Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Wergeland, Stig"

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    • Abuse and revictimization in adulthood in multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study during pregnancy 

      Eid, Karine; Torkildsen, Øivind; Aarseth, Jan Harald; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Cortese, Marianna; Holmøy, Trygve; Kapali, Akash; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Cecilie Fredvik; Wergeland, Stig; Gilhus, Nils Erik; Bjørk, Marte-Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Knowledge concerning exposure to abuse in adulthood and in pregnancy in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is sparse. Objective: To determine the occurrence of adult abuse and abuse in relation to pregnancy ...

    • Alpha-tocopherol and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis - association and prediction 

      Løken-Amsrud, Kristin Ingeleiv; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Bakke, Søren Jacob; Beiske, Antonie Giæver; Bjerve, Kristian S; Bjørnarå, Bård T.; Hovdal, Harald Olav; Lilleås, Finn; Midgard, Rune; Pedersen, Tom; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig; Holmøy, Trygve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-22)
      Objective: Alpha-tocopherol is the main vitamin E compound in humans, and has important antioxidative and immunomodulatory properties. The aim of this study was to study alpha-tocopherol concentrations and their relationship ...

    • Association of adverse childhood experiences with the development of multiple sclerosis 

      Eid, Karine; Torkildsen, Øivind; Aarseth, Jan Harald; Aalstad, Mari; Bhan, Alok; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Cortese, Marianna; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti Nesje; Holmøy, Trygve; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Riise, Trond; Schuler, Stephan; Torkildsen, Cecilie Fredvik; Wergeland, Stig; Gilhus, Nils Erik; Bjørk, Marte-Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective To study whether exposure to childhood emotional, sexual or physical abuse is associated with subsequent multiple sclerosis (MS) development. Methods A nationwide, prospective cohort study based on participants ...

    • An Association of Chitinase-3 Like-Protein-1 With Neuronal Deterioration in Multiple Sclerosis 

      Ahmad, Intakhar; Wergeland, Stig; Oveland, Eystein; Bø, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Elevated levels of Chitinase-3-like protein-1 (CHI3L1) in cerebrospinal fluid have previously been linked to inflammatory activity and disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. This study aimed to investigate ...

    • BCG vaccination and multiple sclerosis risk: A Norwegian cohort study 

      Nakken, Ola; Aarseth, Jan Harald; Wergeland, Stig; Stigum, Hein; Meyer, Haakon Eduard; Holmøy, Trygve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Introduction: Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination induces long-lasting effects on the adaptive and innate immune systems and prevents development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and possibly also ...

    • The CLARION study: first report on safety findings in patients newly initiating treatment with cladribine tablets or fingolimod for multiple sclerosis 

      Butzkueven, Helmut; Hillert, Jan; Soilu-Hänninen, Merja; Ziemssen, Tjalf; Kuhle, Jens; Wergeland, Stig; Magyari, Melinda; Berger, Joseph R.; Moore, Nicholas; Aydemir, Aida; Bezemer, Irene; Sabidó, Meritxell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives As part of the CLARION study: (1) characterize the incidence of severe infections, herpes zoster, and malignancies in patients newly initiating cladribine or fingolimod for relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS); ...

    • Cuprizone and EAE mouse frontal cortex proteomics revealed proteins altered in multiple sclerosis 

      Oveland, Eystein; Ahmad, Intakhar; Lereim, Ragnhild Reehorst; Kroksveen, Ann Cathrine; Barsnes, Harald; Guldbrandsen, Astrid; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Bø, Lars; Berven, Frode Steingrimsen; Wergeland, Stig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Two pathophysiological different experimental models for multiple sclerosis were analyzed in parallel using quantitative proteomics in attempts to discover protein alterations applicable as diagnostic-, prognostic-, or ...

    • 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 ...

    • The Effect of Smoking on Long-term Gray Matter Atrophy and Clinical Disability in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis 

      Lie, Ingrid Anne; Wesnes, Kristin; Kvistad, Silje S.; Brouwer, Iman; Wergeland, Stig; Holmøy, Trygve; Midgard, Rune; Bru, Alla Nikolajevna S; Edland, Astrid; Eikeland, Randi; Gosal, Sonia; Harbo, Hanne-Cathrin Flinstad; Kleveland, Grethe; Sørenes, Yvonne; Øksendal, Nina; Barkhof, Frederik; Vrenken, Hugo; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Bø, Lars; Torkildesen, Øivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background and Objectives The relationship between smoking, long-term brain atrophy, and clinical disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is unclear. Here, we assessed long-term effects of smoking by evaluating ...

    • Fingolimod does not enhance cerebellar remyelination in the cuprizone model 

      Alme, Maria Nordheim; Nystad, Agnes Elisabeth; Bø, Lars; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Vedeler, Christian A.; Wergeland, Stig; Torkildsen, Øivind (Journal article, 2015-08)
      Fingolimod (FTY720) is approved for treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis. In vitro studies have found that fingolimod stimulates remyelination in cerebellar slices, but in vivo animal studies have not detected ...

