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Catharina Larsson is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. Their research primarily spans medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial focus on endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, molecular biology, surgery, cancer research, and oncology.

Their work addresses a variety of specific scientific topics including:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Catharina Larsson has contributed publications to several frequently appearing venues such as:

  • Endocrine Related Cancer
  • Endocrine Pathology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cancers
  • Nature Metabolism

Among the recent published papers associated with Larsson's research are:

  • Single-nuclei transcriptomes from human adrenal gland reveal distinct cellular identities of low and high-risk neuroblastoma tumors (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Maternal and fetal outcomes in phaeochromocytoma and pregnancy: a multicentre retrospective cohort study and systematic review of literature (2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • GABPA-dependent down-regulation of DICER1 in follicular thyroid tumours (2020, Endocrine Related Cancer)
  • Downregulation and Hypermethylation of GABPB1 Is Associated with Aggressive Thyroid Cancer Features (2022, Cancers)
  • PLEKHS1 Over-Expression is Associated with Metastases and Poor Outcomes in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (2020, Cancers)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • C. Christofer Juhlin
  • Jan Zedenius
  • Adam Stenman
  • Weng-Onn Lui
  • L. Samuel Hellgren

Best Publications

  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 gene maps to chromosome 11 and is lost in insulinoma

    Catharina Larsson;Britt Skogseid;Kjell Öberg;Yusuke Nakamura

  • Human mitochondrial DNA deletions associated with mutations in the gene encoding Twinkle, a phage T7 gene 4-like protein localized in mitochondria.

    Johannes N. Spelbrink;Fang Yuan Li;Valeria Tiranti;Kaisu Nikali

  • Identification of the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1) Gene. The European Consortium on MEN1

    Irma Lemmens;Wim J. M. Van de Ven;Koen Kas;Chang X. Zhang

  • HRPT2, encoding parafibromin, is mutated in hyperparathyroidism–jaw tumor syndrome

    J.D. Carpten;C.M. Robbins;A. Villablanca;L. Forsberg

  • Somatic and Germ-Line Mutations of the HRPT2 Gene in Sporadic Parathyroid Carcinoma

    Trisha M. Shattuck;Stiina Välimäki;Takao Obara;Randall D. Gaz

  • BRCA2 mutations in primary breast and ovarian cancers

    Johnathan M. Lancaster;Richard Wooster;Jonathon Mangion;Catherine M. Phelan;Catherine M. Phelan;Catherine M. Phelan

  • Loss-of-heterozygosity analysis of small-cell lung carcinomas using single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays.

    Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;David M. Tanenbaum;Mark J. Daly;Ellen Winchester

  • Localization of the MEN1 gene to a small region within chromosome 11q13 by deletion mapping in tumors

    Camilla Bystrom;Catharina Larsson;Carl Blomberg;Kerstin Sandelin

  • Mechanisms underlying the activation of TERT transcription and telomerase activity in human cancer: old actors and new players

    Xiaotian Yuan;Xiaotian Yuan;Catharina Larsson;Dawei Xu

  • Somatic deletions and mutations in the Cowden disease gene, PTEN, in sporadic thyroid tumors

    Patricia L M Dahia;Debbie J. Marsh;Zimu Zheng;Jan Zedenius

  • Characterization of the mutational landscape of anaplastic thyroid cancer via whole exome sequencing

    John W. Kunstman;C. Christofer Juhlin;Gerald Goh;Taylor C. Brown

  • LUMA (LUminometric Methylation Assay)--a high throughput method to the analysis of genomic DNA methylation.

    Mohsen Karimi;Sofia Johansson;Dirk Stach;Martin Corcoran

  • Mutation analysis of the BRCA2 gene in 49 site–specific breast cancer families

    C M Phelan;J M Lancaster;P Tonin;C Gumbs

  • MicroRNA Expression Profiles Associated with Mutational Status and Survival in Malignant Melanoma

    Stefano Caramuta;Suzanne Egyházi;Monica Rodolfo;Daniela Witten

  • Ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 carriers is modified by the HRAS1 variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) locus

    Catherine M. Phelan;Catherine M. Phelan;Timothy R. Rebbeck;Barbara L. Weber;Peter Devilee

  • The age- and shorter telomere-dependent TERT promoter mutation in follicular thyroid cell-derived carcinomas.

    T Liu;N Wang;J Cao;A Sofiadis

  • Genetic Aberrations in Adrenocortical Tumors Detected Using Comparative Genomic Hybridization Correlate with Tumor Size and Malignancy

    Magnus Kjellman;Olli-P. Kallioniemi;Ritva Karhu;Anders Höög

  • Involvement of the PAX8/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ rearrangement in follicular thyroid tumors

    Trisha Dwight;Srinivasan R. Thoppe;Theodoros Foukakis;Weng O. Lui

  • Clustered inactivating mutations and benign polymorphisms of the calcium receptor gene in familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcemia suggest receptor functional domains.

    Hunter Heath;Shannon Odelberg;Charles E. Jackson;Bin Tean Teh

  • Thymic carcinoids in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1

    Bin Tean Teh;Jan Zedenius;Soili Kytölä;Britt Skogseid

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Tean Teh
Bin Tean Teh National University of Singapore
Magnus Nordenskjöld
Magnus Nordenskjöld Karolinska Institute
Tomas J. Ekström
Tomas J. Ekström Karolinska Institute
Catherine M. Phelan
Catherine M. Phelan University of South Florida
Bruce G. Robinson
Bruce G. Robinson University of Sydney
Fredrik Piehl
Fredrik Piehl Karolinska Institute
Annika Lindblom
Annika Lindblom Karolinska Institute
Janne Lehtiö
Janne Lehtiö Karolinska Institute
Steven A. Narod
Steven A. Narod University of Toronto
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

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