Rasmus Gustafsson
Anknuten till Forskning
E-postadress: rasmus.gustafsson@ki.se
Besöksadress: L8:05, CMM Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, 17176 Stockholm
Postadress: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Kockum, 171 77 Stockholm
Om mig
- Publication list
1) Sundholm A, *Gustafsson R*, Karrenbauer V. Syndrome of Transient Headache
and Neurologic Deficits with Cerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytosis (HaNDL):
HHV-7 Finding in Cerebrospinal Fluid Challenges Diagnostic
Criteria. /Pathogens/. 2023 - 12(3):476.
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030476
2) Katie Healy, Linda B S Aulin, Urban Freij, Marie Ellerstad, Lena
Brückle, Helen Hillmering, Tor-Einar Svae, Kristina Broliden, *Rasmus
Gustafsson*. Prevalence of parvovirus B19 viraemia among German blood
donations and the relationship to ABO and Rhesus blood group
antigens, /The Journal of Infectious Diseases/, 2022 - ,
jiac456, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac456 [1]
3) Healy, K., Freij, U., Ellerstad, M., Aulin, L.B.S., Brückle, L.,
Hillmering, H., Chen, M.S. and *Gustafsson, R*. (2022), Evaluating the
prevalence of Hepatitis E virus infection in a large cohort of European
blood donors, 2015-2018. J Viral Hepat. Accepted Author
Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.1368 [2]
4) Wangko Lundström and *Rasmus Gustafsson*. Human herpesvirus 6A is a risk
factor for multiple sclerosis. Accepted for publication in Frontiers in
Immunology 2022-01-20. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.840753
5) Viktor Grut, Martin Biström, Jonatan Salzer, Pernilla Stridh, Daniel
Jons, *Rasmus Gustafsson*, Anna Fogdell-Hahn, Jesse Huang, Nicole
Brenner, Julia Butt, Noemi Bender, Anna Lindam, Lucia Alonso-Magdalena,
Martin Gunnarsson, Magnus Vrethem, Tomas Bergström, Oluf Andersen,
Ingrid Kockum, Tim Waterboer, Tomas Olsson, Peter Sundström.
Cytomegalovirus seropositivity is associated with reduced risk of
multiple sclerosis – a presymptomatic case-control study. Eur J Neurol.
2021 Jun 9. Doi: 10.1111/ene.14961.
6) Jing Wu, Elin Engdahl, *Rasmus Gustafsson*, Anna Fogdell-Hahn, Tim
Waterboer, Jan Hillert, Tomas Olsson, Lars Alfredsson, Anna Karin
Hedström. High antibody levels against HHV-6A interact with lifestyle
factors in MS development. Mult Scler. 2021 Jun 14. doi:
10.1177/13524585211022011.
7) *Gustafsson R*. Human Herpesvirus 6A Induces Dendritic Cell Death and
HMGB1 Release without Virus Replication. Pathogens. 2021 Jan 11 - 10(1):57.
doi: 10.3390/pathogens10010057.
8) M. Biström, D. Jons, Engdahl E, *Gustafsson R*, Huang J, Brenner N, Butt
J, Alonso-Magdalena L, Gunnarsson M, Vrethem M, Bender N, Waterboer T,
Granåsen G, Olsson T, Kockum I, Andersen O, Fogdell-Hahn A, Sundström
P. Epstein-Barr virus infection after adolescence and human herpesvirus
6A as risk factors for multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology
Eur J Neurol. 2021 Feb - 28(2):579-586. doi: 10.1111/ene.14597. Epub 2020
Nov 22
9) Magnus Hansson, *Rasmus Gustafsson*, Chloé Jacquet, Nedia Chebaane,
Simon Satchell, Therese Thunberg, Clas Ahlm and Anne-Marie Fors Connolly
(2020). Cystatin C and α-1-Microglobulin Predict Severe Acute Kidney
Injury in Patients with Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome. Pathogens
2020, 9, 666 - doi:10.3390/pathogens9080666
10) Engdahl E, *Gustafsson R*, Huang J, Biström M, Lima Bomfim I, Stridh P,
Khademi M, Brenner N, Butt J, Michel A, Jons D, Hortlund M,
Alonso-Magdalena L, Hedström AK, Flamand L, Ihira M, Yoshikawa T,
Andersen O, Hillert J, Alfredsson L, Waterboer T, Sundström P, Olsson
T, Kockum I and Fogdell-Hahn A. (2019). Increased Serological Response
Against Human Herpesvirus 6A Is Associated With Risk for Multiple
Sclerosis. Front. Immunol. 10:2715. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02715
11) *K.L.R. Gustafsson [3]*, T.Renné [4], C.Söderberg-Naucler [5],
L.M.Butler [6]. Human cytomegalovirus replication induces endothelial
cell interleukin-11. Cytokine. 2018 Maj 25.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2018.05.018 [7].
