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Birgitta Ehrnstrøm

Birgitta Ehrnstrøm

Postdoctoral fellow
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

birgitta.ehrnstrom@ntnu.no
Kunnskapssenteret, Øya
About Publications

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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.

 

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2020

  • Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Giambelluca, Miriam; Ryan, Liv; Moen, Siv Helen; Hu, Zhenyi. (2020) TLR8 and complement C5 induce cytokine release and thrombin activation in human whole blood challenged with Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Leukocyte Biology
    Academic article

2019

  • Moen, Siv Helen; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Yurchenko, Mariya; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Afset, Jan Egil. (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
    Academic article
  • Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta. (2019) Exploring the role of TLR8 as a sensor in bacterial infections. NTNU
    Doctoral dissertation

2017

  • Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Yurchenko, Mariya; Moen, Siv Helen; Kojen, June Frengen; Lentini, Germana. (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
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Giambelluca, Miriam; Ryan, Liv; Moen, Siv Helen; Hu, Zhenyi. (2020) TLR8 and complement C5 induce cytokine release and thrombin activation in human whole blood challenged with Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Leukocyte Biology
    Academic article
  • Moen, Siv Helen; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Yurchenko, Mariya; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Afset, Jan Egil. (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
    Academic article
  • Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Yurchenko, Mariya; Moen, Siv Helen; Kojen, June Frengen; Lentini, Germana. (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
    Academic article

Report

  • Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta. (2019) Exploring the role of TLR8 as a sensor in bacterial infections. NTNU
    Doctoral dissertation
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