Mats Wahlgren

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Professor of Infectious Disease Control, especially Parasitology.

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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):3262
Antibodies in children with malaria to PfEMP1, RIFIN and SURFIN expressed at the Plasmodium falciparum parasitized red blood cell surface
Quintana MDP; Ch'ng J-H; Moll K; Zandian A; Nilsson P; Idris ZM; Saiwaew S; Qundos U; Wahlgren M
Article: NATURE MICROBIOLOGY. 2017;2(7):17068
Regulation of PfEMP1-VAR2CSA translation by a Plasmodium translation-enhancing factor
Chan S; Frasch A; Mandava CS; Ch'ng J-H; del Pilar Quintana M; Vesterlund M; Ghorbal M; Joannin N; Franzen O; Lopez-Rubio J-J; Barbieri S; Lanzavecchia A; Sanyal S; Wahlgren M
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7(1):723
Frequent GU wobble pairings reduce translation efficiency in Plasmodium falciparum
Chan S; Ch'ng J-H; Wahlgren M; Thutkawkorapin J
Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(3):e0172718
Effects of sevuparin on rosette formation and cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes
Saiwaew S; Sritabal J; Piaraksa N; Keayarsa S; Ruengweerayut R; Utaisin C; Sila P; Niramis R; Udomsangpetch R; Charunwatthana P; Pongponratn E; Pukrittayakamee S; Leitgeb AM; Wahlgren M; Lee SJ; Day NPJ; White NJ; Dondorp AM; Chotivanich K
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:43190
Epitopes of anti-RIFIN antibodies and characterization of rif-expressing Plasmodium falciparum parasites by RNA sequencing
Ch'ng J-H; Sirel M; Zandian A; Quintana MDP; Chan SCL; Moll K; Tellgren-Roth A; Nilsson I; Nilsson P; Qundos U; Wahlgren M
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2017;16(1):37
Development of Plasmodium falciparum specific naive, atypical, memory and plasma B cells during infancy and in adults in an endemic area
Lugaajju A; Reddy SB; Wahlgren M; Kironde F; Persson KEM
Article: JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE. 2016;241:57-67
Development of drug-loaded immunoliposomes for the selective targeting and elimination of rosetting Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells
Moles E; Moll K; Ch'ng J-H; Parini P; Wahlgren M; Fernandez-Busquets X
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2016;15(1):416
Phagocytosis-inducing antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum upon immunization with a recombinant PfEMP1 NTS-DBL1 α domain
Quintana MDP; Angeletti D; Moll K; Chen Q; Wahlgren M
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:29317
Rosette-Disrupting Effect of an Anti-Plasmodial Compound for the Potential Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Complications
Ch'ng J-H; Moll K; Quintana MDP; Chan SCL; Masters E; Moles E; Liu J; Eriksson AB; Wahlgren M
Article: SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;47(4):581-590
EFFECT ON ROSETTE FORMATION OF ANTIBODIES TO DUFFY BINDING-LIKE 1 ALPHA DOMAIN OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1
Saiwaew S; Moll K; Leitgeb AM; Piaraksa N; Sila P; Patthanacharoern N; Phetsouvanh R; Charunwatthana P; Uthaisin C; Dondorp AM; Wahlgren M; Chotivanich K
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2016;7:11537
The TatD-like DNase of Plasmodium is a virulence factor and a potential malaria vaccine candidate
Chang Z; Jiang N; Zhang Y; Lu H; Yin J; Wahlgren M; Cheng X; Cao Y; Chen Q
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2016;15:223
ARAM: an automated image analysis software to determine rosetting parameters and parasitaemia in Plasmodium samples
Kudella PW; Moll K; Wahlgren M; Wixforth A; Westerhausen C
Article: CELL REPORTS. 2016;14(4):723-736
Architecture of Human IgM in Complex with P. falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1
