Piotr Religa

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Article: CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2024;46(8):8301-8319
Using Copy Number Variation Data and Neural Networks to Predict Cancer Metastasis Origin Achieves High Area under the Curve Value with a Trade-Off in Precision
Mickael M-E; Kubick N; Atanasov AG; Martinek P; Horbanczuk JO; Floretes N; Michal M; Vanecek T; Paszkiewicz J; Sacharczuk M; Religa P
Article: CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2023;45(4):3446-3461
Mouse CCL9 Chemokine Acts as Tumor Suppressor in a Murine Model of Colon Cancer
Lazarczyk M; Kurzejamska E; Mickael M-E; Poznanski P; Skiba D; Sacharczuk M; Gaciong Z; Religa P
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):13676
Red blood cell distribution width is associated with increased interactions of blood cells with vascular wall
Ananthaseshan S; Bojakowski K; Sacharczuk M; Poznanski P; Skiba DS; Wittberg LP; McKenzie J; Szkulmowska A; Berg N; Andziak P; Menkens H; Wojtkowski M; Religa D; Lundell F; Guzik T; Gaciong Z; Religa P
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2021;93(6):4023-4027
Evidence of human cytomegalovirus infection and expression of 5-lipoxygenase in borderline ovarian tumors
Rahbar A; Pantalone MR; Religa P; Radestad AF; Soderberg-Naucler C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2021;22(8):4179
Hypertensive Effect of Downregulation of the Opioid System in Mouse Model of Different Activity of the Endogenous Opioid System.
Skiba DS; Szczepaniak P; Siedliński M; Poznański P; Łazarczyk M; Jaskuła K; Religa P; Sacharczuk M; Gaciong Z
Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2021;458:1-10
Loss of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Resulting From Congenital- Or Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Correlates With Depressive-Like Behaviour.
Lesniak A; Poznański P; Religa P; Nawrocka A; Bujalska-Zadrozny M; Sacharczuk M
Article: POLSKI MERKURIUSZ LEKARSKI. 2019;47(281):167-169
Red-cell distribution width is associated with higher risk of vascular complications after carotid thromboendartherectomy.
Bojakowski K; Religa P; Andziak P; Gaciong Z
Article: THROMBOSIS RESEARCH. 2019;176:79-84
Relationship between type of unprovoked venous thromboembolism and cancer location: An individual patient data meta-analysis
Jara-Palomares L; van Es N; Praena-Fernandez JM; Le Gal G; Otten HM; Robin P; Piccioli A; Lecumberri R; Religa P; Rieu V; Rondina M; Beckers M; Prandoni P; Salaun PY; Di Nisio M; Bossuyt PM; Kraaijpoel N; Buller HR; Carrier M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2019;20(3):E686-686
Effect of Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 7 (CCL7) and Its Receptor (CCR2) Expression on Colorectal Cancer Behaviors
Kurzejamska E; Sacharczuk M; Landazuri N; Kovtonyuk O; Lazarczyk M; Ananthaseshan S; Gaciong Z; Religa P
Article: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. 2017;49(6):1467-1476
Locally Transplanted CD34+Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Contribute to Vascular Healing After Vascular Injury
Ananthaseshan S; Grudzinska MK; Bojakowski K; Kurzejamska E; Gaciong Z; Soderberg-Naucler C; Religa P
Article: NEUROPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;118:90-101
Delta-opioid receptor antagonism leads to excessive ethanol consumption in mice with enhanced activity of the endogenous opioid system
Poznanski P; Lesniak A; Korostynski M; Szklarczyk K; Lazarczyk M; Religa P; Bujalska-Zadrozny M; Sadowski B; Sacharczuk M
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2016;113(38):E5618-E5627
Pericyte-fibroblast transition promotes tumor growth and metastasis
Hosaka K; Yang Y; Seki T; Fischer C; Dubey O; Fredlund E; Hartman J; Religa P; Morikawa H; Ishii Y; Sasahara M; Larsson O; Cossu G; Cao R; Lim S; Cao Y
Article: CELL REPORTS. 2016;16(1):186-200
Cytomegalovirus Restructures Lipid Rafts via a US28/CDC42-Mediated Pathway, Enhancing Cholesterol Efflux from Host Cells
Low H; Mukhamedova N; Cui HL; McSharry BP; Avdic S; Hoang A; Ditiatkovski M; Liu Y; Fu Y; Meikle PJ; Blomberg M; Polyzos KA; Miller WE; Religa P; Bukrinsky M; Soderberg-Naucler C; Slobedman B; Sviridov D
