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Emma Björk

Gynaecologist and obstetrican working at Örnsköldsvik hospital. PhD student doing reserach about endometriosis focusing on immunologigal mechanisms.

Contact

E-mail
emma.bjork@umu.se

Works as

Affiliation
Research student at Department of Clinical Sciences Section: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Location
Umeå universitet, Klinisk vetenskap, 901 85 Umeå
Immunosuppressive mechanisms in endometriosis: a focus on the role of exosomes
Umeå University medical dissertations, 2309
Björk, Emma
Endometriotic tissue-derived exosomes downregulate NKG2D-mediated cytotoxicity and promote apoptosis: mechanisms for survival of endometriotic tissue at ectopic sites
Björk, Emma; Israelsson, Pernilla; Nagaev, Ivan; et al.
Endometriotic tissue-derived exosomes downregulate NKg2D-mediated cytotoxicity and promote apoptosis: mechanisms for survival of ectopic endometrial tissue in endometriosis
Journal of Immunology, The American Association of Immunologists 2024, Vol. 213, (5) : 567-576
Björk, Emma; Israelsson, Pernilla; Nagaev, Ivan; et al.
NKG2D-mediated cytotoxicity improves after primary surgery for high-grade serous ovarian cancer
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 89, (1)
Israelsson, Pernilla; Björk, Emma; Nagaev, Ivan; et al.
Enhanced local and systemic inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression in women with endometriosis evokes compensatory adaptive regulatory mRNA response that mediates immune suppression and impairs cytotoxicity
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 84, (4)
Björk, Emma; Vinnars, Marie-Therese; Nagaev, Ivan; et al.
Enhanced Th1 and inflammatory mRNA responses upregulate NK cell cytotoxicity and NKG2D ligand expression in human pre-eclamptic placenta and target it for NK cell attack
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 80, (1)
Vinnars, Marie-Therese; Björk, Emma; Nagaev, Ivan; et al.
Enhanced CD56 expression and increased numbers of CD56+bright cells in the peripheral blood of untreated endometriosis patients
Björk, Emma; Israelsson, Pernilla; Nagaeva, Olga; et al.
The influence of surgery on circulating ovarian cancer exosomes and the NKG2D‐mediated cytotoxicity
Israelsson, Pernilla; Björk, Emma; Nagaev, Ivan; et al.
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Research groups

Group member
Lucia Mincheva-Nilsson