2011 - Regulation of B cells in inflammatory disease - Mikael Karlsson - Karolinska Institutet

Our immune system protects us from infections, and the inflammatory response that results from its activation is designed to...

2011 - Bacterial virulence factors, innate immunity and prothrombotic mechanisms in kidney diseases - Diana Karpman - Lund University

Chronic kidney disease often leads to kidney failure. We study four kidney diseases: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), vasculitides and...

2011 - From genes and disease mechanisms to treatment of rheumatoid arthritis - Rikard Holmdahl - Karolinska Institutet

Chronic inflammation appears to be a contributing factor to several major diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There is as yet no...

2011 - Cold-induced lipolysis and angiogenesis significantly contribute to development of cardiovascular disease - Yihai Cao - Karolinska Institutet

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the Western world, including Sweden and the rest of the Nordic countries. ....

2011 - Impaired natural immunity to phospholipid antigens as a cause of chronic inflammatory disease, mainly cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis: a new hypothesis - Johan Frostegård - Karolinska Institutet

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Since the mid-1990s, our group has been interested in...

2011 - New diagnosis and cure of pre-eclampsia - Stefan Hansson - Lund University

Preeclampsia is one of the most serious pregnancy-related diseases in the world, affecting 8.5 million women every year. There are...

2011 - Virus receptors: importance for tropism, therapy and targeting - Niklas Arnberg - Umeå University

Viruses cause a wide range of human diseases of varying severity. In this project, we are mapping the molecules and...

2011 - Interdisciplinary studies of the aggregation process of the amyloid beta peptide - parallel analyses of transgenic fruit flies and biophysical measurements - Ann-Christin Brorsson - Linköping University

The research studies the aggregation process of the amyloid (A) beta peptide linked to Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is a dementia disease in which the nerve cells in...

2011 - Developing a platform for studying the metagenome and its role in metabolic diseases - Fredrik Bäckhed - Sahlgrenska Academy

Our intestinal tract contains 10 times more bacteria than we have cells in our body. These bacteria express 150 times...

2010 - Genetics of innate immunity and host susceptibility to acute and chronic infection - Catharina Svanborg - Lund University

2010 - The Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations' anniversary donation (part 2) - Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson - Karolinska Institutet

2010 - Wnt activation - role in obesity and its complications - Ulf Smith - University of Gothenburg