Muhammad Asghar
Principal of Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
- Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
- 05100000
Summary
Academic Background
PhD
(Biology/Ecology) Lund University
January 07, 2010 - August 15, 2013
Honours and Awards
Publications
Potential diagnostic and drug target markers in glioblastoma
March 27, 2024
Hina Ahsan, Dr Muhammad Asghar, Shoukat Iqbal Malik,
Scientific Reports - Vol:14, Article Number: 7292
Outlining recent updates on influenza therapeutics and vaccines: A comprehensive review
March 01, 2024
Shiza Malik, Muhammad Asghar, Yasir Waheed,
Vaccine: X - Volume 17, Article Number: 100452
Football training as a non-pharmacological treatment of the global aging population—A topical review
February 09, 2023
Magni Mohr, Ioannis G. Fatouros, Muhammad Asghar , Pasqualina Buono, George P. Nassis, Peter Krustrup,
Frontiers in Aging - Volume 4, Article Number 1146058
Human influenza virus infection elicits distinct patterns of monocyte and dendritic cell mobilization in blood and the nasopharynx
February 08, 2023
Sindhu Vangeti, Sara Falck-Jones, Meng Yu1, Björn Österberg, Sang Liu, Muhammad Asghar , Klara Sondén, Clare Paterson, Penn Whitley, Jan Albert, Niclas Johansson, Anna Färnert, Anna Smed-Sörensen,
eLife - Volume 12, Article Number e77345
Mitochondrial biogenesis, telomere length and cellular senescence in Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia
October 20, 2022
Muhammad Asghar, Amani Odeh, Ahmad Jouni Fattahi, Alexandra Edwards Henriksson, Aurelie Miglar, Shervin Khosousi, Per Svenningsson,
Scientific Reports - Volume 12, Issue 1, Article Number 17578
Distinct kinetics of antibodies to 111 Plasmodium falciparum proteins identifies markers of recent malaria exposure
January 17, 2022
Victor Yman, James Tuju, Michael T. White, Gathoni Kamuyu, Kennedy Mwai, Nelson Kibinge, Muhammad Asghar , Christopher Sundling, Klara Sondén, Linda Murungi, Daniel Kiboi, Rinter Kimathi, Timothy Chege, Emily Chepsat, Patience Kiyuka, Lydia Nyamako, Faith H. A. Osier, Anna Farner,
Nature Communications - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number: 331
Comparison of low-versus high-dose steroids in the clinical outcome of hospitalized covid-19 patients
December 09, 2021
Zubia Jamil, Fahad N. Almajhdi, Samreen Khalid, Muhammad Asghar , Jamal Ahmed, Yasir Waheed,
Antibiotics - Volume 10, Issue 12, Article Number 1510
Beneficial effects of anticoagulants on the clinical outcomes of covid-19 patients
November 13, 2021
Zubia Jamil, Azmat Ali Khan, Samreen Khalid, Muhammad Asghar, Khalid Muhammad, Yasir Waheed,
Antibiotics - Volume 10, Issue 11, Article Number 1394
Metabolic perturbation associated with COVID-19 disease severity and SARS-CoV-2 replication
November 02, 2021
Shuba Krishnan, Hampus Nordqvist, Anoop T. Ambikan, Soham Gupta, Maike Sperk, Sara Svensson-Akusjärvi, Flora Mikaeloff, Rui Benfeitas, Elisa Saccon, Sivasankaran Munusamy Ponnan, Jimmy Esneider Rodriguez, Negin Nikouyan, Amani Odeh, Gustaf Ahle, Muhammad Asghar , Matti Sallberg, Jan Vesterbacka, Piotr Nowak, Ákos Vegvari, Anders Sönnerborg, Carl Johan Treutiger, Ujjwal Neogi,
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics - Volume 20, Article Number 100159
Age-related mitochondrial alterations in brain and skeletal muscle of the YAC128 model of Huntington disease
October 14, 2021
Kristina Bečanović, Muhammad Asghar , Izabella Gadawska, Shiny Sachdeva, David Walker, Eduardo. R. Lazarowski, Sonia Franciosi, Kevin H. J. Park, Hélène C. F. Côté, Blair R. Leavitt,
npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease - Volume 7, Issue 1, Article Number 26
Biomarkers of cellular aging during a controlled human malaria infection
September 21, 2021
