Helena Jernberg Wiklund
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 48 12
- E-mail:
- helena.jernberg_wiklund@igp.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20
751 85 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Rudbecklaboratoriet
751 85 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Scenior scientist with special interest in translational research, epigenetics and drug discovery. Course administration, examination and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Director of postgraduate studies at Rudbeck Laboratory, on the Faculty Board at Medical Faculty, UU, and international (MMRF, IMF, AICR) and national (Barncancerfonden and Cancerfonden) committees for grant proposal review. Moderator and abstract coordinator of international meetings.
Biography
Current position
Professor, PhD
Uppsala University 2008 – Present (3 years)
Professor of Tumor Biology, with a special interest in translational research in the field of hematopoetic tumors.
Education
Uppsala universitet
PhD, Experimental Pathology
1985 – 1991
1983 Natural Sciences Batchelor of Microbiology
1991 PhD Exp Pathology
1992-93 Postdoctoral Fellow Tumor biology

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Haematologica, p. 567-577, 2024
- DOI for PVT1 interacts with the polycomb repressive complex 2 to suppress genomic regions with pro-apoptotic and tumour suppressor functions in multiple myeloma
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The complex nature of lncRNA-mediated chromatin dynamics in multiple myeloma
Part of Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
- DOI for The complex nature of lncRNA-mediated chromatin dynamics in multiple myeloma
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Dormant SOX9-Positive Cells Facilitate MYC-Driven Recurrence of Medulloblastoma
Part of Cancer Research, p. 4586-4603, 2022
- DOI for Dormant SOX9-Positive Cells Facilitate MYC-Driven Recurrence of Medulloblastoma
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Part of EPIGENOMES, 2021
- DOI for One Omics Approach Does Not Rule Them All: The Metabolome and the Epigenome Join Forces in Haematological Malignancies
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A distinct metabolic response characterizes sensitivity to EZH2 inhibition in multiple myeloma
Part of Cell Death and Disease, 2021
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Haematologica, p. 567-577, 2024
- DOI for PVT1 interacts with the polycomb repressive complex 2 to suppress genomic regions with pro-apoptotic and tumour suppressor functions in multiple myeloma
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Dormant SOX9-Positive Cells Facilitate MYC-Driven Recurrence of Medulloblastoma
Part of Cancer Research, p. 4586-4603, 2022
- DOI for Dormant SOX9-Positive Cells Facilitate MYC-Driven Recurrence of Medulloblastoma
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Part of EPIGENOMES, 2021
- DOI for One Omics Approach Does Not Rule Them All: The Metabolome and the Epigenome Join Forces in Haematological Malignancies
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A distinct metabolic response characterizes sensitivity to EZH2 inhibition in multiple myeloma
Part of Cell Death and Disease, 2021
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Immunostimulatory oncolytic virotherapy for multiple myeloma targeting 4-1BB and/or CD40
Part of Cancer Gene Therapy, p. 948-959, 2020
- DOI for Immunostimulatory oncolytic virotherapy for multiple myeloma targeting 4-1BB and/or CD40
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GMYC: A Novel Inducible Transgenic Model of Group 3 Medulloblastoma
Part of Neuro-Oncology, p. 137-137, 2018
Part of Oncotarget, p. 103731-103743, 2017
- DOI for The polycomb group protein BMI-1 inhibitor PTC-209 is a potent anti-myeloma agent alone or in combination with epigenetic inhibitors targeting EZH2 and the BET bromodomain
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Part of Oncotarget, p. 10213-10224, 2017
- DOI for EZH2 inhibition in multiple myeloma downregulates myeloma associated oncogenes and upregulates microRNAs with potential tumor suppressor functions.
