmission, age and erythrocyte variants

    Manijeh Vafa;Marita Troye-Blomberg;Judith Anchang;Judith Anchang;André Garcia

  • Cellular Changes and Apoptosis in the Spleens and Peripheral Blood of Mice Infected with Blood-Stage Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS

    Helena Helmby;Gun Jönsson;Marita Troye-Blomberg

  • Malaria and Nutritional Status in Children Living on the Coast of Kenya

    A. M. Nyakeriga;A. M. Nyakeriga;A. M. Nyakeriga;M. Troye-Blomberg;A. K. Chemtai;K. Marsh

  • Granulysin-dependent killing of intracellular and extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis by V gamma 9/V delta 2 T lymphocytes

    F Dieli;M Troye-Blomberg;Juraj Ivanyi;J J Fournie

  • Nickel, cobalt, chromium, palladium and gold induce a mixed Th1- and Th2-type cytokine response in vitro in subjects with contact allergy to the respective metals

    J. T. Minang;I. Areström;M. Troye-Blomberg;L. Lundeberg

  • A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria.

    Eric Akum Achidi;Tsiri Agbenyega;Stephen Allen;Olukemi Amodu

  • Production by activated human T cells of interleukin 4 but not interferon-gamma is associated with elevated levels of serum antibodies to activating malaria antigens.

    M Troye-Blomberg;E M Riley;L Kabilan;M Holmberg

  • The path of malaria vaccine development : challenges and perspectives

    Charles Arama;Charles Arama;Marita Troye-Blomberg

  • Detection of intracellular expression and secretion of interferon-gamma at the single-cell level after activation of human T cells with tetanus toxoid in vitro.

    Lalitha Kabilan;Gudrun Andersson;Francesco Lolli;Hans-peter Ekre

  • Dissection of the human antibody response to the malaria antigen Pf155/RESA into epitope specific components.

    Hedvig Perlmann;Peter Perlmann;Klavs Berzins;Birgitta Wahlin

  • Number of interleukin‐4‐ and interferon‐γ‐secreting human T cells reactive with tetanus toxoid and the mycobacterial antigen PPD or phytohemagglutinin: distinct response profiles depending on the type of antigen used for activation

    Gehad E. B. Elghazali;Staffan Paulie;Gudrun Andersson;Yngve Hansson

  • Antimalarial antibody levels and IL4 polymorphism in the Fulani of West Africa.

    G Luoni;F Verra;B Arcà;BS Sirima

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Perlmann
Peter Perlmann Stockholm University
Ogobara K. Doumbo
Ogobara K. Doumbo University of Bamako
Philippe Deloron
Philippe Deloron Université Paris Cité
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery Örebro University
Anders Björkman
Anders Björkman Karolinska Institute
Francesco Dieli
Francesco Dieli University of Palermo
Kirk A. Rockett
Kirk A. Rockett University of Oxford
Olle Olerup
Olle Olerup Karolinska Institute
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Rachanee Udomsangpetch
Rachanee Udomsangpetch Mahidol University

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