12) *Rasmus Gustafsson*, Hannah C. Jeffery, Koon-Chu Yaiw, Vanessa Wilhelmi,
Ourania N. Kostopoulou, Belghis Davoudi, Afsar Rahbar, Melinda Benard,
Thomas Renné, Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, and Lynn M. Butler. Direct
infection of primary endothelial cells with human cytomegalovirus
prevents angiogenesis and migration. J Gen Virol. 2015 Sep 28. doi:
10.1099/jgv.0.000301.
13) *Gustafsson R*, Svensson M and Fogdell-Hahn A (2015) Modulatory effects
on dendritic cells by human herpesvirus 6. Front. Microbiol. 6:388. doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2015.00388.
14) Nicole Marquardt, Martin A. Ivarsson, Kim Blom, Veronica D. Gonzalez,
Monika Braun, Karolin Falconer, *Rasmus Gustafsson*, Anna Fogdell-Hahn,
Johan K. Sandberg, and Jakob Michaëlsson. The human NK cell response to
yellow fever virus vaccination is largely governed by NK cell
differentiation independently of NK cell education. The Journal of
Immunology 08/2015 - DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1401811.
15) Elin Engdahl, *Rasmus Gustafsson*, Ryan Ramanujam, Emilie Sundqvist,
Tomas Olsson, Jan Hillert, Lars Alfredsson, Ingrid Kockum, Anna
Fogdell-Hahn. HLA-A*02 carriership, gender and tobacco smoking, but not
multiple sclerosis, affects the IgG antibody response against human
herpesvirus 6. Human Immunology 2014 Jun - 75(6):524-30. doi:
10.1016/j.humimm.2014.03.001.
16) *Gustafsson, R*., R. Reitsma, A. Stralfors, A. Lindholm, R. Press, and
A. Fogdell-Hahn. 2013. Incidence of human herpesvirus 6 in clinical
samples from Swedish patients with demyelinating diseases. Journal of
microbiology, immunology, and infection. 2013 May 31. doi:pii:
S1684-1182(13)00062-5. 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.03.009.
17) *Gustafsson, R. K*., E. E. Engdahl, O. Hammarfjord, S. B. Adikari, M.
Lourda, J. Klingstrom, M. Svensson, and A. Fogdell-Hahn. 2013. Human
herpesvirus 6A partially suppresses functional properties of DC without
viral replication. PLoS ONE 8:e58122.
18) *Gustafsson, R. K.*, E. E. Engdahl, and A. Fogdell-Hahn. 2012.
Development and validation of a Q-PCR based TCID50 method for human
herpesvirus 6. Virol J 9:311.
19) Hoof, I., C. L. Perez, M. Buggert, *R. K. Gustafsson*, M. Nielsen, O.
Lund, and A. C. Karlsson. 2010. Interdisciplinary analysis of
HIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses against variant epitopes reveals
restricted TCR promiscuity. J Immunol 184:5383-5391.
20) Perez, C. L., M. V. Larsen, *R. Gustafsson*, M. M. Norstrom, A. Atlas,
D. F. Nixon, M. Nielsen, O. Lund, and A. C. Karlsson. 2008. Broadly
immunogenic HLA class I supertype-restricted elite CTL epitopes
recognized in a diverse population infected with different HIV-1
subtypes. J Immunol 180:5092-5100.
*Commisions of trust*
1) Member of the scientific reviewer board of the scientific journal
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland). 2021-present.
2) Scientific reviewed for several manuscripts submitted to the scientific
journals Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Transplantation,
Pathogens, Microorganisms, Children, Biology
*Selected grants*
1) Research grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
for the project Beta-Antithrombin as target for drug development, 2022.
2) Research grant from the foundation ”Stiftelsen för Gamla
tjänarinnor” for project on HHV-6 and Alzheimer’s disease, 2020.
3) Travel grant as invited speaker at the 11th International Conference on
HHV-6 & - 7, Quebec City, Canada, 2019.
4) Research grant from Neuro Sweden for project on host genetics and HHV-6
immunity, 2015.
