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Rune Toftgård

Rune Toftgård

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
21887
World Ranking
6207
National Ranking
91

Rune Toftgård publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rune Toftgård sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 199 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Rune Toftgård D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rune Toftgård sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Rune Toftgård is a researcher affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on genetic and molecular mechanisms related to cancer and disease. Notable papers include:

  • Severe liver disease resembling PSC in mice with K5-Cre mediated deletion of Krüppel-like factor 5 (Klf5), 2021, Transgenic Research
  • The origin of cancer, 2021, Journal of Internal Medicine

Toftgård's research engages with several key topics, including:

  • Kruppel-like factors research
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Frequent collaborators in their work include Åsa Bergström, Marco Gerling, Noémi Van Hul, Carlos Fernández Moro, and Björn Rozell.

Their findings have been published in venues such as Transgenic Research and the Journal of Internal Medicine, illustrating an interdisciplinary approach bridging molecular biology and clinical perspectives in oncology.

Best Publications

  • Mutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome

    Heidi Hahn;Carol Wicking;Peter G Zaphiropoulos;Mae R Gailani

  • Lgr5 marks cycling, yet long-lived, hair follicle stem cells.

    Viljar Jaks;Nick Barker;Maria Kasper;Johan H. van Es

  • Inhibition of GLI-mediated transcription and tumor cell growth by small-molecule antagonists

    Matthias Lauth;Asa Bergström;Takashi Shimokawa;Rune Toftgård

  • The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas.

    M R Gailani;M Ståhle-Bäckdahl;D J Leffell;M Glynn

  • Lgr6 Marks Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle That Generate All Cell Lineages of the Skin

    Hugo J. G. Snippert;Andrea Haegebarth;Maria Kasper;Viljar Jaks

  • Hedgehog beyond medulloblastoma and basal cell carcinoma.

    Stephan Teglund;Rune Toftgård

  • Mammalian suppressor-of-fused modulates nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling of Gli-1.

    Priit Kogerman;Thomas Grimm;Lembi Kogerman;Darren Krause

  • Genetic Elimination of Suppressor of Fused Reveals an Essential Repressor Function in the Mammalian Hedgehog Signaling Pathway

    Jessica Svärd;Karin Heby-Henricson;Madelen Persson-Lek;Björn Rozell

  • Induction of basal cell carcinomas and trichoepitheliomas in mice overexpressing GLI-1.

    Mats Nilsson;Anne Birgitte Undèn;Darren Krause;Ulrica Malmqwist

  • Functional interference between hypoxia and dioxin signal transduction pathways: competition for recruitment of the Arnt transcription factor.

    K Gradin;J McGuire;R H Wenger;I Kvietikova

  • 3D pancreatic carcinoma spheroids induce a matrix-rich, chemoresistant phenotype offering a better model for drug testing

    Paola Longati;Xiaohui Jia;Johannes Eimer;Annika Wagman

  • Squamous cell carcinomas and increased apoptosis in skin with inhibited Rel/nuclear factor-kappaB signaling.

    M van Hogerlinden;B L Rozell;L Ahrlund-Richter;R Toftgård

  • Indian hedgehog is a major mediator of progesterone signaling in the mouse uterus

    Kevin Lee;JaeWook Jeong;Inseok Kwak;Cheng-Tai Yu

  • Transcriptional regulation of bcl-2 mediated by the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway through gli-1.

    Rebecca L.H. Bigelow;Nikhil S. Chari;Anne Birgitte Undén;Kevin B. Spurgers

  • Deregulation of the hedgehog signalling pathway: a possible role for the PTCH and SUFU genes in human rhabdomyoma and rhabdomyosarcoma development

    Ulrica Tostar;Carl Johan Malm;Jeanne M. Meis-Kindblom;Lars Gunnar Kindblom

  • A mammalian patched homolog is expressed in target tissues of sonic hedgehog and maps to a region associated with developmental abnormalities

    Heidi Hahn;Jeffrey Christiansen;Carol Wicking;Peter G. Zaphiropoulos

  • Non-canonical activation of GLI transcription factors: implications for targeted anti-cancer therapy.

    Matthias Lauth;Rune Toftgård

  • Indian hedgehog and β-catenin signaling: Role in the sebaceous lineage of normal and neoplastic mammalian epidermis

    C. Niemann;A. B. Unden;S. Lyle;Ch. C. Zouboulis

  • Somatic mutations in the human homologue of Drosophila patched in primitive neuroectodermal tumours.

    I Vorechovský;O Tingby;M Hartman;B Strömberg

  • Expression of the PTCH1 tumor suppressor gene is regulated by alternative promoters and a single functional Gli-binding site.

    Marie Ågren;Priit Kogerman;Priit Kogerman;Marika I. Kleman;Martina Wessling

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Dennis R. Roop
Dennis R. Roop University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michael Dean
Michael Dean National Institutes of Health
Allen E. Bale
Allen E. Bale Yale University
Carol Wicking
Carol Wicking University of Queensland
Nick Barker
Nick Barker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Brandon J. Wainwright
Brandon J. Wainwright University of Queensland
Igor Vorechovsky
Igor Vorechovsky University of Southampton
Kurt Andersson
Kurt Andersson Karolinska Institute
Lorenz Poellinger
Lorenz Poellinger Karolinska Institute

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