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Per Westermark

Per Westermark

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D-Index
100
Citations
37031
World Ranking
8273
National Ranking
168

Overview

Per Westermark is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, physiology, genetics, nutrition and dietetics, and rheumatology.

Their research primarily focuses on topics related to amyloidosis with particular attention to diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Additional areas of study include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, dermatological and skeletal disorders, trace elements in health, prion diseases and protein misfolding, parathyroid disorders and treatments, and IgG4-related and inflammatory diseases.

Per Westermark has published prolifically in a number of academic venues, with the majority of their work appearing in the journal Amyloid. Other frequent publication venues include Scientific Reports, Chemical Reviews, Journal of Internal Medicine, and International Journal of Cardiology.

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on amyloid nomenclature and the molecular mechanisms underpinning amyloid diseases. Some notable recent publications include:

  • Amyloid nomenclature 2020: update and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee, 2020, Amyloid
  • Amyloid nomenclature 2022: update, novel proteins, and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) Nomenclature Committee, 2022, Amyloid
  • Proteostasis of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: A Molecular Perspective of Risk Factors and Protective Strategies for Type II Diabetes, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Amyloid nomenclature 2024: update, novel proteins, and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) Nomenclature Committee, 2024, Amyloid
  • Clarification on the definition of complete haematologic response in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, 2021, Amyloid

Throughout their career, Per Westermark has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Giampaolo Merlini
  • Gunilla T. Westermark
  • Yoshiki Sekijima
  • Stefan Schönland
  • Joel N. Buxbaum

Best Publications

  • Amyloid fibrils in human insulinoma and islets of Langerhans of the diabetic cat are derived from a neuropeptide-like protein also present in normal islet cells.

    Per Westermark;Christer Wernstedt;Erik Wilander;David W. Hayden

  • Islet Amyloid Polypeptide, Islet Amyloid, and Diabetes Mellitus

    Per Westermark;Arne Andersson;Gunilla T. Westermark

  • Fibril in senile systemic amyloidosis is derived from normal transthyretin.

    Per Westermark;Knut Sletten;Bjorn Johansson;Gibbons G. Cornwell

  • Islet amyloid: a critical entity in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.

    Rebecca L. Hull;Gunilla T. Westermark;Per Westermark;Steven E. Kahn

  • Amyloid fibril proteins and amyloidosis: chemical identification and clinical classification International Society of Amyloidosis 2016 Nomenclature Guidelines.

    Jean D. Sipe;Merrill D. Benson;Joel N. Buxbaum;Shu Ichi Ikeda

  • A novel peptide in the calcitonin gene related peptide family as an amyloid fibril protein in the endocrine pancreas

    Per Westermark;Christer Wernstedt;Erik Wilander;Knut Sletten

  • Nomenclature 2014: Amyloid fibril proteins and clinical classification of the amyloidosis

    Jean D. Sipe;Merrill D. Benson;Joel N. Buxbaum;Shu Ichi Ikeda

  • Frequency and distribution of senile cardiovascular amyloid: A clinicopathologic correlation

    Gibbons G. Cornwell;Wendy L. Murdoch;Robert A. Kyle;Per Westermark

  • Amyloid nomenclature 2018: recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee

    Merrill D Benson;Joel N Buxbaum;David S Eisenberg;Giampaolo Merlini

  • Co-localization of islet amyloid polypeptide and insulin in the B cell secretory granules of the human pancreatic islets.

    A. Lukinius;E. Wilander;G. T. Westermark;U. Engström

  • Amyloid: toward terminology clarification. Report from the Nomenclature Committee of the International Society of Amyloidosis.

    Per Westermark;Merrill D. Benson;Joel N. Buxbaum;Alan S. Cohen

  • A primer of amyloid nomenclature

    Per Westermark;Merrill D. Benson;Joel N. Buxbaum;Alan S. Cohen

  • β-Cell Loss and β-Cell Apoptosis in Human Type 2 Diabetes Are Related to Islet Amyloid Deposition

    Catherine A. Jurgens;Mirna N. Toukatly;Corinne L. Fligner;Jayalakshmi Udayasankar

  • Transmissibility of systemic amyloidosis by a prion-like mechanism

    Katarzyna Lundmark;Gunilla T. Westermark;Sofia Nyström;Charles L. Murphy

  • Protein fibrils in nature can enhance amyloid protein A amyloidosis in mice: Cross-seeding as a disease mechanism

    Katarzyna Lundmark;Gunilla T. Westermark;Arne Olsén;Per Westermark

  • The influence of amyloid deposits on the islet volume in maturity onset diabetes mellitus.

    P. Westermark;E. Wilander

  • Staining methods for identification of amyloid in tissue.

    Gunilla T. Westermark;Kenneth H. Johnson;Per Westermark

  • Islet amyloid in type 2 human diabetes mellitus and adult diabetic cats contains a novel putative polypeptide hormone.

    P. Westermark;C. Wernstedt;T. D. O'Brien;D. W. Hayden

  • Aspects on human amyloid forms and their fibril polypeptides.

    Per Westermark

  • Characterization of amyloid fibril proteins from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid

    Knut Sletten;Per Westermark;Jacob B. Natvig

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunilla T. Westermark
Gunilla T. Westermark Uppsala University
Knut Sletten
Knut Sletten University of Oslo
Timothy O'Brien
Timothy O'Brien University of Minnesota
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Giampaolo Merlini
Giampaolo Merlini University of Pavia
Merrill D. Benson
Merrill D. Benson Indiana University
Maria João Saraiva
Maria João Saraiva University of Porto
Jean D. Sipe
Jean D. Sipe Boston University
Alan Solomon
Alan Solomon University of Tennessee Medical Center
Ulf Hellman
Ulf Hellman Ludwig Cancer Research

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