Klas Blomgren
About me
I am Professor of Paediatrics at Karolinska Institutet since 2011.
I am a paediatric oncologist with a special interest in brain tumours.Between 2016 and 2024 I was Vice Head of the Department of Women's and Children's Health.
Education
2007-2012 – Senior researcher, Childhood Cancer Foundation, 50 %
2001-2006 – Resident of paediatrics (Queen Silvia Paediatric Hospital, Gothenburg)
2001-2004 – Researcher, 50 %, “Translational Research”, Childhood Cancer Foundation
1997-2001 – Researcher, 100 %, Swedish Research Council, University of Gothenburg
1995-1997 – Internship to earn a license to practise medicine (Alingsås, Borås, Lerum)
1994-1995 – Postdoctoral research at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (7 months)
1994 – Doctoral degree (Ph.D.), University of Gothenburg
1992 – Research visit at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (3 months)
1985-1990 – Medical school, University of Gothenburg
Academic honours, awards and prizes
2018 – NOPHO lecturer of the year (Nordic Organisation of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology)
2011 – Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Gothenburg
2011 – Ranked as number 3 of 104 applicants to one of 4 announced positions as Senior Researcher at the University of Gothenburg
2010 – Awarded the Yellow River Friendship Award, the highest award in the Henan province to a non-Chinese who has contributed significantly to the development of the province
2008 – Adjunct Professor of Paediatrics, University of Gothenburg
2005 – Ranked as number 1 of the 7 applicants invited to be interviewed and lecture at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, for the position as Professor of Experimental Neonatology
2003 – The Eric K Fernström Prize for young, particularly promising and successful researchers
2003 – Honorary Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Zhengzhou, China
2002 – Associate Professor of Physiology, University of Gothenburg
Research
My research is focused on injury and repair in the young, still developing brain and we have found that the young, still growing brain reacts very differently to injury compared with an adult brain. Our aim is to minimise the effects of the injury and promote mechanisms of repair.
We focus primarily on the type of injuries inflicted by ionizing radiation to the young brain, as used in the treatment of malignant diseases.
Articles
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXTRACELLULAR BIOLOGY. 2024;3(9):1-16
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2024;123:57-63
- Article: HELIYON. 2024;10(16):e35838
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2024;119:286-300
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2024;27(4):109346
- Article: ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA. 2023;147(1):2
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;13(1):258
- Article: AUTOPHAGY. 2023;19(7):1952-1981
- Article: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. 2023;32(7):1067-1075
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2023;26(6):1008-1020
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2023;12(6):7459-7469
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2023;14(3):173
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2023;13:1202200
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2022;59(11):6613-6631
- Article: NURSING OPEN. 2022;9(4):2108-2116
- Article: STEM CELL REPORTS. 2022;17(5):1089-1104
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2022;19(1):20
- Article: CANCERS. 2021;13(13):3277
- Article: CELL DEATH DISCOVERY. 2021;7(1):46
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY. 2021;85(1):e13325
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(1):322-340
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2020;21(22):E8603-8603
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;18(10):1522-1533
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2020;21(18):E6824-6824
- Article: GLIA. 2020;68(7):1466-1478
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2020;31(9):107699
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2020;57(5):2194-2205
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2020;17(1):111
- Article: PEDIATRIC BLOOD AND CANCER. 2020;67(2):e28014
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2020;11(1):77
- Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2020;4(1):e000619
- Article: NURSING ETHICS. 2019;26(7-8):2351-2363
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):12320
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2019;58(7):1015-1020
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;405:92-102
- Article: PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING. 2019;102(4):656-662
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13:241
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2018;10(1):3
- Article: PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING. 2018;101(9):1661-1668
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2018;384:314-328
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY. 2018;94(3):259-271
- Article: NURSING ETHICS. 2018;25(2):199-211
- Article: ONCOIMMUNOLOGY. 2018;7(2):e1382790
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2018;9:738
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2018;9:715
- Article: FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2018;11:425
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY - GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY. 2017;313(5):G456-G466
- Article: RADIATION RESEARCH. 2017;188(4):443-454
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY. 2017;93(8):771-783
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY PRACTICE. 2017;4(2):98-110
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2017;8(21):34111-34127
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2017;8(5):e2781
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:46181
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2017;8(3):e2694
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:40726
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(50):82305-82323
- Article: NURSING ETHICS. 2016;23(8):877-888
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;17(11):1282-1290
- Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2016;38(20-21):2073-2084
- Article: NURSING ETHICS. 2016;23(4):421-431
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(22):31708-31722
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(15):19382-19394
- Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSING. 2016;33(2):137-145
- Article: AUTOPHAGY. 2016;12(2):410-423
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(3):2239-2248
- Article: TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2016;149(1):121-133
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2015;6(35):37083-37097
- Article: MOLECULAR CELL. 2015;58(6):1001-1014
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2015;10(9):1626-1638
- Article: CANCER NURSING. 2015;38(2):125-132
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2015;54(2):275-279
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;37(3):263-272
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;37(2):95-104
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2014;53(9):1143-1150
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY. 2014;90(9):807-815
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY. 2014;90(9):778-789
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2014;11:100
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. 2014;253:154-164
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e107192
- Article: CELL TRANSPLANTATION. 2014;23(12):1657-1671
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;36(1):64-72
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2013;4(12):e962
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2013;4(10):e897
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. 2013;247:402-409
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA. 2013;111(2):143-151
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2013;33(6):935-943
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2013;4(4):e591
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL STROKE RESEARCH. 2013;4(2):201-207
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;35(5):406-415
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;36(6):2763-2772
- Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;51(1-2):32-42
