Katarina le Blanc
About me
Professor of Clinical Stem Cell Research at Karolinska Institutet. Katarina Le Blanc received her M.D. from the Karolinska Institutet in 1993, and her Ph.D. in 1999, also from the Karolinska Institutet. In 2002 she became a certified specialist in hematology.
She has mentored many trainees, PhD students and post docs over the years. With an H-index of 70, Katarina has published well over 200 peer-reviewed publications and review articles, been cited more than 40.000 times, and given several hundred presentations at various national and international meetings over the last 10 years.
Academic honours, awards and prizes
Dr Le Blanc is a member of several international and national committees including notably the Pontifical Academy for Life (Academia per la vita) in the Vatican, Rome, Academia Europaea, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet and The Royal Swedish Academy of Science. She is also the member of several advisory boards and has been responsible for the organization of several national and international scientific meetings, and also served on many program committees.
She is the recipient of several awards including the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation award for young female researchers, Swedish Medical Society award for young scientists, and the Tobias Foundation Prize for the excellent studies of the immunological properties of mesenchymal stem cells and their use in mesenchymal stem cell therapy awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.
Research
- Dr Le Blanc’s main research interest is mesenchymal stem cells, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and immunology.
Articles
- Journal article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2025
- Article: STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2024;15(1):77
- Article: ORAL DISEASES. 2023;29(8):3346-3359
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2023;25(9):956-966
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2023;25(8):803-807
- Article: BLOOD. 2023;142(1):73-89
- Journal article: BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES. 2023;147:213331
- Article: HELIYON. 2023;9(4):e15517
- Article: LEUKEMIA. 2023;37(4):888-900
- Article: METABOLISM OPEN. 2022;13:100167
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2022;57(3):360-369
- Article: LANCET NEUROLOGY. 2021;20(11):917-929
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2021;23(5):368-372
- Article: STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2021;30(3):119-127
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2020;22(11):602-605
- Article: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2020;9(10):1190-1202
- Article: STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2020;11(1):128
- Article: LARYNGOSCOPE. 2020;130(1):E21-E29
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2019;8(12):E2102-2102
- Article: STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2019;10(1):334
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2019;21(10):1019-1024
- Article: STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2019;28(17):1177-1190
- Journal article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2019;21(7):782-792
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:2249
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2018;24(11):2365-2370
- Article: CYTOMETRY PART B-CLINICAL CYTOMETRY. 2018;93A(10):1051-1059
- Article: IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY. 2018;96(8):820-830
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2018;101(5):676-683
- Article: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2017;6(10):1840-1851
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2017;23(4):677-683
- Article: HAEMATOLOGICA. 2017;102(3):498-508
- Article: STEM CELLS. 2017;35(3):766-776
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2016;128(22):4329
- Article: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2016;5(11):1485-1495
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2016;22(15):3849-3859
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:29160
- Article: ACTA BIOMATERIALIA. 2016;35:194-205
- Article: STEM CELL REPORTS. 2016;6(4):607-617
- Journal article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2016;22(3):s178
- Article: STEM CELLS. 2016;34(2):516-521
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2015;126(23):3138
- Article: IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS. 2015;168(2):140-146
- Article: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2015;4(10):1199-1213
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2015;50(9):1217-1223
- Article: CURRENT DIABETES REPORTS. 2015;15(7):46
- Article: STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2015;24(12):1405-1414
- Article: TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 2015;17(3):371-379
- Article: BLOOD. 2015;125(22):3432-3436
- Journal article: ISBT SCIENCE SERIES. 2015;10(S1):357-365
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2015;50(2):173-180
- Article: DIABETES. 2015;64(2):587-592
- Journal article: REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. 2015;10(7 Suppl):s96-s296
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES. 2015;4:26316
- Article: REGENERATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH. 2015;3:1
- Article: TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A. 2014;20(19-20):2549-2554
- Article: STEM CELLS. 2014;32(9):2430-2442
- Article: BLOOD. 2014;124(5):750-760
- Article: IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;142(3):431-441
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2014;16(7):915-926
- Article: STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2014;3(2):255-264
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(1):e85040
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2013;163(4):501-509
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2013;274(2):153-162
- Article: ONCOIMMUNOLOGY. 2013;2(7):e25009
- Article: LEUKEMIA. 2013;27(2):377-388
- Article: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY. 2012;29(4):2348-2358
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2012;94(10):1066-1074
