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Week 5

Association between cardiometabolic diseases and the risk and progression of motor neuron diseases in Sweden: a population-based case-control study.
Chourpiliadis C, Lovik A, Seitz C, Hu Y, Wu J, Ljungman P, Press R, Samuelsson K, Ingre C, Fang F
Lancet Reg Health Eur 2025 Feb;49():101173

An international consensus on the use of asthma biologics in pregnancy.
Naftel J, Jackson DJ, Coleman M, d'Ancona G, Heaney LG, Dennison P, Bossios A, Rupani H
Lancet Respir Med 2025 Jan;13(1):80-91

Safety Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials.
Fadeel B, Baker J, Ballerini L, Bussy C, Candotto Carniel F, Tretiach M, Pelin M, Buerki-Thurnherr T, Kanerva T, Navas JM, Vázquez E, Rodriguez Unamuno V, Lehtonen P, González M, Rauscher H, Riego Sintes J, Kostarelos K, Bianco A, Prato M
Small 2025 Jan;():e2404570

Pulmonary exposure to renewable diesel exhaust particles alters protein expression and toxicity profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and plasma of mice.
McCarrick S, Malmborg V, Gren L, Danielsen PH, Tunér M, Palmberg L, Broberg K, Pagels J, Vogel U, Gliga AR
Arch Toxicol 2024 Dec;():

Association Between Early-Life and Premorbid Measurements of Body Composition and Risk of Motor Neuron Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study in the UK Biobank.
Joyce EE, Xu S, Ingre C, Potenza RL, Seitz C, Yang H, Zeng Y, Song H, Fang F
Ann Neurol 2025 Feb;97(2):259-269

Comparative effectiveness of bictegravir versus dolutegravir, raltegravir, and efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy among treatment-naïve individuals with HIV.
Núñez I, Caro-Vega Y, MacDonald C, Mosqueda JL, Piñeirúa-Menéndez A, Matthews AA
Eur J Intern Med 2025 Jan;():

Functional variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene are associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer.
Prizment A, Standafer A, Qu C, Beutel KM, Wang S, Huang WY, Lindblom A, Pearlman R, Van Guelpen B, Wolk A, Buchanan DD, Grant RC, Schmit SL, Platz EA, Joshu CE, Couper DJ, Peters U, Starr TK, Scott P, Pankratz N
Hum Mol Genet 2025 Jan;():

Effectiveness of Empagliflozin vs Dapagliflozin for Kidney Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.
Bonnesen K, Heide-Jørgensen U, Christensen DH, Christiansen CF, Lash TL, Hennessy S, Matthews AA, Pedersen L, Thomsen RW, Schmidt M
JAMA Intern Med 2025 Jan;():

Mortality after cancer diagnosis among children with congenital heart disease in Denmark and Sweden.
Kampitsi CE, Kenborg L, Mogensen H, Broberg O, Glimelius I, Erdmann F, Falck Winther J, Feychting M, Tettamanti G
J Natl Cancer Inst 2025 Jan;():

Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries.
Pasanen TP, Tiittanen P, Roswall N, Persson Waye K, Selander J, Sanchez Martinez N, Sjöström M, Vincens N, Ögren M, Aasvang GM, Evandt J, Krog NH, Weyde KV, Khan J, Gissler M, Lindstrøm JC, Poulsen AH, Pershagen G, Sorensen M, Lanki T
Occup Environ Med 2025 Jan;():

Lung function-associated exposome profile in the era of climate change: Pooled analysis of 8 population-based European cohorts within the EXPANSE project.
Jeong A, Lovison G, Bussalleu A, Cirach M, Dadvand P, de Hoogh K, Flexeder C, Hoek G, Imboden M, Karrasch S, Koppelman GH, Kress S, Ljungman P, Majewska R, Pershagen G, Pickford R, Shen Y, Vermeulen RCH, Vlaanderen JJ, Vogli M, Wolf K, Yu Z, Melén E, Pac A, Peters A, Schikowski T, Standl M, Gehring U, Probst-Hensch N
Environ Int 2025 Jan;196():109269

Parental precarious employment and the mental health of adolescents: a Swedish registry study.
Aronsson AE, Thern E, Matilla-Santander N, Kvart S, Hernando-Rodriguez JC, Badarin K, Julià M, Alfayumi-Zeadna S, Gunn V, Kreshpaj B, Muntaner C, Bodin T, Mangot-Sala L
Scand J Work Environ Health 2025 Jan;():

Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust and first-time acute myocardial infarction - a nationwide register-based cohort study 1976- 2018.
Wils RS, Flachs EM, Stokholm ZA, Gustavsson P, Plato N, Kolstad HA, Sejbæk CS, Brauer C, Schlünssen V, Hougaard KS, Madsen IEH, Rugulies R, Ketzel M, Hansen J, Bang CNF, Kromhout H, Mehlum IS, Bonde JP
Eur J Prev Cardiol 2025 Jan;():

Chiropractic international research collaborative (CIRCuit): the development of a new practice-based research network, including the demographics, practice, and clinical management characteristics of clinician participants.
Young KJ, Aspinall S, Mior S, Gliedt J, Spencer J, Børsheim C, Nash J, Ricci M, Shurr J, Axén I
Chiropr Man Therap 2025 Jan;33(1):3

Reliability and Accuracy of Standard Reference Procedures for Measurements of Trunk and Arm Postures in Ergonomics.
Lind CM, Rhen IM, Forsman M
Bioengineering (Basel) 2025 Jan;12(1):

A Systematic Review of Evaluated Labor Market Initiatives Addressing Precarious Employment: Findings and Public Health Implications.
Gunn V, Matilla-Santander N, Kreshpaj B, Vignola EF, Wegman DH, Hogstedt C, Bodin T, Ahonen EQ, Baron S, Muntaner C, O'Campo P, Lewchuk W, Albin M, Badarin K, Håkansta C
Int J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv 2025 Jan;():27551938241310120

Defining mode of delivery as "instrumental vaginal delivery".
Larsdotter Zweygberg A, Ahlqvist VH, Magnusson C
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2025 Feb;232(2):e54-e55

The contribution of common mental disorders and alcohol-related morbidity to educational differences in early labour market exit among older workers: a register-based cohort study.
Carlsson E, Hemmingsson T, Landberg J, Burström B, Thern E
Eur J Public Health 2025 Jan;():

Amphiphilic Photoluminescent Porous Silicon Nanoparticles as Effective Agents for Ultrasound-Amplified Cancer Therapy.
Gongalsky MB, Tsurikova UA, Kudryavtsev AA, Pervushin NV, Sviridov AP, Kumeria T, Egoshina VD, Tyurin-Kuzmin PA, Naydov IA, Gonchar KA, Kopeina GS, Andreev VG, Zhivotovsky B, Osminkina LA
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2025 Jan;17(1):374-385

Dietary inflammation and childhood adiposity: Analysis of individual participant data from six birth cohorts.
Vingrys K, Hébert JR, Chen LW, Crozier S, Duijts L, Harvey NC, Jaddoe VWV, Kelleher C, McAuliffe FM, Polanska K, Suderman M, Jerzynska J, Bottai M, Segurado R, Phillips CM
Clin Nutr 2025 Jan;45():223-233

Meat intake in relation to composition and function of gut microbiota.
Larsson SC, Ericson U, Dekkers KF, Arage G, Rašo LM, Sayols-Baixeras S, Hammar U, Baldanzi G, Nguyen D, Nielsen HB, Holm JB, Risérus U, Michaëlsson K, Sundström J, Smith JG, Engström G, Ärnlöv J, Orho-Melander M, Fall T, Ahmad S
Clin Nutr 2025 Jan;45():124-133

Exposure to Drinking Water Trihalomethanes and Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.
Helte E, Söderlund F, Säve-Söderbergh M, Larsson SC, Åkesson A
Environ Health Perspect 2025 Jan;133(1):16001

Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: An International Multisite Cohort Study.
Baxter SM, Lund LC, Andersen JH, Brix TH, Hegedüs L, Hsieh MH, Su CT, Cheng MC, Chang ZC, Lai EC, Hussain S, Chu C, Gomes T, Antoniou T, Eskander A, Bouck Z, Tadrous M, Bea S, Choi EY, Shin JY, Modig K, Talbäck M, Ljung R, Gulseth HL, Karlstad Ø, Hicks B, Pottegård A
Thyroid 2025 Jan;35(1):69-78

Association of exposure to second-hand smoke during childhood with blood DNA methylation.
Cosin-Tomas M, Hoang T, Qi C, Monasso GS, Langdon R, Kebede Merid S, Calas L, de Prado-Bert P, Richmond R, Jaddoe VV, Duijts L, Wright J, Annesi-Maesano I, Grazuleviciene R, Karachaliou M, Koppelman GH, Melén E, Gruzieva O, Vrijheid M, Yousefi P, Felix JF, London SJ, Bustamante M, 
Environ Int 2025 Jan;195():109204

