Johan Bäcklund

Predominant selection of T cells specific for the glycosylated collagen type II epitope (263–270) in humanized transgenic mice and in rheumatoid arthritis

Johan Bäcklund, Stefan Carlsén, Torsten A. Höger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 395 citations · Full text

Epitope glycosylation plays a critical role for T cell recognition of type II collagen in collagen-induced arthritis

Alexandre Corthay, Johan Bäcklund, Johan Broddefalk et al. · European Journal of Immunology · 1998 · 165 citations

Immunology, Type Ii Collagen, Musculoskeletal Research +18

‘SMASH' recommendations for standardised microscopic arthritis scoring of histological sections from inflammatory arthritis animal models

Silvia Hayer, Margriet J. Vervoordeldonk, Maria C. Denis et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2021 · 155 citations · Full text

Collagen type II (CII)-specific antibodies induce arthritis in the absence of T or B cells but the arthritis progression is enhanced by CII-reactive T cells

Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Johan Bäcklund, Mikael Vestberg et al. · Arthritis Research & Therapy · 2004 · 139 citations · Full text

Lack of Reactive Oxygen Species Breaks T Cell Tolerance to Collagen Type II and Allows Development of Arthritis in Mice

Malin Hultqvist, Johan Bäcklund, Kristin Bauer et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2007 · 101 citations · Full text