Konstantin Svechnikov

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Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2021;162(4):bqab017
Diabetes Type 1 Negatively Influences Leydig Cell Function in Rats, Which is Partially Reversible By Insulin Treatment
Wagner IV; Kloeting N; Savchuk L; Eifler L; Kulle A; Kralisch-Jaecklein S; Doetsch J; Hiort O; Svechnikov K; Soder O
Article: STEROIDS. 2019;149:108417
Steroidogenic potential of human fetal kidney at early gestational age
Savchuk I; Morvan ML; Antignac JP; Kurek M; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: REPRODUCTION, FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT. 2019;31(8):1395-1400
Adipocytokines may delay pubertal maturation of human Sertoli cells
Wagner IV; Yango P; Svechnikov K; Tran ND; Soder O
Article: PLOS BIOLOGY. 2019;17(2):e3000002
Alternative (backdoor) androgen production and masculinization in the human fetus
O'Shaughnessy PJ; Antignac JP; Le Bizec B; Morvan M-L; Svechnikov K; Soder O; Savchuk I; Monteiro A; Soffientini U; Johnston ZC; Bellingham M; Hough D; Walker N; Filis P; Fowler PA
Article: STEROIDS. 2019;141:96-103
Ontogenesis of human fetal testicular steroidogenesis at early gestational age
Savchuk I; Morvan ML; Antignac JP; Kurek M; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2018;477:148-155
The human genital tubercle is steroidogenic organ at early pregnancy
Savchuk I; Morvan ML; Antignac JP; Gemzell-Danielsson K; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: OBESITY. 2018;26(7):1161-1167
Adipose Tissue is a Potential Source of Hyperandrogenism in Obese Female Rats
Wagner IV; Sahlin L; Savchuk I; Kloeting N; Svechnikov K; Soeder O
Article: ENDOCRINE CONNECTIONS. 2017;6(6):348-359
Androgenic potential of human fetal adrenals at the end of the first trimester
Savchuk I; Morvan ML; Antignac JP; Gemzell-Danielsson K; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: MOLECULAR NUTRITION AND FOOD RESEARCH. 2017;61(2)
Resveratrol inhibits steroidogenesis in human fetal adrenocortical cells at the end of first trimester
Savchuk I; Morvan M-L; Soeborg T; Antignac J-P; Gemzell-Danielsson K; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2016;437(C):154-162
Prepubertal onset of obesity negatively impacts on testicular steroidogenesis in rats
Wagner IV; Kloeting N; Atanassova N; Savchuk I; Sproete C; Kiess W; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: HORMONE AND METABOLIC RESEARCH. 2016;48(9):589-594
Insulin-Like Peptide 5 Interacts with Sex Hormones and Metabolic Parameters in a Gender and Adiposity Dependent Manner in Humans
Wagner IV; Flehmig G; Scheuermann K; Loeffler D; Koerner A; Kiess W; Stumvoll M; Dietrich A; Blueher M; Kloeting N; Soeder O; Svechnikov K
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2016;157(6):2461-2468
Leptin Within the Subphysiological to Physiological Range Dose Dependently Improves Male Reproductive Function in an Obesity Mouse Model
Hoffmann A; Manjowk G-M; Wagner IV; Kloeting N; Ebert T; Jessnitzer B; Loessner U; Stukenborg J-B; Blueher M; Stumvoll M; Soder O; Svechnikov K; Fasshauer M; Kralisch S
Article: THE FASEB JOURNAL. 2015;29(8):3274-3286
Leydig cell steroidogenesis unexpectedly escapes mitochondrial dysfunction in prematurely aging mice
Shabalina IG; Landreh L; Edgar D; Hou M; Gibanova N; Atanassova N; Petrovic N; Hultenby K; Soder O; Nedergaard J; Svechnikov K
Article: TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2015;145(1):149-156
Mono-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate Stimulates Androgen Production but Suppresses Mitochondrial Function in Mouse Leydig Cells With Different Steroidogenic Potential
Savchuk I; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM (JCEM). 2014;99(7):E1227-E1235
Human Testicular Peritubular Cells Host Putative Stem Leydig Cells With Steroidogenic Capacity
Landreh L; Spinnler K; Schubert K; Hakkinen MR; Auriola S; Poutanen M; Soeder O; Svechnikov K; Mayerhofer A
Article: MOLECULAR CANCER. 2014;13:155
Bortezomib treatment causes long-term testicular dysfunction in young male mice
Hou M; Eriksson E; Svechnikov K; Jahnukainen K; Soder O; Meinhardt A; Savendahl L
Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2014;5:21
In vitro spermatogenesis - optimal culture conditions for testicular cell survival, germ cell differentiation, and steroidogenesis in rats
Reda A; Hou M; Landreh L; Kjartansdottir KR; Svechnikov K; Soder O; Stukenborg J-B
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2013;372(1-2):96-104
Phenotype and steroidogenic potential peritubular cells
Landreh L; Stukenborg J-B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(8):e71722
Mouse Leydig Cells with Different Androgen Production Potential Are Resistant to Estrogenic Stimuli but Responsive to Bisphenol A Which Attenuates Testosterone Metabolism
Savchuk I; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY. 2011;31(6):589-594
The prenylflavonoid phytoestrogens 8-prenylnaringenin and isoxanthohumol diferentially suppress steroidogenesis in rat Leydig cells in ontogenesis
Izzo G; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: REPRODUCTION. 2011;142(2):319-331
Excessive ovarian production of nerve growth factor elicits granulosa cell apoptosis by setting in motion a tumor necrosis factor α/stathmin-mediated death signaling pathway
