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Ulf de Faire is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily spans cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, immunology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and genetics.

Their work addresses several key topics including:

  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Ulf de Faire has published research in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Circulation
  • PLoS Medicine
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • BMC Neurology
  • European Heart Journal

Significant recent papers include:

  • "Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in the General Population," 2021, Circulation
  • "Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the ELAPSE project," 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Biomarkers of dairy fat intake, incident cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality: A cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis," 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • "PCSK6 Is a Key Protease in the Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Function in Vascular Remodeling," 2020, Circulation Research
  • "Long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event by apoB, apoA-1, and the apoB/apoA-1 ratio-Experience from the Swedish AMORIS cohort: A cohort study," 2021, PLoS Medicine

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Karin Leander
  • Bruna Gigante
  • Federica Laguzzi
  • Damiano Baldassarre
  • Fabrizio Veglia

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol.

    Björn Dahlöf;Richard B Devereux;Sverre E Kjeldsen;Stevo Julius

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Effect of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibition compared with conventional therapy on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertension: the Captopril Prevention Project (CAPPP) randomised trial

    Lennart Hansson;Lars H Lindholm;Leo Niskanen;Jan Lanke

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol.

    Lars H Lindholm;Hans Ibsen;Björn Dahlöf;Richard B Devereux

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts : Prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Rob Beelen;Evangelia Samoli

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Randomised trial of old and new antihypertensive drugs in elderly patients: cardiovascular mortality and morbidity the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension-2 study.

    Lennart Hansson;Lars H Lindholm;Tord Ekbom;Björn Dahlöf

  • Plasminogen activator inhibitor in plasma: risk factor for recurrent myocardial infarction.

    Anders Hamsten;Göran Walldius;Alfred Szamosi;Margareta Blombäck

  • Genetic Variants Associated with Lp(a) Lipoprotein Level and Coronary Disease

    R Clarke;J F Peden;J C Hopewell;T Kyriakou

  • Increased plasma levels of a rapid inhibitor of tissue plasminogen activator in young survivors of myocardial infarction

    A Hamsten;B Wiman;U de Faire;M Blombäck

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genetic Susceptibility to Death from Coronary Heart Disease in a Study of Twins

    M E Marenberg;N Risch;L F Berkman;B Floderus

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Randomised trial of effects of calcium antagonists compared with diuretics and β-blockers on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertension: the Nordic Diltiazem (NORDIL) study

    Lennart Hansson;Thomas Hedner;Per Lund-Johansen;Sverre Erik Kjeldsen

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Hamsten
Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Rona J. Strawbridge
Rona J. Strawbridge University of Glasgow
Elena Tremoli
Elena Tremoli University of Milan
Rainer Rauramaa
Rainer Rauramaa University of Eastern Finland
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Steve E. Humphries
Steve E. Humphries University College London
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London

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