• Relation between nutritional status, the outcome of infection and immune responses 

  Terán, Graciela (Inst för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi / Dept of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, 2019-08-16)

  A causal interaction between nutrition and the outcome of different infections has been known since long time ago. Moreover, responses of human beings to infection are diverse and demarcated by immunity. A deficient and ...

• Self-management of type 2 diabetes : processes for setting up a diabetes and pre-diabetes support intervention in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in Sweden 

  Aweko, Juliet (Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-08-13)

  Background: Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are major public health challenges, disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations worldwide. The high burden of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) contributes significantly to ...

• Lineage stability and effector function of CD4+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells 

  Seitz, Christina (Inst för medicin, Solna / Dept of Medicine, Solna, 2019-08-12)

  This work focuses on regulatory T (Treg) cell biology in the context of defining the role of forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) isoform expression and Treg mediated suppression via CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated ...

• Role of new podocyte-associated proteins in the renal ultrafiltration barrier 

  Schwarz, Angelina (Inst för laboratoriemedicin / Dept of Laboratory Medicine, 2019-08-09)

  Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major health problem and an economical burden affecting people worldwide. The main causes of CKD are diabetes and hypertension and patient numbers keep increasing. In many cases, CKD is ...

• Borderline and locally advanced pancreatic cancer : redefining the biological and technical profile of the disease 

  Rangelova, Elena (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2019-08-09)

  Surgery is the only treatment modality that provides a chance for long-term survival in pancreatic cancer (PC). Thus, the current classification systems for PC are technically skewed to predicted the probability for surgical ...

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