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Peter Andersen

Professor and senior Consultant Neurologist. Since 1992 my research focus on the etiology of ALS/FTD and testing new experimental medicines for treating ALS.

Research qualifications: Docent
0000-0003-0094-5429

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E-mail
peter.andersen@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 55 00

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Affiliation
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician at Department of Clinical Sciences Section: Neurosciences
Location
Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Umeå universitet, Klinisk vetenskap Umeå universitet, Klinisk vetenskap, 901 85 Umeå
Precisionsmedicinsk genterapi har bromsat utveckling av ALS: [SOD1 gene therapy delays ALS disease progression]
Läkartidningen, Läkartidningen Förlag AB 2024, Vol. 121
Forsberg, Karin; Karlsborg, Merete; Salvesen, Lisette; et al.
European academy of neurology (EAN) guideline on the management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in collaboration with European reference network for neuromuscular diseases (ERN EURO-NMD)
European Journal of Neurology
Van Damme, Philip; Al-Chalabi, Ammar; Andersen, Peter M.; et al.
Large-scale analyses of CAV1 and CAV2 suggest their expression is higher in post-mortem ALS brain tissue and affects survival
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Frontiers Media S.A. 2023, Vol. 17
Adey, Brett N.; Cooper-Knock, Johnathan; Al Khleifat, Ahmad; et al.
Myofiber type shift in extraocular muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2023, Vol. 64, (5)
Behzadi, Arvin; Tjust, Anton Erik; Liu, Jing-Xia; et al.
Quality of life and depression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – does the country of origin matter?
BMC Palliative Care, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 22, (1)
Ciećwierska, Katarzyna; Lulé, Dorothée; Bielecki, Maksymilian; et al.
Clinical testing panels for ALS: global distribution, consistency, and challenges
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 24, (5-6) : 420-435
Dilliott, Allison A.; Al Nasser, Ahmad; Elnagheeb, Marwa; et al.
Metabolic alterations precede neurofilament changes in presymptomatic ALS gene carriers
EBioMedicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 90
Dorst, Johannes; Weydt, Patrick; Brenner, David; et al.
A novel homozygous p.Ser69Pro SOD1 mutation causes severe young-onset ALS with decreased enzyme activity
Journal of Neurology, Springer 2023, Vol. 270 : 1770-1773
Fahmy, Nagia; Müller, Kathrin; Andersen, Peter Munch; et al.
Determining impairment in the Swedish, Polish and German ECAS: the importance of adjusting for age and education
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 24, (5-6) : 475-484
Finsel, Julia; Winroth, Ivar; Ciećwierska, Katarzyna; et al.
Widespread CNS pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis homozygous for the D90A SOD1 mutation
Acta Neuropathologica, Springer-Verlag New York 2023, Vol. 145, (1) : 13-28
Forsberg, Karin; Graffmo, Karin Sixtensdotter; Stenvall, Erica; et al.
Validity and reliability measures of the Swedish Karolinska version of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS Screen (SK-ECAS)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 24, (7-8) : 713-718
Foucher, Juliette; Winroth, Ivar; Lovik, Anikó; et al.
Living with a parent with ALS - adolescents' need for professional support from the adolescents' and the parents' perspectives
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 24, (7-8) : 727-735
Malmström, Nina; Jakobsson Larsson, Birgitta; Nilsson, Stefan; et al.
Integrative genetic analysis illuminates ALS heritability and identifies risk genes
Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group 2023, Vol. 14, (1)
Megat, Salim; Mora, Natalia; Sanogo, Jason; et al.
Mutant SOD1 aggregates formed in vitro and in cultured cells are polymorphic and differ from those arising in the CNS
Journal of Neurochemistry, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 164, (1) : 77-93
Nordström, Ulrika; Lang, Lisa; Ekhtiari Bidhendi, Elaheh; et al.
The motor system is exceptionally vulnerable to absence of the ubiquitously expressed superoxide dismutase-1
