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  1. Article ; Online: A Comparison of Host Responses to Infection with Wild-Type Avian Influenza Viruses in Chickens and Tufted Ducks.

    Naguib, Mahmoud M / Eriksson, Per / Jax, Elinor / Wille, Michelle / Lindskog, Cecilia / Bröjer, Caroline / Krambrich, Janina / Waldenström, Jonas / Kraus, Robert H S / Larson, Göran / Lundkvist, Åke / Olsen, Björn / Järhult, Josef D / Ellström, Patrik

    Microbiology spectrum

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 4, Page(s) e0258622

    Abstract: Cross-species transmission of influenza A virus (IAV) from wild waterfowl to poultry is the first step in a chain of events that can ultimately lead to exposure and infection of humans. Herein, we study the outcome of infection with eight different ... ...

    Abstract Cross-species transmission of influenza A virus (IAV) from wild waterfowl to poultry is the first step in a chain of events that can ultimately lead to exposure and infection of humans. Herein, we study the outcome of infection with eight different mallard-origin IAV subtypes in two different avian hosts: tufted ducks and chickens. We found that infection and shedding patterns as well as innate immune responses were highly dependent on viral subtypes, host species, and inoculation routes. For example, intraoesophageal inoculation, commonly used in mallard infection experiments, resulted in no infections in contrast to oculonasal inoculation, suggesting a difference in transmission routes. Despite H9N2 being endemic in chickens, inoculation of mallard-origin H9N2 failed to cause viable infection beyond 1 day postinfection in our study design. The innate immune responses were markedly different in chickens and tufted ducks, and despite the presence of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) in tufted duck transcriptomes, it was neither up nor downregulated in response to infection. Overall, we have revealed the heterogeneity of infection patterns and responses in two markedly different avian hosts following a challenge with mallard-origin IAV. These virus-host interactions provide new insights into important aspects of interspecies transmission of IAV.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Ducks ; Chickens ; Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype ; Influenza in Birds ; Immunity, Innate
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2807133-5
    ISSN 2165-0497 ; 2165-0497
    ISSN (online) 2165-0497
    ISSN 2165-0497
    DOI 10.1128/spectrum.02586-22
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  2. Article ; Online: Expression of influenza A virus glycan receptor candidates in mallard, chicken, and tufted duck.

    Nilsson, Jonas / Eriksson, Per / Naguib, Mahmoud M / Jax, Elinor / Sihlbom, Carina / Olsson, Britt-Marie / Lundkvist, Åke / Olsen, Björn / Järhult, Josef D / Larson, Göran / Ellström, Patrik

    Glycobiology

    2023  Volume 34, Issue 3

    Abstract: Influenza A virus (IAV) pandemics result from interspecies transmission events within the avian reservoir and further into mammals including humans. Receptor incompatibility due to differently expressed glycan structures between species has been ... ...

    Abstract Influenza A virus (IAV) pandemics result from interspecies transmission events within the avian reservoir and further into mammals including humans. Receptor incompatibility due to differently expressed glycan structures between species has been suggested to limit zoonotic IAV transmission from the wild bird reservoir as well as between different bird species. Using glycoproteomics, we have studied the repertoires of expressed glycan structures with focus on putative sialic acid-containing glycan receptors for IAV in mallard, chicken and tufted duck; three bird species with different roles in the zoonotic ecology of IAV. The methodology used pinpoints specific glycan structures to specific glycosylation sites of identified glycoproteins and was also used to successfully discriminate α2-3- from α2-6-linked terminal sialic acids by careful analysis of oxonium ions released from glycopeptides in tandem MS/MS (MS2), and MS/MS/MS (MS3). Our analysis clearly demonstrated that all three bird species can produce complex N-glycans including α2-3-linked sialyl Lewis structures, as well as both N- and O- glycans terminated with both α2-3- and α2-6-linked Neu5Ac. We also found the recently identified putative IAV receptor structures, Man-6P N-glycopeptides, in all tissues of the three bird species. Furthermore, we found many similarities in the repertoires of expressed receptors both between the bird species investigated and to previously published data from pigs and humans. Our findings of sialylated glycan structures, previously anticipated to be mammalian specific, in all three bird species may have major implications for our understanding of the role of receptor incompatibility in interspecies transmission of IAV.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Swine ; Influenza A virus/metabolism ; Ducks/metabolism ; Chickens/metabolism ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry ; Glycopeptides/metabolism ; Polysaccharides/metabolism ; Mammals/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Glycopeptides ; Polysaccharides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1067689-2
    ISSN 1460-2423 ; 0959-6658
    ISSN (online) 1460-2423
    ISSN 0959-6658
    DOI 10.1093/glycob/cwad098
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  3. Article: Ekonomiska utvärderingar allt viktigare för beslut i vården. Men även vid hälsoekonomiska studier måste kostnad balanseras mot nytta.

    Lundkvist, Jonas

    Lakartidningen

    2006  Volume 103, Issue 46, Page(s) 3624–3627

    Title translation Economic evaluations more and more important in healthcare decision making. Costs must be balanced against benefits also in studies on health economics.
    MeSH term(s) Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Decision Making ; Economics, Medical ; Health Policy/economics ; Humans ; Resource Allocation/economics
    Language Swedish
    Publishing date 2006-11
    Publishing country Sweden
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 391010-6
    ISSN 1652-7518 ; 0023-7205
    ISSN (online) 1652-7518
    ISSN 0023-7205
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  4. Article ; Online: Endogenous Levels of Gamma Amino-Butyric Acid Are Correlated to Glutamic-Acid Decarboxylase Antibody Levels in Type 1 Diabetes

    Henrik Hill / Andris Elksnis / Per Lundkvist / Kumari Ubhayasekera / Jonas Bergquist / Bryndis Birnir / Per-Ola Carlsson / Daniel Espes

    Biomedicines, Vol 10, Iss 91, p

    2022  Volume 91

    Abstract: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS) and outside of the CNS, found in the highest concentrations in immune cells and pancreatic beta-cells. GABA is gaining increasing interest in ... ...

    Abstract Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS) and outside of the CNS, found in the highest concentrations in immune cells and pancreatic beta-cells. GABA is gaining increasing interest in diabetes research due to its immune-modulatory and beta-cell stimulatory effects and is a highly interesting drug candidate for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D). GABA is synthesized from glutamate by glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), one of the targets for autoantibodies linked to T1D. Using mass spectrometry, we have quantified the endogenous circulating levels of GABA in patients with new-onset and long-standing T1D and found that the levels are unaltered when compared to healthy controls, i.e., T1D patients do not have a deficit of systemic GABA levels. In T1D, GABA levels were negatively correlated with IL-1 beta, IL-12, and IL-15 15 and positively correlated to levels of IL-36 beta and IL-37. Interestingly, GABA levels were also correlated to the levels of GAD-autoantibodies. The unaltered levels of GABA in T1D patients suggest that the GABA secretion from beta-cells only has a minor impact on the circulating systemic levels. However, the local levels of GABA could be altered within pancreatic islets in the presence of GAD-autoantibodies.
    Keywords type 1 diabetes ; GABA ; islets of Langerhans GAD-autoantibodies ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article: Endogenous Levels of Gamma Amino-Butyric Acid Are Correlated to Glutamic-Acid Decarboxylase Antibody Levels in Type 1 Diabetes.

    Hill, Henrik / Elksnis, Andris / Lundkvist, Per / Ubhayasekera, Kumari / Bergquist, Jonas / Birnir, Bryndis / Carlsson, Per-Ola / Espes, Daniel

    Biomedicines

    2021  Volume 10, Issue 1

    Abstract: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS) and outside of the CNS, found in the highest concentrations in immune cells and pancreatic beta-cells. GABA is gaining increasing interest in ... ...

    Abstract Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS) and outside of the CNS, found in the highest concentrations in immune cells and pancreatic beta-cells. GABA is gaining increasing interest in diabetes research due to its immune-modulatory and beta-cell stimulatory effects and is a highly interesting drug candidate for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D). GABA is synthesized from glutamate by glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), one of the targets for autoantibodies linked to T1D. Using mass spectrometry, we have quantified the endogenous circulating levels of GABA in patients with new-onset and long-standing T1D and found that the levels are unaltered when compared to healthy controls, i.e., T1D patients do not have a deficit of systemic GABA levels. In T1D, GABA levels were negatively correlated with IL-1 beta, IL-12, and IL-15 15 and positively correlated to levels of IL-36 beta and IL-37. Interestingly, GABA levels were also correlated to the levels of GAD-autoantibodies. The unaltered levels of GABA in T1D patients suggest that the GABA secretion from beta-cells only has a minor impact on the circulating systemic levels. However, the local levels of GABA could be altered within pancreatic islets in the presence of GAD-autoantibodies.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-31
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines10010091
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  6. Article: Serogrouping and seroepidemiology of North European hantaviruses using a novel broadly targeted synthetic nucleoprotein antigen array.

    Rönnberg, Bengt / Vapalahti, Olli / Goeijenbier, Marco / Reusken, Chantal / Gustafsson, Åke / Blomberg, Jonas / Lundkvist, Åke

    Infection ecology & epidemiology

    2017  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 1350086

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    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-07-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2627673-2
    ISSN 2000-8686
    ISSN 2000-8686
    DOI 10.1080/20008686.2017.1350086
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  7. Article ; Online: Sensitivity of Andes hantavirus to antiviral effect of human saliva.

    Hardestam, Jonas / Lundkvist, Ake / Klingström, Jonas

    Emerging infectious diseases

    2009  Volume 15, Issue 7, Page(s) 1140–1142

    MeSH term(s) Antibodies, Viral/immunology ; Hantavirus/genetics ; Hantavirus/immunology ; Hantavirus Infections/immunology ; Hantavirus Infections/transmission ; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome/transmission ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome/transmission ; Humans ; RNA, Viral ; Saliva/immunology ; Saliva/virology
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; RNA, Viral
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-07-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1380686-5
    ISSN 1080-6059 ; 1080-6040
    ISSN (online) 1080-6059
    ISSN 1080-6040
    DOI 10.3201/eid1507.090097
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  8. Article ; Online: Distinction between serological responses following tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infection vs vaccination, Sweden 2017.

    Albinsson, Bo / Vene, Sirkka / Rombo, Lars / Blomberg, Jonas / Lundkvist, Åke / Rönnberg, Bengt

    Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

    2017  Volume 23, Issue 3

    Abstract: Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an important European vaccine-preventable pathogen. Discrimination of vaccine-induced antibodies from those elicited by infection is important. We studied anti-TBEV IgM/IgG responses, including avidity and ... ...

    Abstract Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an important European vaccine-preventable pathogen. Discrimination of vaccine-induced antibodies from those elicited by infection is important. We studied anti-TBEV IgM/IgG responses, including avidity and neutralisation, by multiplex serology in 50 TBEV patients and 50 TBEV vaccinees. Infection induced antibodies reactive to both whole virus (WV) and non-structural protein 1 (NS1) in 48 clinical cases, whereas 47 TBEV vaccinees had WV, but not NS1 antibodies, enabling efficient discrimination of infection/vaccination.
    MeSH term(s) Antibodies, Viral/blood ; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/genetics ; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/immunology ; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/isolation & purification ; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/blood ; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/epidemiology ; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/prevention & control ; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/virology ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G/blood ; Male ; Sweden/epidemiology ; Vaccination/statistics & numerical data
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; Immunoglobulin G
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-11-22
    Publishing country Sweden
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1338803-4
    ISSN 1560-7917 ; 1025-496X
    ISSN (online) 1560-7917
    ISSN 1025-496X
    DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.3.17-00838
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  9. Article: Strukturerad introduktion av nya läkemedelsbehandlingar: Värdefullt initiativ--transparens krävs.

