Anna Smed Sörensen
About me
Professor and research group leader at the Immunology and Allergy Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna.
I did my undergraduate studies (MSc) in Biology at Uppsala universitet. I received my PhD in Experimental Medicine from Karolinska Institutet (Center of Infectious Medicine) in 2004 and then did postdoctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA and Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
I returned to Karolinska Institutet in 2010 as assistant professor supported by a Marie Curie/Vinnmer fellowship from Vinnova and a research grant for young investigators from the Swedish Research Council. Since 2014 I am a research group leader at the Department of Medicine Solna.
I have received support from Karolinska Institutet including a salary grant as part of the KI career ladder and a six-year senior research position funded by the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation.I became associate professor (docent) in immunology in 2015 and full professor of translational immunology in 2024.
Research
The research in my group is focused on immune cells, in particular dendritic cells and monocytes and their role in infection and inflammation of the respiratory system in humans.
Articles
- Article: RESPIRATORY RESEARCH. 2025;26(1):130Padhi A; Eklund A; Malmestrom C; Erikson E; Hallen G; Smed-Sorensen A; Kullberg S
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2025;15(1):5312Werner J; Darlington P; Rivera N; Eklund A; Smed-Sorensen A; Kullberg S
- Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;14(3):e70026Osterberg B; Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Ahlberg E; Yu M; Granja D; Snik ME; Falck-Jones R; Barros GWF; Charles A; Lepzien R; Johansson N; Holmes TH; Maecker H; Czarnewski P; Bell M; Farnert A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2024;64(6):2400277Arkema EV; Sachs MC; Dominicus A; Eklund A; Smed-Sorensen A; Grunewald J; Blomberg A
- Article: JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY. 2024;149:103247Miedema J; Cinetto F; Smed-Sorensen A; Spagnolo P
- Article: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE AND RESEARCH. 2024;86:101142Rossides M; Megadimou V; Smed-Sorensen A; Eklund A; Kullberg S; Darlington P
- Article: MBIO. 2024;15(10):e0130324-e01324Hellman U; Rosendal E; Lehrstrand J; Henriksson J; Bjoersell T; Wennemo A; Hahn M; Osterberg B; Dorofte L; Nilsson E; Forsell MNE; Smed-Soerensen A; Lange A; Karlsson MG; Ahlm C; Blomberg A; Cajander S; Ahlgren U; Lind A; Normark J; Oeverby AK; Lenman A
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2024;20(7):e1012390Garcia M; Garcia AC; Weigel W; Christ W; Lira-Junior R; Wirth L; Tauriainen J; Maleki K; Vanoni G; Vaheri A; Makela S; Mustonen J; Nordgren J; Smed-Sorensen A; Strandin T; Mjosberg J; Klingstrom J
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;15:1346749Bladh O; Aguilera K; Marking U; Kihlgren M; Norin NG; Smed-Sorensen A; Chen MS; Klingstrom J; Blom K; Russell MW; Havervall S; Thalin C; Aberg M
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):20315Castro-Pearson S; Samorodnitsky S; Yang K; Lotfi-Emran S; Ingraham NE; Bramante C; Jones EK; Greising S; Yu M; Steffen B; Svensson J; Ahlberg E; Osterberg B; Wacker D; Guan W; Puskarich M; Smed-Sorensen A; Lusczek E; Safo SE; Tignanelli CJ
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2023;42(8):112835Lee Y-B; Jung M; Kim J; Charles A; Christ W; Kang J; Kang M-G; Kwak C; Klingstrom J; Smed-Sorensen A; Kim J-S; Mun JY; Rhee H-W
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):2164Yu M; Charles A; Cagigi A; Christ W; osterberg B; Falck-Jones S; Azizmohammadi L; ahlberg E; Falck-Jones R; Svensson J; Nie M; Warnqvist A; Hellgren F; Lenart K; Arcoverde Cerveira R; Ols S; Lindgren G; Lin A; Maecker H; Bell M; Johansson N; Albert J; Sundling C; Czarnewski P; Klingstroem J; Faernert A; Lore K; Smed-Soerensen A
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):1577Marking U; Havervall S; Norin NG; Bladh O; Christ W; Gordon M; Ng H; Blom K; Phillipson M; Mangsbo S; Alm JJ; Smed-Sorensen A; Nilsson P; Hober S; Aberg M; Klingstroem J; Thalin C
