Kanar Alkass

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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2019;20(3):E658-658
NF-B-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 Maitre 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 Maitre 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; Andren AT; Alm JJ; Qian H; Frantzen J; Newcombe J; Alkass K; Druid H; Bottai M; Roytta M; Le Blanc K
Article: CELL REPORTS. 2017;20(4):779-784
The Lifespan and Turnover of Microglia in the Human Brain
Reu P; Khosravi A; Bernard S; Mold JE; Salehpour M; Alkass K; Perl S; Tisdale J; Possnert G; Druid H; Frisen J
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2017;8:15253
Impact of fat mass and distribution on lipid turnover in human adipose tissue
Spalding KL; Bernard S; Naslund E; Salehpour M; Possnert G; Appelsved L; Fu K-Y; Alkass K; Druid H; Thorell A; Ryden 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 AF; 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; Andrae M; Jashari R; Nyengaard JR; Possnert G; Jovinge S; Druid H; Frisen 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; Frisen 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; Frisen 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; Bostrom E; Westerlund I; Vial C; Buchholz BA; Possnert G; Mash DC; Druid H; Frisen 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; Landen M; Druid H; Spalding KL; Frisen 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; Frisen J
Article: SCIENCE. 2009;324(5923):98-102
Evidence for Cardiomyocyte Renewal in Humans
Bergmann O; Bhardwaj RD; Bernard S; Zdunek S; Barnabe-Heider F; Walsh S; Zupicich J; Alkass K; Buchholz BA; Druid H; Jovinge S; Frisen 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; Nystrom 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 NA; Alkass K; Mathiesen T
Article: NEUROSURGERY. 2005;56(5):1082-1092
Inflammation in the brain after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
Prunell GF; Svendgaard NA; 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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Doctoral thesis: 2011
External and intrinsic signatures in human teeth to assist forensic identification work
Alkass K
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; Kingback M; Carlsson B

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2027

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

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