• Circulating markers of gut barrier function associated with disease severity in primary sclerosing cholangitis 

      Dhillon, Amandeep Kaur; Kummen, Martin; Trøseid, Marius; Åkra, Sissel; Liaskou, Evaggelia; Moum, Bjørn; Vesterhus, Mette; Karlsen, Tom Hemming; Seljeflot, Ingebjørg; Hov, Johannes Espolin Roksund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02)
      Background & Aims: One important hypothesis in primary sclerosing cholangitis pathophysiology suggests that bacterial products from an inflamed leaky gut lead to biliary inflammation. We aimed to investigate whether ...
    • Comprehensive assessment of ECM turnover using serum biomarkers establishes PBC as a high-turnover autoimmune liver disease 

      Vesterhus, Mette; Nielsen, Mette; Hov, Johannes Espolin Roksund; Saffioti, Francesca; Manon-Jensen, Tina; Leeming, Diana Julie; Moum, Bjørn; Boberg, Kirsten Muri; Pinzani, Massimo; Karlsen, Tom Hemming; Karsdal, Morten A; Thorburn, Douglas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background & Aims: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) are phenotypically distinct autoimmune liver diseases that progress to cirrhosis and liver failure; ...
    • Self-esteem in patients with inflammatory bowel disease 

      Opheim, Randi; Moum, Bjørn; Jahnsen, Jørgen; Berset, Ingrid Prytz; Hovde, Øistein; Huppertz-Hauss, Gert; Bernklev, Tomm; Jelsness-Jørgensen, Lars-Petter; Grimstad, Bjørn Tore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore self-esteem and associations between self-esteem and sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological factors in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a disease ...