- Article: ELIFE. 2023;12:e77345Vangeti S; Falck-Jones S; Yu M; Osterberg B; Liu S; Asghar M; Sonden K; Paterson C; Whitley P; Albert J; Johansson N; Farnert A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: NATURE METABOLISM. 2022;4(6):739-758Li S; Li W; Yuan J; Bullova P; Wu J; Zhang X; Liu Y; Plescher M; Rodriguez J; Bedoya-Reina OC; Jannig PR; Valente-Silva P; Yu M; Henriksson MA; Zubarev RA; Smed-Sorensen A; Suzuki CK; Ruas JL; Holmberg J; Larsson C; Christofer Juhlin C; von Kriegsheim A; Cao Y; Schlisio S
- Article: JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY. 2022;111(4):857-866Lepzien R; Nie M; Czarnewski P; Liu S; Yu M; Ravindran A; Kullberg S; Eklund A; Grunewald J; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;13:834862Brownlie D; Rodahl I; Varnaite R; Asgeirsson H; Glans H; Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Buggert M; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J; Gredmark-Russ S; Smed-Sorensen A; Marquardt N
- Article: JCI INSIGHT. 2021;6(22):e151463Cagigi A; Yu M; Osterberg B; Svensson J; Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Ahlberg E; Azizmohammadi L; Warnqvist A; Falck-Jones R; Gubisch PC; Odemis M; Ghafoor F; Eisele M; Lenart K; Bell M; Johansson N; Albert J; Salde J; Pettie DD; Murphy MP; Carter L; King NP; Ols S; Normark J; Ahlm C; Forsell MN; Farnert A; Lore K; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2021;58(1):2003468Lepzien R; Liu S; Czarnewski P; Nie M; Osterberg B; Baharom F; Pourazar J; Rankin G; Eklund A; Bottai M; Kullberg S; Blomberg A; Grunewald J; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2021;21(1):494Glans H; Gredmark-Russ S; Olausson M; Falck-Jones S; Varnaite R; Christ W; Maleki KT; Karlberg ML; Broddesson S; Falck-Jones R; Bell M; Johansson N; Farnert A; Smed-Sorensen A; Klingstroem J; Brave A
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2021;131(6):144734Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Yu M; Falck-Jones R; Cagigi A; Badolati I; Osterberg B; Lautenbach MJ; Ahlberg E; Lin A; Lepzien R; Szurgot I; Lenart K; Hellgren F; Maecker H; Salde J; Albert J; Johansson N; Bell M; Lore K; Farnert A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2021;17(3):e1009400Vangeti S; Strandin T; Liu S; Tauriainen J; Raisanen-Sokolowski A; Cabrera L; Hassinen A; Makela S; Mustonen J; Vaheri A; Vapalahti O; Klingstrom J; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2021;54(2):259-275.e7Evren E; Ringqvist E; Tripathi KP; Sleiers N; Rives IC; Alisjahbana A; Gao Y; Sarhan D; Halle T; Sorini C; Lepzien R; Marquardt N; Michaelsson J; Smed-Sorensen A; Botling J; Karlsson MCI; Villablanca EJ; Willinger T
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):15328Wahlund CJE; Akpinar GG; Steiner L; Ibrahim A; Bandeira E; Lepzien R; Lukic A; Smed-Sorensen A; Kullberg S; Eklund A; Grunewald J; Gabrielsson S
- Article: SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;5(49):eaba7918Sekine T; Perez-Potti A; Son N; Gorin J-B; Wu VH; Gostick E; Llewellyn-Lacey S; Hammer Q; Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Yu M; Smed-Sorensen A; Gaballa A; Uhlin M; Sandberg JK; Brander C; Nowak P; Goepfert PA; Price DA; Betts MR; Buggert M
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS. 2020;481:112792Silva MH; Lepzien R; Ols S; Dahlberg B; Grunewald J; Lore K; Smed-Sorensen A; Correia-Neves M; Empadinhas N; Farnert A; Kallenius G; Sundling C
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2019;28(8):2124-2139.e6Sola-Riera C; Gupta S; Maleki KT; Gonzalez-Rodriguez P; Saidi D; Zimmer CL; Vangeti S; Rivino L; Leo Y-S; Lye DC; MacAry PA; Ahlm C; Smed-Sorensen A; Joseph B; Bjorkstrom NK; Ljunggren H-G; Klingstrom J
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:1116Scharenberg M; Vangeti S; Kekalainen E; Bergman P; Al-Ameri M; Johansson N; Sonden K; Falck-Jones S; Farnert A; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J; Smed-Sorensen A; Marquardt N