Article: TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY. 2014;7(6):732-740
High Prevalence of Human Cytomegalovirus in Brain Metastases of Patients with Primary Breast and Colorectal Cancers
Taher C; Frisk G; Fuentes S; Religa P; Costa H; Assinger A; Vetvik KK; Bukholm IRK; Yaiw K-C; Smedby KE; Backlund M; Soderberg-Naucler C; Rahbar A
Article: ONCOGENESIS. 2014;3(11):e125
C/EBPβ expression is an independent predictor of overall survival in breast cancer patients by MHCII/CD4-dependent mechanism of metastasis formation
Kurzejamska E; Johansson J; Jirstrom K; Prakash V; Ananthaseshan S; Boon L; Fuxe J; Religa P
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2014;25(8):1669-1678
Human Cytomegalovirus Inhibits Erythropoietin Production
Butler LM; Dzabic M; Bakker F; Davoudi B; Jeffery H; Religa P; Bojakowski K; Yaiw K-C; Rahbar A; Soederberg-Naucler C
Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2014;34(4):801-809
Human Cytomegalovirus-Platelet Interaction Triggers Toll-Like Receptor 2-Dependent Proinflammatory and Proangiogenic Responses
Assinger A; Kral JB; Yaiw KC; Schrottmaier WC; Kurzejamska E; Wang Y; Mohammad A-A; Religa P; Rahbar A; Schabbauer G; Butler LM; Soderberg-Naucler C
Article: BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY. 2014;109(2):401
Human cytomegalovirus induces upregulation of arginase II: possible implications for vasculopathies
Yaiw K-C; Mohammad A-A; Taher C; Wilhelmi V; Davoudi B; Straat K; Assinger A; Ovchinnikova O; Shlyakhto E; Rahbar A; Koutonguk O; Religa P; Butler L; Khan Z; Streblow D; Pernow J; Soderberg-Naucler C
Article: ONCOGENE. 2013;32(50):5614-5624
MiR-155-mediated loss of C/EBPβ shifts the TGF-β response from growth inhibition to epithelial-mesenchymal transition, invasion and metastasis in breast cancer
Johansson J; Berg T; Kurzejamska E; Pang M-F; Tabor V; Jansson M; Roswall P; Pietras K; Sund M; Religa P; Fuxe J
Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2013;33(6):1271-1279
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1-Mediated Migration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Is a Source of Intimal Hyperplasia
Grudzinska MK; Kurzejamska E; Bojakowski K; Soin J; Lehmann MH; Reinecke H; Murry CE; Soderberg-Naucler C; Religa P
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(2):e56795
High Prevalence of Human Cytomegalovirus Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Primary Breast Cancer and Metastatic Sentinel Lymph Nodes
Taher C; de Boniface J; Mohammad A-A; Religa P; Hartman J; Yaiw K-C; Frisell J; Rahbar A; Soderberg-Naucler C
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2013;3:2053
VEGF significantly restores impaired memory behavior in Alzheimer's mice by improvement of vascular survival
Religa P; Cao R; Religa D; Xue Y; Bogdanovic N; Westaway D; Marti HH; Winblad B; Cao Y
Article: STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2012;21(18):3363-3371
In Vivo Differentiated Human Embryonic Stem Cells Can Acquire Chromosomal Aberrations More Frequently Than In Vitro During the Same Period
Zucchelli M; Strom S; Holm F; Malmgren H; Sahlen S; Religa P; Hovatta O; Kere J; Inzunza J
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(5):e36482
A High Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Predicts Failure of Arteriovenous Fistula
Bojakowski K; Dzabic M; Kurzejamska E; Styczynski G; Andziak P; Gaciong Z; Soderberg-Naucler C; Religa P
Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION (CMI). 2012;18(1):E5-E7
Significance of cytomegalovirus infection in the failure of native arteriovenous fistula
Dzabic M; Bojakowski K; Kurzejamska E; Styczynski G; Andziak P; Soderberg-Naucler C; Religa P
Article: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2011;53(10):969-976
Intragraft Cytomegalovirus Protein Expression Is Associated With Reduced Renal Allograft Survival
Dzabic M; Rahbar A; Yaiw K-C; Naghibi M; Religa P; Fellstrom B; Larsson E; Soderberg-Naucler C
Article: HERPESVIRIDAE. 2010;1(1):7
RCMV increases intimal hyperplasia by inducing inflammation, MCP-1 expression and recruitment of adventitial cells to intima.
