Ljubica Matic
About me
Ljubica Matic is Assoc Prof of Molecular Medicine and Principal Researcher in the Vascular Surgery Division at Karolinska Institute. She obtained her MSc degree in Molecular Biology from Belgrade University, Serbia and a PhD in Medical Biochemistry from Karolinska Institute in 2012. Since 2019 she is Group Leader for Translational Vascular Medicine at the Center for Molecular Medicine, KI dedicated to translational research on novel therapeutic and diagnostic targets for the management of cardiovascular disease, specifically atherosclerosis and restenosis complications. Her work has over the years been distinguished with grants and awards from the Swedish Research Council, Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, Swedish Society for Medical Research, KI Faculty Consolidator grant, American Heart Association (Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator award in 2023) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Sven and Ebba Hagberg Award in 2019). She is PI for several ongoing EU Horizon projects and expert reviewer for the Danish Cardiovascular Academy, French National Research Agency (ANR), Rumanian National Research council, Polish National Research Council, Austrian National Science Fund, Swiss National Science Foundation, Dutch Innovative Research Incentives Scheme (VIDI), Dutch Heart Foundation, UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). Ljubica Matic is editorial board member for the Vascular Pharmacology journal, she has about 100 publications with over 4 500 citations and h-index 34.
Research
Matic group (https://linktr.ee/ljubicamatic) utilizes innovative, integrated multi-omics in silico pipelines for exploration of the Biobank of Karolinska Endarterectomy (BiKE, est 2002, over 1800 patients) to identify smooth muscle cell related targets that stand in direct causal relationship to human vascular disease. Target discovery is followed by phenotyping, challenge and proof-of-concept interventional studies in mice vascular injury and disease models, as well as in vitro studies using primary human smooth muscle cells. With this multi-disciplinary approach, the mission of Ljubica Matic is to create a powerful platform for extrapolation of basic research results into the various realms of clinical cardiovascular disease, leading to accelerated development from target discovery to patient treatment.
Teaching
Since 2004, Ljubica Matic has continuously devoted 20% of her time to pedagogical work as a lecturer, supervisor and course leader for PhD students in the Cardiovascular Program and undergraduate students in the Medicine and Biomedicine Programs at KI. Since 2013 she has been Director for the PhD course in Vascular Cell Biology, Cardiovascular Program, KI. Since 2021 she also acts as co-Director in the KI MSc Global Biomedicine program, elective track in Circulation, Metabolism and Endocrinology. She has also organised international PhD courses in the framework of the EU Horizon Marie Sklodowska Curie ITN projects.
Articles
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2024;:ehae768
- Article: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES. 2024;81(1):331
- Article: ANGIOGENESIS. 2024;27(3):461-474
- Journal article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;379:s53
- Journal article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;379:s23
- Journal article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;379:s162
- Journal article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;379:s180
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2023;119(7):1524-1536
- Article: NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2023;2(7):629-644
- Article: VASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY. 2023;150:107167
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2023;65(6):778-786
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2023;43
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2023;43
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2023;132(9):1144-1161
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;371:41-53
- Article: COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2023;152:106364
- Journal article: JVS - VASCULAR SCIENCE. 2023;4:100142
- Article: JVS - VASCULAR SCIENCE. 2023;4:100111
- Article: CELLS. 2022;11(20):3279
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS. 2022;134:105403
- Journal article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2022;355:24
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2022;25(5):104219
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2022;348:8-15
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2022;42(5):659-676
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2022;42:a217
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2022;42:a105
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2022;42:a420
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2022;42:a419
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2022;118(5):1232-1246
- Article: STROKE. 2022;53(3):e79-e84
- Article: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2022;12(2):e682
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY. 2022;13:988561
- Journal article: JVS - VASCULAR SCIENCE. 2022;3:413
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2021;117(14):2767-2780
- Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2021;144(Suppl_1):a14023
- Article: CIRCULATION. 2021;144(19):1567-1583
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2021;62(5):716-726
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42(Supplement_1):ehab724.3405
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2021;41
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2021;41
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2021;41
- Article: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2021;11(6):e458
- Article: CELLS. 2021;10(6):1276
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2021;41(5):1738-1750
- Article: VASCULAR MEDICINE. 2021;26(1):3-10
- Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2021;144(19):1567-1583
- Article: JVS - VASCULAR SCIENCE. 2021;2:260-273
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE. 2021;8:655869
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021;289(1):53-68
- Journal article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2020;315:e22-e23
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2020;222(12):2041-2051
- Article: NATURE METABOLISM. 2020;2(10):1135-1148
- Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. 2020;235(10):7370-7382
- Article: CELLS. 2020;9(10):E2164-2164
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2020;127(7):911-927
- Article: CELLS. 2020;9(4):E1009-1009
- Journal article: INVESTIGATIVE UROLOGY. 2020;203:e422-e423
- Article: CELLS. 2020;9(3):E684-684
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2020;126(5):571-585
- Journal article: EJVES SHORT REPORTS. 2020;48:52
- Journal article: EJVES SHORT REPORTS. 2020;48:47-48
- Article: JVS - VASCULAR SCIENCE. 2020;1:166-167
- Article: JVS - VASCULAR SCIENCE. 2020;1:13-27
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2020;8:619079
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2020;292:215-223
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2020;40:250-251
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2020;16(1):e1008538
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2019;58(6):e469-e470
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY - CELL PHYSIOLOGY. 2019;317(6):C1128-C1142
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2019;288:175-185
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2019;116(33):16410-16419
- Article: CIRCULATION. 2019;139(21):2466-2482
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2019;283:127-136
- Article: CIRCULATION. 2019;139(10):1320-1334
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2019;40(4):372-382
- Article: NATURE METABOLISM. 2019;1(1):98-110
- Article: DIABETOLOGY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME. 2019;11:32
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(8):e0221477
