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Immunology

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93
Citations
40367
World Ranking
954
National Ranking
17

Medicine

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Ulf Andersson publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Andersson sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 237 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Ulf Andersson D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Andersson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ulf Andersson is a researcher affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden, with a substantial body of work spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology, neurology, immunology, clinical biochemistry, and physiology.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several research topics, including:

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Ulf Andersson's recent publications reflect these areas of interest. Key papers include:

  • Targeting Inflammation Driven by HMGB1, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Extracellular HMGB1: a therapeutic target in severe pulmonary inflammation including COVID-19?, 2020, Molecular Medicine
  • Heparin prevents caspase-11-dependent septic lethality independent of anticoagulant properties, 2021, Immunity
  • Identification of a brainstem locus that inhibits tumor necrosis factor, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • An oral antisense oligonucleotide for PCSK9 inhibition, 2021, Science Translational Medicine

The majority of their publications appear in several key venues, including:

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cells

Throughout their career, Ulf Andersson has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, such as:

  • Kevin J. Tracey
  • Sangeeta S. Chavan
  • Huan Yang
  • Sam J. George
  • Michael Brines

Best Publications

  • HMG-1 as a Late Mediator of Endotoxin Lethality in Mice

    Haichao Wang;Ona Bloom;Minghuang Zhang;Jaideep M. Vishnubhakat

  • High mobility group 1 protein (HMG-1) stimulates proinflammatory cytokine synthesis in human monocytes.

    Ulf Andersson;Haichao Wang;Karin Palmblad;Ann-Charlotte Aveberger

  • HMGB1 Is a Therapeutic Target for Sterile Inflammation and Infection

    Ulf Andersson;Kevin J. Tracey

  • Acetylcholine-synthesizing T cells relay neural signals in a vagus nerve circuit.

    Mauricio Rosas-Ballina;Peder S. Olofsson;Mahendar Ochani;Sergio I. Valdés-Ferrer

  • Reversing established sepsis with antagonists of endogenous high-mobility group box 1

    Huan Yang;Mahendar Ochani;Jianhua Li;Xiaoling Qiang

  • Cytokine expression in advanced human atherosclerotic plaques: dominance of pro-inflammatory (Th1) and macrophage-stimulating cytokines.

    Johan Frostegård;Ann-Kristin Ulfgren;Pernilla Nyberg;Ulf Hedin

  • A critical cysteine is required for HMGB1 binding to Toll-like receptor 4 and activation of macrophage cytokine release

    Huan Yang;Hulda S. Hreggvidsdottir;Karin Palmblad;Haichao Wang

  • HMGB1: A multifunctional alarmin driving autoimmune and inflammatory disease

    Helena Erlandsson Harris;Ulf Andersson;David S. Pisetsky

  • Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release

    Ben Lu;Takahisa Nakamura;Karen Inouye;Jianhua Li

  • Mutually exclusive redox forms of HMGB1 promote cell recruitment or proinflammatory cytokine release

    Emilie Venereau;Maura Casalgrandi;Milena Schiraldi;Daniel J. Antoine

  • Hypercytokinemia in Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

    Jan-Inge Henter;Göran Elinder;Olle Söder;Mona Hansson

  • Assessment of cytokines by immunofluorescence and the paraformaldehyde-saponin procedure

    Birgitta Sander;Jan Andersson;Ulf Andersson

  • RAGE is the major receptor for the proinflammatory activity of HMGB1 in rodent macrophages.

    R. Kokkola;Å. Andersson;G. Mullins;T. Östberg

  • Targeting Inflammation Driven by HMGB1.

    Huan Yang;Haichao Wang;Ulf Andersson

  • Structural basis for the proinflammatory cytokine activity of high mobility group box 1.

    Jianhua Li;Riikka Kokkola;Siamak Tabibzadeh;Runkuan Yang

  • Mini‐review: The nuclear protein HMGB1 as a proinflammatory mediator

    Helena Erlandsson Harris;Ulf Andersson

  • Reflex Principles of Immunological Homeostasis

    Ulf Andersson;Kevin J. Tracey

  • Successful treatment of collagen-induced arthritis in mice and rats by targeting extracellular high mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 activity

    R. Kokkola;J. Li;E. Sundberg;A.-C. Aveberger

  • The many faces of HMGB1: molecular structure-functional activity in inflammation, apoptosis, and chemotaxis

    Huan Yang;Daniel J. Antoine;Ulf Andersson;Kevin J. Tracey

  • Redox modification of cysteine residues regulates the cytokine activity of high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1).

    Huan Yang;Peter Lundbäck;Lars Ottosson;Helena Erlandsson-Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Tracey
Kevin J. Tracey Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Helena Erlandsson Harris
Helena Erlandsson Harris Karolinska Institute
Huan Yang
Huan Yang Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Sangeeta S. Chavan
Sangeeta S. Chavan Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Jan Andersson
Jan Andersson Karolinska Institute
Jianhua Li
Jianhua Li Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Haichao Wang
Haichao Wang Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Jan Andersson
Jan Andersson Uppsala University
Jan-Inge Henter
Jan-Inge Henter Karolinska University Hospital
Valentin A. Pavlov
Valentin A. Pavlov Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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