Johan Frostegård
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Biography
Johan Frostegård is a Professor of Medicine since 2003 and Senior Consultant in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology at Karolinska Institutet. His research is focused on Autoimmunity and Atherosclerosis, where his research group has for the first time identified a novel protection marker, natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine (anti-PC) and also mechanisms which could provide a cause as to how anti-PC could protect against both autoimmunity and atherosclerosis. He led a European Union Research Consortium, CVDIMMUNE, where some of the concepts presented were developed.