Martin Thelin, MD, PhD

Education
Residency, 11/2020 - Pediatrics, UCSF (University of California San Francisco)
Postdoc, 05/2017 - Type 1 diabetes and Autoimmunity, Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard Medical School Affiliate)
MD/PhD, 09/2012 - Extracellular Matrix in Tumor Biology, Lund University
Honors and Awards
  • JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship award: The role of STAT gain-of-function in type 1 diabetes, UCSF, 2022-2024
  • Rising Star award by Pediatric Endocrine Society: Diagnosing type 1 diabetes by small non-coding RNA, UCSF, 2021-2022

  1. Kobayashi S, Thelin MA, Parrish HL, Deshpande NR, Lee MS, Karimzadeh A, Niewczas MA, Serwold T, Kuhns MS. A biomimetic five-module chimeric antigen receptor (5MCAR) designed to target and eliminate antigen-specific T cells. Volume 117 of Issue 46. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020. PMID: 33139567


  2. Tykesson E, Hassinen A, Zielinska K, Thelin MA, Frati G, Ellervik U, Westergren-Thorsson G, Malmström A, Kellokumpu S, Maccarana M. Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1 and dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase 1 form complexes that generate long epimerized 4-O-sulfated blocks. Volume 293 of Issue 35. The Journal of biological chemistry 2018. PMID: 29976758


  3. Thelin MA, Kissler S, Vigneault F, Watters AL, White D, Koshy ST, Vermillion SA, Mooney DJ, Serwold T, Ali OA. In Vivo Enrichment of Diabetogenic T Cells. Volume 66 of Issue 8. Diabetes 2017. PMID: 28396510


  4. Bartolini B, Thelin MA, Svensson L, Ghiselli G, van Kuppevelt TH, Malmström A, Maccarana M. Iduronic acid in chondroitin/dermatan sulfate affects directional migration of aortic smooth muscle cells. Volume 8 of Issue 7. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23843960


  5. Thelin MA, Bartolini B, Axelsson J, Gustafsson R, Tykesson E, Pera E, Oldberg Å, Maccarana M, Malmstrom A. Biological functions of iduronic acid in chondroitin/dermatan sulfate. Volume 280 of Issue 10. The FEBS journal 2013. PMID: 23441919


  6. Malmström A, Bartolini B, Thelin MA, Pacheco B, Maccarana M. Iduronic acid in chondroitin/dermatan sulfate: biosynthesis and biological function. Volume 60 of Issue 12. The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society 2012. PMID: 22899863


  7. Bartolini B, Thelin MA, Rauch U, Feinstein R, Oldberg A, Malmström A, Maccarana M. Mouse development is not obviously affected by the absence of dermatan sulfate epimerase 2 in spite of a modified brain dermatan sulfate composition. Volume 22 of Issue 7. Glycobiology 2012. PMID: 22496542


  8. 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. Dermatan sulfate is involved in the tumorigenic properties of esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Volume 72 of Issue 8. Cancer research 2012. PMID: 22350411