"False"
Umeå University
printicon
Main menu hidden.
Staff photo Ulrika Pettersson Kymmer

Ulrika Pettersson Kymmer

Associate professor in Clinical Pharmacology

Senior consultant physician in Clinical Pharmacology at the University Hospital of Umeå

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-9803

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

E-mail
ulrika.pettersson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 72 85

Works as

Affiliation
Associate professor, senior consultant (attending) physician at Department of Medical and Translational Biology
Location
hus H, Johan Bures väg 12, Biologihuset Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
High SHBG and low bioavailable testosterone are strongly causally associated with increased forearm fracture risk in women: an MR study leveraging novel female-specific data
Calcified Tissue International, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 115, (5) : 648-660
Quester, Johan; Nethander, Maria; Coward, Eivind; et al.
Haplotype analysis identifies functional elements in monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance
Blood Cancer Journal, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 14, (1)
Thomsen, Hauke; Chattopadhyay, Subhayan; Weinhold, Niels; et al.
Deciphering the genetics and mechanisms of predisposition to multiple myeloma
Nature Communications, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 15, (1)
Went, Molly; Duran-Lozano, Laura; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; et al.
Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases
Nature Genetics, Springer Nature 2023, Vol. 55, (1) : 44-53
Chen, Yiheng; Lu, Tianyuan; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; et al.
Low circulating valine associate with high risk of hip fractures
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Press 2023, Vol. 108, (11) : e1384-e1393
Grahnemo, Louise; Eriksson, Anna L.; Nethander, Maria; et al.
An atlas of genetic determinants of forearm fracture
Nature Genetics, Springer Nature 2023, Vol. 55, (11) : 1820-1830
Nethander, Maria; Movérare-Skrtic, Sofia; Kämpe, Anders; et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) identifies risk loci impacting IRF-6
Blood Cancer Journal, Springer Nature 2022, Vol. 12, (4)
Clay-Gilmour, Alyssa; Chattopadhyay, Subhayan; Hildebrandt, Michelle A. T.; et al.
Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of hip fracture risk: Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization study
Cell Reports Medicine, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 3, (10)
Nethander, Maria; Coward, Eivind; Reimann, Ene; et al.
The influence of adult hip shape genetic variants on adolescent hip shape: Findings from a population-based DXA study
Bone, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 143
Frysz, Monika; Baird, Denis; Gregory, Jenny S.; et al.
Eight novel loci implicate shared genetic etiology in multiple myeloma, AL amyloidosis, and monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance
Leukemia, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 34 : 1187-1191
Chattopadhyay, Subhayan; Thomsen, Hauke; Weinhold, Niels; et al.
BMD-Related Genetic Risk Scores Predict Site-Specific Fractures as Well as Trabecular and Cortical Bone Microstructure
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 105, (4) : e1344-e1357
Nethander, Maria; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; Vandenput, Liesbeth; et al.
Identification of Novel Loci Associated With Hip Shape: A Meta-Analysis of Genomewide Association Studies.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Wiley-Blackwell 2019, Vol. 34, (2) : 241-251
Baird, Denis A.; Evans, Daniel S.; Kamanu, Frederick K.; et al.
Läkemedelsarbete behöver vara integrerat i klinisk utbildning : att göra många läkemedelsgenomgångar ökar trygghet och reflektion över patientens behandling, visar enkätstudie: [Preparing for the licence to prescribe in medical school : a questionnaire study on medical students professional confidence in the art of prescribing]
Läkartidningen, Sveriges läkarförbund 2019, Vol. 116 : 865-868
Eriksson, Anna L.; Böttiger, Ylva; Ekman, Agneta; et al.
