Torbjörn Nilsson

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Professor emeritus at Department of Medical Biosciences Section: Clinical Chemistry

By 6M, Sjukhusområdet Umeå universitet, 901 85 Umeå SE

Lifestyle and anthropometric determinants of eGFR based on cystatin C or creatinine serum concentrations in healthy, young males

Human Nutrition and Metabolism, Elsevier 2026, Vol. 44

Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Pettersson-Pablo, Paul

Patterns of chromosomal instability and epigenetic alterations in colorectal cancer progression: from high-grade dysplasia to liver metastases

Mutagenesis, Oxford University Press 2026, Vol. 41, (3) : 156-166

Saskova, Katerina; Landfors, Mattias; Hlavac, Viktor; et al.

Contraceptive use, both oral and parenteral, is associated with increased arterial stiffness in young healthy women

Endocrine, Springer 2025, Vol. 88, (3) : 739-746

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita

Relative handgrip strength correlates inversely with increased body fat, inflammatory markers and increased serum lipids in young, healthy adults – The LBA study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 207

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita

Handgrip strength reference intervals in Swedish, young, healthy adults: The LBA study

Nutrition, Vol. 105

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita

CTH G1208T and MTHFR A1298C polymorphisms are associated with a higher risk of a first myocardial infarction with fatal outcome among women

Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy, De Gruyter Open 2023, Vol. 38, (1) : 57-63

Söderström, Elisabet; Andersson, Jonas; Söderberg, Stefan; et al.

Milk intake and incident stroke and coronary heart disease in populations of European descent: a mendelian randomization study

British Journal of Nutrition, Cambridge University Press 2022, Vol. 128, (9) : 1789-1797

Vissers, L.E.T.; Sluijs, I.; Burgess, S.; et al.

Factor XII Concentrations and Risk of Intracerebral Haemorrhage: A Prospective Case-Referent Study

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 30, (3)

Johansson, Kristina; Johansson, Lars; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; et al.

IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 are associated with a decreased pulse-wave velocity in young, healthy adults

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 21, (1)

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Breimer, Lars H.; et al.

Increased risk of a first-ever myocardial infarction for women with mild impairment of renal glomerular function

Atherosclerosis, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 331 : E208-E208

Söderström, Elisabet; Blind, Ravna; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

Mild impairment of renal function (shrunken pore syndrome) is associated with increased risk of a future first-ever myocardial infarction in women

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Taylor & Francis Group 2021, Vol. 81, (6) : 438-445

Söderström, Elisabet; Blind, Ravna; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

Plasma cotinine is positively associated with homocysteine in smokers but not in users of smokeless tobacco

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI 2021, Vol. 18, (21)

Söderström, Elisabet; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Schneede, Jørn; et al.

Leptin levels are not affected by enalapril treatment after an uncomplicated myocardial infarction, but associate strongly with changes in fibrinolytic variables in men

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 80, (4) : 303-308

Eriksson, Maria A.; Söderberg, Stefan; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; et al.

Pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, and carotid intima-media thickness are each associated with different inflammatory protein signatures in young healthy adults: The lifestyle, biomarkers and atherosclerosis study

Atherosclerosis, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 313 : 150-155

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Cao, Yang; Breimer, Lars H.; et al.

Body fat percentage and CRP correlates with a composite score of vascular risk markers in healthy, young adults: The Lifestyle, Biomarkers, and Atherosclerosis (LBA) study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 20

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Cao, Yang; Bäckström, Torbjörn; et al.

High levels of vitamin B12 are fairly common in children with cerebral palsy

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 109, (7) : 1493-1494

Stenberg, Reidun; Böttiger, Anna; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

Cluster analysis and risk score calculation of surrogate markers of vascular health, and their association with cardiometabolic risk factors in a healthy young adults

Atherosclerosis, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 287 : E191-E191

Pettersson-Pablo, P.; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Cao, Y.; et al.

