Senait Ashenafi Betemariam

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Article: NUTRIENTS. 2022;14(16):3318

Anemia Is a Strong Predictor of Wasting, Disease Severity, and Progression, in Clinical Tuberculosis (TB)

Ashenafi S; Bekele A; Aseffa G; Amogne W; Kassa E; Aderaye G; Worku A; Bergman P; Brighenti S
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2022;192(4):653-670

Immunosuppressive Features of the Microenvironment in Lymph Nodes Granulomas from Tuberculosis and HIV-Co-Infected Patients

Ashenafi S; Muvva JR; Mily A; Snall J; Zewdie M; Chanyalew M; Rehn A; Rahman S; Aseffa G; Bekele A; Aderaye G; Lema B; Svensson M; Brighenti S
Article: NUTRIENTS. 2019;11(7):E1675-1675

Vitamin D and Phenylbutyrate Supplementation Does Not Modulate Gut Derived Immune Activation in HIV-1

Missailidis C; Sorensen N; Ashenafi S; Amogne W; Kassa E; Bekele A; Getachew M; Gebreselassie N; Aseffa A; Aderaye G; Andersson J; Brighenti S; Bergman P
Article: NUTRIENTS. 2019;11(1):E133-133

Daily Nutritional Supplementation with Vitamin D₃ and Phenylbutyrate to Treatment-Naive HIV Patients Tested in a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Ashenafi S; Amogne W; Kassa E; Gebreselassie N; Bekele A; Aseffa G; Getachew M; Aseffa A; Worku A; Hammar U; Bergman P; Aderaye G; Andersson J; Brighenti S
Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2018;284(3):292-306

Daily adjunctive therapy with vitamin D₃ and phenylbutyrate supports clinical recovery from pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia

Bekele A; Gebreselassie N; Ashenafi S; Kassa E; Aseffa G; Amogne W; Getachew M; Aseffa A; Worku A; Raqib R; Agerberth B; Hammar U; Bergman P; Aderaye G; Andersson J; Brighenti S
Article: NUTRIENTS. 2018;10(6):E721-721

Vitamin D₃ Status and the Association with Human Cathelicidin Expression in Patients with Different Clinical Forms of Active Tuberculosis

Ashenafi S; Mazurek J; Rehn A; Lemma B; Aderaye G; Bekele A; Assefa G; Chanyalew M; Aseffa A; Andersson J; Bergman P; Brighenti S
Article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;151(2):84-99

Progression of clinical tuberculosis is associated with a Th2 immune response signature in combination with elevated levels of SOCS3

Ashenafi S; Aderaye G; Bekele A; Zewdie M; Aseffa G; Anh TNH; Carow B; Habtamu M; Wijkander M; Rottenberg M; Aseffa A; Andersson J; Svensson M; Brighenti S
Article: THORAX. 2013;68(3):269-276

BCG-specific IgG-secreting peripheral plasmablasts as a potential biomarker of active tuberculosis in HIV negative and HIV positive patients

Ashenafi S; Aderaye G; Zewdie M; Raqib R; Bekele A; Magalhaes I; Lema B; Habtamu M; Rekha RS; Aseffa G; Maeurer M; Aseffa A; Svensson M; Andersson J; Brighenti S
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2013;85(2):282-287

Genotyping of human papillomavirus in paraffin embedded cervical tissue samples from women in Ethiopia and the Sudan.

Abate E; Aseffa A; El-Tayeb M; El-Hassan I; Yamuah L; Mihret W; Bekele L; Ashenafi S; El-Dawi N; Belayneh M; El-Hassan A; Engers H
Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2012;132(1):114-123

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Infiltrate the Skin in Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Indurations

Bond 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: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 2009;3(6):412-419

Identification and genotyping of the etiological agent of tuberculous lymphadenitis in Ethiopia.

Beyene D; Bergval I; Hailu E; Ashenafi S; Yamuah L; Aseffa A; Wiker HG; Engers H; Klatser P; Sviland L
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2009;174(6):2211-2224

Compartmentalization of Immune Responses in Human Tuberculosis Few CD8 + Effector T Cells but Elevated Levels of FbxP3 + Regulatory T Cells in the Granulomatous Lesions

Rahman S; Gudetta B; Fink J; Granath A; Ashenafi S; Aseffa A; Derbew M; Svensson M; Andersson J; Brighenti SG
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;41(6-7):462-468

Is tuberculous lymphadenitis over-diagnosed in Ethiopia? Comparative performance of diagnostic tests for mycobacterial lymphadenitis in a high-burden country.

Iwnetu R; van den Hombergh J; Woldeamanuel Y; Asfaw M; Gebrekirstos C; Negussie Y; Bekele T; Ashenafi S; Seyoum B; Melaku K; Yamuah L; Tilahun H; Tadesse Z; Aseffa A
Article: ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2009;47(1):33-38

Pattern of upper gastrointestinal tumors at Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a ten-year review.

Bane A; Ashenafi S; Kassa E
Article: PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. 2009;205(9):608-614

Most common causes of natural and injury-related deaths in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Gemechu T; Tinsae M; Ashenafi S; Rodriguez VM; Lori A; Collins M; Hurford R; Haimanot R; Sandoval M; Mehari E; Langford TD
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE. 2008;12(9):1030-1036

Diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in Ethiopia: correlation with culture, histology and HIV status.

Beyene D; Ashenafi S; Yamuah L; Aseffa A; Wiker H; Engers H; Klatser P; Sviland L
Article: ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2006;44(3):263-267

Meningiomas: clinical correlates, skull x-ray, CT and pathological evaluations.

Assefa G; Ashenafi S; Munie T
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2004;42(6):2682-2684

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in Ethiopian dyspeptic patients.

Asrat D; Nilsson I; Mengistu Y; Kassa E; Ashenafi S; Ayenew K; Wadström T; Abu-Al-Soud W
Article: ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY. 2004;98(2):181-189

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among adult dyspeptic patients in Ethiopia.

Asrat D; Nilsson I; Mengistu Y; Ashenafi S; Ayenew K; Al-Soud WA; Wadström T; Kassa E
Article: ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2000;38(4):277-282

The frequency of large bowel cancer as seen in Addis Ababa University, Pathology Department.

Ashenafi S
Article: FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 1997;17(1):11-19

Crossreactions and sequence homologies between recombinant polypeptides from Leishmania aethiopica and human IgG and IgM.

Osland A; Ashenafi S; Vefring HK; Michaelsen TE
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Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;13:1059725

Reinventing the human tuberculosis (TB) granuloma: Learning from the cancer field

Ashenafi S; Brighenti S
Thesis / dissertation: 2013

Studies of immune response in human tuberculosis

Ashenafi, Senait
Published conference paper: ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE. 2006;130(3):374-377

Potential predictive patterns of minimal residual disease detected by immunohistochemistry on bone marrow biopsy specimens during a long-term follow-up in patients treated with cladribine for hairy cell leukemia.

Mhawech-Fauceglia P; Oberholzer M; Aschenafi S; Baur A; Kurrer M; Von Rohr A; Hsu-Schmitz S-F; Wagner B; Delacretaz F; Hurwitz N; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

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

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