Towards personalized medicine using combinations of different BMD-related genetic risk scores for separate prediction of hip, wrist and vertebral fractures as well as of trabecular and cortical bone
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2019, Vol. 34 : 40-40
Nethander, Maria; Vandenput, Liesbeth; Ohlsson, Claes; et al.
Genome-wide association study of monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS): comparison with multiple myeloma
Leukemia, Nature Publishing Group 2019, Vol. 33, (7) : 1817-1821
Thomsen, Hauke; Chattopadhyay, Subhayan; Weinhold, Niels; et al.
Mediterranean diet and hip fracture incidence among older adults: the CHANCES project
Osteoporosis International, Springer 2018, Vol. 29, (7) : 1591-1599
Benetou, V.; Orfanos, P.; Feskanich, D.; et al.
HLA and KIR Associations of Cervical Neoplasia
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press 2018, Vol. 218, (12) : 2006-2015
Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; Hanson, Aimee L; Madeleine, Margaret M; et al.
Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study
The BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2018, Vol. 362
Trajanoska, Katerina; Morris, John A.; Oei, Ling; et al.
Excess mortality after hip fracture in elderly persons from Europe and the USA: the CHANCES project
Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol. 281, (3) : 300-310
Katsoulis, M; Benetou, V; Karapetyan, T; et al.
Defining the genetic susceptibility to cervical neoplasia: A genome-wide association study
PLOS Genetics, Vol. 13, (8)
Leo, Paul J; Madeleine, Margaret M; Wang, Sophia; et al.
Burden of hip fracture using disability-adjusted life-years: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts in the CHANCES consortium
Lancet Public Health, Vol. 2, (5) : E239-E246
Papadimitriou, Nikos; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Orfanos, Philippos; et al.
Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Hip Fracture Incidence in Older Men and Women: The CHANCES Project
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Vol. 31, (9) : 1743-1752
Benetou, Vassiliki; Orfanos, Philippos; Feskanich, Diane; et al.
Germline genetics of cancer of unknown primary (CUP) and its specific subtypes
Oncotarget, Vol. 7, (16) : 22140-22149
Hemminki, Kari; Chen, Bowang; Kumar, Abhishek; et al.
Pre-diagnostic vitamin D concentrations and cancer risks in older individuals: an analysis of cohorts participating in the CHANCES consortium
European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 31, (3) : 311-323
Ordóñez-Mena, José Manuel; Schöttker, Ben; Fedirko, Veronika; et al.
Burden of Cancer in a Large Consortium of Prospective Cohorts in Europe
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 108, (10)
Tsilidis, Konstantinos K; Papadimitriou, Nikos; Capothanassi, Despoina; et al.
Education, marital status, and risk of hip fractures in older men and women: the CHANCES project
Osteoporosis International, Vol. 26, (6) : 1733-1746
Benetou, V.; Orfanos, P; Feskanich, D; et al.
Smoking and All-cause Mortality in Older Adults: Results From the CHANCES Consortium
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 49, (5) : e53-e63
Müezzinler, Aysel; Mons, Ute; Gellert, Carolin; et al.
D-vitaminbrist oväntat ovanlig i norr
Läkartidningen, Läkartidningen förlag 2015, Vol. 112, (38)
Ramnemark, Anna; Norberg, Margareta; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; et al.
Adequate vitamin D levels in a Swedish population living above latitude 63°N: The 2009 Northern Sweden MONICA study
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, CoAction Publishing 2015, Vol. 74, (1)
Ramnemark, Anna; Norberg, Margareta; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; et al.
Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture
Nature, Vol. 526, (7571) : 112-+
Zheng, Hou-Feng; Forgetta, Vincenzo; Hsu, Yi-Hsiang; et al.
Hip Fracture Risk and Cadmium in Erythrocytes: A Nested Case-Control Study with Prospectively Collected Samples
Calcified Tissue International, Springer 2014, Vol. 94, (2) : 183-190
Nilsson Sommar, Johan; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; Lundh, Thomas; et al.
A genome-wide copy number association study of osteoporotic fractures points to the 6p25.1 locus