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2019;285(5):510-523Klingstrom J; Smed-Sorensen A; Maleki KT; Sola-Riera C; Ahlm C; Bjorkstrom NK; Ljunggren HG
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;202(7):2069-2081Vangeti S; Gertow J; Yu M; Liu S; Baharom F; Scholz S; Friberg D; Starkhammar M; Ahlberg A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY. 2019;105(4):797-807Lepzien R; Rankin G; Pourazar J; Muala A; Eklund A; Grunewald J; Blomberg A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(6):e0177920Baharom F; Thomas OS; Lepzien R; Mellman I; Chalouni C; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2017;13(6):e1006462Scholz S; Baharom F; Rankin G; Maleki KT; Gupta S; Vangeti S; Pourazar J; Discacciati A; Hoijer J; Bottai M; Bjorkstrom NK; Rasmuson J; Evander M; Blomberg A; Ljunggren H-G; Klingstrom J; Ahlm C; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2017;137(4):865-873Martini E; Wiken M; Cheuk S; Serezal IG; Baharom F; Stahle M; Smed-Sorensen A; Eidsmo L
- Article: JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. 2017;(119)Baharom F; Rankin G; Scholz S; Pourazar J; Ahlm C; Blomberg A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2016;48(2):484-494Kaiser Y; Lepzien R; Kullberg S; Eklund A; Smed-Sorensen A; Grunewald J
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;196(11):4498-4509Baharom F; Thomas S; Rankin G; Lepzien R; Pourazar J; Behndig AF; Ahlm C; Blomberg A; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;194(9):4422-4430Baharom F; Thomas S; Bieder A; Hellmer M; Volz J; Sandgren KJ; McInerney GM; Hedestam GBK; Mellman I; Smed-Sorensen A
- Article: CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY. 2013;15(8):1385-1400Kuri T; Sorensen AS; Thomas S; Hedestam GBK; Normark S; Henriques-Normark B; McInerney GM; Plant L
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2013;191(1):60-69Sandgren KJ; Smed-Sorensen A; Forsell MN; Soldemo M; Adams WC; Liang F; Perbeck L; Koup RA; Wyatt RT; Hedestam GBK; Lore K
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2013;210(5):1049-1063Cohn L; Chatterjee B; Esselborn F; Smed-Soerensen A; Nakamura N; Chalouni C; Lee B-C; Vandlen R; Keler T; Lauer P; Brockstedt D; Mellman I; Delamarre L
- Article: AIDS. 2013;27(7):1071-1080Liang F; Bond E; Sandgren KJ; Smed-Sorensen A; Rangaka MX; Lange C; Koup RA; McComsey GA; Lederman MM; Wilkinson RJ; Andersson J; Lore K
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2013;762:263-288Smed-Sorensen A; Lore K
- Article: BLOOD. 2012;120(10):2011-2020Chatterjee B; Smed-Soerensen A; Cohn L; Chalouni C; Vandlen R; Lee B-C; Widger J; Keler T; Delamarre L; Mellman I
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2012;132(1):114-123Bond E; Liang F; Sandgren KJ; Smed-Sorensen A; Bergman P; Brighenti S; Adams WC; Betemariam SA; Rangaka MX; Lange C; Wilkinson RJ; Andersson J; Lore K
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2012;8(3):e1002572Smed-Soerensen A; Chalouni C; Chatterjee B; Cohn L; Blattmann P; Nakamura N; Delamarre L; Mellman I
- Article: CURRENT OPINION IN HIV AND AIDS. 2011;6(5):405-410Smed-Sorensen A; Lore K
- Article: JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY. 2011;89(6):811-821Gujer C; Sandgren KJ; Douagi I; Adams WC; Sundling C; Smed-Sorensen A; Seder RA; Hedestam GBK; Lore K
- Article: BLOOD. 2010;116(11):1876-1884Moll M; Andersson SK; Smed-Soerensen A; Sandberg JK
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS. 2009;348(1-2):42-56Bond E; Adams WC; Smed-Sorensen A; Sandgren KJ; Perbeck L; Hofmann A; Andersson J; Lore K
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2009;182(4):1991-2001Douagi I; Gujer C; Sundling C; Adams WC; Smed-Soerensen A; Seder RA; Hedestam GBK; Lore K
- Article: BLOOD. 2008;111(10):5037-5046Smed-Sorensen A; Moll M; Cheng T-Y; Lore K; Norlin A-C; Perbeck L; Moody DB; Spetz A-L; Sandberg JK
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;9(5):551-557Di Pucchio T; Chatterjee B; Smed-Sörensen A; Clayton S; Palazzo A; Montes M; Xue Y; Mellman I; Banchereau J; Connolly JE
