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Nils Lycke is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has a research focus primarily in immunology and microbiology, with substantial contributions to medicine. Their work covers several key subfields including immunology, molecular biology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, and endocrinology.

The main research topics addressed by Nils Lycke include:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Their recent publications illustrate their work across different facets of immune responses, especially related to influenza and mucosal immunology. Selected papers published by Nils Lycke are:

  • Single-cell BCR and transcriptome analysis after influenza infection reveals spatiotemporal dynamics of antigen-specific B cells (2021), Cell Reports
  • Clonotypic analysis of protective influenza M2e-specific lung resident Th17 memory cells reveals extensive functional diversity (2022), Mucosal Immunology
  • A vaccine combination of lipid nanoparticles and a cholera toxin adjuvant derivative greatly improves lung protection against influenza virus infection (2020), Mucosal Immunology
  • The CTA1-DD adjuvant strongly potentiates follicular dendritic cell function and germinal center formation, which results in improved neonatal immunization (2020), Mucosal Immunology
  • Peyer's patch T H 17 cells are dispensable for gut IgA responses to oral immunization (2022), Science Immunology

Nils Lycke has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Mucosal Immunology (6 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Cell Reports (2 publications)
  • Science Immunology (1 publication)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nils Lycke include:

  • Karin Schön (13 joint publications)
  • Cristina Lebrero-Fernández (8 joint publications)
  • Mats Bemark (8 joint publications)
  • Valentina Bernasconi (7 joint publications)
  • Davide Angeletti (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in mucosal vaccine development: potential and limitations

    Nils Lycke

  • Strong adjuvant properties of cholera toxin on gut mucosal immune responses to orally presented antigens

    N Lycke;J Holmgren

  • Cholera toxin and cholera B subunit as oral—mucosal adjuvant and antigen vector systems

    Jan Holmgren;Nils Lycke;Cecil Czerkinsky

  • Murine CD4 T-cell response to Helicobacter infection: TH1 cells enhance gastritis and TH2 cells reduce bacterial load.

    Marjan Mohammadi;John Nedrud;Ray Redline;Nils Lycke

  • The adjuvant effect of Vibrio cholerae and Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxins is linked to their ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.

    Nils Lycke;Takao Tsuji;Jan Holmgren

  • Oral administration of a streptococcal antigen coupled to cholera toxin B subunit evokes strong antibody responses in salivary glands and extramucosal tissues.

    C Czerkinsky;M W Russell;N Lycke;M Lindblad

  • Isolation of mouse small intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes, Peyer's patch, and lamina propria cells.

    Leo Lefrançois;Nils Lycke

  • Mucosal Immunity: Implications for Vaccine Development

    Jan Holmgren;Cecil Czerkinsky;Nils Lycke;Ann-Mari Svennerholm

  • Impaired mucosal immune responses in interleukin 4-targeted mice.

    M Vajdy;M H Kosco-Vilbois;M Kopf;G Köhler

  • Protection against Helicobacter pylori infection following immunization is IL-12-dependent and mediated by Th1 cells.

    Ali A. Akhiani;Jacques Pappo;Zita Kabok;Karin Schön

  • Genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis fails to induce protective immunity in gamma interferon receptor-deficient mice despite a strong local immunoglobulin A response.

    M Johansson;K Schön;M Ward;N Lycke

  • Cholera toxin stimulates IL-1 production and enhances antigen presentation by macrophages in vitro.

    Annakari Bromander;Jan Holmgren;Nils Lycke

  • Genetically engineered nontoxic vaccine adjuvant that combines B cell targeting with immunomodulation by cholera toxin A1 subunit.

    L C Agren;L Ekman;B Löwenadler;N Y Lycke

  • Improved design and intranasal delivery of an M2e-based human influenza A vaccine.

    Marina De Filette;Walter Fiers;Wouter Martens;Ashley Birkett

  • The regulation of gut mucosal IgA B-cell responses: recent developments

    N Y Lycke;M Bemark

  • Gut IgA class switch recombination in the absence of CD40 does not occur in the lamina propria and is independent of germinal centers.

    Peter Bergqvist;Eva Gärdby;Anneli Stensson;Mats Bemark

  • The universal influenza vaccine M2e-HBc administered intranasally in combination with the adjuvant CTA1-DD provides complete protection.

    Marina De Filette;Anna Ramne;Ashley Birkett;Nils Lycke

  • CTA1-M2e-DD: a novel mucosal adjuvant targeted influenza vaccine.

    Dubravka Grdic Eliasson;Karim El Bakkouri;Karin Schön;Anna Ramne

  • The Cholera Toxin-Derived CTA1-DD Vaccine Adjuvant Administered Intranasally Does Not Cause Inflammation or Accumulate in the Nervous Tissues

    Anna M. Eriksson;Karin M. Schön;Nils Y. Lycke

  • Lack of J Chain Inhibits the Transport of Gut IgA and Abrogates the Development of Intestinal Antitoxic Protection

    Nils Lycke;Lena Erlandsson;Lena Ekman;Karin Schön

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Holmgren
Jan Holmgren University of Gothenburg
Xavier Saelens
Xavier Saelens Ghent University
Kenneth W. Beagley
Kenneth W. Beagley Queensland University of Technology
Allan McI. Mowat
Allan McI. Mowat University of Glasgow
Peter Staeheli
Peter Staeheli University of Freiburg
Walter Fiers
Walter Fiers Ghent University
Peter Timms
Peter Timms University of the Sunshine Coast
Åke Strid
Åke Strid Örebro University
Tomas Leanderson
Tomas Leanderson Lund University
Manfred Kopf
Manfred Kopf ETH Zurich

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