Martin Ivarsson

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I lead a small team studying human uterine immunology. For more information
please view my team website (Unit).

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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;:e202451150
Distinct Tissue-Dependent Composition and Gene Expression of Human Fetal Innate Lymphoid Cells.
Rødahl IE; Ivarsson MA; Loh L; Mold JE; Westgren M; Friberg D; Mjösberg J; Björkström NK; Marquardt N; Nixon DF; Michaëlsson J
Article: SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;9(94):eadj7168
Tissue-specific nonheritable influences drive endometrial immune system variation
Bister J; Filipovic I; Sun D; Crona-Guterstam Y; Cornillet M; Ponzetta A; Michaelsson J; Gidloef S; Ivarsson MA; Strunz B; Bjoerkstroem NK
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;90(2):e13738
Immune cell profiling of vaginal blood from patients with early pregnancy bleeding
Guterstam YC; Acharya G; Schott K; Bjorkstrom NK; Gidlof S; Ivarsson MA
Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2021;14(2):357-365
Human endometrial MAIT cells are transiently tissue resident and respond toNeisseria gonorrhoeae
Bister J; Guterstam YC; Strunz B; Dumitrescu B; Bhattarai KH; Ozenci V; Brannstrom M; Ivarsson MA; Gidlof S; Bjorkstrom NK
Article: SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY. 2021;6(56):eabb7800
Continuous human uterine NK cell differentiation in response to endometrial regeneration and pregnancy
Strunz B; Bister J; Jonsson H; Filipovic I; Crona-Guterstam Y; Kvedaraite E; Sleiers N; Dumitrescu B; Brannstrom M; Lentini A; Reinius B; Cornillet M; Willinger T; Gidlof S; Hamilton RS; Ivarsson MA; Bjorkstrom NK
Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2021;100(2):339-346
The cytokine profile of menstrual blood
Crona Guterstam Y; Strunz B; Ivarsson MA; Zimmer C; Melin A-S; Jonasson AF; Bjorkstrom NK; Gidlof SB
Article: CELL. 2020;183(7):1946-1961.e15
The Identity of Human Tissue-Emigrant CD8⁺ T Cells
Buggert M; Vella LA; Nguyen S; Wu VH; Chen Z; Sekine T; Perez-Potti A; Maldini CR; Manne S; Darko S; Ransier A; Kuri-Cervantes L; Japp AS; Brody IB; Ivarsson MA; Gorin J-B; Rivera-Ballesteros O; Hertwig L; Antel JP; Johnson ME; Okoye A; Picker L; Vahedi G; Sparrelid E; Llewellyn-Lacey S; Gostick E; Sandberg JK; Bjorkstrom N; Bar-Or A; Dori Y; Naji A; Canaday DH; Laufer TM; Wells AD; Price DA; Frank I; Douek DC; Wherry EJ; Itkin MG; Betts MR
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):381
Distinctive phenotypes and functions of innate lymphoid cells in human decidua during early pregnancy
Huhn O; Ivarsson MA; Gardner L; Hollinshead M; Stinchcombe JC; Chen P; Shreeve N; Chazara O; Farrell LE; Theorell J; Ghadially H; Parham P; Griffiths G; Horowitz A; Moffett A; Sharkey AM; Colucci F
Article: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2020;2098:71-82
Methods for High-Dimensional Flow Cytometry Analysis of Human MAIT Cells in Tissues and Peripheral Blood.
Strunz B; Zimmer CL; Bister J; Ivarsson MA; Björkström NK
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2019;10(1):3897
NK cells are activated and primed for skin-homing during acute dengue virus infection in humans
Zimmer CL; Cornillet M; Sola-Riera C; Cheung K-W; Ivarsson MA; Lim MQ; Marquardt N; Leo Y-S; Lye DC; Klingstrom J; MacAry PA; Ljunggren H-G; Rivino L; Bjorkstrom NK
Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:2692
29-Color Flow Cytometry: Unraveling Human Liver NK Cell Repertoire Diversity
Filipovic I; Sonnerborg I; Strunz B; Friberg D; Cornillet M; Hertwig L; Ivarsson MA; Bjorkstrom NK