Garcia-Rudaz C; Dorfman M; Nagalla S; Svechnikov K; Soder O; Ojeda SR; Dissen GA
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2011;341(1-2):18-24
Steroidogenesis and steroidogenic gene expression in postnatal fetal rat Leydig cells
Weisser J; Landreh L; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY. 2009;29(8):673-680
Effects of resveratrol analogs on steroidogenesis and mitochondrial function in rat Leydig cells in vitro
Svechnikov K; Spatafora C; Svechnikova I; Tringali C; Sodder O
Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2008;25(4):485-490
Inhibitory effects of mono-ethylhexyl phthalate on steroidogenesis in immature and adult rat Leydig cells in vitro
Svechnikov K; Svechnikova I; Soder O
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2008;149(6):2917-2922
Estrogen receptor β selective ligand 5α-androstane-3β, 17β-diol stimulates spermatogonial deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in rat seminiferous epithelium in vitro
Wahlgren A; Svechnikov K; Strand M-L; Jahnukainen K; Parvinen M; Gustafsson J-A; Soder O
Article: BEST PRACTICE AND RESEARCH: CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2008;22(1):95-106
Ontogeny of gonadal sex steroids
Svechnikov K; Soder O
Article: JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2007;194(3):603-609
The influence of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on steroidogenesis by the ovarian granulosa cells of immature female rats
Svechnikova I; Svechnikov K; Soder O
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2007;148(1):128-139
Insulin-like growth factor-I is an important antiapoptotic factor for rat Leydig cells during postnatal development
Colon E; Zaman F; Axelson M; Larsson O; Carlsson-Skwirut C; Svechnikov KV; Soder O
Article: JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2007;192(1):33-39
Stimulation of the pituitary-adrenal axis and of adrenocortical steroidogenesis ex vivo by administration of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate to prepubertal male rats
Supornsilchai V; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2006;22(4):631-635
Sesquiterpene lactone helenalin suppresses Leydig and adrenocortical cell steroidogenesis by inhibiting expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
Supornsilchai V; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. 2006;208(2):373-385
Anti-apoptotic factor humanin is expressed in the testis and prevents cell-death in Leydig cells during the first wave of spermatogenesis
Colon E; Strand M-L; Carlsson-Skwirut C; Wahlgren A; Svechnikov KV; Cohen P; Soder O
Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2006;36(2):327-336
Induction of steroidogenesis in immature rat Leydig cells by interleukin-1α is dependent on extracellular signal-regulated kinases
Renlund N; Jo Y; Svechnikova I; Holst M; Stocco DM; Söder O; Svechnikov K
Article: CYTOKINE. 2005;32(1):51-59
The p38 MAPK pathway mediates interleukin-1-induced Sertoli cell proliferation
Petersen C; Svechnikov K; Fröysa B; Söder O
Article: JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2005;187(1):117-124
Influence of long-term dietary administration of procymidone, a fungicide with anti-androgenic effects, or the phytoestrogen genistein to rats on the pituitary-gonadal axis and Leydig cell steroidogenesis
Svechnikov K; Supornsilchai V; Strand ML; Wahlgren A; Seidlova-Wuttke D; Wuttke W; Söder O
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2005;240(1-2):64-73
Interleukin-18 is expressed in rat testis and may promote germ cell growth
Strand ML; Wahlgren A; Svechnikov K; Zetterström C; Setchell BP; Söder O
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2005;146(6):2519-2530
The liver X receptor-β is essential for maintaining cholesterol homeostasis in the testis
Robertson KM; Schuster GU; Steffensen KR; Hovatta O; Meaney S; Hultenby K; Johansson LC; Svechnikov K; Söder O; Gustafsson J
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2005;57(6):896-901
Single subcutaneous administration of chorionic gonadotropin to rats induces a rapid and transient increase in testicular expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines
Assmus M; Svechnikov K; Von Euler M; Setchell B; Sultana T; Zetterström C; Holst M; Kiess W; Söder O
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2005;146(1):221-230
Stimulation of steroidogenesis in immature rat Leydig cells evoked by interleukin-1α is potentiated by growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors
Colón E; Svechnikov KV; Carlsson-Skwirut C; Bang P; Soder O
Article: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2005;64(6):280-286
Phytoestrogen resveratrol suppresses steroidogenesis by rat adrenocortical cells by inhibiting cytochrome P450 c21-hydroxylase
Supornsilchai V; Svechnikov K; Seidlova-Wuttke D; Wuttke W; Söder O
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2004;145(10):4629-4634
Extracellular signal-regulated kinases are involved in the acute activation of steroidogenesis in immature rat Leydig cells by human chorionic gonadotropin
Martinelle N; Holst M; Söder O; Svechnikov K
Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2001;61(17):6423-6427