Brain Communications, Oxford University Press 2023, Vol. 5, (1)
Park, Julien H.; Nordström, Ulrika; Tsiakas, Konstantinos; et al.
Whole genome sequencing analysis reveals post-zygotic mutation variability in monozygotic twins discordant for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neurobiology of Aging, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 122 : 76-87
Tazelaar, Gijs H.P.; Hop, Paul J.; Seelen, Meinie; et al.
Genetic variability in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain, Oxford University Press 2023, Vol. 146, (9) : 3760-3769
Van Daele, Sien Hilde; Moisse, Matthieu; van Vugt, Joke J F A; et al.
Frequency of C9orf72 and SOD1 mutations in 302 sporadic ALS patients from three German ALS centers
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 24, (5-6) : 414-419
Yilmaz, Rüstem; Grehl, Torsten; Eckrich, Lukas; et al.
Live cell imaging of ATP levels reveals metabolic compartmentalization within motoneurons and early metabolic changes in FUS ALS motoneurons
Cells, MDPI 2023, Vol. 12, (10)
Zimyanin, Vitaly L.; Pielka, Anna-Maria; Glaß, Hannes; et al.
Caregivers’ divergent perspectives on patients’ well-being and attitudes towards hastened death in Germany, Poland and Sweden
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2022, Vol. 23, (3-4) : 252-262
Andersen, Peter M.; Kuźma-Kozakiewicz, Magdalena; Keller, Jürgen; et al.
Mild motor impairment as prodromal state in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a new diagnostic entity
Brain, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 145, (10) : 3500-3508
Benatar, Michael; Granit, Volkan; Andersen, Peter M.; et al.
Design of a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial of tofersen initiated in clinically presymptomatic SOD1 variant carriers: the Atlas study
Neurotherapeutics, Springer 2022, Vol. 19 : 1248-1258
Benatar, Michael; Wuu, Joanne; Andersen, Peter M.; et al.
Preventing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from pre-symptomatic neurodegenerative diseases
Brain, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 145, (1) : 27-44
Benatar, Michael; Wuu, Joanne; McHutchison, Caroline; et al.
SOD1 mutations associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis analysis of variant severity
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2022, Vol. 12, (1)
Berdynski, Mariusz; Miszta, Przemysław; Safranow, Krzysztof; et al.
FUS mutations dominate TBK1 mutations in FUS/TBK1 double-mutant ALS/FTD pedigrees
Neurogenetics, Springer 2022, Vol. 23 : 59-65
Brenner, David; Müller, Kathrin; Lattante, Serena; et al.
Infantile SOD1 deficiency syndrome caused by a homozygous SOD1 variant with absence of enzyme activity
Brain, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 145, (3) : 872-878
Ezer, Shlomit; Daana, Muhannad; Park, Julien H.; et al.
Alteration of Mitochondrial Integrity as Upstream Event in the Pathophysiology of SOD1-ALS
Cells, MDPI 2022, Vol. 11, (7)
Günther, René; Pal, Arun; Williams, Chloe; et al.
Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS
Science Translational Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022, Vol. 14, (633)
Hop, Paul J.; Zwamborn, Ramona A.J.; Hannon, Eilis; et al.
Clinical trials in pediatric ALS: a TRICALS feasibility study
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis Group 2022, Vol. 23, (7-8) : 481-488
Kliest, Tessa; Van Eijk, Ruben P.A.; Al-Chalabi, Ammar; et al.
Respiratory onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a pregnant woman with a novel SOD1 mutation
European Journal of Neurology, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 29, (4) : 1279-1283
Masrori, Pegah; Ospitalieri, Simona; Forsberg, Karin; et al.
The impact of age on genetic testing decisions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 145, (12) : 4440-4447
Mehta, Puja R.; Iacoangeli, Alfredo; Opie-Martin, Sarah; et al.
De novo mutations in SOD1 are a cause of ALS
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2022, Vol. 93 : 201-206
Müller, Kathrin; Oh, Ki-Wook; Nordin, Angelica; et al.
Heterozygous DHTKD1 Variants in Two European Cohorts of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients
Genes, MDPI 2022, Vol. 13, (1)
Osmanovic, Alma; Gogol, Isabel; Martens, Helge; et al.
