Liv Eidsmo
About me
Professor of Dermatology and Venereolog, and group leader at the Department of Medicine, Solna at Karolinska Institutet. Practicing clinician at Department of Dermatology at Karolinska University Hospital.
Graduated from medical school 1999 and defended my PhD in Immunobiology at Karolinska Instituet 2006. Postdoc in Frank Carbone's laboratory at Melbourne University in Australia 2007-09. Returned to Sweden to startup my own lab at CMM in parallell to starting my recidency in Dermatology at Karolinska University Hospital in 2010. 2014-2019 Ragnar Söderberg Fellowship and 2016-2019 Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Clinical Research Fellow. 2021-24 Executive Director and Professor in Translational Skin Immunology at the Leo Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Research
The human skin forms a barrier to the external environment that is constantly exposed to colonizing microbiota, invasive pathogens, and allergens. The skin barrier is maintained by immune cells, but these cells are also implicated in common inflammatory diseases. In healthy skin, we have defined functionally distinct subsets of tissue resient memory T (Trm) cells based on their expression of the integrin CD49a, and we have characterised pathogenic Trm cells in vitiligo and psoriasis.
Current studies in my laboratory aims to understand how human Trm cells are formed and how these cells impact on their immediate environment. Ultimately, we want to normalise the Trm cell compartment in diseased skin.
Articles
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY. 2025;92(4):761-772Kjærsgaard Andersen R; Stefansdottir L; Riis PT; Halldorsson G; Ferkingstad E; Oddsson A; Walters B; Olafsdottir TA; Rutsdottir G; Zachariae C; Thomsen SF; Brodersen T; Dinh KM; Knowlton KU; Knight S; Nadauld LD; Banasik K; Brunak S; Hansen TF; Hjalgrim H; Sørensen E; Mikkelsen C; Ullum H; Nyegaard M; Bruun MT; Erikstrup C; Ostrowski SR; Eidsmo L; Saunte DML; Sigurgeirsson B; Orvar KB; Saemundsdottir J; Melsted P; Norddahl GL; Sulem P; Stefansson H; Holm H; Gudbjartsson D; Thorleifsson G; Jonsdottir I; Pedersen OBV; Jemec GBE; Stefansson K
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;55(2)Hausmann A; Sandu I; Bechara R; Eidsmo L; Liston A; Naik S; Scott CL; Villa M; Villablanca E; Munoz-Wolf N
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY. 2024;49(8):793-800Lebwohl M; Iversen L; Eidsmo L; Krueger JG; Suarez-Farinas M; Tomalin L; Kolbinger F; You R; Milutinovic M
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2024;25(11):6086Emmanuel T; Ignatov B; Bertelsen T; Litman T; Nielsen MM; Brent MB; Touborg T; Ronsholdt AB; Petersen A; Boye M; Kaaber I; Sortebech D; Lybaek D; Steiniche T; Bregnhoj A; Eidsmo L; Iversen L; Johansen C
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 2024;190(6):904-914Kjaersgaard Andersen R; Pedersen O; Eidsmo L; Jemec G; Saunte D
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;54(1):e2350658Pokharel J; Shryki I; Zwijnenburg AJ; Sandu I; Krumm L; Bekiari C; Avramov V; Heinback R; Lysell J; Eidsmo L; Harris HE; Gerlach C
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;99(1):e13326Ignatov B; Sortebech D; Emmanuel T; Zhuravleva E; Eidsmo L
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;14:1168684Scheffschick A; Nenonen J; Xiang M; Winther AH; Ehrstrom M; Wahren-Herlenius M; Eidsmo L; Brauner H
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2023;56(8):1955-1974.e10Zwijnenburg AJ; Pokharel J; Varnait R; Zheng W; Hoffer E; Shryki I; Comet NR; Ehrstrom M; Gredmark-Russ S; Eidsmo L; Gerlach C
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2023;56(6):1285-1302.e7Zitti B; Hoffer E; Zheng W; Pandey RV; Schlums H; Casoni GP; Fusi I; Nguyen L; Karner J; Kokkinou E; Carrasco A; Gahm J; Ehrstrom M; Happaniemi S; Keita AV; Hedin CRH; Mjosberg J; Eidsmo L; Bryceson YT
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. 2023;37(5):1004-1016Iversen L; Conrad C; Eidsmo L; Costanzo A; Narbutt J; Pinter A; Kingo K; Rivera Diaz R; Kolbinger F; Nanna M; Frueh JA; Jagiello P
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2022;142(3 PT A):705-716Li D; Cheng S; Pei Y; Sommar P; Karner J; Herter EK; Toma MA; Zhang L; Pham K; Cheung YT; Liu Z; Chen X; Eidsmo L; Deng Q; Landen NX