Body fat percentage is more strongly associated with biomarkers of low-grade inflammation than traditional cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy young adults: the Lifestyle, Biomarkers, and Atherosclerosis study

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2019, Vol. 79, (3) : 182-187

Pettersson-Pablo, Paul; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Breimer, Lars H.; et al.

Whole genome microarray expression analysis in blood identifies pathways linked to signs and symptoms of a patient with hypercalprotectinaemia and hyperzincaemia

Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Vol. 191, (2) : 240-251

Isaksson, H. S.; Farkas, S. A.; Mueller, P.; et al.

D-Dimer is associated with first-ever intracerebral hemorrhage: a nested case-control study

Stroke, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018, Vol. 49, (9) : 2034-2039

Johansson, Kristina; Jansson, Jan-Håkan; Johansson, Lars; et al.

Formate rescues neural tube defects caused by mutations in Slc25a32

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, (18) : 4690-4695

Kim, Jimi; Lei, Yunping; Guo, Jin; et al.

Ethical stumbling blocks in uncovering folate deficiency as a preventable cause of spina bifida

Indian journal of medical ethics, Forum for Medical Ethics Society 2017, Vol. 2, (4) : 260-265

Breimer, Lars H.; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

Epigenetic changes as prognostic predictors in endometrial carcinomas

Epigenetics, Vol. 12, (1) : 19-26

Farkas, Sanja A.; Sorbe, Bengt G.; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

Bioenergetics of acquired cisplatin resistant H1299 non-small cell lung cancer and P31 mesothelioma cells

Oncotarget, IMPACT JOURNALS LLC 2017, Vol. 8, (55) : 94711-94725

Geoghegan, Fintan; Buckland, Robert J.; Rogers, Eric T.; et al.

Expression of claudin 1, claudin 4, and claudin 7 in colorectal cancer and its relation with CLDN DNA methylation patterns

Tumor Biology, Sage Publications 2017, Vol. 39, (4)

Hahn-Strömberg, Victoria; Askari, Shlear; Ahmad, Abrar; et al.

Factor XII as a Risk Marker for Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Prospective Cohort Study

Cerebrovascular diseases extra, S. Karger 2017, Vol. 7, (1) : 84-94

Johansson, Kristina; Jansson, Jan-Håkan; Johansson, Lars; et al.

Comprehensive analysis to explain reduced or increased SOD1 enzymatic activity in ALS patients and their relatives

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2017, Vol. 18, (5-6) : 457-463

Keskin, Isil; Birve, Anna; Berdynski, Mariusz; et al.

Levels of beta-trace protein in optic disc pit with macular detachment

Acta Ophthalmologica, John Wiley & Sons 2017, Vol. 95, (8) : 815-819

Makdoumi, Karim; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; Crafoord, Sven

Identification of novel genetic variants in the mutational hotspot region 14kb upstream of the LCT gene in a Mexican population

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2017, Vol. 77, (5) : 311-314

Valencia, Liliana; Randazzo, Andres; Engfeldt, Peter; et al.

Lactase persistence versus lactose intolerance: Is there an intermediate phenotype?

Clinical Biochemistry, Vol. 49, (3) : 248-252

Dzialanski, Zbigniew; Barany, Michael; Engfeldt, Peter; et al.

High homocysteine and low folate plasma concentrations are associated with cardiovascular events but not bleeding during warfarin treatment

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Vol. 54, (12) : 1981-1986

Lind, Marcus; Jansson, Jan-Håkan; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; et al.

Plasma 1-carbon metabolites and academic achievement in 15-yr-old adolescents

The FASEB Journal, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2016, Vol. 30, (4) : 1683-1688

Nilsson, Torbjörn K; Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita; Sjostrom, Michael; et al.

Epigenome-wide analysis of DNA methylation reveals a rectal cancer-specific epigenomic signature

Epigenomics, Vol. 8, (9) : 1193-1207

Vymetalkova, Veronika; Vodicka, Pavel; Pardini, Barbara; et al.

