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Fredrik Mertens

Fredrik Mertens

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Genetics
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
101
Citations
43480
World Ranking
721
National Ranking
10

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
48410
World Ranking
6964
National Ranking
143

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Fredrik Mertens is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, Oncology, Genetics, and Rheumatology.

Mertens has contributed extensively to topics such as Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Hippo Pathway Signaling and YAP/TAZ, and Urologic and Reproductive Health Conditions.

Recent publications by Mertens include:

  • "Signatures of copy number alterations in human cancer," 2022, Nature
  • "HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) recommendations for the designation of gene fusions," 2021, Leukemia
  • "Recurrent Fusions Between YAP1 and KMT2A in Morphologically Distinct Neoplasms Within the Spectrum of Low-grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma and Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma," 2020, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • "Signatures of copy number alterations in human cancer," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "'Inflammatory Leiomyosarcoma' and 'Histiocyte-rich Rhabdomyoblastic Tumor': a clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and genetic study of 13 cases, with a proposal for reclassification as 'Inflammatory Rhabdomyoblastic Tumor'," 2020, Modern Pathology

Mertens frequently publishes in several scientific journals, including:

  • Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Modern Pathology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Linda Magnusson
  • Saskia Sydow
  • Paul Piccinelli
  • Florian Puls
  • Nischalan Pillay

Best Publications

  • World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone

    Christopher D.M. Fletcher;Krisjnan Unni;Fredrik Mertens

  • WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone: WHO Classification of Tumours, vol. 5

    Christopher Fletcher;JA Bridge;Pcw Hogendoorn

  • Pathology and genetics of tumours of soft tissue and bone

    Christopher D. M. Fletcher;K. Krishnan Unni;Fredrik Mertens

  • The impact of translocations and gene fusions on cancer causation

    Felix Mitelman;Bertil Johansson;Fredrik Mertens

  • TERT promoter mutations occur frequently in gliomas and a subset of tumors derived from cells with low rates of self-renewal

    Patrick J. Killela;Zachary J. Reitman;Yuchen Jiao;Chetan Bettegowda

  • A breakpoint map of recurrent chromosomal rearrangements in human neoplasia.

    Felix Mitelman;Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson

  • Nuclear expression of STAT6 distinguishes solitary fibrous tumor from histologic mimics

    Leona A. Doyle;Marina Vivero;Christopher D. M. Fletcher;Fredrik Mertens

  • The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer

    Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson;Thoas Fioretos;Felix Mitelman

  • The der(17)t(x;17)(p11;q25) of human alveolar soft part sarcoma fuses the TFE3 transcription factor gene to ASPL, a novel gene at 17q25

    Marc Ladanyi;Man Yee Lui;Cristina R Antonescu;Amber Krause-Boehm

  • Chromosomal Imbalance Maps of Malignant Solid Tumors: A Cytogenetic Survey of 3185 Neoplasms

    Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson;Mattias Höglund;Felix Mitelman

  • Telomere dysfunction triggers extensive DNA fragmentation and evolution of complex chromosome abnormalities in human malignant tumors

    David Gisselsson;Tord Jonson;Åsa Petersén;Bodil Strömbeck

  • Chromosomal breakage-fusion-bridge events cause genetic intratumor heterogeneity

    David Gisselsson;Louise Pettersson;Mattias Höglund;Markus Heidenblad

  • TERT PROMOTER MUTATIONS OCCUR FREQUENTLY IN GLIOMAS AND A SUBSET OF TUMORS DERIVED FROM CELLS WITH LOW RATES OF SELF-RENEWAL

    Hai Yan;P.J. Killela;Z.J. Reitman;Y. Jiao

  • Tumor-Infiltrating Macrophages Are Associated with Metastasis Suppression in High-Grade Osteosarcoma: A Rationale for Treatment with Macrophage Activating Agents

    Emilie P. Buddingh;Marieke L. Kuijjer;Ronald A J Duim;Horst Bürger

  • Correlation between clinicopathological features and karyotype in lipomatous tumors. A report of 178 cases from the Chromosomes and Morphology (CHAMP) Collaborative Study Group.

    C. D. M. Fletcher;M. Akerman;P. Dal Cin;I. De Wever

  • Fusion genes and rearranged genes as a linear function of chromosome aberrations in cancer.

    Felix Mitelman;Bertil Johansson;Fredrik Mertens

  • Mitelman database of chromosome aberrations and gene fusions in cancer

    F Mitelman;B Johansson;F Mertens

  • MUC4 is a highly sensitive and specific marker for low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.

    Leona A Doyle;Emely Möller;Paola Dal Cin;Christopher D M Fletcher

  • Fusion of the EWS and CHOP genes in myxoid liposarcoma.

    Ioannis Panagopoulos;M Höglund;Fredrik Mertens;Nils Mandahl

  • Identification of a novel, recurrent HEY1-NCOA2 fusion in mesenchymal chondrosarcoma based on a genome-wide screen of exon-level expression data

    Lu Wang;Toru Motoi;Raya Khanin;Adam Olshen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils Mandahl
Nils Mandahl Lund University
Felix Mitelman
Felix Mitelman Lund University
Ioannis Panagopoulos
Ioannis Panagopoulos Oslo University Hospital
Anders Rydholm
Anders Rydholm Lund University
Sverre Heim
Sverre Heim Oslo University Hospital
Bertil Johansson
Bertil Johansson Lund University
Christopher D.M. Fletcher
Christopher D.M. Fletcher Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mattias Höglund
Mattias Höglund Lund University
David Gisselsson
David Gisselsson Lund University
Paola Dal Cin
Paola Dal Cin Harvard Medical School

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