Ph.D., 2005, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
M.Sc., 2002, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Iron metabolism and tuberculosis susceptibility. We are studying the effect of ferroportin polymorphisms and hepcidin on tuberculosis susceptibility.

Henriques Normark B, Christensson B, Sandgren A, Noreen B, Sylvan B, Burman LG, Olsson-Liljequist B. Clonal analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae nonsusceptible to penicillin at day-care centers with index cases, in a region with low incidence of resistance: emergence of an invasive type 35B clone among carriers. Microbial Drug Resistance. 2003 Winter; 9(4): 337-44.

Sandgren A, Sjöström K, Olsson-Liljequist B, Christensson B, Samuelsson A, Kronvall G, Henriques Normark B. Effect of clonal and serotype-specific properties on the invasive capacity of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2004 Mar 1; 189(5): 785-96.

Sandgren A, Albiger B, Orihuela C, Tuomanen E, Normark S, Henriques Normark B. Virulence in mice of pneumococcal clonal types with known invasive disease potential in man. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2005 Sept 1; 192(5): 791-800.

Albiger B%, Sandgren A%, Katsuragi H, Meyer-Hoffert U, Beiter K, Wartha F, Hornef M, Normark S, Henriques Normark B. MyD88 controls bacterial growth in colonization and systemic pneumococcal disease. Cellular Microbiology. 2005 Nov;7(11):1603-15. %Contributed equally.

Sjöström K, Spindler C, Örtqvist Å, Kalin M, Sandgren A, Kühlmann-Berenzon, S, Henriques-Normark B. Clonal and capsular type decides whether pneumococci will act as a primary or opportunistic pathogen. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2006 Feb 15;42(4):451-9.

Albiger B%, Dahlberg S%, Sandgren A, Wartha F, Beiter K, Katsuragi H, Akira S, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B. Toll-like receptor 9 acts at an early stage in host defence against pneumococcal infection. Cellular Microbiology. 2006 Sep 27; [Epub ahead of print]doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00814.x. %Contributed equally.