Publications for Gunilla Westermark
Co-author map based on ISI articles 2007-
Journal Articles
Sofia N. Nyström and Gunilla T. Westermark
AA-Amyloid is cleared by endogenous immunological mechanisms
Amyloid, 2012, 19(3), 138-145.
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P. Westermark, Katarzyna Lundmark and Gunilla Westermark
Fibrils from designed non-amyloid-related synthetic peptides induce AA-amyloidosis during inflammation in an animal model
PLoS ONE, 2009, 4(6), e6041.
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Gunilla Westermark and P. Westermark
Serum amyloid A and protein AA: Molecular mechanisms of a transmissible amyloidosis
FEBS Letters, 2009, 583(16), 2685-2690.
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Erik Lundberg, Anders Olofsson, Gunilla Westermark and A Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson
Stability and fibril formation properties of human and fish transthyretin, and of the Escherichia coli transthyretin-related protein
FEBS JOURNAL, 2009, 276(7), 1999-2011.
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Simona Ioana Chisalita, Torbjörn Lindström, Pär Eson Jennersjö, Johan Paulsson, Gunilla Westermark, Anders Olsson and Hans Arnqvist
Differential lipid profile and hormonal response in type 2 diabetes by exogenous insulin aspart versus the insulin secretagogue repaglinide, at the same glycemic control
Acta Diabetologica, 2009, 46(1), 35-42.
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Randi Sörby, Arild Espenes, Thor Landsverk and Gunilla Westermark
Rapid induction of experimental AA amyloidosis in mink by intravenous injection of amyloid enhancing factor
Amyloid, 2008, 15(1), 20-28.
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Jana Sponarová, Sofia Nyström and Gunilla T Westermark
AA-amyloidosis can be transferred by peripheral blood monocytes
PloS one, 2008, 3(10), e3308.
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Arne Andersson, Sara Bohman, L A Hakan Borg, Johan Paulsson, Sebastian Schultz, Gunilla Westermark and Per Westermark
Amyloid Deposition in Transplanted Human Pancreatic Islets: A Conceivable Cause of Their Long-Term Failure
EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES RESEARCH, 2008, 2008(562985), .
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Gunilla Westermark and Per Westermark
Transthyretin and Amyloid in the Islets of Langerhans in Type-2 Diabetes
EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES RESEARCH, 2008, 2008(429274), .
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Johan F Paulsson, Sebastian Schultz, Martin Kohler, Ingo Leibiger, Per-Olof Berggren and Gunilla Westermark
Real-Time Monitoring of Apoptosis by Caspase-3-Like Protease Induced FRET Reduction Triggered by Amyloid Aggregation
Experimental Diabetes Research, 2008, 2008(865850), .
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Jenny Carlsson, Camilla Gullstrand, Gunilla Westermark, Johnny Ludvigsson, Karin Enander and Bo Liedberg
Determination of insulin autoantibodies using surface plasmon resonance: A screening study of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients
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Jenny Carlsson, Camilla Gullstrand, Gunilla Westermark, Johnny Ludvigsson, Karin Enander and Bo Liedberg
An indirect competitive immunoassay for insulin autoantibodies based on surface plasmon resonance
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2008, 24(4), 876-881.
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Per Westermark and Gunilla Westermark
Reflections on amyloidosis in Papua New Guinea
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2008, 363(1510), 3701-3705.
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A. Solomon, T. Richey, C.L. Murphy, D.T. Weiss, J.S. Wall, Gunilla Westermark and P. Westermark
Amyloidogenic potential of foie gras
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007, 104(26), 10998-11001.
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Peter Nilsson, Andreas Åslund, Ina Berg, Sofie Nyström, Peter Konradsson, Anna Herland, Olle Inganäs, Frantz Stabo-Eeg, Mikael Lindgren, Gunilla Westermark, Lars Lannfelt, Lars N G Nilsson and Per Hammarström
Imaging distinct conformational states of amyloid-β fibrils in Alzheimer's disease using novel luminescent probes
ACS Chemical Biology, 2007, 2(8), 553-560.
