Marie Wahren-Herlenius
About me
- Professor of Experimental Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet
- International experience as postdoc/visiting scientist/visiting professor from University of Bergen, Norway, University of Tokyo, Japan and Harvard Medical School, USA
- Recieved the Göran Gustafssons prize in Medicine, the Nanna Svartz prize for Rheumatologic research, Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology's prize for rheumatologic research, the IMID-prise for research on immune-mediated inflammatory disease from the Swedish societies of dermatology, rheumatology and gastroenterology
- Awarded Best abstract of the year by the Swedish Rheumatology Association (three times)
- Theses from my group awarded Best PhD thesis of the year by the Swedish Rheumatology Association (three times)
- President, The Scandinavian Society for Immunology 2010-2015
- President, Junior Faculty, Karolinska Institutet 2002-2005
- President, PhD student's association, Karolinska Institutet 1991
Education
- PhD, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet 1994
- Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet 1995
- Docent of Molecular Immunologi 1999
- Licensed physician 2000
Research
- Our research is focused on autoimmune rheumatic diseases, and aims at understanding the pathogenesis and disease mechanisms for development of novel diagnostics and treatment. Our projects include basic cell and molecular biology, studies in experimental models as well as clinical and epidemiological patient-based investigations. The research group includes around 15 scientists from basic and clinicial disciplines.
Articles
- Journal article: LANCET RHEUMATOLOGY. 2026;:S2665-9913(26)00220-1de Frémont GM; Tršelič T; Bergman G; Sonesson S-E; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2026;47(29):3905-3916Kazamia K; Ekberg S; Dietrich CE; Eliasson H; Wahren-Herlenius M; Bergman G
- Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2026;:1-9Rudolph A; Mofors J; Frisk A; Schiller B; Elinder G; Nordenstam F; Eliasson H; Bergman G; Granath F; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE. 2026;6(1):390Kenrick J; Preger C; Alvez MB; Ulloa MA; Bergstrom G; Notarnicola A; Horuluoglu B; Galindo-Feria AS; Smed-Sorensen A; Farnert A; Norrby-Teglund A; Gunnarsson I; Wahren-Herlenius M; Holmqvist M; Padyukov L; Chemin K; Diaz-Gallo LM; Lundberg IE; Svenungsson E; Malmstrom V; Klareskog L; Bergstrom S; Uhlen M; Nilsson P; Edfors F; Pin E
- Journal article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2026;85(7):1439-1441Martin de Frémont G; Skog Andreasson A; Mofors J; Cesta CE; Dominicus A; Sonesson S-E; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: RHEUMATOLOGY. 2026;65(2):keag022Martin de Fremont G; Rudolph L; da Silva Rodrigues R; Hedlund M; Trselic T; Wegner S; Orillion A; Painter J; Zaha R; Eliasson H; Nordenstam F; Bergman G; Sonesson S-E; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2026;85(2):265-275Argyriou A; Wadsworth II MH; Fienman J; Gonzalez-Sanchez AC; Ghannoum S; Krishna C; Gerstner C; Horuluoglu B; Sijbranda M; Ronnblom L; Eloranta M-L; Wahren-Herlenius M; Hensvold A; Turcinov S; Winkler A; Malmstro V; Chemin K
