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Top publications from Karolinska Institutet

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet publish over 7,000 articles in scientific journals each year. Listed here are current articles to which our researchers have contributed and that have been published in selected top-ranked journals and registered in the Medline and Web of Science databases. New articles are automatically fed onto this page approximately every other week. It is not possible to update the list manually.

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Human growth plates house resting zone sub-populations with features of quiescent stem cells

Avijgan M, Lopez-Perez AR, Galicia LA, Marchan-Alvarez JG, Sudupe L, Zhou RH, Nazaraliyev A, Andrusivova Z, Larsson L, Miranda P, Mamand DR, Zhao YH, Zaman F, Qian H, Blomgren K, Prosper F, Wiklander OPB, Tegner JN, Lundeberg J, Savendahl L, Mirzazadeh R, Gomez-Cabrero D, Newton PTShow more

Bone research

2026 Aug 05

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Wearable-Derived Diurnal Alignment Between Physical Activity and Device Temperature Predicts Future Disease and Mortality Risk

Chen H, Wei JH, Cedernaes J, Benedict C, Tsanas A, Cao Z, Tan XShow more

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)

2026 Sep

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Heart Failure Among 173,000 Community-Dwelling Participants From 25 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries in the PURE Study

Bartolini IJ, Joseph P, Islam S, Ramachan SP, Rosengren A, Kruger IM, Mazapuspavina YM, Chifamba J, Yusuf R, Palileo-Villanueva LM, Bahonar A, Yusufali A, Wang BY, Huang YL, Bo H, Felix C, Zaidi NZ, Davletov K, Khatib R, Lopez-Lopez JP, Mir H, Zatonska K, Mirrakhimov E, Lanas F, Alhabib KF, Rammohan K, Teo KK, Mohan V, Temizhan A, Kontsevaya A, Diaz ML, Avezum A, Yeates K, Gupta R, Rangarajan S, Yusuf SPURE InvestigatorsShow more

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

2026 Jun 30

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Incidence, survival, and prevalence trends for myocardial infarction, stroke, hip fracture, and cancer across Swedish birth cohorts: a population-based register study

Piereth AK, Schmidt-Mende K, Modig K, Ebeling MShow more

The Lancet regional health. Europe

2026 Sep

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Dual mobility versus standard cups in total hip replacement for displaced femoral neck fractures (Duality): an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled, superiority trial

Hailer NP, Griffin XL, Mukka S, Lakic TG, Appelbe D, Skoldenberg O, Lamb SE, Ostlund O, Wolf ODUALITY InvestigatorsShow more

Lancet (London, England)

2026 07 25

KI-anknytning: Medel

Article

Cancer immunotherapy targeting murine myeloid cells requires endosomal pattern recognition

Pan YY, Pei SD, Liang H, Westberg K, Nitschke L, Chen XS, Yu YD, He N, Lin QR, Lei L, Gistera A, Hartman J, Ravetch JV, Mak TW, McGaha TL, Karlsson MCIShow more

Nature communications

2026 07 27

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Image-guided activation of drugs with electromagnetic radiation

Boetius ME, Vivien Q, Vonk J, Kruijff S, Schulte AM, Szymanski WShow more

Nature chemical biology

2026 Jul

KI-anknytning: Medel

Article

Heterogenous microglial reactivity contrasts with stable vascular transcriptional programs in mouse models of Alzheimer's, CADASIL, and Traumatic Brain Injury

Bjornholm KD, Li H, Del Gaudio F, Mocci G, Shao W, Baldisseri E, Rao SB, Lindblad C, Fletcher-Sandersjoo A, Vazquez-Liebanas E, Pietila R, Muhl L, Jiang R, Kalantzi C, Cheung J, Jin S, Svensson M, Oberstein SAJL, Syvanen S, Mae MA, Torp R, Lendahl U, Karlstrom H, Thelin EP, Nilsson P, Vanlandewijck MShow more

Nature communications

2026 07 16

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Safety, pharmacokinetics, and exploratory efficacy of the oral ghrelin receptor agonist AC01 in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (GOAL-HF1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1b/2a study

Lund LH, Aizpurua AB, Bollano E, Braun O, Brouwer JLP, Buikema JW, Cannata A, Gardner RS, Handoko ML, Lang CC, Metra M, Sinagra G, Thorvaldsen T, van der Boon RMA, van Essen BJ, Shah SJ, Voors AA, Lam CSP, Pitt B, Solomon SD, Hage C, Stahlberg M, Bernareggi A, Gordon A, Del Sole M, Rosendahl E, Stromberg P, Westerberg G, Edfors R, Petrie MCShow more

Lancet (London, England)

2026 07 18

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Ursodeoxycholic acid and long COVID in steatotic liver disease: a nationwide cohort study

