Arne Östman
About me
Professor, Dept of Oncology-Pathology, ̽ѡ, 2006-
Professor II, CCBIO, Bergen University, 2016-
Education
Associate Professor, Uppsala University, 1995
Post-doc, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1992-93
Ph.D., Uppsala University, 1990
Selected qualifications:
Author of more than 175 original research articles and 45+ reviews (Nat Rev Can (2), Cancer Cell, Trends in Cell Biology and Trends in Cancer); h-factor 70 (Web of Science).
Completed supervision of 14 PhD students and 22 post-doctoral fellows of which the majority continues academic research. Six of these are full professors and 9 have been promoted to PI or junior PI positions.
Coordinator STARGET – a Linnaeus center for translational studies on the tumor microenvironment with funding from VR 2006-16.
Co-director StratCan – the strategic research program in cancer at ̽ѡ, 2010-18.
Member of the Nobel assembly (2020-) and the Nobel committee (2023, 2024 and 2025).
Ad-hoc reviewer for the Nobel Assembly and the Royal Academy of Science (Sjöberg Prize).
ERC Advanced Grant LS7 panel member (2023 and 2025).
Member of the Editorial Board Cancer Research (2015-).
Member of the board of “Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning” (2020-2025).
Supported by research grants from Swedish Cancer Society, Swedish Research Council, “Kreftforeningen”, Stockholm City Council (ALF), “Radiumhemmets forskningsfonder” and "HelseVest".
External grant reviewer for Cancerfonden, Barncancerfonden, SSMF, ERC and national European agencies including CRUK and Wellcome Trust. Reviewer for e.g. Nature, Nature Medicine, Nat Comm., Nat Rev Cancer, Nat Rev Clin Onc, Cancer Cell, EMBO J.
Main- or co-organizer of UICC Advanced Course of Cell Signaling and Cancer, 1999; Nobel Conference on Breast Cancer, 2012 and Swedish Cancer Research Meeting 2014.
Ad hoc member of international scientific advisory boards for e.g. ImClone, Eli-Lilly and Novartis.
Co-founder of TECKNET AB
Research
- The Östman research group performs translation studies on autocrine and paracrine growth factor signaling in the tumor microenvironment, with particular emphasis on regulation of cancer-associated fibroblasts.
Articles
- Article: CELL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING. 2025;23(1):184
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2025;193:148-155
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2024;129:e10710
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;15:1325191
- Article: MABS. 2023;15(1):2223750
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2023;42(12):113507
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):5024
- Article: BLOOD. 2023;142(1):73-89
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2023;200(2):293-304
- Article: BIOLOGICAL IMAGING. 2023;3:e6
- Article: CYTOMETRY PART B-CLINICAL CYTOMETRY. 2021;99(12):1176-1186
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH. 2021;7(5):482-494
- Article: CANCERS. 2021;13(13):3151
- Article: LUNG CANCER. 2021;155:10-19
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2021;187(1):45-55
- Article: CANCERS. 2021;13(5):1175
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2020;159(3):860-868
- Article: CANCERS. 2020;12(11):E3238-3238
- Article: ELIFE. 2020;9:e59996
- Article: GLIA. 2020;68(5):979-988
- Article: GLIA. 2020;68(2):316-327
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):281
- Article: CELL DEATH DISCOVERY. 2020;6(1):42
- Article: SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2019;5(9):eaax2770
- Article: PROSTATE. 2019;79(13):1505-1513
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2019;121(4):303-311
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):10163
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2019;33(5):6609-6621
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2018;119(7):840-846
- Article: VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. 2018;472(3):395-405
- Article: SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2018;10(428):eaaf7444
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(2):e0192157
- Article: NATURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 2017;1(10):796-806
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2017;292(35):14371-14380
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH. 2017;3(3):214-224
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2017;117(1):65-77
- Article: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2017;8(6):e2848
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2017;116(2):195-201
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH. 2017;3(1):38-43
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:36149
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;17(11):1282-1290
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(27):41948-41958
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2016;158(2):253-261
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2016;76(11):3166-3178
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2016;22(10):2417-2426
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2016;114(10):1117-1124
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(14):18573-18584
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(13):16396-16408
- Article: FEBS OPEN BIO. 2016;6(3):179-189
- Article: HISTOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2015;30(10):1203-1211
- Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2015;107(10):djv209
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2015;17(7):953-964
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 2015;757:59-67
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING. 2015;22(11):938-950
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2015;4(4):325-336
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2014;111(11):2091-2102
- Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM. 2014;92(9):983-994
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2014;450(4):1600-1605
- Article: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2014;68:268-277
- Article: CELL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING. 2013;11:49
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2013;182(6):2037-2047
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e67579
- Article: HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY. 2012;138(6):847-860
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2012;131(10):2264-2273