- Article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2026;85(2):339-350Bjork A; Mofors J; Meneghel L; Kvarnstrom M; Maeland E; Andersson ER; Jonsson R; Omdal R; Forsblad-d'elia H; Bucher SM; Eriksson P; Mandl T; Olsson P; Fischer M; Norheim KB; Johnsen SJA; Hammenfors D; Skarstein K; Jonsson MV; Appel S; Kockum I; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Nordmark G; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: SCIENCE. 2025;390(6779):eadx2678Alvez MB; Bergstrom S; Kenrick J; Johansson E; Aberg M; Akyildiz M; Altay O; Skold H; Antonopoulos K; Apostolakis E; Balcioglu YH; Bergstrom A; Bergstrom G; Bjorkander S; Brage SE; Brodin P; Butler L; Cajander S; Danielsson H; Dayangac M; Dinler-Doganay G; Doganay L; Enblad G; Enblad M; Fagerberg L; Falck-Jones S; Farnert A; Forsberg M; Gonzalez L; Gummesson A; Gunnarsson K; Gunnarsson I; Gyllensten U; Hesselager G; Hober A; Hoglund M; Holmqvist M; Horuluoglu B; Hultgren R; Iglesias MJ; Janols H; Johansson F; Johnsson A; Klareskog L; Kotol D; Kull I; Kvarnstrom M; Lautenbach MJ; Liljedahl U; Lindman H; Lindskog C; Lipcsey M; Lundberg IE; Mardinoglu A; Melen E; Meng L; Merritt A-S; Mulder J; Nguyen MT-H; Nordlund J; Norrby-Teglund A; Notarnicola A; Nowak P; Odeberg J; Oksvold P; Olsson T; Padyukov L; Pauksens K; Piehl F; Pin E; Ponten F; Rameika N; Reepalu A; Roy J; Schwenk JM; Sen M; Siika A; Simonson OE; Sivertsson A; Sjoblom T; Sjostedt E; Skoglund L; Smed-Sorensen A; Sonden K; Sonnerborg A; Stalberg K; Stralin K; Sunden-Cullberg J; Sundling C; Sutantiwanichkul T; Svedman FC; Svensson M; Svenungsson E; Lakshmikanth T; Tran-Minh KH; Turkez H; Unge C; Venge P; Wahren-Herlenius M; Woessmann J; Yang H; Yesilkaya UH; Yuan M; Zeybel M; Zhang C; Zhong W; Zwahlen M; Von Feilitzen K; Nilsson P; Edfors F; Uhlen M
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2025;122(40):e2426917122Trselic T; Pelo N; de Fremont GM; Iyer VS; Andersson ER; Ottosson V; Frei DA; Baas E; Nyberg WA; Thorlacius GE; Mentlein L; Boddul SV; Sandu I; Pulgarin DV; Vegvari A; Gerlach C; Wermeling F; Sunnerhagen M; Wallner B; Espinosa A; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;279:110545Pantalone MR; Xu X; Almazan NM; Gerstner C; Fischer M; Kvarnstrom M; Soderberg-Naucler C; Wahren-Herlenius M; Rahbar A
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;55(10):e70081Kamal K; Trumbo J; Richardsdotter-Andersson E; Wahren-Herlenius M; Spetz A-L
- Article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84(9):1512-1527Wiley MM; Radziszewski M; Khatri B; Joachims ML; Tessneer KL; Stolarczyk AM; Yao S; Li J; Pritchett-Frazee C; Johnston AA; Rasmussen A; Anaya J-M; Aqrawi LA; Bae S-C; Baecklund E; Bjork A; Brun JG; Bucher SM; Dand N; Eloranta M-L; Engelke F; Forsblad-d'Elia H; Fugmann C; Glenn SB; Gong C; Gottenberg J-E; Hammenfors D; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Jensen JL; Johnsen SJA; Jonsson MV; Kelly JA; Khanam S; Kim K; Kvarnstrom M; Mandl T; Martin J; Morris DL; Nocturne G; Norheim KB; Olsson P; Palm O; Pers J-O; Rhodus NL; Sjowall C; Skarstein K; Taylor KE; Tombleson P; Thorlacius GE; Venuturupalli SR; Vital EM; Wallace DJ; Radfar L; Brennan MT; James JA; Scofield RH; Gaffney PM; Criswell LA; Jonsson R; Appel S; Eriksson P; Bowman SJ; Omdal R; Ronnblom L; Warner BM; Rischmueller M; Witte T; Farris AD; Mariette X; Shiboski CH; Wahren-Herlenius M; Alarcon-Riquelme ME; Ng W-F; Sivils KL; Guthridge JM; Adrianto I; Vyse TJ; Tsao BP; Nordmark G; Lessard CJ
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2025;114(8):1990-1999Frisk A; Rudolph A; Eliasson H; Nordenstam F; Bergman G; Wahren-Herlenius M; Mofors J