- Article: MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;15(2):257-267Classon CH; Li M; Clavero AL; Ma J; Feng X; Tibbitt CA; Stark JM; Cardoso R; Ringqvist E; Boon L; Villablanca EJ; Rothfuchs AG; Eidsmo L; Coquet JM; Nylen S
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2022;142(2):333-342.e6Padhi A; Srivastava A; Ramesh A; Ehrstrom M; Simon M; Sonkoly E; Eidsmo L; Bergman P; Lysell J
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2021;118(51):e2100687118Landegren N; Ishii N; Aranda-Guillén M; Gunnarsson HI; Sardh F; Hallgren Å; Ståhle M; Hagforsen E; Bradley M; Edqvist P-HD; Pontén F; Mäkitie O; Eidsmo L; Norlén L; Achour A; Dahlbom I; Korponay-Szabó I; Agardh D; Alimohammadi M; Eriksson D; Hashimoto T; Kämpe O
- Article: ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES. 2021;6(7):2001307Ziesmer J; Tajpara P; Hempel N-J; Ehrstrom M; Melican K; Eidsmo L; Sotiriou GA
- Article: JAMA DERMATOLOGY. 2021;157(6):1-8Svedbom A; Mallbris L; Larsson P; Nikamo P; Wolk K; Kjellman P; Sonkoly E; Eidsmo L; Lindqvist U; Stahle M
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2021;4(1):13Koguchi-Yoshioka H; Hoffer E; Cheuk S; Matsumura Y; Vo S; Kjellman P; Grema L; Ishitsuka Y; Nakamura Y; Okiyama N; Fujisawa Y; Fujimoto M; Eidsmo L; Clark RA; Watanabe R
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2019;29(5):1074-1081.e5Schulz A; Jiang L; de Vor L; Ehrstrom M; Wermeling F; Eidsmo L; Melican K
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;143(4):1444-1454Serezal IG; Hoffer E; Ignatov B; Martini E; Zitti B; Ehrstrom M; Eidsmo L
- Article: PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;41(4):e12618Classon C; Feng X; Eidsmo L; Nylen S
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. 2018;32(11):1930-1939Iversen L; Eidsmo L; Austad J; de Rie M; Osmancevic A; Skov L; Talme T; Bachmann I; van de Kerkhof P; Stahle M; Banerjee R; Oliver J; Fasth AER; Frueh J
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2018;138(8):1754-1763Serezal IG; Classon C; Cheuk S; Barrientos-Somarribas M; Wadman E; Martini E; Chang D; Landen NX; Ehrstrom M; Nylen S; Eidsmo L
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;218(3):453-465Gibbs A; Buggert M; Edfeldt G; Ranefall P; Introini A; Cheuk S; Martini E; Eidsmo L; Ball TB; Kimani J; Kaul R; Karlsson AC; Wahlby C; Broliden K; Tjernlund A
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2017;137(12):2630-2638Li X; Li D; Wang A; Chu T; Lohcharoenkal W; Zheng X; Grunler J; Narayanan S; Eliasson S; Herter EK; Wang Y; Ma Y; Ehrstrom M; Eidsmo L; Kasper M; Pivarcsi A; Sonkoly E; Catrina S-B; Stahle M; Landen NX
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2017;137(4):865-873Martini E; Wiken M; Cheuk S; Serezal IG; Baharom F; Stahle M; Smed-Sorensen A; Eidsmo L
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:43989Nasi A; Bollampalli VP; Sun M; Chen Y; Amu S; Nylen S; Eidsmo L; Rothfuchs AG; Rethi B
- Article: IMMUNITY. 2017;46(2):287-300Cheuk S; Schlums H; Serezal IG; Martini E; Chiang SC; Marquardt N; Gibbs A; Detlofsson E; Introini A; Forkel M; Hoog C; Tjernlund A; Michaelsson J; Folkersen L; Mjosberg J; Blomqvist L; Ehrstrom M; Stahle M; Bryceson YT; Eidsmo L
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;197(8):3069-3075Marquardt N; Ivarsson MA; Sundstrom E; Akesson E; Martini E; Eidsmo L; Mjosberg J; Friberg D; Kublickas M; Ek S; Tegerstedt G; Seiger A; Westgren M; Michaelsson J
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2016;7:12175Baptista MAP; Keszei M; Oliveira M; Sunahara KKS; Andersson J; Dahlberg CIM; Worth AJ; Lieden A; Kuo I-C; Wallin RPA; Snapper SB; Eidsmo L; Scheynius A; Karlsson MCI; Bouma G; Burns SO; Forsell MNE; Thrasher AJ; Nylen S; Westerberg LS
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2014;134(9):2351-2360Teunissen MBM; Munneke JM; Bernink JH; Spuls PI; Res PCM; te Velde A; Cheuk S; Brouwer MWD; Menting SP; Eidsmo L; Spits H; Hazenberg MD; Mjosberg J
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2014;134(6):1535-1541Nikamo P; Cheuk S; Lysell J; Enerback C; Bergh K; Landen NX; Eidsmo L; Stahle M
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;192(7):3111-3120Cheuk S; Wiken M; Blomqvist L; Nylen S; Talme T; Stahle M; Eidsmo L
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2012;226(5):806-813Eidsmo L; Stock AT; Heath WR; Bedoui S; Carbone FR
- Article: PARASITOLOGY. 2011;138(14):1898-1909Lieke T; Nylen S; Eidsmo L; Schmetz C; Berg L; Akuffo H