Akhouri RR; Goel S; Furusho H; Skoglund U; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(12):e0145120
Evasion of Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum: Rosettes of Blood Group A Impair Recognition of PfEMP1
Moll K; Palmkvist M; Ch'ng J; Kiwuwa MS; Wahlgren M
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2015;14:370
Novel flow cytometry technique for detection of Plasmodium falciparum specific B-cells in humans: increased levels of specific B-cells in ongoing infection
Lugaajju A; Reddy SB; Ronnberg C; Wahlgren M; Kironde F; Persson KEM
Article: BMC MICROBIOLOGY. 2015;15:133
Differences in affinity of monoclonal and naturally acquired polyclonal antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens
Reddy SB; Anders RF; Cross N; Mueller I; Senn N; Stanisic DI; Siba PM; Wahlgren M; Kironde F; Beeson JG; Persson KEM
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(4):e0124297
Parasite Specific Antibody Increase Induced by an Episode of Acute P-falciparum Uncomplicated Malaria
Kaddumukasa M; Lwanira C; Lugaajju A; Katabira E; Persson KEM; Wahlgren M; Kironde F
Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 2015;21(4):314-317
RIFINs are adhesins implicated in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Goel S; Palmkvist M; Moll K; Joannin N; Lara P; Akhouri RR; Moradi N; Ojemalm K; Westman M; Angeletti D; Kjellin H; Lehtio J; Blixt O; Idestrom L; Gahmberg CG; Storry JR; Hult AK; Olsson ML; von Heijne G; Nilsson I; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(12):e113248
B-Cell Epitopes in NTS-DBL1α of PfEMP1 Recognized by Human Antibodies in Rosetting Plasmodium falciparum
Albrecht L; Angeletti D; Moll K; Blomqvist K; Valentini D; D'Alexandri FL; Maurer M; Wahlgren M
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2014;13:425
Subclass responses and their half-lives for antibodies against EBA175 and PfRh2 in naturally acquired immunity against Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Ismail HA; Tijani MK; Langer C; Reiling L; White MT; Beeson JG; Wahlgren M; Nwuba R; Persson KEM
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2014;13:375
Label-free microfluidic enrichment of ring-stage Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells using non-inertial hydrodynamic lift
Geislinger TM; Chan S; Moll K; Wixforth A; Wahlgren M; Franke T
Article: PROTEOMICS. 2014;14(15):1737-1745
A comparative study on the heparin-binding proteomes of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum
Zhang Y; Jiang N; Jia B; Chang Z; Zhang Y; Wei X; Zhou J; Wang H; Zhao X; Yu S; Song M; Tu Z; Lu H; Yin J; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: PARASITE. 2014;21:19
The var3 genes of Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strain are differentially expressed in infected erythrocytes
Zhang Y; Jiang N; Chang Z; Wang H; Lu H; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2014;10(4):e1004038
Affinity Proteomics Reveals Elevated Muscle Proteins in Plasma of Children with Cerebral Malaria
Bachmann J; Burte F; Pramana S; Conte I; Brown BJ; Orimadegun AE; Ajetunmobi WA; Afolabi NK; Akinkunmi F; Omokhodion S; Akinbami FO; Shokunbi WA; Kampf C; Pawitan Y; Uhlen M; Sodeinde O; Schwenk JM; Wahlgren M; Fernandez-Reyes D; Nilsson P
Article: CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY. 2013;20(8):1170-1180
Acquired Antibodies to Merozoite Antigens in Children from Uganda with Uncomplicated or Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Ismail HA; Ribacke U; Reiling L; Normark J; Egwang T; Kironde F; Beeson JG; Wahlgren M; Persson KEM
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e69781
Improved In Vitro Culture of Plasmodium falciparum Permits Establishment of Clinical Isolates with Preserved Multiplication, Invasion and Rosetting Phenotypes
