Kerstin Brismar
Professor, Senior
E-mail: kerstin.brismar@ki.se
Visiting address: Karolinska Institutet, BioClinicum J8:20, Visionsgatan 4, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Diabetes och associerade komplikationer, 171 76 Stockholm
About me
- Professor of Diabetes Research.
Articles
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2026;11(1):219-232Sandholm N; Cole JB; Nair V; Brennan E; Giardini E; Haukka JK; Ha E; Syreeni A; Dahlstrom EH; Salem RM; Fermin D; Mercader J; Smyth L; Hill C; Mychaleckyj J; McGurnaghan S; Miller RG; Costacou T; Klein BEK; Snell-Bergeon J; Paterson AD; Verkauskiene R; Sokolovska J; Panduru NM; Zerbini G; Brismar K; Krolewski AS; Harjutsalo V; Rossing P; Hadjadj S; McKay G; McKnight AJ; Maxwell AP; Susztak K; Godson C; Kretzler M; Hirschhorn JN; Florez JC; Groop P-H
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS. 2025;14(12):1514Tekle M; Rassi DM; Donadi EA; Grunler J; Dallner G; Forsberg E; Brismar K
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2025;36(10):1939-1953Cole JB; Dahlstrom EH; Fermin D; Gupta Y; Hill C; Smyth LJ; Liu H; Kreienkamp RJ; Pezzolesi MG; Cao JJ; Valo E; Chen W-M; Onengut-Gumuscu S; Rich SS; Brennan EP; Andrews D; Kennedy C; Gu HF; Stechemesser L; Weitgasser R; Sokolovska J; Radzeviciene L; Verkauskiene R; Panduru NM; Rossing P; Ahluwalia TS; Zerbini G; Marre M; Hadjadj S; Costacou T; Miller RG; Klein BE; Lee KE; Snell-Bergeon JK; Caramori ML; Mauer M; Brismar K; Bjornstad P; McKnight AJ; McKay G; Nair V; Salem RM; Groop P-H; Godson C; Susztak K; Kretzler M; Maxwell AP; Krolewski A; Paterson A; Sandholm-Lafferre N; Florez JC; Hirschhorn JN
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2025;15(1):e093625Adam HC; Hajimirsadeghi O; Krantz L; Brismar K; Norhammar A; Ueda P; Andersson DP; Forsberg NB
- Article: PRIMARY CARE DIABETES. 2024;18(6):676-682Dhaher NF; Brismar K; Pikkemaat M; Shaat N; Nilsson A; Bennet L
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2024;25(17):9731Ekberg NR; Hellberg A; Sundqvist ML; Hirschberg AL; Catrina S-B; Brismar K
- Article: JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY. 2024;95(7):640-649Lira Junior R; Aogain MM; Crncalo E; Ekberg NR; Chotirmall SH; Pettersson S; Gustafsson A; Brismar K; Bostanci N
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2024;121:23130Norhammar A; Gustafsson A; Rydén L; Brismar K
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):16427Moller LB; Bladh MK; Brismar K; Palm K; Andolf EG
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2023;15(14):3092Barouti AA; Bjorklund A; Catrina SB; Brismar K; Ekberg NR
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2023;13:1092307Adiponectin, IGFBP-1 and-2 are independent predictors in forecasting prediabetes and type 2 diabetesBrismar K; Hilding A; Ansurudeen I; Flyvbjerg A; Frystyk J; Ostenson C-G
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):4983Mohanty S; Kamolvit W; Scheffschick A; Bjorklund A; Tovi J; Espinosa A; Brismar K; Nystrom T; Schroder JM; Ostenson C-G; Aspenstrom P; Brauner H; Brauner A
- Article: LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE. 2022;5(12):e202201505Moruzzi N; Valladolid-Acebes I; Kannabiran SA; Bulgaro S; Burtscher I; Leibiger B; Leibiger IB; Berggren P-O; Brismar K
- Article: ELIFE. 2022;11:e70714Zheng X; Narayanan S; Xu C; Eliasson Angelstig S; Grunler J; Zhao A; Di Toro A; Bernardi L; Mazzone M; Carmeliet P; Del Sole M; Solaini G; Forsberg EA; Zhang A; Brismar K; Schiffer TA; Rajamand Ekberg N; Botusan IR; Palm F; Catrina S-B
- Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM. 2022;100(1):101-113Mohanty S; Kamolvit W; Zambrana S; Gonzales E; Tovi J; Brismar K; Ostenson C-G; Brauner A
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):20735Ozgumus T; Sulaieva O; Jessen LE; Jain R; Falhammar H; Nystrom T; Catrina S-B; Jorneskog G; Groop L; Eliasson M; Eliasson B; Brismar K; Stokowy T; Nilsson PM; Lyssenko V
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2021;18(1):121Rossen J; Larsson K; Hagstromer M; Yngve A; Brismar K; Ainsworth B; Aberg L; Johansson U-B
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2021;12:708421Eklund E; Hellberg A; Berglund B; Brismar K; Hirschberg AL
