• Novel PCDH10-Wnt-MALAT1 regulatory axis in endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma 

      Zhao, Y.; Yang, Y.; Trovik, Jone; Sun, Kun; Zhou, Liang; Jiang, Peiyong; Lau, Tatsan; Høivik, Erling Andre; Salvesen, Helga; Sun, H.; Wang, H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Key Messages: 1. Protocadherin 10 (PCDH10) is silenced in endometrioid endometrial cancer through promoter hypermethylation. 2. Ectopic expression of PCDH10 inhibits tumour growth and induces cell apoptosis. 3. Transcriptomic ...
    • Novel preoperative biomarkers and evaluation of altered treatment strategies to improve outcome for endometrial cancer patients 

      Forsse, David (Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-01)
      Background: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer among women in countries with a high developmental index, and the incidence is expected to rise. Major controversies in the treatment of endometrial ...
    • A Novel Prophylaxis Strategy Using Liposomal Vaccine Adjuvant CAF09b Protects against Influenza Virus Disease 

      Zimmermann, Julie; Schmidt, Signe Tandrup; Trebbien, Ramona; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Zhou, Fan; Follmann, Frank; Pedersen, Gabriel Kristian; Christensen, Dennis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-06)
      The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused a massive health and societal crisis, although the fast development of effective vaccines reduced some of the impact. To prepare for future respiratory virus pandemics, a pan-viral prophylaxis ...
    • Novel RAB27A Variant Associated with Late-Onset Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Alters Effector Protein Binding 

      Zondag, Timo C. E.; Torralba-Raga, Lamberto; Van Laar, Jan A. M.; Hermans, Maud A. W.; Bouman, Arjen; Hollink, Iris H. I. M.; Van Hagen, P. Martin; Briggs, Deborah A.; Hume, Alistair N.; Bryceson, Yenan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Autosomal recessive mutations in RAB27A are associated with Griscelli syndrome type 2 (GS2), characterized by hypopigmentation and development of early-onset, potentially fatal hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). We ...
    • Novel Reclassification of Adult Diabetes Is Useful to Distinguish Stages of β-Cell Function Linked to the Risk of Vascular Complications: The DOLCE Study From Northern Ukraine 

      Fedotkina, Olena; Sulaieva, Oksana; Özgümüs, Türküler; Cherviakova, Liubov; Khalimon, Nadiya; Svietleisha, Tetiana; Buldenko, Tetiana; Ahlqvist, Emma; Asplund, Olof; Groop, Leif; Nilsson, Peter M.; Lyssenko, Valeriya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Presently, persons with diabetes are classified as having type 1 (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D) based on clinical diagnosis. However, adult patients exhibit diverse clinical representations and this makes ...
    • A novel splice-affecting HNF1A variant with large population impact on diabetes in Greenland 

      Thuesen, Anne Cathrine; Stæger, Fredrik Filip; Kaci, Alba; Solheim, Marie Holm; Aukrust, Ingvild; Jørsboe, Emil; Santander, Cindy G.; Andersen, Mette; Li, Zilong; Gilly, Arthur; Stinson, Sara Elizabeth; Gjesing, Anette Prior; Bjerregaard, Peter; Pedersen, Michael Lynge; Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken; Grarup, Niels; Jørgensen, Marit E.; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Bjørkhaug, Lise; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Albrechtsen, Anders; Moltke, Ida; Hansen, Torben (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: The genetic disease architecture of Inuit includes a large number of common high-impact variants. Identification of such variants contributes to our understanding of the genetic aetiology of diseases and improves ...
    • Novel STAT3 Inhibitors Targeting STAT3 Dimerization by Binding to the STAT3 SH2 Domain 

      Hua, Yaping; Yuan, Xing; Shen, Yun-Heng; Wang, Jinxin; Azeem, Waqas; Yang, Shuo; Gade, Alexandra; Lellahi, Seyed Mohammad; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Ke, Xisong; Zhang, Wei-Dong; Kalland, Karl Henning (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Our drug discovery model has identified two novel STAT3 SH2 domain inhibitors 323–1 and 323–2 (delavatine A stereoisomers) in a series of experiments. In silico computational modeling, drug affinity responsive target ...
    • Novel transcriptional signatures for sputum-independent diagnostics of tuberculosis in children 

      Gjøen, John Espen; Jenum, Synne; Sivakumaran, Dhanasekaran; Mukherjee, Aparna; MacAden, Ragini; Kabra, Sushil K.; Lodha, Rakesh; Ottenhoff, Tom H.M.; Haks, Marielle C.; Doherty, Timothy Mark; Ritz, Christian; Grewal, Harleen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-19)
      Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is challenging to diagnose, confirmed by growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at best in 40% of cases. The WHO has assigned high priority to the development of non-sputum diagnostic tools. We ...
    • A novel, single-amplification PCR targeting mitochondrial genome highly sensitive and specific in diagnosing malaria among returned travellers in Bergen, Norway 