Grudzinska MK; Bojakowski K; Soin J; Stassen F; Söderberg-Nauclér C; Religa P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2009;38(6):689-696
Exercise in Patients with Intermittent Claudication Elicits Signs of Inflammation and Angiogenesis
Palmer-Kazen U; Religa P; Wahlberg E
Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(1):e4187
Host-Derived Smooth Muscle Cells Accumulate in Cardiac Allografts: Role of Inflammation and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1
Religa P; Grudzinska MK; Bojakowski K; Soin J; Nozynski J; Zakliczynski M; Gaciong Z; Zembala M; Soderberg-Naucler C
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2008;105(47):18513-18518
Anti-VEGF agents confer survival advantages to tumor-bearing mice by improving cancer-associated systemic syndrome
Xue Y; Religa P; Cao R; Hansen AJ; Lucchini F; Jones B; Wu Y; Zhu Z; Pytowski B; Liang Y; Zhong W; Vezzoni P; Rozell B; Cao Y
Article: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS. 2008;6(7):1191-1197
Overexpression of CD39/nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 decreases smooth muscle cell proliferation and prevents neointima formation after angioplasty
Koziak K; Bojakowska M; Robson SC; Bojakowski K; Soin J; Csizmadia E; Religa P; Gaciong Z; Kaczmarek E
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2006;103(46):3637-3638
[Future of university clinics: conditions for young researching physicians must be improved].
Eidsmo L; Religa P; Piehl F
Article: BLOOD. 2006;107(9):3531-3536
Hepatocyte growth factor is a lymphanoiogenic factor with an indirect mechanism of action
Cao RH; Björndahl MA; Gallego MI; Chen SH; Religa P; Hansen AJ; Cao YH
Article: BLOOD. 2005;106(13):4184-4190
Presence of bone marrow-derived circulating progenitor endothelial cells in the newly formed lymphatic vessels
Religa P; Cao RH; Bjorndahl M; Zhou ZJ; Zhu ZP; Cao YH
Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2005;65(20):9261-9268
Vascular endothelial growth factor-a promotes peritumoral lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis
Björndahl MA; Cao R; Burton JB; Brakenhielm E; Religa P; Galter D; Wu L; Cao YH
Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2005;65(2):535-545
Allogenic immune response promotes the accumulation of host-derived smooth muscle cells in transplant arteriosclerosis
Religa P; Bojakowski K; Bojakowska M; Gaciong Z; Thyberg J; Hedin U
Article: CANCER CELL. 2004;6(4):333-345
PDGF-BB induces intratumoral lymphangiogenesis and promotes lymphatic metastasis
Cao RH; Björndahl MA; Religa P; Clasper S; Garvin S; Galter D; Meister B; Ikomi F; Tritsaris K; Dissing S; Ohhashi T; Jackson DG; Cao YH
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. 2003;249(1-2):75-83
Arteriosclerosis in rat aortic allografts: Dynamics of cell growth, apoptosis and expression of extracellular matrix proteins
Religa P; Bojakowski K; Gaciong Z; Thyberg J; Hedin U
Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. 2002;193(3):365-372
Inhibition of rat smooth muscle cell adhesion and proliferation by non-anticoagulant heparins
Kazi M; Lundmark K; Religa P; Gouda I; Larm O; Ray A; Swedenborg J; Hedin U
Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2002;74(9):1310-1315
Smooth-muscle progenitor cells of bone marrow origin contribute to the development of neointimal thickenings in rat aortic allografts and injured rat carotid arteries
Religa P; Bojakowski K; Maksymowicz M; Bojakowska M; Sirsjo A; Gaciong Z; Olszewski W; Hedin U; Thyberg J
Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2002;273(2):169-177
Fibronectin promotes cell cycle entry in smooth muscle cells in primary culture
Roy J; Tran PK; Religa P; Kazi M; Henderson B; Lundmark K; Hedin U
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2000;20(5):419-426
Fucoidan inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation and reduces mitogen-activated protein kinase activity
Religa P; Kazi M; Thyberg J; Gaciong Z; Swedenborg J; Hedin J
Article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2000;70(1):65-72
Arteriosclerosis in rat aortic allografts: Early changes in endothelial integrity and smooth muscle phenotype
Bojakowski K; Religa P; Bojakowska M; Hedin U; Gaciong Z; Thyberg J
