• BRCA1 Norway: comparison of classifcation for BRCA1 germline variants detected in families with suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer between different laboratories 

  Hovland, Henrikke Nilsen; Al-Adhami, Rafal; Ariansen, Sarah Louise; Van Ghelue, Marijke; Sjursen, Wenche; Anfinsen, Sigrid Lima; Bolstad, Marte; Berger, Amund Holte; Vetti, Hildegunn Høberg; Knappskog, Per Morten; Haukanes, Bjørn Ivar; Aukrust, Ingvild; Ognedal, Elisabet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Pathogenic germline variants in Breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) predispose carriers to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). Through genetic testing of patients with suspected HBOC an increasing number ...

• Implementing a Functional Precision Medicine Tumor Board for Acute Myeloid Leukemia 

  Malani, Disha; Kumar, Ashwini; Brück, Oscar; Kontro, Mika; Yadav, Bhagwan; Hellesøy, Monica; Kuusanmäki, Heikki; Dufva, Olli; Kankainen, Matti; Eldfors, Samuli; Potdar, Swapnil; Saarela, Jani; Turunen, Laura; Parsons, Alun; Västrik, Imre; Kivinen, Katja; Saarela, Janna Saija; Räty, Riikka; Mooij, Wolf M.; Lehto, M; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Mustjoki, Satu; Aittokallio, Tero Antero; Wennerberg, Krister; Heckman, Caroline Akemi; Kallioniemi, Olli; Porkka, Kimmo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  We generated ex vivo drug-response and multiomics profiling data for a prospective series of 252 samples from 186 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A functional precision medicine tumor board (FPMTB) integrated ...

• Characterization of Glycosylation-Specific Systemic and Mucosal IgA Antibody Responses to Escherichia coli Mucinase YghJ (SslE) 

  Riaz, Saman; Steinsland, Hans; Thorsing, Mette; Andersen, Ann Z.; Boysen, Anders T.; Hanevik, Kurt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Efforts to develop broadly protective vaccines against pathogenic Escherichia coli are ongoing. A potential antigen candidate for vaccine development is the metalloprotease YghJ, or SslE. YghJ is a conserved mucinase that ...

• Impact of KRAS, BRAF and microsatellite instability status after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC in a national cohort of colorectal peritoneal metastasis patients 

  Larsen, Stein Gunnar; Goscinski, Mariusz Adam; Dueland, Svein; Steigen, Sonja Eriksson; Hofsli, Eva; Torgunrud, A.; Lund-Iversen, Marius; Dagenborg, Vegar Johansen; Flatmark, Kjersti; Sorbye, Halfdan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) carrying BRAF (mutBRAF) or KRAS mutation (mutKRAS) have an inferior prognosis after liver or lung surgery, whereas the prognostic role in the context of peritoneal ...

• Chemical diversity and cellular effects of antifungal cyclic lipopeptides from cyanobacteria 

  Fewer, David P.; Jokela, Jouni; Heinilä, Lassi; Aesoy, Reidun; Sivonen, Kaarina; Galica, Tomáš; Hrouzek, Pavel; Herfindal, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Cyanobacteria produce a variety of chemically diverse cyclic lipopeptides with potent antifungal activities. These cyclic lipopeptides have an amphipathic structure comprised of a polar peptide cycle and hydrophobic fatty ...

• 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 ...

• Pulmonary vein isolation in treatment of atrial fibrillation using radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation: factors associated with better clinical outcomes 

  Shi, Libin (Doctoral thesis, 2022-02-03)

  Background: Electrical pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is still regarded as a cornerstone for treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). It can be achieved by different techniques. We investigated the ...

• Comparison of Five Near-Infrared Fluorescent Folate Conjugates in an Ovarian Cancer Model 

  García de Jalón, Elvira; Kleinmanns, Katrin; Fosse, Vibeke Samuelsen; Davidson, Ben; Bjørge, Line; Haug, Bengt Erik; McCormack, Emmet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Purpose Fluorescence imaging (FLI) using targeted near-infrared (NIR) conjugates aids the detection of tumour lesions pre- and intraoperatively. The optimisation of tumour visualisation and contrast is essential and can ...

• Accurate population-based model for individual prediction of colon cancer recurrence 

  Österman, Erik; Ekström, Joakim; Sjöblom, Tobias; Kørner, Hartwig; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Guren, Marianne; Glimelius, Bengt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background Prediction models are useful tools in the clinical management of colon cancer patients, particularly when estimating the recurrence rate and, thus, the need for adjuvant treatment. However, the most used models ...

• Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight 

  Iurilli, Maria Laura Caminia; Zhou, Bin; Bennett, James E.; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Sophiea, Marisa K.; Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Bixby, Honor; Solomon, Bethlehem D.; Taddei, Cristina; Danaei, Goodarz; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Riley, Leanne M.; Savin, Stefan; Cowan, Melanie J.; Bovet, Pascal; Damasceno, Albertino Antonio Moura; Chirita-Emandi, Adela; Hayes, Alison J; Ikeda, Nayu; Jackson, Rod T.; Khang, Young-Ho; Laxmaiah, Avula; Liu, Jing; Miranda, J. Jaime; Saidi, Olfa; Sebert, Sylvain; Sorić, Maroje; Starc, Gregor; Gregg, Edward W.; Abarca-Gómez, Leandra; Abdeen, Ziad A.; Abdrakhmanova, Shynar; Ghaffar, Suhaila Abdul; Rahim, Hanan Abdul; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.; Garba, Jamila Abubakar; Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin; Adams, Robert J.; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Afsana, Kaosar; Afzal, Shoaib; Agdeppa, Imelda A.; Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Agyemang, Charles; Ahmad, Mohamad Hasnan; Ahmad, Noor Ani; Ahmadi, Ali; Ahmadi, Naser; Hassan, Soheir; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ariansen, Inger Kristine Holtermann; Bergh, Ingunn Holden; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Grøholt, Else Karin; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Janszky, Imre; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Madar, Ahmed Ali; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan; Meyer, Haakon Eduard; Sen, Abhijit; Skodje, Gry Irene; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Tarp, Jakob; Tell, Grethe S.; Torheim, Liv Elin; Wilsgaard, Tom (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated ...

• Genetic alterations associated with malignant transformation of sporadic vestibular schwannoma 

  Håvik, Aril Løge; Bruland, Ove; Miletic, Hrvoje; Poulsgaard, Lars; Scheie, David; Fugleholm, Kåre; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Knappskog, Per Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Introduction Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the vestibulocochlear nerve (VN-MPNST) is exceedingly rare and carries a poor prognosis. Little is known about its underlying genetics and in particular the process ...

• Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs 

  Sønderby, Ida Elken; Ching, Christopher R. K.; