Birgitta Ehrnström
Birgitta Ehrnström
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesBackground and activities
Positions
Post doc at the Gemini Center for Sepsis Research (2021–)
Associate professor, NTNU (2020–)
MD at Dep. of Infectious Diseases, St Olav University Hospital (2012–)
Background
Cand. med., Lund University, Sweden
PhD CEMIR, IKOM, NTNU. Focus on innate immune cells’ sensing of bacteria and bacterial pathogenesis, in particular the role of TLR2, TLR8 and phagosomal maturation.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2020) TLR8 and complement C5 induce cytokine release and thrombin activation in human whole blood challenged with Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. vol. 107 (4).
- (2019) Human Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) is an important sensor of pyogenic bacteria, and is attenuated by cell surface TLR signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. vol. 10:1209 (May).
- (2017) Toll-Like Receptor 8 Is a Major Sensor of Group B Streptococcus But Not Escherichia coli in Human Primary Monocytes and Macrophages. Frontiers in Immunology. vol. 8.
Report/dissertation
- (2019) Exploring the role of TLR8 as a sensor in bacterial infections. 2019. ISBN 978-82-326-4366-0.