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Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2023;24(4):3854
The Journey of Cancer Cells to the Brain: Challenges and Opportunities
Lazarczyk M; Mickael ME; Skiba D; Kurzejamska E; Lawinski M; Horbanczuk JO; Radziszewski J; Fraczek K; Wolinska R; Paszkiewicz J; Religa P; Sacharczuk M
Editorial comment: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;11:2
Editorial: Cytokine-Mediated Organ Dysfunction and Tissue Damage Induced by Viruses
Spencer JV; Religa P; Lehmann MH
Review: ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2017;167(6):410-417
Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data
van Es N; Le Gal G; Otten H-M; Robin P; Piccioli A; Lecumberri R; Jara-Palomares L; Religa P; Rieu V; Rondina M; Beckers MM; Prandoni P; Salaun P-Y; Di Nisio M; Bossuyt PM; Buller HR; Carrier M
Review: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(6):e015562
Screening for cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
van Es N; Le Gal G; Otten H-M; Robin P; Piccioli A; Lecumberri R; Palomares LJ; Religa P; Rieu V; Rondina MT; Beckers MM; Prandoni P; Salaun P-Y; Di Nisio M; Bossuyt PM; Bueller HR; Carrier M
Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2015;373(25):2474-2475
Cancer Screening in Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism
Gaciong Z; Pruszczyk P; Religa P
Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2015;277(4):406-425
Heart failure and Alzheimer's disease
Cermakova P; Eriksdotter M; Lund LH; Winblad B; Religa P; Religa D
Editorial comment: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (CVR). 2012;96(3):348-349
The future application of induced pluripotent stem cells in vascular regenerative medicine
Religa P
Corrigendum: CANCER CELL. 2006;9(3):239
PDGF-BB induces intratumoral lymphangiogenesis and promotes lymphatic metastasis (vol 6, pg 333, 2004)
Cao RH; Björndahl MA; Religa P; Clasper S; Garvin S; Gaiter D; Meister B; Ikomi F; Tritsoris K; Dissing S; Ohhashi T; Jackson DG; Cao YH
Meeting abstract: ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS. 2006;7(3):289-290
Vascular chimerism of human cardiac allograftis the result of inflammatory response
Religa P; Grudzinska M; Wolmer N; Bojakowski K; Nozynski J; Zakliczynski M; Zembala M; Gaciong Z; Soderberg-Naucler C
Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 2003;38(6):1283-1292
Influence of intraluminal thrombus on structural and cellular composition of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall
Kazi M; Thyberg J; Religa P; Roy J; Eriksson P; Hedin U; Swedenborg J
Thesis / dissertation: 2003
Development of intimal hyperplasia in transplant arteriosclerosis
Religa, Piotr
Meeting abstract: ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS. 2003;4(2):254
Influence of intraluminal thrombus on cellular and structural features of the aneurysm wall
Kazi M; Thyberg J; Religa P; Roy J; Eriksson R; Ulf H; Swedenborg J
Published conference paper: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. 2002;34(2):687-688
Extracellular matrix composition and cellular mechanisms of transplant vasculopathy in rat aortic allografts
Religa P; Bojakowski K; Bojakowska M; Gaciong Z; Thyberg J; Hedin U
Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY. 2001;33(6):A100
Arteriosclerosis in rat aortic allografts: Dependence of cell phenotype, growth and apoptosis on extracellular matrix composition
Religa P; Bojakowski K; Gaciong Z; Hedin U; Thyberg J
Letter: THE LANCET. 1995;346(8974):570-572
ACE GENOTYPE AND PROGRESSION OF IGA NEPHROPATHY
GACIONG ZA; RELIGA P; PLACHA G; RELL K; PACZEK L
Published conference paper: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. 1995;27(1):928-929
INCREASED EXPRESSION OF GROWTH-FACTORS DURING CHRONIC REJECTION OF HUMAN KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT
GACIONG Z; KOZIAK K; RELIGA P; LISIECKA A; MORZYCKAMICHALIK M; RELL K; KOZLOWSKABOSZKO B; LAO M

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025

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Doctor Of Philosophy, Dept of Surgical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2003

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