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73
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22311
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2117
National Ranking
37

Overview

Anders Eklund is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans various subfields including Speech and Hearing, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research interests encompass topics such as Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Family Support in Illness, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity.

Recent publication venues for Anders Eklund include Seizure, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Scientific Data, and Neurology Clinical Practice. Their recent papers cover diverse subjects:

  • OCT and VEP correlate to disability in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, 2022, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Transitioning from paediatric to adult care in epilepsy: A qualitative study of adolescent experiences, 2024, Seizure
  • Inflation of test accuracy due to data leakage in deep learning-based classification of OCT images, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Transfer to Adult Care in Epilepsy, 2025, Neurology Clinical Practice

Collaborations have been established with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Rianne J.M. Goselink
  • Colin Reilly
  • Ingrid Olsson
  • T Hallböök
  • Kristina Malmgren

Anders Eklund's work reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating clinical research, pediatric healthcare transitions, neurological disorders, and methodological considerations in medical imaging. The research contributions provide insights relevant to patient care transitions in epilepsy, the progression and measurement of multiple sclerosis, and deep learning applications in medical data analysis.

Best Publications

  • A new model for an etiology of rheumatoid arthritis: smoking may trigger HLA-DR (shared epitope)-restricted immune reactions to autoantigens modified by citrullination.

    Lars Klareskog;Patrik Stolt;Karin Lundberg;Henrik Källberg

  • Smoking increases peptidylarginine deiminase 2 enzyme expression in human lungs and increases citrullination in BAL cells

    D Makrygiannakis;M Hermansson;A-K Ulfgren;A P Nicholas

  • Exosomes with major histocompatibility complex class II and co-stimulatory molecules are present in human BAL fluid.

    C. Admyre;J. Grunewald;J. Thyberg;S. Gripenbäck

  • Altered microRNA profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid exosomes in asthmatic patients

    Bettina Levänen;Nirav R. Bhakta;Patricia Torregrosa Paredes;Rebecca Barbeau

  • Increased Risk for Cancer Following Sarcoidosis

    Johan Askling;Johan Grunewald;Anders Eklund;Gunnar Hillerdal

  • Sarcoidosis incidence and prevalence: a nationwide register-based assessment in Sweden

    Elizabeth V. Arkema;Johan Grunewald;Susanna Kullberg;Anders Eklund

  • HLA-DR Predicts the Prognosis in Scandinavian Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

    Mary Berlin;Anna Fogdell-Hahn;Olle Olerup;Anders Eklund

  • Structural changes and antibody enrichment in the lungs are early features of anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis.

    Gudrun Reynisdottir;Reza Karimi;Vijay Joshua;Helga Olsen

  • Swine dust causes intense airways inflammation in healthy subjects.

    Kjell A. Larsson;Anders G. Eklund;Lars-Olof Hansson;Britt-Marie Isaksson

  • Löfgren's syndrome: human leukocyte antigen strongly influences the disease course.

    Johan Grunewald;Anders Eklund

  • Smoking, Use of Moist Snuff, and Risk of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

    Cecilia Carlens;Maria-Pia Hergens;Johan Grunewald;Anders Ekbom

  • Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid exosomes contribute to cytokine and leukotriene production in allergic asthma

    P. Torregrosa Paredes;J. Esser;C. Admyre;M. Nord

  • Analysis of Intracellular Cytokines in CD4+ and CD8+ Lung and Blood T Cells in Sarcoidosis

    Jan Wahlström;Kianoosh Katchar;Hans Wigzell;Olle Olerup

  • The lung microbiota in early rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmunity

    Jose U. Scher;Vijay Joshua;Alejandro Artacho;Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz

  • Antibacterial components in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from healthy individuals and sarcoidosis patients.

    Birgitta Agerberth;Johan Grunewald;Esmeralda Castaños-Velez;Berit Olsson

  • T Cell Responses to Mycobacterial Catalase-Peroxidase Profile a Pathogenic Antigen in Systemic Sarcoidosis

    Edward S. Chen;Jan Wahlström;Zhimin Song;Matthew H. Willett

  • Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and the Disease Course in Sarcoidosis Patients

    Johan Grunewald;Anders Eklund;Olle Olerup

  • Restricted Vα2.3 gene usage by CD4+ T lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from sarcoidosis patients correlates with HLA-DR3

    Johan Grunewald;Carl Harald Janson;Anders Eklund;Mary Öhrn

  • Sex-specific manifestations of Löfgren's syndrome.

    Johan Grunewald;Anders Eklund

  • Proinflammatory exosomes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with sarcoidosis

    Khaleda R Qazi;Patricia Torregrosa Paredes;Benita Dahlberg;Johan Grunewald

  • Evidence for mast cell activation during exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

    S O'Sullivan;A Roquet;B Dahlen;F Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Grunewald
Johan Grunewald Karolinska University Hospital
Anca I. Catrina
Anca I. Catrina Karolinska University Hospital
Leonid Padyukov
Leonid Padyukov Karolinska Institute
Johan Askling
Johan Askling Karolinska Institute
Susanne Gabrielsson
Susanne Gabrielsson Karolinska Institute
Lars Klareskog
Lars Klareskog Karolinska Institute
Craig E. Wheelock
Craig E. Wheelock Karolinska Institute
Olle Olerup
Olle Olerup Karolinska Institute
Roman A. Zubarev
Roman A. Zubarev Karolinska Institute
Vivianne Malmström
Vivianne Malmström Karolinska University Hospital

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