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Alf Kastbom

Senior Associate Professor

My research group works to detect rheumatoid arthritis before the disease has broken out and to understand the mechanisms behind it. This would open up the possibility of being able to prevent the disease in the future.

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Publications

2026

Yuichi Maeda, Miriam Rabenow, Wei Xiang, Eva Schmid, Nadine Otterbein, Ilia Gimaev, Lena Amend, Lena Riedinger, Leona Ehnes, Ippei Miyagawa, Ilann Sarfati, Till Robin Lesker, Heike Danzer, Kerstin Sarter, Kerstin Durholz, Fabian Schalter, Lili Bao, Stefan Wirtz, Philipp Arnold, Jorg Hofmann, Monika Pischetsrieder, Daniel Sjoberg, Anna Svard, Alf Kastbom, Georg Schett, Till Strowig, Mario M. Zaiss (2026) Mucosal innate immune activation as the trigger to Prevotella species-induced arthritis in genetically resistant mice Cell Reports, Vol. 45, Article 116755 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Jesper Karlsson, Helena Enocsson, Hanna Duan, Suhana Ahmad, Daniel Appelgren, Alf Kastbom, Lina Wirestam, Christopher Sjöwall, Jonas Wetterö (2025) Autoantibodies against pentraxin-3 in systemic lupus erythematosus: mapping of reactivity to linear epitopes and associations with disease variables Autoimmunity, Vol. 58, Article 2579832 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Klara Martinsson, Simon Åhammar, Alexandra Circiumaru, Bence Rethi, Michael Ziegelasch, Aase Hensvold, Alf Kastbom (2025) Serum test for secretory component-containing anti-citrullinated protein antibodies as a novel prognostic tool in rheumatoid arthritis at-risk subjects JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL AUTOIMMUNITY, Vol. 11, Article 100317 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Alf Kastbom, Sara Turcinov, Vivianne Malmstrom (2025) Windows for intervention in the prearthritis phase of rheumatoid arthritis? A narrative review of key triggering events and potential preventive strategies RMD Open, Vol. 11, Article e005778 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Carl Turesson, Johan Ronnelid, Alf Kastbom (2025) Autoantibodies as prognostic markers in rheumatoid arthritis JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL AUTOIMMUNITY, Vol. 10, Article 100291 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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Organisation

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Division of Inflammation and Infection (II)

The Division of Inflammation and Infection (II) includes clinical subject areas such as Immunology, Rheumatology, Pathology and Microbiology.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

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