Ribacke U; Moll K; Albrecht L; Ismail HA; Normark J; Flaberg E; Szekely L; Hultenby K; Persson KEM; Egwang TG; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH. 2013;12(5):2185-2193
Proteomic Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Schizonts Reveals Heparin-Binding Merozoite Proteins
Zhang Y; Jiang N; Lu H; Hou N; Piao X; Cai P; Yin J; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2013;88(4):733-735
Short Report: Elevated Levels of High-Mobility Group Box-1 (HMGB1) in Patients with Severe or Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Angeletti D; Kiwuwa MS; Byarugaba J; Kironde F; Wahlgren M
Article: PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH. 2013;112(4):1691-1700
Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum infections in mild and severe malaria of children from Kampala, Uganda
Kiwuwa MS; Ribacke U; Moll K; Byarugaba J; Lundblom K; Farnert A; Fred K; Wahlgren M
Article: ACTA TROPICA. 2013;125(3):269-275
Detection of copy number variation and single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes involved in drug resistance and other phenotypic traits in P. falciparum clinical isolates collected from Uganda
Kiwuwa MS; Byarugaba J; Wahlgren M; Kironde F
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2013;12:32
Analysis of antibody induction upon immunization with distinct NTS-DBL1α-domains of PfEMP1 from rosetting Plasmodium falciparum parasites
Angeletti D; Albrecht L; Wahlgren M; Moll K
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(1):e52679
A Sequence in Subdomain 2 of DBL1α of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Induces Strain Transcending Antibodies
Blomqvist K; Albrecht L; del Pilar Quintana M; Angeletti D; Joannin N; Chene A; Moll K; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 2013;7(4):e2155
Rosetting in Plasmodium vivax : A Cytoadhesion Phenotype Associated with Anaemia
Marin-Menendez A; Bardaji A; Martinez-Espinosa FE; Botto-Menezes C; Lacerda MV; Ortiz J; Cistero P; Piqueras M; Felger I; Mueeller I; Ordi J; del Portillo H; Menendez C; Wahlgren M; Mayor A
Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2012;206(12):1904-1910
Placental Infection With Plasmodium vivax: A Histopathological and Molecular Study
Mayor A; Bardaji A; Felger I; King CL; Cistero P; Dobano C; Stanisic DI; Siba P; Wahlgren M; del Portillo H; Mueller I; Menendez C; Ordi J; Rogerson S
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e50758
Plasmodium falciparum Rosetting Epitopes Converge in the SD3-Loop of PfEMP1-DBL1α
Angeletti D; Albrecht L; Blomqvist K; del Pilar Quintana M; Akhter T; Bachle SM; Sawyer A; Sandalova T; Achour A; Wahlgren M; Moll K
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(11):e46980
Plasmodium falciparum Antigen 332 Is a Resident Peripheral Membrane Protein of Maurer's Clefts
Nilsson S; Angeletti D; Wahlgren M; Chen Q; Moll K
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2012;11:310
Validity of self-reported use of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent presumptive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp): a cross-sectional study
Namusoke F; Ntale M; Wahlgren M; Kironde F; Mirembe F
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(2):e32242
High Affinity Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Antigens Are Associated with Protection from Malaria
Reddy SB; Anders RF; Beeson JG; Farnert A; Kironde F; Berenzon SK; Wahlgren M; Linse S; Persson KEM
Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(10):e26266
Effect of Acute Plasmodium falciparum Malaria on Reactivation and Shedding of the Eight Human Herpes Viruses
Chene A; Nylen S; Donati D; Bejarano MT; Kironde F; Wahlgren M; Falk KI
Article: MALARIA RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2011;2011:671439-14
Characterization of the Duffy-Binding-Like Domain of Plasmodium falciparum Blood-Stage Antigen 332.
