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2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Norway
2024

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Genetics

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88
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25967
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1177
National Ranking
5

Medicine

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88
Citations
26339
World Ranking
13240
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Norway Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Sverre Heim is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and related fields. Their primary research areas encompass Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Hematology, and Surgery.

The scientist's recent published papers cover a range of topics focusing on cancer genomics, sarcoma, and bone tumor research. Notable recent publications include:

  • NDRG1-PLAG1 and TRPS1-PLAG1 Fusion Genes in Chondroid Syringoma, 2020, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
  • Molecular pathogenesis and prognostication of "low-grade" and "high-grade" endometrial stromal sarcoma, 2020, Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
  • Recurrent Fusion of the Genes for High-mobility Group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) and Nuclear Receptor Co-repressor 2 (NCOR2) in Osteoclastic Giant Cell-rich Tumors of Bone, 2022, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
  • Improved prognostication of glioblastoma beyond molecular subtyping by transcriptional profiling of the tumor microenvironment, 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • Fusion of the Lumican (LUM) Gene With the Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 6 (USP6) Gene in an Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Carrying a t(12;17)(q21;p13) Chromosome Translocation, 2020, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics

Sverre Heim collaborates frequently with several researchers, reflecting a broad cooperative network. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Ioannis Panagopoulos
  • Francesca Micci
  • Kristin Andersen
  • Ludmila Gorunova
  • Ingvild Lobmaier

Publication venues where Heim has a notable presence include:

  • Cancer Genomics & Proteomics
  • Anticancer Research
  • In Vivo
  • Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
  • Molecular Oncology

The main topics of Sverre Heim's research are aligned with clinical and molecular research into sarcomas and cancers, bone tumors, and leukemia. Key topics include:

  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Cancer and Skin Lesions
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
  • Uterine Myomas and Treatments

This profile reflects a research career strongly centered on understanding the genetic and molecular basis of cancer and related diseases, supported by a consistent publication record and collaborations with prominent researchers in the field.

Best Publications

  • Cancer cytogenetics: Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations of Tumor Cells

    Sverre Heim;Felix Mitelman

  • Cancer Risk in Humans Predicted by Increased Levels of Chromosomal Aberrations in Lymphocytes: Nordic Study Group on the Health Risk of Chromosome Damage

    Lars Hagmar;Anton Brøgger;Inger-Lise Hansteen;Sverre Heim

  • Rearrangement of the transcription factor gene CHOP in myxoid liposarcomas with t(12;16)(q13;p11).

    Pierre Åman;David Ron;Nils Mandahl;Thoas Fioretos

  • Three major cytogenetic subgroups can be identified among chromosomally abnormal solitary lipomas.

    Nils Mandahl;Sverre Heim;Kristina Arheden;Anders Rydholm

  • Uterine leiomyoma cytogenetics.

    Mef Nilbert;Sverre Heim

  • Chromosome analysis of 97 primary breast carcinomas: identification of eight karyotypic subgroups.

    Nikos Pandis;Nikos Pandis;Yuesheng Jin;Yuesheng Jin;Ludmila Gorunova;Catarina Petersson

  • Consistent rearrangement of chromosomal band 6p21 with generation of fusion genes JAZF1/PHF1 and EPC1/PHF1 in endometrial stromal sarcoma.

    Francesca Micci;Ioannis Panagopoulos;Bodil Bjerkehagen;Sverre Heim

  • Intratumor genomic heterogeneity in breast cancer with clonal divergence between primary carcinomas and lymph node metastases

    Lurdes Torres;Franclim R. Ribeiro;Nikos Pandis;Jolian A. Andersen

  • A specific translocation, t(12;14)(q14–15; q23–24), characterizes a subgroup of uterine leiomyomas☆

    Sverre Heim;M. Nilbert;R. Vanni;U. M. Floderus

  • Trisomy 7 and sex chromosome loss in human brain tissue.

    Sverre Heim;N. Mandahl;Y. Jin;S. Stromblad

  • Cytogenetic analysis of 57 primary prostatic adenocarcinomas.

    Rolf Lundgren;Nils Mandahl;Sverre Heim;Felix Mitelman

  • Trisomy 7 in nonneoplastic cells.

    Bertil Johansson;Sverre Heim;Nils Mandahl;Fredrik Mertens

  • Genetic convergence and divergence in tumor progression.

    Sverre Heim;Nils Mandahl;Felix Mitelman

  • Chromosome aberrations in 35 primary ovarian carcinomas

    Tanja Pejovic;Sverre Heim;Felix Mitelman;Nils Mandahl

  • Chromosome analysis of 96 uterine leiomyomas.

    Nikos Pandis;Sverre Heim;Georgia Bardi;Ulla Maria Flodérus

  • Chromosome abnormalities in eighty-three head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: influence of culture conditions on karyotypic pattern.

    Yuesheng Jin;Fredrik Mertens;Nils Mandahl;Sverre Heim

  • Cytogenetics of secondary myelodysplasia (sMDS) and acute nonlymphocvtic leukemia (sANLL)

    B. Johansson;F. Mertens;S. Heim;U. Kristoffersson

  • Karyotypic characterization of colorectal adenocarcinomas

    Georgia Bardi;Tatiana Sukhikh;Nikos Pandis;Nikos Pandis;Claus Fenger

  • Quantitative acute leukemia cytogenetics.

    Felix Mitelman;Sverre Heim

  • Rings, dicentrics, and telomeric association in histiocytomas.

    N. Mandahl;Sverre Heim;K. Arheden;A. Rydholm

Frequent Co-Authors

Felix Mitelman
Felix Mitelman Lund University
Nils Mandahl
Nils Mandahl Lund University
Ioannis Panagopoulos
Ioannis Panagopoulos Oslo University Hospital
Manuel R. Teixeira
Manuel R. Teixeira University of Porto
Fredrik Mertens
Fredrik Mertens Lund University
Bertil Johansson
Bertil Johansson Lund University
Anders Rydholm
Anders Rydholm Lund University
Ben Davidson
Ben Davidson Oslo University Hospital
Ragnhild A. Lothe
Ragnhild A. Lothe University of Oslo
Claes G. Tropé
Claes G. Tropé University of Oslo

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