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Annika Larsson, Linda Söderberg, Gunilla Westermark, Knut Sletten, Ulla Engström, Lars O Tjernberg, Jan Näslund and Per Westermark
Unwinding fibril formation of medin, the peptide of the most common form of human amyloid
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC, 2007, 361(4), 822-828.
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Lilian Sauma, Niclas Franck, Johan F Paulsson, Gunilla T. Westermark, Preben Kjølhede, Peter Strålfors, Mats Söderström and Fredrik H. Nyström
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma activity is low in mature primary human visceral adipocytes
Diabetologia, 2007, 50(1), 195-201.
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Johan Paulsson, A. Andersson, P. Westermark and Gunilla Westermark
Intracellular amyloid-like deposits contain unprocessed pro-islet amyloid polypeptide (proIAPP) in beta cells of transgenic mice overexpressing the gene for human IAPP and transplanted human islets
Diabetologia, 2006, 49(6), 1237-1246.
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Peter Nilsson, Per Hammarström, Fredrik Ahlgren, Anna Herland, Edrun A Schnell, Mikael Lindgren, Gunilla Westermark and Olle Inganäs
Conjugated Polyelectrolytes - Conformation - Sensitive Optical Probes for staining and Characterization of Amyloid Deposits
ChemBioChem (Print), 2006, 7, 1096-1104.
Web of Science® Times Cited: 62 |
Marianna Tatarek-Nossol, Li-Mei Yan, Anke Schmauder, Konstantinos Tenidis, Gunilla Westermark and Aphrodite Kapurniotu
Inhibition of hIAPP amyloid-fibril formation and apoptotic cell death by a designed hIAPP amyloid-core-containing hexapeptide
Chemistry and Biology, 2005, 12(7), 797-809.
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Per Westermark, Arne Andersson and Gunilla Westermark
Is aggregate IAPP a cause of beta-cell failure in transplanted human pancreatic islets?
Current Diabetes Reports, 2005, 5(3), 184-188.
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Johan Paulsson and Gunilla Westermark
Aberrant processing of human proislet amyloid polypeptide results in increased amyloid formation
Diabetes, 2005, 54(7), 2117-2125.
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Katarzyna Lundmark, Gunilla Westermark, Arne Olsén and Per Westermark
Protein fibrils in nature can enhance amyloid protein A amyloidosis in mice: Cross-seeding as a disease mechanism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2005, 102(17), 6098-6102.
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M. Nilsson, X. Wang, S. Rodziewicz-Motowidlo, R. Janowski, V. Lindstrom, P. Onnerfjord, Gunilla Westermark, Z. Grzonka, M. Jaskolski and A. Grubb
Prevention of domain swapping inhibits dimerization and amyloid fibril formation of cystatin C. Use of engineered disulfide bridges, antibodies, and carboxymethylpapain to stabilize the monomeric form of cystatin C
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004, 279(23), 24236-24245.
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Rebecca L Hull, Gunilla Westermark, Per Westermark and Steven E Kahn
Islet amyloid: A critical entity in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2004, 89(8), 3629-3643.
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Maria Nilsson, Xin Wang, Sylwia Rodziewicz-Motowidlo, Robert Janowski, Veronica Lindström, Patrik Önnerfjord, Gunilla Westermark, Zbigniew Grzonka, Mariusz Jaskolski and Anders Grubb
Prevention of domain swapping inhibits dimerization and amyloid fibril formation of cystatin C
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004, 279, 24236-24245.
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A Solomon, CL Murphy, K Weaver, DT Weiss, R Hrncic, M Eulitz, RL Donnell, K Sletten, Gunilla Westermark and P Westermark
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic (Pindborg) tumor-associated amyloid consists of a novel human protein
Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 2003, 142(5), 348-355.
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Gunilla Westermark, P Westermark, A Nordin, E Tornelius and A Andersson
Formation of amyloid in human pancreatic islets transplanted to the liver and spleen of nude mice
Uppsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2003, 108(3), 193-203.
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M Alvarsson, G Sundkvist, I Lager, M Henricsson, K Berntorp, E Fernqvist-Forbes, L Steen, Gunilla Westermark, P Westermark and T Orn
Beneficial effects of insulin versus sulphonylurea on insulin secretion and metabolic control in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients
Diabetes Care, 2003, 26(8), 2231-2237.
