• Amplification of the 20q Chromosomal Arm Occurs Early in Tumorigenic Transformation and May Initiate Cancer 

      Tabach, Yuval; Kogan-Sakin, Ira; Buganim, Yosef; Solomon, Hilla; Goldfinger, Naomi; Hovland, Randi; Ke, Xi-Song; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Rotter, Varda; Domany, Eytan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-01-31)
      Duplication of chromosomal arm 20q occurs in prostate, cervical, colon, gastric, bladder, melanoma, pancreas and breast cancer, suggesting that 20q amplification may play a causal role in tumorigenesis. According to an ...
    • AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 (ZFAND3) is a transcriptional regulator that drives Glioblastoma invasion 

      Schuster, Anne; Klein, Eliane; Neirinckx, Virginie; Møldrup Knudsen, Arnon; Fabian, Carina; Hau, Ann-Christin; Dieterle, Monika; Oudin, Anaïs; Nazarov, Petr V.; Golebiewska, Anna; Muller, Arnaud; Perez-Hernandez, Daniel; Rhodius, Sophie; Dittmar, Gunnar; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Herold-Mende, Christel; Klink, Barbara; Winther Kristensen, Bjarne; Niclou, Simone Pierrette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The infiltrative nature of Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive primary brain tumor, critically prevents complete surgical resection and masks tumor cells behind the blood brain barrier reducing the efficacy of systemic ...
    • Anabaenolysins, Novel Cytolytic Lipopeptides from Benthic Anabaena Cyanobacteria 

      Jokela, Jouni; Oftedal, Linn; Herfindal, Lars; Permi, Perttu; Wahlsten, Matti; Døskeland, Stein Ove; Sivonen, Kaarina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-07-19)
      Two novel cyclic lipopeptides, anabaenolysin A and anabaenolysin B, were isolated from two benthic cyanobacterial strains of the genus Anabaena. This novel class of cyanobacterial lipopeptides has a general structure of a ...
    • Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum myosin B ATPase activity and structure in complex with the calmodulin-like domain of its light chain MLC-B 

      Pires, Isa; Hung, Yu-Fu; Bergmann, Ulrich; Molloy, Justin E.; Kursula, Inari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Myosin B (MyoB) is a class 14 myosin expressed in all invasive stages of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. It is not associated with the glideosome complex that drives motility and invasion of host cells. During ...
    • Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets 

      Postema, Merel C.; Hoogman, Martine; Ambrosino, Sara; Asherson, Philip; Banaschewski, Tobias; Bandeira, Cibele E.; Baranov, Alexandr; Bau, Claiton H.D.; Baumeister, Sarah; Baur-Streubel, Ramona; Bellgrove, Mark A.; Biederman, Joseph; Bralten, Janita; Brandeis, Daniel; Brem, Silvia; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Busatto, Geraldo F.; Castellanos, Francisco X.; Cercignani, Mara; Chaim-Avancini, Tiffany M.; Chantiluke, Kaylita C.; Christakou, Anastasia; Coghill, David; Conzelmann, Annette; Cubillo, Ana; Cupertino, Renata B.; de Zeeuw, Patrick; Doyle, Alysa E.; Durston, Sarah; Earl, Eric A.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Ethofer, Thomas; Fair, Damien A.; Fallgatter, Andreas J.; Faraone, Stephen V.; Frodl, Thomas; Gabel, Matt C.; Gogberashvili, Tinatin; Grevet, Eugenio H.; Haavik, Jan; Harrison, Neil A.; Hartman, Catharina A.; Heslenfeld, Dirk J.; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; Hohmann, Sarah; Høvik, Marie Farstad; Jernigan, Terry L.; Kardatzki, Bernd; Karkashadze, George A.; Kelly, Clare; Kohls, Gregor; Konrad, Kerstin; Kuntsi, Jonna; Lazaro, Luisa; Lera-Miguel, Sara; Lesch, Klaus-Peter; Louza, Mario R.; Lundervold, Astri J.; Malpas, Charles B.; Mattos, Paulo; McCarthy, Hazel; Namazova-Baranova, Leyla; Nicolau, Rosa; Nigg, Joel T.; Novotny, Stephanie E.; Oberwelland Weiss, Eileen; O'Gorman Tuura, Ruth L.; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Oranje, Bob; Paloyelis, Yannis; Pauli, Paul; Picon, Felipe A.; Plessen, Kerstin J.; Ramos-Quiroga, J. Antoni; Reif, Andreas; Reneman, Liesbeth; Rosa, Pedro G.P.; Rubia, Katya; Schrantee, Anouk; Schweren, Lizanne J.S.; Seitz, Jochen; Shaw, Philip; Silk, Tim J.; Skokauskas, Norbert; Soliva, Joan Carles; Stevens, Michael C.; Sudre, Gustavo; Tamm, Leanne; Tovar-Moll, Fernanda; van Erp, Theo G.M.; Vance, Alasdair; Vilarroya, Oscar; Vives-Gilabert, Yolanda; von Polier, Georg G.; Walitza, Susanne; Yoncheva, Yuliya N.; Zanetti, Marcus V; Ziegler, Georg C.; Glahn, David C.; Jahanshad, Neda; Medland, Sarah E.; Thompson, Paul M.; Fisher, Simon E.; Franke, Barbara; Francks, Clyde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objective Some studies have suggested alterations of structural brain asymmetry in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but findings have been contradictory and based on small samples. Here, we performed the ...
    • Analyzing the Structure of Pathways and Its Influence on the Interpretation of Biomedical Proteomics Data Sets 

