Kanar Alkass

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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2019;20(3):658

NF-κB-Associated Pain-Related Neuropeptide Expression in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease.

Ahmed AS; Berg S; Alkass K; Druid H; Hart DA; Svensson CI; Kosek E
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2018;120:63-75

Hippocampal granule cell loss in human chronic alcohol abusers.

Dhanabalan G; Le Maître TW; Bogdanovic N; Alkass K; Druid H
Article: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2018;43(4):690-699

Effects of Alcohol Abuse on Proliferating Cells, Stem/Progenitor Cells, and Immature Neurons in the Adult Human Hippocampus.

Le Maître TW; Dhanabalan G; Bogdanovic N; Alkass K; Druid H
Article: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2017;6(10):1840-1851

Dynamic Changes in Brain Mesenchymal Perivascular Cells Associate with Multiple Sclerosis Disease Duration, Active Inflammation, and Demyelination.

Iacobaeus E; Sugars RV; Törnqvist Andrén A; Alm JJ; Qian H; Frantzen J; Newcombe J; Alkass K; Druid H; Bottai M; Röyttä M; Le Blanc K
Article: CELL REPORTS. 2017;20(4):779-784

The Lifespan and Turnover of Microglia in the Human Brain.

Réu P; Khosravi A; Bernard S; Mold JE; Salehpour M; Alkass K; Perl S; Tisdale J; Possnert G; Druid H; Frisén J
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2017;8:15253

Impact of fat mass and distribution on lipid turnover in human adipose tissue.

Spalding KL; Bernard S; Näslund E; Salehpour M; Possnert G; Appelsved L; Fu K-Y; Alkass K; Druid H; Thorell A; Rydén M; Arner P
Article: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS. 2017;1861(2):246-255

Opioid precursor protein isoform is targeted to the cell nuclei in the human brain.

Kononenko O; Bazov I; Watanabe H; Gerashchenko G; Dyachok O; Verbeek DS; Alkass K; Druid H; Andersson M; Mulder J; Svenningsen ÅF; Rajkowska G; Stockmeier CA; Krishtal O; Yakovleva T; Bakalkin G
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2017;127(1):335-348

The H3K9 dimethyltransferases EHMT1/2 protect against pathological cardiac hypertrophy.

Thienpont B; Aronsen JM; Robinson EL; Okkenhaug H; Loche E; Ferrini A; Brien P; Alkass K; Tomasso A; Agrawal A; Bergmann O; Sjaastad I; Reik W; Roderick HL
Article: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2016;263:107-113

Interpretation of postmortem vitreous concentrations of sodium and chloride.

Zilg B; Alkass K; Berg S; Druid H
Article: CELL. 2015;163(4):1026-1036

No Evidence for Cardiomyocyte Number Expansion in Preadolescent Mice.

Alkass K; Panula J; Westman M; Wu T-D; Guerquin-Kern J-L; Bergmann O
Article: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2015;254:158-166

A new model for the estimation of time of death from vitreous potassium levels corrected for age and temperature.

Zilg B; Bernard S; Alkass K; Berg S; Druid H
Article: CELL. 2015;161(7):1566-1575

Dynamics of Cell Generation and Turnover in the Human Heart.

Bergmann O; Zdunek S; Felker A; Salehpour M; Alkass K; Bernard S; Sjostrom SL; Szewczykowska M; Jackowska T; Dos Remedios C; Malm T; Andrä M; Jashari R; Nyengaard JR; Possnert G; Jovinge S; Druid H; Frisén J
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2015;25(1):97-108

Asymmetry of the endogenous opioid system in the human anterior cingulate: a putative molecular basis for lateralization of emotions and pain.

Watanabe H; Fitting S; Hussain MZ; Kononenko O; Iatsyshyna A; Yoshitake T; Kehr J; Alkass K; Druid H; Wadensten H; Andren PE; Nylander I; Wedell DH; Krishtal O; Hauser KF; Nyberg F; Karpyak VM; Yakovleva T; Bakalkin G
Article: CELL. 2014;159(4):766-774

Dynamics of oligodendrocyte generation and myelination in the human brain.

