Karl Tryggvason
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: karl.tryggvason@ki.se
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, 3A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C2 Medicinsk biokemi och biofysik, C2 Administration, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Karl Tryggvason, MD, PhD, a citizen of Iceland and Sweden, got his MD training at the Univerisity of Oulu in Finland. He is a specialist in clinical chemistry (clinical pathology). He has spent 4 years as postdoc and visiting professor in the USA, and was professor of biochemistry at the University of Oulu prior to his move to Karolinska Institutet in 1995. He is currently professor of medical chemistry at the Department of Medical Chemistry and Biophysics (MBB) and a member of the Nobel Assembly for physiology or medicine.
Karl Tryggvason has made broad contributions to the characterization of the structure and biology of basement membranes and has identified the molecular basis of five genetic diseases, two of which are kidney diseases. He has a research staff of about 30 persons from numerous countries.Tryggvason is cofounder of BioStratum Inc. and NephroGenex Inc.
Articles
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2019;26(12):3231-3245.e9Yap L; Wang J-W; Moreno-Moral A; Chong LY; Sun Y; Harmston N; Wang X; Chong SY; Ohman MK; Wei H; Bunte R; Gosh S; Cook S; Hovatta O; de KDPV; Petretto E; Tryggvason K
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2018;9(1):4432Tjin MS; Chua AWC; Moreno-Moral A; Chong LY; Tang PY; Harmston NP; Cai Z; Petretto E; Tan BK; Tryggvason K
- Article: MATRIX BIOLOGY. 2018;70:5-19Sigmundsson K; Ojala JRM; Ohman MK; Osterholm A-M; Moreno-Moral A; Domogatskaya A; Chong LY; Sun Y; Chai X; Steele JAM; George B; Patarroyo M; Nilsson A-S; Rodin S; Ghosh S; Stevens MM; Petretto E; Tryggvason K
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(8):e0202400Hamano S; Nishibori Y; Hada I; Mikami N; Ito-Nitta N; Fukuhara D; Kudo A; Xiao Z; Nukui M; Patrakka J; Tryggvason K; Yan K
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2018;29(5):1426-1436Lin M-H; Miller JB; Kikkawa Y; Suleiman HY; Tryggvason K; Hodges BL; Miner JH
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2018;9(1):1031Sen Kwek S; Watanabe S; Chan KR; Ong EZ; Tan HC; Ng WC; Nguyen MTX; Gan ES; Zhang SL; Chan KWK; Tan JH; Sessions OM; Manuel M; Pompon J; Chua C; Hazirah S; Tryggvason K; Vasudevan SG; Ooi EE
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2017;8:15509Horejs C-M; St-Pierre J-P; Ojala JRM; Steele JAM; da Silva PB; Rynne-Vidal A; Maynard SA; Hansel CS; Rodriguez-Fernandez C; Mazo MM; You AYF; Wang AJ; von Erlach T; Tryggvason K; Lopez-Cabrera M; Stevens MM
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY. 2017;312(6):F1184-F1199Ito Y; Katayama K; Nishibori Y; Akimoto Y; Kudo A; Kurayama R; Hada I; Takahashi S; Kimura T; Fukutomi T; Katada T; Suehiro J; Beltcheva O; Tryggvason K; Yan K
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2017;114(14):3637-3641McCoy AJ; Oeffner RD; Wrobel AG; Ojala JRM; Tryggvason K; Lohkamp B; Read RJ
- Article: STEM CELL REPORTS. 2016;7(4):802-816Nguyen MTX; Okina E; Chai X; Tan KH; Hovatta O; Ghosh S; Tryggvason K
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:29450Murata T; Katayama K; Oohashi T; Jahnukainen T; Yonezawa T; Sado Y; Ishikawa E; Nomura S; Tryggvason K; Ito M
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:25955Ishibashi R; Takemoto M; Akimoto Y; Ishikawa T; He P; Maezawa Y; Sakamoto K; Tsurutani Y; Ide S; Ide K; Kawamura H; Kobayashi K; Tokuyama H; Tryggvason K; Betsholtz C; Yokote K
- Article: STEM CELL REPORTS. 2016;6(4):607-617Mansson-Broberg A; Rodin S; Bulatovic I; Ibarra C; Lofling M; Genead R; Wardell E; Felldin U; Granath C; Alici E; Le Blanc K; Smith CIE; Salasova A; Westgren M; Sundstrom E; Uhlen P; Arenas E; Sylven C; Tryggvason K; Corbascio M; Simonson OE; Osterholm C; Grinnemo K-H
- Article: BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY. 2016;31:2-12Damdimopoulou P; Rodin S; Stenfelt S; Antonsson L; Tryggvason K; Hovatta O