    • A higher proportion of ermin-immunopositive oligodendrocytes in areas of remyelination 

      Ahmad, Intakhar; Wergeland, Stig; Oveland, Eystein; Bø, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Incomplete remyelination is frequent in multiple sclerosis (MS)-lesions, but there is no established marker for recent remyelination. We investigated the role of the oligodendrocyte/myelin protein ermin in de- and remyelination ...

    • Hospitalisations and humoral COVID-19 vaccine response in vaccinated rituximab-treated multiple sclerosis patients 

      Torgauten, Hilde Marie; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Ljostveit, Sonja; Hallin, Erik Ingmar; Serkland, Trond Trætteberg; Skrede, Silje; Langeland, Nina; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Wergeland, Stig; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background: Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with anti-CD20 therapies such as rituximab may have increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease. Vaccination induces protective immunity, but humoral vaccine response ...

    • Humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in multiple sclerosis: the relevance of time since last rituximab infusion and first experience from sporadic revaccinations 

      König, Marton; Lorentzen, Åslaug Rudjord; Torgauten, Hilde Marie; Tran, The Trung; Schikora-Rustad, Stine; Vaage, Eline Benno; Mygland, Åse Daasvand; Wergeland, Stig; Aarseth, Jan Harald; Aaberge, Ingeborg Sundsvalen; Torkildsen, Øivind; Holmøy, Trygve; Berge, Tone; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Harbo, Hanne-Cathrin Flinstad; Andersen, Jan Terje; Munthe, Ludvig Andre; Søraas, Arne Vasli; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Vaage, John T.; Lund-Johansen, Fridtjof; Nygaard, Gro Owren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Introduction The effect of disease-modifying therapies (DMT) on vaccine responses is largely unknown. Understanding the development of protective immunity is of paramount importance to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective ...

    • Humoral response to Epstein-Barr virus in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with B cell depletion therapy 

      Rød, Brit Ellen; Wergeland, Stig; Bjørnevik, Kjetil Lauvland; Holmøy, Trygve; Ulvestad, Elling; Njølstad, Gro; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background B cell depletion therapy is highly effective in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). However, the precise underlying mechanisms of action for its biological effects in MS have still not been clarified. ...

    • Increasing age of multiple sclerosis onset from 1920 to 2022: a population-based study 

      Habbestad, Andrea Kyvik; Willumsen, Johannes Sverre; Aarseth, Jan Harald; Grytten, Nina; Midgard, Rune; Wergeland, Stig; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective To study the age at onset of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) during the past century. Methods This is a population-based cohort study of persons diagnosed with RRMS in Hordaland, Møre, and ...

    • Inflammation markers in multiple sclerosis: CXCL16 reflects and may also predict disease activity 

      Holmøy, Trygve; Løken-Amsrud, Kristin Ingeleiv; Bakke, Jacob; Beiske, Antonie Giæver; Bjerve, Kristian S; Hovdal, Harald Olav; Lilleås, Finn; Midgard, Rune; Pedersen, Tom; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Michelsen, Annika; Aukrust, Pål; Ueland, Thor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09-19)
      Background. Serum markers of inflammation are candidate biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS). ω-3 fatty acids are suggested to have anti-inflammatory properties that might be beneficial in MS. We aimed to explore the ...

    • Low vitamin D, but not tobacco use or high BMI, is associated with long-term disability progression in multiple sclerosis 

      Wesnes, Kristin; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Riise, Trond; Stokke, Silje Agnethe; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig; Holmøy, Trygve; Midgard, Rune; Bru, Alla Nikolajevna S; Edland, Astrid; Eikeland, Randi; Gosal, Sonia; Harbo, Hanne Flinstad; Kleveland, Grethe; Sørenes, Yvonne; Øksendal, Nina; Bjørnevik, Kjetil Lauvland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Low vitamin D levels, tobacco use and high body mass index (BMI) have been linked to adverse disease outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS), but their influence on long-term disability progression remains unclear. ...

    • Magnetization transfer ratio does not correlate to myelin content in the brain in the MOG-EAE mouse model 

      Fjær, Sveinung; Bø, Lars; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-02)
      Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method which may detect demyelination not detected by conventional MRI in the central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). A ...

    • Migraine in the multiple sclerosis prodrome: a prospective nationwide cohort study in pregnant women 

      Eid, Karine; Torkildsen, Øivind; Aarseth, Jan Harald; Cortese, Marianna; Holmøy, Trygve; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Riise, Trond; Wergeland, Stig; Gilhus, Nils Erik; Bjørk, Marte-Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have an increased risk of migraine. However, little is known about migraine and other headaches during the prodromal phase (before MS symptom onset). Our objective was to ...

    • Neurofilament light chain predicts disease activity in relapsing-remitting MS 

      Varhaug, Kristin Nielsen; Barro, Christian; Bjørnevik, Kjetil Lauvland; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig; Bindoff, Laurence; Kuhle, Jens; Vedeler, Christian A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Objective: To investigate whether serum neurofilament light chain (NF-L) and chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) predict disease activity in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Methods: A cohort of 85 patients with RRMS were followed ...