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;179(3):1711-1720Triggering of dendritic cell responses after exposure to activated, but not resting, apoptotic PBMCsJohansson U; Walther-Jallow L; Smed-Sorensen A; Spetz A-L
- Article: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES. 2007;23(1):101-106Soderlund J; Hirbod T; Smed-Sorensen A; Johansson U; Kimani J; Plummer F; Spetz A-L; Andersson J; Kaul R; Broliden K
- Article: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY. 2005;79(14):8861-8869Smed-Sörensen A; Loré K; Vasudevan J; Louder MK; Andersson J; Mascola JR; Spetz AL; Koup RA
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2005;201(12):2023-2033Loré K; Smed-Sörensen A; Vasudevan J; Mascola JR; Koup RA
- Article: BLOOD. 2004;104(9):2810-2817Smed-Sörensen A; Loré K; Walther-Jallow L; Andersson J; Spetz AL
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2004;172(10):6407-6417Betts MR; Price DA; Brenchley JM; Loré K; Guenaga FJ; Smed-Sorensen A; Ambrozak DR; Migueles SA; Connors M; Roederer M; Douek DC; Koup RA
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2002;169(10):5771-5779Spetz AL; Sörensen AS; Walther-Jallow L; Wahren B; Andersson J; Holmgren L; Hinkula J
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2024;BIORXIVYu M; Lin A; Baharom F; Li S; Legendre M; Covés-Datson E; Sohlberg E; Schlisio S; Loré K; Markovitz DM; Smed-Sörensen A
- Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):16370Castro-Pearson S; Samorodnitsky S; Yang K; Lotfi-Emran S; Ingraham NE; Bramante C; Jones EK; Greising S; Yu M; Steffen BT; Svensson J; Ahlberg E; Osterberg B; Wacker D; Guan W; Puskarich M; Smed-Soerensen A; Lusczek E; Safo SE; Tignanelli CJ
- Letter: LANCET MICROBE. 2023;4(7):e488Bladh O; Marking U; Havervall S; Norin NG; Aguilera K; Hober S; Smed-Soerensen A; Gordon M; Blom K; Aberg M; Klingstrom J; Thalin C
- Letter: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;23(2):150-152Marking U; Bladh O; Havervall S; Svensson J; Greilert-Norin N; Aguilera K; Kihlgren M; Salomonsson A-C; Mansson M; Gallini R; Kriegholm C; Bacchus P; Hober S; Gordon M; Blom K; Smed-Sorensen A; Aberg M; Klingstrom J; Thalin C
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2023;293(2):130-143Falck-Jones S; Osterberg B; Smed-Sorensen A
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2022;387(21):e55Åberg M; Smed-Sörensen A; Thålin C
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2022;387(14):1333-1336Havervall S; Marking U; Svensson J; Greilert-Norin N; Bacchus P; Nilsson P; Hober S; Gordon M; Blom K; Klingstrom J; Aberg M; Smed-Sorensen A; Thalin C
- Corrigendum: NATURE METABOLISM. 2022;4(10):1421Li S; Li W; Yuan J; Bullova P; Wu J; Zhang X; Liu Y; Plescher M; Rodriguez J; Bedoya-Reina OC; Jannig PR; Valente-Silva P; Yu M; Henriksson MA; Zubarev RA; Smed-Sorensen A; Suzuki CK; Ruas JL; Holmberg J; Larsson C; Christofer Juhlin C; von Kriegsheim A; Cao Y; Schlisio S
- Letter: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;95(6):e13161Mandolesi M; Rodahl I; Steiner L; Gronwall C; Smed-Sorensen A
- Corrigendum: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2021;17(8):e1009876Vangeti S; Strandin T; Liu S; Tauriainen J; Räisänen-Sokolowski A; Cabrera LE; Hassinen A; Mäkelä S; Mustonen J; Vaheri A; Vapalahti O; Klingström J; Smed-Sörensen A
- Editorial comment: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;9:2828Smed-Sorensen A; Oh DY; Oshiumi H; Hsu AC-Y
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2018;52:pa5205Lepzien R; Rankin G; Pourazar J; Muala A; Eklund A; Grunewald J; Blomberg A; Sorensen AS
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;9:1521Vangeti S; Yu M; Smed-Sorensen A
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;8:499Baharom F; Rankin G; Blomberg A; Smed-Sorensen A
Grants
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021
Employments
- Professor, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2015
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2004
- Licentiate Degree, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2003