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Robert Kruse

Position: Adjunct Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Medical Sciences

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Research subject

Biomedicine

About Robert Kruse

I am a molecular biologist from Lund University and both my previous and ongoing scientific activities are based on the desire to understand complex conditions in diseases, such as the systemic responses to infection. Part of my research focuses on the response to urinary tract infections with the bacterium Escherichia coli where I focus on global analyzes of the transcriptome changes in both human tissue and in uropathogenic bacteria during infection and resistance development in the treatment of antibiotics.

My position at the Clinical Research Center enables research collaboration with many different research groups, where my role varies between project management, supervision and methodological and bioinformatic analysis and consultation. The projects include omics-related research, such as the transcriptome, the proteome and the metabolite, in various diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, breast cancer, low birth weight, and muscular changes in muscle contraction.

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Publications

Articles in journals | Conference papers | Manuscripts |

Articles in journals

Pertsinidou, E. , Salomon, B. , Bergemalm, D. , Salihovic, S. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Ling Lundström, M. , Keita, Å. V. , Magnusson, M. K. & et al. (2025). Anti-integrin αvβ6 IgG antibody as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in ulcerative colitis: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study defining a specific disease phenotype. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. [BibTeX]
Lushnikova, A. , Wickbom, A. , Bohr, J. , Kruse, R. , Wirén, A. & Hultgren Hörnquist, E. (2025). Increased Colonic Levels of CD8+ Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-Associated Mediators in Patients With Microscopic Colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. [BibTeX]
Grännö, O. , Bergemalm, D. , Salomon, B. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Carlson, M. , Dannenberg, K. , Andersson, E. & et al. (2025). Preclinical protein signatures of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: A nested case-control study within large population-based cohorts. Gastroenterology, 168 (4), 741-753. [BibTeX]
Salomon, B. , Sudhakar, P. , Bergemalm, D. , Andersson, E. , Grännö, O. , Carlson, M. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Söderholm, J. D. & et al. (2024). Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Heterogeneity Using Serum Proteomics: A multicenter study. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. [BibTeX]
Salihovic, S. , Eklund, D. , Kruse, R. , Wallgren, U. , Hyötyläinen, T. , Särndahl, E. & Kurland, L. (2024). Exploring the circulating metabolome of sepsis: metabolomic and lipidomic profiles sampled in the ambulance. Metabolomics, 20 (5). [BibTeX]
Ling Lundström, M. , Peterson, C. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Bergemalm, D. , Lampinen, M. , Magnusson, M. K. , Keita, Å. V. , Kruse, R. & et al. (2024). Faecal biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of disease course in treatment-naïve patients with IBD. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 60 (6), 765-777. [BibTeX]
Salihovic, S. , Nyström, N. , Mathisen, C. B. , Kruse, R. , Olbjørn, C. , Andersen, S. , Noble, A. J. , Dorn-Rasmussen, M. & et al. (2024). Identification and validation of a blood- based diagnostic lipidomic signature of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Nature Communications, 15 (1). [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Lodefalk, M. , Bergman, L. , Zaigham, M. , Andersson, O. , Carlsson, Y. , Veje, M. , Wikström, A. & et al. (2024). Inflammatory and cardiovascular markers in placenta following SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy: A Swedish prospective cohort study. Placenta, 158, 78-88. [BibTeX]
Lundström, M. L. , Peterson, C. , Lampinen, M. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Keita, Å. V. , Kruse, R. , Magnusson, M. K. , Lindqvist, C. M. & et al. (2023). Fecal Biomarkers of Neutrophil and Eosinophil Origin Reflect the Response to Biological Therapy and Corticosteroids in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 14 (8). [BibTeX]
Scherbak, N. N. , Kruse, R. , Nyström, T. & Jendle, J. (2023). Glimepiride Compared to Liraglutide Increases Plasma Levels of miR-206, miR-182-5p, and miR-766-3p in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes & metabolism journal, 47 (5), 668-681. [BibTeX]
Scherbak, N. , Kruse, R. , Nyström, T. & Jendle, J. (2023). Glimepiride Compared to Liraglutide Increases Plasma Levels of miR-206, miR-182-5p, and miR-766-3p in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Diabetes Metab J 2023;47:668-81). Diabetes & metabolism journal, 47 (6), 882-883. [BibTeX]