- Article: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. 2012;61(3):291-301
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2012;14(7):882-889
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2012;46(3):745-758
- Article: MOLECULAR NEURODEGENERATION. 2012;7:17
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2012;9:70
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2012;110(5):727-738
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2011;31(10):2106-2115
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2011;499(1):1-3
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2011;2(4):e149
- Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;46(4):710-719
- Article: RADIATION RESEARCH. 2011;175(3):336-346
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2011;404(1):291-296
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2010;1(10):e84
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2010;1(7):e56
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2010;17(7):1155-1166
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2010;24(5):822-830
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2010;30(5):1017-1030
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2010;201(4):781-787
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2010;30(2):323-335
- Article: GROWTH HORMONE AND IGF RESEARCH. 2010;20(1):49-54
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2009;111(6):1447-1456
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;30(6):958-966
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2009;124(2):e218-e226
- Article: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH. 2009;154(1):30-37
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2009;34(2):366-374
- Article: STEM CELLS. 2009;27(3):634-641
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;29(8):2588-2596
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2009;29(2):342-354
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY. 2009;206(1-2):70-75
- Article: RADIATION RESEARCH. 2009;171(1):66-76
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2008;173(6):1795-1805
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2008;105(38):14632-14637
- Article: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 2008;10(6):676-687
- Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2008;149(5):2191-2199
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2008;28(6):1490-1497
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2007;364(1):138-144
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2007;26(12):3402-3410
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2007;103(3):1121-1131
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE (JEM). 2007;204(8):1741-1748
- Article: SURGERY. 2007;141(5):667-677
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2007;14(4):775-784
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2007;27(4):785-794
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2006;23(10):2611-2622
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2006;21(3):478-486
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2006;96(4):1016-1027
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2006;23(2):387-393
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;25(44):10262-10272
- Article: MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2005;11(5-6):351-355
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;21(6):1489-1502
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2005;92(3):569-584
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2005;12(2):162-176
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY. 2004;52(6):362-369
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2004;11(11):1166-1178
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2004;91(4):900-910
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2004;90(2):462-471
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2004;16(1):179-189
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2004;24(4):458-466
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2004;92(3):881-886
- Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2004;996(1):67-75
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2003;14(3):513-523
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2003;54(4):516-522
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2003;86(5):1223-1232
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2003;86(2):351-362
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2003;86(2):306-317
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2002;16(8):1463-1471
- Article: STROKE. 2002;33(9):2304-2310
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2002;22(14):5910-5919
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2002;22(4):420-430
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2002;115(4):1177-1187
- Article: BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2001;382(5):831-838
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2001;276(13):10191-10198
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2001;13(6):1101-1106
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2000;125(1-2):43-50
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2000;125(1-2):31-41
- Article: NEUROREPORT. 2000;11(13):2833-2836
- Article: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 2000;20(9):1294-1300
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2000;75(2):819-829
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 1999;274(20):14046-14052
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 1999;45(4):500-509
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 1995;16(6):901-906
- Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 1995;684(2):143-149
- Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 1995;684(2):136-142
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All other publications
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2023;30(5):1097-1154
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2023;14(3):203
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS NEUROLOGY. 2021;17(4):243-259
- Review: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2021;18(1):74
- Review: AUTOPHAGY. 2021;17(1):1-382
- Review: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2020;154(4):354-371
- Letter: ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS. 2019;7(1):87
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2018;25(3):486-541
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;17(8):467-484
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2015;22(1):58-73
- Review: PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY. 2013;106:1-16
- Editorial comment: TRANSLATIONAL STROKE RESEARCH. 2013;4(2):135-136
- Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;33(6):1115-1122
- Letter: THE LANCET. 2010;375(9732):2142
- Review: TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES. 2010;35(5):278-287
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2009;16(8):1093-1107
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;10(7):481-494
- Meeting abstract: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2009;65:S54
- Meeting abstract: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2008;26(8):865-866
- Editorial comment: PLOS BIOLOGY. 2007;5(7):e206-1411
- Review: APOPTOSIS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH. 2007;12(5):993-1010
- Published conference paper: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2007;29(4-5):403-411
- Published conference paper: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. 2006;38(6):1775-1778
- Review: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2006;40(3):388-397
- Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2005;95(6):1802
- Review: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2005;94(6):1604-1619
- Published conference paper: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. 2005;37(4):1931-1933
- Review: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2003;304(3):551-559
- Published conference paper: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2002;24(5):396-404
- Published conference paper: NEONATOLOGY. 2001;79(3-4):172-179
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 1999;890:270-271
- Published conference paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 1997;825:104-119
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Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2011-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Göteborgs universitet, 2002