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Peter Söderkvist

Peter Söderkvist

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
12686
World Ranking
13133
National Ranking
194

Overview

Peter Söderkvist is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on genetics, molecular biology, cancer research, surgery, and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

Their scientific work concentrates on a range of topics including glioma diagnosis and treatment, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, adrenal and paraganglionic tumors, spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, epigenetics and DNA methylation, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, as well as histone deacetylase inhibitors research.

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  • Neuro-Oncology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
  • Cancers
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Selected recent publications illustrate the diversity and scope of Söderkvist's research interests. These include:

  • Implementing precision medicine in a regionally organized healthcare system in Sweden, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Loss of SDHB Induces a Metabolic Switch in the hPheo1 Cell Line toward Enhanced OXPHOS, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Association between inflammasome-related polymorphisms and psoriatic arthritis, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
  • Sex Disparities in MGMT Promoter Methylation and Survival in Glioblastoma: Further Evidence from Clinical Cohorts, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Identification and functional characterization of a novel susceptibility locus for small vessel vasculitis with MPO-ANCA, 2021, Lara D. Veeken

Peter Söderkvist's principal fields of study involve 54 publications in medicine and 21 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Notably, their subfields of study reflect expertise in 13 publications on genetics, 10 on molecular biology, 9 on cancer research, 9 on surgery, and 9 on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. This research portfolio reflects a multidisciplinary approach intersecting clinical, molecular, and genetic perspectives.

Best Publications

  • BRCA1 mutations in primary breast and ovarian carcinomas

    P. Andrew Futreal;Qingyun Liu;Donna Shattuck-Eidens;Charles Cochran

  • A high frequency of sequence alterations is due to formalin fixation of archival specimens.

    Cecilia Williams;Fredrik Pontén;Catherine Moberg;Peter Söderkvist

  • Genetics and clinical characteristics of hereditary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas

    Jenny Welander;Peter Söderkvist;Oliver Gimm

  • Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism: the Geoparkinson study

    FD Dick;G De Palma;Ahmad Ahmadi;NW Scott

  • Nlrp3-inflammasome activation in non-myeloid-derived cells aggravates diabetic nephropathy.

    Khurrum Shahzad;Khurrum Shahzad;Fabian Bock;Fabian Bock;Wei Dong;Hongjie Wang;Hongjie Wang

  • Mutation analysis of the BRAF, ARAF and RAF-1 genes in human colorectal adenocarcinomas

    Karin Fransén;Maria Klintenäs;Anna Österström;Jan Dimberg

  • A TLR4 polymorphism is associated with asthma and reduced lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-12(p70) responses in Swedish children

    Malin Fagerås Böttcher;Mounira Hmani-Aifa;Anna Lindström;Maria Christina Jenmalm

  • Pharmacogenetics during standardised initiation of thiopurine treatment in inflammatory bowel disease

    Ulf Hindorf;Malin Lindqvist;Curt Peterson;Peter Söderkvist

  • Combined Polymorphisms in Genes Encoding the Inflammasome Components NALP3 and CARD8 Confer Susceptibility to Crohn's Disease in Swedish Men

    Ida Schoultz;Deepti Verma;Jonas Halfvarsson;Leif Törkvist

  • mdr-1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Ovarian Cancer Tissue: G2677T/A Correlates with Response to Paclitaxel Chemotherapy

    Henrik Gréen;Peter Söderkvist;Per Rosenberg;György Horvath

  • Differential expression of cyclooxygenase 2 in human colorectal cancer

    J Dimberg;A Samuelsson;A Hugander;Peter Söderkvist

  • Association of Breast Cancer Progression with a Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism

    Anna-Carin Lundin;Peter Söderkvist;Birgitta Eriksson;Malin Bergman-Jungeström

  • Clinical Characterization of the Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Susceptibility Genes SDHA, TMEM127, MAX, and SDHAF2 for Gene-Informed Prevention

    Birke Bausch;Francesca Schiavi;Ying Ni;Jenny Welander

  • Genetic variation in proteins of the cryopyrin inflammasome influences susceptibility and severity of rheumatoid arthritis (The Swedish TIRA project)

    Alf Kastbom;Deepti Verma;Per Eriksson;Thomas Skogh

  • Rare germline mutations identified by targeted next-generation sequencing of susceptibility genes in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

    Jenny Welander;Adam Andreasson;C. Christofer Juhlin;Roger W. Wiseman

  • The Q705K polymorphism in NLRP3 is a gain-of-function alteration leading to excessive interleukin-1β and IL-18 production

    Deepti Verma;Eva Särndahl;Henrik Andersson;Per Eriksson

  • Evolution of DNA repair defects during malignant progression of low-grade gliomas after temozolomide treatment

    Hinke F. van Thuijl;Hinke F. van Thuijl;Tali Mazor;Brett E. Johnson;Shaun D. Fouse

  • Pharmacogenetic Studies of Paclitaxel in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

    Henrik Gréen;Peter Söderkvist;Per Rosenberg;Rajaa A. Mirghani

  • Genetic variation and alterations of genes involved in NFκB/TNFAIP3- and NLRP3-inflammasome signaling affect susceptibility and outcome of colorectal cancer

    Jonas Ungerbäck;Dimitri Belenki;Aksa Jawad ul-Hassan;Mats Fredrikson

  • Gene polymorphisms in the NALP3 inflammasome are associated with interleukin-1 production and severe inflammation : relation to common inflammatory diseases?

    Deepti Verma;Maria Lerm;Robert Blomgran Julinder;Per Eriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Fredrikson
Mats Fredrikson Uppsala University
Per Eriksson
Per Eriksson Karolinska University Hospital
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University
Shi-Mei Zhuang
Shi-Mei Zhuang Sun Yat-sen University
Catharina Larsson
Catharina Larsson Karolinska University Hospital
Thomas Arnesen
Thomas Arnesen University of Bergen
Roger W. Wiseman
Roger W. Wiseman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hans Nissbrandt
Hans Nissbrandt University of Gothenburg
Lars Rönnblom
Lars Rönnblom Uppsala University
Olle Stendahl
Olle Stendahl Linköping University

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