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS. 2012;11(11):2419-2428
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 2012;10(9):1158-1168
- Article: BLOOD. 2012;119(19):4499-4511
- Article: NEOPLASMA. 2012;59(6):719-727
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2011;13(11):1178-1191
- Article: CELL. 2011;146(5):826-840
- Article: CELLULAR SIGNALLING. 2011;23(5):820-826
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;128(8):1981-1988
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. 2011;183(8):1092-1102
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY. 2011;45(1):60-67
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY. 2011;45(1):39-45
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2010;107(36):15774-15779
- Article: ANTI-CANCER DRUGS. 2010;21(8):759-765
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2010;12(9):967-975
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2010;285(34):26417-26430
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(5):e10747
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2010;70(7):2644-2654
- Article: CANCER MICROENVIRONMENT. 2010;3(1):167-176
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2009;175(4):1631-1637
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2009;175(1):334-341
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2009;382(4):678-684
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2009;106(9):3414-3419
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2009;124(5):1227-1234
- Article: ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 2008;300(9):505-516
- Article: NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH. 2008;36(13):4443-4453
- Article: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2008;103(2):149-158
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2008;122(7):1548-1556
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 2008;158(3):527-538
- Article: MODERN PATHOLOGY. 2008;21(3):265-270
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2008;19(2):281-289
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2008;10(1):2-9
- Article: JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS. 2008;34(1):14-21
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2007;121(12):2606-2614
- Article: MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS. 2007;6(9):1500-1509
- Article: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2007;43(1):100-110
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2007;127(6):1516-1523
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2007;21(2):523-534
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2006;26(12):2644-2651
- Article: JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. 2006;43(4):383-392
- Article: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 2006;17(11):4846-4855
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2006;25(47):6319-6324
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2006;25(35):4913-4922
- Article: LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. 2006;86(2):202-211
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2005;65(17):7824-7831
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2005;280(11):10298-10304
- Article: METHODS. 2005;35(1):37-43
- Article: INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE. 2004;45(7):2075-2082
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2004;64(8):2725-2733
- Article: CIRCULATION. 2004;109(9):1140-1146
- Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY. 2004;24(5):2190-2201
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2004;101(7):1886-1891
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2004;40(2):267-274
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2004;202(1):130-138
- Article: AMBIO. 2003;32(8):495-501
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2003;9(10 Pt 1):3779-3787
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2003;163(2):673-682
- Article: GENES & DEVELOPMENT. 2003;17(15):1835-1840
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2003;22(27):4175-4185
- Article: CANCER CELL. 2003;3(5):439-443
- Article: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY. 2003;120(5):742-749
- Article: BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2003;11(9):2007-2018
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2002;16(12):1575-1583
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2002;62(19):5476-5484
- Article: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2002;20(5):473-477
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 2002;517(1-3):27-31
- Article: ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 2002;398(2):284-290
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2001;20(37):5219-5224
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2001;61(15):5778-5783
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2001;276(30):27749-27752
- Article: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 2001;3(5):512-516
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2001;61(7):2929-2934
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2000;60(23):6723-6729
- Article: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2000;20(11):E89-E95
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2000;275(21):16219-16226
- Article: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 2000;2(5):302-309
- Article: BIOCHEMISTRY. 2000;39(9):2370-2375
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2000;85(3):398-406
- Article: ONCOGENE. 1999;18(50):7055-7062
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 1999;59(15):3719-3723
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 1998;273(39):25495-25502
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 1997;57(24):5598-5604
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 1997;272(37):23317-23322
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 1997;272(19):12676-12682
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 1996;68(6):802-809
- Article: BIOCHEMISTRY. 1996;35(45):14413-14424
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 1996;385(3):181-184
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 1996;271(18):10963-10966
- Article: GROWTH FACTORS. 1995;12(2):159-164
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Employments
- Professor, Senior, Department of Oncology-Pathology, ̽ѡ, 2025-2026
- Professor, Department of Oncology-Pathology, ̽ѡ, 2006-2025
Supervision
- Huang Linglong, 2021