Yeung MSY; Zdunek S; Bergmann O; Bernard S; Salehpour M; Alkass K; Perl S; Tisdale J; Possnert G; Brundin L; Druid H; Frisén J
Article: CELL. 2014;156(5):1072-1083

Neurogenesis in the striatum of the adult human brain.

Ernst A; Alkass K; Bernard S; Salehpour M; Perl S; Tisdale J; Possnert G; Druid H; Frisén J
Article: CELL. 2013;153(6):1219-1227

Dynamics of hippocampal neurogenesis in adult humans.

Spalding KL; Bergmann O; Alkass K; Bernard S; Salehpour M; Huttner HB; Boström E; Westerlund I; Vial C; Buchholz BA; Possnert G; Mash DC; Druid H; Frisén J
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e69597

Analysis of radiocarbon, stable isotopes and DNA in teeth to facilitate identification of unknown decedents.

Alkass K; Saitoh H; Buchholz BA; Bernard S; Holmlund G; Senn DR; Spalding KL; Druid H
Article: NEURON. 2012;74(4):634-639

The age of olfactory bulb neurons in humans.

Bergmann O; Liebl J; Bernard S; Alkass K; Yeung MSY; Steier P; Kutschera W; Johnson L; Landén M; Druid H; Spalding KL; Frisén J
Article: ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 2011;16(3):499-509

Prodynorphin CpG-SNPs associated with alcohol dependence: elevated methylation in the brain of human alcoholics.

Taqi MM; Bazov I; Watanabe H; Sheedy D; Harper C; Alkass K; Druid H; Wentzel P; Nyberg F; Yakovleva T; Bakalkin G
Article: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2011;209(1-3):34-41

Analysis of 14C and 13C in teeth provides precise birth dating and clues to geographical origin.

Alkass K; Buchholz BA; Druid H; Spalding KL
Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2011;317(2):188-194

Identification of cardiomyocyte nuclei and assessment of ploidy for the analysis of cell turnover.

Bergmann O; Zdunek S; Alkass K; Druid H; Bernard S; Frisén J
Article: SCIENCE. 2009;324(5923):98-102

Evidence for cardiomyocyte renewal in humans.

Bergmann O; Bhardwaj RD; Bernard S; Zdunek S; Barnabé-Heider F; Walsh S; Zupicich J; Alkass K; Buchholz BA; Druid H; Jovinge S; Frisén J
Article: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2009;185(1-3):89-95

Postmortem identification of hyperglycemia.

Zilg B; Alkass K; Berg S; Druid H
Article: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2007;168(2-3):223-226

Evaluation of the role of abstinence in heroin overdose deaths using segmental hair analysis.

Druid H; Strandberg JJ; Alkass K; Nyström I; Kugelberg FC; Kronstrand R
Article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2006;166(1):11-18

Toxicological analysis in rats subjected to heroin and morphine overdose.

Strandberg JJ; Kugelberg FC; Alkass K; Gustavsson A; Zahlsen K; Spigset O; Druid H
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. 2005;102(6):1046-1054

Delayed cell death related to acute cerebral blood flow changes following subarachnoid hemorrhage in the rat brain.

Prunell GF; Svendgaard N-A; Alkass K; Mathiesen T
Article: NEUROSURGERY. 2005;56(5):1082-1092

Inflammation in the brain after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Prunell GF; Svendgaard N-A; Alkass K; Mathiesen T
Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2005;1033(2):135-142

Reproducible loss of CA1 neurons following carotid artery occlusion combined with halothane-induced hypotension.

Bendel O; Alkass K; Bueters T; von Euler M; von Euler G
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Thesis / dissertation: 2011

External and intrinsic signatures in human teeth to assist forensic identification work

Alkass, Kanar
Published conference paper: MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS. 2010;9(5):1022-1030

Age estimation in forensic sciences: application of combined aspartic acid racemization and radiocarbon analysis.

Alkass K; Buchholz BA; Ohtani S; Yamamoto T; Druid H; Spalding KL
Published conference paper: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2006;161(2-3):163-168

Influence of blood loss on the pharmacokinetics of citalopram.

Kugelberg FC; Alkass K; Kingbäck M; Carlsson B; Druid H

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Affiliated to Teaching/Tutoring, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024

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Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2022
Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2011

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