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Matthias Mörgelin

Matthias Mörgelin

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Microbiology
Sweden
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
92
Citations
28267
World Ranking
627
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Matthias Mörgelin is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans 41 publications in medicine and 40 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology as well.

Their work covers several specialized subfields including molecular biology, immunology, immunology and allergy, cell biology, and genetics. Specific topics frequently addressed in their publications include cell adhesion molecules research, neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms, immunotherapy and immune responses, connective tissue disorders research, S100 proteins and annexins, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and chemokine receptors and signaling.

Mörgelin has published numerous papers in notable venues, with consistent contributions to Frontiers in Immunology (5 publications), EMBO Molecular Medicine (2 publications), The American Journal of Human Genetics (2 publications), International Wound Journal (2 publications), and Nature Communications (2 publications).

Among their recent publications are:

  • An mTORC1-GRASP55 signaling axis controls unconventional secretion to reshape the extracellular proteome upon stress, 2021, Molecular Cell
  • Tenascin-C Orchestrates an Immune-Suppressive Tumor Microenvironment in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, 2020, Cancer Immunology Research
  • Interaction between KDELR2 and HSP47 as a Key Determinant in Osteogenesis Imperfecta Caused by Bi-allelic Variants in KDELR2, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Tenascin-C immobilizes infiltrating T lymphocytes through CXCL12 promoting breast cancer progression, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Effect of Gum Arabic on Human and Bovine Granulocytes Against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Mörgelin has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Manuel Koch, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Thomas Loustau, Gertraud Orend, and Anna M. Blom. The collaborations with Manuel Koch and Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede are particularly notable, with nine and seven joint publications respectively.

Best Publications

  • Exosomes reflect the hypoxic status of glioma cells and mediate hypoxia-dependent activation of vascular cells during tumor development

    Paulina Kucharzewska;Helena C. Christianson;Johanna E. Welch;Katrin J. Svensson

  • Perlecan Maintains the Integrity of Cartilage and Some Basement Membranes

    Mercedes Costell;Erika Gustafsson;Attila Aszódi;Matthias Mörgelin

  • Exosome Uptake Depends on ERK1/2-Heat Shock Protein 27 Signaling and Lipid Raft-mediated Endocytosis Negatively Regulated by Caveolin-1

    Katrin J. Svensson;Helena C. Christianson;Anders Wittrup;Erika Bourseau-Guilmain

  • Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Shows High Affinity Zinc-dependent Interaction with Triple Helical Collagen

    Krisztina Rosenberg;Henric Olsson;Matthias Mörgelin;Dick Heinegård

  • COMP acts as a catalyst in collagen fibrillogenesis.

    Krisztina Halász;Anja Kassner;Matthias Mörgelin;Dick Heinegård

  • M Protein, a Classical Bacterial Virulence Determinant, Forms Complexes with Fibrinogen that Induce Vascular Leakage

    Heiko Herwald;Henning Cramer;Matthias Mörgelin;Wayne Russell

  • Complexes of matrilin-1 and biglycan or decorin connect collagen VI microfibrils to both collagen II and aggrecan.

    Charlotte Wiberg;Andreas R. Klatt;Raimund Wagener;Mats Paulsson

  • Hypoxia triggers a proangiogenic pathway involving cancer cell microvesicles and PAR-2–mediated heparin-binding EGF signaling in endothelial cells

    Katrin J. Svensson;Paulina Kucharzewska;Helena C. Christianson;Stefan Sköld

  • β2-Glycoprotein I can exist in 2 conformations: implications for our understanding of the antiphospholipid syndrome

    Çetin Ağar;Çetin Ağar;Gwendolyn M. A. van Os;Gwendolyn M. A. van Os;Matthias Mörgelin;Richard R. Sprenger

  • Electron microscopy of native cartilage oligomeric matrix protein purified from the Swarm rat chondrosarcoma reveals a five-armed structure.

    Matthias Mörgelin;Dick Heinegård;Jürgen Engel;Mats Paulsson

  • Activation of the complement system generates antibacterial peptides

    Emma Andersson Nordahl;Victoria Rydengård;Patrik Nyberg;D. Patric Nitsche

  • The Proteoglycans Aggrecan and Versican Form Networks with Fibulin-2 through Their Lectin Domain Binding

    Anders I. Olin;Matthias Mörgelin;Takako Sasaki;Rupert Timpl

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Induce Trypsin Activation, Inflammation, and Tissue Damage in Mice With Severe Acute Pancreatitis

    Mohammed Merza;Hannes Hartman;Milladur Rahman;Rundk Hwaiz

  • Disruption of platelet-derived chemokine heteromers prevents neutrophil extravasation in acute lung injury.

    Jochen Grommes;Jean-Eric Alard;Maik Drechsler;Sarawuth Wantha

  • Activation of the contact-phase system on bacterial surfaces—a clue to serious complications in infectious diseases

    Heiko Herwald;Matthias Mörgelin;Arne Olsén;Mikael Rhen

  • Lipopolysaccharide from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli binds to platelets through TLR4 and CD62 and is detected on circulating platelets in patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome

    Anne-lie Ståhl;Majlis Svensson;Matthias Mörgelin;Catharina Svanborg

  • Biglycan Organizes Collagen VI into Hexagonal-like Networks Resembling Tissue Structures

    Charlotte Wiberg;Dick Heinegård;Christina Wenglén;Rupert Timpl

  • Antimicrobial activities of heparin-binding peptides

    Emma Andersson;Victoria Rydengård;Andreas Sonesson;Matthias Mörgelin

  • The N Terminus of the MUC2 Mucin Forms Trimers That Are Held Together within a Trypsin-resistant Core Fragment

    Klaus Godl;Malin E.V. Johansson;Martin E. Lidell;Matthias Mörgelin

  • The Extracellular Matrix and Inflammation FIBROMODULIN ACTIVATES THE CLASSICAL PATHWAY OF COMPLEMENT BY DIRECTLY BINDING C1q

    Andreas Sjöberg;Patrik Önnerfjord;Matthias Mörgelin;Dick Heinegård

Frequent Co-Authors

Artur Schmidtchen
Artur Schmidtchen Lund University
Heiko Herwald
Heiko Herwald Lund University
Lars Björck
Lars Björck Lund University
Martin Malmsten
Martin Malmsten University of Copenhagen
Kristian Riesbeck
Kristian Riesbeck Lund University
Dick Heinegård
Dick Heinegård Lund University
Anna M. Blom
Anna M. Blom Lund University
Mats Paulsson
Mats Paulsson University of Cologne
Anna Norrby-Teglund
Anna Norrby-Teglund Karolinska University Hospital
Ole E. Sørensen
Ole E. Sørensen Lund University

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