Nilsson S; Moll K; Angeletti D; Albrecht L; Kursula I; Jiang N; Sun X; Berzins K; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: ACTA TROPICA. 2011;119(2-3):144-150
TLRs innate immunereceptors and Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) CIDR1α-driven human polyclonal B-cell activation
Simone O; Bejarano MT; Pierce SK; Antonaci S; Wahlgren M; Troye-Blomberg M; Donati D
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2011;84(3):390-396
Low Anticoagulant Heparin Disrupts Plasmodium falciparum Rosettes in Fresh Clinical Isolates
Leitgeb AM; Blomqvist K; Cho-Ngwa F; Samje M; Nde P; Titanji V; Wahlgren M
Article: BMC GENOMICS. 2011;12:119
RSpred, a set of Hidden Markov Models to detect and classify the RIFIN and STEVOR proteins of Plasmodium falciparum
Joannin N; Kallberg Y; Wahlgren M; Persson B
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2011;10:17
var gene transcription and PfEMP1 expression in the rosetting and cytoadhesive Plasmodium falciparum clone FCR3S1.2
Albrecht L; Moll K; Blomqvist K; Normark J; Chen Q; Wahlgren M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2010;42(11-12):941-942
Carolus Linnaeus, the ash, worm-wood and other anti-malarial plants
Aydin-Schmidt B; Thorsell W; Wahlgren M
Article: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2010;16(9):1476-1478
Co-infections with Plasmodium knowlesi and Other Malaria Parasites, Myanmar
Jiang N; Chang Q; Sun X; Lu H; Yin J; Zhang Z; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: VACCINE. 2010;28(31):4977-4983
Immunogenicity of the Plasmodium falciparum Pf332-DBL domain in combination with different adjuvants
Du C; Nilsson S; Lu H; Yin J; Jiang N; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2010;170(2):74-83
var gene transcription dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum patient isolates
Blomqvist K; Normark J; Nilsson D; Ribacke U; Orikiriza J; Trillkott P; Byarugaba J; Egwang TG; Kironde F; Andersson B; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(2):e9230
Differential Recognition of P. falciparum VAR2CSA Domains by Naturally Acquired Antibodies in Pregnant Women from a Malaria Endemic Area
Brolin KJM; Persson KEM; Wahlgren M; Rogerson SJ; Chen Q
Article: VACCINE. 2009;28(1):90-97
Immunogenicity and antigenic properties of Pf332-C231, a fragment of a non-repeat region of the Plasmodium falciparum antigen Pf332
Balogun HA; Vasconcelos N-M; Lindberg R; Haeggstrom M; Moll K; Chen Q; Wahlgren M; Berzins K
Article: GENOME BIOLOGY. 2009;10(10):R117
Simultaneous transcription of duplicated var2csa gene copies in individual Plasmodium falciparum parasites
Brolin KJM; Ribacke U; Nilsson S; Ankarklev J; Moll K; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: BIOINFORMATICS. 2008;24(21):2564-2565
varDB: a pathogen-specific sequence database of protein families involved in antigenic variation
Hayes CN; Diez D; Joannin N; Honda W; Kanehisa M; Wahlgren M; Wheelock CE; Goto S
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2008;7:116
SURFIN_4.1, a schizont-merozoite associated protein in the SURFIN family of Plasmodium falciparum
Mphande FA; Ribacke U; Kaneko O; Kironde F; Winter G; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2008;3(4):e1982
Default Pathway of var2csa Switching and Translational Repression in Plasmodium falciparum
Mok BW; Ribacke U; Rasti N; Kironde F; Chen Q; Nilsson P; Wahlgren M
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2008;7:46
A highly conserved segmental duplication in the subtelomeres of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes varies in copy number
Mok BW; Ribacke U; Sherwood E; Wahlgren M
Article: BMC GENOMICS. 2008;9:19
Sub-grouping and sub-functionalization of the RIFIN multi-copy protein family
Joannin N; Abhiman S; Sonnhammer EL; Wahlgren M
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2007;156(1):51-61
Variant proteins of the Plasmodium falciparum RIFIN family show distinct subcellular localization and developmental expression patterns
Petter M; Haeggstroem M; Khattab A; Fernandez V; Klinkert M-Q; Wahlgren M
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2007;104(40):15835-15840
