• CDR2 antigen and Yo antibodies 

      Totland, Cecilie; Aarskog, Nina K.; Eichler, Tilo W.; Haugen, Mette; Nøstbakken, Jane K.; Monstad, Sissel E.; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Mørk, Sverre; Haukanes, Bjørn Ivar; Vedeler, Christian A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)
      Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is often associated with Yo antibodies that are directed against human cerebellar degeneration-related protein 2 (CDR2). Such antibodies may also be found in ovarian cancer ...
    • Dietary Vitamin D3 Supplements Reduce Demyelination in the Cuprizone Model 

      Wergeland, Stig; Torkildsen, Øivind; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Aksnes, Lage; Mørk, Sverre; Bø, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-10-20)
      Vitamin D is emerging as a probably important environmental risk factor in multiple sclerosis, affecting both susceptibility and disease progression. It is not known to what extent this effect is due to a modulation of ...
    • mtDNA nt13708A Variant Increases the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis 

      Yu, Xinhua; Koczan, Dirk; Sulonen, Anna-Maija; Akkad, Denis A.; Kroner, Antje; Comabella, Manuel; Costa, Gianna; Corongiu, Daniela; Goertsches, Robert; Camina-Tato, Montserrat; Thiese, Hans-Juergen; Nyland, Harald Inge; Mørk, Sverre; Montalban, Xavier; Rieckmann, Peter; Marrosu, Maria G.; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Epplen, Joerg T.; Saarela, Sanna; Ibrahim, Saleh M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-02-13)
      Background: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism is a possible factor contributing to the maternal parent-of-origin effect in multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility. Methods and Findings: In order to investigate the role ...