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY. 2015;309(11):F955-F966Rodriguez PQ; Oddsson A; Ebarasi L; He B; Hultenby K; Wernerson A; Betsholtz C; Tryggvason K; Patrakka J
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2015;185(8):2143-2157Weins A; Wong JS; Basgen JM; Gupta R; Daehn I; Casagrande L; Lessman D; Schwartzman M; Meliambro K; Patrakka J; Shaw A; Tryggvason K; He JC; Nicholas SB; Mundel P; Campbell KN
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(3):e0122067Perisic L; Rodriguez PQ; Hultenby K; Sun Y; Lal M; Betsholtz C; Uhlen M; Wernerson A; Hedin U; Pikkarainen T; Tryggvason K; Patrakka J
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2015;26(3):647-662Lal MA; Andersson A-C; Katayama K; Xiao Z; Nukui M; Hultenby K; Wernerson A; Tryggvason K
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2014;25(12):2764-2777He B; Ebarasi L; Zhao Z; Guo J; Ojala JRM; Hultenby K; De Val S; Betsholtz C; Tryggvason K
- Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;30(11):1444-1451Qiang B; Lim SY; Lekas M; Kuliszewski MA; Wolff R; Osherov AB; Rudenko D; Leong-Poi H; Noyan H; Husain M; Tran K; Tryggvason K; Hedin U; Tran-Lundmark K; Strauss BH
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All other publications
- Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(5):e0126079Perisic L; Rodriguez PQ; Hultenby K; Sun Y; Lal M; Betsholtz C; Uhlen M; Wernerson A; Hedin U; Pikkarainen T; Tryggvason K; Patrakka J
- Review: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2014;3(11):1269-1274Hovatta O; Rodin S; Antonsson L; Tryggvason K
- Review: ANNUAL REVIEW OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2012;28:523-553Domogatskaya A; Rodin S; Tryggvason K
- Editorial: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2012;23(7):1128-1129Lal MA; Tryggvason K
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION. 2012;21(2):195-202Thomas MC; Groop P-H; Tryggvason K
- Corrigendum: DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS. 2012;241(2):431Xiao Z; Patrakka J; Nukui M; Chi L; Niu D; Betsholtz C; Pikkarainen T; Vainio S; Tryggvason K
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION. 2011;20(4):416-424Ebarasi L; Oddsson A; Hultenby K; Betsholtz C; Tryggvason K
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS NEPHROLOGY. 2009;5(8):463-468Patrakka J; Tryggvason K
- Review: TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2007;13(9):396-403Patrakka J; Tryggvason K
- Meeting abstract: BLOOD. 2006;108(11):109AQian H; Georges-Labouesse E; Nystrom A; Domogatskaya A; Tryggvason K; Eirik S; Jacobsen W; Ekblom M
- Editorial: CELL. 2006;125(2):221-224Tryggvason K; Pikkarainen T; Patrakka J
- Review: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2006;354(13):1387-1401Tryggvason K; Patrakka J; Wartiovaara J
- Review: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2006;17(3):813-822Tryggvason K; Patrakka J
- Review: MATRIX BIOLOGY. 2005;24(5):326-332Aumailley M; Bruckner-Tuderman L; Carter WG; Deutzmann R; Edgar D; Ekblom P; Engel J; Engvall E; Hohenester E; Jones JCR; Kleinman HK; Marinkovich MP; Martin GR; Mayer U; Meneguzzi G; Miner JH; Miyazaki K; Patarroyo M; Paulsson M; Quaranta V; Sanes JR; Sasaki T; Sekiguchi K; Sorokin LM; Talts JF; Tryggvason K; Uitto J; Virtanen I; von der Mark K; Wewer UM; Yamada Y; Yurchenco PD
- Letter: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2004;123(3):600-602Mirastschijski U; Zhou ZJ; Rollman O; Tryggvason K; Ågren MS
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2003;254(3):216-224Tryggvason K; Pettersson E
- Review: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2003;348(25):2543-2556Hudson BG; Tryggvason K; Sundaramoorthy M; Neilson EG
- Published conference paper: CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH. 2003;44:300-304Bartlett JD; Zhou ZJ; Skobe Z; Dobeck JM; Tryggvason K
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION. 2001;10(4):543-549Tryggvason K; Wartiovaara J
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Employments
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2026-2029
- Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 1994-2014