PfEMP1-DBL1 α amino acid motifs in severe disease states of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Normark J; Nilsson D; Ribacke U; Winter G; Moll K; Wheelock CE; Bayarugaba J; Kironde F; Egwang TG; Chen Q; Andersson B; Wahigren M
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2007;155(1):33-44
Genome wide gene amplifications and deletions in Plasmodium falciparum
Ribacke U; Mok BW; Wirta V; Normark J; Lundeberg J; Kironde F; Egwang TG; Nilsson P; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2007;3(6):e80-834
A molecular link between malaria and Epstein-Barr virus reactivation
Chene A; Donati D; Guerreiro-Cacais AO; Levitsky V; Chen Q; Falk KI; Orem J; Kironde F; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Article: PLOS ONE. 2007;2(5):e477
A Novel DBL-Domain of the P. falciparum 332 Molecule Possibly Involved in Erythrocyte Adhesion
Moll K; Chene A; Ribacke U; Kaneko O; Nilsson S; Winter G; Haeggstrom M; Pan W; Berzins K; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2007;75(4):1771-1777
Complement factor D, albumin and immunoglobulin G anti-band 3 protein antibodies mimic serum in promoting rosetting of malaria-infected red blood cells
Luginbuehl A; Nikolic M; Beck HP; Wahlgren M; Lutz HU
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2007;151(2):184-192
Comparative transcriptornal analysis of isogenic Plasmodium falciparum clones of distinct antigenic and adhesive phenotypes
Mok BW; Ribacke U; Winter G; Yip BH; Tan C-S; Fernandez V; Chen Q; Nilsson P; Wahgren M
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2007;76(1):27-32
Characterization of Maurer's clefts in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes
Haeggstrom M; Von Euler A; Kironde F; Fernandez V; Wahlgren M
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2007;75(1):211-219
Generation of cross-protective antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum sequestration by immunization with an erythrocyte membrane protein 1-Duffy binding-like 1α domain
Moll K; Pettersson F; Vogt AM; Jonsson C; Rasti N; Ahuja S; Spangberg M; Mercereau-Puijalon O; Arnot DE; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2006;103(37):13795-13800
Nonimmune immunoglobulin binding and multiple adhesion characterize Plasmodium faiciparum-infected erythrocytes of placental origin
Rasti N; Namusoke F; Chene A; Chen Q; Staalsoe T; Klinkert M-Q; Mirembe F; Kironde F; Wahlgren M
Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2006;2(9):e100-863
Release of sequestered malaria parasites upon injection of a glycosaminoglycan
Vogt AM; Pettersson F; Moll K; Jonsson C; Normark J; Ribacke U; Egwang TG; Ekre H-P; Spillmann D; Chen Q; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2006;177(5):3035-3044
Increased B cell survival and preferential activation of the memory compartment by a malaria polyclonal B cell activator
Donati D; Mok B; Chene A; Xu H; Thangarajh M; Glas R; Chen Q; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Article: VACCINE. 2006;24(35-36):6140-6154
Induction of cross-reactive immune responses to NTS-DBL-1α/x of PfEMP1 and in vivo protection on challenge with Plasmodium falciparum
Ahuja S; Pettersson F; Moll K; Jonsson C; Wahlgren M; Chen Q
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2006;5:52
Prediction of solubility on recombinant expression of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein I domains in Escherichia coli
Ahuja S; Ahuja S; Chen Q; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2006;193(7):971-977
Clearance of circulating Epstein-Barr virus DNA in children with acute malaria after antimalaria treatment
Donati D; Espmark E; Kironde F; Mbidde EK; Kamya M; Lundkvist Å; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT; Falk KI
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2005;73(11):7736-7746
Whole-body imaging of sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum in the rat
Pettersson F; Vogt AM; Jonsson C; Mok BW; Shamaei-Tousi A; Bergström S; Chen OJ; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2005;201(11):1853-1863
SURFIN is a polymorphic antigen expressed on Plasmodium falciparum merozoites and infected erythrocytes
Winter G; Kawai S; Haeggström M; Kaneko O; von Euler A; Kawazu SI; Palm D; Fernandez V; Wahlgren M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2005;61(5):461-465
