B. Thomas Bäckström

2.7k citations

42 papers · 2.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Co-authors: Anne Camille La Flamme Ed Palmer Troels R. Petersen Vijay K. Kuchroo Estelle Bettelli Terry B. Strom Amit Awasthi Mohamed Oukka
Topics: T-cell and B-cell Immunology (23 papers)Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers)Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (14 papers)
Cited by: Immunology Parasitology Neurology
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Medicine
Partner nations: New Zealand Denmark United States

In The Last Decade

B. Thomas Bäckström

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Myelin-specific regulatory T cells accumulate in the CNS but fail to control autoimmune inflammation

2007 680 citations Thomas Korn, Jayagopala Reddy et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Rapid, Simple, and Standardized Homogenization Method to Prepare Antigen/Adjuvant Emulsions for Inducing Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis 2022 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·B. Thomas Bäckström	2
2	Standardization of Antigen-Emulsion Preparations for the Induction of Autoimmune Disease Models 2022 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·(unknown),(unknown),Vilma Urbonaviciute,(unknown),Felix I. L. Clanchy,Rikard Holmdahl,B. Thomas Bäckström,Richard Williams	7
3	A Role for the Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Abl2/Arg in Experimental Neuroinflammation 2018 ·Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology ·(unknown),(unknown),Jeppe Mouritsen,(unknown),B. Thomas Bäckström,(unknown),Dan Holmberg,Anthony J. Koleske,Åsa Andersson	6
4	Quantitative analysis of the CD4+ T cell response to therapeutic antibodies in healthy donors using a novel T cell:PBMC assay 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Heidi S. Schultz,(unknown),B. Thomas Bäckström,Kasper Lamberth,(unknown),Anne Månsson Kvarnhammar	33
5	A modified superantigen rescues Ly6G⁻CD11b⁺blood monocyte suppressor function and suppresses antigen-specific inflammation in EAE 2013 ·Autoimmunity ·Clare Y. Slaney,Aras Toker,John D. Fraser,Jacquie L. Harper,B. Thomas Bäckström	4
6	Thymic Gene Transfer of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Ameliorates the Onset but Not the Progression of Autoimmune Demyelination 2012 ·Molecular Therapy ·Christopher Siatskas,Natalie Seach,Guizhi Sun,(unknown),(unknown),Ban‐Hock Toh,Frank Alderuccio,B. Thomas Bäckström,Richard L. Boyd,Claude C.A. Bernard	8
7	Targeting Antigen to MHC Class II Molecules Promotes Efficient Cross-Presentation and Enhances Immunotherapy 2009 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Nina Dickgreber,Patrizia Stoitzner,Yan Bai,Kylie M. Price,Kathryn J. Farrand,(unknown),Catherine E. Angel,P. Rod Dunbar,Franca Ronchese,John D. Fraser,B. Thomas Bäckström,Ian F. Hermans	30
8	Myelin-specific regulatory T cells accumulate in the CNS but fail to control autoimmune inflammationbreakdown → 2007 ·Nature Medicine ·Thomas Korn,Jayagopala Reddy,Wenda Gao,Estelle Bettelli,Amit Awasthi,Troels R. Petersen,B. Thomas Bäckström,Raymond A. Sobel,Kai W. Wucherpfennig,Terry B. Strom,Mohamed Oukka,Vijay K. Kuchroo	680
9	Critical role of preproenkephalin in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 2006 ·Journal of Neuroimmunology ·(unknown),(unknown),Sarah Hook,Marina Harvie,Anne Camille La Flamme,Graham Le Gros,B. Thomas Bäckström	10
10	Partial Depletion of CD69^low‐expressing Natural Regulatory T Cells with the Anti‐CD25 Monoclonal Antibody PC61 2006 ·Scandinavian Journal of Immunology ·(unknown),(unknown),B. Thomas Bäckström	48
11	The phenotype of type 1 and type 2 CD8⁺ T cells activated in vitro is affected by culture conditions and correlates with effector activity 2005 ·Immunology ·Roslyn A. Kemp,B. Thomas Bäckström,Franca Ronchese	25
12	Enhanced autoimmunity, arthritis, and encephalomyelitis in mice with a reduced oxidative burst due to a mutation in the Ncf1 gene 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Malin Hultqvist,Peter Olofsson,Jens Holmberg,B. Thomas Bäckström,Jesper Tordsson,Rikard Holmdahl	286
13	Peloruside A enhances apoptosis in H-ras-transformed cells and is cytotoxic to proliferating T cells 2004 ·APOPTOSIS ·John H. Miller,(unknown),Thomas N. Gaitanos,Kylie Hood,(unknown),B. Thomas Bäckström,Anne Camille La Flamme,Michael V. Berridge,Peter T. Northcote	33
14	Importance of the T cell receptor α-chain transmembrane distal region for assembly with cognate subunits 2001 ·Molecular Immunology ·John G. Shelton,(unknown),Kirsty Nicolson,Kelly P. Kearse,B. Thomas Bäckström	5
15	Signaling Efficiency of the T Cell Receptor Controlled by a Single Amino Acid in the β Chain Constant Region 1997 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·B. Thomas Bäckström,Barbara Hausmann,Ed Palmer	24
16	T cell receptor α‐chain tail is required for protein kinase C‐mediated down‐regulation, but not for signaling 1997 ·European Journal of Immunology ·B. Thomas Bäckström,Bent Rubin,(unknown),Georg Tiefenthaler,Ed Palmer	19
17	A Motif within the T Cell Receptor α Chain Constant Region Connecting Peptide Domain Controls Antigen Responsiveness 1996 ·Immunity ·B. Thomas Bäckström,Elisabetta Milia,(unknown),(unknown),Cosima T. Baldari,Ed Palmer	92
18	CART: a conserved antigen receptor transmembrane motif 1994 ·Seminars in Immunology ·Kerry S. Campbell,B. Thomas Bäckström,Georg Tiefenthaler,Ed Palmer	83
19	Identification of T cell stimulatory epitopes from the 18 kDa protein of Mycobacterium leprae 1993 ·International Immunology ·T. Mark Doherty,B. Thomas Bäckström,(unknown),D. R. Harding,James D. Watson	1
20	Genetic control of immune responses to the 18-kDa protein of Mycobacterium leprae 1992 ·Cellular Immunology ·B. Thomas Bäckström,David P. Harris,Ross L. Prestidge,James D. Watson	2

About B. Thomas Bäckström

B. Thomas Bäckström is a scholar working on Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology, having authored 42 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (23 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (1.5k citations), Parasitology (142 citations) and Neurology (150 citations). B. Thomas Bäckström has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, Denmark and United States. Frequent co-authors include Anne Camille La Flamme, Ed Palmer, Troels R. Petersen, Vijay K. Kuchroo, Estelle Bettelli, Terry B. Strom, Amit Awasthi, Mohamed Oukka, Jayagopala Reddy and Kai W. Wucherpfennig. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

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