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Martin Thelin, MD, PhD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
School	School of Medicine
ORCID	0000-0002-2232-5514
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Biography

education and training

Lund University, Sweden	MD/PhD	09/2012	Extracellular Matrix in Tumor Biology
Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard Medical School Affiliate)	Postdoc	05/2017	Type 1 diabetes and Autoimmunity
UCSF (University of California San Francisco)	Residency	11/2020	Pediatrics
UCSF (University of California San Francisco)	Fellowship	12/2023	Pediatric Endocrinology

awards and honors

UCSF	2021 -	2022	Rising Star award by Pediatric Endocrine Society: Diagnosing type 1 diabetes by small non-coding RNA
UCSF	2022 -	2024	JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship award: The role of STAT gain-of-function in type 1 diabetes

Research

Featured Publications

Clinical Trials

Featured Content

media links

	Setting a Trap for Autoimmunity
	Researchers target pathogenic T cells that could lead to new immunotherapy treatments
	Approach captures immune disease cells in vivo, may be used to better understand diabetes, other autoimmune disorders
	Genetically Engineered T Cells a Possible Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases

Bibliographic

publications

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Type 1 Diabetes Driven by Residual Recipient T Cells After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Case Report. Diabetes Care. 2026 Jul 07. Thelin MA, Cho S, Callebaut A, Nguyen H, Gitelman SE, Kharbanda S, Anderson MS, James EA. PMID: 42411999.

View in: PubMed Mentions: Fields:
End Endocrinology
Altered Purinergic Signaling and CD8+ T Cell Dysregulation in STAT3 GOF Syndrome. bioRxiv. 2024 Dec 13. Duran JSC, Sayed S, Dalalo MC, Mauracher AA, Knight MS, Conrey PE, Schultz AB, Hay CA, Lindell RB, Howard CA, Abrams ED, Schmitt EG, Thelin MA, Bluestein S, Seroogy CM, Pozos TC, Thatayatikom A, Lundgren I, Gauthier A, Canna SW, Su HC, Keller MD, Delmonte OM, Satter LRF, Holland SM, Bergerson JRE, Leiding JW, Romberg N, Freeman AF, Villarino AV, Anderson MS, Cooper MA, Vogel TP, Henrickson SE. PMID: 39713308; PMCID: PMC11661228.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1
A biomimetic five-module chimeric antigen receptor (5MCAR) designed to target and eliminate antigen-specific T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 17; 117(46):28950-28959. Kobayashi S, Thelin MA, Parrish HL, Deshpande NR, Lee MS, Karimzadeh A, Niewczas MA, Serwold T, Kuhns MS. PMID: 33139567; PMCID: PMC7682351.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 24 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells
Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1 and dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase 1 form complexes that generate long epimerized 4-O-sulfated blocks. J Biol Chem. 2018 08 31; 293(35):13725-13735. Tykesson E, Hassinen A, Zielinska K, Thelin MA, Frati G, Ellervik U, Westergren-Thorsson G, Malmström A, Kellokumpu S, Maccarana M. PMID: 29976758; PMCID: PMC6120188.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 19 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
In Vivo Enrichment of Diabetogenic T Cells. Diabetes. 2017 08; 66(8):2220-2229. Thelin MA, Kissler S, Vigneault F, Watters AL, White D, Koshy ST, Vermillion SA, Mooney DJ, Serwold T, Ali OA. PMID: 28396510; PMCID: PMC5521861.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 10 Fields:
End Endocrinology
Translation:Animals Cells
Iduronic acid in chondroitin/dermatan sulfate affects directional migration of aortic smooth muscle cells. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e66704. Bartolini B, Thelin MA, Svensson L, Ghiselli G, van Kuppevelt TH, Malmström A, Maccarana M. PMID: 23843960; PMCID: PMC3699603.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 19 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells
Biological functions of iduronic acid in chondroitin/dermatan sulfate. FEBS J. 2013 May; 280(10):2431-46. Thelin MA, Bartolini B, Axelsson J, Gustafsson R, Tykesson E, Pera E, Oldberg Å, Maccarana M, Malmstrom A. PMID: 23441919; PMCID: PMC3717172.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 51 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Iduronic acid in chondroitin/dermatan sulfate: biosynthesis and biological function. J Histochem Cytochem. 2012 Dec; 60(12):916-25. Malmström A, Bartolini B, Thelin MA, Pacheco B, Maccarana M. PMID: 22899863; PMCID: PMC3527884.

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His Histocytochemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Mouse development is not obviously affected by the absence of dermatan sulfate epimerase 2 in spite of a modified brain dermatan sulfate composition. Glycobiology. 2012 Jul; 22(7):1007-16. Bartolini B, Thelin MA, Rauch U, Feinstein R, Oldberg A, Malmström A, Maccarana M. PMID: 22496542.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 22 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Animals Cells
Dermatan sulfate is involved in the tumorigenic properties of esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 15; 72(8):1943-52. Thelin MA, Svensson KJ, Shi X, Bagher M, Axelsson J, Isinger-Ekstrand A, van Kuppevelt TH, Johansson J, Nilbert M, Zaia J, Belting M, Maccarana M, Malmström A. PMID: 22350411; PMCID: PMC3328612.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 42 Fields:
Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans