Karin Broberg

Publications

• Biomarkers of exposure in Monday morning urine samples as a long-term measure of exposure to aromatic diisocyanates
• Polymorphisms in genes encoding potential mercury transporters and urine mercury concentrations in populations exposed to mercury vapor from gold mining
• Elevated arsenic exposure and efficient arsenic metabolism in indigenous women around Lake Poopó, Bolivia
• Genetic variation in arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT), arsenic metabolism and risk of basal cell carcinoma in a European population
• Chimney sweeps in Sweden: a questionnaire-based assessment of long-term changes in work conditions, and current eye and airway symptoms.
• Transcriptomics and methylomics of CD4-positive T cells in arsenic-exposed women.
• Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic Is Associated with Increased Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Longer Telomere Length in Peripheral Blood.
• Common Polymorphisms in the Solute Carrier SLC30A10 are Associated With Blood Manganese and Neurological Function.
• Selenium metabolism to the trimethylselenonium ion (TMSe) varies markedly because of polymorphisms in the indolethylamine N-methyltransferase gene.
• Exposure to welding fumes is associated with hypomethylation of the F2RL3 gene: a cardiovascular disease marker.
• AS3 MT genotype in South American populations and their influence on arsenic metabolism
• Disturbance of posture in children with very low lead exposure, and modification by VDR Fokl genotype
• Human and methodological sources of variability in the measurement of urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine
• Polymorphisms in ABC transporter genes and concentrations of mercury in newborns - Evidence from two Mediterranean birth cohorts
• Cadmium, mercury, and lead in kidney cortex are not associated with urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) in living kidney donors
• Exposure to arsenic and intra-chromosomal instability in blood
• Arsenic exposure and blood pressure, homocysteine and haemoglobin concentrations-a study from northern Argentina
• Exposure of hairdressers to ortho- And meta-toluidine in hair dyes
• Prospective evaluation of arsenic-related health effects in children
• Pregnancy and arsenic methylation: Results from a population-based mother-child cohort in Argentine Andes
• Cadmium concentrations in human blood and urine are associated with polymorphisms in zinc transporter genes
• Arsenic exposure in early pregnancy alters genome-wide DNA methylation in cord blood, particularly in boys
• Polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes modify mercury concentrations and antioxidant status in subjects environmentally exposed to methylmercury
• Lead concentration in plasma as a biomarker of exposure and risk, and modification of toxicity by δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase gene polymorphism
• N-6-adenine-specific DNA methyltransferase 1 (N6AMT1) polymorphisms and arsenic methylation in Andean women
• Polymorphisms in iron homeostasis genes and urinary cadmium concentrations among nonsmoking women in Argentina and Bangladesh
• Efficient Arsenic Metabolism - The AS3MT Haplotype Is Associated with DNA Methylation and Expression of Multiple Genes Around AS3MT
• Possible positive selection for an arsenic-protective haplotype in humans
• AS3MT-mediated tolerance to arsenic evolved by multiple independent horizontal gene transfers from bacteria to eukaryotes.
• Diesel Exhaust Exposure Assessment Among Tunnel Construction Workers-Correlations Between Nitrogen Dioxide, Respirable Elemental Carbon, and Particle Number.
• Occupational exposure to particles and mitochondrial DNA - relevance for blood pressure.
• Arsenic exposure from drinking water is associated with decreased gene expression and increased DNA methylation in peripheral blood.
• Glutathione S-Transferase Activity Moderates Methylmercury Toxicity During Development in Drosophila.
• Polymorphisms in ATP-binding cassette transporters associated with maternal methylmercury disposition and infant neurodevelopment in mother-infant pairs in the Seychelles Child Development Study.
• Arsenic alters global histone modifications in lymphocytes in vitro and in vivo.
• Validation of an air-liquid interface toxicological set-up using Cu, Pd, and Ag well-characterized nanostructured aggregates and spheres.
• Cadmium and mercury exposure over time in Swedish children.
• Alterations of telomere length and DNA methylation in hairdressers: A cross-sectional study.
• Genetic variation in FADS genes is associated with maternal long-chain PUFA status but not with cognitive development of infants in a high fish-eating observational study.
• A Cross-Sectional Study of the Cardiovascular Effects of Welding Fumes.
• Effect of Gene-Mercury Interactions on Mercury Toxicokinetics and Neurotoxicity.
• Telomere length in children environmentally exposed to low-to-moderate levels of lead.
• Discordant pattern of BRCA1 gene epimutation in blood between mothers and daughters.
• Genome-wide gene expression profiling of low-dose, long-term exposure of human osteosarcoma cells to bisphenol A and its analogs bisphenols AF and S.
• Toluene diisocyanate exposure and autotaxin–lysophosphatidic acid signalling
• Arsenite methyltransferase (AS3MT) polymorphisms and arsenic methylation in children in rural Bangladesh
• Genetic variants of filaggrin are associated with occupational dermal exposure and blood DNA alterations in hairdressers
• New light on exposure to chemicals and cardiovascular diseases
• Fluorene exposure among PAH-exposed workers is associated with epigenetic markers related to lung cancer
• Predicted AS3MT Proteins Methylate Arsenic and Support Two Major Phylogenetic AS3MT Groups
• Response to the letter to the editor entitled Regarding long-term lead elimination from plasma and whole blood after poisoning
• Arsenic metabolism is influenced by polymorphisms in genes involved in one-carbon metabolism and reduction reactions
• Gene expression in nasal lavage from hairdressers exposed to persulphate
• Influence of polymorphic metabolic enzymes on biotransformation and effects of diphenylmethane diisocyanate
• Genetic variant of the human homologous recombination-associated gene RMI1 (S455N) impacts the risk of AML/MDS and malignant melanoma
• Arsenic exposure through drinking water is associated with longer telomeres in peripheral blood
• Pooled analysis and meta-analysis of the glutathione S-transferase P1 Ile 105Val polymorphism and bladder cancer: A HuGE-GSEC review
• Telomere length and LINE1 methylation is associated with chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood
• Sex-specific effects of early life cadmium exposure on DNA methylation and implications for birth weight
• Environmental arsenic exposure and DNA methylation of the tumor suppressor gene p16 and the DNA repair gene MLH1: Effect of arsenic metabolism and genotype
• Research challenges in occupational and environmental medicine until 2030
• Levels of 1-hydroxypyrene, symptoms and immunologic markers in vulcanization workers in the southern Sweden rubber industries
• Interactions in metal toxicology
• A polymorphism in metallothionein 1A (MT1A) is associated with cadmium-related excretion of urinary beta 2-microglobulin
• ATP13A2 (PARK9) polymorphisms influence the neurotoxic effects of manganese
• Pregnancy and the methyltransferase genotype independently influence the arsenic methylation phenotype
• Low-level environmental cadmium exposure is associated with DNA hypomethylation in Argentinean women
• Inverse association of intellectual function with very low blood lead but not with manganese exposure in Italian adolescents
• Exposure and toxic effects of elemental mercury in gold-mining activities in Ecuador
• Early life low-level cadmium exposure is positively associated with increased oxidative stress
• Health effects of combined exposure to diesel particles and traffic noise - A methodology for controlled chamber study
• δ-Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase genotype predicts toxic effects of lead on workers' peripheral nervous system
• Long-term lead elimination from plasma and whole blood after poisoning
• Modification by the genes ALAD and VDR of lead-induced cognitive effects in children
• Smoking as a risk factor for myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia and its relation to cytogenetic findings: A case-control study
• Association between polymorphisms in RMI1, TOP3A, and BLM and risk of cancer, a case-control study
• N-nitrosamines are associated with shorter telomere length
• Evaluation of the impact of genetic polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes on the association between methylmercury or n-3 polyunsaturated long chain fatty acids and risk of myocardial infarction: A case-control study
• Lithium in drinking water and thyroid function
• Polymorphisms in arsenic(+III oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) predict gene expression of AS3MT as well as arsenic metabolism
• Gene expression analysis in induced sputum from welders with and without airway-related symptoms
• High-level exposure to lithium, boron, cesium, and arsenic via drinking water in the Andes of Northern Argentina
• Chronic exposure to cadmium and arsenic strongly influences concentrations of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine in urine
• The GSTP1 Ile105 Val polymorphism modifies the metabolism of toluene di-isocyanate
• Low 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine levels and influence of genetic background in an Andean population exposed to high levels of arsenic
• Ranking of genome-wide association scan signals by different measures
• Influence of glutathione-related genes on symptoms and immunologic markers among vulcanization workers in the southern Sweden rubber industries
• Telomeric associations correlate with telomere length reduction and clonal chromosome aberrations in giant cell tumor of bone
• Constitutional short telomeres are strong genetic susceptibility markers for bladder cancer
• Genetic influences on the retention of inorganic mercury
• Polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes affect methylmercury retention
• Fusion of RDC1 with HMGA2 in lipomas as the result of chromosome aberrations involving 2q35-37 and 12q13-15.
• Lung function in relation to 2-thiothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid and genetic effect modification among rubber workers in Sweden
• Influence of genetic factors on toluene diisocyanate-related symptoms: Evidence from a cross-sectional study
• Genetic variation in glutathione-related genes and body burden of methylmercury
• Selection of influential genetic markers among a large number of candidates based on effect estimation rather than hypothesis testing: An approach for genome-wide association studies
• Symptoms and immunologic markers among vulcanization workers in rubber industries in southern Sweden
• Eye and airway symptoms in low occupational exposure to toluene diisocyanate
• Levels of 2-thiothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (TTCA) and effect modification of polymorphisms of glutathione-related genes in vulcanization workers in the southern Sweden rubber industries
• Genetic polymorphisms influencing arsenic metabolism: Evidence from Argentina
• Proteoglycan production in disomic and trisomy 7-carrying human synovial cells
• Analysis of the distribution and frequency of trisomy 7 in vivo in synovia from patients with osteoarthritis and pigmented villonodular synovitis
• The tumor-associated gene HMGIC is expressed in normal and osteoarthritis-affected synovia
• Trisomy 7 accumulates with age in solid tumors and non-neoplastic synovia
• Cytogenetic polyclonality in hematologic malignancies
• Rearrangement of the neoplasia-associated gene HMGIC in synovia from patients with osteoarthritis
• Polyclonal expansion of cells with trisomy 7 in synovia from patients with osteoarthritis
• Clonal chromosome aberrations are present in vivo in synovia and osteophytes from patients with osteoarthritis