Publications

2011

• Fei, Y., Wang, W., Kwiecinski, J., Josefsson, E., Pullerits, R., Jonsson, I. M., Magnusson, M. and Jin, T., The combination of a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor and antibiotic alleviates staphylococcal arthritis and sepsis in mice. J 2011. 204: 348-357.
• Ying, F., Chalise, J. P., Narendra, S. C. and Magnusson, M., Type I IFN protects against antigen-induced arthritis. Eur J Immunol 2011. 41: 1687-1695.

2010

• Epstein-Barr virus in bone marrow of rheumatoid arthritis patients predicts response to rituximab treatment. Magnusson M, Brisslert M, Zendjanchi K, Lindh M, Bokarewa MI. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Jun 14. [Epub ahead of print]
• Activation of Plasminogen by Staphylokinase Reduces the Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Systemic Infection. Kwieciński J, Josefsson E, Mitchell J, Higgins J, Magnusson M, Foster T, Jin T, Bokarewa M. J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 1;202(7):1041-9.

2009

• Dichloroacetate alleviates development of collagen II induced arthritis in female DBA/1 mice. Bian L, Josefsson E, Jonsson IM, Verdrengh M, Ohlsson C, Bokarewa M, Tarkowski A, Magnusson M. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009 Sep 1;11(5):R132.
• Exogenous nucleic acids contribute to joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis by activating an anti-viral interferon response. Mattias Magnusson & Andrej Tarkowski. In: Autoimmunity: Role, Regulation and Disorders. Ed. by Fynn L. Vogel and Lucas F. Zimmermann. Nova publishers. ISBN: 978-1-60456-833-2.

2008

• Arthritogenic dsRNA is present in synovial fluid from rheumatoid arthritis patient with an erosive disease course. Maria Bokarewa, Andrej Tarkowski, Magnus Lindh, Leif Dahlberg & Mattias Magnusson. Eur J Immunol. 2008 Nov;38(11):3237-44.
• Intra-articular Fms-like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand Expression is a Driving Force in Induction and Progression of Arthritis. Dehlin Mats, Bokarewa Maria, Rottapel Robert, Foster Simon, Magnusson Mattias, Dahlberg, Leif, Tarkowski Andrej. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3633.
• Single-stranded polyinosinic acid oligonucleotides trigger leukocyte production of proteins belonging to fibrinolytic and coagulation cascades. Zare F, Magnusson M, Möllers LN, Jin T, Tarkowski A, Bokarewa M. J Leukoc Biol. 2008. Sep;84(3):741-7.
• Extracellular survivin up-regulates adhesion molecules on the surface of leukocytes changing their reactivity pattern. Simona Mera, Mattias Magnusson, Andrej Tarkowski & Maria Bokarewa. J Leukoc Biol. 2008 Jan;83(1):149-55.

2007

• Cutting edge: natural DNA repetitive extragenic sequences from gram-negative pathogens strongly stimulate TLR9. Mattias Magnusson, Sancho J, Tobes R and Pareja E. J Immunol. 2007 Jul 1;179(1):31-5.
• Structure dependent modulation of IFN-alpha production by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) and CpG-DNAs in porcine PBMCs. Hasslung, F., Meehan, B.M., Timmusk, S., Berg, M., Fuxler, L., Magnusson, M., Allan, G.M., McNeilly, F and Fossum, C. J Virol. 2007 May;81(10):4919-27.
• Role of Interferon alpha/B signaling in the prevention of genital herpes simplex virus type 2 infection. Alexandra Svensson, Lars Bellner, Inger Nordström, Mattias Magnusson and Kristina Eriksson. 2007. J Reprod Immunol. Jun;74(1-2):114-23.
• Pathological survivin expression links viral infections with pathogenesis of erosive rheumatoid arthritis. Bokarewa M, Tarkowski A, Magnusson M. Scand. J Immunol. 2007 Aug-Sep;66(2-3):192-8.

2006

• Requirement of Type I interferon Signaling in joint inflammation triggered by double stranded RNA. Magnusson M, Zare F & A Tarkowski. Arthritis & Rheum. 2006 Vol 54 (1), 148-57.
• Uric acid, nucleic acid degradation product, down-regulates dsRNA-induced arthritis. Fariba Zare, Mattias Magnusson, Thomas Bergström, Mikael Brisslert, Elisabet Josefsson, Anna Karlsson & Andrej Tarkowski 2006. J Leukoc Biol. Mar;79(3):482-8

2005

• Immunostimulatory DNA activates production of type I interferons and interleukin-6 in equine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro. Wattrang E, Berg M, Magnusson M 2005. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. Sep 15;107(3-4):265-79
• Carbohydrates and biology of staphylococcal infections. Tarkowski A, Verdrengh M, Jonsson IM, Magnusson M, Foster SJ, Liu ZQ 2005. Adv Exp Med Biol. Vol 564 115-6.

2004

• Characteristics of oligodeoxyribonucleotides that induce interferon (IFN)-alpha in the pig and the phenotype of the IFN-alpha producing cells. Domeika K*, Magnusson M*, Eloranta M-L, Fuxler L, Alm G and C Fossum. 2004. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2004 Sep;101(1-2):87-102.
  *Contributed equally to the work.

2003

• Blood dendritic cell antigen (BDCA)-2 and -4 expression and function in natural interferon alpha producing cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Blomberg S, Eloranta M-L, Magnusson M, Alm G and L Rönnblom 2003. Arthritis Rheum. Vol 48 (9), 2524-32.
• FcgRIIa is expressed on natural IFN-alpha producing cells and is required for IFNalpha production induced by apoptotic cells combined with lupus IgG. Båve U, Magnusson M, Eloranta M-L, Perers A, Alm G and L Rönnblom 2003. J Immunol Vol 171, 3296-302.

2001

• Importance of CpG dinucleotides in activation of natural interferon-alpha producing cells by a lupus-related oligodeoxynucleotide. Magnusson M, Magnusson S, Vallin H, Rönnblom L, Alm, G. V. 2001. Scand. J. Immunol., Vol. 54, 543-550.
• The plasmid pcDNA3 differently induces production of interferon-alpha and IL-6 in cultures of porcine leukocytes. Magnusson M, Johansson E, Berg M, Fuxler L, Fossum C 2001. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol., Vol. 78, 45-56.