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Thomas Borén

Thomas Borén

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
12784
World Ranking
16993
National Ranking
263

Overview

Thomas Borén is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Surgery, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Immunology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's main research interests encompass topics such as Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, galectins and cancer biology, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, antibiotic use and resistance, and antimicrobial agents and applications.

Recent publications by Thomas Borén include the following papers:

  • "Antimicrobial Activity of Two Different Types of Silver Nanoparticles against Wide Range of Pathogenic Bacteria," 2024, published in Nanomaterials
  • "Immunological effects of cerebral palsy and rehabilitation exercises in children," 2021, published in Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • "Recombinant mucin-type proteins carrying LacdiNAc on different O-glycan core chains fail to support H. pylori binding," 2020, published in Molecular Omics
  • "Vaccination withHelicobacter pylori attachment proteins protects against gastric cancer," 2023, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Synthesis of a B-Antigen Hexasaccharide, a B-Lewis b Heptasaccharide and Glycoconjugates Thereof to Investigate Binding Properties of Helicobacter pylori," 2022, published in Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas Borén include:

  • Johan Olofsson Edlund
  • Stefan Oscarson
  • Celso A. Reis
  • Anna Butsyk
  • Oleksandra Sharova

Their publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nanomaterials
  • Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • Molecular Omics
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Binding Fucosylated Histo-Blood Group Antigens Revealed by Retagging

    Dag Ilver;Anna Arnqvist;Johan Ögren;Inga-Maria Frick

  • Attachment of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric epithelium mediated by blood group antigens

    Thomas Borén;Per Falk;Kevin A. Roth;Göran Larson

  • Helicobacter pylori SabA adhesin in persistent infection and chronic inflammation.

    Jafar Mahdavi;Berit Sondén;Martina Hurtig;Farzad O. Olfat;Farzad O. Olfat

  • CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF THE HELICOBACTER PYLORI GENE FOR BLOOD-GROUP ANTIGEN-BINDING ADHESIN

    Markus Gerhard;Norbert Lehn;Nina Neumayer;Thomas Borén

  • Functional adaptation of BabA the H. pylori ABO blood group antigen binding adhesin

    Marina Aspholm-Hurtig;Giedrius Dailide;Martina Lahmann;Awdhesh Kalia

  • An in vitro adherence assay reveals that Helicobacter pylori exhibits cell lineage-specific tropism in the human gastric epithelium

    P. Falk;K. A. Roth;T. Boren;T. U. Westblom

  • Differences in Genotypes of Helicobacter pylori from Different Human Populations

    Dangeruta Kersulyte;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay;Billie Velapatiño;Billie Velapatiño;WanWen Su

  • Salivary agglutinin, which binds Streptococcus mutans and Helicobacter pylori, is the lung scavenger receptor cysteine-rich protein gp-340.

    Akraporn Prakobphol;Feng Xu;Van M. Hoang;Thomas Larsson

  • SabA is the H. pylori hemagglutinin and is polymorphic in binding to sialylated glycans.

    Marina Aspholm;Farzad O Olfat;Farzad O Olfat;Jenny Nordén;Berit Sondén

  • BabA-mediated Adherence Is a Potentiator of the Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion System Activity

    Nozomi Ishijima;Masato Suzuki;Hiroshi Ashida;Yusuke Ichikawa

  • Getting Creative with the ‘Creative City’? Towards New Perspectives on Creativity in Urban Policy

    Thomas Borén;Craig Young

  • Role of ABO Secretor Status in Mucosal Innate Immunity and H. pylori Infection

    Sara Lindén;Jafar Mahdavi;Cristina Semino-Mora;Cara Olsen

  • Helicobacter pylori is invasive and it may be a facultative intracellular organism.

    Andre Dubois;Thomas Borén

  • Strain- and blood group-dependent binding of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric MUC5AC glycoforms.

    Sara Lindén;Henrik Nordman;Jan Hedenbro;Marina Hurtig

  • Lactobacilli expressing variable domain of llama heavy-chain antibody fragments (lactobodies) confer protection against rotavirus-induced diarrhea

    Neha Pant;Anna Hultberg;Yaofeng Zhao;Lennart Svensson

  • Metastability of Helicobacter pylori bab adhesin genes and dynamics in Lewis b antigen binding

    Anna Bäckström;Carina Lundberg;Dangeruta Kersulyte;Douglas E. Berg

  • The MUC5AC Glycoprotein is the Primary Receptor for Helicobacter pylori in the Human Stomach

    Jeroen H. B. Van de Bovenkamp;Jafar Mahdavi;Anita M. Korteland‐Van Male;Hans A. Büller

  • The sialic acid binding SabA adhesin of Helicobacter pylori is essential for nonopsonic activation of human neutrophils.

    Magnus Unemo;Marina Aspholm-Hurtig;Dag Ilver;Jörgen Bergström

  • Identification and characterization of binding properties of Helicobacter pylori by glycoconjugate arrays

    Anke Walz;Stefan Odenbreit;Jafar Mahdavi;Thomas Borén

  • Outer membrane protein expression profile in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates.

    Stefan Odenbreit;Kirstin Swoboda;Iris Barwig;Stefan Ruhl

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas E. Berg
Douglas E. Berg Washington University in St. Louis
Jay V. Solnick
Jay V. Solnick University of California, Davis
Lars Engstrand
Lars Engstrand Karolinska Institute
Rainer Haas
Rainer Haas BOKU University
Staffan Normark
Staffan Normark Karolinska Institute
Lennart Hammarström
Lennart Hammarström Karolinska Institute
Celso A. Reis
Celso A. Reis University of Porto
Ingemar Carlstedt
Ingemar Carlstedt Lund University
Stefan Oscarson
Stefan Oscarson University College Dublin
Göran Hallmans
Göran Hallmans Umeå University

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