Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Stokowy, Tomasz"
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Accuracy and efficiency of germline variant calling pipelines for human genome data
Zhao, Sen; Agafonov, Oleg; Azab, Abdulrahman; Stokowy, Tomasz; Hovig, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Advances in next-generation sequencing technology have enabled whole genome sequencing (WGS) to be widely used for identification of causal variants in a spectrum of genetic-related disorders, and provided new insight into ... -
Cross talk between cytokine and hyperthermia-induced pathways: identification of different subsets of NF-κB-dependent genes regulated by TNFα and heat shock
Janus, Patryk; Stokowy, Tomasz; Jaksik, Roman; Szoltysek, Katarzyna; Handschuh, Luiza; Podkowinski, Jan; Widlak, Wieslawa; Kimmel, Marek; Widlak, Piotr (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-06)Heat shock inhibits NF-κB signaling, yet the knowledge about its influence on the regulation of NF-κB-dependent genes is limited. Using genomic approaches, i.e., expression microarrays and ChIP-Seq, we aimed to establish ... -
Crosstalk between HSF1 and HSF2 during the heat shock response in mouse testes
Korfanty, Joanna; Stokowy, Tomasz; Widlak, Piotr; Gogler-Piglowska, Agnieszka; Handschuh, Luiza; Podkowinski, Jan; Vydra, Natalia; Naumowicz, Anna; Toma-Jonik, Agnieszka; Widlak, Wieslawa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) is the primary transcription factor responsible for the response to cellularstress, while HSF2 becomes activated during development and differentiation, including spermatogen-esis. Although both ... -
Diagnostic accuracy of liquid biopsy in endometrial cancer
Łukasiewicz, Marta; Pastuszak, Krzysztof; Łapińska-Szumczyk, Sylwia; Różański, Robert; In ‘T Veld, Sjors G. J. G.; Bieńkowski, Michał; Stokowy, Tomasz; Ratajska, Magdalena; Best, Myron G.; Würdinger, Thomas; Żaczek, Anna J.; Supernat, Anna; Jassem, Jacek (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive collection of a patient body fluid sample. In oncology, they offer several advantages compared to traditional tissue biopsies. However, the potential of this method in ... -
ESX1 gene as a potential candidate responsible for male infertility in nonobstructive azoospermia
Malcher, Agnieszka; Graczyk, Zuzanna; Bauer, Hermann; Stokowy, Tomasz; Berman, Andrea; Smolibowski, Mikołaj; Blaszczyk, Dominika; Jedrzejczak, Piotr; Yatsenko, Alexander N.; Kurpisz, Maciej (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Infertility is a problem that affects approximately 15% of couples, and male infertility is responsible for 40–50% of these cases. The cause of male infertility is still poorly diagnosed and treated. One of the prominent ... -
Genetic variation in 117 myelination-related genes in schizophrenia: Replication of association to lipid biosynthesis genes
Stokowy, Tomasz; Polushina, Tatiana; Sønderby, Ida Elken; Karlsson, Robert; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Bergen, Sarah E; Sullivan, Patrick F; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Djurovic, Srdjan; Hultman, Christina M.; Steen, Vidar Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-02)Schizophrenia is a serious psychotic disorder with high heritability. Several common genetic variants, rare copy number variants and ultra-rare gene-disrupting mutations have been linked to disease susceptibility, but there ... -
Genetic variation in metronidazole metabolism and oxidative stress pathways in clinical giardia lamblia assemblage A and B isolates
Saghaug, Christina Skår; Klotz, Christian; Kallio, Juha Pekka; Brattbakk, Hans-Richard; Stokowy, Tomasz; Aebischer, Toni; Kursula, Inari; Langeland, Nina; Hanevik, Kurt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-10)Purpose: Treatment-refractory Giardia cases have increased rapidly within the last decade. No markers of resistance nor a standardized susceptibility test have been established yet, but several enzymes and their pathways ... -
Heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1) cooperates with estrogen receptor α (erα) in the regulation of estrogen action in breast cancer cells
Vydra, Natalia; Janus, Patryk; Kuś, Paweł; Stokowy, Tomasz; Mrowiec, Katarzyna; Toma-Jonik, Agnieszka; Krzywon, Aleksandra; Cortez, Alexander Jorge; Wojtaś, Bartosz; Gielniewski, Bartłomiej; Jaksik, Roman; Kimmel, Marek; Widłak, Wiesława (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), a key regulator of transcriptional responses to proteotoxic stress, was linked to estrogen (E2) signaling through estrogen receptor α (ERα). We found that an HSF1 deficiency may decrease ERα ... -
HSF1 Can Prevent Inflammation following Heat Shock by Inhibiting the Excessive Activation of the ATF3 and JUN&FOS Genes
Janus, Patryk; Kuś, Paweł; Vydra, Natalia; Toma-Jonik, Agnieszka; Stokowy, Tomasz; Mrowiec, Katarzyna; Wojtaś, Bartosz; Gielniewski, Bartłomiej; Widłak, Wiesława (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1), a transcription factor frequently overexpressed in cancer, is activated by proteotoxic agents and participates in the regulation of cellular stress response. To investigate how HSF1 level affects ... -
imPlatelet classifier: image-converted RNA biomarker profiles enable blood-based cancer diagnostics
Pastuszak, Krzysztof; Supernat, Anna; Best, Myron G.; In 't Veld, Sjors G.J.G.; Łapińska-Szumczyk, Sylwia; Łojkowska, Anna; Różański, Robert; Zaczek, Anna J; Jassem, Jacek; Würdinger, Thomas; Stokowy, Tomasz (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Liquid biopsies offer a minimally invasive sample collection, outperforming traditional biopsies employed for cancer evaluation. The widely used material is blood, which is the source of tumor-educated platelets. Here, we ... -
An Increase in HSF1 Expression Directs Human Mammary Epithelial Cells toward a Mesenchymal Phenotype
Vydra, Natalia; Toma-Jonik, Agnieszka; Janus, Patryk; Mrowiec, Katarzyna; Stokowy, Tomasz; Głowala-Kosińska, Magdalena; Sojka, Damian Robert; Olbryt, Magdalena; Widłak, Wiesława (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)HSF1 is a well-known heat shock protein expression regulator in response to stress. It also regulates processes important for growth, development or tumorigenesis. We studied the HSF1 influence on the phenotype of ... -
Metabolomic and transcriptomic response to imatinib treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumour in xenograft-bearing mice
Macioszek, Szymon; Dudzik, Danuta; Bartoszewski, Rafał; Stokowy, Tomasz; Lambrechts, Diether; Boeckx, Bram; Wozniak, Agnieszka; Schöffski, Patrick; Markuszewski, Michał J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Although imatinib is a well-established first-line drug for treating a vast majority of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), GISTs acquire secondary resistance during therapy. Multi-omics approaches provide ... -
Pathway‑level mutation analysis in primary high‑grade serous ovarian cancer and matched brain metastases
Duchnowska, Renata; Supernat, Anna Maria; Pęksa, Rafał; Łukasiewicz, Marta; Stokowy, Tomasz; Ronen, Roy; Dutkowski, Janusz; Umińska, Monika; Iżycka-Świeszewska, Ewa; Kowalczyk, Anna; Och, Waldemar; Rucińska, Monika; Olszewski, Wojciech P.; Mandat, Tomasz; Jarosz, Bożena; Bieńkowski, Michał; Biernat, Wojciech; Jassem, Jacek (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Brain metastases (BMs) in ovarian cancer (OC) are a rare event. BMs occur most frequently in high-grade serous (HGS) OC. The molecular features of BMs in HGSOC are poorly understood. We performed a whole-exome sequencing ... -
Patient-derived organoids reflect the genetic profile of endometrial tumors and predict patient prognosis
Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Hjelmeland, Marta Espevold; Lien, Hilde Eide; Espedal, Heidi; Fonnes, Tina; Srivastava, Aashish; Stokowy, Tomasz; Strand, Elin; Bozickovic, Olivera; Stefansson, Ingunn Marie; Bjørge, Line; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Høivik, Erling Andre; Krakstad, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: A major hurdle in translational endometrial cancer (EC) research is the lack of robust preclinical models that capture both inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity. This has hampered the development of new treatment ... -
Phosphatidylserine receptors enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection
Bohan, Dana; Van Ert, Hanora; Ruggio, Natalie; Rogers, Kai J; Badreddine, Mohammad; Aguilar Briseno, José A; Elliff, Jonah; Rojas Chavez, Roberth Anthony; Gao, Boning; Stokowy, Tomasz; Christakou, Eleni; Kursula, Petri; Micklem, David Robert; Gausdal, Gro; Haim, Hillel; Minna, John; Lorens, James Bradley; Maury, Wendy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Phosphatidylserine (PS) receptors enhance infection of many enveloped viruses through virion-associated PS binding that is termed apoptotic mimicry. Here we show that this broadly shared uptake mechanism is utilized by ... -
Predictive value of angiogenic proteins in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with bevacizumab monotherapy
Schuster, Cornelia; Akslen, Lars A.; Stokowy, Tomasz; Straume, Oddbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The incidence of malignant melanoma is rising worldwide and survival for metastatic disease is still poor. Recently, new treatment options have become available. Still, predictive biomarkers are needed to optimise treatment ... -
Proteome and Phosphoproteome Changes Associated with Prognosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Aasebø, Elise; Berven, Frode; Bartaula-Brevik, Sushma; Stokowy, Tomasz; Hovland, Randi; Vaudel, Marc; Døskeland, Stein Ove; Mc Cormack, Emmet; Batth, Tanveer S; Olsen, Jesper V; Bruserud, Øystein; Selheim, Frode; Hernandez-Valladares, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological cancer that mainly affects the elderly. Although complete remission (CR) is achieved for the majority of the patients after induction and consolidation therapies, nearly ... -
Radiomic profiles improve prognostication and reveal targets for therapy in cervical cancer
Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Hodneland, Erlend; Wagner-Larsen, Kari Strøno; Lura, Njål; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Stokowy, Tomasz; Srivastava, Aashish; Forsse, David Erik; Høivik, Erling André; Woie, Kathrine; Bertelsen, Bjørn; Krakstad, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Cervical cancer (CC) is a major global health problem with 570,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths annually. Prognosis is poor for advanced stage disease, and few effective treatments exist. Preoperative diagnostic imaging ... -
Reduced expression of innate immunity-related genes in lymph node metastases of luminal breast cancer patients
Popeda, Marta; Markiewicz, Aleksandra; Stokowy, Tomasz; Szade, Jolanta; Niemira, Magdalena; Kretowski, Adam; Bednarz-Knoll, Natalia; Zaczek, Anna J (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Immune system plays a dual role in cancer by either targeting or supporting neoplastic cells at various stages of disease, including metastasis. Yet, the exact immune-related transcriptome profiles of primary tumours (PT) ... -
Reduced expression of OXPHOS and DNA damage genes is linked to protection from microvascular complications in long-term type 1 diabetes: the PROLONG study
Özgümüs, Türküler; Sulaieva, Oksana; Jessen, Leon E.; Jain, Ruchi; Falhammar, Henrik; Nyström, Thomas; Catrina, Sergiu-Bogdan; Jörneskog, Gun; Groop, Leif; Eliasson, Mats; Eliasson, Björn; Brismar, Kerstin; Stokowy, Tomasz; Nilsson, Peter M.; Lyssenko, Valeriya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease requiring insulin treatment for survival. Prolonged duration of type 1 diabetes is associated with increased risk of microvascular complications. Although chronic hyperglycemia ...