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Mikael Sigvardsson

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Possible explanation for long-term effects in leukemia survivors

Contrary to previous belief, stem cells, from which all new blood cells are formed, remain in bone marrow in the blood cancer type acute lymphocytic leukemia. But they have a hidden defect and lose their ability to form new blood cells.

Publications

2025

Johanna Tingvall-Gustafsson, Christina T. Jensen, Jonas Ungerback, Mikael Sigvardsson (2025) Chromatin interaction-based annotation of regulatory elements reveals dynamic promoter-enhancer interactions in lymphocyte development iScience, Vol. 28, Article 112855 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Mikael Sigvardsson (2024) Early B-Cell Factor 1: An Archetype for a Lineage-Restricted Transcription Factor Linking Development to Disease Transcription factors in blood cell development, p. 143-156 (Chapter in book) Continue to DOI
Mohamed Eldeeb, Anna Konturek-Ciesla, Qinyu Zhang, Shabnam Kharazi, Johanna Tingvall-Gustafsson, Jonas Ungerback, Mikael Sigvardsson, David Bryder (2024) Ontogeny shapes the ability of ETV6::RUNX1 to enhance hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and disrupt early lymphopoiesis Leukemia, Vol. 38, p. 455-459 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Related Research

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Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at LiU

WCMM at LiU focuses on the medicine-technology interface, and build upon our existing strengths in research within medical technology, materials science and bioengineering.

Organisation

Molecular medicine and virology.

Division of Molecular Medicine and Virology (MMV)

At the division, the research involves studies on the molecular biology level as well as studies of biological effects on cells, on tissue, and organisms. We are also involved in medical and biomedical education programs.

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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