Amifostine protects against early but not late toxic effects of doxorubicin in infant rats
Jahnukainen K; Jahnukainen T; Salmi TT; Svechnikov K; Eksborg S; Söder O
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2001;182(2):193-201
Age-dependent stimulation of Leydig cell steroidogenesis by interleukin-1 isoforms
Svechnikov KV; Sultana T; Söder O
Article: CYTOKINE. 2001;14(5):283-288
Endotoxin-induced interleukin 1 expression in testicular macrophages is accompanied by downregulation of the constitutive expression in Sertoli cells
Jonsson CK; Setchell BP; Martinelle N; Svechnikov K; Söder O
Article: JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2000;75(4-5):329-333
Androgen and estrogen stimulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity in mouse kidney
Svechnikov K; Ritzén EM; Holst M
Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2000;141(12):4413-4418
Molecular cloning and expression of a functionally different alternative splice variant of prointerleukin-1α from the rat testis
Sultana T; Svechnikov K; Weber G; Söder O
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Preprint: BIORXIV. 2018
Alternative (backdoor) androgen production and masculinization in the human fetus
O’Shaughnessy PJ; Antignac JP; Le Bizec B; Morvan M-L; Svechnikov K; Söder O; Savchuk I; Monteiro A; Soffientini U; Johnston ZC; Bellingham M; Hough D; Bhattacharya S; Walker N; Filis P; Fowler PA
Conference publication: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2018;90:570
The Human Genital Tubercle Is Steroidogenic Organ at Earlypregnancy
Savchuk I; Morvan M-L; Antignac JP; Gemzell-Danielsson K; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Conference publication: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2016;86:82
Adipose Tissue - A Source of Hyperandrogenism in Obese Females?
Wagner IV; Sahlin L; Savchuk I; Svechnikov K; Soeder O
Conference publication: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2016;86:80
Adipocytokines Delay Pubertal Maturation of Human Sertoli Cells
Wagner IV; Yango P; Svechnikov K; Tran ND; Soder O
Conference publication: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2016;86:29
Steroidogenesis in the Human Fetal Adrenals at the End of the First Trimester
Savchuk I; Morvan ML; Soeborg T; Antignac JP; Danielsson KG; Le Bizec B; Soder O; Svechnikov K
Review: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2016;86(4):253-263
Phthalates Exert Multiple Effects on Leydig Cell Steroidogenesis
Svechnikov K; Savchuk I; Morvan M-L; Antignac J-P; Le Bizec B; Soder O
Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2015;58:S308
Dose-dependent stimulatory effect of leptin on Leydig cell steroidogenesis in leptin-deficient obese mice
Kralisch-Jaecklein S; Wagner IV; Manjowk GM; Hoffmann A; Kloeting N; Ebert T; Jessnitzer B; Loessner U; Burkhardt R; Stumvoll M; Soeder O; Svechnikov K; Fasshauer M
Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2015;58:S572
Insulin-like factor 5: a novel orexigenic hormone in humans is dys-regulated in obesity
Wagner IV; Flehmig G; Scheuermann K; Loeffler D; Koerner A; Kiess W; Stumvoll M; Dietrich A; Blueher M; Kloeting N; Soeder O; Svechnikov K
Review: ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY. 2014;16(1):50-59
Similar causes of various reproductive disorders in early life
Svechnikov K; Stukenborg J-B; Savchuck I; Soder O
Book chapter: HORMONE-DISRUPTIVE CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN FOOD. 2011;p. 26-43
Chapter 3
Svechnikov K; Söder O
Review: JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2010;2010:684504-10
Endocrine Disruptors and Leydig Cell Function
Svechnikov K; Izzo G; Landreh L; Weisser J; Soder O
Review: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2010;73(2):93-101
Origin, Development and Regulation of Human Leydig Cells
Svechnikov K; Landreh L; Weisser J; Izzo G; Colon E; Svechnikova I; Soder O
Conference publication: REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. 2009;16(3):72A
Effect of Mono-(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate on Progesterone and Estradiol Production by Rat Ovarian Granulosa Cells In Vitro.
Svechnikova I; Svechnikov K; Seder O
Conference publication: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2009;72:449
The protein kinase A pathway is involved in early Leydig cell differentiation
Landreh L; Svechnikov K; Soeder O
Review: ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY. 2004;6(2):149-153
Molecular identity, expression and functional analysis of interleukin-1α and its isoforms in rat testis
Sultana T; Svechnikov KV; Gustafsson K; Wahlgren A; Tham E; Weber G; Söder O
Review: CURRENT DRUG TARGETS: IMMUNE, ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISORDERS. 2004;4(1):67-74
The paracrine role played by interleukin-1 alpha in the testis.
Svechnikov K; Petersen C; Sultana T; Wahlgren A; Zetterström C; Colón E; Bornestaf C; Söder O
Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2003;30(1):59-67
Interleukin-1α stimulates steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression via p38 MAP kinase in immature rat Leydig cells
Svechnikov K; Stocco DM; Söder O

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025

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