Aurelie Miglar, Isaie J. Reuling, Xi Zen Yap, Anna Färnert, Robert W. Sauerwein, Muhammad Asghar,
Scientific Reports - Volume 11, Issue 1, Article Number: 18733
Football and team handball training postpone cellular aging in women
June 03, 2021
Marie Hagman, Bjørn Fristrup, Rémi Michelin, Peter Krustrup, Muhammad Asghar ,
Scientific Reports - Volume 11, Issue 1, Article Number 11733
Determinants of the varied profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections among infants living in Kintampo, Ghana
May 29, 2021
Akua Kyerewaa Botwe, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, Seth Owusu‑Agyei, Muhammad Asghar , Kwaku Poku Asante, Anna Färnert, Faith Osier,
Malaria Journal - Volume 20, Issue 1, Article Number 240
Hiv-exposed seronegative sex workers express low t-cell activation and an intact ectocervical tissue microenvironment
March 04, 2021
Maria Röhl, Annelie Tjernlund, Julie Lajoie, Gabriella Edfeldt, Frideborg Bradley, Sofia Bergström, Vilde Kaldhusdal, Alexandra Åhlberg, Anna Manberg, Kenneth Omollo, Geneviève Boily-Larouche, Muhammad Asghar , Douglas S. Kwon, Julius Oyugi, Joshua Kimani, Peter Nilsson, Keith R. Fowke, Kristina Broliden,
Vaccines - Volume: 9, Issue:3, Page:1-19
Memory B-Cell Responses Against Merozoite Antigens After Acute Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Assessed Over One Year Using a Novel Multiplexed FluoroSpot Assay
February 12, 2021
Peter Jahnmatz, Christopher Sundling, Victor Yman, Linnea Widman, Muhammad Asghar , Klara Sonde, Christine Stenström, Christian Smedman, Francis Ndungu, Niklas Ahlborg, Anna Farnert,
Frontiers in Immunology - Volume 11, Article Number 619398
Increased circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum underlies persistent asymptomatic infection in the dry season
December 01, 2020
Carolina M. Andrade, Hannah Fleckenstein, Richard Thomson-Luque, Safiatou Doumbo, Nathalia F. Lima, Carrie Anderson, Julia Hibbert, Christine S. Hopp, Tuan M. Tran, Shanping Li, Moussa Niangaly, Hamidou Cisse, Didier Doumtabe, Jeff Skinner, Dan Sturdevant, Stacy Ricklefs, Kimmo Virtaneva, Muhammad Asghar, Manijeh Vafa Homann, Louise Turner, Joana Martins, Erik L. Allman, Marie-Esther N’Dri, Marie-Esther N’Dri, Volker Winkler, Manuel Llinás, Catherine Lavazec,
Nature Medicine - Volume:26, Issue:12, Page:1929-1940
Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana
October 19, 2020
Akua Kyerewaa Botwe, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Muhammad Asghar , Ulf Hammar, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, David Dosoo, Gabriel Jakpa, Ellen Boamah, Mieks Frenken Twumasi, Faith Osier, Anna Fa¨rnert, Kwaku Poku Asante,
Plos One - Volume 15, Issue 10, Article Number e0246773
Effectiveness of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria and adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women
March 11, 2020
Eulambius M. Mlugu, Omary Minzi, Muhammad Asghar, Anna Farnert, Appolinary A.R. Kamuhabwa, Eleni Aklillu,
Pathogens - Volume:9, Issue:3, Article Number 207
A panel of recombinant proteins from human-infective Plasmodium species for serological surveillance
January 17, 2020
Nicole Müller‑Sienerth, Jarrod Shilts, Khamisah Abdul Kadir, Victor Yman, Manijeh Vafa Homann, Muhammad Asghar , Billy Ngasala, Balbir Singh, Anna Färnert, Gavin J. Wright,
Malaria Journal - Volume 19, Issue 1, Article Number: 31
Impact of Q-Griffithsin anti-HIV microbicide gel in non-human primates: In situ analyses of epithelial and immune cell markers in rectal mucosa
December 02, 2019
Gökçe Günaydın, Gabriella Edfeldt, David A. Garber, Muhammad Asghar , Laura Noȅl-Romas, Adam Burgener, Carolina Wählby, Lin Wang, Lisa C. Rohan, Patricia Guenthner, James Mitchell, Nobuyuki Matoba, Janet M. McNicholl, Kenneth E. Palmer, Annelie Tjernlund, Kristina Broliden,