      Burger, Bram; Hernández Sánchez, Luis Francisco; Lereim, Ragnhild Reehorst; Barsnes, Harald; Vaudel, Marc (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Biochemical pathways are commonly used as a reference to conduct functional analysis on biomedical omics data sets, where experimental results are mapped to knowledgebases comprising known molecular interactions collected ...
    • Androgen receptor as potential therapeutic target in metastatic endometrial cancer 

      Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Kopperud, Reidun Kristin; Berg, Anna; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Trovik, Jone; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Krakstad, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-30)
      Purpose: The expression and involvement of estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) is extensively studied in endometrial cancer. Androgen receptor (AR) is a hormone receptor less studied in female cancers, and we here ...
    • Annexin A2 binds the internal ribosomal entry site of c-myc mRNA and regulates its translation 

      Strand, Elin; Hollås, Hanne; Sakya, Siri Aastedatter; Romanyuk, Sofya; Saraste, Mikko Erik Vedeler; Grindheim, Ann Kari; Patil, Sudarshan S.; Vedeler, Anni (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The expression and localization of the oncoprotein c-Myc is highly regulated at the level of transcription, mRNA transport, translation, as well as stability of the protein. We previously showed that Annexin A2 (AnxA2) ...
    • Antagonistic Functions of MBP and CNP Establish Cytosolic Channels in CNS Myelin 

      Snaidero, Nicolas; Velte, Caroline; Myllykoski, Matti; Raasakka, Arne; Ignatev, Alexander; Werner, Hauke B.; Erwig, Michelle S.; Möbius, Wiebke; Kursula, Petri; Nave, Klaus-Armin; Simons, Mikael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01)
      The myelin sheath is a multilamellar plasma membrane extension of highly specialized glial cells laid down in regularly spaced segments along axons. Recent studies indicate that myelin is metabolically active and capable ...
    • Anti-PD-L1/TGF-βR fusion protein (SHR-1701) overcomes disrupted lymphocyte recovery-induced resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in lung cancer 

      Cheng, Bo; Ding, Kaikai; Chen, Pengxiang; Ji, Jianxiong; Luo, Tao; Guo, Xiaofan; Qiu, Wei; Ma, Chunhong; Meng, Xue; Wang, Jian; Yu, Jinming; Liu, Yuan (Journal article, 2022)
      Background Second-generation programmed cell death-protein 1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitors, such as bintrafusp alfa (M7824), SHR-1701, and YM101, have been developed to simultaneously block PD-1/PD-L1 ...
    • Antibodies raised against aldehyde-fixed antigens improve sensitivity for postembedding electron microscopy 

      Hussain, Suleman; Fredriksen, Irene; Ringsevjen, Håvard; Kavalali, Ege T.; Davanger, Svend (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Antibodies are one of the most important tools in biological research. High specificity and sensitivity of antibodies are crucial to obtain reliable results. Tissue fixed with glutaraldehyde (GA) is commonly ...
    • Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors 

      Casarotto, Plinio C.; Girych, Mykhailo; Fred, Senem M.; Kovaleva, Vera; Moliner, Rafael; Enkavi, Giray; Biojone, Caroline; Cannarozzo, Cecilia; Sahu, Madhusmita Pryiadrashini; Kaurinkoski, Katja; Brunello, Cecilia A.; Steinzeig, Anna; Winkel, Frederike; Patil, Sudarshan; Vestring, Stefan; Serchov, Tsvetan; Diniz, Cassiano R.A.F.; Laukkanen, Liina; Cardon, Iseline; Antila, Hanna; Rog, Tomasz; Piepponen, Timo Petteri; Bramham, Clive Raymond Evjen; Normann, Claus; Lauri, Sari E.; Saarma, Mart; Vattulainen, Ilpo; Castrén, Eero (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      It is unclear how binding of antidepressant drugs to their targets gives rise to the clinical antidepressant effect. We discovered that the transmembrane domain of tyrosine kinase receptor 2 (TRKB), the brain-derived ...
    • Anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in adult men and women with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A substantive and methodological overview 

