Current position

Associate researcher (post-doc), Department of clinical Sciences in Malmö, Vascular ET-coupling group, Lund University, January 2010 - present.

Academic degree

MSc in Biomedicine, Lund University 2003

PhD in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University 2009

Ongoing projects

Examination of the role of incretin hormones and its receptors in the development of vascular complications in diabetes, and in the regulation of blood pressure.

Publications

1. LM Berglund, O Kotova, P Osmark H Grufman, C Xing, M-L Lydrup, I Goncalves, MV Autieri & MF Gomez. NFAT regulates the expression of AIF-1 and IRT-1: Yin and yang splice variants of neointima formation and atherosclerosis. Cardiovasc Res. 2011 Dex 22. [Epub ahead of print]

2. V Lyssenko, L Eliasson, O Kotova, K Pilgaard, N Wierup, A Salehi, A Wendt, A Jonsson, YZ de Marainis, LM Berglund, J Taneera, A Balhuizen, O Hansson, P Osmark, P Dunér, C Bröns, A Stancakova, J Kuusisto, M Bugliani, r Saxena, E Ahlqvist, TJ Kieffer, T Tuomi, B Isomaa, O Melander, E Sonestedt, M Orho-Melander, P Nilsson, S Bonetti, R Bonadonna, R Miccoli, S DelPrato, P Marchetti, S Madsbad, P Poulsen, A Vaag, M Laakso, MF Gomez & L Groop. Pleiotropic effects of a variant in the DIPR gene on islet function and risk of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes. 2011 Sep;60.2424-2433.

3. LM Nilsson-Berglund, AV Zetterqvist, J Nilsson-Öhman, M Sigvardsson, LV Gonzàlez Bosc, M-L Smith, A Salehi, E Agardh, G Nordin-Fredrikson, C-D Agardh, J Nilsson, BR Wamhoff, A Hultgårdh-Nilsson, MF Gomez. Nuclear Factor of Activated T-cells regulates osteopontin expression in arterial smooth muscle in response to diabetes-induced hyperglycemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 Feb;30(2):218-24.

4. J Nilsson-Öhman, G Nordin-Fredrikson, LM Nilsson-Berglund, C Gustavsson, E Bengtsson, M-L Smith, C-D Agardh, E Agardh, S Jovinge, MF Gomez, J Nilsson. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha does not mediate diabetes-induced vascular inflammation in mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Oct;29(10):1465-70.

5. LM Nilsson, J Nilsson-Öhman, AV Zetterqvist, MF Gomez. Nuclear factor of activated T-cells transcritption factors in the vasculature: the good guys och the bad guys? Curr Opin Lipidol. 2008 Oct;19(5):483-90.

6. LM Nilsson, ZW Sun, J Nilsson, I Nordstrom, YW Chen, JD Molkentin, D Wide-Swensson, P Hellstrand, ML Lydrup & MF Gomez. Novel blocker of NFAT activation inhibits IL-6 production in human myometrial arteries and reduces vascualr smooth muscle cell proliferation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2007 Mar;292(4):C1167-78.

7. J Nilsson, LM Nilsson, YW Chen, JD Molkentin, D Erlinge & MF Gomez. High glucose activates nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) in native vascular smooth muscle. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Apr;26(4):794-800.