Nikaein, N. , Tuerxun, K. , Cedersund, G. , Eklund, D. , Kruse, R. , Särndahl, E. , Nånberg, E. , Thonig, A. & et al. (2023). Mathematical models disentangle the role of IL-10 feedbacks in human monocytes upon proinflammatory activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 299 (10). [BibTeX]
Tuerxun, K. , Eklund, D. , Wallgren, U. , Dannenberg, K. , Repsilber, D. , Kruse, R. , Särndahl, E. & Kurland, L. (2023). Predicting sepsis using a combination of clinical information and molecular immune markers sampled in the ambulance. Scientific Reports, 13 (1). [BibTeX]
Chelslín, F. , Lodefalk, M. & Kruse, R. (2023). Smoking during pregnancy is associated with the placental proteome. Reproductive Toxicology, 119. [BibTeX]
Tuerxun, K. , Midtbö, K. , Särndahl, E. , Vorontsov, E. , Karlsson, R. , Persson, A. , Kruse, R. , Eklund, D. & et al. (2022). Cytokine responses to LPS in reprogrammed monocytes are associated with the transcription factor PU.1. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 112 (4), 679-692. [BibTeX]
Juzenas, S. , Hübenthal, M. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Kruse, R. , Steiert, T. A. , Degenhardt, F. , Schulte, D. , Nikolaus, S. & et al. (2022). Detailed transcriptional landscape of peripheral blood points to increased neutrophil activation in treatment-naïve inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 16 (7), 1097-1109. [BibTeX]
Moraes Holst, L. , Halfvarson, J. , Carlson, M. , Hedin, C. , Kruse, R. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Bergemalm, D. , Almér, S. & et al. (2022). Downregulated Mucosal Autophagy, Alpha Kinase-1 and IL-17 Signaling Pathways in Active and Quiescent Ulcerative Colitis. Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 15, 129-144. [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Lodefalk, M. , Backman, H. & Kruse, R. (2022). Global microRNA and protein expression in human term placenta. Frontiers in Medicine, 9. [BibTeX]
Persson, K. , Petersson, U. , Johansson, C. , Demirel, I. & Kruse, R. (2022). Transcriptional alterations in bladder epithelial cells in response to infection with different morphological states of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). [BibTeX]
Chelslín, F. , Kruse, R. , Östling, H. & Lodefalk, M. (2021). Differential microRNA expression in placentas of small-for-gestational age neonates with and without exposure to poor maternal gestational weight gain. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 49 (5), 632-635. [BibTeX]
Berg von Linde, M. , Johansson, K. , Kruse, R. , Helenius, G. , Samano, N. , Friberg, Ö. , Frøbert, A. M. & Fröbert, O. (2021). Expression of Paracrine Effectors in Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Treated With Plasma From Brown Bears (Ursus arctos). Clinical and Translational Science, 14 (1), 317-325. [BibTeX]
Demirel, I. , Persson, A. , Brauner, A. , Särndahl, E. , Kruse, R. & Persson, K. (2020). Activation of NLRP3 by uropathogenic Escherichia coli is associated with IL-1β release and regulation of antimicrobial properties in human neutrophils. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). [BibTeX]
Serhan, C. N. , Gupta, S. K. , Perretti, M. , Godson, C. , Brennan, E. , Li, Y. , Soehnlein, O. , Shimizu, T. & et al. (2020). The Atlas of Inflammation Resolution (AIR). Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 74. [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Kruse, R. , Helenius, G. & Lodefalk, M. (2019). Placental expression of microRNAs in infants born small for gestational age. Placenta, 81, 46-53. [BibTeX]
Demirel, I. , Persson, A. , Brauner, A. , Särndahl, E. , Kruse, R. & Persson, K. (2018). Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Pathway by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Is Virulence Factor-Dependent and Influences Colonization of Bladder Epithelial Cells. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 8. [BibTeX]
Bergemalm, D. , Kruse, R. , Sapnara, M. , Halfvarson, J. & Hultgren Hörnquist, E. (2017). Elevated fecal peptidase D at onset of colitis in Galphai2(-/-) mice, a mouse model of IBD. PLOS ONE, 12 (3). [BibTeX]
Bang, C. S. , Demirel, I. , Kruse, R. & Persson, K. (2017). Global gene expression profiling and antibiotic susceptibility after repeated exposure to the carbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2) in multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli. PLOS ONE, 12 (6). [BibTeX]
Andersson, E. , Bergemalm, D. , Kruse, R. , Neumann, G. , D'Amato, M. , Repsilber, D. & Halfvarson, J. (2017). Subphenotypes of inflammatory bowel disease are characterized by specific serum protein profiles. PLOS ONE, 12 (10). [BibTeX]
Demirel, I. , Rangel, I. , Petersson, U. , Persson, K. & Kruse, R. (2017). Transcriptional Alterations of Virulence-Associated Genes in Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Morphologic Transitions Induced by Ineffective Antibiotics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8. [BibTeX]
Vumma, R. , Bang, C. S. , Kruse, R. , Johansson, K. & Persson, K. (2016). Antibacterial effects of nitric oxide on uropathogenic Escherichia coli during bladder epithelial cell colonization-a comparison with nitrofurantoin. Journal of antibiotics (Tokyo. 1968), 69 (3), 183-186. [BibTeX]
