Åke Engström

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Åke Engström is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Åke Engström has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Immunology and 20 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Åke Engström's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (19 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (18 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers). Åke Engström is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (19 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (18 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers). Åke Engström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Italy and United States. Åke Engström's co-authors include H. Bennich, Dan Hultmark, Hans G. Boman, H. Steiner, Rikard Holmdahl, Per Jemth, Harald Burkhardt, Bengt Mannervik, Mikael Widersten and Erik Michaëlsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Åke Engström

111 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sequence and specificity of two antibacterial proteins involved in insect immunity

1981 1.1k citations Dan Hultmark, Åke Engström et al. profile →
Insect Immunity: Isolation and Structure of Cecropin D and Four Minor Antibacterial Components from Cecropia Pupae

1982 373 citations Dan Hultmark, Åke Engström et al. European Journal of Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Åke Engström Sweden	47	4.8k	2.4k	2.2k	1.0k	961	112	8.7k
W. Neal Burnette United States	20	4.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	516 0.2×	183 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	36	8.9k
Lars Rask Sweden	67	7.2k 1.5×	3.9k 1.6×	244 0.1×	371 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	237	13.3k
Maria Panico United Kingdom	56	6.1k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	324 0.1×	167 0.2×	494 0.5×	144	10.8k
Larry R. Pease United States	48	9.3k 1.9×	5.2k 2.2×	427 0.2×	176 0.2×	1.5k 1.5×	189	18.3k
Sadaaki Iwanaga Japan	62	4.7k 1.0×	4.5k 1.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	170 0.2×	261	11.8k
Luiz Juliano Brazil	53	5.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	338 0.2×	434 0.4×	196 0.2×	389	11.2k
Lars Sottrup‐Jensen Denmark	57	4.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	164 0.1×	220 0.2×	744 0.8×	156	9.7k
Ole Vorm Germany	16	7.1k 1.5×	843 0.4×	287 0.1×	275 0.3×	304 0.3×	23	11.2k
Francis Castellino United States	59	6.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	242 0.1×	129 0.1×	423 0.4×	418	15.0k
Nobuhiko Katunuma Japan	59	6.4k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	203 0.1×	169 0.2×	313 0.3×	362	12.5k

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Reibenspies, Joseph H., et al.. (2025). Choreoisosteres: Pseudoatom Variation in Macrocyclic Hinges Conserves Structure and Dynamics. ACS Physical Chemistry Au. 5(2). 134–138. 1 indexed citations

Snir, Omri, Mona Widhe, Monika Hermansson, et al.. (2009). Antibodies to several citrullinated antigens are enriched in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 62(1). 44–52. 171 indexed citations

Rubin, Jenny, et al.. (2009). The Coding ECP 434(G>C) Gene Polymorphism Determines the Cytotoxicity of ECP but Has Minor Effects on Fibroblast-Mediated Gel Contraction and No Effect on RNase Activity. The Journal of Immunology. 183(1). 445–451. 23 indexed citations

Kimani, Stanley, et al.. (2009). Opposite effects of PDGF-BB and prostaglandin E1 on cell-motility related processes are paralleled by modifications of distinct actin-binding proteins. Experimental Cell Research. 315(10). 1745–1758. 7 indexed citations

Celestine, N., et al.. (2008). Reassessing a sparse energetic network within a single protein domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(12). 4679–4684. 85 indexed citations

Calosci, Nicoletta, N. Celestine, Barbara Richter, et al.. (2008). Comparison of successive transition states for folding reveals alternative early folding pathways of two homologous proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(49). 19241–19246. 57 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, Simon Parry, Maria Panico, et al.. (2008). N-Glycans and the N Terminus of Protein C Inhibitor Affect the Cofactor-enhanced Rates of Thrombin Inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(27). 18601–18611. 19 indexed citations

Snir, Omri, Mona Widhe, Caroline von Spee-Mayer, et al.. (2008). Multiple antibody reactivities to citrullinated antigens in sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis: association with HLA-DRB1 alleles. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 68(5). 736–743. 160 indexed citations

Cristea, Mirela, et al.. (2004). Expression of manganese lipoxygenase in Pichia pastoris and site-directed mutagenesis of putative metal ligands. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 434(1). 201–211. 46 indexed citations

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Edlund, Charlotta, Maria Hedberg, Åke Engström, Jan‐Ingmar Flock, & David Wade. (1998). Antianaerobic activity of a cecropin–melittin peptide. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 4(4). 181–185. 11 indexed citations

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Axén, Andreas, Anette Carlsson, Åke Engström, & H. Bennich. (1997). Gloverin, an Antibacterial Protein from the Immune Hemolymph of Hyalophora Pupae. European Journal of Biochemistry. 247(2). 614–619. 107 indexed citations

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Harvey, Alan L., Edward G. Rowan, Hossein Vatanpour, et al.. (1997). Changes to biological activity following acetylation of dendrotoxin i from dendroaspis polylepis (black mamba). Toxicon. 35(8). 1263–1273. 15 indexed citations

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Michaëlsson, Erik, et al.. (1995). Macrophages, but not dendritic cells, present collagen to T cells. European Journal of Immunology. 25(8). 2234–2241. 64 indexed citations

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Červeñanský, Carlos, Åke Engström, & Evert Karlsson. (1994). Study of structure-activity relationship of fasciculin by acetylation of amino groups. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1199(1). 1–5. 20 indexed citations

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Engström, Ulla, et al.. (1992). Identification of a peptide antagonist for platelet-derived growth factor.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(23). 16581–16587. 51 indexed citations

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Lindeberg, Gunnar, H. Bennich, & Åke Engström. (1991). Purification of synthetic peptides Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC)*. International journal of peptide & protein research. 38(3). 253–259. 21 indexed citations

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Craig, A. Grey, Åke Engström, H. Bennich, Edeltraut Hoffmann-Posorske, & Helmut E. Meyer. (1991). Plasma desorption mass spectrometry of phosphopeptides: An investigation to determine the feasibility of quantifying the degree of phosphorylation. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 20(9). 565–574. 10 indexed citations

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Lövgren, Ann, et al.. (1990). Molecular characterization of immune inhibitor A, a secreted virulence protease from Bacillus thuringiensis. Molecular Microbiology. 4(12). 2137–2146. 74 indexed citations

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Engström, Åke, et al.. (1984). Insect immunity. The primary structure of the antibacterial protein attacin F and its relation to two native attacins from Hyalophora cecropia. The EMBO Journal. 3(9). 2065–2070. 46 indexed citations

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Hultmark, Dan, Åke Engström, H. Bennich, R. L. Kapur, & Hans G. Boman. (1982). Insect Immunity: Isolation and Structure of Cecropin D and Four Minor Antibacterial Components from Cecropia Pupae. European Journal of Biochemistry. 127(1). 207–217. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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