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    • Bioinformatic and Genetic Association Analysis of MicroRNA Target Sites in One-Carbon Metabolism Genes 

      Stone, Nicole; Pangilinan, Faith; Molloy, Anne M.; Shane, Barry; Scott, John M.; Ueland, Per Magne; Mills, James L.; Kirke, Peader N.; Sethupathy, Praveen; Brody, Lawrence C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-12)
      One-carbon metabolism (OCM) is linked to DNA synthesis and methylation, amino acid metabolism and cell proliferation. OCM dysfunction has been associated with increased risk for various diseases, including cancer and neural ...

    • The Biological Context of C-Reactive Protein as a Prognostic Marker in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Studies on the Acute Phase Cytokine Profile 

      Aarstad, Helene Hersvik; Gudbrandsdottir, Gigja; Hjelle, Karin; Bostad, Leif; Bruserud, Øystein; Tvedt, Tor Henrik Anderson; Beisland, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      High serum levels of the acute phase protein C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with an adverse prognosis in renal cancer. The acute phase reaction is cytokine-driven and includes a wide range of inflammatory mediators. ...

    • Biological mechanisms for chronic fatigue in primary Sjøgren`s syndrome 

      Norheim, Katrine Brække (Doctoral thesis, 2012-06-15)
      Background: Primary Sjøgren`s syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune disease, characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands and autoantibody production. Fatigue is a frequent phenomenon in pSS, associated ...

    • Biological variation of cardiac myosin-binding protein C in healthy individuals 

      Alaour, Bashir; Omland, Torbjørn; Torsvik, Janniche; Kaier, Thomas E.; Sylte, Marit S.; Strand, Heidi; Quraishi, Jasmine; McGrath, Sam; Williams, Luke; Meex, Steven; Redwood, Simon; Marber, Michael; Aakre, Kristin M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objectives Cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyC) is a novel biomarker of myocardial injury, with a promising role in the triage and risk stratification of patients presenting with acute cardiac disease. In this study, ...

    • Biological variation of secretoneurin; a novel cardiovascular biomarker implicated in arrhythmogenesis 

      Aakre, Kristin Moberg; Ottesen, Anett Hellebø; Strand, Heidi; Faaren, Arne L.; Alaour, Bashir; Torsvik, Janniche; Sylte, Marit Sverresdotter; Marber, Michael; Christensen, Geir; Røsjø, Helge Rørvik; Omland, Torbjørn (Journal article, 2021)
      Background Secretoneurin is a novel prognostic biomarker that may predict mortality in heart failure and the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias. This study reports the within subject variation (CVI), between subject ...

    • Biomarker changes as surrogate endpoints in early-phase trials in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction 

      Savarese, Gianluigi; Uijl, Alicia; Ouwerkerk, Wouter; Tromp, Jasper; Anker, Stefan D.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Hage, Camilla; Lam, Carolyn S.P.; Lang, Chim C.; Metra, Marco; Ng, Leong L.; Orsini, Nicola; Samani, Nilesh J.; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.; Cleland, John G.F.; Voors, Adriaan A.; Lund, Lars H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aims No biomarker has achieved widespread acceptance as a surrogate endpoint for early-phase heart failure (HF) trials. We assessed whether changes over time in a panel of plasma biomarkers were associated with subsequent ...

    • Biomarker signature and pathophysiological pathways in patients with chronic heart failure and metabolic syndrome 

      van der Hoef, Camilla C.S.; Boorsma, Eva M.; Emmens, Johanna E.; van Essen, Bart J.; Metra, Marco; Ng, Leong L.; Anker, Stefan D.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Mordi, Ify R.; Dihoum, Adel; Lang, Chim C.; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.; Lam, Carolyn S.P.; Voors, Adriaan A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Aim The comorbidities that collectively define metabolic syndrome are common in patients with heart failure. However, the role of metabolic syndrome in the pathophysiology of heart failure is not well understood. We ...

    • Biomarkers and Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Vitamin B12 Deficiency 

      Hannibal, Luciana; Lysne, Vegard; Bjørke-Monsen, Anne-Lise; Behringer, Sidney; Grünert, Sarah C.; Spiekerkoetter, Ute; Jacobsen, Donald W.; Blom, Henk J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-27)
      Vitamin B12 (cobalamin, Cbl, B12) is an indispensable water-soluble micronutrient that serves as a coenzyme for cytosolic methionine synthase (MS) and mitochondrial methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM). Deficiency of Cbl, whether ...

    • Biomarkers and echocardiographic predictors of myocardial dysfunction in patients with hypertension 

      Bielecka-Dabrowa, Agata; Michalska-Kasiczak, Marta; Gluba, Anna; Ahmed, Ali; Gerdts, Eva; von Haehling, Stephan; Rysz, Jacek; Banach, Maciej (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-09)
      The study aimed to identify early echocardiographic and circulating biomarkers of heart failure (HF) in hypertensive patients with normal resting echocardiography. Echocardiography at rest and during exercise, and selected ...

    • Biomarkers for Diabetes Mellitus in advanced Peripheral Arterial Disease. Diagnostic performance and outcome prediction of HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and the oral glucose tolerance test 

      Hjellestad, Iren Drange (Doctoral thesis, 2019-05-14)
      Background: At present, the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) is based on the result from either of three tests; HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) or 2-hour post glucose-load value following an oral glucose tolerance ...

    • Biomarkers of inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in psoriasis patients treated with infliximab 

      Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Gerdts, Eva; Ueland, Per Magne; Meyer, Klaus; Linde, Anja G; Ulvik, Arve; Jonsson, Roland; Tveit, Kåre Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective: Psoriasis is an immune mediated disorder associated with T cell activation and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We explored the association of inflammation with left ventricular (LV) remodelling in psoriasis patients ...

    • Biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism and B-vitamin status : Targeted metabolomics in rats and humans exploring the effects of PPARα-activation and dietary composition 

      Lysne, Vegard (Doctoral thesis, 2019-10-04)
      BACKGROUND: One-carbon metabolism is an overarching term describing central metabolic pathways involved in the transfer of one-carbon units. These include the methionine-homocysteine and folate cycles, as well as the choline ...

    • Bipolar multiplex families have an increased burden of common risk variants for psychiatric disorders 

      Andlauer, Till F.M.; Guzman-Parra, José; Streit, Fabian; Strohmaier, Jana; González, Maria José; Flores, Susana Gil; Fabeiro, Francisco J. Cabaleiro; Noriega, Francisco del Río; Perez, Fermin Perez; González, Jesus Haro; Diaz, Guillermo Orozco; Diego-Otero, Yolanda de; Moreno-Küstner, Berta; Auburger, Georg; Degenhardt, Franziska; Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie; Herms, Stefan; Hoffmann, Per; Frank, Josef; Foo, Jerome C.; Treutlein, Jens; Witt, Stephanie H.; Cichon, Sven; Kogevinas, Manolis; Bøen, Erlend; Dale, Anders M.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Reinbold, Céline Sonja; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Agartz, Ingrid; Melle, Ingrid; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Stordal, Eystein; Andreassen, Ole; Rivas, Fabio; Mayoral, Fermín; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Forstner, Andreas J.; Nöthen, Markus M.; Rietschel, Marcella; Stahl, Eli A.; Breen, Gerome; McQuillin, Andrew; Ripke, Stephan; Trubetskoy, Vassily; Mattheisen, Manuel; Wang, Yunpeng; Morken, Gunnar; Vaaler, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Multiplex families with a high prevalence of a psychiatric disorder are often examined to identify rare genetic variants with large effect sizes. In the present study, we analysed whether the risk for bipolar disorder (BD) ...

    • Bivariate causal mixture model quantifies polygenic overlap between complex traits beyond genetic correlation 

      Frei, Oleksandr; Holland, Dominic; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Shadrin, Alexey A.; Fan, Chun Chieh; Maeland, Steffen; O'Connell, Kevin S.; Wang, Yunpeng; Djurovic, Srdjan; Thompson, Wesley Kurt; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Dale, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-03)
      Accumulating evidence from genome wide association studies (GWAS) suggests an abundance of shared genetic influences among complex human traits and disorders, such as mental disorders. Here we introduce a statistical tool, ...

    • A Blended Learning Course Design in Clinical Pharmacology for Post-graduate Dental Students 

      Rosenbaum, Paul-Erik Lillholm; Mikalsen, Øyvind; Lygre, Henning; Solheim, Einar; Schjøtt, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      Postgraduate courses in clinical pharmacology are important for dentists to be updated on drug therapy and information related to their clinical practice, as well as knowledge of relevant adverse effects and interactions. ...

    • Blood eosinophils during bronchiolitis: Associations with atopy, asthma and lung function in young adults 

      Sørensen, Karen Galta; Øymar, Knut Asbjørn Alexander; Dalen, Ingvild; Halvorsen, Thomas; Mikalsen, Ingvild Bruun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Aim: To study if blood eosinophils during bronchiolitis were associated with atopy, asthma and lung function in young adults and if these associations differed between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and ...

    • Blood Lactate AUC Is a Sensitive Test for Evaluating the Effect of Exercise Training on Functional Work Capacity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure 

      Valborgland, Torstein; Isaksen, Kjetil; Munk, Peter Scott; Larsen, Alf Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Purpose. Exercise training is an essential treatment option for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, it remains controversial, which surrogate measures of functional work capacity are most reliable. The ...

    • Blood Metabolites Associate with Prognosis in Endometrial Cancer 

      Strand, Elin; Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Jacob, Havjin; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Hoivik, Erling A; Delvoux, Bert; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Romano, Andrea; Krakstad, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-14)
      Endometrial cancer has a high prevalence among post-menopausal women in developed countries. We aimed to explore whether certain metabolic patterns could be related to the characteristics of aggressive disease and poorer ...

    • Blood neurofilament light concentration at admittance: a potential prognostic marker in COVID‑19 

      Aamodt, Anne Hege; Høgestøl, Einar August; Popperud, Trine Haug; Holter, Jan Cato; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Tonby, Kristian; Stiksrud, Birgitte; Berge, Tone; Barratt-Due, Andreas; Aukrust, Pål; Heggelund, Lars; Blennow, Kaj; Zetterberg, Henrik; Harbo, Hanne Flinstad; Quist‑Paulsen, Else (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objective To test the hypotheses that blood biomarkers for nervous system injury, serum concentrations of neurofilament light chain protein (NfL) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAp) can serve as biomarkers for ...

    • Blood steroid levels predict survival in endometrial cancer and reflect tumor estrogen signaling 

      Forsse, David Erik; Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Viste, Kristin; Almås, Bjørg; Bertelsen, Bjørn-Erik; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Krakstad, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02)
      Objective Blood-based biomarkers are attractive due to ease of sampling and standardized measurement technology, reducing obstacles to clinical implementation. The objective of this study was to evaluate a clinically ...