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Overview

Ola Blixt is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and immunology and microbiology. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, immunology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, epidemiology, and organic chemistry.

Their research focuses on key topics such as glycosylation and glycoproteins, galectins and cancer biology, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, influenza virus studies, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, viral infections and vectors, and immune response and inflammation.

Recent publications by Ola Blixt include:

  • Host Range of Influenza A Virus H1 to H16 in Eurasian Ducks Based on Tissue and Receptor Binding Studies, 2020, Journal of Virology
  • Specificity of human natural antibodies referred to as anti-Tn, 2020, Molecular Immunology
  • PODO447: a novel antibody to a tumor-restricted epitope on the cancer antigen podocalyxin, 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Structural characterization of an unprecedented lectin-like antitumoral anti-MUC1 antibody, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Targeting a Tumor-Specific Epitope on Podocalyxin Increases Survival in Human Tumor Preclinical Models, 2022, Frontiers in Oncology

The researcher has published multiple papers in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Journal of Virology
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Chemical Communications
  • Molecular Immunology

Notable frequent collaborators include Diana Canals Hernaez, Michael R. Hughes, P.M. Dean, Ismael Samudio, and Yicong Li, each having coauthored at least two papers with Ola Blixt.

Best Publications

  • Printed covalent glycan array for ligand profiling of diverse glycan binding proteins

    Ola Blixt;Steve Head;Tony Mondala;Christopher Scanlan

  • Structure and Receptor Specificity of the Hemagglutinin from an H5N1 Influenza Virus

    James Stevens;Ola Blixt;Terrence M. Tumpey;Jeffery K. Taubenberger

  • Glycan Microarray Analysis of the Hemagglutinins from Modern and Pandemic Influenza Viruses Reveals Different Receptor Specificities

    James Stevens;Ola Blixt;Laurel Glaser;Jeffery K. Taubenberger

  • Structural basis for distinct ligand-binding and targeting properties of the receptors DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR

    Yuan Guo;Hadar Feinberg;Edward Conroy;Daniel A Mitchell

  • Synthesis of sugar arrays in microtiter plate.

    Fabio Fazio;Marian C. Bryan;Ola Blixt;James C. Paulson

  • Sweet spots in functional glycomics

    James C Paulson;Ola Blixt;Brian E Collins

  • Galectin-1, -2, and -3 Exhibit Differential Recognition of Sialylated Glycans and Blood Group Antigens

    Sean R. Stowell;Connie M. Arthur;Padmaja Mehta;Kristen A. Slanina

  • Glycan Microarray Technologies: Tools to Survey Host Specificity of Influenza Viruses

    James Stevens;Ola Blixt;James C. Paulson;Ian A. Wilson

  • Sialoside Specificity of the Siglec Family Assessed Using Novel Multivalent Probes IDENTIFICATION OF POTENT INHIBITORS OF MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN

    Ola Blixt;Brian E. Collins;Ingrid M. van den Nieuwenhof;Paul R. Crocker;Paul R. Crocker

  • Carbohydrate profiling reveals a distinctive role for the C-type lectin MGL in the recognition of helminth parasites and tumor antigens by dendritic cells

    Sandra J. van Vliet;Ellis van Liempt;Eirikur Saeland;Corlien A. Aarnoudse

  • Glycan Array Screening Reveals a Candidate Ligand for Siglec-8

    Bruce S. Bochner;Richard A. Alvarez;Padmaja Mehta;Nicolai V. Bovin

  • Cancer Biomarkers Defined by Autoantibody Signatures to Aberrant O-Glycopeptide Epitopes

    Hans H. Wandall;Ola Blixt;Mads A. Tarp;Johannes W. Pedersen

  • RIFINs are adhesins implicated in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Suchi Goel;Mia Palmkvist;Kirsten Moll;Nicolas Joannin

  • Contemporary North American influenza H7 viruses possess human receptor specificity: Implications for virus transmissibility.

    Jessica A. Belser;Jessica A. Belser;Ola Blixt;Li-Mei Chen;Claudia Pappas

  • Recent avian H5N1 viruses exhibit increased propensity for acquiring human receptor specificity.

    James Stevens;Ola Blixt;Li-Mei Chen;Ruben O. Donis

  • Biocompatible Carbon Nanotubes Generated by Functionalization with Glycodendrimers

    Peng Wu;Xing Chen;Nancy Hu;Un Chong Tam

  • Covalent display of oligosaccharide arrays in microtiter plates.

    Marian C. Bryan;Fabio Fazio;Hing-Ken Lee;Cheng-Yuan Huang

  • Masking of CD22 by cis ligands does not prevent redistribution of CD22 to sites of cell contact.

    Brian E. Collins;Ola Blixt;Alexis R. DeSieno;Nicolai Bovin

  • In vitro evolution of H5N1 avian influenza virus toward human-type receptor specificity.

    Li-Mei Chen;Ola Blixt;James Stevens;James Stevens;Aleksandr S. Lipatov

  • Autoantibodies to aberrantly glycosylated MUC1 in early stage breast cancer are associated with a better prognosis

    Ola Blixt;Deanna Bueti;Brian Burford;Brian Burford;Diane Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Paulson
James C. Paulson Scripps Research Institute
Nicolai V. Bovin
Nicolai V. Bovin Russian Academy of Sciences
Henrik Clausen
Henrik Clausen University of Copenhagen
James Stevens
James Stevens National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Ulla Mandel
Ulla Mandel University of Copenhagen
Ian A. Wilson
Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute
Hans H. Wandall
Hans H. Wandall University of Copenhagen
Knud J. Jensen
Knud J. Jensen University of Copenhagen
Steven B. Levery
Steven B. Levery University of Copenhagen
Chi-Huey Wong
Chi-Huey Wong Scripps Research Institute

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