Maria Jenmalm

Professor

Professor of Experimental Allergology

Publications

2026

Thomas Abrahamsson, Erik Wejryd, Meritxell Pujolassos, M. Luz Calle, Eva Sverremark-Ekstrom, Maria Jenmalm, Magalí Martí Generó (2026)

Dynamics of early gut microbiota maturation in extremely preterm infants and neurodevelopment at 2 years of age in a probiotic intervention trial iScience, Vol. 29, Article 115802 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115802

Cibely Fontes de Oliveira, Amanda Nylen, Johanna Ljung, Astrid Welin, Lovisa Arvidsson, Magalí Martí Generó, Dhanapal Govindaraj, Isabel Garcia Martin, Camilla Janefjord, Lina Tingö, Ahmed Al-Kaabawi, Elisabet Severin, Karel Duchen Munoz, Maria Jenmalm (2026)

Effects of pre- and postnatal probiotic and ?-3 fatty acid supplementation on cytokine and chemokine responses to allergens and TLR ligands during infancy Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Vol. 22, Article 27 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-026-01036-y

Louise Zeijlon, Snehil Budwar, Robert Lindau, Stefan Bencina, Helen Kaipe, Maria Jenmalm, Roberto Gramignoli, Johanna Raffetseder (2026)

Human amnion epithelial cells induce M2 macrophage polarisation partially via M-CSF secretion but independently of extracellular vesicles in vitro Frontiers in Immunology, Vol. 17, Article 1723968 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1723968

Ágnes Csuth Boros, Linda Gustafsson Wannlund, Maria Jenmalm, Lene Heise Garvey, Charlotte Angelhoff (2026)

Patients' experiences of penicillin allergy evaluation: a qualitative study JAC - Antimicrobial Resistance, Vol. 8, Article dlaf261 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf261

2025

Emelie Ahlberg, Ahmed Al-Kaabawi, Maria Eldh, Susanne Gabrielsson, Maria Jenmalm, Lina Tingö (2025)

Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles From Fresh vs. Frozen Human Milk Including the Vesicular microRNA Cargo JOURNAL OF EXTRACELLULAR BIOLOGY, Vol. 4, Article e70092 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jex2.70092

Research

Strategies to combat the allergy epidemic: Can we predict and prevent childhood allergies?

Childhood immune maturation and allergy development: Epigenetic regulation by maternal immunity and microbial exposure during pregnancy.

Medical Inflammation and Infection Center, MIIC

Medical Inflammation and Infection Center, MIIC, research focus is on infections and inflammatory conditions, which are major concerns for human health.

News

An x-ray/illustration of the heart and lungs

11 April 2025

They have been granted 30 million

The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation has awarded 30 million to research projects at The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. These grants will support a variety of projects aimed at heart, vascular, and lung diseases.

20 June 2023

Researching gut bacteria as protection against disease

Did the bacteria in your guts when you were a baby impact your risk of future disease? We have talked to researcher studying whether diseases such as type 1 diabetes and allergy could be prevented by promoting the right bacteria early in life.

10 December 2020

SEK 10 million for research in children's medicine

The Joanna Cocozza Foundation has announced the recipients of research grants for 2020. Funding has been awarded in the form of establishment and consolidation grants, support for visiting researchers, and a further seven project grants.

Organisation

Teaser image for the division II at BKV.

Division of Inflammation and Infection (II)

The Division of Inflammation and Infection (II) includes clinical subject areas such as Immunology, Rheumatology, Pathology and Microbiology.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.