Kerstin Brismar
Professor, Senior
E-postadress: kerstin.brismar@ki.se
Besöksadress: Karolinska Institutet, BioClinicum J8:20, Visionsgatan 4, 17164 Solna
Postadress: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Diabetes och associerade komplikationer, 171 76 Stockholm
Om mig
- Professor i diabetesforskning
Forskningsfokus ligger på komplikationer till diabetes, särskilt betydelsen av tillväxtfaktorn IGF-1 och dess bindarprotein IGFBP-1, högt blodsocker (hyperglykemi), syrebrist (hypoxi), genetiska faktorer samt oxidativ stress. Grundläggande studier har gjorts av hur IGF/ IGFBP-systemet regleras, och dess kliniska relevans, liksom nya metoder för att enkelt kunna diagnostisera betacellssvikt och insulinkänslighet. Dessutom betydelsen av hyperglykemi och hypoxi för en störd läkeprocess av kroniska fotsår.
Forskningsbeskrivning
- Aktuell forskning: studerar riskfaktorer för att drabbas av typ 2 diabetes och hjärtkärlsjukdom samt prevention, särskilt kost och livsstil.
Primär hypotyreos - underfunktion av sköldkörteln, information till patienter och vårdgivare
Artiklar
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2026;11(1):219-232Sandholm N; Cole JB; Nair V; Brennan E; Giardini E; Haukka JK; Ha E; Syreeni A; Dahlstrom EH; Salem RM; Fermin D; Mercader J; Smyth L; Hill C; Mychaleckyj J; McGurnaghan S; Miller RG; Costacou T; Klein BEK; Snell-Bergeon J; Paterson AD; Verkauskiene R; Sokolovska J; Panduru NM; Zerbini G; Brismar K; Krolewski AS; Harjutsalo V; Rossing P; Hadjadj S; McKay G; McKnight AJ; Maxwell AP; Susztak K; Godson C; Kretzler M; Hirschhorn JN; Florez JC; Groop P-H
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS. 2025;14(12):1514Tekle M; Rassi DM; Donadi EA; Grunler J; Dallner G; Forsberg E; Brismar K
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2025;36(10):1939-1953Cole JB; Dahlstrom EH; Fermin D; Gupta Y; Hill C; Smyth LJ; Liu H; Kreienkamp RJ; Pezzolesi MG; Cao JJ; Valo E; Chen W-M; Onengut-Gumuscu S; Rich SS; Brennan EP; Andrews D; Kennedy C; Gu HF; Stechemesser L; Weitgasser R; Sokolovska J; Radzeviciene L; Verkauskiene R; Panduru NM; Rossing P; Ahluwalia TS; Zerbini G; Marre M; Hadjadj S; Costacou T; Miller RG; Klein BE; Lee KE; Snell-Bergeon JK; Caramori ML; Mauer M; Brismar K; Bjornstad P; McKnight AJ; McKay G; Nair V; Salem RM; Groop P-H; Godson C; Susztak K; Kretzler M; Maxwell AP; Krolewski A; Paterson A; Sandholm-Lafferre N; Florez JC; Hirschhorn JN
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2025;15(1):e093625Adam HC; Hajimirsadeghi O; Krantz L; Brismar K; Norhammar A; Ueda P; Andersson DP; Forsberg NB
- Article: PRIMARY CARE DIABETES. 2024;18(6):676-682Dhaher NF; Brismar K; Pikkemaat M; Shaat N; Nilsson A; Bennet L
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2024;25(17):9731Ekberg NR; Hellberg A; Sundqvist ML; Hirschberg AL; Catrina S-B; Brismar K
- Article: JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY. 2024;95(7):640-649Lira Junior R; Aogain MM; Crncalo E; Ekberg NR; Chotirmall SH; Pettersson S; Gustafsson A; Brismar K; Bostanci N
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2024;121:23130Norhammar A; Gustafsson A; Rydén L; Brismar K
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):16427Moller LB; Bladh MK; Brismar K; Palm K; Andolf EG
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2023;15(14):3092Barouti AA; Bjorklund A; Catrina SB; Brismar K; Ekberg NR
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2023;13:1092307Adiponectin, IGFBP-1 and-2 are independent predictors in forecasting prediabetes and type 2 diabetesBrismar K; Hilding A; Ansurudeen I; Flyvbjerg A; Frystyk J; Ostenson C-G
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):4983Mohanty S; Kamolvit W; Scheffschick A; Bjorklund A; Tovi J; Espinosa A; Brismar K; Nystrom T; Schroder JM; Ostenson C-G; Aspenstrom P; Brauner H; Brauner A
- Article: LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE. 2022;5(12):e202201505Moruzzi N; Valladolid-Acebes I; Kannabiran SA; Bulgaro S; Burtscher I; Leibiger B; Leibiger IB; Berggren P-O; Brismar K
- Article: ELIFE. 2022;11:e70714Zheng X; Narayanan S; Xu C; Eliasson Angelstig S; Grunler J; Zhao A; Di Toro A; Bernardi L; Mazzone M; Carmeliet P; Del Sole M; Solaini G; Forsberg EA; Zhang A; Brismar K; Schiffer TA; Rajamand Ekberg N; Botusan IR; Palm F; Catrina S-B
- Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM. 2022;100(1):101-113Mohanty S; Kamolvit W; Zambrana S; Gonzales E; Tovi J; Brismar K; Ostenson C-G; Brauner A
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):20735Ozgumus T; Sulaieva O; Jessen LE; Jain R; Falhammar H; Nystrom T; Catrina S-B; Jorneskog G; Groop L; Eliasson M; Eliasson B; Brismar K; Stokowy T; Nilsson PM; Lyssenko V