Sahlberg Bang, C. , Kruse, R. , Johansson, K. & Persson, K. (2016). Carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2) inhibits growth of multidrug-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli in biofilm and following host cell colonization. BMC Microbiology, 16 (1). [BibTeX]
Demirel, I. , Kruse, R. , Önnberg, A. & Persson, K. (2015). Ceftibuten-induced filamentation of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli alters host cell responses during an in vitro infection. Microbial Pathogenesis, 78, 52-62. [BibTeX]
Kruse, R. , Demirel, I. , Säve, S. & Persson, K. (2014). IL-8 and global gene expression analysis define a key role of ATP in renal epithelial cell responses induced by uropathogenic bacteria. Purinergic Signalling Purinergic Signalling, 10 (3), 499-508. [BibTeX]
Bang, C. S. , Kruse, R. , Demirel, I. , Önnberg, A. , Söderquist, B. & Persson, K. (2014). Multiresistant uropathogenic extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli are susceptible to the carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2).. Microbial Pathogenesis, 66, 29-35. [BibTeX]
Demirel, I. , Säve, S. , Kruse, R. & Persson, K. (2013). Expression of suppressor of cytokine signalling 3 (SOCS3) in human bladder epithelial cells infected with uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS), 121 (2), 158-167. [BibTeX]
Zhang, B. , Elmabsout, A. A. , Khalaf, H. , Basic, V. T. , Jayaprakash, K. , Kruse, R. , Bengtsson, T. & Sirsjö, A. (2013). The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis changes the gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells involving the TGFbeta/Notch signalling pathway and increased cell proliferation. BMC Genomics, 14, 770. [BibTeX]
Kruse, R. , Säve, S. & Persson, K. (2012). Adenosine triphosphate induced P2Y(2) receptor activation induces proinflammatory cytokine release in uroepithelial cells. Journal of Urology, 188 (6), 2419-2425. [BibTeX]
Jensen-Waern, M. , Kruse, R. & Lundgren, T. (2012). Oral immunosuppressive medication for growing pigs in transplantation studies. Laboratory Animals, 46 (2), 148-151. [BibTeX]
Kruse, R. , Dutta, P. C. & Morrell, J. M. (2011). Colloid centrifugation removes seminal plasma and cholesterol from boar spermatozoa. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 23 (7), 858-65. [BibTeX]
Kruse, R. , Essén-Gustavsson, B. , Fossum, C. & Jensen-Waern, M. (2008). Blood concentrations of the cytokines IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma during experimentally induced swine dysentery. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 50. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Visuri, I. , Dannenberg, K. , Salomon, B. , Lundström, M. L. , Bergemalm, D. , Eriksson, C. , Lindqvist, M. , Keita, Å. V. & et al. (2025). Correlations of clinical characteristics and serum proteins with drug levels: A multicentre cohort study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease starting biologics. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Selin, K. A. , Repsilber, D. , Strid, H. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Kruse, R. , Magnusson, M. K. , Öhman, L. , Carlson, M. & et al. (2024). Depressive symptoms in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease - differences in improvement at 1 year follow-up. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Paper presented at 19th Congress of ECCO, Stockholm, Sweden, February 21-24, 2024. (pp. I1985-I1985). Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Grännö, O. , Salomon, B. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Carlson, M. , Dannenberg, K. , Andersson, E. , Söderholm, J. D. & et al. (2024). Preclinical protein signatures in blood predict Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis several years before the diagnosis. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Paper presented at 9th Congress of ECCO, Stockholm, Sweden, February 21-24, 2024. (pp. I660-I661). Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Salomon, B. , Carlson, M. , Bergemalm, D. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Söderholm, J. D. , Keita, Å. V. , Carsten, A. , Grip, O. & et al. (2024). Prognostic potential of mucosal proteins in Ulcerative Colitis. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Paper presented at 16th Congress of ECCO - European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO'21), (Virtual congress), July 2-3, 8-10, 2021. (pp. I544-I545). Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Mathisen, C. B. , Nyström, N. , Bazov, I. , Andersen, S. , Olbjørn, C. , Perminow, G. , Kristensen, V. A. , Opheim, R. & et al. (2023). A novel diagnostic serum protein signature for paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A discovery and validation study in two independent inception cohorts. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Paper presented at 8th Congress of ECCO Copenhagen, Denmark, March 1-4, 2023. (pp. I71-I73). Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Bazov, I. , Kruse, R. , Bergemalm, D. , Eriksson, C. , Hedin, C. R. , Carlson, M. , van Nieuwenhoven, M. , Keita, Å. V. & et al. (2023). A novel serum protein signature as biomarker for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A diagnostic performance and prediction modelling study using data from two independent inception cohorts. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Paper presented at 18th Congress of ECCO Copenhagen, Denmark, March 1-4, 2023. (pp. I314-I315). Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Salihovic, S. , Nyström, N. , Mathisen, C. B. , Andersen, S. , Olbjørn, C. , Perminow, G. , Opheim, R. , Detlie, T. E. & et al. (2023). Identification and validation of a lipidomic signature as a novel diagnostic biomarker of paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Lodefalk, M. , Backman, H. & Kruse, R. (2022). Global microRNA and protein expression in human term placenta may improve our understanding of fetal growth. In: Hormone Research in Paediatrics. Paper presented at 60th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Rome, Italy, September 15–17, 2022. (pp. 247-247). S. Karger. [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Lodefalk, M. , Backman, H. & Kruse, R. (2022). Global microRNA and protein expression in humanterm placenta may improve our understandingof fetal growth. In: Hormone Research in Paediatrics. Paper presented at 60th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Rome, Italy, September 15–17, 2022. (pp. 247-247). S. Karger. [BibTeX]
Welander, E. , Åström, M. , Enonge Fotabe, L. , Kardeby, C. , Tina, E. , Elgbratt, K. , Pourlotfi, A. , Abawi, A. & et al. (2018). Integrated analysis indicates reciprocal immune response dysregulations between bone marrow multipotent stromal cells and granulocytes at the mRNA but not at the protein level in myelofibrosis. Paper presented at Fortbildningsdagar i hematologi, Umeå, 3-5 Oktober, 2018. [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Kruse, R. , Helenius, G. & Lodefalk, M. (2017). Infants born small-for-gestational age have different placental expression of microRNAs. In: Hormone Research in Paediatrics. Paper presented at 10th International Meeting of Pediatric Endocrinology, Washington D.C., USA, September 14-17, 2017. (pp. 100-101). S. Karger. [BibTeX]
Andersson, E. , Bergemalm, D. , Kruse, R. , D'Amato, M. , Repsilber, D. & Halfvarson, J. (2016). Inflammatory biomarkers in serum discriminate Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis from healthy controls. In: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Grännö, O. , Bergemalm, D. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Hedin, C. R. H. , Carlson, M. , Dannenberg, K. , Andersson, E. , Strid, H. & et al. A protein signature for prediction of disease course in newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis. [BibTeX]
Demirel, I. , Kruse, R. , Önnberg, A. & Persson, K. Antibiotic-induced filamentation of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)-producing uropathogenic E. coli alters host cell responses during an in vitro infection. [BibTeX]
Visuri, I. , Dannenberg, K. , Salomon, B. , Ling Lundström, M. , Bergemalm, D. , Eriksson, C. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Keita, Å. V. & et al. Correlations of clinical characteristics and serum proteins with drug levels : A multicentre cohort study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease starting biologics. [BibTeX]
Göthlin Eremo, A. , Tina, E. , Kruse, R. , Fransén, K. , Wegman, P. , Repsilber, D. , Montgomery, S. , Sollie, T. & et al. Gene expression profiles in breast tumors from tamoxifen treated patients with and without distant recurrence. [BibTeX]
Sahlberg Bang, C. , Kruse, R. & Persson, K. Global gene expression profiling and antibiotic susceptibility after repeated exposure to the carbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2) in multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli. [BibTeX]
Carstens, A. , Björkqvist, O. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Rangel, I. , Repsilber, D. , Eriksson, C. , Bergemalm, D. , Bresso, F. & et al. Gut microbiota associated with treatment outcome to biological treatment in inflammatory bowel disease. [BibTeX]
Folkesson, M. , Kruse, R. & Kadi, F. HSP27 is not mandatory for the hypertrophy of human skeletal muscle cells. [BibTeX]
Tuerxun, K. , Kurland, L. , Särndahl, E. , Wallgren, U. , Eklund, D. & Kruse, R. Inflammatory imbalance in ambulance patients is associated with sepsis and septic shock. [BibTeX]
Östling, H. , Smith, D. R. , Lodefalk, M. , Sengpiel, V. , Kruse, R. , Montgomery, S. , Carlsson, Y. & Backman, H. The association of severity and timing of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with birth weight : a Swedish register-based cohort study. [BibTeX]
Grännö, O. , Lindqvist, C. M. , Bergemalm, D. , Salomon, B. , Hedin, C. , Carlson, M. , Dannenberg, K. , Strid, H. & et al. The mucosa-associated gut microbiome in newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease. [BibTeX]