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John Pernow is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. Their research spans the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a primary focus in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, molecular biology, immunology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work concentrates on key topics including erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, nitric oxide and endothelin effects, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms, extracellular vesicles in disease, long-term effects of COVID-19, and microRNA in disease regulation.

John Pernow has contributed to several notable papers, including:

  • IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) criteria: guidelines of the EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action, 2021, Basic Research in Cardiology
  • Hyperglycemia Induces Myocardial Dysfunction via Epigenetic Regulation of JunD, 2020, Circulation Research
  • Novel perspectives on redox signaling in red blood cells and platelets in cardiovascular disease, 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Red Blood Cell Peroxynitrite Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus via Arginase, 2020, Cells
  • A randomized clinical trial of the effects of leafy green vegetables and inorganic nitrate on blood pressure, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Circulation

Collaborations constitute a significant part of John Pernow's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ali Mahdi
  • Aida Collado
  • Zhichao Zhou
  • John Tengbom
  • Tong Jiao

Best Publications

  • The importance of endothelin-1 for vascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease.

    Felix Böhm;John Pernow

  • Oxygen Therapy in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Robin Hofmann;Stefan K James;Stefan K James;Tomas Jernberg;Bertil Lindahl

  • Arginase as a potential target in the treatment of cardiovascular disease: reversal of arginine steal?

    John Pernow;Christian Jung;Christian Jung

  • Myocardial infarction mediated by endothelin receptor signaling in hypercholesterolemic mice

    Giuseppina Caligiuri;Bernard Levy;John Pernow;Peter Thorén

  • Pharmacological possibilities for protection against myocardial reperfusion injury

    Qing-Dong Wang;John Pernow;Per-Ove Sjöquist;Lars Rydén

  • Baroreflex modulation of sympathetic activity and sympathetic neurotransmitters in humans

    D. L. Eckberg;R. F. Rea;O. K. Andersson;T. Hedner

  • Glucagon-like peptide-1 relaxes rat conduit arteries via an endothelium-independent mechanism.

    Thomas Nyström;Adrian T. Gonon;Åke Sjöholm;John Pernow

  • Guanethidine-sensitive release of neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity in the cat spleen by sympathetic nerve stimulation

    Jan.M. Lundberg;Anders Änggård;Elvar Theodorsson-Norheim;John Pernow

  • Mechanisms underlying pre- and postjunctional effects of neuropeptide Y in sympathetic vascular control.

    John Pernow;Alois Saria;Jan M. Lundberg

  • Remote ischaemic pre- and delayed postconditioning - similar degree of cardioprotection but distinct mechanisms.

    Marina Basalay;Veronika Barsukevich;Svetlana Mastitskaya;Alexander Mrochek

  • Arginase Inhibition Improves Endothelial Function in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Alexey Shemyakin;Oskar Kövamees;Arnar Rafnsson;Felix Böhm

  • Plasma neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity and catecholamines during various degrees of sympathetic activation in man.

    John Pernow;Jan M. Lundberg;Lennart Kaijser;Paul Hjemdahl

  • Urotensin II evokes potent vasoconstriction in humans in vivo

    Felix Böhm;John Pernow

  • Effect of postconditioning on infarct size in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction

    Peder Sörensson;Nawzad Saleh;Frederic Bouvier;Felix Böhm

  • Cardiovascular effects of calcitonin gene-related peptides I and II in man.

    A Franco-Cereceda;C Gennari;R Nami;D Agnusdei

  • Vasoconstrictor effects in vivo and plasma disappearance rate of neuropeptide Y in man

    J. Pernow;J.M. Lundberg;L. Kaijser

  • Arginase inhibition mediates cardioprotection during ischaemia-reperfusion.

    Christian Jung;Adrian T Gonon;Per-Ove Sjöquist;Jon O Lundberg

  • Endothelin in myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion

    John Pernow;Qing-Dong Wang

  • Assessment of left ventricular structure and function in preeclampsia by echocardiography and cardiovascular biomarkers.

    Rangeen Rafik Hamad;Anders Larsson;John Pernow;Katarina Bremme

  • Neuropeptide Y and sympathetic neurotransmission.

    Jan M. Lundberg;Anders Franco‐Cereceda;Jean‐Silvain Lacroix;John Pernow

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan M. Lundberg
Jan M. Lundberg Karolinska Institute
Jon O. Lundberg
Jon O. Lundberg Karolinska Institute
Christian Jung
Christian Jung Kiel University
Lars Rydén
Lars Rydén Karolinska Institute
David Erlinge
David Erlinge Lund University
Eddie Weitzberg
Eddie Weitzberg Karolinska Institute
Paul Hjemdahl
Paul Hjemdahl Karolinska University Hospital
Kerstin Brismar
Kerstin Brismar Karolinska Institute
Malte Kelm
Malte Kelm Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Ulf Hedin
Ulf Hedin Karolinska Institute

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