Journal of Medical Genetics, BMJ Publishing Group 2014, Vol. 51, (2) : 122-131
Oei, Ling; Hsu, Yi-Hsiang; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; et al.
Mediterranean diet and incidence of hip fractures in a European cohort
Osteoporosis International, Springer London 2013, Vol. 24, (5) : 1587-1598
Benetou, V; Orfanos, P; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; et al.
Active commuting reduces the risk of wrist fractures in middle-aged women: the UFO study
Osteoporosis International, Springer 2013, Vol. 24, (2) : 533-540
Englund, Undis; Nordström, Peter; Nilsson, Johan; et al.
Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies the SOAT1/AXDND1 locus to be associated with hip and forearm fracture risk
Bone Abstracts
Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; Lacroix, Andrea; Eriksson, Joel; et al.
TRPV4 deficiency causes sexual dimorphism in bone metabolism and osteoporotic fracture risk
Bone, Elsevier 2013, Vol. 57, (2) : 443-454
van der Eerden, B. C. J.; Oei, L.; Roschger, P.; et al.
Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies MEF2C SNPs associated with bone mineral density at forearm
Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol. 50, (7) : 473-478
Zheng, Hou-Feng; Duncan, Emma L.; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture
Nature Genetics, Nature Publishing Group 2012, Vol. 44 : 491-501
Estrada, Karol; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Evangelou, Evangelos; et al.
Inhibition of osteoclast formation in human peripheral CD14+cells by vitamin A
Bone, Vol. 50, (Supplement 1) : S92-S92
Henning, P.; Kindlund, B.; Pettersson, Ulrika; et al.
The 7Q31 locus, containing WNT16, is associated with bone mineral density, osteoporotic fracture and bone strength
Bone, Vol. 50, (Supplement 1) : S33-S34
Zheng, H. -F; Duncan, E.; Eriksson, J.; et al.
WNT16 influences bone mineral density, Cortical bone thickness, bone strength, and Osteoporotic fracture risk
PLoS genetics, SAN FRANCISCO, USA: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE 2012, Vol. 8, (7) : e1002745-
Zheng, Hou-Feng; Tobias, Jon H; Duncan, Emma; et al.
Anthropometry, physical activity and hip fractures in the elderly
Injury, Vol. 42, (2) : 188-193
Benetou, Vassiliki; Orfanos, Philippos; Benetos, Ioannis S; et al.
Retinoids Stimulate Periosteal Bone Resorption by Enhancing the Protein RANKL: a Response Inhibited by Monomeric Glucocorticoid Receptor
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 286 : 31425-31436
Conaway, H. Herschel; Pirhayati, Amir; Persson, Emma; et al.
Physical activity in middle-aged women and hip fracture risk: the UFO study
Osteoporosis International, Vol. 22, (2) : 499-505
Englund, Undis; Nordström, Peter; Nilsson, Johan; et al.
Physical activity is the strongest predictor of calcaneal peak bone mass in young Swedish men
Osteoporosis International, Springer 2010, Vol. 21, (3) : 447-455
Pettersson, Ulrika; Nilsson, Martin; Sundh, Valter; et al.
Bisfosfonatbehandlingkan orsakastressfraktur: men behandlingsnyttan ärbetydligt större än risken
Läkartidningen, Vol. 107, (41) : 2482-3
Sjödén, Göran; Sayed-Noor, Arkan; Kadum, Bakir; et al.
The hip fracture incidence curve is shifting to the right: a forecast of the age-quake
Acta Orthopaedica, Vol. 80, (5) : 520-524
Bergström, Ulrica; Jonsson, Håkan; Gustafson, Yngve; et al.
Retinoids inhibit differentiation of hematopoietic osteoclast progenitors
The FASEB Journal, Bethesda, Md.: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biolog 2009, Vol. 23, (10) : 3526-3538
Conaway, H Herschel; Persson, Emma; Halén, Marie; et al.
The beneficial effects of exercise on BMC are lost after cessation: a 5-year follow-up in older post-menopausal women
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Copenhagen: Munksgaard 2009, Vol. 19, (3) : 381-388
Englund, Undis; Littbrand, Håkan; Sondell, Anna; et al.
D-vitaminstatus och frakturer hos äldre kvinor i Sverige
Nordisk Nutrition, Lund: SNF Swedish Nutrition 2008, (1) : 16-17
Pettersson, Ulrika
View publications in DiVA

I am the course coordinator for clinical pharmacology at the medical program and also teach in clinical pharmacology within the odontology programme and the nurse programme. I also give lectures about osteoporosis at the medical programme.