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Is bilirubin a marker of vascular disease and/or cancer and is it a potential therapeutic target? by Breimer, Lars H, Mikhailidis, Dimitri P

“…Normal aerobic metabolism is associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage cellular macromolecules. Analogous free radicals are formed by…”
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IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 are associated with a decreased pulse-wave velocity in young, healthy adults by Pettersson-Pablo, Paul, Nilsson, Torbjörn K, Breimer, Lars H, Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita

“…In healthy, young adults we analyzed a panel of cardiovascular disease related proteins in plasma and compared them with the vascular health of the subjects…”
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Somatostatin receptor PET/CT in neuroendocrine tumours: update on systematic review and meta-analysis by Geijer, Håkan, Breimer, Lars H.

“…Purpose Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) are uncommon and may be localized in many different places in the body. Traditional imaging has mainly been performed with…”
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Half a century and more of PhD theses by published papers: Comment on: “Bringing the doctoral thesis by published papers to the Social Sciences and the Humanities: A quantitative easing? A small study of doctoral thesis submission rules and practice in two disciplines in the UK” by John Rigby and Barbara Jones in Scientometrics published online 15-May-2020 by Breimer, Lars H., Mikhailidis, Dimitri P.

“…The recent article by Rigby and Jones in Scientometrics (15-May-2020) again draws attention to basing PhD-theses on published works, in their case introducing…”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors of the PD-1/PD-L1-axis in non-small cell lung cancer: promise, controversies and ambiguities in the novel treatment paradigm by Breimer, Lars H., Nousios, Petros, Olsson, Louise, Brunnström, Hans

“…Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have received much attention not least for melanoma since the award of the Nobel prize in 2018. Here, we review the current…”
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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 by Pettersson-Pablo, Paul, Cao, Yang, Breimer, Lars H., Nilsson, Torbjörn K., Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita

“…We aimed to identify plasma protein biomarkers related to inflammation that correlated with physiological measurements of vascular function and structure in…”
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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 by Pettersson-Pablo, Paul, Nilsson, Torbjörn K., Breimer, Lars H., Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita

“…The primary aim was to appraise the relationship between body fat percentage and the inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP) and orosomucoid in a…”
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Where Are We Now With Bilirubin as a Marker of Vascular Risk? by Breimer, Lars H.

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Is ferrotoxicity a new great public health challenge? by Breimer, Lars H, Nilsson, Torbjörn K

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Does bilirubin protect against developing diabetes mellitus? by Breimer, Lars H, Mikhailidis, Dimitri P

“…Abstract After 25 years of evaluating bilirubin as a possible protective agent in neonatal and cardiovascular disease, interest has moved on to a exploring a…”
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Impact of foreign external PhD examiners on academic collaboration patterns by Breimer, Lars H.

“…The external examiners of 166 Swedish and 168 Danish biomedical PhD-theses, the candidates and their supervisors were assessed bibliometrically. In Sweden,…”
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Swedish biomedical PhD examination: an international forum and a proposed procedure for Europe by Breimer, Lars H.

“…In 538 randomly selected Swedish biomedical PhDs from 2008, 50% of the external examiners came from abroad, most commonly USA and UK. The sex distribution…”
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Longitudinal and cross-sectional study of registered nurses in Sweden who undertake a PhD showing that nurses continue to publish in English after their PhD but male nurses are more productive than female nurses by Breimer, Lars H., Leksell, Janeth

“…A review of 649 PhDs undertaken by Swedish nurses and midwives found no evidence that they stop publishing in English after their PhD. The proportion of 70%…”
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Declarations of conflict of interest are still inadequate by Breimer, Lars H, Nilsson, Torbjörn K, Breimer, Michael E

“…Declaration of conflicts of interest (COI, understood mainly as financial) in medical publications is long established. Most journals refer only to the…”
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Shedded cell membrane proteins in plasma: Pure waste, or informative biomarkers of pathophysiological processes? by Breimer, Lars H., Nilsson, TorbjÖrn K.

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Ethical stumbling blocks in uncovering folate deficiency as a preventable cause of spina bifida by Breimer, Lars H, Nilsson, Torbjorn K

“…The year 2016 witnessed the anniversaries of several key events related to the prevention of neural tube defects (NTD) with folate supplementation. However,…”
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Genetics of Aneurysmal Disease: The Dogs That Did Not Bark by Breimer, Lars H.

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Has folate a role in the developing nervous system after birth and not just during embryogenesis and gestation? by Breimer, Lars H., Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

“…It is now 30 years since the first publications stating that supplementation with folate could prevent neural tube defects appeared and 20 years since the…”
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Considerations for appointing an external examiner of a PhD in the biomedical sciences in Sweden: a questionnaire-based survey by Breimer, Lars H., Nilsson, Torbjörn K.

“…A survey of 170 Swedish mentors of PhD-students found that expertise in the research field and avoidance of conflict of interest were big motivators for…”
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Could carbon monoxide and bilirubin be friends as well as foes of the body? by Breimer, Lars H., Mikhailidis, Dimitri P.

“…Abstract Endogenous carbon monoxide (CO) production was first described 60 years ago. CO is a by-product of the metabolism of haeme to biliverdin. This, in…”
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