Birgitta Ehrnström

Associate Professor

Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

birgitta.ehrnstrom@stolav.no

Kunnskapssenteret, Øya

birgitta.ehrnstrom@stolav.no

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

Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Giambelluca, Miriam; Ryan, Liv; Moen, Siv Helen; Hu, Zhenyi; Yin, Hang; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Damås, Jan Kristian; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (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).
Moen, Siv Helen; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Yurchenko, Mariya; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Afset, Jan Egil; Damås, Jan Kristian; Hu, Zhenyi; Yin, Hang; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (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).
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Yurchenko, Mariya; Moen, Siv Helen; Kojen, June Frengen; Lentini, Germana; Teti, Guiseppe; Damås, Jan Kristian; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (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

Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta. (2019) Exploring the role of TLR8 as a sensor in bacterial infections. 2019. ISBN 978-82-326-4366-0.

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