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2021;18(1):121Rossen J; Larsson K; Hagstromer M; Yngve A; Brismar K; Ainsworth B; Aberg L; Johansson U-B
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2021;12:708421Eklund E; Hellberg A; Berglund B; Brismar K; Hirschberg AL
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS. 2021;10(7):1070Dallner G; Bentinger M; Hussain S; Sinha I; Yang J; Schwank-Xu C; Zheng X; Swiezewska E; Brismar K; Valladolid-Acebes I; Tekle M
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):1191Rossen J; Hagstromer M; Yngve A; Brismar K; Ainsworth B; Johansson U-B
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Alla övriga publikationer
- Letter: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2026;11(7):106572Sandholm N; Cole JB; Nair V; Brennan E; Giardini E; Haukka JK; Ha E; Syreeni A; Dahlstrom EH; Salem RM; Fermin D; Mercader J; Smyth L; Hill C; Mychaleckyj J; McGurnaghan S; Miller RG; Costacou T; Snell-Bergeon J; Paterson AD; Verkauskiene R; Sokolovska J; Panduru NM; Zerbini G; Brismar K; Krolewski AS; Harjutsalo V; Rossing P; Hadjadj S; McKay G; McKnight AJ; Maxwell AP; Susztak K; Godson C; Kretzler M; Hirschhorn JN; Florez JC; Groop P-H
- Review: JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH. 2020;2020:8305460-7Zhang X; Abu Seman N; Falhammar H; Brismar K; Gu HF
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY. 2019;81(6):1425-1426Cederlof M; Curman P; Ahanian T; Leong IUS; Brismar K; Bachar-Wikstrom E; Wikstrom JD
- Editorial: ADIPOCYTE. 2016;5(3):318-325Valladolid-Acebes I; Daraio T; Brismar K; Hokfelt T; Bark C
- Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2016;75:448Levitsky A; Saevarsdottir S; Brismar K; Hambardzumyan K; Lourdudoss C; van Vollenhoven RF
- Review: UGESKRIFT FOR LAEGER. 2016;178(6):V04150291Swartling C; Rystedt A; Brismar K; Naver H; Norman P; Dizdarevic A
- Editorial: ENDOCRINE. 2014;46(2):347-350Sunkari VG; Botusan IR; Savu O; Grunler J; Zheng X; Gustafsson J-A; Brismar K; Catrina S-B
- Review: ACTA DIABETOLOGICA. 2014;51(2):185-192Arnetz L; Dorkhan M; Alvarsson M; Brismar K; Ekberg NR
- Published conference paper: MOLECULAR MEMBRANE BIOLOGY. 2012;29(7):299-308Bentinger M; Tekle M; Dallner G; Brismar K; Gustafsson J-A; Steffensen KR; Catrina S-B
- Review: CURRENT DIABETES REVIEWS. 2012;8(5):336-344Gu HF; Brismar K
- Published conference paper: AMINO ACIDS. 2012;43(1):127-134Ansurudeen I; Sunkari VG; Grunler J; Peters V; Schmitt CP; Catrina S-B; Brismar K; Forsberg EA
- Letter: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;44(1):3-5Hunt KA; Smyth DJ; Balschun T; Ban M; Mistry V; Ahmad T; Anand V; Barrett JC; Bhaw-Rosun L; Bockett NA; Brand OJ; Brouwer E; Concannon P; Cooper JD; Dias K-RM; van Diemen CC; Dubois PC; Edkins S; Foelster-Holst R; Fransen K; Glass DN; Heap GAR; Hofmann S; Huizinga TWJ; Hunt S; Langford C; Lee J; Mansfield J; Marrosu MG; Mathew CG; Mein CA; Mueller-Quernheim J; Nutland S; Onengut-Gumuscu S; Ouwehand W; Pearce K; Prescott NJ; Posthumus MD; Potter S; Rosati G; Sambrook J; Satsangi J; Schreiber S; Shtir C; Simmonds MJ; Sudman M; Thompson SD; Toes R; Trynka G; Vyse TJ; Walker NM; Weidinger S; Zhernakova A; Zoledziewska M; Weersma RK; Gough SCL; Sawcer S; Wijmenga C; Parkes M; Cucca F; Franke A; Deloukas P; Rich SS; Todd JA; van Heel DA
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(47):2428-2432Swartling C; Brismar K; Aquilonius S-M; Naver H; Rystedt A; Rosell K
- Letter: DIABETOLOGIA. 2008;51(12):2333-2334Gu HF; Efendic S; Brismar K
- Letter: DIABETES CARE. 2008;31(2):e6Catrina S-B; Brismar K
- Published conference paper: BIOFACTORS. 2008;32(1-4):99-111Bentinger M; Tekle M; Brismar K; Chojnacki T; Swiezewska E; Dallner G
- Published conference paper: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2008;192(1):117-125Efendic S; Alvarsson M; Brismar K; Wagner H
- Meeting abstract: EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2007;83:S107-S108Rakow A; Kistner A; Brismar K; Norman M; Vanpee M
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Anställningar
- Professor, Senior, Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
- Professor, Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-2024
- Professor, Senior, Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, Karolinska Institutet, 2016-2020
- Professor, Senior, Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-2016
- Professor/Överläkare, Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, Karolinska Institutet, 2004-2012
- Adjungerad Professor, Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, Karolinska Institutet, 1999-2005
Examina och utbildning
- Docent, Endokrinologi, Karolinska Institutet, 1989