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2019;115(1):230-242
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY - CELL PHYSIOLOGY. 2018;315(6):C873-C884
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2018;14(11):e1007755
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):14668
- Article: MOLECULAR THERAPY: METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT. 2018;10:17-28
- Article: CIRCULATION. GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE. 2018;11(9):e002115
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):13025
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2018;39(suppl_1):ehy563.p3200
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2018;39(suppl_1):ehy565.p2625
- Article: JACC: BASIC TO TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. 2018;3(4):464-480
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2018;39(24):2301-2310
- Article: MOLECULAR THERAPY. 2018;26(4):1040-1055
- Journal article: THE FASEB JOURNAL. 2018;32(S1):lb283
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2018;38(1):49-63
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2017;282(5):429-444
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2017;38(suppl_1):ehx493.p4918
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2017;13(5):e1006750
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37(suppl_1)
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2017;127(4):1546-1560
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2017;120(4):633-644
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2017;113(1):30-39
- Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 2016;22(10):1140-1150
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(9):1947-1961
- Article: NATURE. 2016;536(7614):86-90
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2016;7:12092
- Article: SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2016;2(7):e1600224
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(suppl_1)
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(5):942-951
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(suppl_1)
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36(5):972-983
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2016;279(3):293-308
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2016;118(2):230-240
- Article: GENOMICS DATA. 2015;5:36-37
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2015;117(3):266-278
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2015;35(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2015;35(suppl_1)
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2015;11(5):e1005155
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(3):e0122067
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2014;34(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2014;34(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2014;34(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2014;34(suppl_1)
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2014;124(3):1083-1097
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2014;10(3):e1004263
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2013;33(10):2432-2443
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2013;34(suppl_1):p394
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2013;33(suppl_1)
- Journal article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2013;33(suppl_1)
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2012;82(10):1071-1083
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2007;18(3):689-697
- Article: ACTA HAEMATOLOGICA. 2005;113(3):175-180
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All other publications
- Editorial comment: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2024;120(8):811-813
- Editorial comment: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;387:117365
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;379:s5
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2023;379:s18
- Editorial comment: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2023;119(5):1100-1102
- Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2023;66(SUPPL 1):S129-S130
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2022;355:10
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 2022;75(6):E70-E71
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2022;42:a218
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2022;355:E93
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2022
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2022;355:E54-E55
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E61
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E64-E65
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E12-E13
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E92
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E31
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E93
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021;331:E4
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42:3405
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2020;315:E14
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 2020;72(1):E265
- Meeting abstract: THE FASEB JOURNAL. 2020;34:1
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2020;315:E22-E23
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2019;37:e190
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2019;287:E27
- Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2019;129(5):2164
- Review: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 2019;69(3):944-951
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH. 2019;56:28
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2019;39
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2019;39
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2019;39
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2019;39
- Meeting abstract: ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS. 2018;32:11-12
- Meeting abstract: ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS. 2018;32:9
- Meeting abstract: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2018;38
- Meeting abstract: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2018;114:S138
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2018;39:660
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2018;39:524-525
- Conference publication: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2017;263:E8
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 2017;65(6):23S-24S
- Conference publication: HEART. 2017;103:A137
- Conference publication: THE FASEB JOURNAL. 2017;31
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY. 2017;98(3):A5
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2017;38:1034
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH. 2017;54:48
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH. 2017;54:22
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH. 2017;54:6
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;86(4):282
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2017;86(4):271-272
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2017;37
- Conference publication: THE FASEB JOURNAL. 2016;30
- Conference publication: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2016;111:S106
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2016;36
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS. 2015;13:956
- Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(5):e0126079
- Conference publication: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2014;34
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2013;34:63-64
- Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2013;128(22)
- Thesis / dissertation: 2012
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2022 - 31 December 2025
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2023
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2019 - 31 December 2020
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2019 - 31 December 2020
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2018 - 31 December 2021
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2021
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2012