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Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson

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Gisela Håkansson; Oskar Hallgren; Nataliya Lutay; Majlis Svensson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Märta Andersson; Gabriela Godaly
Epithelial G protein-coupled receptor kinases regulate the initial inflammatory response during mycobacterial infection.
Farshid Jalalvand; Matthias Mörgelin; Marta Brant; Oskar Hallgren; Birendra Singh; Yu-Ching Su; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Kristian Riesbeck
Haemophilus influenzae protein F mediates binding to laminin and human pulmonary epithelial cells.
Anna-Karin Larsson-Callerfelt; Claes-Göran Löfdahl; Kristian Nihlberg; Lena Thiman; Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Leif Bjermer; Johan Björklund; Oskar Hallgren; Josefine Kron; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Defective alterations in the collagen network to prostacyclin in COPD lung fibroblasts.

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2013: Gisela Håkansson; Oskar Hallgren; Nataliya Lutay; Majlis Svensson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Märta Andersson; Gabriela Godaly
Epithelial G protein-coupled receptor kinases regulate the initial inflammatory response during mycobacterial infection.
Immunobiology 2013;218(7):984-94.
2013: Farshid Jalalvand; Matthias Mörgelin; Marta Brant; Oskar Hallgren; Birendra Singh; Yu-Ching Su; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Kristian Riesbeck
Haemophilus influenzae protein F mediates binding to laminin and human pulmonary epithelial cells.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2013;207(5):803-13.
2013: Anna-Karin Larsson-Callerfelt; Claes-Göran Löfdahl; Kristian Nihlberg; Lena Thiman; Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Leif Bjermer; Johan Björklund; Oskar Hallgren; Josefine Kron; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Defective alterations in the collagen network to prostacyclin in COPD lung fibroblasts.
Respiratory research 2013;14():21.
2012: Hamid Akbarshahi; Ann H Rosendahl; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Roland Andersson
Acute lung injury in acute pancreatitis--awaiting the big leap.
Respiratory medicine 2012;106(9):1199-210.
2012: Cecilia Cederfur; Leif Bjermer; Mattias Block; Michael E Breimer; Johan Malmström; Kristian Nihlberg; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Hakon Leffler
Glycoproteomic identification of galectin-3 and -8 ligands in bronchoalveolar lavage of mild asthmatics and healthy subjects.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2012;1820(9):1429-36.
2012: Kristina Rydell-Törmänen; Tore Saxne; Kristofer Andréasson; Dick Heinegård; R Hesselstrand; Juha Risteli; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Extracellular matrix alterations and acute inflammation; developing in parallel during early induction of pulmonary fibrosis.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology 2012;92(6):917-25.
2012: Märta Andersson; Oskar Hallgren; Nataliya Lutay; Majlis Svensson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Gabriela Godaly
Mycobacterium bovis bacilli Calmette-Guerin regulates leukocyte recruitment by modulating alveolar inflammatory responses.
Innate immunity 2012;18(3):531-40.
2012: Oskar Hallgren; Peter Juhasz; Johan Malmström; Lars Malmström; György Marko-Varga; Ellen Tufvesson; Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Marie Wildt; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Splicosomal and serine and arginine-rich splicing factors as targets for TGF-β.
Fibrogenesis & tissue repair 2012;5(1):6.
2011: Ulrich Pfisterer; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; James Wood; Leif Bjermer; Oskar Hallgren; Olle Lindvall; Kristian Nihlberg; Malin Parmar
Efficient induction of functional neurons from adult human fibroblasts.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) 2011;10(19):3311-6.
2011: Lizbet Todorova; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Leif Bjermer; Anna Miller-Larsson
TGFβ-induced matrix production by bronchial fibroblasts in asthma: budesonide and formoterol effects.
Respiratory medicine 2011;105(9):1296-307.
2011: Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Leif Bjermer; Leif Eriksson; Oskar Hallgren; Lennart Hansson; Lena Mared; Kristian Nihlberg; Sara Rolandsson; Ingrid Skog; Lena Thiman; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Fibroblast phenotypes and their activity are changed in the wound healing process after lung transplantation.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2011;30(8):945-54.
2011: Ellen Tufvesson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Kristian Nihlberg; Leif Bjermer
Leukotriene receptors are differently expressed in fibroblast from peripheral versus central airways in asthmatics and healthy controls.
Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids 2011;85(2):67-73.
2011: Cecilia K Andersson; Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Leif Bjermer; Leif Eriksson; Oskar Hallgren; Claes-Göran AH Löfdahl; Michiko Mori; Annie Pardo; Moises Selman; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Jonas S Erjefält
Activated MCTC mast cells infiltrate diseased lung areas in cystic fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Respiratory research 2011;12():139.