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2011;131(7):1521-1529Xu N; Brodin P; Wei T; Meisgen F; Eidsmo L; Nagy N; Kemeny L; Stahle M; Sonkoly E; Pivarcsi A
- Article: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 2010;4(10):e844Tasew G; Nylen S; Lieke T; Lemu B; Meless H; Ruffin N; Wolday D; Asseffa A; Yagita H; Britton S; Akuffo H; Chiodi F; Eidsmo L
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;126(3):581-9.e1-20-U306Sonkoly E; Janson P; Majuri M-L; Savinko T; Fyhrquist N; Eidsmo L; Xu N; Meisgen F; Wei T; Bradley M; Stenvang J; Kauppinen S; Alenius H; Lauerma A; Homey B; Winqvist O; Stahle M; Pivarcsi A
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2009;2:2046Tasew G; Kebede A; Wolday D; Gadisa E; Britton S; Eidsmo L; Akuffo H
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2009;182(12):7587-7594Lahoud MH; Proietto AI; Ahmet F; Kitsoulis S; Eidsmo L; Wu L; Sathe P; Pietersz S; Chang H-W; Walker ID; Maraskovsky E; Braley H; Lew AM; Wright MD; Heath WR; Shortman K; Caminschi I
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2009;10(5):488-495Bedoui S; Whitney PG; Waithman J; Eidsmo L; Wakim L; Caminschi I; Allan RS; Wojtasiak M; Shortman K; Carbone FR; Brooks AG; Heath WR
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2009;10(5):524-530Gebhardt T; Wakim LM; Eidsmo L; Reading PC; Heath WR; Carbone FR
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2009;182(5):3165-3172Eidsmo L; Allan R; Caminschi I; van Rooijen N; Heath WR; Carbone FR
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;153(2):221-230Lieke T; Nylen S; Eidsmo L; McMaster WR; Mohammadi AM; Khamesipour A; Berg L; Akuffo H
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2007;204(4):805-817Nylen S; Maurya R; Eidsmo L; Das Manandhar K; Sundar S; Sacks D
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;178(8):5340-5350Fluur C; De Milito A; Fry TJ; Vivar N; Eidsmo L; Atlas A; Federici C; Matarrese P; Logozzi M; Rajnavolgyi E; Mackall CL; Fais S; Chiodi F; Rethi B
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2007;170(1):227-239Eidsmo L; Fluur C; Rethi B; Ygberg SE; Ruffin N; De Milito A; Akuffo H; Chiodi F
- Article: VACCINE. 2006;24(47-48):6944-6954Nylen S; Khamesipour A; Mohammadi A; Jafari-Shakib R; Eidsmo L; Noazin S; Modabber F; Akuffo H
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2005;166(4):1099-1108Eidsmo L; Nylen S; Khamesipour A; Hedblad MA; Chiodi F; Akuffo H
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2002;130(2):307-313Eidsmo L; Wolday D; Berhe N; Sabri F; Satti I; El Hassan AM; Sundar S; Chiodi F; Akuffo H
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2001;117(3):529-534Akuffo H; Alexis A; Eidsmo L; Saed A; Nylén S; Maasho K
- Article: JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 1995;52(2):181-186LAJIC S; EIDSMO L; HOLST M
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All other publications
- Review: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;213(9):1267-1277Sortebech D; Schoenfeldt T; Rasmus A; Agerholm-Nielsen R; Eidsmo L
- Letter: ALLERGY. 2022;77(12):3680-3683Gallais Serezal I; Tajpara P; Schonfeldt T; Ignatov B; Sortebech D; Hoffer E; Zhang T; Rooijackers E; Ehrstrom M; Nylen S; Matura M; Melican K; Eidsmo L
- Editorial comment: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2022;387(16):1515-1516Eidsmo L
- Review: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;92(5):e12953Gallais Serezal I; Cheuk S; Martini E; Eidsmo L
- Editorial comment: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;39(3):170-172Eidsmo L; Gerlach C
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;9:300Eidsmo L; Martini E
- Letter: EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY. 2017;26(9):824-827Cheuk S; Martini E; Bergh K; Chang D; Rethi B; Stahle M; Eidsmo L
- Letter: EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY. 2017;26(5):444-446Lindahl H; Martini E; Brauner S; Nikamo P; Serezal IG; Guerreiro-Cacais AO; Jagodic M; Eidsmo L; Stahle M; Olsson T
- Review: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2014;44(8):1033-1043Mjosberg J; Eidsmo L
- Review: PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY. 2012;34(12):551-561Nylen S; Eidsmo L
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2012;3:163Rethi B; Eidsmo L
- Doctoral thesis: 2006Eidsmo L
Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1999