Björn Walse

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Björn Walse is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Walse has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Björn Walse's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (10 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Björn Walse is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (10 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Björn Walse collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Björn Walse's co-authors include Simon J. Davis, Robert J.C. Gilbert, David I. Stuart, Artur Schmidtchen, Martin Malmsten, P. Anton van der Merwe, Andrea Iaboni, Mukesh Pasupuleti, Jan Kihlberg and G. Forsberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Björn Walse

49 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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The Interaction Properties of Costimulatory Molecules Revisited

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Björn Walse Sweden	22	908	882	387	327	263	49	2.0k
Adam Lesner Poland	26	553 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	337 0.9×	264 0.8×	183 0.7×	125	2.1k
Mare Čudić United States	26	622 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	316 0.8×	385 1.2×	269 1.0×	73	2.1k
Yuanming Qi China	22	888 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	659 1.7×	179 0.5×	98 0.4×	67	2.0k
Wuyuan Lu United States	18	295 0.3×	611 0.7×	281 0.7×	213 0.7×	150 0.6×	30	1.1k
Bernd Becker Germany	26	413 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	402 1.0×	88 0.3×	351 1.3×	41	2.1k
Hui Cai China	30	712 0.8×	1.7k 2.0×	304 0.8×	97 0.3×	625 2.4×	84	2.7k
Christoph Rademacher Germany	29	726 0.8×	1.7k 2.0×	151 0.4×	135 0.4×	750 2.9×	88	2.5k
Myeong Sup Lee South Korea	18	888 1.0×	915 1.0×	231 0.6×	78 0.2×	94 0.4×	32	1.9k
Sam Noppen Belgium	26	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	491 1.3×	67 0.2×	199 0.8×	75	2.5k
Michael Hunter United Kingdom	24	426 0.5×	850 1.0×	242 0.6×	100 0.3×	143 0.5×	51	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Walse

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Petruk, Ganna, Manoj Puthia, Firdaus Samsudin, et al.. (2023). Targeting Toll-like receptor-driven systemic inflammation by engineering an innate structural fold into drugs. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6097–6097. 5 indexed citations

Ladds, Marcus J.G.W., Srinivasaraghavan Kannan, Ingeborg M.M. van Leeuwen, et al.. (2020). Exploitation of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) and p53 activation as therapeutic targets: A case study in polypharmacology. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(52). 17935–17949. 11 indexed citations

Freitag‐Pohl, Stefanie, M. Håkansson, L. Anders Svensson, et al.. (2019). Crystal structures of theBacillus subtilisprophage lytic cassette proteins XepA and YomS. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 75(11). 1028–1039. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Shan, et al.. (2019). Insight into the dimer dissociation process of the Chromobacterium violaceum (S)-selective amine transaminase. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16946–16946. 19 indexed citations

Langen, Luuk M. van, et al.. (2018). Transaminase‐Catalyzed Racemization with Potential for Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions. ChemCatChem. 10(21). 5012–5018. 11 indexed citations

Nilsson, Lisa M., Somsundar Veppil Muralidharan, M. Welin, et al.. (2016). Cancer Differentiating Agent Hexamethylene Bisacetamide Inhibits BET Bromodomain Proteins. Cancer Research. 76(8). 2376–2383. 14 indexed citations

Humble, Maria Svedendahl, Karim Engelmark Cassimjee, M. Håkansson, et al.. (2012). Crystal structures of the Chromobacterium violaceumω‐transaminase reveal major structural rearrangements upon binding of coenzyme PLP. FEBS Journal. 279(5). 779–792. 105 indexed citations

Kasetty, Gopinath, Praveen Papareddy, Martina Kalle, et al.. (2011). The C-Terminal Sequence of Several Human Serine Proteases Encodes Host Defense Functions. Journal of Innate Immunity. 3(5). 471–482. 37 indexed citations

Papareddy, Praveen, Victoria Rydengård, Mukesh Pasupuleti, et al.. (2010). Proteolysis of Human Thrombin Generates Novel Host Defense Peptides. PLoS Pathogens. 6(4). e1000857–e1000857. 139 indexed citations

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Svensson, Bo, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of Human DHODH by 4‐Hydroxycoumarins, Fenamic Acids, and N‐(Alkylcarbonyl)anthranilic Acids Identified by Structure‐Guided Fragment Selection. ChemMedChem. 5(4). 608–617. 26 indexed citations

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Gustafsson, Erika, Björn Walse, Marcel Hijnen, et al.. (2009). Identification of conformational epitopes for human IgG on Chemotaxis inhibitory protein of Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Immunology. 10(1). 13–13. 15 indexed citations

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Pumphrey, Nick, Annelise Vuidepot, Bent K. Jakobsen, et al.. (2007). Cutting Edge: Evidence of Direct TCR α-Chain Interaction with Superantigen. The Journal of Immunology. 179(5). 2700–2704. 20 indexed citations

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Rosén, Anna, et al.. (2007). Discovery of Selective Small-Molecule CD80 Inhibitors. SLAS DISCOVERY. 12(4). 464–472. 20 indexed citations

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Pasupuleti, Mukesh, Björn Walse, Emma Andersson Nordahl, et al.. (2006). Preservation of Antimicrobial Properties of Complement Peptide C3a, from Invertebrates to Humans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(4). 2520–2528. 57 indexed citations

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Sørensen, Poul, Martin Kussmann, Anna Rosén, et al.. (2004). Identification of Protein-Protein Interfaces Implicated in CD80-CD28 Costimulatory Signaling. The Journal of Immunology. 172(11). 6803–6809. 15 indexed citations

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Petersson, Karin, et al.. (2003). Staphylococcal Enterotoxin H Induces Vα-Specific Expansion of T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 170(8). 4148–4154. 55 indexed citations

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Petersson, Karin, Marjolein Thunnissen, G. Forsberg, & Björn Walse. (2002). Crystal Structure of a SEA Variant in Complex with MHC Class II Reveals the Ability of SEA to Crosslink MHC Molecules. Structure. 10(12). 1619–1626. 45 indexed citations

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Walse, Björn, Torbjörn Drakenberg, Karl‐Erik Bergquist, et al.. (1998). Binding of peptides in solution by the Escherichia coli chaperone PapD as revealed using an inhibition ELISA and NMR spectroscopy. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 6(11). 2085–2101. 9 indexed citations

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Elofsson, Mikael, Björn Walse, & Jan Kihlberg. (1996). Solid‐phase synthesis and conformational studies of helper T cell immunogenic peptides that carry carbohydrate haptens linked to serine. International journal of peptide & protein research. 47(5). 340–347. 9 indexed citations

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Kihlberg, Jan, et al.. (1995). Glycosylated Peptide Hormones: Pharmacological Properties and Conformational Studies of Analogs of [1-Desamino,8-D-arginine]vasopressin. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 38(1). 161–169. 75 indexed citations

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