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;48(12):1997-2004
Primary sclerosing cholangitis leads to dysfunction and loss of MAIT cells
von Seth E; Zimmer CL; Reuterwall-Hansson M; Barakat A; Arnelo U; Bergquist A; Ivarsson MA; Bjorkstorm NK
Article: NATURE. 2018;563(7731):347-353
Single-cell reconstruction of the early maternal-fetal interface in humans
Vento-Tormo R; Efremova M; Botting RA; Turco MY; Vento-Termo M; Meyer KB; Park J-E; Stephenson E; Polanski K; Goncalves A; Gardner L; Holmqvist S; Henriksson J; Zou A; Sharkey AM; Millar B; Innes B; Wood L; Wilbrey-Clark A; Payne RP; Ivarsson MA; Lisgo S; Filby A; Rowitch DH; Bulmer JN; Wright GJ; Stubbington MJT; Haniffa M; Moffett A; Teichmann SA
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;201(9):2593-2601
High-Resolution Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of KIR2DL1 Alleles and Their Association with Pre-Eclampsia
Huhn O; Chazara O; Ivarsson MA; Retiere C; Venkatesan TC; Norman PJ; Hilton HG; Jayaraman J; Traherne JA; Trowsdale J; Ito M; Kling C; Parham P; Ghadially H; Moffett A; Sharkey AM; Colucci F
Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2018;14(1):e1007163
Identification of an elaborate NK-specific system regulating HLA-C expression
Li H; Ivarsson MA; Walker-Sperling VE; Subleski J; Johnson JK; Wright PW; Carrington M; Bjorkstroem NK; McVicar DW; Anderson SK
Article: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;139(4):1321-1330.e4
Human lung natural killer cells are predominantly comprised of highly differentiated hypofunctional CD69^-CD56^dim cells
Marquardt N; Kekalainen E; Chen P; Kvedaraite E; Wilson JN; Ivarsson MA; Mjosberg J; Berglin L; Safholm J; Manson ML; Adner M; Al-Ameri M; Bergman P; Orre A-C; Svensson M; Dahlen B; Dahlen S-E; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J
Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;10(2):322-331
Composition and dynamics of the uterine NK cell KIR repertoire in menstrual blood
Ivarsson MA; Stiglund N; Marquardt N; Westgren M; Gidlof S; Bjorkstrom NK
Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;8:298
Modulation of Human Leukocyte Antigen-C by Human Cytomegalovirus Stimulates KIR2DS1 Recognition by Natural Killer Cells
van der Ploeg K; Chang C; Ivarsson MA; Moffett A; Wills MR; Trowsdale J
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;197(11):4292-4300
Activating KIR2DS4 Is Expressed by Uterine NK Cells and Contributes to Successful Pregnancy
Kennedy PR; Chazara O; Gardner L; Ivarsson MA; Farrell LE; Xiong S; Hiby SE; Colucci F; Sharkey AM; Moffett A
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;197(8):3069-3075
Fetal CD103⁺ IL-17-Producing Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells Represent the Dominant Lymphocyte Subset in Human Amniotic Fluid
Marquardt N; Ivarsson MA; Sundstrom E; Akesson E; Martini E; Eidsmo L; Mjosberg J; Friberg D; Kublickas M; Ek S; Tegerstedt G; Seiger A; Westgren M; Michaelsson J
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;195(7):3026-3032
Tissue-Specific Education of Decidual NK Cells
Sharkey AM; Xiong S; Kennedy PR; Gardner L; Farrell LE; Chazara O; Ivarsson MA; Hiby SE; Colucci F; Moffetet A
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;195(7):3262-3272
The Human NK Cell Response to Yellow Fever Virus 17D Is Primarily Governed by NK Cell Differentiation Independently of NK Cell Education
Marquardt N; Ivarsson MA; Blom K; Gonzalez VD; Braun M; Falconer K; Gustafsson R; Fogdell-Hahn A; Sandberg JK; Michaelsson J
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;194(6):2467-2471
Cutting Edge: Identification and Characterization of Human Intrahepatic CD49a⁺ NK Cells