Characterization of the C17.2 cell line as test system for endocrine disruption-induced developmental neurotoxicity.
Cediel-Ulloa A, Awoga R, Dönmez A, Yu X, Gliga A, Attoff K, Forsby A, Rüegg J
ALTEX 2025 ;42(1):91-110

Dietary Fiber Intake and Risk of Advanced and Aggressive Forms of Prostate Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 15 Prospective Cohort Studies.
Sidahmed E, Freedland SJ, Wang M, Wu K, Albanes D, Barnett M, van den Brandt PA, Cook MB, Giles GG, Giovannucci E, Haiman CA, Larsson SC, Key TJ, Loftfield E, Männistö S, McCullough ML, Milne RL, Neuhouser ML, Platz EA, Perez-Cornago A, Sawada N, Schenk JM, Sinha R, Tsugane S, Visvanathan K, Wang Y, White KK, Willett WC, Wolk A, Ziegler RG, Genkinger JM, Smith-Warner SA
J Acad Nutr Diet 2025 Jan;125(1):11-23.e22

miRNAome-metabolome wide association study reveals effects of miRNA regulation in eosinophilia and airflow obstruction in childhood asthma.
Sharma R, Mendez K, Begum S, Chu S, Prince N, Hecker J, Kelly RS, Chen Q, Wheelock CE, Celedón JC, Clish C, Gertszen R, Tantisira KG, Weiss ST, Lasky-Su J, McGeachie M
EBioMedicine 2024 Dec;112():105534

Maximizing the safety and sustainability of MXenes.
Hansen SF, Nielsen MB, Skjolding LM, Kaur J, Desivyana N, Hermansson F, Bird J, Barg S, Khort A, Odnevall I, Fadeel B, Arvidsson R
Sci Rep 2024 Dec;14(1):31030

Poor knee strength is associated with higher incidence of knee injury in adolescent female football players: The Karolinska football injury cohort.
Fältström A, Asker M, Weiss N, Lyberg V, Waldén M, Hägglund M, Tranaeus U, Skillgate E
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2024 Dec;():

A GWAS Suggesting Genetic Modifiers to Increase the Risk of Colorectal Cancer from Antibiotic Use.
Vermani L, Wolk A, Lindblom A, 
Cancers (Basel) 2024 Dec;17(1):

Precarious employment, strenuous working conditions and the long-term risk of diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
Badarin K, Mangot-Sala L, Matilla Santander N, Kreshpaj B, Hernando Rodríguez JC, Aronsson AE, Kvart S, Thern E, Gunn V, Ostergren PO, Julia M, Baron S, Muntaner C, Wegman DH, Bodin T
Occup Environ Med 2024 Dec;():

Profiles of the maternal occupational exposome during pregnancy and associations with intrauterine growth: Analysis of the French Longitudinal Study of Children - ELFE study.
Tartaglia M, Costet N, Audignon-Durand S, Carles C, Descatha A, Falkstedt D, Houot MT, Kjellberg K, Pilorget C, Roeleveld N, Siemiatycki J, Turner MC, Turuban M, Uuksulainen S, Dufourg MN, Garlantézec R, Delva F
Environ Res 2024 Dec;267():120669

ACSL3 is an unfavorable prognostic marker in cholangiocarcinoma patients and confers ferroptosis resistance in cholangiocarcinoma cells.
Sae-Fung A, Vinayavekhin N, Fadeel B, Jitkaew S
NPJ Precis Oncol 2024 Dec;8(1):284

Clinical importance of patient-reported outcome measures in severe asthma: results from U-BIOPRED.
Meys R, Franssen FME, Van 't Hul AJ, Bakke PS, Caruso M, Dahlén B, Fowler SJ, Geiser T, Howarth PH, Horváth I, Krug N, Behndig AF, Singer F, Musial J, Shaw DE, Montuschi P, Zee AHM, Sterk PJ, Roberts G, Kermani NZ, Incalzi RA, Louis R, Andersson LI, Wagers SS, Dahlén SE, Chung KF, Adcock IM, Spruit MA, 
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2024 Dec;22(1):109

Theses

2024

A problem-solving intervention for employees on sickness absence due to common mental disorders : effects, ethics and process 
Ida karlsson
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research

“Should i stay, or should i go” : teachers’ motivation to stay at their workplace 
Jeffrey Casely-Hayford
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research

Epithelial alarmins as novel targets for treatment of asthma 
Maria Belikova
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research

Diet, genetic susceptibility, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Anna-Maria Lampousi
Unit of Epidemiology

Exposures through drinking water and risk of chronic disease
Emilie Helte
Enheten för kardiovaskulär och nutritionsepidemiologi 