- Article: NATURE REVIEWS RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;21(7):426-437Ramos-Casals M; Baer AN; Brito-Zeron MDP; Hammitt KM; Bouillot C; Retamozo S; Mackey A; Yarowsky D; Turner B; Blanck J; Fisher BA; Akpek EK; Baldini C; Bootsma H; Bowman SJ; Doerner T; Laing L; Lieberman SM; Mariette X; Pflugfelder SC; Sankar V; Siso-Almirall A; Tzioufas AG; Anaya J-M; Armagan B; Bombardieri M; Carsons S; de Vita S; Fox RI; Gerli R; Giacomelli R; Gottenberg JE; Hernandez-Molina G; Jonsson R; Kruize A; Kwok S-K; Li X; McCoy SS; Ng W-F; Olsson P; Rischmueller M; Saraux A; Scofield RH; Valim V; Vitali C; Vivino F; Wahren-Herlenius M; Moutsopoulos HM
- Article: RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;64(7):4341-4346Fugmann C; Reid S; Pucholt P; Kvarnstrom M; Bjork A; Mofors J; Sjowall C; Eriksson P; Olsson P; Mandl T; Forsblad-d'Elia H; Magnusson Bucher S; Johnsen SJ; Norheim KB; Appel S; Hammenfors D; Jensen JL; Palm O; Omdal R; Jonsson R; Baecklund E; Wahren-Herlenius M; Leonard D; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Nordmark G
- Journal article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84:375-376Argyriou A; Wadsworth MH; Krishna C; Gerstner C; Horuluoglu B; Sijbranda M; Ronnblom L; Eloranta ML; Wahren-Herlenius M; Hensvold A; Winkler A; Malmström V; Chemin K
- Journal article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84:1507Rudolph L; Hedlund M; Andersson ER; Ottosson V; Tingström J; Nordenstam F; Bergman G; Sonesson SE; Thorlacius GE; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Journal article: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84:985de Frémont GM; Mofors J; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Article: RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;64(3):1482-1492Galindo-Feria AS; Lodin K; Horuluoglu B; Sarrafzadeh-Zargar S; Wigren E; Graslund S; Danielsson O; Wahren-Herlenius M; Dastmalchi M; Lundberg IE
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All other publications
- Letter: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2026;85(7):1439-1441de Fremont GM; Skog Andreasson A; Mofors J; Cestal CE; Dominicus A; Sonesson S-E; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Conference publication: 2026;:a199-a200Jern A; Lundtoft C; Gullstrand B; Leonard D; Sandling J; Gunnarsson I; Svenungsson E; Sjöwall C; Jönsen A; Linge P; Kahn R; Nordmark G; Wahren-Herlenius M; Holmdahl R; Rönnblom L; Bengtsson A
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2026Kenrick J; Preger C; Álvez MB; Ulloa A; Bergström G; Notarnicola A; Horuluoglu B; Smed-Sörensen A; Färnert A; Norrby-Teglund A; Gunnarsson I; Wahren-Herlenius M; Holmqvist M; Padyukov L; Chemin K; Diaz-Gallo LM; Lundberg IE; Svenungsson E; Malmström V; Klareskog L; Bergström S; Uhlén M; Nilsson P; Edfors F; Pin E
- Conference publication: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;77:54-56Radziszewski M; Khatri B; Stuart P; Rasmussen A; Tessneer K; Pritchett-Frazee C; Pattrick M; Pontarini E; Bombardieri M; Rischmueller M; Kvarnstrom M; Witte T; Bootsma H; Verstappen G; Kroese F; Vissink A; Pringle S; Tzioufas A; Mavragani C; Baer A; Alarcon-Riquelme M; Martin J; Mariette X; Nocturne G; Pers J-O; Gottenberg J-E; Ng W-F; Shiboski C; Taylor K; Criswell L; Warner BM; Farris AD; James J; Scofield RH; Guthridge J; Wallace D; Venuturupalli S; Brennan M; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Ronnblom L; Baecklund E; Eloranta M-L; Johnsen SJA; Omdal R; Aqrawi L; Palm O; Brun J; Hammenfors D; Jonsson M; Appel S; Bucher S; Forsblad H; Mandl T; Eriksson P; Wahren-Herlenius M; Abner E; Esko T; Fisher BA; Gordon R; Hernandez-Molina G; Lee A; Gudjonsson J; Tsoi L; Nordmark G; Lessard C
