• Impact of MDM2 promoter SNP55 (rs2870820) on risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer 

      Helwa, Reham; Gansmo, Liv Beathe; Bjørnslett, Merete Pauline; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Hveem, Kristian; Vatten, Lars Johan; Dørum, Anne; Lønning, Per Eystein; Knappskog, Stian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background While large GWAS analyses have not found convincing associations between MDM2 promoter SNP55 and gynaecological cancers, SNP55 is in linkage disequilibrium with two other functional SNPs in the same promoter, ...
    • Impact of mitral regurgitation in patients with worsening heart failure: insights from BIOSTAT-CHF 

      Pagnesi, Matteo; Adamo, Marianna; Sama, Iziah E.; Anker, Stefan D.; Cleland, John G.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Filippatos, Gerasimos S.; Lang, Chim C.; Ng, Leong L.; Ponikowski, Piotr; Ravera, Alice; Samani, Nilesh J.; Zannad, Faiez; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.; Voors, Adriaan A.; Metra, Marco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Aims Few data regarding the prevalence and prognostic impact of mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with worsening chronic or new-onset acute heart failure (HF) are available. We investigated the role of MR in the BIOlogy ...
    • Impact of Obesity on the Bioavailability of Peginterferon-α2a and Ribavirin and Treatment Outcome for Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 2 or 3 

      Alsiö, Åsa; Rembeck, Karolina; Askarieh, Galia; Christensen, Peer Brehm; Färkkilä, Martti; Langeland, Nina; Mørch, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-05-24)
      Background and Aims: Having a body mass index above or equal to 30 kg/m2 in conjunction with chronic hepatitis C virus infection is associated with non-responsiveness to treatment with interferon and ribavirin, but details ...
    • Impact of overweight on glucose homeostasis in MODY2 and MODY3 

      Romuld, Ingunn Bratland; Kalleklev, Tine-Lise; Molnes, Janne; Juliusson, Pétur Benedikt; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Sagen, Jørn Vegard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • The impact of placental genomic risk for schizophrenia and birth asphyxia on brain development 

      Wortinger, Laura Anne; Shadrin, Alexey; Szabo, Attila; Nerland, Stener; Smelror, Runar; Jørgensen, Kjetil Nordbø; Barth, Claudia; Andreou, Dimitrios; Thoresen, Marianne; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan; Ursini, Gianluca; Agartz, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The placenta plays a role in fetal brain development, and pregnancy and birth complications can be signs of placental dysfunction. Birth asphyxia is associated with smaller head size and higher risk of developing schizophrenia ...
    • Impact of Pre-Pregnancy BMI on B Vitamin and Inflammatory Status in Early Pregnancy: An Observational Cohort Study 

      Monsen, Anne Lise Bjørke; Ulvik, Arve; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Midttun, Øivind; Roth, Christine; Magnus, Per; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Vollset, Stein Emil; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Ueland, Per Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-30)
      Maternal nutrition and inflammation have been suggested as mediators in the development of various adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with maternal obesity. We have investigated the relation between pre-pregnancy BMI, ...
    • Impact of rapid molecular testing on diagnosis, treatment and management of community-acquired pneumonia in Norway: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (CAPNOR) 

      Serigstad, Sondre; Ritz, Christian; Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel; Markussen, Dagfinn Lunde; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Kommedal, Øyvind; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Heggelund, Lars; Clark, Tristan W.; van Werkhoven, Cornelis H.; Knoop, Siri Tandberg; Ulvestad, Elling; Grewal, Harleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes a large burden of disease. Due to difficulties in obtaining representative respiratory samples and insensitive standard microbiological methods, the microbiological ...
    • Impact of the APOBEC3A/B deletion polymorphism on risk of ovarian cancer 

      Gansmo, Liv Beathe; Sofiyeva, Nigar; Bjørnslett, Merete Pauline; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Hveem, Kristian; Vatten, Lars Johan; Dørum, Anne; Lønning, Per Eystein; Knappskog, Stian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      A germline 29.5-kb deletion variant removes the 3’ end of the APOBEC3A gene and a large part of APOBEC3B, creating a hybrid gene that has been linked to increased APOBEC3 activity and DNA damage in human cancers. We genotyped ...
    • Impact of the left ventricular lead on the efficacy of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for heart failure. : Electrophysiologic and clinical trials investigating active fixation left ventricular lead in cardiac resynchronization therapy. 

      Keilegavlen, Håvard (Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-09)
      Background: This thesis examines the performance of different left ventricular (LV) leads and in particular a novel bipolar LV lead with a side helix for active fixation. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) provides ...
    • Impact of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist implementation on perioperative work and risk perceptions : A process evaluation by use of quantitative and qualitative methods 

      Wæhle, Hilde Valen (Doctoral thesis, 2020-02-14)
      Background: Human performance deficiencies account for a large proportion of adverse surgical events. The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) was launched to improve teamwork and patient outcome. ...
    • Impact of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist on safety culture in the operating theatre: a controlled intervention study 

      Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Søfteland, Eirik; Eide, Geir Egil; Sevdalis, Nick; Vincent, Charles A.; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05)
      Background: Positive changes in safety culture have been hypothesized to be one of the mechanisms behind the reduction in mortality and morbidity after the introduction of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety ...
    • Impact on follow-up strategies in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis 

      Bergquist, Annika; Weismüller, Tobias J.; Levy, Cynthia; Rupp, Christian; Joshi, Deepak; Nayagam, Jeremy Shanika; Montano-Loza, Aldo J.; Lytvyak, Ellina; Wunsch, Ewa; Milkiewicz, Piotr; Zenouzi, Roman; Schramm, Christoph; Cazzagon, Nora; Floreani, Annarosa; Liby, Ingalill Friis; Wiestler, Miriam; Wedemeyer, Heiner; Zhou, Taotao; Strassburg, Christian P.; Rigopoulou, Eirini; Dalekos, George; Narasimman, Manasa; Verhelst, Xavier; Degroote, Helena; Vesterhus, Mette Nåmdal; Kremer, Andreas E.; Bündgens, Bennet; Rorsman, Fredrik; Nilsson, Emma; Jørgensen, Kristin Kaasen; von Seth, Erik; Cornillet Jeannin, Martin; Nyhlin, Nils; Martin, Harry; Kechagias, Stergios; Wiencke, Kristine; Werner, Mårten; Beretta-Piccoli, Benedetta Terziroli; Marzioni, Marco; Isoniemi, Helena; Arola, Johanna; Wefer, Agnes; Söderling, Jonas; Färkkilä, Martti; Lenzen, Henrike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background & Aims: Evidence for the benefit of scheduled imaging for early detection of hepatobiliary malignancies in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is limited. We aimed to compare different follow-up strategies in ...
    • The impacts of contact force, power and application time on ablation effect indicated by serial measurements of impedance drop in both conventional and high-power short-duration ablation settings of atrial fibrillation 

      Shi, Libin; Wang, Yu-Chuan; Chu, Songyun; Bortoli, Alessandro De; Schuster, Peter Moritz; Solheim, Eivind; Chen, Jian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: This study aimed to clarify the interrelationship and additive effects of contact force (CF), power and application time in both conventional and high-power short-duration (HPSD) settings. Methods: Among 38 ...
    • Impaired activation of STAT5 upon IL-2 stimulation in Tregs and elevated sIL-2R in Sjögren’s syndrome 

      Keindl, Magdalena; Davies, Richard Allan; Bergum, Brith; Brun, Johan Gorgas; Hammenfors, Daniel; Jonsson, Roland; Lyssenko, Valeriya; Appel, Silke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and the high-affinity IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) are essential for the survival of regulatory T cells (Tregs) which are the main players in immune tolerance and prevention of autoimmune diseases. ...
    • Impaired Adipocyte SLC7A10 Promotes Lipid Storage in Association With Insulin Resistance and Altered BCAA Metabolism 

      Jersin, Regine Åsen; Tallapragada, Divya Sri; Skartveit, Linn; Bjune, Mona Synnøve; Muniandy, Maheswary; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Heinonen, Sini; Alvarez, Marcus; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Drevon, Christian André; Pajukanta, Päivi; McCann, Adrian; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Claussnitzer, Melina; Mellgren, Gunnar; Dankel, Simon N (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Context The neutral amino acid transporter SLC7A10/ASC-1 is an adipocyte-expressed gene with reduced expression in insulin resistance and obesity. Inhibition of SLC7A10 in adipocytes was shown to increase lipid accumulation ...
    • Impaired gross motor development in infants with higher PFAS concentrations 

      Varsi, Kristin; Torsvik, Ingrid Kristin; Huber, Sandra; Averina, Maria; Brox, Jan; Monsen, Anne-Lise Bjørke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Industrial produced perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmentally persistent and found in humans around the globe. PFAS is transferred from mother to child during pregnancy and lactation and PFAS concentrations are ...
    • Impaired HDL function amplifies systemic inflammation in common variable immunodeficiency 

      Macpherson, Magnhild Eide; Halvorsen, Bente; Yndestad, Arne; Ueland, Thor; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Berge, Rolf Kristian; Rashidi, Azita; Otterdal, Kari; Gregersen, Ida; Kong, Xiang Yi; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund; Aukrust, Pål; Fevang, Børre; Jørgensen, Silje Fjellgård (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-01)
      Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency, characterized by inadequate antibody responses and recurrent bacterial infections. Paradoxically, a majority of CVID patients ...
    • Impaired high-density lipoprotein function in patients with heart failure 

      Emmens, Johanna E.; Jia, Congzhuo; Ng, Leong L.; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Anker, Stefan D.; Lang, Chim C.; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Cleland, John G.; Metra, Marco; Voors, Adriaan A.; de Boer, Rudolf A.; Tietge, Uwe J. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background We recently showed that, in patients with heart failure, lower high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration was a strong predictor of death or hospitalization for heart failure. In a follow‐up study, ...
    • Impaired Lung Function in Extremely Preterm-Born Adults in Their Fourth Decade of Life 

      Bårdsen, Tonje; Røksund, Ola Drange; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Benestad, Merete Røineland; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad; Halvorsen, Thomas; Vollsæter, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    • Impaired lymphatic function accelerates cancer growth 

      Steinskog, Eli Sihn Samdal; Sagstad, Solfrid Johanne; Wagner, Marek; Karlsen, Tine Veronica; Yang, Ning; Markhus, Carl Erik Nordvik; Yndestad, Synnøve; Wiig, Helge; Eikesdal, Hans Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-13)
      Increased lymphangiogenesis is a common feature of cancer development and progression, yet the influence of impaired lymphangiogenesis on tumor growth is elusive. C3HBA breast cancer and KHT-1 sarcoma cell lines were ...