Exploring allergic and irritant contact dermatitis : biomarkers, mechanisms, and allergen uptake
Paulina Werner Nosrati
Unit of Systems Toxicology

Health consequences of gender-based harassment at work
Katrina Julia Blindow
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Infections, antibiotics, tobacco, genetic factors and risk of lada : latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, and type 2 diabetes
Jessica Edstorp
Unit of Epidemiology

The role of inflammatory cells in sarcoidosis and asthma
Mu Nie
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research

Modifiable risk factors, blood proteins, and venous thromboembolism 
Shuai Yuan
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology

Congenital heart disease, genetic syndromes, and childhood cancer 
Christina-Evmorfia Kampitsi
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

2023

Studies on the molecular and functional properties of exosomes in the metastatic prostate cancer bone microenvironment 
Ioulia Vardaki
Unit of Toxicology

T cell responses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : friends or foes?
Solmaz Yazdani
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

Occupational exposure to particles in relation to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease 
Karin Grahn
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Persistent environmental pollutants and risk of cardiovascular disease 
Tessa Schillemans
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology

Environmental exposures and cardiac arrhythmias 
Marcus Dahlquist
Unit of environmental epidemiology

Evaluating occupational health interventions : design, implementation, and effects
Emma Cedstrand
Unit of Occupational Medicine

2022  

Psychological distress and breast cancer : a bidirectional link
Kejia Hu
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

Physical workload and exit from the labour market : epidemiological studies with a focus on employees with musculoskeletal disorders
Kathryn Badarin
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Mental disorders as risk factors, comorbidities, and consequences of cancer 
Qianwei Liu
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

The effect of spinal manipulative therapy on heart rate variability and pain in patients with persistent or recurrent neck pain 
Anders Galaasen Bakken
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research

Early-life metal exposure and child growth and development 
Annachiara Malin Igra
Unit of Metals and Health 

Exploring toxicity and fate of metal-based particles in the lung : from mechanistic screening to lung deposition modelling 
Sarah McCarrick
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology 

Physical workload in surgery : from risk assessments to interventions 
Xuelong Fan
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Defining the role of mast cells in guinea pig models of asthma 
Jielu Liu
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research 

Immune mechanisms and potential immunological treatment in atherosclerosis 
Shailesh Kumar Samal
Unit of Immunology and Chronic Disease

Toxic metals, essential micronutrients, gestational thyroid hormones, and size at birth 
Klara Gustin Mossegård
Unit of Metals and Health 

Premenstrual disorders : risk factors, comorbidities and health impact 
Qian Yang
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

DissolvIt : development and validation of a new in vitro dissolution apparatus for dry powder aerosols 
Maria Malmlöf, 
Unit of Integrative Toxicology

Application of the benchmark dose-response modelling approach for risk characterization of chemicals 
Antero Vieira da Silva
Unit of Integrative Toxicology

Socioeconomic factors and childhood cancer : survival and long-term consequences 
Hanna Mogensen
Unit of Epidemiology

Biomedical factors in the risk and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
Jiangwei Sun
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

Precarious employment and occupational injuries in Sweden 
Bertina Kreshpaj
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Trends in population health in an era of increasing longevity 
Anna C. Meyer
Unit of Epidemiology

Profiling of microglia in inflammation, aging, and the tumor microenvironment
Lara Friess,
Unit of  Toxicology

2021

Immunity and inflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : an epidemiological approach
Can Cui
Unit of Integrative Epidemiology

Precarious employment in Sweden : methodological development and health associations
Johanna Jonsson
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Silica particle-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and DNA damage in respiratory epithelium
Rongrong Wu
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology

Environmental arsenic exposure in humans : toxicity and adaptation in the Bolivian Andes
Jessica De Loma Olson
Unit of metals & health

Experimental studies of lipid mediator modulation of airway responsiveness 
Willem Abma
Unit of experimental asthma and allergy research

Risks and benefits of drinking water treatment : focusing on child health and prenatal development 
Melle Säve-Söderbergh
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology

2020

Dietary carbohydrate quality and health : focus on low-grade systemic inflammation and cardiometabolic risk factors
Nor Adila Mhd Omar
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology

Urban greenness and related health effects 
Åsa Persson
Unit of environmental epidemiology

Health effects of air pollution : innovative approaches for spatio-temporal evaluations
Massimo Stafoggia
Unit of environmental epidemiology

Short and long-term regulation of autophagy
Patricia González-Rodríguez
Unit of toxicology

