Mattias Svensson
About me
Expertise in preclinical research in the field of immunology and infection,
myeloid immune cells, host pathogen interactions and cell biology.
Conduct translational projects based on preclinical science.
Particular interest: Infection and immunology, as well as in fibroblasts, human myeloid
immune cells such as monocytes, dendritic cells and macrophages in acute and
chronic tissue inflammation.
Current position: Research group leader, associate professor.
Is Director of Doctoral Education at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge and
Chairman of the Dissertation Committee at Karolinska Institutet.
1995, MSc, Biology, Lund University, Sweden
2000, PhD, Immunology, Lund University, Sweden
2001-2004, Post doctoral Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicin, London, UK
2010, Associate Professor, Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Research
Our research group [1] at the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM [2]),
Department of Medicine, Huddinge conducts research aimed at understanding how
the tissue microenvironment influences the development and function of myeloid immune cellsin homeostasis, infection and chronic inflammatory conditions. In particular the focus is on the ability of tissue-specific cells, especially fibroblasts, to shape the function of myeloid cells.
We strive to identify proteins and metabolites that are important for
tissue-specific cells, such as fibroblasts, to shape the microenvironment for
the function of myeloid immune cells and the specific properties of bacteria.
The goal is to:
1. Develop customized human organotypic models for homeostasis and disease mechanism
identification, biomarker detection, and validation of interventions in infection and inflammatory disease.
2. Utilize identified disease mechanisms to develop tailored therapy and
implement personalized medicine in sever infectious diseases caused by bacteria
3. Identify central host-derived mediators which in the tissue environment influences the development and function of human myeloid immune cells.
[1] https://ki.se/en/medh/mattias-svensson-group-studies-of-tissue-microbiology-and-immunology
[2] https://ki.se/en/medh/center-for-infectious-medicine-cim
Articles
- Article: MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM. 2025;13(5):e02450-e02424
- Article: GENES AND IMMUNITY. 2025;26(1):70-74
- Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;14(3):e70028
- Article: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. 2024;79(12):3313-3322
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2024;230(2):e318-e326
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. 2024;31(1):26
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):1752
- Article: HAEMATOLOGICA. 2023;108(9):2422-2434
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. 2023;30(1):52
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):4008
- Article: CELL REPORTS MEDICINE. 2023;4(5):101038
- Article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;249:109276
- Article: RESPIRATORY RESEARCH. 2023;24(1):62
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;96(1):e13195
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2022;192(4):653-670
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;52(3):503-510
- Article: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. 2021;65(11):e0065821-10.1128/aac.00621
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2021;118(40):e2109123118
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2021;131(14):149523
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(4):1315-1321
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2021;118(6):e2018587118
- Article: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2021;72(2):293-300
- Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2021;10(7):e1306
- Article: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2020;12(11):e12695
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):17444
- Article: CELL. 2020;183(1):158-168.e14
- Article: SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;5(51):eabe1670
- Article: SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;5(50):eabd6832
- Article: JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH. 2020;19(2):688-698
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1294:167-186
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1294:127-150
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1294:105-125
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1294:39-52
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1294:1-6
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;11:86
- Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;9(12):e1224
- Article: CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY. 2019;21(12):e13099
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2019;10(1):3846
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2019;220(4):710-719
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:3157
- Article: CYTOKINE. 2019;113:155-161
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2018;48(1):120-132.e8
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS. 2018;12(supplement_1):s119-s120
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2018;1060:131-146
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;199(12):4023-4035
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;139(4):1321-1330.e4
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:42179
- Article: GUT. 2016;65(10):1632-1641
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:31360
- Article: JCI INSIGHT. 2016;1(10):e87882
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2016;12(7):e1005732
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;46(7):1758-1769
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2015;5:16945
- Article: JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. 2015;(104):53084
- Journal article: JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. 2015;(104)
- Article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;156(2):85-97
- Article: DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS. 2015;8(11):1413-1425
- Article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;153(1):112-122
- Article: JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY. 2014;96(3):481-489
- Article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;151(2):84-99
- Article: DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS. 2014;7(2):281-288
- Article: THORAX. 2013;68(3):269-276
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(3):e58122
- Article: MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2012;18(4):647-658
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY. 2012;302(2):L226-L237
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;185(4):2360-2371
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2010;6(3):e1000813
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;71(2):83-90
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;40(1):117-123
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2009;174(6):2211-2224
- Article: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2009;531:187-202
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;181(5):3057-3066
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2008;29(2):295-305
- Article: CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY. 2006;8(10):1611-1623
- Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2005;73(11):7541-7547
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2004;21(6):805-816
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2003;171(12):6706-6713
- Article: MICROBES AND INFECTION. 2001;3(14-15):1239-1248
- Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2001;69(9):5726-5735
- Article: MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS. 2001;31(2):91-102
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2001;166(11):6802-6811
- Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2000;68(11):6311-6320
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 1999;29(1):180-188
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 1997;158(9):4229-4236
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All other publications
- Editorial comment: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2020;71(7):1772-1775
- Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2020;191(1):115-119
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
- Review: FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE. 2020;7:537
- Editorial comment: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1294:V-VI
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2019;66:S25-S26
- Book chapter: ANIMAL MODELS OF NEUROTRAUMA: NEUROMETHODS. 2019;p. 187-198
- Review: NANOPARTICLES FOR RATIONAL VACCINE DESIGN. 2018;430:29-54
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS. 2018;12:S119-S120
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2017;64:S21-S22
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2017;64:S20
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;86(4):316
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;86(4):253
- Letter: BLOOD. 2016;128(9):1302-1305
- Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2016;258:S141
- Conference publication: 2016;:pa2628
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2016;63:S24-S25
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;46:1007-1008
- Review: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 2015;6:388
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2015;62:S131-S132
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2015;62:S10
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2014;61(11):2135
- Editorial comment: NATURE GENETICS. 2013;45(2):116-118
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2013;60(9):E79-E80
- Conference publication: IMMUNOLOGY. 2012;137:479
- Conference publication: IMMUNOLOGY. 2012;137:273
- Conference publication: IMMUNOLOGY. 2012;137:143
- Review: PHARMACEUTICALS. 2010;3(8):2733-2750
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2008;1150:213-216
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;68(2):222-223
- Conference publication: IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;125:4
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;68(2):252
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;68(2):241
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;68(2):220
- Conference publication: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2007;77(5):307
- Review: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2006;27(12):580-587
- Review: IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS. 2004;201:239-253
- Published conference paper: FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2000;27(4):313-320
- Review: BEHRING INSTITUTE MITTEILUNGEN. 1997;(98):197-211
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
- Assays for acceleration: from fit-for-purpose models to scalable assays of broad systemic and mucosal protection against all strains of Group A StreptococcusNational Institutes of Health1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2019 - 31 July 2019
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2014 - 31 December 2017
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2009 - 31 December 2009
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2010