Marquardt N; Beziat V; Nystrom S; Hengst J; Ivarsson MA; Kekalainen E; Johansson H; Mjosberg J; Westgren M; Lankisch TO; Wedemeyer H; Ellis EC; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J; Bjorkstrom NK
Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;7(5):1233-1243
Invariant natural killer T cells developing in the human fetus accumulate and mature in the small intestine
Loh L; Ivarsson MA; Michaelsson J; Sandberg JK; Nixon DF
Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2014;10(7):e1004251
T-bet and Eomes Are Differentially Linked to the Exhausted Phenotype of CD8+T Cells in HIV Infection
Buggert M; Tauriainen J; Yamamoto T; Frederiksen J; Ivarsson MA; Michaelsson J; Lund O; Hejdeman B; Jansson M; Sonnerborg A; Koup RA; Betts MR; Karlsson AC
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2013;123(9):3889-3901
Differentiation and functional regulation of human fetal NK cells
Ivarsson MA; Loh L; Marquardt N; Kekalainen E; Berglin L; Bjorkstrom NK; Westgren M; Nixon DF; Michaelsson J
Article: BLOOD. 2013;121(14):2678-2688
NK cell responses to cytomegalovirus infection lead to stable imprints in the human KIR repertoire and involve activating KIRs
Beziat V; Liu LL; Malmberg J-A; Ivarsson MA; Sohlberg E; Bjorklund AT; Retiere C; Sverremark-Ekstrom E; Traherne J; Ljungman P; Schaffer M; Price DA; Trowsdale J; Michaelsson J; Ljunggren H-G; Malmberg K-J
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2013;190(5):2150-2158
Temporal Dynamics of the Primary Human T Cell Response to Yellow Fever Virus 17D As It Matures from an Effector- to a Memory-Type Response
Blom K; Braun M; Ivarsson MA; Gonzalez VD; Falconer K; Moll M; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J; Sandberg JK
Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(5):e20261
IgE Immune Complexes Stimulate an Increase in Lung Mast Cell Progenitors in a Mouse Model of Allergic Airway Inflammation
Dahlin JS; Ivarsson MA; Heyman B; Hallgren J
Article: BLOOD. 2010;116(19):3853-3864
Expression patterns of NKG2A, KIR, and CD57 define a process of CD56^dim NK-cell differentiation uncoupled from NK-cell education
Bjorkstrom NK; Riese P; Heuts F; Andersson S; Fauriat C; Ivarsson MA; Bjorklund AT; Flodstrom-Tullberg M; Michaelsson J; Rottenberg ME; Guzman CA; Ljunggren H-G; Malmberg K-J
Article: BLOOD. 2010;115(6):1166-1174
Education of human natural killer cells by activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors
Fauriat C; Ivarsson MA; Ljunggren H-G; Malmberg K-J; Michaelsson J
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Book chapter: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REPRODUCTION. 2018;p. 462-468
Uterine Natural Killer (NK) Cells
Moffett A; Ivarsson MA
Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;44(7):2192-2196
Tracing dynamic expansion of human NK-cell subsets by high-resolution analysis of KIR repertoires and cellular differentiation
Beziat V; Traherne J; Malmberg J-A; Ivarsson MA; Bjorkstrom NK; Retiere C; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J; Trowsdale J; Malmberg K-J
Thesis / dissertation: 2014
The ontogeny and regulation of human natural killer cells
Ivarsson, Martin A
Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;5:184-9
Activating killer cell Ig-like receptors In health and disease
Ivarsson MA; Michaelsson J; Fauriat C

Grants

Mapping the dynamics of human uterine natural killer cells for development of personalized care in female reproductive medicine
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024

Employments

Senior Research Specialist, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2014

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