S100B concentrations increase perioperatively in jugular vein blood despite limited metabolic and inflammatory response to clinically uneventful carotid endarterectomy

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter 2015, Vol. 53, (1) : 111-117

Arfvidsson, Berndt; Nilsson, Torbjörn K; Norgren, Lars

Is ferrotoxicity a new great public health challenge?

Clinical Chemistry, American Association for Clinical Chemistry 2015, Vol. 61, (4) : 667-668

Breimer, Lars H; Nilsson, Torbjörn K

Shedded cell membrane proteins in plasma: pure waste, or informative biomarkers of pathophysiological processes?

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Taylor & Francis 2015, Vol. 75, (6) : 441-443

Breimer, Lars H; Nilsson, Torbjörn K

Ferrotoxicitet – För tidigt att ropa »vargen kommer«?

Läkartidningen, Läkartidningen förlag 2015, Vol. 112, (22)

Breimer, Lars; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

DNA methylation and expression of the folate transporter genes in colorectal cancer

Tumor Biology, Vol. 36, (7) : 5581-5590

Farkas, Sanja A.; Befekadu, Rahel; Hahn-Stroemberg, Victoria; et al.

von Willebrand activation factor as a marker of mortality, cardiovascular events, and bleeding complications in patients treated with oral anticoagulants

Thrombosis Research, Vol. 136, (5) : 878-882

Lind, Marcus; Johansson, Lars; Nilsson, Torbjörn; et al.

Folic acid supplementation and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene variations in relation to in vitro fertilization pregnancy outcome

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 94, (1) : 65-71

Murto, Tiina; Kallak, Theodora K.; Hoas, Annica; et al.

Whole blood viscosity in plasma cell dyscrasias

Clinical Biochemistry, Vol. 48, (3) : 122-124

Uggla, Bertil; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

Considerations for appointing an external examiner of a PhD in the biomedical sciences in Sweden: a questionnaire-based survey

Scientometrics, Springer Netherlands 2014, Vol. 98, (3) : 2039-2049

Breimer, Lars H; Nilsson, Torbjörn K

[Sweden should contemplate article in PNAS].

Läkartidningen, Vol. 111, (46) : 2045-

Breimer, Lars; Nilsson, Torbjörn

DNA methylation changes in genes frequently mutated in sporadic colorectal cancer and in the DNA repair and Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway genes

Epigenomics, Vol. 6, (2) : 179-191

Farkas, Sanja A.; Vymetalkova, Veronika; Vodickova, Ludmila; et al.

Epigenetic activation of immune genes in cervical cancer

Immunology Letters, Vol. 162, (2) : 256-257

Gasperov, Nina Milutin; Farkas, Sanja A.; Nilsson, Torbjörn K.; et al.

Polymorphisms in the CLDN1 and CLDN7 genes are related to differentiation and tumor stage in colon carcinoma

Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS), Vol. 122, (7) : 636-642

Hahn-Stromberg, Victoria; Askari, Shlear; Befekadu, Rahel; et al.

Whole genome expression profiling of blood cells in ovarian cancer patients: prognostic impact of the CYP1B1, MTSS1, NCALD, and NOP14 genes

Oncotarget, Vol. 5, (12) : 4040-4049

Isaksson, Helena S.; Sorbe, Bengt; Nilsson, Torbjörn K

Cloxacillin concentrations in serum, subcutaneous fat, and muscle in patients with chronic critical limb ischemia

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2014, Vol. 70, (8) : 957-963

Jonsson, T. B.; Nilsson, Torbjörn K; Breimer, L. H.; et al.

D-dimer predicts major bleeding, cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality during warfarin treatment

Clinical Biochemistry, Vol. 47, (7-8) : 570-573

Lind, Marcus; Boman, Kurt; Johansson, Lars; et al.

Whole genome DNA methylation signature of HER2-positive breast cancer

Epigenetics, Vol. 9, (8) : 1149-1162

Lindqvist, Breezy M.; Wingren, Sten; Motlagh, Parviz Behnam; et al.

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