      Haanshuus, Christel Gill; Mohn, Stein Christian; Mørch, Kristine; Langeland, Nina; Blomberg, Bjørn; Hanevik, Kurt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-22)
      Background: Nested PCR is a commonly used technique in diagnosis of malaria owing to its high sensitivity and specificity. However, it is time-consuming, open to considerable risk of contamination and has low cost-efficiency. ...
    • A novel, single-amplification PCR targeting mitochondrial genome highly sensitive and specific in diagnosing malaria among returned travellers in Bergen, Norway 

      Haanshuus, Christel Gill; Mohn, Stein Christian; Mørch, Kristine; Langeland, Nina; Blomberg, Bjørn; Hanevik, Kurt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-22)
      Background: Nested PCR is a commonly used technique in diagnosis of malaria owing to its high sensitivity and specificity. However, it is time-consuming, open to considerable risk of contamination and has low cost-efficiency. ...
    • NPM1-Mutated Patient-Derived AML Cells Are More Vulnerable to Rac1 Inhibition 

      Hemsing, Anette Lodvir; Rye, Kristin Paulsen; Hatfield, Kimberley Joanne; Reikvam, Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor, especially for the elderly population. Targeted therapy with small molecules may be a potential strategy to overcome chemoresistance and improve survival in AML. We ...
    • NR2F1 stratifies dormant disseminated tumor cells in breast cancer patients 

      Borgen, Elin; Rypdal, Maria Christine; Sosa, Maria Soledad; Renolen, Anne; Schlichting, Ellen; Lønning, Per Eystein; Synnestvedt, Marit; Aguirre-Ghiso, Julio; Naume, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-16)
      Background: The presence of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow (BM) is an independent prognostic factor in early breast cancer but does not uniformly predict outcome. Tumor cells can persist in a quiescent state ...
    • Nurse-led consultations reinforced with eHealth technology: a qualitative study of the experiences of patients with gynecological cancer 

      Skorstad, Mette; Vistad, Ingvild; Fegran, Liv; Berntsen, Sveinung; Johannessen, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-25)
      Background: During the last decade, the health care profession has moved toward personalized care and has focused on the diversity of survivorship needs after initial cancer treatment. Health care providers encourage ...
    • The nurse`s role in palliative care: A qualitative meta-synthesis 

      Sekse, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit; Hunskår, Irene; Ellingsen, Sidsel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Aims and objectives: To explore how nurses, across various health systems, describe their role in providing palliative care for patients with life-threatening illnesses. Background: Despite the fact that nurses make up the ...
    • Nurses as adverse drug reaction reporting advocates 

      Schjøtt, Jan Didrik; Pettersen, Trond Røed; Andreassen, Lillan Mo; Bjånes, Tormod Karlsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a challenge in modern healthcare, particularly given the increasing complexity of drug therapy, an ageing population, rising multimorbidity, and a high patient turnover. The core activity ...
    • Nutritional risk in a university hospital. Challenges and consequences in clinical practice 

      Tangvik, Randi Julie (Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-25)
      Introduction: Malnutrition is present in 20-50% of hospitalised patients, leading to increased risk for adverse clinical outcomes and even mortality. Nutritional status is often ignored during hospitalisation. The Bergen ...
    • Nutritional risk profile in a university hospital population 

      Tangvik, Randi Julie; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Guttormsen, Anne Berit; Eisman, John A.; Henriksen, Andreas; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Background & aims: The prevalence of nutritional risk varies according to several factors. We aimed to determine the nutritional risk profile in a large Norwegian hospital population, specifically by age, disease category ...
    • The nutritional strategy: four questions predict morbidity, mortality and health care costs 

      Tangvik, Randi Julie; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Eisman, John A.; Guttormsen, Anne Berit; Henriksen, Andreas; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Øyen, Jannike; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)
      Background Nutritional care for hospital in-patients is potentially important but challenging. Objective To investigate the association between nutritional status and clinical outcomes. Methods Eight prevalence surveys ...
    • Obesity Is Associated with Distorted Proteoglycan Expression in Adipose Tissue 

      Meen, Astri Jeanette; Doncheva, Atanaska Ivanova; Böttcher, Yvonne; Dankel, Simon N; Hoffmann, Anne; Blüher, Matthias; Fernø, Johan; Mellgren, Gunnar; Ghosh, Adhideb; Sun, Wenfei; Dong, Hua; Noé, Falko; Wolfrum, Christian; Pejler, Gunnar; Dalen, Knut Tomas; Kolset, Svein Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Proteoglycans are central components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and binding partners for inflammatory chemokines. Morphological differences in the ECM and increased inflammation are prominent features of the white ...