Birgitta Agerberth

Karolinska Institutet — Sweden

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities(85), Immune Response and Inflammation(35), Pediatric health and respiratory diseases(24), Biochemical and Structural Characterization(19), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(18)

Publications128 total

The di-leucine motif in the host defense peptide LL-37 is essential for initiation of autophagy in human macrophages
Cell Reports·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
The Novel Inducer of Innate Immunity HO53 Stimulates Autophagy in Human Airway Epithelial Cells
Journal of Innate Immunity·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Citrullination Alters the Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Functions of the Host Defense Peptide Canine Cathelicidin K9CATH In Vitro
The Journal of Immunology·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Gut microbiota‐CRAMP axis shapes intestinal barrier function and immune responses in dietary gluten‐induced enteropathy
EMBO Molecular Medicine·2021· 36 citedOpen Access
Immunomodulatory Agents Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Improving Antimicrobial Immunity
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·2021· 34 citedOpen Access
Slow radiological improvement and persistent low-grade inflammation after chemotherapy in tuberculosis patients with type 2 diabetes
BMC Infectious Diseases·2020· 19 citedOpen Access
Slow radiological improvement and persistent low-grade inflammation after chemotherapy in tuberculosis patients with type 2 diabetes
Research Square (Research Square)·2020Open Access
Slow radiological improvement and persistent low-grade inflammation after chemotherapy in tuberculosis patients with type 2 diabetes
Research Square (Research Square)·2020Open Access
Slow radiological improvement and persistent low-grade inflammation after chemotherapy in tuberculosis patients with type 2 diabetes
Research Square (Research Square)·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Host Directed Therapy Against Infection by Boosting Innate Immunity
Frontiers in Immunology·2020· 62 citedOpen Access
Innate Effector Systems in Primary Human Macrophages Sensitize Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae to Antibiotics
Infection and Immunity·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Slow radiological improvement and persistent low-grade inflammation after chemotherapy in tuberculosis patients with type 2 diabetes
Research Square (Research Square)·2020Open Access
Studies on citrullinated LL-37: detection in human airways, antibacterial effects and biophysical properties
Scientific Reports·2020· 36 citedOpen Access
Cathelicidin‐related antimicrobial peptide protects against ischaemia reperfusion‐induced acute kidney injury in mice
British Journal of Pharmacology·2020· 45 citedOpen Access
Host-Directed Therapy as a Novel Treatment Strategy to Overcome Tuberculosis: Targeting Immune Modulation
Antibiotics·2020· 57 citedOpen Access
Phenylbutyrate induces LL-37-dependent autophagy and intracellular killing of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> in human macrophages
Figshare·2020Open Access
The anti-microbial peptide LL-37/CRAMP levels are associated with acute heart failure and can attenuate cardiac dysfunction in multiple preclinical models of heart failure
Theranostics·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
Cathelicidin Contributes to the Restriction of Leishmania in Human Host Macrophages
Frontiers in Immunology·2019· 25 citedOpen Access
Klebsiella pneumoniae Expressing VIM-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase Is Resensitized to Cefotaxime via Thiol-Mediated Zinc Chelation
Infection and Immunity·2019· 6 citedOpen Access
Low Methoxyl Pectin Protects against Autoimmune Diabetes and Associated Caecal Dysfunction
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research·2019· 21 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Guðmundur H. Guðmundsson(29), Peter Bergman(13), Hans Jörnvall(10), Rubhana Raqib(6), Rokeya Sultana Rekha(6), Hans Wigzell(4), Lennart Lindbom(4), Tomas Hökfelt(4), Richard L. Gallo(4), Protim Sarker(4), Jan Andersson(4), Andreas Cederlund(4), Ylva Kai-Larsen(4), Maria Tollin(4), Linda Johansson(4), Berit Olsson(3), Jan Johansson(3), Tomas Bergman(3), Hans G. Boman(3), Viktor Mutt(3)