Scientific Reports - Volume 9, Issue 1, Article Number: 18120
Pregnancy and CYP3A5 genotype affect day 7 plasma lumefantrine concentrations
December 01, 2019
Ritah F. Mutagonda, Omary M.S. Minzi, Siriel N. Massawe, Muhammad Asghar , Anna Farnert, Appolinary A.R. Kamuhabwa, Eleni Aklillu,
Drug Metabolism and Disposition - Volume 47, Issue 12, Pages 1415-1424
Urothelial cell senescence is not linked with telomere shortening
September 01, 2019
Clara Ibel Chamorro, Muhammad Asghar , Åsa Ekblad, Anna Färnert, Cecilia Götherström, Magdalena Fossum,
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine - Volume:13, Issue:9, Page:1518-1527
Persistent transmission of plasmodium malariae and plasmodium ovale species in an area of declining plasmodium falciparum transmission in Eastern Tanzania
May 28, 2019
Victor Yman, Grace Wandell, Doreen D. Mutemi, Aurelie Miglar, Muhammad Asghar , Ulf Hammar, Mattias Karlsson, Ingrid Lind, Cleis Nordfjell, Ingegerd Rooth, Billy Ngasala, Manijeh Vafa Homan, Anna Farnert,
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - Volume:13, Issue:5, Article Number e0007414
B cell profiling in malaria reveals expansion and remodeling of CD11c+ B cell subsets
May 02, 2019
Christopher Sundling, Caroline Rönnberg, Victor Yman, Muhammad Asghar , Peter Jahnmatz, Tadepally Lakshmikanth, Jaromir Mikes, Mattias N. Forsell, Klara Sondén, Adnane Achour, Petter Brodin, Kristina E.M. Persson, Anna Färnert,
JCI Insight - Volume:4, Issue:9, Article Number e126492
Antibody responses to merozoite antigens after natural Plasmodium falciparum infection: Kinetics and longevity in absence of re-exposure
January 30, 2019
Victor Yman, Michael T. White, Muhammad Asghar , Christopher Sundling, Klara Sondén, Simon J. Draper, Faith H. A. Osier, Anna Färnert,
BMC Medicine - Volume:17, Issue:1, Article Number: 22
Liver Injury in Uncomplicated Malaria is an Overlooked Phenomenon: An Observational Study
October 18, 2018
Isaie J. Reuling, Gerdie M. de Jong, Xi Zen Yap, Muhammad Asghar, Jona Walk, Lisanne A. van de Schans, Rob Koelewijn, Anna Färnert, Quirijn de Mast, Andre J. van der Ven, Teun Bousema, Jaap J. van Hellemond, Perry J.J. van Genderen, RobertW. Sauerwein,
EBioMedicine - Volume 36, Pages 131-139
Cellular aging dynamics after acute malaria infection: A 12-month longitudinal study
February 01, 2018
Muhammad Asghar , Victor Yman, Manijeh Vafa Homann, Klara Sond, Ulf Hammar, Dennis Hasselquist, Anna Farnert,
Aging Cell - Volume 17, Issue 1, Article Number e12702
Detection of Malaria Parasites After Treatment in Travelers: A 12-months Longitudinal Study and Statistical Modelling Analysis
November 15, 2017
Manijeh Vafa Homann, S. Noushin Emami, Victor Yman, Christine Stenström, Klara Sondén, Hanna Ramström, Mattias Karlsson, Muhammad Asghar, Anna Färnert,
EBioMedicine - Volume 25, Pages 66-72
Pale and dark morphs of tawny owls show different patterns of telomere dynamics in relation to disease status
July 26, 2017
Patrik Karell, Staffan Bensch, Kari Ahola, Muhammad Asghar ,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Volume 284, Issue 1859, Pages 1-8
Effect of pharmacogenetics on plasma lumefantrine pharmacokinetics and malaria treatment outcome in pregnant women
July 03, 2017
Ritah F. Mutagonda, Appolinary A. R. Kamuhabwa, Omary M. S. Minzi, Siriel N. Massawe, Muhammad Asghar , Manijeh V. Homann, Anna Färnert, Eleni Aklillu,
Malaria Journal - Volume 16, Issue 1, Article Number: 267
High Rate of Treatment Failures in Nonimmune Travelers Treated With Artemether-Lumefantrine for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Sweden: Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Effectiveness and Case Series
January 15, 2017