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S. Peng, Gunilla Westermark, J. Naslund, Bo Häggqvist, J. Glennert and P. Westermark
A computer-based training system for breast fine needle aspiration cytology
Journal of Pathology, 2002, 196(1), 113-121.
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Zhi Ma and Gunilla T. Westermark
Effects of free fatty acid on polymerization of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in vitro and on amyloid fibril formation in cultivated isolated islets of transgenic mice overexpressing human IAPP
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass. Print), 2002, 8(12), 863-868.
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Siwei Peng, Gunilla Westermark, Jan Näslund, Bo Häggqvist, Johanna Glennert and Per Westermark
Medin and medin-amyloid in ageing inflamed and non-inflamed temporal arteries
Journal of Pathology, 2002, 196, 91-96.
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Gunilla Westermark, Sture Falkmer, Donald Steiner, Shu Jin Chan, Ulla Engström and Per Westermark
Islet amyloid polypeptide is expressed in the pancreatic islet parenchyma of the teleostean fish, Myoxocephalus (cottus) scorpius
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B, 2002, 133(1), 119-125.
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Katarzyna Lundmark, Gunilla T. Westermark, Sofia Nyström, Charles L. Murphy, Alan Solomon and Per Westermark
Transmissibility of systemic amyloidosis by a prion-like mechanism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2002, 99(10), 6979-6984.
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Joakim Bergström, Charles Murphy, Manfred Eulitz, Deborah Weiss, Gunilla Westermark, Alan Solomon and Per Westermark
Codeposition of apolipoprotein A-IV and transthyretin in senile systemic (ATTR) amyloidosis
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC, 2001, 285(4), 903-908.
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Zhi Ma, Gunilla Westermark, S. Sakagashira, T. Sanke, Å Gustavsson, H. Sakamoto, U. Engstrom, K. Nanjo and P. Westermark
Enhanced in vitro production of amyloid-like fibrils from mutant (S20G) islet amyloid polypeptide
Amyloid, 2001, 8(4), 242-249.
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Gunilla Westermark, S Gebre-Medhin, DF Steiner and P Westermark
Islet amyloid development in a mouse strain lacking endogenous islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) but expressing human IAPP
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass. Print), 2000, 6(12), 998-1007.
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Gunilla Westermark, Donald Steiner, Samuel Gebre-Medhin, Ulla Engström and Per Westermark
Pro islet amyloid polypeptide (ProIAPP) immunoreactivity in the islets of langerhans
Uppsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2000, 105(2), 97-106.
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Gunilla Westermark and Per Westermark
Endocrine amyloid - A subject of increasing interest for the next century
Amyloid, 2000, 7(1), 19-22.
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Zhi Ma, P. Westermark and Gunilla Westermark
Amyloid in Human Islets of Langerhans: Immunologic Evidence That Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Is Modified in Amyloidogenesis
Pancreas, 2000, 21(2), 212-218.
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Emma S. Anderson, Carl Bjartmar, Cecilia Eriksson, Gunilla Westermark and Claes Hildebrand
Developing chicken oligodendrocytes express the type IV oligodendrocyte marker T4-O in situ, but not in vitro
Neuroscience Letters, 2000, 284(1-2), 21-24.
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Gunilla Westermark, KH Johnson and P Westermark
Staining methods for identification of amyloid in tissue
Methods in Enzymology, 1999, 309, .
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Gunilla Westermark, KH Johnson and P Westermark
Staining methods for identification of amyloid in tissue.
Methods in Enzymology, 1999, 309, .
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Bo Häggqvist, J Näslund, K Sletten, Gunilla Westermark, G Mucchiano, LO Tjernberg, C Nordstedt, U Engström and P Westermark
Medin: an integral fragment of aortic smooth muscle cell-produced lactadherin forms the most common form of human amyloid.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1999, 96, 8669-8674.
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Gunilla Westermark, P Westermark, D Pipeleers, D Eizirik, C Hellerström, N Fox, DF Steiner and A Andersson
Differences in amyloid deposition in islets of transgenic mice expressing human islet amyloid polypeptide versus human islets implanted into nude mice.
Metabolism, 1999, 48, 448-454.
