MU Endocrinology and Cardio Metabolic Unit
Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet
C2:94 Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge
SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden
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Members
Prof. Paolo Parini
(Team leader, Senior Consultant, Director of Research, Education, development & Innovation)
Sophia Rössner
(Head of the Medical Unit Endocrinology, Karolinska University Hospital Senior Consultan)
Daniel P Andersson (Associate Professor, Senior Consultan)
Matteo Pedrelli (Research Manager, researcher)

Peter Saliba Gustafsson
(
Research Specialis)
JenniferHärdfeldt (Postdoc)

Publications

  • Sex-specific KDM6A-HNF4A-CREBH network controls lipoprotein cholesterol metabolism and atherosclerosis via epigenetic reprograming of hepatocytes. Nature Communications. 2026;17(1):3945.
  • Carriage of rare APOB variants predisposes to severe steatotic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2026;136(8):e201762.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Network Medicine: Path to Precision Medicine. NEJM AI. 2025;2(9):10.1056/aira2401229.
  • Statin-associated regulation of hepatic PNPLA3 in patients without known liver disease. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2025;297(1):47-59.
  • Relation among hypertriglyceridaemia, cardiometabolic disease, and hereditary factors - design and rationale of the Stockholm hyperTRIglyceridaemia REGister study. European Heart Journal Open. 2024;4(2):oeae010.
  • Modification of lipoprotein metabolism and function driving atherogenesis in diabetes. Atherosclerosis. 2024;394:117545.
  • Digital biomarkers: 3PM approach revolutionizing chronic disease management - EPMA 2024 position. EPMA Journal. 2024;15(2):149-162.
  • Soat2 ties cholesterol metabolism to beta-oxidation and glucose tolerance in male mice. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2022;292(2):296-307.
  • Genetic depletion of Soat2 diminishes hepatic steatosis via genes regulating de novo lipogenesis and by GLUT2 protein in female mice. Digestive and Liver Disease. 2019;51(7):1016-1022.
  • ER-beta activation in obesity improves whole body metabolism via adipose tissue function and enhanced mitochondria biogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 2019;479:147-158.

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