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS. 2021;10(7):1070Dallner G; Bentinger M; Hussain S; Sinha I; Yang J; Schwank-Xu C; Zheng X; Swiezewska E; Brismar K; Valladolid-Acebes I; Tekle M
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):1191Rossen J; Hagstromer M; Yngve A; Brismar K; Ainsworth B; Johansson U-B
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All other publications
- Letter: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2026;11(7):106572Sandholm N; Cole JB; Nair V; Brennan E; Giardini E; Haukka JK; Ha E; Syreeni A; Dahlstrom EH; Salem RM; Fermin D; Mercader J; Smyth L; Hill C; Mychaleckyj J; McGurnaghan S; Miller RG; Costacou T; Snell-Bergeon J; Paterson AD; Verkauskiene R; Sokolovska J; Panduru NM; Zerbini G; Brismar K; Krolewski AS; Harjutsalo V; Rossing P; Hadjadj S; McKay G; McKnight AJ; Maxwell AP; Susztak K; Godson C; Kretzler M; Hirschhorn JN; Florez JC; Groop P-H
- Review: JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH. 2020;2020:8305460-7Zhang X; Abu Seman N; Falhammar H; Brismar K; Gu HF
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY. 2019;81(6):1425-1426Cederlof M; Curman P; Ahanian T; Leong IUS; Brismar K; Bachar-Wikstrom E; Wikstrom JD
- Editorial: ADIPOCYTE. 2016;5(3):318-325Valladolid-Acebes I; Daraio T; Brismar K; Hokfelt T; Bark C
- Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2016;75:448Levitsky A; Saevarsdottir S; Brismar K; Hambardzumyan K; Lourdudoss C; van Vollenhoven RF
- Review: UGESKRIFT FOR LAEGER. 2016;178(6):V04150291Swartling C; Rystedt A; Brismar K; Naver H; Norman P; Dizdarevic A
- Editorial: ENDOCRINE. 2014;46(2):347-350Sunkari VG; Botusan IR; Savu O; Grunler J; Zheng X; Gustafsson J-A; Brismar K; Catrina S-B
- Review: ACTA DIABETOLOGICA. 2014;51(2):185-192Arnetz L; Dorkhan M; Alvarsson M; Brismar K; Ekberg NR
- Published conference paper: MOLECULAR MEMBRANE BIOLOGY. 2012;29(7):299-308Bentinger M; Tekle M; Dallner G; Brismar K; Gustafsson J-A; Steffensen KR; Catrina S-B
- Review: CURRENT DIABETES REVIEWS. 2012;8(5):336-344Gu HF; Brismar K
- Published conference paper: AMINO ACIDS. 2012;43(1):127-134Ansurudeen I; Sunkari VG; Grunler J; Peters V; Schmitt CP; Catrina S-B; Brismar K; Forsberg EA
- Letter: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;44(1):3-5Hunt KA; Smyth DJ; Balschun T; Ban M; Mistry V; Ahmad T; Anand V; Barrett JC; Bhaw-Rosun L; Bockett NA; Brand OJ; Brouwer E; Concannon P; Cooper JD; Dias K-RM; van Diemen CC; Dubois PC; Edkins S; Foelster-Holst R; Fransen K; Glass DN; Heap GAR; Hofmann S; Huizinga TWJ; Hunt S; Langford C; Lee J; Mansfield J; Marrosu MG; Mathew CG; Mein CA; Mueller-Quernheim J; Nutland S; Onengut-Gumuscu S; Ouwehand W; Pearce K; Prescott NJ; Posthumus MD; Potter S; Rosati G; Sambrook J; Satsangi J; Schreiber S; Shtir C; Simmonds MJ; Sudman M; Thompson SD; Toes R; Trynka G; Vyse TJ; Walker NM; Weidinger S; Zhernakova A; Zoledziewska M; Weersma RK; Gough SCL; Sawcer S; Wijmenga C; Parkes M; Cucca F; Franke A; Deloukas P; Rich SS; Todd JA; van Heel DA
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(47):2428-2432Swartling C; Brismar K; Aquilonius S-M; Naver H; Rystedt A; Rosell K
- Letter: DIABETOLOGIA. 2008;51(12):2333-2334Gu HF; Efendic S; Brismar K
- Letter: DIABETES CARE. 2008;31(2):e6Catrina S-B; Brismar K
- Published conference paper: BIOFACTORS. 2008;32(1-4):99-111Bentinger M; Tekle M; Brismar K; Chojnacki T; Swiezewska E; Dallner G
- Published conference paper: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2008;192(1):117-125Efendic S; Alvarsson M; Brismar K; Wagner H
- Meeting abstract: EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2007;83:S107-S108Rakow A; Kistner A; Brismar K; Norman M; Vanpee M
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Employments
- Professor, Senior, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
- Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-2024
- Professor, Senior, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2016-2020
- Professor, Senior, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-2016
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2004-2012
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 1999-2005
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 1989