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Thoas Fioretos

Thoas Fioretos

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Genetics

D-Index
57
Citations
11242
World Ranking
3421
National Ranking
43

Overview

Thoas Fioretos is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly within hematology and molecular biology. Their work encompasses studies in genetics, cancer research, and public health, with a focused interest in leukemia.

Their publication record includes recent papers addressing various precision medicine and cancer genomics topics. Notable publications include:

  • "13q12.2 deletions in acute lymphoblastic leukemia lead to upregulation of FLT3 through enhancer hijacking," 2020, Blood
  • "Implementing precision medicine in a regionally organized healthcare system in Sweden," 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Trailblazing precision medicine in Europe: A joint view by Genomic Medicine Sweden and the Centers for Personalized Medicine, ZPM, in Germany," 2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • "Novel precision medicine approaches and treatment strategies in hematological malignancies," 2023, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • "Transcriptomics paving the way for improved diagnostics and precision medicine of acute leukemia," 2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology

Thoas Fioretos frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Henrik Lilljebjörn, Christina Orsmark-Pietras, Kajsa Paulsson, Lucia Cavelier, and Carl Sandén.

Key publication venues where Fioretos' work appears regularly include:

  • Blood
  • Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • HemaSphere
  • Journal of Internal Medicine

Their primary fields of study are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Subfield expertise lies in:

  • Hematology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Genetics
  • Cancer Research

The central topics of Fioretos' research work focus heavily on leukemia, including:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Best Publications

  • The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer

    Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson;Thoas Fioretos;Felix Mitelman

  • Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic Evolution of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    Bertil Johansson;Thoas Fioretos;Felix Mitelman

  • The landscape of somatic mutations in infant MLL-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemias.

    Anna K. Andersson;Anna K. Andersson;Jing Ma;Jianmin Wang;Xiang Chen

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

    Pierre Åman;David Ron;Nils Mandahl;Thoas Fioretos

  • Fusion of the MORF and CBP genes in acute myeloid leukemia with the t(10;16)(q22;p13)

    Ioannis Panagopoulos;Thoas Fioretos;Margareth Isaksson;Ulf Samuelsson

  • Identification of ETV6-RUNX1-like and DUX4-rearranged subtypes in paediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

    Henrik Lilljebjörn;Rasmus Henningsson;Axel Hyrenius-Wittsten;Linda Olsson

  • Transcriptional landscape of B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia based on an international study of 1,223 cases

    Jian Feng Li;Yu Ting Dai;Henrik Lilljebjörn;Shu Hong Shen

  • Isolation and killing of candidate chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells by antibody targeting of IL-1 receptor accessory protein

    Marcus Järås;Petra Johnels;Nils Gunder Hansen;Helena Agerstam

  • Microarray-based classification of a consecutive series of 121 childhood acute leukemias: prediction of leukemic and genetic subtype as well as of minimal residual disease status.

    Anna Andersson;Cecilia Ritz;David Lindgren;Patrik Edén

  • Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukaemia by RT‐PCR: detection of PML‐RARA and RARA‐PML fusion transcripts

    Julian Borrow;Audrey D. Goddard;Barbara Gibbons;Fay Katz

  • Expression patterns of the human sarcoma-associated genes FUS and EWS and the genomic structure of FUS

    Pierre Åman;Ioannis Panagopoulos;Carin Lassen;Thoas Fioretos

  • Gain-of-function SAMD9L mutations cause a syndrome of cytopenia, immunodeficiency, MDS and neurological symptoms

    Bianca Tesi;Josef Davidsson;Matthias Voss;Elisa Rahikkala;Elisa Rahikkala

  • The genomic landscape of high hyperdiploid childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Kajsa Paulsson;Henrik Lilljebjörn;Andrea Biloglav;Linda Olsson

  • A field guide for cancer diagnostics using cell-free DNA: From principles to practice and clinical applications.

    Anna Lena Volckmar;Holger Sültmann;Anja Riediger;Thoas Fioretos

  • A novel SERPINE1-FOSB fusion gene results in transcriptional up-regulation of FOSB in pseudomyogenic haemangioendothelioma.

    Charles Walther;Johnbosco Tayebwa;Henrik Lilljebjörn;Linda Magnusson

  • Molecular characterization of early-stage bladder carcinomas by expression profiles, FGFR3 mutation status, and loss of 9q.

    David Lindgren;Fredrik Liedberg;Anna Andersson;G Chebil

  • Isochromosome 17q in Blast Crisis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and in Other Hematologic Malignancies Is the Result of Clustered Breakpoints in 17p11 and Is Not Associated With Coding TP53 Mutations

    Thoas Fioretos;Thoas Fioretos;Bodil Strömbeck;Bodil Strömbeck;Therese Sandberg;Therese Sandberg;Bertil Johansson;Bertil Johansson

  • Cellular interactions of CRKL, and SH2-SH3 adaptor protein

    J ten Hoeve;V Kaartinen;Thoas Fioretos;L Haataja

  • MYC-containing double minutes in hematologic malignancies: evidence in favor of the episome model and exclusion of MYC as the target gene

    Clelia Tiziana Storlazzi;Thoas Fioretos;Cecilia Surace;Angelo Lonoce

  • Mutations of FLT3, NRAS, KRAS, and PTPN11 are frequent and possibly mutually exclusive in high hyperdiploid childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Kajsa Paulsson;Andrea Horvat;Bodil Strömbeck;Fredrik Nilsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertil Johansson
Bertil Johansson Lund University
Felix Mitelman
Felix Mitelman Lund University
Mattias Höglund
Mattias Höglund Lund University
Nils Hansen
Nils Hansen Sandia National Laboratories
Åke Borg
Åke Borg Lund University
Ioannis Panagopoulos
Ioannis Panagopoulos Oslo University Hospital
Gunnar Juliusson
Gunnar Juliusson Lund University
Satu Mustjoki
Satu Mustjoki University of Helsinki
Sverre Heim
Sverre Heim Oslo University Hospital
Björn Nilsson
Björn Nilsson Lund University

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