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Elisabet Svenungsson

Elisabet Svenungsson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
19559
World Ranking
9491
National Ranking
133

Overview

Elisabet Svenungsson is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on rheumatology. Their research portfolio encompasses a diverse range of subfields including rheumatology, immunology, pathology and forensic medicine, genetics, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

The primary focus of Svenungsson's work lies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related autoimmune disorders. This is reflected in the main topics of their research, which cover systemic lupus erythematosus research, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, systemic sclerosis and related diseases, T-cell and B-cell immunology, pregnancy and medication impact, and immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Iva Gunnarsson, Andreas Jönsen, Dag Leonard, Anders Bengtsson, and Christopher Sjöwall, indicating a consistent engagement with a network of specialists in related medical and immunological disciplines.

Elisabet Svenungsson has published extensively in several reputable scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Poster presentations
  • Lupus Science & Medicine
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Oral Presentations

Recent publications by Svenungsson and associated authors highlight up-to-date contributions to lupus management, epidemiology, and immunological pathways. Notable papers include:

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update (2023), Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Global epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (2021), Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome (2022), Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Impact of glucocorticoids on the incidence of lupus-related major organ damage: a systematic literature review and meta-regression analysis of longitudinal observational studies (2021), Lupus Science & Medicine
  • Molecular pathways in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus revealed by gene-centred DNA sequencing (2020), Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Throughout their career, Svenungsson has contributed to advancing knowledge in medicine particularly through research in rheumatology and immunology related to lupus and autoimmune diseases. Their body of work includes clinical guidelines, epidemiological studies, and molecular investigations.

Best Publications

  • 2019 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus

    Antonis Fanouriakis;Myrto Kostopoulou;Alessia Alunno;Martin Aringer

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in adults

    Maria G Tektonidou;Laura Andreoli;Marteen Limper;Zahir Amoura

  • A regulatory polymorphism in PDCD1 is associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in humans

    Ludmila Prokunina;Casimiro Castillejo-López;Fredrik Öberg;Iva Gunnarsson

  • EULAR recommendations for women's health and the management of family planning, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and menopause in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid syndrome

    L. Andreoli;G. K. Bertsias;N. Agmon-Levin;S. Brown

  • A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vesela Gateva;Johanna K. Sandling;Geoff Hom;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    E Svenungsson;K Jensen-Urstad;M Heimbürger;A Silveira

  • Anticardiolipin Antibodies Predict Early Recurrence of Thromboembolism and Death Among Patients with Venous Thromboembolism Following Anticoagulant Therapy

    Sam Schulman;Elisabet Svenungsson;Staffan Granqvist

  • Functional variants in the B-cell gene BANK1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Sergey V. Kozyrev;Anna Karin Abelson;Jerome Wojcik;Ammar Zaghlool

  • Global epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus

    Megan R. W. Barber;Cristina Drenkard;Titilola Falasinnu;Alberta Hoi

  • Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Carl D. Langefeld;Hannah C. Ainsworth;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • Lipid peroxidation is enhanced in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and is associated with arterial and renal disease manifestations.

    Johan Frostegård;Elisabet Svenungsson;Ruihua Wu;Iva Gunnarsson

  • A risk haplotype of STAT4 for systemic lupus erythematosus is over-expressed, correlates with anti-dsDNA and shows additive effects with two risk alleles of IRF5

    Snaevar Sigurdsson;Gunnel Nordmark;Sophie Garnier;Elin Grundberg

  • Comprehensive evaluation of the genetic variants of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) reveals a novel 5 bp length polymorphism as strong risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Snaevar Sigurdsson;Harald H H Göring;Gudlaug Kristjansdottir;Lili Milani

  • A susceptibility locus for human systemic lupus erythematosus (hSLE1) on chromosome 2q.

    Anna-Karin B Lindqvist;Kristján Steinsson;Bo Johanneson;Helga Kristjánsdóttir

  • High levels of circulating interferons type I, type II and type III associate with distinct clinical features of active systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vilija Oke;Iva Gunnarsson;Jessica Dorschner;Susanna Eketjäll

  • Elevated triglycerides and low levels of high-density lipoprotein as markers of disease activity in association with up-regulation of the tumor necrosis factor alpha/tumor necrosis factor receptor system in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Elisabet Svenungsson;Iva Gunnarsson;Guo-Zhong Fei;Ingrid E Lundberg

  • TNF-α: a link between hypertriglyceridaemia and inflammation in SLE patients with cardiovascular disease

    E Svenungsson;G Z Fei;K Jensen-Urstad;U de Faire

  • Risk factors for cardiovascular mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, a prospective cohort study

    Johanna T Gustafsson;Julia F Simard;Iva Gunnarsson;Kerstin Elvin

  • Predictors of the first cardiovascular event in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus - a prospective cohort study

    Johanna Gustafsson;Iva Gunnarsson;Ola Börjesson;Susanne Pettersson

  • Copy number, linkage disequilibrium and disease association in the FCGR locus

    Heather A. Niederer;Lisa C. Willcocks;Tim F. Rayner;Wanling Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Iva Gunnarsson
Iva Gunnarsson Karolinska University Hospital
Andreas Jönsen
Andreas Jönsen Lund University
Lars Rönnblom
Lars Rönnblom Uppsala University
Anders A. Bengtsson
Anders A. Bengtsson Lund University
Ann-Christine Syvänen
Ann-Christine Syvänen Uppsala University
Gunnar Sturfelt
Gunnar Sturfelt Lund University
Johan Frostegård
Johan Frostegård Karolinska Institute
Leonid Padyukov
Leonid Padyukov Karolinska Institute
Lennart Truedsson
Lennart Truedsson Lund University

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