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.

CV

Complete CV

Curriculum Vitae - Alf Kastbom (DOCX, 932,3 kB)

Publications

2026

Jon Lampa, Dan Nordstrom, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Merete Lund Hetland, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Mikkel Ostergaard, Anna Rudin, Marte S. Heiberg, Michael Nurmohamed, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Kristina Lend, Kim Horslev-Petersen, Tuulikki Sokka-Isler, Gerdur Grondal, Simon Krabbe, Joakim Lindqvist, Inger Gjertsson, Daniel Glinatsi, Meliha Kapetanovic, Cidem Gentline, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Heikki Relas, Tove Lorenzen, Giovanni Cagnotto, Johan Back, Oliver Hendricks, Bas Dijkshoorn, Kajsa Oberg, Maud-Kristine Ljosa, Eli Brodin, Hanne Merete Lindegaard, Annika Soderbergh, Milad Rizk, Alf Kastbom, Per Larsson, Line Uhrenholt, Soren A. Just, David J. Stevens, Trine B. Laurberg, Gunnstein Bakland, Inge C. Olsen, Joe Sexton, Till Uhlig (2026)

Certolizumab pegol, abatacept, tocilizumab or active conventional therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: 48-week patient-reported outcomes from the NORD-STAR trial The Lancet Rheumatology, Vol. 8, p. e285-e294 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(26)00007-X

Sumera Qureshi, Maryam Adas, Phoebe J. Cope, Hassan Mahfouz, Katie Bechman, Kevin D. Deane, Hani El-Gabalawy, Paul Emery, Axel Finckh, Benoit Thomas P. Gilbert, V. Michael Holers, John D. Isaacs, Alf Kastbom, Kulveer Mankia, Ted R. Mikuls, Arthur G. Pratt, Juergen Rech, Mark D. Russell, Georg Schett, Leendert A. Trouw, Carl Turesson, Marian H. Van Beers-Tas, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil, Dirkjan Van Schaardenburg, Hanna W. Van Steenbergen, Rene E. M. Toes, Andrew P. Cope, James Galloway, Sam Norton (2026)

Autoantibodies as predictors of progression to rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis RMD Open, Vol. 12, Article e006368 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2025-006368

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)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116755

2025

G. M. Bruze, T. Frisell, C. Turesson, H. Forsblad-D'elia, J. Soderling, J. Askling, M. Neovius, G. -M Alenius, E. Baecklund, K. Chatzidionysiou, N. Feltelius, Alf Kastbom, L. Klareskog, A. Knight, E. Lindqvist, U. Lindström, L. Ljung, Christopher Sjöwall (2025)

Work loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept, rituximab, tocilizumab or TNF inhibitors: a nationwide direct drug-to-drug comparison RMD Open, Vol. 11, Article e004936 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2024-004936

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)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08916934.2025.2579832

Publications in ORCiD

Organisation

Teaser image for the division II at BKV.

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.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

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