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Olov Wiklund is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed to the field of medicine, with particular focus on surgery, immunology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, epidemiology, and cancer research. Their research work is centered on cardiovascular health, lipoproteins, metabolic diseases, and related genetic and biomedical topics.

Their primary research topics include:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Wiklund's frequent publication venues are:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Russian Journal of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Laboratory Service

Some of their recent scientific papers include:

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk, 2020, Russian Journal of Cardiology
  • Quantifying atherogenic lipoproteins for lipid-lowering strategies: Consensus-based recommendations from EAS and EFLM, 2020, Atherosclerosis
  • Virtual genetic diagnosis for familial hypercholesterolemia powered by machine learning, 2020, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Quantifying atherogenic lipoproteins for lipid-lowering strategies: consensus-based recommendations from EAS and EFLM, 2021, Laboratory Service

Collaborations have been an aspect of their scientific activity, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alberico L. Catapano
  • M. John Chapman
  • Jan Borén
  • Børge G. Nordestgaard
  • Gerald F. Watts

Best Publications

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

    A Halliday;C Baigent;F Mach;B Mihaylova;B Mihaylova

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

    Frank L J Visseren;François Mach;Yvo M Smulders;David Carballo

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 1. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

    Brian A Ference;Henry N Ginsberg;Ian T. Graham;Kausik K Ray

  • ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: The Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)☆☆☆

    Alberico L. Catapano;Zeljko Reiner;Guy De Backer;Ian Graham

  • Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: consensus statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society

    Borge G. Nordestgaard;M. John Chapman;Steve E. Humphries;Henry N. Ginsberg

  • Statin-associated muscle symptoms: impact on statin therapy—European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel Statement on Assessment, Aetiology and Management

    Erik S. Stroes;Paul D. Thompson;Alberto Corsini;Georgirene D. Vladutiu

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

    Jan Borén;M. John Chapman;M. John Chapman;Ronald M. Krauss;Chris J. Packard

  • 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: The Sixth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of 10 societies and by invited experts): Developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR).

    Massimo F. Piepoli;Arno W. Hoes

  • Subendothelial retention of atherogenic lipoproteins in early atherosclerosis.

    Kristina Skålén;Maria Gustafsson;Ellen Knutsen Rydberg;Lillemor Mattsson Hultén

  • T lymphocytes from human atherosclerotic plaques recognize oxidized low density lipoprotein.

    Sten Stemme;Beata Faber;Jan Holm;Olov Wiklund

  • Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: new insights and guidance for clinicians to improve detection and clinical management. A position paper from the Consensus Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia of the European Atherosclerosis Society

    Marina Cuchel;Eric Bruckert;Henry N. Ginsberg;Frederick J. Raal

  • Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Children and Adolescents: Gaining Decades of Life by Optimizing Detection and Treatment

    Albert Wiegman;Samuel S. Gidding;Gerald F Watts;M John Chapman

  • Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: Clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points - A joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Børge G. Nordestgaard;Anne Langsted;Samia Mora;Genovefa Kolovou

  • The polygenic nature of hypertriglyceridaemia: implications for definition, diagnosis, and management

    Robert A. Hegele;Henry N. Ginsberg;M. John Chapman;Børge G. Nordestgaard

  • The MBOAT7-TMC4 Variant rs641738 Increases Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Individuals of European Descent

    Rosellina Margherita Mancina;Paola Dongiovanni;Salvatore Petta;Piero Pingitore

  • Insulin resistance and adiposity correlate with acute-phase reaction and soluble cell adhesion molecules in type 2 diabetes.

    Eeva Leinonen;Eva Hurt-Camejo;Olov Wiklund;Lillemor Mattson Hultén

  • Statin use and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in at risk individuals

    Paola Dongiovanni;Salvatore Petta;Ville Mannisto;Rosellina Margherita Mancina

  • PNPLA3 has retinyl-palmitate lipase activity in human hepatic stellate cells

    Carlo Pirazzi;Luca Valenti;Benedetta Maria Motta;Piero Pingitore

  • Adverse effects of statin therapy: perception vs. the evidence - focus on glucose homeostasis, cognitive, renal and hepatic function, haemorrhagic stroke and cataract

    François Mach;Kausik K Ray;Olov Wiklund;Olov Wiklund;Alberto Corsini

  • Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) I148M (rs738409) affects hepatic VLDL secretion in humans and in vitro

    Carlo Pirazzi;Martin Adiels;Maria Antonella Burza;Rosellina Margherita Mancina

Frequent Co-Authors

Marja-Riitta Taskinen
Marja-Riitta Taskinen University of Helsinki
Alberico L. Catapano
Alberico L. Catapano University of Milan
Ian D. Graham
Ian D. Graham Ottawa Hospital
Piotr Ponikowski
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Victor Aboyans
Victor Aboyans University of Limoges
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
Héctor Bueno
Héctor Bueno Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
José Luis Zamorano
José Luis Zamorano Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Eva Prescott
Eva Prescott University of Copenhagen

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