Maj Hedtjärn

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Maj Hedtjärn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maj Hedtjärn has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Maj Hedtjärn's work include Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Maj Hedtjärn is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Maj Hedtjärn collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and United States. Maj Hedtjärn's co-authors include Ellen Marie Straarup, Henrik F. Hansen, Joacim Elmén, Sakari Kauppinen, Morten Lindow, Phil Kearney, Henrik Hagberg, Marie Lindholm, Susanna Obad and Andreas Petri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Maj Hedtjärn

17 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

LNA-mediated microRNA silencing in non-human primates 2007 2026 2013 2019 2008 2007 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. LNA-mediated microRNA silencing in non-human primates
    2008 1.3k citations Joacim Elmén, Morten Lindow et al. Nature profile →
  2. Antagonism of microRNA-122 in mice by systemically administered LNA-antimiR leads to up-regulation of a large set of predicted target mRNAs in the liver
    2007 543 citations Joacim Elmén, Morten Lindow et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maj Hedtjärn Sweden 16 2.5k 1.7k 498 367 288 17 3.5k
Anita C. Bellail United States 20 1.6k 0.6× 664 0.4× 573 1.2× 70 0.2× 367 1.3× 29 3.0k
Albert R. Davalos United States 20 2.3k 0.9× 623 0.4× 1.0k 2.0× 63 0.2× 241 0.8× 27 4.3k
Nunzio Iraci Italy 22 1.6k 0.6× 703 0.4× 242 0.5× 56 0.2× 259 0.9× 38 2.4k
Philippe M. Campeau Canada 33 1.8k 0.7× 466 0.3× 259 0.5× 131 0.4× 64 0.2× 123 3.3k
Lluı́s Espinosa Spain 32 2.7k 1.1× 817 0.5× 743 1.5× 46 0.1× 75 0.3× 85 4.0k
Min Zheng China 27 1.3k 0.5× 626 0.4× 419 0.8× 42 0.1× 206 0.7× 86 2.3k
Yoko Aoki Japan 36 2.9k 1.2× 220 0.1× 891 1.8× 142 0.4× 111 0.4× 170 4.8k
Abir Mukherjee United States 32 2.0k 0.8× 849 0.5× 407 0.8× 68 0.2× 74 0.3× 82 3.6k
Dmitri Lodygin Germany 12 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 555 1.1× 26 0.1× 368 1.3× 15 3.1k
Christian Schachtrup Germany 16 950 0.4× 686 0.4× 552 1.1× 34 0.1× 135 0.5× 34 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maj Hedtjärn

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Hagedorn, Peter, Søren Ottosen, Susanne Kammler, et al.. (2013). Hepatotoxic Potential of Therapeutic Oligonucleotides Can Be Predicted from Their Sequence and Modification Pattern. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 23(5). 302–310. 70 indexed citations
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Zwaan, C. Michel, Mirjam W.J. Luijendijk, Valerie Calvert, et al.. (2012). Aurora kinases in childhood acute leukemia: the promise of aurora B as therapeutic target. Leukemia. 27(3). 560–568. 69 indexed citations
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Hedtjärn, Maj, Françoise Poirier, Carina Mallard, et al.. (2010). Galectin-3 contributes to neonatal hypoxic–ischemic brain injury. Neurobiology of Disease. 38(1). 36–46. 116 indexed citations
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Straarup, Ellen Marie, Niels Fisker, Maj Hedtjärn, et al.. (2010). Short locked nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotides potently reduce apolipoprotein B mRNA and serum cholesterol in mice and non-human primates. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(20). 7100–7111. 198 indexed citations
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Worm, Jesper, Jan Stenvang, Andreas Petri, et al.. (2009). Silencing of microRNA-155 in mice during acute inflammatory response leads to derepression of c/ebp Beta and down-regulation of G-CSF. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(17). 5784–5792. 163 indexed citations
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Stein, C.A., Jens Bo Hansen, Johnathan C. Lai, et al.. (2009). Efficient gene silencing by delivery of locked nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotides, unassisted by transfection reagents. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(1). e3–e3. 302 indexed citations
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Carlsson, Ylva, Anna‐Lena Leverin, Maj Hedtjärn, et al.. (2009). Role of Mixed Lineage Kinase Inhibition in Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia. Developmental Neuroscience. 31(5). 420–426. 8 indexed citations
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Keller, Matthias, Anna Karlsson, Maj Hedtjärn, et al.. (2008). Pharmacological and genetic inhibition of NADPH oxidase does not reduce brain damage in different models of perinatal brain injury in newborn mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 31(1). 133–144. 58 indexed citations
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Elmén, Joacim, Morten Lindow, Sylvia Schütz, et al.. (2008). LNA-mediated microRNA silencing in non-human primates. Nature. 452(7189). 896–899. 1307 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elmén, Joacim, Morten Lindow, Asli Silahtaroglu, et al.. (2007). Antagonism of microRNA-122 in mice by systemically administered LNA-antimiR leads to up-regulation of a large set of predicted target mRNAs in the liver. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(4). 1153–1162. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Xiaoyang, Henrik Hagberg, Carina Mallard, et al.. (2006). Disruption of Interleukin-18, but Not Interleukin-1, Increases Vulnerability to Preterm Delivery and Fetal Mortality after Intrauterine Inflammation. American Journal Of Pathology. 169(3). 967–976. 36 indexed citations
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Lund, Søren Peter, Kenneth Vielsted Christensen, Maj Hedtjärn, et al.. (2006). The dynamics of the LPS triggered inflammatory response of murine microglia under different culture and in vivo conditions. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 180(1-2). 71–87. 173 indexed citations
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Eklind, Saskia, Henrik Hagberg, Xiaoyang Wang, et al.. (2006). Effect of Lipopolysaccharide on Global Gene Expression in the Immature Rat Brain. Pediatric Research. 60(2). 161–168. 61 indexed citations
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Mallard, Carina, Malin Gustavsson, Maj Hedtjärn, et al.. (2005). IGF‐I neuroprotection in the immature brain after hypoxia‐ischemia, involvement of Akt and GSK3β?. European Journal of Neuroscience. 21(6). 1489–1502. 120 indexed citations
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Hedtjärn, Maj, Carina Mallard, Yoichiro Iwakura, & Henrik Hagberg. (2005). Combined Deficiency of IL-1β18, but Not IL-1αβ, Reduces Susceptibility to Hypoxia-Ischemia in the Immature Brain. Developmental Neuroscience. 27(2-4). 143–148. 29 indexed citations
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Hedtjärn, Maj, et al.. (2004). White matter injury in the immature brain: role of interleukin-18. Neuroscience Letters. 373(1). 16–20. 40 indexed citations
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Hedtjärn, Maj, Anna‐Lena Leverin, Kristina Eriksson, et al.. (2002). Interleukin-18 Involvement in Hypoxic–Ischemic Brain Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(14). 5910–5919. 248 indexed citations

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