Benny Björkblom

Scientist in biochemistry and metabolic profiling of biological samples by use of chromatography, mass spectrometry, bioinformatics and multivariate statistics.

Contact

benny.bjorkblom@umu.se

+46 90 786 62 30

Works at

Senior research engineer at Department of Chemistry

KB.B4, Linnaeus väg 10 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Distinct metabolic hallmarks of WHO classified adult glioma subtypes

Neuro-Oncology, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 24, (9) : 1454-1468

Björkblom, Benny; Wibom, Carl; Eriksson, Maria; et al.

Robusta biomarkörer för prediktion av risk och sjukdom: en utvärdering av reproducerbarheten hos de stora kommersiella omik-plattformarna

Umeå universitet 2022

Rentoft, Matilda; Melin, Beatrice S.; Wibom, Carl; et al.

Pre-diagnostic levels of sVEGFR2, sTNFR2, sIL-2Rα and sIL-6R are associated with glioma risk: A nested case–control study of repeated samples

Cancer Medicine, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 11, (4) : 1016-1025

Wu, Wendy Yi-Ying; Späth, Florentin; Wibom, Carl; et al.

Metabolic response patterns in brain microdialysis fluids and serum during interstitial cisplatin treatment of high-grade glioma

British Journal of Cancer, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 122, (2) : 221-232

Björkblom, Benny; Jonsson, Pär; Tabatabaei, Pedram; et al.

Identification of Pre-Diagnostic Metabolic Patterns for Glioma Using Subset Analysis of Matched Repeated Time Points

Cancers, MDPI 2020, Vol. 12, (11)

Jonsson, Pär; Antti, Henrik; Späth, Florentin; et al.

PRE-DIAGNOSTIC PLASMA METABOLITES LINKED TO FUTURE BRAIN TUMOR DEVELOPMENT

Neuro-Oncology, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC 2018, Vol. 20 : 288-289

Björkblom, Benny; Jonsson, Pär; Späth, Florentin; et al.

DJ-1 is a redox sensitive adapter protein for high molecular weight complexes involved in regulation of catecholamine homeostasis

Human Molecular Genetics, Oxford University Press 2017, Vol. 26, (20) : 4028-4041

Piston, Dominik; Alvarez-Erviti, Lydia; Bansal, Vikas; et al.

Xenobiotic- and Serum-Free Culture of Oral Mucosal Epithelial Cells on Contact Lenses

Current Eye Research, Vol. 41, (1) : 20-27

Björkblom, Benny; Eidet, Jon R.; Utheim, Tor P.; et al.

Metabolomic screening of pre-diagnostic serum samples identifies association between alpha- and gamma-tocopherols and glioblastoma risk

OncoTarget, Vol. 7, (24) : 37043-37053

Björkblom, Benny; Wibom, Carl; Jonsson, Pär; et al.

Pre-diagnostic serum levels of EGFR and ErbB2 and genetic glioma risk variants: a nested case-control study

Tumor Biology, Vol. 37, (8) : 11065-11072

Späth, Florentin; Andersson, Ulrika; Dahlin, Anna M.; et al.

Reactive oxygen species-mediated DJ-1 monomerization modulates intracellular trafficking involving karyopherin beta 2

Molecular and Cellular Biology, Vol. 34, (16) : 3024-3040

Björkblom, Benny; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Puno, Marc Rhyan; et al.

Parkinson Disease Protein DJ-1 Binds Metals and Protects against Metal-induced Cytotoxicity

Journal of Biological Chemistry, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2013, Vol. 288, (31) : 22809-22820

Björkblom, Benny; Adilbayeva, Altynai; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; et al.

c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Phosphorylation of MARCKSL1 Determines Actin Stability and Migration in Neurons and in Cancer Cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology, American Society for Microbiology 2012, Vol. 32, (17) : 3513-3526

Björkblom, Benny; Padzik, A.; Mohammad, H.; et al.

The prognostic value of MARCKS-like 1 in lymph node-negative breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Springer 2012, Vol. 135, (2) : 381-390

Jonsdottir, Kristin; Zhang, Hui; Jhagroe, Darshni; et al.

Propidium monoazide combined with real-time quantitative PCR underestimates heat-killed Listeria innocua

Journal of Microbiological Methods, Elsevier 2011, Vol. 85, (2) : 164-169

Løvdal, Trond; Hovda, Maria Befring; Björkblom, Benny; et al.

Phosphorylation of SCG10/stathmin-2 determines multipolar stage exit and neuronal migration rate

Nature Neuroscience, Nature Publishing Group 2011, Vol. 14, (3) : 305-313

Westerlund, Nina; Zdrojewska, Justyna; Padzik, Artur; et al.

The Arabidopsis DJ-1a protein confers stress protection through cytosolic SOD activation

Journal of Cell Science, The Company of Biologists 2010, Vol. 123, (10) : 1644-1651

Xu, Xiang Ming; Lin, Hong; Maple, Jodi; et al.

Pathogenic huntingtin inhibits fast axonal transport by activating JNK3 and phosphorylating kinesin

Nature Neuroscience, Nature Publishing Group 2009, Vol. 12, (7) : 864-871

Morfini, Gerardo A; You, Yi-Mei; Pollema, Sarah L; et al.

Concurrent protective and destructive signaling of JNK2 in neuroblastoma cells

Cellular Signalling, Elsevier 2009, Vol. 21, (6) : 873-880

Waetzig, Vicki; Wacker, Ute; Haeusgen, Wiebke; et al.

All JNKs Can Kill, but Nuclear Localization Is Critical for Neuronal Death

Journal of Biological Chemistry, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2008, Vol. 283, (28) : 19704-19713

Björkblom, Benny; Vainio, Jenni C.; Hongisto, Vesa; et al.

JNK1 phosphorylation of SCG10 determines microtubule dynamics and axodendritic length

Journal of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University Press 2006, Vol. 173, (2) : 265-277

Tararuk, Tatsiana; Östman, Nina; Li, Wenrui; et al.

Constitutively Active Cytoplasmic c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase 1 Is a Dominant Regulator of Dendritic Architecture: Role of Microtubule-Associated Protein 2 as an Effector

Journal of Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience 2005, Vol. 25, (27) : 6350-6361

Björkblom, Benny; Östman, Nina; Hongisto, Vesa; et al.

Thrombospondin 2 levels are increased in aged mice: consequences for cutaneous wound healing and angiogenesis

Matrix Biology, Elsevier 2004, Vol. 22, (7) : 539-547

Agah, Azin; Kyriakides, Themis R.; Letrondo, Nikole; et al.

Thrombospondin 2 Inhibits Microvascular Endothelial Cell Proliferation by a Caspase-independent Mechanism

Molecular Biology of the Cell, American Society for Cell Biology 2002, Vol. 13, (6) : 1893-1905

Armstrong, Lucas C.; Björkblom, Benny; Hankenson, Kurt D.; et al.

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Research groups

Group member

Beatrice Melin

Henrik Antti Lab

Published: 02 Aug, 2022

Knowledge of brain tumour metabolism can improve treatment