2011: Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Leif Bjermer; Leif Eriksson; Kristian Nihlberg; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Fibrocytes and the tissue niche in lung repair.
Respiratory research 2011;12():76.
2010: Lizbet Todorova; Leif Bjermer; Anna Miller-Larsson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Relationship between matrix production by bronchial fibroblasts and lung function and AHR in asthma.
Respiratory medicine 2010;104(12):1799-808.
2010: Dirk M Wuttge; Marie Wildt; Agneta Scheja; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Interleukin-15 attenuates transforming growth factor-β1-induced myofibroblast differentiation in human fetal lung fibroblasts.
European cytokine network 2010;21(3):165-76.
2010: Kristian Nihlberg; Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Ellen Tufvesson; Jonas S Erjefält; Leif Bjermer; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Altered matrix production in the distal airways of individuals with asthma.
Thorax 2010;65(8):670-6.
2010: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Kristoffer Larsen; Kristian Nihlberg; Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Oskar Hallgren; György Marko-Varga; Leif Bjermer
Pathological airway remodelling in inflammation.
The clinical respiratory journal 2010;4 Suppl 1():1-8.
2010: Oskar Hallgren; Kristian Nihlberg; Magnus Dahlbäck; Leif Bjermer; Leif Eriksson; Jonas S Erjefält; Claes-Göran AH Löfdahl; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Altered fibroblast proteoglycan production in COPD.
Respiratory research 2010;11():55.
2009: Lizbet Todorova; Eylem Gürcan; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Anna Miller-Larsson
Budesonide/formoterol effects on metalloproteolytic balance in TGFbeta-activated human lung fibroblasts.
Respiratory medicine 2009;103(11):1755-63.
2009: Elena Ronander; Marta Brant; Emily Eriksson; Matthias Mörgelin; Oskar Hallgren; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Arne Forsgren; Kristian Riesbeck
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae adhesin protein E: characterization and biological activity.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2009;199(4):522-31.
2009: Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Jonas S Erjefält; Leif Bjermer; Leif Eriksson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Fibrocytes are associated with vascular and parenchymal remodelling in patients with obliterative bronchiolitis.
Respiratory research 2009;10():103.
2008: Annika Andersson-Sjöland; Carolina García de Alba; Kristian Nihlberg; Carina Becerril; Remedios Ramírez; Annie Pardo; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Moisés Selman
Fibrocytes are a potential source of lung fibroblasts in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2008;40(10):2129-40.
2007: Erik Malmström; Maria Sennström; Anna Holmberg; Helena Frielingsdorf; Erik Eklund; Lars Malmström; Ellen Tufvesson; Maria F Gomez; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg; Anders Malmström
The importance of fibroblasts in remodelling of the human uterine cervix during pregnancy and parturition.
Molecular human reproduction 2007;13(5):333-41.
2007: M Meinert; Anders Malmström; Ellen Tufvesson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Astrid C Petersen; C Laurent; Niels Uldbjerg; GV Eriksen
Labour induces increased concentrations of biglycan and hyaluronan in human fetal membranes.
Placenta 2007;28(5-6):482-6.
2007: Agneta Scheja; Kristoffer Larsen; Lizbet Todorova; Ellen Tufvesson; Marie Wildt; Anita Akesson; L Hansson; S Ellis; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
BALF-derived fibroblasts differ from biopsy-derived fibroblasts in systemic sclerosis.
The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology 2007;29(3):446-52.
2006: Kristoffer Larsen; David Macleod; Kristian Nihlberg; Eylem Gürcan; Leif Bjermer; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Specific haptoglobin expression in bronchoalveolar lavage during differentiation of circulating fibroblast progenitor cells in mild asthma.
Journal of proteome research 2006;5(6):1479-83.
2006: Kristian Nihlberg; Kristoffer Larsen; Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson; Anders Malmström; Leif Bjermer; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Tissue fibrocytes in patients with mild asthma: a possible link to thickness of reticular basement membrane?
Respiratory research 2006;7():50.
2006: Lars Malmström; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Thomas Laurell; Johan Malmström
2DDB - a bioinformatics solution for analysis of quantitative proteomics data.
BMC bioinformatics 2006;7():158.
2006: Kristoffer Larsen; Johan Malmström; Marie Wildt; Camilla Dahlqvist; Lennart Hansson; György Marko-Varga; Leif Bjermer; Agneta Scheja; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Functional and phenotypical comparison of myofibroblasts derived from biopsies and bronchoalveolar lavage in mild asthma and scleroderma.
Respiratory research 2006;7():11.
2006: Lizbet Todorova; Eylem Gürcan; Anna Miller-Larsson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Lung fibroblast proteoglycan production induced by serum is inhibited by budesonide and formoterol.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 2006;34(1):92-100.