Klara Sondén, Katja Wyss, Irina Jovel, Antero Vieira da Silva, Anton Pohanka, Muhammad Asghar , Manijeh Vafa Homann, Lars L. Gustafsson, Urban Hellgren, Anna Färnert,
Clinical Infectious Diseases - Volume 64, Issue 2, Pages 199-206
Parallel telomere shortening in multiple body tissues owing to malaria infection
August 17, 2016
Muhammad Asghar , Vaidas Palinauskas, Nade`ge Zaghdoudi-Allan, Gediminas Valkiu¯nas, Andrey Mukhin, Elena Platonova, Anna Farnert, Staffan Bensch, Dennis Hasselquist,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Volume 283, Issue 1836, Pages 1-7
A rare study from the wintering grounds provides insight into the costs of malaria infection for migratory birds
July 01, 2016
Marjorie C. Sorensen, Muhammad Asghar , Staffan Bensch, Graham D. Fairhurst, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann, Claire N. Spottiswoode,
Journal of Avian Biology - Volume 47, Issue4, Pages 575-582
Skin pentosidine and telomere length do not covary with age in a long-lived seabird
August 01, 2015
Kalev Rattiste, Hillar Klandorf, Janek Urvik, Tuul Sepp, Muhammad Asghar , Dennis Hasselquist, Crissa Cooey, Peeter Ho˜rak,
Biogerontology - Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 435-441
Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds
January 23, 2015
Muhammad Asghar , D. Hasselquist, B. Hansson, P. Zehtindjiev, H. Westerdahl, S. Bensch,
Science - Volume 347, Issue 6220, Pages 436-438
Maternal and genetic factors determine early life telomere length
January 22, 2015
Muhammad Asghar , Staffan Bensch, Maja Tarka, Bengt Hansson, Dennis Hasselquist,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Volume 282, Issue 1799, Pages 1-9
Co-infections by malaria parasites decrease feather growth but not feather quality in house martin
September 01, 2013
Alfonso Marzal, Muhammad Asghar , Laura Rodríguez, Maribel Reviriego, Ignacio G. Hermosell, Javier Balbontín, Luz Garcia-Longoria, Florentino de Lope, Staffan Bensch,
Journal of Avian Biology - Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 437-444
Primary peak and chronic malaria infection levels are correlated in experimentally infected great reed warblers
September 01, 2012
Muhammad Asghar , Helena Westerdah, Pavel Zehtindjiev, Mihaela Ilieva, Dennis Hasselquist, Staffan Bensch,
Parasitology - Volume 139, Issue 10, Pages 1246-1252
A new morphologically distinct avian malaria parasite that fails detection by established polymerase chain reactionbased protocols for amplification of the cytochrome B gene
June 01, 2012
Pavel Zehtindjiev, Asta Krizˇanauskiene, Staffan Bensch, Vaidas Palinauskas, Muhammad Asghar, Dimitar Dimitrov, Sergio Scebba, Gediminas Valkiunas,
Journal of Parasitology - Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages 657-665
Quantitative disease resistance: To better understand parasite-mediated selection on major histocompatibility complex
February 01, 2012
Helena Westerdahl, Muhammad Asghar , Dennis Hasselquist, Staffan Bensch,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Volume 279, Issue 1728, Pages 577-584
Are chronic avian haemosporidian infections costly in wild birds?
November 01, 2011
Muhammad Asghar , Dennis Hasselquist, Staffan Bensch,
Journal of Avian Biology - Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 530-537
Conferences
Senior Researcher/Docent
Lund University
April 11, 2022 - February 20, 2023
Docent/Associate Professor
Karoliska Institutet, Sweden
August 25, 2021 - April 10, 2022
Senior Researcher
Karoliska Institutet, Sweden
April 01, 2019 - April 09, 2022
Assistant Professor
Karoliska Institutet, Sweden
December 01, 2017 - November 30, 2019
Postdoctoral Fellow
Karoliska Institutet, Sweden
September 01, 2013 - November 30, 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lund University
October 02, 2012 - August 31, 2013