Genotoxic effects among Bolivian farmers exposed to mixtures of pesticides : population and in vitro based studies
Jessika Ximen Barrón Cuenca
Unit of biochemical toxicology

Evaluation of biomarkers in chronic inflammatory diseases 
Zahra Golabkesh
Unit of cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology

Stress prevention at work : intervention effectiveness and implementation process evaluation
Bozana Arapovic-Johansson
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research

Deep tissue massage therapy and/or strengthening and stretching exercises for disabling subacute or chronic neck pain. A randomized controlled trial 
Oscar Javier Pico Espinosa
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research

 

2019

Health effects of road traffic noise in childhood and adolescence
Alva Käte Enoksson Wallas
Unit of Environmental Epidemiology

Ergonomic risk assessment and intervention through smart workwear systems 
Liyun Yang 
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Exposure to air pollution in the work and residential environment during pregnancy and adverse birth effects 
Filip Norlén
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Shoulder injuries in adolescent elite handball players 
Martin Asker
Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research

Topics on mathematical statistics for medical applications : summary measures and exact simulation of diffusions 
Celia García-Pareja
Unit of Biostatistics

Interplay between birthweight, family history, obesity, and genes in the development of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and type 2 diabetes 
Rebecka Hjort
Unit of Epidemiology

Airborne occupational exposures and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis 
Anna Ilar  
Unit of Translational Epidemiology

Molecular mechanisms of cell death and cell clearance 
Katharina Klöditz 
Unit of Molecular Toxicology

Diet and the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) : studies on the association with fish and sweetened beverages 
Josefin Edwall Löfvenborg 
Unit of Epidemiology

Contact allergy in Swedish adolescents : results from the BAMSE cohort study 
Maria Lagrelius  
Unit of Environmental Epidemiology

Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and early biomarkers related to cardiovascular disease and cancer 
Ayman Alhamdow  
Unit of Metals & Health

Phospholipid related antigens and protective mechanisms : implications for cardiovascular diseases, human autoimmunity and inflammation 
Divya Thiagarajan 
Unit of Immunology and Chronic Disease

Occupational exposure to chemicals and cancer 
Cecilia Videnros 
Unit of Occupational Medicine

Novel immunologic cellular mechanisms in atherosclerosis and potential therapeutic implications
Mizanur Rahman
Unit of Immunology and Chronic Disease

Deciphering microglia plasticity in glioma
Dalel Saidi
Unit of Toxicology

2018

Mitochondria targeting and its consequences for cell death in neuroblastoma
Kadri Valter
Unit of Toxicology

The impact of transcriptional mutagenesis on cellular homeostasis
Monika Ezerskyte
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology

Early-life selenium status and cognitive development
Helena Skröder Löveborn
Unit of Metals & Health

Cellular effects of nickel and nickel oxide nanoparticles : focus on mechanisms related to carcinogenicity
Emma Åkerlund
Unit of Biochemical Toxicology

Innate immune airway responses after exposure to ultrafine and ambient particles : in vivo and in vitro models
Anna Steneholm
Unit of Work Environment Toxicology

Quantification of inflammatory mediators to explore molecular mechanisms and sub-phenotypes of asthma
Johan Kolmert
Unit of Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research

Evidence by interaction : a new role of caspase-2
Jeremy Forsberg
Unit of Toxicology

Occupational skin exposure to cobalt : origin and fate 
Jolinde Kettelarij
Unit of work environment toxicology

Development of multi-cellular human lung models to study inflammatory mechanisms and cell-cell interactions 
Jie Ji
Unit of work environment toxicology

Characterizing chemical exposure : focus on children's environment 
Kristin Larsson
Unit of biochemical toxicology

Use of novel statistical methods in assessing particulate air pollution and evaluating its association with mortality in China 
Xin Fang
Unit of biostatistics

Long-term exposure to transportation noise in relation to metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes 
Andrei Pyko
Unit of environmental epidemiology

Neutrophil extracellular traps : function in infectious and non-Infectious conditions
Beatrice Lazzaretto
Unit of molecular toxicology

Overweight in relation to allergic disease in childhood and adolescence
Sandra Ekström
Unit of environmental epidemiology

Mathematical programming for optimal probability weighting
Michele Santacatterina
Unit of biostatistics

Short-term exposure to ozone in relation to mortality and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest : exploring sensitive subgroups by previous hospitalizations
Auriba Raza
Unit of environmental epidemiology

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and cardiovascular risk
Germán D. Carrasquilla
Unit of cardiovascular epidemiology

Content reviewer:
Anna Persson
27-01-2025