Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Mortensen, Rasmus"

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Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice

Mortensen, Rasmus; Clemmensen, Helena Strand; Woodworth, Joshua S.; Therkelsen, Marie Louise; Mustafa, Tehmina; Tonby, Kristian; Jenum, Synne; Agger, Else Marie; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Andersen, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

Tuberculosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), kills over 1.6 million people each year despite availability of antibiotics. The increase in drug resistant Mtb strains is a major public health ...
A Phase I/II randomized trial of H56:IC31 vaccination and adjunctive cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment in tuberculosis patients

Jenum, Synne; Tonby, Kristian; Rueegg, Corina Silvia; Ruhwald, Morten; Kristiansen, Max Per; Bang, Peter; Olsen, Inge Christoffer; Sellæg, Kjersti; Røstad, Kjerstin; Mustafa, Tehmina; Tasken, Kjetil; Kvale, Dag; Mortensen, Rasmus; Riise, Anne Margarita Dyrhol (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

Host-directed-therapy strategies are warranted to fight tuberculosis. Here we assess the safety and immunogenicity of adjunctive vaccination with the H56:IC31 candidate and cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment (etoricoxib) ...