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Part of Journal of Cellular Physiology, p. 2722-2730, 2017
- DOI for SUMO-modified insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) increases cell cycle progression and cell proliferation
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Part of Oncotarget, p. 6809-6923, 2016
Growth signals employ CGGBP1 to suppress transcription of Alu-SINEs
Part of Cell Cycle, p. 1558-1571, 2016
- DOI for Growth signals employ CGGBP1 to suppress transcription of Alu-SINEs
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A Role for the Chromatin-Remodeling Factor BAZ1A in Neurodevelopment
Part of Human Mutation, p. 964-975, 2016
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CGGBP1 mitigates cytosine methylation at repetitive DNA sequences
Part of BMC Genomics, 2015
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Part of Oncotarget, p. 20621-20635, 2015
Functional loss of IκBε leads to NF-κB deregulation in aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Part of Journal of Experimental Medicine, p. 833-843, 2015
- DOI for Functional loss of IκBε leads to NF-κB deregulation in aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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The IGF-1 receptor inhibitor picropodophyllin potentiates the anti-myeloma activity of a BH3-mimetic
Part of Oncotarget, p. 11193-11208, 2014
Part of Blood, 2014
Taming the cancer cell: Introduction
Part of Journal of Internal Medicine, p. 2-4, 2014
Part of Blood, 2014
Part of Cancer Gene Therapy, p. 386-393, 2013
Part of BMC Cancer, p. 318, 2012
- DOI for Stat1 activation attenuates IL-6 induced Stat3 activity but does not alter apoptosis sensitivity in multiple myeloma
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Part of American Journal of Hematology, p. 361-367, 2012
Part of Cancer Research, p. 5348-5362, 2012
Part of Clinical Cancer Research, p. 2230-2239, 2012
Tumor-initiating capacity of CD138- and CD138+ tumor cells in the 5T33 multiple myeloma model
Part of Leukemia, p. 1436-1439, 2012
Part of Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC, p. 667-671, 2011
Molecular Characterization of Acquired Tolerance of Tumor Cells to Picropodophyllin (PPP)
Part of PLOS ONE, 2011
Polycomb target genes are silenced in multiple myeloma
Part of PLOS ONE, 2010
- DOI for Polycomb target genes are silenced in multiple myeloma
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IGF-1 suppresses Bim expression in multiple myeloma via epigenetic and posttranslational mechanisms
Part of Blood, p. 2430-2440, 2010
Epigenetic silencing of the interferon regulatory factor ICSBP/IRF8 in human multiple myeloma
Part of Experimental Hematology, p. 1673-1681, 2008
Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 1857-1861, 2007
Part of Clinical Cancer Research, p. 3536-3544, 2007
Part of Leukemia, p. 77-81, 2006
Part of Blood, p. 669-78, 2006
Part of Biochem Biophys Res Commun, p. 1141-8, 2006
Part of Blood, p. 655-60, 2006
Part of Blood, 2005
Rapamycin sensitizes multiple myeloma cells to apoptosis induced by dexamethasone.
Part of Blood, p. 3138-47, 2004
Cytotoxic effect in vivo and in vitro of CHS 828 on human myeloma cell lines.
Part of Anticancer Drugs, p. 63-70, 2004
Part of Eur J Haematol, p. 76-89, 2002
Part of Blood, p. 1724, 1999
Part of Blood, p. 2914, 1998
Part of Br J Haematol, p. 126, 1997
Insulin-like growth factor I is a growth- and survival factor in human multiple myeloma cell lines.
Part of Blood, p. 2250, 1996
Cellular death in neuroblastoma: in situ correlation of apoptosis and Bcl-2 expression
Part of Int J Cancer, p. 19, 1995
Part of Mol Medicine, p. 806, 1995
A novel human B cell line (U-2904) bearing t(8;14) and t(14;18) translocations.
Part of Int J Cancer, p. 710, 1995
Dormant SOX9-positive cells behind MYC-driven medulloblastoma recurrence
Articles, review/survey
The complex nature of lncRNA-mediated chromatin dynamics in multiple myeloma
Part of Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
- DOI for The complex nature of lncRNA-mediated chromatin dynamics in multiple myeloma
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Targeting EZH2 in Multiple Myeloma-Multifaceted Anti-Tumor Activity
Part of EPIGENOMES, 2018
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Epigenetics in multiple myeloma: From mechanisms to therapy
Part of Seminars in Cancer Biology, p. 101-115, 2018
Control of Apoptosis in Human Multiple Myeloma by Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-I)
Part of Advances in Cancer Research, p. 139-165, 2007
Chapters in book
Plasma Cell and Myeloma Cell Lines
Part of Human Cell Culture, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000
Manuscripts (preprints)
Other
Toward a rational combinaTORial therapy for multiple myeloma
Part of Blood, p. 3845-3846, 2004
The control of proliferation, survival and apoptosis in human multiple myeloma cells in vitro
Part of MECHANISMS OF B CELL NEOPLASIA 1998, p. 325-333, 1999