Lars Björck

15.9k citations

199 papers · 12.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 70

Impact in

Microbiology top 0.1%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Infectious Diseases top 0.2%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Papers in

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 121
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments 121
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections 60
Infectious Diseases 72
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 68

Co-authors: Bo Åkerström G Kronvall Inga‐Maria Frick Matthias Mörgelin Magnus Rasmussen Ulf Sjöbring Per Åkesson Heiko Herwald
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (29 papers)Infection and Immunity (20 papers)The Journal of Immunology (16 papers)Molecular Microbiology (14 papers)Scandinavian Journal of Immunology (8 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Lars Björck

199 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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Purification and some properties of streptococcal protein G, a novel IgG-binding reagent. 1984 · 618 citations

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Lars Björck, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Vaccine-induced, but not natural immunity, against the Streptococcal inhibitor of complement protects against invasive disease npj Vaccines ·Lionel Tan, Mark Reglinski, Wilna Iznilillah, AnithaK Kumari, Lucy Lamb, Mashhour A Alsuwat, Claire E. Turner, Mats Wikström, K.B. Cellars, Lars Björck, Shiranee Sriskandan	2021	8
2	Streptococcal protein SIC activates monocytes and induces inflammation iScience ·Ariane Neumann, Lotta Happonen, Christofer Karlsson, 薛凤娟, K.B. Cellars, Lars Björck	2021	7
3	Antibody orientation at bacterial surfaces is related to invasive infection The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Pontus Nordenfelt, Sofia Waldemarson, Adam Linder, Matthias Mörgelin, Christofer Karlsson, Johan Malmström, Lars Björck	2012	83
4	V-ATPase-mediated phagosomal acidification is impaired by Streptococcus pyogenes through Mga-regulated surface proteins Microbes and Infection ·Pontus Nordenfelt, Sergio Grinstein, Lars Björck, Hans Tapper	2012	14
5	Treatment of invasive streptococcal infection with a peptide derived from human high-molecular weight kininogen Blood ·Sonja Oehmcke, Oonagh Shannon, Maren von Köckritz‐Blickwede, Matthias Mörgelin, Adam Linder, Anders I. Olin, Lars Björck, Heiko Herwald	2009	42
6	Bacterial Surface Protein L Binds and Inactivates Neutrophil Proteins S100A8/A9 The Journal of Immunology ·Bo Åkerström, Lars Björck	2009	14
7	Heparin‐Binding Protein: An Early Marker of Circulatory Failure in Sepsis Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Adam Linder, Bértil Christensson, Heiko Herwald, Lars Björck, Per Åkesson	2009	128
8	IgG glycan hydrolysis by a bacterial enzyme as a therapy against autoimmune conditions Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mattias Collin, Oonagh Shannon, Lars Björck	2008	95
9	Activation of the complement system generates antibacterial peptides Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Emma Andersson Nordahl, Victoria Rydengård, Patrik Nyberg, D. Patric Nitsche, Matthias Mörgelin, Martin Malmsten, Lars Björck, Artur Schmidtchen	2004	190
10	Genome-based Identification and Analysis of Collagen-related Structural Motifs in Bacterial and Viral Proteins Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Magnus Rasmussen, Micael Jacobsson, Lars Björck	2003	118
11	Contact Activation by Pathogenic Bacteria: A Virulence Mechanism Contributing to the Pathophysiology of Sepsis Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Heiko Herwald, Matthias Mörgelin, Lars Björck	2003	24
12	Immunoglobulin Superantigen Protein L Induces IL-4 and IL-13 Secretion from Human FcεRI+ Cells Through Interaction with the κ Light Chains of IgE The Journal of Immunology ·Arturo Genovese, Guglielmo Borgia, Lars Björck, Angelica Petraroli, Amato de Paulis, Marcello Piazza, Gianni Marone	2003	71
13	Streptococcus pneumoniae Evades Complement Attack and Opsonophagocytosis by Expressing the pspC Locus-Encoded Hic Protein That Binds to Short Consensus Repeats 8–11 of Factor H The Journal of Immunology ·Hanna Jarva, Robert Janulczyk, Jens Hellwage, Peter F. Zipfel, Lars Björck, Seppo Meri	2002	155
14	Recombinant proteins L and LG: efficient tools for purification of murine immunoglobulin G fragments Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications ·Sh. S. Nuraly, Assunta Lombardi, T.J. Barling, Lars Björck, Massimo A. Mariani	1995	16
15	Protein H — a surface protein of Streptococcus pyogenes with separate binding sites for lgG and albumin Molecular Microbiology ·Inga‐Maria Frick, Per Åkesson, Jakki C. Cooney, Ulf Sjöbring, Karl‐Hermann Schmidt, Hideyuki Gomi, Shizuo Hattori, Reza Amiri, A.N. Tsibikov, Lars Björck	1994	68
16	Three-dimensional solution structure of an immunoglobulin light chain-binding domain of protein L. Comparison with the IgG-binding domains of protein G Biochemistry ·Mats Wikström, Torbjörn Drakenberg, Sture Forsén, Ulf Sjöbring, Lars Björck	1994	93
17	Proton nuclear magnetic resonance sequential assignments and secondary structure of an immunoglobulin light chain-binding domain of protein L Biochemistry ·Mats Wikström, Ulf Sjöbring, William Kastern, Lars Björck, T. Drakenberg, Sture Forsén	1993	42
18	Purification of antibodies using protein L-binding framework structures in the light chain variable domain Journal of Immunological Methods ·Bo Nilson, Lennart Lögdberg, William Kastern, Lars Björck, Bo Åkerström	1993	81
19	Protein L. A novel bacterial cell wall protein with affinity for Ig L chains. The Journal of Immunology ·Lars Björck	1988	203
20	Isolation and characterization of a 14-kDa albumin-binding fragment of streptococcal protein G. The Journal of Immunology ·Ulf Sjöbring, Cecilia Falkenberg, Erik Nielsen, Bo Åkerström, Lars Björck	1988	36

About Lars Björck

Lars Björck is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, having authored 199 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (121 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (68 papers), Neonatal and Maternal Infections (60 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (23 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (22 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (22 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (19 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (1.5k citations), Infectious Diseases (3.2k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (4.4k citations), Immunology (2.7k citations) and Clinical Biochemistry (721 citations). Lars Björck has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Bo Åkerström, G Kronvall, Inga‐Maria Frick, Matthias Mörgelin, Magnus Rasmussen, Ulf Sjöbring, Per Åkesson, Heiko Herwald, Artur Schmidtchen and Robert Janulczyk. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Infection and Immunity, The Journal of Immunology, Molecular Microbiology and Scandinavian Journal of Immunology.

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