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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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O6-methylguanine-induced transcriptional mutagenesis reduces p53 tumor-suppressor function
Ezerskyte M, Paredes JA, Malvezzi S, Burns JA, Margison GP, Olsson M, Scicchitano DA, Dreij KShow more
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2018 05 01
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
HIF-2α is essential for carotid body development and function
Macias D, Cowburn AS, Torres-Torrelo H, Ortega-Saenz P, Lopez-Barneo J, Johnson RSShow more
eLife
2018 04 19
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Identification of spatial expression trends in single-cell gene expression data
Edsgard D, Johnsson P, Sandberg RShow more
Nature methods
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Network oscillation rules imposed by species-specific electrical coupling
Stagkourakis S, Perez CT, Hellysaz A, Ammari R, Broberger CShow more
eLife
2018 05 03
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Clathrin coat controls synaptic vesicle acidification by blocking vacuolar ATPase activity
Farsi Z, Gowrisankaran S, Krunic M, Rammner B, Woehler A, Lafer EM, Mim C, Jahn R, Milosevic IShow more
eLife
2018 04 13
KI-anknytning: Medel
Article
Acetylation and phosphorylation of human TFAM regulate TFAM-DNA interactions via contrasting mechanisms
King GA, Shabestari MH, Taris KKH, Pandey AK, Venkatesh S, Thilagavathi J, Singh K, Koppisetti RK, Temiakov D, Roos WH, Suzuki CK, Wuite GJLShow more
Nucleic acids research
2018 04 20
KI-anknytning: Låg
Article
Fatal demyelinating disease is induced by monocyte-derived macrophages in the absence of TGF-β signaling
Lund H, Pieber M, Parsa R, Grommisch D, Ewing E, Kular L, Han JM, Zhu KY, Nijssen J, Hedlund E, Needhamsen M, Ruhrmann S, Guerreiro-Cacais AO, Berglund R, Forteza MJ, Ketelhuth DFJ, Butovsky O, Jagodic M, Zhang XM, Harris RAShow more
Nature immunology
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy after surgery and preoperative chemotherapy for resectable gastric cancer (CRITICS): an international, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial
Cats A, Jansen EPM, van Grieken NCT, Sikorska K, Lind P, Nordsmark M, Kranenbarg EMK, Boot H, Trip AK, Swellengrebel HAM, van Laarhoven HWM, Putter H, van Sandick JW, Henegouwen MIV, Hartgrink HH, van Tinteren H, van de Velde CJH, Verheij MCRITICS InvestigatorsShow more
The Lancet. Oncology
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Låg
Article
Lymphatic endothelium stimulates melanoma metastasis and invasion via MMP14-dependent Notch3 and β1-integrin activation
Pekkonen P, Alve S, Balistreri G, Gramolelli S, Tatti-Bugaeva O, Paatero I, Niiranen O, Tuohinto K, Perala N, Taiwo A, Zinovkina N, Repo P, Icay K, Ivaska J, Saharinen P, Hautaniemi S, Lehti K, Ojala PMShow more
eLife
2018 05 01
KI-anknytning: Låg
Article
Myosin 1f is specifically required for neutrophil migration in 3D environments during acute inflammation
Salvermoser M, Pick R, Weckbach LT, Zehrer A, Lohr P, Drechsler M, Sperandio M, Soehnlein O, Walzog BShow more
Blood
2018 04 26
KI-anknytning: Medel
Article
Glutamate transporter Slc1a3 mediates inter-niche stem cell activation during skin growth
Reichenbach B, Classon J, Aida T, Tanaka K, Genander M, Goritz CShow more
The EMBO journal
2018 05 02
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Multi-cellular human bronchial models exposed to diesel exhaust particles: assessment of inflammation, oxidative stress and macrophage polarization
Ji J, Upadhyay S, Xiong XM, Malmlof M, Sandstrom T, Gerde P, Palmberg LShow more
Particle and fibre toxicology
2018 05 02
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Body weight homeostat that regulates fat mass independently of leptin in rats and mice
Jansson JO, Palsdottir V, Hagg DA, Schele E, Dickson SL, Anesten F, Bake T, Montelius M, Bellman J, Johansson ME, Cone RD, Drucker DJ, Wu JY, Aleksic B, Tornqvist AE, Sjogren K, Gustafsson JA, Windahl SH, Ohlsson CShow more
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2018 01 09
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Patient characteristics influence the choice of biological drug in RA, and will make non-TNFi biologics appear more harmful than TNFi biologics
Frisell T, Baecklund E, Bengtsson K, Di Giuseppe D, Forsblad-d'Elia H, Askling JARTIS Study GrpShow more
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
Gaps in Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries-A Systematic Review
Owolabi MO, Yaria JO, Daivadanam M, Makanjuola AI, Parker G, Oldenburg B, Vedanthan R, Norris S, Oguntoye AR, Osundina MA, Herasme O, Lakoh S, Ogunjimi LO, Abraham SE, Olowoyo P, Jenkins C, Feng WW, Bayona H, Mohan S, Joshi R, Webster R, Kengne AP, Trofor A, Lotrean LM, Praveen D, Zafra-Tanaka JH, Lazo-Porras M, Bobrow K, Riddell MA, Makrilakis K, Manios Y, Ovbiagele BCOUNCIL InitiativeShow more
Diabetes care
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Låg
Review
The association between asthma and type 1 diabetes: a paediatric case-cohort study in Finland, years 1981-2009
Metsala J, Lundqvist A, Virta LJ, Kaila M, Gissler M, Virtanen SM, Nevalainen JShow more
International journal of epidemiology
2018 04 01
KI-anknytning: Medel
Article
Canonical Notch signaling is dispensable for adult steady-state and stress myelo-erythropoiesis
Duarte S, Woll PS, Buza-Vidas N, Chin DWL, Boukarabila H, Luis TC, Stenson L, Bouriez-Jones T, Ferry H, Mead AJ, Atkinson D, Jin S, Clark SA, Wu BS, Repapi E, Gray N, Taylor S, Mutvei AP, Tsoi YL, Nerlov C, Lendahl U, Jacobsen SEWShow more
Blood
2018 04 12
KI-anknytning: Hög
Article
DNA methylation mapping identifies gene regulatory effects in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Imgenberg-Kreuz J, Almlof JC, Leonard D, Alexsson A, Nordmark G, Eloranta ML, Rantapaa-Dahlqvist S, Bengtsson AA, Jonsen A, Padyukov L, Gunnarsson I, Svenungsson E, Sjowall C, Ronnblom L, Syvanen AC, Sandling JKShow more
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Medel
Article
The multiple myeloma risk allele at 5q15 lowers ELL2 expression and increases ribosomal gene expression
Ali M, Ajore R, Wihlborg AK, Niroula A, Swaminathan B, Johnsson E, Stephens OW, Morgan G, Meissner T, Turesson I, Goldschmidt H, Mellqvist UH, Gullberg U, Hansson M, Hemminki K, Nahi H, Waage A, Weinhold N, Nilsson BShow more
Nature communications
2018 04 25
KI-anknytning: Låg
Article
Classification of myositis
Lundberg IE, de Visser M, Werth VPShow more
Nature reviews. Rheumatology
2018 05
KI-anknytning: Hög
Review

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