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Tommy Martinsson

Tommy Martinsson

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Genetics

D-Index
65
Citations
11483
World Ranking
2722
National Ranking
34

Overview

Tommy Martinsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to Neurology, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Oncology.

The scientist's work focuses heavily on Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, and related cancer therapeutics. Additional research topics include Lung Cancer Research Studies, Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, Virus-based gene therapy research, and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Frequent co-authors associated with Martinsson include:

  • Per Kogner
  • Susanne Fransson
  • Anna Djos
  • John Inge Johnsen
  • Torben Ek

The scientist has published extensively in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancers
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • JCO Precision Oncology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Single-nuclei transcriptomes from human adrenal gland reveal distinct cellular identities of low and high-risk neuroblastoma tumors," published in 2021 in Nature Communications
  • "Frequency and Prognostic Impact of ALK Amplifications and Mutations in the European Neuroblastoma Study Group (SIOPEN) High-Risk Neuroblastoma Trial (HR-NBL1)," published in 2021 in Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "11q Deletion or ALK Activity Curbs DLG2 Expression to Maintain an Undifferentiated State in Neuroblastoma," published in 2020 in Cell Reports
  • "METTL3 drives telomere targeting of TERRA lncRNA through m6A-dependent R-loop formation: a therapeutic target for ALT-positive neuroblastoma," published in 2023 in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Whole-genome sequencing of recurrent neuroblastoma reveals somatic mutations that affect key players in cancer progression and telomere maintenance," published in 2020 in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The risk-associated long noncoding RNA NBAT-1 controls neuroblastoma progression by regulating cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation.

    Gaurav Kumar Pandey;Sanhita Mitra;Santhilal Subhash;Falk Hertwig

  • High incidence of DNA mutations and gene amplifications of the ALK gene in advanced sporadic neuroblastoma tumours.

    Helena Carén;Frida Abel;Frida Abel;Per Kogner;Tommy Martinsson

  • Meta-analysis of Neuroblastomas Reveals a Skewed ALK Mutation Spectrum in Tumors with MYCN Amplification

    Sara De Brouwer;Katleen De Preter;Candy Kumps;Piotr Zabrocki

  • Periampullary adenomas and adenocarcinomas in familial adenomatous polyposis: cumulative risks and APC gene mutations.

    Jan Björk;Helena Åkerbrant;Lennart Iselius;Annika Bergman

  • High-risk neuroblastoma tumors with 11q-deletion display a poor prognostic, chromosome instability phenotype with later onset

    Helena Carén;Hanna Kryh;Maria Nethander;Rose-Marie Sjöberg

  • Emergence of New ALK Mutations at Relapse of Neuroblastoma

    Gudrun Schleiermacher;Niloufar Javanmardi;Virginie Bernard;Quentin Leroy

  • Neuroblastoma consensus deletion maps to 1p36.1-2.

    Andreas Weith;Tommy Martinsson;Celina Cziepluch;Silke Brüderlein

  • Essential fatty acid deficiency in relation to genotype in patients with cystic fibrosis

    Birgitta Strandvik;Eva Gronowitz;Fredrik Enlund;Tommy Martinsson

  • Psoriasis susceptibility locus in chromosome region 3q21 identified in patients from southwest Sweden.

    Fredrik Enlund;Lena Samuelsson;Charlotta Enerbäck;Annica Inerot

  • Age at onset and different types of psoriasis

    G. Swanbeck;A. Inerot;T. Martinsson;J. Wahlström

  • Autosomal dominant myopathy: missense mutation (Glu-706 --> Lys) in the myosin heavy chain IIa gene.

    Tommy Martinsson;Anders Oldfors;Niklas Darin;Kerstin Berg

  • A population genetic study of psoriasis.

    G Swanbeck;A Inerot;T Martinsson;J Wahlström

  • RASSF1A promoter region CpG island hypermethylation in phaeochromocytomas and neuroblastoma tumours.

    Dewi Astuti;Angelo Agathanggelou;Sofia Honorio;Ashraf Dallol

  • Mutations in PMM2 that cause congenital disorders of glycosylation, type Ia (CDG-Ia).

    Gert Matthijs;E Schollen;C Bjursell;A Erlandson

  • A genome-wide search for genes predisposing to familial psoriasis by using a stratification approach.

    L. Samuelsson;F. Enlund;Å. Torinsson;M. Yhr

  • Deletion of Chromosome 1p Loci and Microsatellite Instability in Neuroblastomas Analyzed with Short-Tandem Repeat Polymorphisms

    Tommy Martinsson;Rose-Marie Sjöberg;Fredrik Hedborg;Per Kogner

  • Evidence that HLA-Cw6 determines early onset of psoriasis, obtained using sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP).

    Enerbäck C;Martinsson T;Inerot A;Wahlström J

  • Quality Assessment of Genetic Markers Used for Therapy Stratification

    Inge M. Ambros;J. Benard;M. Boavida;N. Bown

  • Identification of a psoriasis susceptibility candidate gene by linkage disequilibrium mapping with a localized single nucleotide polymorphism map

    Duncan Hewett;Lena Samuelsson;Joanne Polding;Fredrik Enlund

  • Sense-Antisense lncRNA Pair Encoded by Locus 6p22.3 Determines Neuroblastoma Susceptibility via the USP36-CHD7-SOX9 Regulatory Axis

    Tanmoy Mondal;Prasanna Kumar Juvvuna;Agnete Kirkeby;Agnete Kirkeby;Sanhita Mitra

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Levan
Göran Levan University of Gothenburg
Staffan Nilsson
Staffan Nilsson University of Gothenburg
Baldur Sveinbjørnsson
Baldur Sveinbjørnsson University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Peter F. Ambros
Peter F. Ambros St Anna Children's Hospital
Anders Oldfors
Anders Oldfors University of Gothenburg
Olivier Delattre
Olivier Delattre PSL University
Jean Michon
Jean Michon Institute Curie
Manfred Schwab
Manfred Schwab German Cancer Research Center
Farida Latif
Farida Latif University of Birmingham
Eamonn R. Maher
Eamonn R. Maher University of Cambridge

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