- Article: STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2012;21(17):3147-3151
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2012;89(3):220-227
- Article: PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION. 2012;16(6):E241-E245
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2012;287(31):25795-25807
- Article: STEM CELLS. 2012;30(7):1565-1574
- Article: STEM CELLS. 2012;30(7):1575-1578
- Article: STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2012;21(9):1478-1487
- Article: TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS. 2012;18(2):101-115
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2012;18(4):557-564
- Article: CELL TRANSPLANTATION. 2012;21(1):333-343
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2011;17(11):1688-1697
- Article: LARYNGOSCOPE. 2011;121(10):2185-2190
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(7):e21703
- Article: BLOOD. 2011;117(18):4826-4835
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY. 2011;34(4):336-342
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2011;13(3):269-278
- Article: BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY. 2011;24(1):65-72
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2011;46(2):200-207
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2010;116(21):2336
- Journal article: ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY. 2010;36(S1):132
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2010;12(5):576-578
- Article: LARYNGOSCOPE. 2010;120(7):1370-1375
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2009;114(22):4580
- Article: NEURORADIOLOGY. 2009;51(10):661-667
- Article: TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 2009;11(5):393-399
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2009;15(9):1108-1115
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY. 2009;32(7):755-764
- Journal article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2009;11(6):674-675
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2009;11(2):129-136
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2008;112(11):4740
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2008;112(11):4745
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2008;14(10):1172-1179
- Article: BLOOD. 2008;112(3):532-541
- Article: BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY. 2008;21(2):165-176
- Article: LANCET. 2008;371(9624):1579-1586
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2008;41(4):399-405
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2008;10(2):174-181
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2008;10(3):238-242
- Article: LEUKEMIA. 2007;21(11):2271-2276
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2007;84(8):1055-1059
- Article: JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY. 2007;82(4):887-893
- Article: CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION. 2007;21(5):659-667
- Article: HAEMATOLOGICA. 2007;92(9):1208-1215
- Article: LEUKEMIA. 2007;21(8):1733-1738
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;65(4):336-343
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2006;108(11):5304
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2006;108(11):2918
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2006;135(3):367-373
- Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2006;55(4):521-525
- Article: LARYNGOSCOPE. 2006;116(7):1248-1254
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2006;37(11):1051-1059
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2006;81(10):1390-1397
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2006;81(5):718-725
- Article: ANNALS OF MEDICINE. 2006;38(2):144-153
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2006;8(6):559-561
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2006;8(4):315-317
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2005;29(12):1413-1421
- Journal article: BLOOD. 2005;106(11):143
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2005;308(2):283-290
- Article: HAEMATOLOGICA. 2005;90(8):1017-1026
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2005;79(11):1607-1614
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2005;305(1):33-41
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2005;65(6):2207-2215
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2005;7(5):393-395
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2005;7(1):36-45
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2004;10(12):877-882
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2004;78(7):1014-1020
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2004;60(3):307-315
- Journal article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2004;33(11):1167
- Article: LANCET. 2004;363(9419):1439-1441
- Article: JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2004;127(5):1293-1300
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2004;10(3):195-203
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2004;22(3):416-423
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY. 2004;10(2):128-134
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2004;190(1):239-245
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2003;311(2):391-397
- Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2003;76(8):1208-1213
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY. 2003;31(10):890-896
- Article: HAEMATOLOGICA. 2003;88(9):1044-1052
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2003;32(3):265-272
- Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2003;32(2):217-223
- Article: CYTOTHERAPY. 2003;5(6):485-489
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2003;57(1):11-20
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2000;65(5):322-330
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2000;108(1):80-85
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 1997;59(5):310-317
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 1995;49(11):1577-1582
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 1994;53(3):145-149
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Employments
- Professor/Specialist Physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2007-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2004
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1993