Jung K, Kim GA, Woo J, Youn J, Choi EY, Bea S, Choi A, Kim JH, Jang H, Lee DH, Joo SK, Shin JY, Kim WShow more

Clinical and molecular hepatology

2026 Jul

KI-anknytning: Låg

Article

Integrated top-down and bottom-up proteomics enables precise characterization of proteoforms within the protein corona

Sadeghi SA, Li K, Yue YF, Nimavard RT, Grumelot S, Saei AA, Vali H, Fang F, Liu XW, Mahmoudi M, Sun LLShow more

Nature communications

2026 Jun 11

KI-anknytning: Låg

Article

Single-cell analysis of the progeria arterial wall reveals progerin-induced progressive, cell type-specific dysfunction and somatic mutation accumulation

Merino LG, Revechon G, Subhash S, Stefani F, Whisenant D, Skipitari M, Giraud Q, Muhl L, Mocci G, Bjorkegren J, Machtel P, He LQ, Betsholtz C, Eriksson MShow more

Genome medicine

2026 Jul 31

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Disease modification in lupus nephritis: towards a pathophysiology-based treatment paradigm

van Schaik M, van Kooten C, Arnaud L, Bruchfeld A, Caravaca-Fontan F, Juarez GMF, Floege J, Malvar A, Mirioglu S, Moran S, Parodis I, Quintana LF, Rovin BH, Steiger S, Stevens K, Kronbichler A, Teng YKO, Frangou EEuropean Renal Assoc ERA Immunonephrology Working Grp IWGShow more

Nature reviews. Nephrology

2026 Oct

KI-anknytning: Medel

Review

Leveraging nanoparticle protein corona to advance plasma proteome profiling

Saei AA, Ghaffari B, Bonakdarpour B, Sun LL, Ge Y, Nisbet DR, Serpooshan V, Kostarelos K, Borhan B, Murphy CJ, Caruso F, Mahmoudi MShow more

Nature communications

2026 06 15

KI-anknytning: Hög

Review

Prevalence and prognostic role of untreated moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tomasoni D, Oriecuia C, Adamo M, Ravasio F, Nava G, Costa P, Pagnesi M, Lombardi CM, Specchia C, Metra M, Savarese GShow more

European journal of heart failure

2026 Jun 06

KI-anknytning: Hög

Review

Persistent spread of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in acute care hospitals in 36 European countries (the CCRE survey): a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional, epidemiological, microbiological, and genomic surveillance study

Froding I, David S, Yeats C, Abu-Dahab K, Albiger B, Alikhan NF, Alm E, Byfors S, Couto N, Caballero JD, Giske CG, Matuschek E, Linkevicius M, Palm D, Svartstrom O, Struelens MJ, Wisell KT, Monnet DL, Brolund A, Aanensen DM, Kohlenberg AEURGen Net CCRE Survey Working GrpShow more

The Lancet. Microbe

2026 06

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Mapping ovarian cellular and molecular landscape across the lifespan of women: a scoping review

Obukhova D, Loid M, Schor M, Brunner HG, Salumets A, Esteki MZShow more

Human reproduction update

2026 Sep 01

KI-anknytning: Hög

Review

Embryonic and postnatal macrophages are necessary for proper tooth development and homeostasis

Lopez MG, Katsura KA, Neves VCM, Soldatov R, Lavicky J, Azam M, Kavkova M, Cigosova K, Temsamrit B, Bonnardel J, Gong HN, Nemec KM, Bennett FC, Tuaima H, Yianni V, Sharpe PT, Bajenoff M, Kharchenko P, Bennett ML, Adameyko I, Krivanek JShow more

Nature communications

2026 07 17

KI-anknytning: Hög

Article

Best Systemic Therapy With or Without Radical Prostatectomy in the Management of Men With Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: The RAMPP Randomised Controlled Trial

Graefen M, Karakiewicz PI, Aly M, Wiklund P, Brasso K, Roder A, Poulsen MH, Falkenbach F, Maurer T, Budaus L, Tilki D, Schostak M, Gortzen C, Renter A, von Amsberg G, Haese A, Heinzer H, Salomon G, Steuber T, Beyer BShow more

European urology

2026 Aug

KI-anknytning: Medel

Article

Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of p27Kip1 and p21Waf1/Cip1 by AMBRA1 ensures G1 and S phase progression and limits replication stress

Milletti G, Cadeddu G, Adelantado-Rubio A, Ferraina C, Keuper K, Munk SHN, De Stefanis C, Quacquarini D, Rossi S, Mastronuzzi A, Locatelli F, Grumati P, Cianfanelli V, Nazio F, Bartek J, Maya-Mendoza A, Cecconi FShow more

Nucleic acids research

2026 Jun 22

KI-anknytning: Låg

Article

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