Circulating Epstein-Barr virus in children living in malaria-endemic areas
Rasti N; Falk KI; Donati D; Gyan BA; Goka BQ; Troye-Blomberg M; Akanmori BD; Kurtzhals JAL; Dodoo D; Consolini R; Linde A; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2004;72(9):5412-5418
Identification of a polyclonal B-cell activator in Plasmodium falciparum
Donati D; Zhang LP; Chen Q; Chêne A; Flick K; Nyström M; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Article: BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL. 2004;381(Pt 3):593-597
Heparan sulphate identified on human erythrocytes:: a Plasmodium falciparum receptor
Vogt AM; Winter G; Wahlgren M; Spillmann D
Article: VACCINE. 2004;22(21-22):2701-2712
Immunization with PfEMP1-DBL1α generates antibodies that disrupt rosettes and protect against the sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes
Chen QJ; Pettersson F; Vogt AM; Schmidt B; Ahuja S; Liljeström P; Wahlgren M
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2004;133(1):1-14
Common trafficking pathway for variant antigens destined for the surface of the Plasmodium-falciparum-infected erythrocyte
Haeggström M; Kironde F; Berzins K; Chen QJ; Wahlgren M; Fernandez V
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2003;127(2):179-191
The 3D7var5.2 (var_COMMON) type var gene family is commonly expressed in non-placental Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Winter G; Chen QJ; Flick K; Kremsner P; Fernandez V; Wahlgren M
Article: BLOOD. 2003;101(6):2405-2411
Heparan sulfate on endothelial cells mediates the binding of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes via the DBL1α domain of PfEMP1
Vogt AM; Barragan A; Chen QJ; Kironde F; Spillmann D; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2003;46(5):734-746
Design and synthesis of plasmepsin I and plasmepsin II inhibitors with activity in Plasmodium falciparum-infected cultured human erythrocytes
Nöteberg D; Hamelink E; Hultén J; Wahlgren M; Vrang L; Samuelsson B; Hallberg A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2002;34(12):922-924
Activation of latent Lyme borreliosis concurrent with a herpes simplex virus type 1 infection
Gylfe Å; Wahlgren M; Fahlén L; Bergström S
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2002;121(2):195-203
Mosaic-like transcription of var genes in single Plasmodium falciparum parasites
Fernandez V; Chen QJ; Sundström A; Scherf A; Hagblom P; Wahlgren M
Article: SCIENCE. 2001;293(5537):2098-2100
Rote of nonimmune IgG bound to PfEMP1 in placental malaria
Flick K; Scholander C; Chen QJ; Fernandez V; Pouvelle B; Gysin J; Wahlgren M
Article: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2001;116(2):137-145
A protease inhibitor associated with the surface of Toxoplasma gondii
Lindh JG; Botero-Kleiven S; Arboleda JI; Wahlgren M
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2001;69(9):5849-5856
Fresh isolates from children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria bind to multiple receptors
Heddini A; Pettersson F; Kai O; Shafi J; Obiero J; Chen QJ; Barragan A; Wahlgren M; Marsh K
Article: EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY. 2001;98(3):134-144
Receptor-mediated endocytosis in an apicomplexan parasite (Toxoplasma gondii)
Botero-Kleiven S; Fernández V; Lindh J; Richter-Dahlfors A; von Euler A; Wahlgren M
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2001;65(1):47-51
Binding of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to soluble platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1/CD31):: Frequent recognition by clinical isolates
Heddini A; Chen QJ; Obiero J; Kai O; Fernandez V; Marsh K; Muller WA; Wahlgren M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2001;33(4):285-289
Genotypes of clustered cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Olsson M; Eriksson BM; Elvin K; Strandberg M; Wahlgren M
Article: TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY. 2000;16(10):416-420
Falciparum malaria: Sticking up, standing out and out-standing
Cooke BM; Wahlgren M; Coppel RL
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2000;192(1):1-10
The semiconserved head structure of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 mediates binding to multiple independent host receptors