      Hartman, Catharina A.; Larsson, Henrik; Vos, Melissa; Bellato, Alessio; Libutzki, Berit; Solberg, Berit Skretting; Chen, Qi; Du Rietz, Ebba; Mostert, Jeanette C.; Kittel-Schneider, Sarah; Cormand, Bru; Ribasés, Marta; Klungsøyr, Kari; Haavik, Jan; Dalsgaard, Søren; Cortese, Samuele; Faraone, Stephen; Reif, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Knowledge on psychiatric comorbidity in adult ADHD is essential for prevention, detection, and treatment of these conditions. This review (1) focuses on large studies (n > 10,000; surveys, claims data, population registries) ...
    • Apicomplexan actin polymerization depends on nucleation 

      Kumpula, Esa-Pekka; Pires, Isa; Lasiwa, Davki; Piirainen, Henni; Bergmann, Ulrich; Vahokoski, Juha; Kursula, Inari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-22)
      Filamentous actin is critical for apicomplexan motility and host cell invasion. Yet, parasite actin filaments are short and unstable. Their kinetic characterization has been hampered by the lack of robust quantitative ...
    • The apoptosis-inducing activity towards leukemia and lymphoma cells in a cyanobacterial culture collection is not associated with mouse bioassay toxicity 

      Oftedal, Linn; Skjærven, Kaja H.; Coyne, Rosie T.; Edvardsen, Bente; Rohrlack, Thomas; Skulberg, Olav M.; Døskeland, Stein Ove; Herfindal, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-08-06)
      Cyanobacteria (83 strains and seven natural populations) were screened for content of apoptosis (cell death)-inducing activity towards neoplastic cells of the immune (jurkat acute T-cell lymphoma) and hematopoetic (acute ...
    • Arc expression and protein-protein interactions in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Exercise- and novelty-induced changes in Arc, BDNF, and PS1 expression and Arc PS1 interaction in APP/PS1 and WT mice 

      Rimstad, Johanne Eriksen (Master thesis, 2017)
      The overarching goal of this project was to help elucidate how some of the molecular mechanisms behind memory and learning differ between healthy brains and those with neurodegenerative diseases, specifically by studying ...
    • Arc interacts with the integral endoplasmic reticulum protein, calnexin 

      Myrum, Craig; Soule, Jonathan; Bittins, Margarethe; Cavagnini, Kyle; Goff, Kevin; Ziemek, Silje Karina; Eriksen, Maria Steene; Patil, Sudarshan; Szum, Adrian; Nair Raveendran, Rajeevkumar; Bramham, Clive R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-20)
      Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein, Arc, is a major regulator of long-term synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Here we reveal a novel interaction partner of Arc, a resident endoplasmic reticulum ...
    • Arc is a flexible modular protein capable of reversible self-oligomerization 

      Myrum, Craig; Baumann, Anne; Bustad, Helene J.; Flydal, Marte Innselset; Mariaule, Vincent; Alvira, Sara; Cuéllar, Jorge; Haavik, Jan; Soulé, Jonathan; Valpuesta, José María; Márquez, José Antonio; Martinez, Aurora; Bramham, Clive R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      The immediate early gene product Arc (activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein) is posited as a master regulator of long-term synaptic plasticity and memory. However, the physicochemical and structural properties ...
    • The Arc of synaptic memory 

      Bramham, Clive R.; Alme, Maria N.; Bittins, Margarethe; Kuipers, Sjoukje D.; Nair, Rajeevkumar R.; Pai, Balagopal; Panja, Debabrata; Schubert, Manja; Soule, Jonathan; Tiron, Adrian; Wibrand, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)
      The immediate early gene Arc is emerging as a versatile, Wnely tuned system capable of coupling changes in neuronal activity patterns to synaptic plasticity, thereby optimizing information storage in the nervous system. ...
    • Arc protein-protein interactions in long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vivo 

      Debnath, Sudip (Master thesis, 2014-06-02)
      Synaptic plasticity is the ability of neuronal synapses to change in strength over time, and is considered to be a foundation for learning and memory. Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a widely studied form of synaptic ...