The importance of offering early genetic testing in everyone with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 145, (4) : 1207-1210
Salmon, Kristiana; Kiernan, Matthew C.; Kim, Seung H.; et al.
PEX11β and FIS1 cooperate in peroxisome division independent of Mitochondrial Fission Factor
Journal of Cell Science, The Company of Biologists 2022, Vol. 135, (13)
Schrader, Tina A.; Carmichael, Ruth E.; Islinger, Markus; et al.
Extensive heterogeneity in patients with ALS with mutations in SOD1 in France
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 92, (9) : 914-914
Andersen, Peter Munch
Neurofilaments can differentiate ALS subgroups and ALS from common diagnostic mimics
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2021, Vol. 11, (1)
Behzadi, Arvin; Pujol-Calderón, Fani; Tjust, Anton E.; et al.
Safety and efficacy of oral levosimendan in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (the REFALS study): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial
Lancet Neurology, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 20, (10) : 821-831
Cudkowicz, Merit; Genge, Angela; Maragakis, Nicholas; et al.
Peripheral neuropathy in ALS: Phenotype association
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 92, (10) : 1133-1134
Decarvalho, Mamede; Gromicho, Marta; Andersen, Peter M.; et al.
A serum microRNA sequence reveals fragile X protein pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain, Oxford University Press 2021, Vol. 144, (4) : 1214-1229
Freischmidt, Axel; Goswami, Anand; Limm, Katharina; et al.
Motor neuron disease beginning with frontotemporal dementia: clinical features and progression
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 22, (7-8) : 508-516
Gromicho, Marta; Kuzma-Kozakiewicz, Magdalena; Szacka, Katarzyna; et al.
SCFD1 expression quantitative trait loci in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are differentially expressed
Brain Communications, Oxford University Press 2021, Vol. 3, (4)
Iacoangeli, Alfredo; Fogh, Isabella; Selvackadunco, Sashika; et al.
Peripheral administration of SOD1 aggregates does not transmit pathogenic aggregation to the CNS of SOD1 transgenic mice
Acta neuropathologica communications, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 9, (1)
Keskin, Isil; Ekhtiari Bidhendi, Elaheh; Marklund, Matthew; et al.
Putative founder effect in the Polish, Iranian and United States populations for the L144SSOD1mutation associated with slowly uniform phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 22, (1-2) : 80-85
Kuzma-Kozakiewicz, Magdalena; Andersen, Peter M.; Elahi, Elahe; et al.
The Effect of SMN Gene Dosage on ALS Risk and Disease Severity
Annals of Neurology, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 89, (4) : 686-697
Moisse, Matthieu; Zwamborn, Ramona A. J.; van Vugt, Joke; et al.
Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
Nature Genetics, Nature Publishing Group 2021, Vol. 53, (12) : 1636-1648
van Rheenen, Wouter; van der Spek, Rick A. A.; Bakker, Mark K.; et al.
Impact of comorbidities and co-medication on disease onset and progression in a large German ALS patient group
Journal of Neurology, Springer 2020, Vol. 267, (7) : 2130-2141
Diekmann, Kristin; Kuzma-Kozakiewicz, Magdalena; Piotrkiewicz, Maria; et al.
ALS kan vara en prionsjukdom: Inklusioner av felvecklat SOD1-protein tycks finnas hos patienter med alla typer av ALS
Läkartidningen, Läkartidningen Förlag AB 2020, Vol. 117
Forsberg, Karin; Tjust, Anton E.; Zetterström, Per; et al.
Commentary: Effects of ALS-associated TANK binding kinase 1 mutations on protein-protein interactions and kinase activity
Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 14
Freischmidt, Axel; Brenner, David; Ludolph, Albert C.; et al.
Rare heterozygous DHTKD1 variants in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
European Journal of Human Genetics, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 28 : 428-429
Gogol, I.; Osmanovic, A.; Martens, H.; et al.
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Since 1999 I teach the medical students at Umeå University, terms 9 and 10.

Learning about protein aggregates to solve the riddle of ALS

Peter Andersen has found mechanisms that may make it possible to treat or even prevent it.