Education

Ph.D. in Medical Science, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Umeå, Sweden, 1996

Current position

Senior Scientist, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Publications (since 2000)

1. Marklund, U., Alekseenko, Z., Andersson, E., Falci, S., Westgren, M., Perlmann, T., Graham, A., Sundstrom, E. and Ericson, J. (2014). Detailed expression analysis of regulatory genes in the early developing human neural tube. Stem Cells Dev 23(1): 5-15.
   
2. Oosterveen, T., Kurdija, S., Alekseenko, Z., Uhde, C. W., Bergsland, M., Sandberg, M., Andersson, E., Dias, J. M., Muhr, J. and Ericson, J. (2012). Mechanistic differences in the transcriptional interpretation of local and long-range Shh morphogen signaling. Dev Cell 23(5): 1006-1019.
   
3. Metzakopian, E., Lin, W., Salmon-Divon, M., Dvinge, H., Andersson, E., Ericson, J., Perlmann, T., Whitsett, J. A., Bertone, P. and Ang, S. L. (2012). Genome-wide characterization of Foxa2 targets reveals upregulation of floor plate genes and repression of ventrolateral genes in midbrain dopaminergic progenitors. Development 139(14): 2625-2634.
   
4. Jorgensen, J. R., Fransson, A., Fjord-Larsen, L., Thompson, L. H., Houchins, J. P., Andrade, N., Torp, M., Kalkkinen, N., Andersson, E., Lindvall, O., Ulfendahl, M., Brunak, S., Johansen, T. E. and Wahlberg, L. U. (2012). Cometin is a novel neurotrophic factor that promotes neurite outgrowth and neuroblast migration in vitro and supports survival of spiral ganglion neurons in vivo. Exp Neurol 233(1): 172-181.
   
5. Panman, L., Andersson, E., Alekseenko, Z., Hedlund, E., Kee, N., Mong, J., Uhde, C. W., Deng, Q., Sandberg, R., Stanton, L. W., Ericson, J. and Perlmann, T. (2011). Transcription factor-induced lineage selection of stem-cell-derived neural progenitor cells. Cell Stem Cell 8(6): 663-675.
   
6. Deng, Q., Andersson, E., Hedlund, E., Alekseenko, Z., Coppola, E., Panman, L., Millonig, J. H., Brunet, J. F., Ericson, J. and Perlmann, T. (2011). Specific and integrated roles of Lmx1a, Lmx1b and Phox2a in ventral midbrain development. Development 138(16): 3399-3408.
   
7. Friling, S., Andersson, E., Thompson, L. H., Jonsson, M. E., Hebsgaard, J. B., Nanou, E., Alekseenko, Z., Marklund, U., Kjellander, S., Volakakis, N., Hovatta, O., El Manira, A., Bjorklund, A., Perlmann, T. and Ericson, J. (2009). Efficient production of mesencephalic dopamine neurons by Lmx1a expression in embryonic stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(18): 7613-7618.
   
8. Baudet, C., Pozas, E., Adameyko, I., Andersson, E., Ericson, J. and Ernfors, P. (2008). Retrograde signaling onto Ret during motor nerve terminal maturation. J Neurosci 28(4): 963-975.
   
9. Bailey, P. J., Klos, J. M., Andersson, E., Karlén, M., Källström, M., Ponjavic, J., Muhr, J., Lenhard, B., Sandelin, A. and Ericson, J. (2006). A global genomic transcriptional code associated with CNS-expressed genes. Experimental cell research 312(16): 3108-3119.
   
10. Andersson, E., Tryggvason, U., Deng, Q., Friling, S., Alekseenko, Z., Robert, B., Perlmann, T. and Ericson, J. (2006). Identification of intrinsic determinants of midbrain dopamine neurons. Cell 124(2): 393-405.
    
11. Alanentalo, T., Chatonnet, F., Karlen, M., Sulniute, R., Ericson, J., Andersson, E. and Ahlgren, U. (2006). Cloning and analysis of Nkx6.3 during CNS and gastrointestinal development. Gene Expr Patterns 6(2): 162-170.
    
12. Bylund, M., Andersson, E., Novitch, B. G. and Muhr, J. (2003). Vertebrate neurogenesis is counteracted by Sox1-3 activity. Nat Neurosci 6(11): 1162-1168.
    
13. Persson, M., Stamataki, D., te Welscher, P., Andersson, E., Bose, J., Ruther, U., Ericson, J. and Briscoe, J. (2002). Dorsal-ventral patterning of the spinal cord requires Gli3 transcriptional repressor activity. Genes Dev 16(22): 2865-2878.
    
14. Bjornsson, J. M., Larsson, N., Brun, A. C., Magnusson, M., Andersson, E., Lundstrom, P., Larsson, J., Repetowska, E., Ehinger, M., Humphries, R. K. and Karlsson, S. (2003). Reduced proliferative capacity of hematopoietic stem cells deficient in Hoxb3 and Hoxb4. Mol Cell Biol 23(11): 3872-3883.
    
15. Muhr, J., Andersson, E., Persson, M., Jessell, T. M. and Ericson, J. (2001). Groucho-mediated transcriptional repression establishes progenitor cell pattern and neuronal fate in the ventral neural tube. Cell 104(6): 861-873.
    
16. Bjornsson, J. M., Andersson, E., Lundstrom, P., Larsson, N., Xu, X., Repetowska, E., Humphries, R. K. and Karlsson, S. (2001). Proliferation of primitive myeloid progenitors can be reversibly induced by HOXA10. Blood 98(12): 3301-3308.
    
17. Hamaguchi, I., Woods, N. B., Panagopoulos, I., Andersson, E., Mikkola, H., Fahlman, C., Zufferey, R., Carlsson, L., Trono, D. and Karlsson, S. (2000). Lentivirus vector gene expression during ES cell-derived hematopoietic development in vitro. J Virol 74(22): 10778-10784.