2005: Kerstin Tiedemann; Benny Pacheco; Erik Eklund; Lizbet Todorova; Martin Bengtsson; Marco Maccarana; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Anders Malmström
Regulation of the chondroitin/dermatan fine structure by transforming growth factor-beta1 through effects on polymer-modifying enzymes.
Glycobiology 2005;15(12):1277-85.
2005: Johan Malmström; Jason Marchese; Peter Juhasz; Laurel Pukac; Morris Karnovsky; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Quantitative proteomic analysis of fibroblast nuclear proteins after stimulation with mitogen activated protein kinase inhibiting heparan sulfate.
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences 2005;815(1-2):333-42.
2004: Kristoffer Larsen; Ellen Tufvesson; Johan Malmström; Matthias Mörgelin; Marie Wildt; Annika Andersson; Anna Lindström; Anders Malmström; Claes-Göran AH Löfdahl; György Marko-Varga; Leif Bjermer; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Presence of activated mobile fibroblasts in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with mild asthma.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2004;170(10):1049-56.
2004: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Patricia J Sime; Manel Jordana; Jack Gauldie; Bengt Särnstrand; Anders Malmström
Lung fibroblast clones from normal and fibrotic subjects differ in hyaluronan and decorin production and rate of proliferation.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2004;36(8):1573-84.
2004: Johan Malmström; Kristoffer Larsen; Lars Malmström; Ellen Tufvesson; Ken Parker; Jason Marchese; Brian Williamson; Stephen J Hattan; Dale Patterson; Steve Martin; Armin Graber; H Peter Juhasz; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; György Marko-Varga
Proteome annotations and identifications of the human pulmonary fibroblast.
Journal of proteome research 2004;3(3):525-37.
2003: Ellen Tufvesson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Biglycan and decorin induce morphological and cytoskeletal changes involving signalling by the small GTPases RhoA and Rac1 resulting in lung fibroblast migration.
Journal of cell science 2003;116(Pt 23):4857-64.
2003: Johan Malmström; Kristoffer Larsen; Lars Malmström; Ellen Tufvesson; Ken Parker; Jason Marchese; Brian Williamson; Dale Patterson; Steve Martin; Peter Juhasz; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; György Marko-Varga
Nanocapillary liquid chromatography interfaced to tandem matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry: mapping the nuclear proteome of human fibroblasts.
Electrophoresis 2003;24(21):3806-14.
2003: Johan Malmström; Ellen Tufvesson; Claes-Göran AH Löfdahl; Lennart Hansson; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Activation of platelet-derived growth factor pathway in human asthmatic pulmonary-derived mesenchymal cells.
Electrophoresis 2003;24(1-2):276-85.
2002: Ellen Tufvesson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Tumour necrosis factor-alpha interacts with biglycan and decorin.
FEBS letters 2002;530(1-3):124-8.
2002: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Jamila Chakir; Marie-Josée Lafrenière-Allard; Louis-Philippe Boulet; Guy M Tremblay
Correlation between airway responsiveness and proteoglycan production by bronchial fibroblasts from normal and asthmatic subjects.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2002;34(10):1256-67.
2002: Anette Bjärdahlen; Per-Ola Onnervik; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Anders Malmström; Bengt Särnstrand
Myofibroblast accumulation correlates with the formation of fibrotic tissue in a rat air pouch model.
The Journal of rheumatology 2002;29(8):1698-707.
2002: Ellen Tufvesson; Johan Malmström; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Biglycan isoforms with differences in polysaccharide substitution and core protein in human lung fibroblasts.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 2002;269(15):3688-96.
2002: Erik Eklund; Karin Broberg; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Anette Bjärdahlen; Maria Hedlund; Anders Malmström
Proteoglycan production in disomic and trisomy 7-carrying human synovial cells.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology 2002;21(4):325-35.
2002: R Hesselstrand; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Agneta Scheja; Marie Wildt; Anita Akesson
The association between changes in skin echogenicity and the fibroblast production of biglycan and versican in systemic sclerosis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology 2002;20(3):301-8.
2002: Johan Malmström; Kristoffer Larsen; Lennart Hansson; Claes-Göran AH Löfdahl; Ole Nörregard-Jensen; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Proteoglycan and proteome profiling of central human pulmonary fibrotic tissue utilizing miniaturized sample preparation: a feasibility study.
Proteomics 2002;2(4):394-404.
2002: Lars Malmström; Johan Malmström; György Marko-Varga; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Proteomic 2DE database for spot selection, automated annotation, and data analysis.
Journal of proteome research 2002;1(2):135-8.