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;54:19-20Fugmann C; Reid S; Pucholt P; Kvarnstrom M; Bjork A; Mofors J; Sjowall C; Eriksson P; Olsson P; Mandl T; Forsblad-d'Elia H; Bucher SM; Johnsen SJ; Norheim KB; Appel S; Hammenfors D; Jensen JL; Omdal R; Jonsson R; Baecklund E; Wahren-Herlenius M; Leonard D; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Nordmark G
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;54:249Bjork A; Bjork E; Castleton M; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;54:58Bjork A; Mofors J; Meneghel L; Kvarnstrom M; Jonsson R; Omdal R; Forsblad-d'Elia H; Bucher SM; Eriksson P; Mandl T; Olsson P; Fischer M; Norheim KB; Johnsen SJA; Hammenfors D; Skarstein K; Jonsson MV; Appel S; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Nordmark G; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Review: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84(7):1068-1089Bowman SJ; Seror R; Porcher R; Arends S; de Wolff L; Verstappen G; Devauchelle-Pensec V; Jousse-Joulin S; Baldini C; Bombardieri M; Pontarini E; Hueber W; Marvel J; Goswami P; Cornec D; Fisher BA; Nayar S; Barone F; Ng W-F; Gottenberg J-E; Bootsma H; Dorner T; Pincemin M; Bouillot C; Hammitt KM; Wahren-Herlenius M; van Roon J; Nocturne G; Laigle L; Moingeon P; Christodoulou A; Sreih AG; van Maurik A; Chen W-H; Wisniacki N; Piatrova A; Jonsson R; Gergely P; Mariette X
- Conference publication: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84de Fremont GM; Mofors J; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Conference publication: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84:375-376Argyriou A; Ii MHW; Krishna C; Gerstner C; Horuluoglu B; Sijbranda M; Ronnblom L; Eloranta ML; Wahren-Herlenius M; Hensvold A; Winkle A; Malmstrom V; Chemin K
- Conference publication: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2025;84Rudolph L; Hedlund M; Andersson ER; Ottosson V; Tingstrom J; Nordenstam F; Bergman G; Sonesson SE; Thorlacius GE; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Meeting abstract: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2024;76:1855-1858Genetic Architecture Divergence in Sjogren's Disease Subphenotypes and Populations: Genome-wide Association Study of Ro/SSA plus and Ro/SSA-Cases in European PopulationsRadziszewski M; Rasmussen A; Khatri B; Tessneer K; Pontarini E; Bombardieri M; Rischmueller M; Wahren-Herlenius M; Kvarnstrom M; Witte T; Bootsma H; Verstappen G; Kroese F; Vissink A; Pringle S; Tzioufas A; Mavragani C; Baer A; Alarcon-Riquelme M; Martin J; Mariette X; Nocturne G; Pers J-O; Gottenberg J-E; Ng W-F; Shiboski C; Taylor K; Criswell L; Warner BM; Farris AD; James J; Scofield RH; Guthridge J; Wallace D; Venuturupalli S; Brennan M; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Ronnblom L; Baecklund E; Eloranta M-L; Aqrawi L; Palm O; Brun J; Hammenfors D; Jonsson M; Appel S; Bucher SM; Forsblad-d'Elia H; Mandl T; Lessard C
- Conference publication: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2024;83:41Zhou Z; Tan Z; Xiang N; Wang L; Li X; Kandice L; Rischmueller M; Wahren-Herlenius M; Witte T; Ese H; Vissink A; Pringle S
- Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2024;83:42-43Björk A; Mofors J; Meneghel L; Kvarnström M; Jonsson R; Omdal R; Forsblad-D’elia H; Bucher SM; Eriksson P; Mandl T; Olsson P; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Nordmark G; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2024;83:38-39Rasmussen A; Radziszewski M; Khatri B; Tessneer KL; Pontarini E; Bombardieri M; Rischmueller M; Wahren-Herlenius M; Kvarnström M; Witte T; Bootsma H; Verstappen GM; Kroese FGM; Vissink A; Pringle S; Tzioufas A; Mavragani C; Baer A; Alarcon-Riquelme M; Martin J; Mariette X; Nocturne G; Pers JO; Gottenberg JE; Ng WF; Shiboski C; Taylor KE; Criswell L; Warner BM; Farris AD; James JA; Scofield RH; Guthridge JM; Wallace DJ; Venuturupali S; Brennan MT; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Ronnblom L; Baecklund E; Eloranta ML; Aqrawi LA; Palm Ø; Brun JG; Hammenfors D; Jonsson MV; Appel S; Bucher SM; Forsblad-D’elia H; Mandl T; Eriksson P; Nordmark G; Lessard CJ
- Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2024;83:39-41Radziszewski M; Wiley MM; Khatri B; Rasmussen A; Tessneer KL; Kim K; Vital EM; Dand N; Gong C; Morris D; Tombleson P; Pontarini E; Bombardieri M; Rischmueller M; Wahren-Herlenius M; Kvarnström M; Witte T; Bootsma H; Verstappen GM; Kroese FGM; Vissink A; Pringle S; Tzioufas A; Mavragani C; Baer A; Alarcon-Riquelme M; Martin J; Mariette X; Nocturne G; Pers JO; Gottenberg JE; Ng WF; Shiboski C; Taylor KE; Criswell L; Warner BM; Farris AD; Gaffney PM; James JA; Scofield RH; Guthridge JM; Wallace DJ; Venuturupali S; Brennan MT; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Ronnblom L; Baecklund E; Eloranta ML; Aqrawi LA; Palm Ø; Brun JG; Hammenfors D; Jonsson MV; Appel S; Bucher SM; Forsblad-D’elia H; Mandl T; Eriksson P; Bae SC; Vyse TJ; Tsao B; Nordmark G; Lessard CJ
- Conference publication: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. 2024;42(2):477Galindo-Feria AS; Lodin K; Horuluoglu B; Sarrafzadeh-Zargar S; Wigren E; Graeslund S; Danielsson O; Wahren-Herlenius M; Dastmalchi M; Lundberg IE
- Book chapter: MANUAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN. 2024;p. 181-189Midtbø H; Wahren-Herlenius M
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023;BIORXIVWiley MM; Khatri B; Joachims ML; Tessneer KL; Stolarczyk AM; Rasmussen A; Anaya J-M; Aqrawi LA; Bae S-C; Baecklund E; Björk A; Brun JG; Bucher SM; Dand N; Eloranta M-L; Engelke F; Forsblad-d'Elia H; Fugmann C; Glenn SB; Gong C; Gottenberg J-E; Hammenfors D; Imgenberg-Kreuz J; Jensen JL; Johnsen SJA; Jonsson MV; Kelly JA; Khanam S; Kim K; Kvarnström M; Mandl T; Martín J; Morris DL; Nocturne G; Norheim KB; Olsson P; Palm Ø; Pers J-O; Rhodus NL; Sjöwall C; Skarstein K; Taylor KE; Tombleson P; Thorlacius GE; Venuturupalli S; Vital EM; Wallace DJ; Grundahl KM; Radfar L; Brennan MT; James JA; Scofield RH; Gaffney PM; Criswell LA; Jonsson R; Appel S; Eriksson P; Bowman SJ; Omdal R; Rönnblom L; Warner BM; Rischmueller M; Witte T; Farris AD; Mariette X; Shiboski CH; Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical All; Wahren-Herlenius M; Alarcón-Riquelme ME; PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium; Ng W-F; UK Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Registry; Sivils KL; Guthridge JM; Adrianto I; Vyse TJ; Tsao BP; Nordmark G; Lessard CJ
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2023;190:S4-S5Brauner H; Scheffschick A; Nenonen J; Xiang M; Winther A; Ehrstrom M; Wahren-Herlenius M; Eidsmo L
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Employments
- Professor, Experimental Reumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2006-
- Professor, Karolinska Institutet, 2015-2017
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1996
Leadership and responsibility assignments
- Head of department, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2025
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