Chen QJ; Heddini A; Barragan A; Fernandez V; Pearce SFA; Wahlgren M
Article: BLOOD. 2000;95(11):3594-3599
The Duffy-binding-like domain 1 of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) is a heparan sulfate ligand that requires 12 mers for binding
Barragan A; Fernandez V; Chen QJ; von Euler A; Wahlgren M; Spillmann D
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2000;68(5):2971-2975
Blood group a antigen is a coreceptor in Plasmodium falciparum resetting
Barragan A; Kremsner PG; Wahlgren M; Carlson J
Article: EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY. 1999;93(4):215-224
Rouleaux-forming serum proteins are involved in the rosetting of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes
Treutiger CJ; Scholander C; Carlson J; McAdam KP; Raynes JG; Falksveden L; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 1999;190(10):1393-1404
Small, clonally variant antigens expressed on the surface of the Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte are encoded by the rif gene family and are the target of human immune responses
Fernandez V; Hommel M; Chen QJ; Hagblom P; Wahlgren M
Article: EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY. 1999;91(2):133-143
Plasmodium falciparum:: Molecular background to strain-specific rosette disruption by glycosaminoglycans and sulfated glycoconjugates
Barragan A; Spillmann D; Kremsner PG; Wahlgren M; Carlson J
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 1998;59(5):663-666
Enrichment of immunoglobulin binding Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes using anti-immunoglobulin-coated magnetic beads
Heddini A; Treutiger CJ; Wahlgren M
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 1998;66(10):4783-4787
Age-related buildup of humoral immunity against epitopes for rosette formation and agglutination in African areas of malaria endemicity
Barragan A; Kremsner PG; Weiss W; Wahlgren M; Carlson J
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 1998;59(2):202-207
The time course of cytoadhesion, immunoglobulin binding, rosette formation, and serum-induced agglutination of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes
Treutiger CJ; Carlson J; Scholander C; Wahlgren M
Article: NATURE. 1998;394(6691):392-395
Developmental selection of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum
Chen QJ; Fernandez V; Sundström A; Schlichtherle M; Datta S; Hagblom P; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 1998;36(6):1737-1740
Identification of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis gene sequences in filtered air in hospital environments
Olsson M; Lidman C; Latouche S; Björkman A; Roux P; Linder E; Wahlgren M
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 1998;66(6):2969-2975
Multiple adhesive phenotypes linked to rosetting binding of erythrocytes in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Fernandez V; Treutiger CJ; Nash GB; Wahlgren M
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 1998;187(1):15-23
Identification of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) as the rosetting ligand of the malaria parasite P-falciparum
Chen Q; Barragan A; Fernandez V; Sundstrom A; Schlichtherle M; Sahlen A; Carlson J; Datta S; Wahlgren M
Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 1998;66(1):361-363
Extensive immunoglobulin binding of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in a group of children with moderate anemia
Scholander C; Carlson J; Kremsner PG; Wahlgren M
Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 1997;3(12):1405-1408
PECAM-1/CD31, an endothelial receptor for binding Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes
Treutiger CJ; Heddini A; Fernandez V; Muller WA; Wahlgren M
Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 1996;2(2):204-208
Novel fibrillar structure confers adhesive property to malaria-infected erythrocytes
Scholander C; Treutiger CJ; Hultenby K; Wahlgren M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 1995;42(6):626-636
Adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to human cells and secretion of cytokines (IL-1-beta, IL-1RA, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TGF beta, TNF alpha, G-CSF, GM-CSF.