    Lundkvist, Jonas / Henriksson, Freddie

    Lakartidningen

    2009  Volume 106, Issue 1-2, Page(s) 51

    Title translation Structured introduction of new drug therapies: valuable initiative--transparency required.
    MeSH term(s) Biomedical Research ; Diffusion of Innovation ; Drug Costs ; Drug Design ; Drug Evaluation/methods ; Drug Industry ; Drugs, Investigational/economics ; Drugs, Investigational/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing
    Chemical Substances Drugs, Investigational
    Language Swedish
    Publishing date 2009-01
    Publishing country Sweden
    Document type Comment ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 391010-6
    ISSN 1652-7518 ; 0023-7205
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  10. Article ; Online: Compensating for cross-reactions using avidity and computation in a suspension multiplex immunoassay for serotyping of Zika versus other flavivirus infections.

    Rönnberg, Bengt / Gustafsson, Åke / Vapalahti, Olli / Emmerich, Petra / Lundkvist, Åke / Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas / Blomberg, Jonas

    Medical microbiology and immunology

    2017  Volume 206, Issue 5, Page(s) 383–401

    Abstract: The recent spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and Asia necessitates an increased preparedness for improved maternal and perinatal health and blood safety. However, serological cross-reactions, especially to Dengue virus (DENV), complicate ZIKV ... ...

    Abstract The recent spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and Asia necessitates an increased preparedness for improved maternal and perinatal health and blood safety. However, serological cross-reactions, especially to Dengue virus (DENV), complicate ZIKV antibody serodiagnosis. A novel "pan-Flavi" suspension multiplex immunoassay (PFSMIA) using 25 antigens, whole virus (WV), non-structural protein 1 (NS1), and envelope (E) proteins, from 7 zoonotic flaviviruses for specific detection of ZIKV and DENV IgM and IgG was developed. Patterns of antibody cross-reactivity, avidity, and kinetics were established in 104 sera from returning travelers with known ZIKV and DENV infections. PFSMIA gave IgM- and IgG-sensitivities for both viruses of 96-100%, compared to an immunofluorescence assay. Main IgM cross-reactions were to NS1, for IgG to the E and WV antigens. Infecting virus yielded reactivity to several antigens of the homologous virus, while cross-reactions tended to occur only to a single antigen from heterologous virus(es). A specificity-enhancing computer procedure took into account antibody isotype, number of antibody-reactive antigens per virus, avidity, average degree of cross-reactivity to heterologous flavivirus antigens, and reactivity changes in serial sera. It classified all 50 cases correctly. Applied to sera from 200 pregnant women and 173 blood donors from Sweden, one blood donor was found ZIKV NS1 IgM positive, and another as ZIKV NS1 IgG positive. These samples did not react with other ZIKV antigens and were thereby judged as false-positives. PFSMIA provided sensitive and specific ZIKV and DENV serology, warranting high-throughput serological surveillance and a minimized need for laborious and expensive virus neutralization assays.
    MeSH term(s) Antibodies, Viral/blood ; Antibody Affinity ; Cross Reactions ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine/methods ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoassay/methods ; Immunoglobulin G/blood ; Immunoglobulin M/blood ; Male ; Pregnancy ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Serologic Tests/methods ; Software ; Zika Virus Infection/diagnosis
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-10
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Evaluation Studies ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120933-4
    ISSN 1432-1831 ; 0300-8584
    ISSN (online) 1432-1831
    ISSN 0300-8584
    DOI 10.1007/s00430-017-0517-y
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