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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
119
Citations
53895
World Ranking
3890
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Per Eriksson is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields, including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, with a particular focus on:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Eriksson has published in a range of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Research

Some recent papers include:

  • "PCSK6 Is a Key Protease in the Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Function in Vascular Remodeling," 2020, Circulation Research
  • "Tunica-Specific Transcriptome of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and the Effect of Intraluminal Thrombus, Smoking, and Diameter Growth Rate," 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • "Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is not related to carotid atherosclerosis progression and cardiovascular events in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Results from the IMPROVE study," 2021, BioFactors
  • "Association Between Uric Acid, Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, and Cardiovascular Events: Prospective Results From the IMPROVE Study," 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Prenylcysteine oxidase 1, an emerging player in atherosclerosis," 2021, Communications Biology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Hanna M. Björck
  • Anders Franco-Cereceda
  • Otto Bergman
  • Bruna Gigante
  • Rona J. Strawbridge

In addition to journal publications, Eriksson has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Arkiv förlag eBooks titled "Önskad och ifrågasatt: Lantbruksvetenskapernas akademisering i 1900-talets Sverige" in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Allele-specific increase in basal transcription of the plasminogen-activator inhibitor 1 gene is associated with myocardial infarction

    P Eriksson;B Kallin;F M van 't Hooft;P Båvenholm

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Functional Polymorphism in the Regulatory Region of Gelatinase B Gene in Relation to Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis

    Baiping Zhang;Shu Ye;S.-M. Herrmann;P. Eriksson

  • Leptin secretion from subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in women.

    V Van Harmelen;S Reynisdottir;P Eriksson;A Thörne

  • A genome-wide association study in Europeans and South Asians identifies five new loci for coronary artery disease

    John F. Peden;Jemma C. Hopewell;Danish Saleheen;John C. Chambers

  • PROGRESSION OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMMON GENETIC VARIANT OF THE HUMAN STROMELYSIN-1 PROMOTER WHICH RESULTS IN REDUCED GENE EXPRESSION

    Shu Ye;Per Eriksson;Anders Hamsten;Markku Kurkinen

  • Susceptibility to coronary artery disease and diabetes is encoded by distinct, tightly linked SNPs in the ANRIL locus on chromosome 9p

    Helen M. Broadbent;John F. Peden;Stefan Lorkowski;Anuj Goel

  • Variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjogren's syndrome.

    Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;He Li;He Li;Indra Adrianto;John A. Ice

  • Neonatal Exposure to a Combination of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate and γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor Anesthetic Agents Potentiates Apoptotic Neurodegeneration and Persistent Behavioral Deficits

    A. Fredriksson;E. Pontén;T. Gordh;P. Eriksson

  • Human beta-2 adrenoceptor gene polymorphisms are highly frequent in obesity and associate with altered adipocyte beta-2 adrenoceptor function.

    Valérie Large;Lena Hellström;Signy Reynisdottir;Fredrik Lönnqvist

  • Neonatal exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) causes neurobehavioural defects in adult mice.

    Niclas Johansson;A Fredriksson;Per Eriksson

  • A Common Functional Polymorphism (C→A Substitution at Position −863) in the Promoter Region of the Tumour Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) Gene Associated With Reduced Circulating Levels of TNF-α

    Tiina Skoog;Ferdinand M. van't Hooft;Bengt Kallin;Stefan Jovinge

  • The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Teresa Ferreira;Daniel I. Chasman;Anne U. Jackson

  • Expression of Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin in Atherosclerosis and Myocardial Infarction

    Anne-Louise Hemdahl;Anders Gabrielsen;Chaoyong Zhu;Per Eriksson

  • Influence of intraluminal thrombus on structural and cellular composition of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall.

    Monsur Kazi;Johan Thyberg;Piotr Religa;Joy Roy

  • Genome-Wide Association Identifies Nine Common Variants Associated With Fasting Proinsulin Levels and Provides New Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes

    R J Strawbridge;J Dupuis;I Prokopenko;A Barker

  • Plasma tumour necrosis factor-alpha and early carotid atherosclerosis in healthy middle-aged men.

    T. Skoog;W. Dichtl;S. Boquist;C. Skoglund-Andersson

  • TM6SF2 is a regulator of liver fat metabolism influencing triglyceride secretion and hepatic lipid droplet content

    Hovsep Mahdessian;Apostolos Taxiarchis;Sergej Popov;Angela Silveira

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Hamsten
Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute
Lasse Folkersen
Lasse Folkersen Sankt Hans Hospital
Ulf Hedin
Ulf Hedin Karolinska Institute
Rona J. Strawbridge
Rona J. Strawbridge University of Glasgow
Steve E. Humphries
Steve E. Humphries University College London
Göran K. Hansson
Göran K. Hansson Karolinska University Hospital
Marie Wahren-Herlenius
Marie Wahren-Herlenius Karolinska Institute
Ulf de Faire
Ulf de Faire Karolinska Institute
Roland Jonsson
Roland Jonsson University of Bergen
Elena Tremoli
Elena Tremoli University of Milan

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