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KPWJ McAdam, JG Raynes, MP Alpers, Gunilla Westermark and P Westermark
Amyloidosis: a global problem common in Papua New Guinea.
Papau New Guinea Medical Journal, 1999, 39, 284-296.
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Feng Wang, TE Adrian, Gunilla Westermark, Thomas Gasslanderq and Johan Permert
Dissociated insulin and islet amyloid polypeptide secretion from isolated rat pancreatic islets cocultured with human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells.
Pancreas, 1999, 18, 403-409.
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Wang Feng, TE Adrian, Gunilla Westermark, X Ding, Thomas Gasslander and Johan Permert
Islet amyloid polypeptide tonally inhiits beta-, alpha-, and delta-cell secretion in isolated rat pancreatic islets.
American journal of physiology, 1999, 276, 19-24.
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Wang Feng, Gunilla Westermark, Thomas Gasslander and Johan Permert
Effect of islet amyloid polypeptide on somatostatin inhibition of insulin secretion from isolated rat pancreatic islets.
Regulatory Peptides, 1999, 72, 61-67.
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Emma S. Anderson, Carl Bjartmar, Gunilla Westermark and Claes Hildebrand
Molecular heterogeneity of oligodendrocytes in chicken white matter
Glia, 1999, 27(1), 15-21.
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Katarzyna Johan, Gunilla Westermark, Ulla Engström, Åsa Gustavsson, Per Hultman and Per Westermark
Acceleration of amyloid protein A amyloidosis by amyloid-like synthetic fibrils
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1998, 95(5), 2558-2563.
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Zhi Ma, Gunilla T. Westermark, Kenneth H. Johnsson, Timothy D. O'Brien and Per Westermark
Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in normal, impaired glucose tolerant, and diabetic cats
Amyloid, 1998, 5(4), 255-261.
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Zhi Ma, Gunilla Westermark, Z.-C. Li, U. Engström and P. Westermark
Altered immunoreactivity of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) may reflect major modifications of the IAPP molecule in amyloidogenesis
Diabetologia, 1997, 40(7), 793-801.
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Conference Articles
Sebastian Schultz, Peter Nilsson, Stefan Thor and Gunilla Westermark
Fly model of type 2 diabetes: processing of proIAPP makes a difference in AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS, vol 17, issue , pp 44-45
AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS, 2010.
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Aida Vahdat Shariatpanahi, Katarzyna Lundmark and Gunilla T Westermark
Distribution of macrophages in spleen with amyloid in AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS, vol 17, issue , pp 99-100
AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS, 2010.
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Katarzyna Lundmark, Aida Vahdat Shariatpanahi, P Westermark and Gunilla T Westermark
Depletion of macrophages influences amyloid deposition in spleen in AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS, vol 17, issue , pp 115-115
AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS, 2010.
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Sebastian Schultz and Gunilla Westermark
Drosophila melanogaster - a model system for protein aggregation
The 12th European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference 6-10 September 2008 Wuerzburg, Germany, 2009.
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M Alvarsson, G Sundkvist, I Lager, M Henricsson, K Berntorp, E Forbes, L Steen, Gunilla Westermark, T Orn and V Grill
Different effects of withdrawal of insulin or glibenclamide treatment on beta cell function in recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetic patients.
Diabetologia, 2003.
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Z Ma and Gunilla Westermark
Effects of free fatty acids (FFAs) on polymerization of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in vitro and on amyloid fibril formation in cultivated isolated islets of transgenic mice
Diabetologia, 2002.
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Johan Paulsson and Gunilla Westermark
Differences in distribution of insulin and IAPP on the cellular level
Amyloid, 2001.
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Gunilla Westermark and Z Ma
Effects of free fatty acids (FFAs) on polymerization of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP)
Amyloid, 2001.
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SW Peng, Gunilla Westermark, K Sletten, J Glennert and P Westermark
Distribution of medin-amyloid in aging and in association with arterial diseases
Amyloid, 2001.
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J Bergstrom, C Murphy, M Eulitz, DT Weiss, Gunilla Westermark, A Solomon and P Westermark
An additional apolipoprotein in ATTR-amyloid
Amyloid, 2001.
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Ph.D. Theses
Ph.D., Lic. Theses