5) Research grant from The Swedish Association of Persons with Neurological
Disabilities for project on the effect of HHV-6A on dendritic cells,
2012.
6) Research grant from the HHV-6 foundation, Santa Barbara, CA, for project
on development of a TCID50 method for HHV-6A and HHV-6B, 2011.
7) Travel grant from Scandinavian Society for Immunology for the 7th
International Conference on HHV-6 & - 7 [8], Reston, Virginia, USA, 2011.
8) Faculty funds from the Board of Doctoral Education at Karolinska
Institutet, KID, 2008-2012.
1. PhD degree 2013-12-06 from the Karolinska Institute. Thesis title:
Human herpesvirus 6 in multiple sclerosis: Assay development, immune
responses and host genetics.
2. Master of Science in Engineering, Biotechnology, focus on
molecular biology and pharmacology. Lund University, Sweden 2001-2007. Master
thesis approved 2007.
*Courses/Kurser*
1. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 7, 5 hp. Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm. Ongoing 2022
2. Introductory Doctoral Supervision course, four days. Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm. 2020
3. Basic course for project management (XLPM), three days. Semcon AB,
Stockholm. 2019
4. Sociology 1-20 p, Lund University, Sweden, autumn semester 2003.
[1] https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac456
[2] https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13682
[3] https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.kib.ki.se/science/article/pii/S1043466618302175?via%3Dihub#!
[4] https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.kib.ki.se/science/article/pii/S1043466618302175?via%3Dihub#!
[5] https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.kib.ki.se/science/article/pii/S1043466618302175?via%3Dihub#!
[6] https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.kib.ki.se/science/article/pii/S1043466618302175?via%3Dihub#!
[7] https://doi-org.proxy.kib.ki.se/10.1016/j.cyto.2018.05.018
[8] http://www.hhv-6conference.com/index.php
Undervisning
- 1) Supervisor for Emma Persson, master student from KTH. Spring sem. 2023.
2) Supervisor for Teresa Abrudan, master student from Umeå University.
Autumn sem. 2022.
3) Supervisor for Zhihan Yang, master student from KTH. Autumn sem. 2022.
4) Supervisor for Katie Healy, PhD student from Karolinska Institutet,
Autumn sem. 2021.
5) Supervisor for Jacob Degenne, master student from KTH. Spring sem. 2021.
6) Supervisor for Anna Malin Hallberg, master student from Lund University.
Autumn sem. 2020.
7) Supervisor for Josefine Sundgren, master student from Lund University.
Spring sem. 2020.
8) Mentor for Qian Xiao, architect student from China. Via The Swedish
Association of Graduate Engineers. 2019
9) Co-supervisor for PhD student Ivan Kmezic. Karolinska Institutet.
2018-present.
10) Mentor for Saraa Wahdan, newly arrived bio-technician from Iraq to
Sweden. Via The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers. 2018.
11) Supervisor for Silvia Karlberg, bachelor student from Karolinska
Institutet. Spring sem. 2017.
12) Supervisor for master student Ajay Waghmare from Skövde University.
Autumn sem. 2015.
13) Solely responsible for PhD course in Neurovirology, 20 participants.
Autumn sem. 2011.
Artiklar
- Article: BRAIN. 2024;147(1):177-185
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;227(10):1214-1218
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2023;14:1241199
- Article: JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS. 2022;29(9):835-839
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2022;28(3):383-392
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2021;28(9):3072-3079
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2021;28(2):579-586
- Article: PATHOGENS. 2021;10(1):57
- Article: PATHOGENS. 2020;9(8):E666-666
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2019;10:2715
- Article: CYTOKINE. 2018;111:563-566
- Article: JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 2015;96(12):3598-3612
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;195(7):3262-3272
- Article: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2014;47(5):418-421
- Article: HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;75(6):524-530
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(3):e58122
- Article: VIROLOGY JOURNAL. 2012;9:311
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;184(9):5383-5391
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;180(7):5092-5100
Alla övriga publikationer
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2023;29:237-238
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. 2022;27:S66-S67
- Review: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;13:840753
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH. 2019;56:35
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2019;25:81-82
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2016;22:187
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2016;22:859-860
- Review: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 2015;6:388
- Thesis / dissertation: 2013
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2012;76(2):201
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;71(6):529
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;68(2):241
Anställningar
- Anknuten till Forskning, Klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025
Examina och utbildning
- Medicine Doktorsexamen, Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska Institutet, 2014