Wahlgren M; Abrams JS; Fernandez V; Bejarano MT; Azuma M; Torii M; Aikawa M; Howard RJ
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Editorial: NATURE. 2013;499(7457):156-157
Repertoire unveiled
Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Editorial: NATURE. 2012;484(7395):S22-S23
PERSPECTIVES The missing pieces
Crabb BS; Beeson JG; Amino R; Menard R; Waters A; Winzeler EA; Wahlgren M; Fidock DA; Nwaka S
Editorial: ACTA TROPICA. 2010;114(3):129-130
Malaria research-Diversity and control: A Sweden-Japan joint seminar Foreword
Kaneko A; Wahlgren M
Published conference paper: ACTA TROPICA. 2010;114(3):144-151
varDB: A database of antigenic variant sequences-Current status and future prospects
Diez D; Hayes N; Joannin N; Normark J; Kanehisa M; Wahlgren M; Wheelock CE; Goto S
Review: SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY. 2009;19(6):411-420
Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma as a polymicrobial disease New insights on the interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and Epstein-Barr virus
Chene A; Donati D; Orem J; Bjorkman A; Mbidde ER; Kironde F; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Other: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2006;63(6):487-489
Peter Perlmann 1919-2005.
Hammarström S; Berzins K; Biberfeld P; Engvall E; Hammarström M-L; Holm G; Troye-Blomberg M; Wahlgren M
Review: JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE SCIENCE. 2006;31(3):263-272
Enlistment of omics technologies in the fight against malaria:: Panacea or Pandora's Box?
Hayes CN; Wheelock AM; Normark J; Wahlgren M; Goto S; Wheelock CE
Editorial: BLOOD. 2005;106(10):3337-3338
Severe anemia in malaria: defense gone wrong?
Winter G; Wahlgren M
Corrigendum: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2005;73(11):7790
Identification of a polyclonal B-cell activator in Plasmodium falciparum (vol 72, pg 5412, 2005)
Donati D; Zhang LP; Chêne A; Chen QJ; Flick K; Nyström M; Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Review: FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2004;41(1):9-26
Molecular aspects of malaria pathogenesis
Rasti N; Wahlgren M; Chen QJ
Editorial: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2004;134(1):1
Untitled
Chen QJ; Wahlgren M; Waters AP
Other: MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 2004;134(1):37-41
Meeting report: the molecular background of severe and complicated malaria.
Winter G; Chen Q; Wahlgren M
Review: CHEMICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGY. 2002;80:163-187
Rosetting and autoagglutination in Plasmodium falciparum
Fernandez V; Wahlgren M
Review: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS. 2000;13(3):439-450
Molecular aspects of severe malaria
Chen QJ; Schlichtherle M; Wahlgren M
Corrigendum: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2000;68(4):2391
Multiple adhesive phenotypes linked to rosetting binding of erythrocytes in Plasmodium falciparum malaria (vol 66, pg 2969, 1998)
Fernandez V; Treutiger CJ; Nash GB; Wahlgren M
Editorial: NATURE MEDICINE. 2000;6(1):25-26
Sticky sugars attract malaria to the fetus
Wahlgren M; Spillmann D
Editorial: NATURE. 1999;400(6744):506-507
Malaria - A blueprint of 'bad air'
Wahlgren M; Bejarano MT
Published conference paper: BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS. 1999;27(4):487-493
Role of glycans in Plasmodium falciparum infection
Barragan A; Spillmann D; Carlson J; Wahlgren M
Editorial: NATURE GENETICS. 1999;22(2):120-121
Creating deaths from malaria
Wahlgren M
Review: CELL. 1999;96(5):603-606
Waves of malarial var-iations
Wahlgren M; Fernandez V; Chen QJ; Svärd S; Hagblom P
Editorial: TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY. 1996;12(9):329-332
Molecular aspects of severe malaria
Schlichtherle IM; Treutiger CJ; Fernandez V; Carlson J; Wahlgren M
Doctoral thesis: 1986
Antigens and antibodies involved in humoral immunity to plasmodium falciparum
Wahlgren M
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Employments

Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2027
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-2024
Professor, Senior, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2019-2020
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 1994-2019
Professor, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-2014

Degrees and Education

Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 1990

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Supervision to doctoral degree
- Sherwin Chan, Translational Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum, 2017
- Mia Palmkvist, Malaria and Polypeptides of Plasmodium falciparum at the Infected Erythrocyte Surface, 2016
- Nicolas Joannin, Antigenic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum: Understanding the RIFIN Protein Family, 2010

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