2001: Johan Malmström; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; György Marko-Varga
A proteomic approach to mimic fibrosis disease evolvement by an in vitro cell line.
Electrophoresis 2001;22(9):1776-84.
2001: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Johan Malmström; György Marko-Varga
Proteomics -- the protein expression technology to study connective tissue biology.
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis 2001;24(5-6):815-24.
2001: F Cheng; P Petersson; Y Arroyo-Yanguas; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Differences in the uptake and nuclear localization of anti-proliferative heparan sulfate between human lung fibroblasts and human lung carcinoma cells.
Journal of cellular biochemistry 2001;83(4):597-606.
2000: Maria Sennström; Gunvor Ekman; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Anders Malmström; Birgitta Byström; U Endrésen; N Mlambo; M Norman; Berit Ståbi; Annelie Brauner
Human cervical ripening, an inflammatory process mediated by cytokines.
Molecular human reproduction 2000;6(4):375-81.
2000: Ellen Tufvesson; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Alteration of proteoglycan synthesis in human lung fibroblasts induced by interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
Journal of cellular biochemistry 2000;77(2):298-309.
1998: Johan Malmström; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Heparan sulfate upregulates platelet-derived growth factor receptors on human lung fibroblasts.
Glycobiology 1998;8(12):1149-55.
1998: Katrin Mani; Birgitta Havsmark; S Persson; Y Kaneda; H Yamamoto; K Sakurai; S Ashikari; Hiroko Habuchi; S Suzuki; K Kimata; Anders Malmström; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Lars-Ake Fransson
Heparan/chondroitin/dermatan sulfate primer 2-(6-hydroxynaphthyl)-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside preferentially inhibits growth of transformed cells.
Cancer research 1998;58(6):1099-104.
1998: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; M Norman; S Björnsson; U Endrésen; Ylva Stjernholm; Gunvor Ekman; Anders Malmström
Differential expressions of mRNA for proteoglycans, collagens and transforming growth factor-beta in the human cervix during pregnancy and involution.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1998;1406(2):203-13.
1998: Christian Falconer; Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg; Bo Blomgren; Olle Johansson; Ulf Ulmsten; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Anders Malmström
Paraurethral connective tissue in stress-incontinent women after menopause.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 1998;77(1):95-100.
1998: Christian Falconer; Bo Blomgren; Olle Johansson; Ulf Ulmsten; Anders Malmström; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg
Different organization of collagen fibrils in stress-incontinent women of fertile age.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 1998;77(1):87-94.
1997: Y Arroyo-Yanguas; F Cheng; A Isaksson; Lars-Ake Fransson; Anders Malmström; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Binding, internalization, and degradation of antiproliferative heparan sulfate by human embryonic lung fibroblasts.
Journal of cellular biochemistry 1997;64(4):595-604.
1997: Kerstin Tiedemann; Anders Malmström; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Cytokine regulation of proteoglycan production in fibroblasts: separate and synergistic effects.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology 1997;15(7):469-78.
1996: Christian Falconer; Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg; U Ulmsten; Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; K Barchan; Anders Malmström
Changes in paraurethral connective tissue at menopause are counteracted by estrogen.
Maturitas 1996;24(3):197-204.
1993: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; J Hernnäs; B Särnstrand; Dick Heinegård; D Heinegård; Anders Malmström
Altered expression of small proteoglycans, collagen, and transforming growth factor-beta 1 in developing bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1993;92(2):632-7.
1993: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; S Persson; A Isaksson; P O Onnervik; Anders Malmström; Lars-Ake Fransson
L-iduronate-rich glycosaminoglycans inhibit growth of normal fibroblasts independently of serum or added growth factors.
Experimental cell research 1993;206(1):93-9.
1992: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; A Schmidtchen; B Särnstrand; Lars-Ake Fransson; Anders Malmström
Transforming growth factor-beta induces selective increase of proteoglycan production and changes in the copolymeric structure of dermatan sulphate in human skin fibroblasts.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1992;205(1):277-86.
1991: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; P O Onnervik; Lars-Ake Fransson; Anders Malmström
Proliferation of cultured fibroblasts is inhibited by L-iduronate-containing glycosaminoglycans.
Journal of cellular physiology 1991;147(3):523-30.
1991: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; P Antonsson; Anders Malmström; Dick Heinegård; A Oldberg
The synthesis of a family of structurally related proteoglycans in fibroblasts is differently regulated by TFG-beta.
Matrix (Stuttgart, Germany) 1991;11(3):177-83.
1990: Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson; B Särnstrand; Lars-Ake Fransson; Anders Malmström
TGF-beta enhances the production of hyaluronan in human lung but not in skin fibroblasts.
Experimental cell research 1990;186(1):192-5.