The scent of disease: human body odor contains an early chemosensory cue of sickness

…, C Olgart Höglund, C Solares… - Psychological …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… hr after injection; they were frozen at −70 C and were later thawed for analysis with Millipore’…
MJ Olsson, C. Olgart Höglund, and M. Lekander obtained funding with help from J. Axelsson…

Modality and sex differences in pain sensitivity during human endotoxemia

…, F Lindstedt, M Ingvar, E Kosek, CO Höglund… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Systemic inflammation can induce pain hypersensitivity in animal and human experimental
models, and has been proposed to be central in clinical pain conditions. Women are …

Why sickness hurts: a central mechanism for pain induced by peripheral inflammation

…, G Kalpouzos, A Soop, M Ingvar, CO Höglund… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Low-grade systemic inflammation has been implicated in chronic pain, as well as in comorbid
diseases like depression and fatigue. We have previously shown that women’s pain …

Higher levels of interleukin IL-17 and antigen-specific IL-17 responses in pulmonary sarcoidosis patients with Löfgren's syndrome

…, D Moller, P Glader, C Olgart Höglund… - Clinical & …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder of unknown aetiology. The presence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis catalase-peroxidase (mKatG) in sarcoidosis tissue has been reported. T …

Nerve growth factor levels and localisation in human asthmatic bronchi

CO Höglund, F De Blay, JP Oster… - European …, 2002 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Nerve growth factor (NGF) has recently been suggested to be an important mediator of
inflammation. In support of this, serum levels of NGF have been shown to be enhanced in …

Sick man walking: Perception of health status from body motion

…, B Karshikoff, E Axelsson, CO Höglund… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
An ability to detect subtle signs of sickness in others would be highly beneficial, as it would
allow for behaviors that help us avoid contagious pathogens. Recent findings suggest that …

Changes in immune regulation in response to examination stress in atopic and healthy individuals

CO Höglund, J Axen, C Kemi, S Jernelöv… - Clinical & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background Stress can aggravate the allergic inflammation, but determinants of disturbed
immune regulation are largely unknown. Objective To determine systemic immunological, …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal bereavement and childhood asthma—analyses in two large samples of Swedish children

F Fang, C Olgart Höglund, P Arck, C Lundholm… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Prenatal factors such as prenatal psychological stress might influence the
development of childhood asthma. Methodology and Principal Findings We assessed the …

[HTML][HTML] Serotonin-1A receptor polymorphism (rs6295) associated with thermal pain perception

…, B Karshikoff, M Schalling, C Olgart Höglund… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
… as VAS-ratings of temperatures ranging from 45C to 49C were assessed. Thresholds for the
… Temperatures of 45C, 46C, 47C, 48C and 49C were thus applied in a randomized order […

[HTML][HTML] Differential regulation of neurotrophin expression in human bronchial smooth muscle cells

C Kemi, J Grunewald, A Eklund, C Olgart Höglund - Respiratory research, 2006 - Springer
… conditions were: 94C for 12 min, followed by 30 cycles for 18S and 40 cycles for the
neurotrophins of 94C for 30 sec, 60C for 30 sec and 72C for 1 min, before ending with 72C for 9 min. …