Klas Wiman
Professor | Docent
E-mail: klas.wiman@ki.se
Visiting address: BioClinicum, J6:10, Akademiska stråket 1, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Wiman, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am Professor of Molecular Cell and Tumor Biology at Karolinska Institutet since 1999. My main research interest is cancer and novel cancer therapy. For more than three decades, I have studied the tumor suppressor gene TP53. I was coordinator of an EU Integrated project (Mutp53) with 23 partners and a budget of 8 M Euros 2004-2009, and have co-edited two books on p53 (Springer 2005 and 2012). I have also co-founded the company Aprea Therapeutics with colleagues with the aim of developing novel p53-targeted anti-cancer drugs. More recently, my research has been supported by an ERC Advanced Grant.
Research
- My laboratory performs research on p53 and the p53 tumor suppressor pathway, the p53 target gene Zmat3 (Wig-1), and therapeutic reactivation of mutant p53. We have identified the molecule APR-246 that can trigger apoptosis in TP53 mutant tumor cells and inhibit tumor growth in vivo in mice. It targets the cellular redox balance as well. APR-246 has been tested in several clinical trials in patients with MDS/AML. We are exploring the use of APR-246 for cancer prevention. We are also working on novel strategies for pharmacological induction of translational readthrough for reactivation of nonsense mutant TP53 in tumors.
Selected publications
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2022;13(11):997
- Article: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2021;13(2):e10852
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS CANCER. 2018;18(2):89-102
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2012;30(29):3633-3639
- Article: CANCER CELL. 2009;15(5):376-388
- Review: CANCER CELL. 2007;12(4):303-312
Articles
- Article: RNA BIOLOGY. 2023;20(1):368-383
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(11):e0292468
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2022;13(3):214
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2021;12(7):709
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2021;28(5):1477-1492
- Article: CELL DEATH DISCOVERY. 2020;6(1):42
- Article: CLINICAL GENETICS. 2019;96(3):216-225
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY. 2018;11(6):1343-1349
- Article: CELL CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. 2018;25(10):1219-1230.e3
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):12671
- Article: BLOOD. 2018;131(24):2670-2681
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2018;9(5):439
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2017;8(6):e2848
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2017;281(5):483-495
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2017;8:14844
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2017;7:323
- Article: JOURNAL OF OVARIAN RESEARCH. 2016;9(1):27
- Article: CELL CYCLE. 2016;15(9):1267-1275
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(2):1895-1911
- Article: GUT. 2015;64(10):1506-1516
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2015;6(6):e1794
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2014;33(35):4407-4417
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(11):e111125
- Article: GENES & DEVELOPMENT. 2014;28(1):58-70
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2013;4(10):e881
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2013;110(6):2152-2156
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2013;110(6):2157-2162
- Article: CELL CYCLE. 2012;11(24):4563-4569
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2012;3(4):e298
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2010;29(49):6442-6451
- Article: PLOS BIOLOGY. 2010;8(11):e1000521
- Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 2010;31(8):1475-1482
- Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 2010;31(6):1045-1053
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2010;396(1):85-89
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2010;29(9):1329-1338
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2009;106(37):15756-15761
- Article: LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA. 2009;50(9):1512-1518
- Article: CELL CYCLE. 2009;8(16):2509-2517
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER. 2009;8:23
- Article: MOLECULAR CELL. 2009;33(4):462-471
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2008;27(35):4854-4859
- Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 2008;29(7):1428-1434
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 2008;582(15):2173-2177
- Article: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2008;2(1):70-80
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2008;141(4):445-453
- Article: RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. 2008;86(3):407-411
- Article: CELLULAR ONCOLOGY (DORDRECHT). 2008;30(5):411-418
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2007;104(13):5401-5406
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2007;14(3):411-421
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2007;26(7):982-992
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 2006;580(18):4401-4408
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2006;13(6):921-926
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2006;132(2):230-236
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2005;280(34):30384-30391
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2005;24(21):3484-3491
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2005;24(8):1320-1327
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. 2004;127(3):285-291
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY. 2004;24(6):1559-1564
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2003;100(23):13303-13307
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2003;39(13):1828-1834
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2003;22(32):4993-5005
- Article: ANNALS OF MEDICINE. 2003;35(7):458-465
- Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 2002;23(12):2011-2018
- Article: SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY. 2002;12(5):381-387
- Article: INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUGS. 2002;20(3):253-259
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 2002;524(1-3):69-72
- Article: CANCER LETTERS. 2002;180(2):211-221
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (NAR). 2002;30(9):1991-1996
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2002;21(14):2119-2129
- Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 2002;8(3):282-288
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2001;20(39):5466-5474
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2001;20(17):2171-2177
- Article: BRAIN PATHOLOGY. 2001;11(2):159-168
- Article: APOPTOSIS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH. 2001;6(1-2):133-137
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2000;19(45):5123-5133
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2000;60(18):5278-5283
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2000;256(2):400-410
- Article: GENE. 2000;246(1-2):247-254
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 2000;11(1):31-39
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 1999;265(1):1-6
- Article: ANTICANCER RESEARCH. 1999;19(4B):2939-2943
- Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY. 1999;19(5):3395-3402
- Article: ONCOGENE. 1998;17(18):2333-2337
- Article: BLOOD. 1998;91(5):1680-1687
- Article: SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY. 1998;8(5):369-378
- Article: ONCOGENE. 1997;15(22):2699-2704
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY. 1997;11(1):97-104
- Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 1997;3(6):632-638
- Article: JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 1997;78:893-903
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 1997;8(2):121-131
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 1996;7(12):1723-1732
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (NAR). 1996;24(18):3560-3567
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 1996;67(1):106-112
- Article: ONCOGENE. 1996;12(12):2731-2735
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 1996;66(3):322-325
- Article: BLOOD. 1996;87(8):3360-3367
- Article: CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY. 1995;7(6):835-842
- Article: ONCOGENE. 1995;11(10):1963-1969
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY. 1995;7(5):1123-1128
- Article: JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 1995;76:2423-2432
- Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 1995;16(10):2515-2521
- Article: ONCOGENE. 1995;11(6):1027-1031
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PART B: ORAL ONCOLOGY. 1995;31B(5):328-332
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 1995;6(9):1071-1075
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 1995;61(5):683-691
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (NAR). 1995;23(3):362-369
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY. 1995;6(1):27-29
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All other publications
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2024;21(2):106-120
- Corrigendum: ONCOGENE. 2023;42(9):709
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2022;13(8):672
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2019;10(10):769
- Review: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY. 2019;11(4):330-341
- Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2017;281(5):418-421
- Review: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2016;6:21
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2015;22(8):1239-1249
- Review: FEBS LETTERS. 2014;588(16):2622-2627
- Editorial comment: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2013;20(11):1438-1439
- Editorial comment: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2012;19(1):180-183
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2011;18(9):1434-1440
- Review: ONCOGENE. 2010;29(30):4245-4252
- Review: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2010;88(7):645-652
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET ONCOLOGY. 2009;10(9):913-919
- Review: CANCER LETTERS. 2009;276(1):1-7
- Review: ONCOGENE. 2007;26(15):2243-2254
- Review: ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH. 2007;97:321-338
- Review: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY. 1998;15(4):222-228
- Review: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 1997;237(1):14-18
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1997;94(38):3268-3272
- Editorial comment: NATURE MEDICINE. 1997;3(8):839-840
- Other: GENE. 1995;162(2):231-234
- Other: ONCOGENE. 1995;10(9):1869-1874
- Review: ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH. 1995;66:143-180
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Employments
- Professor, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 1999-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 1987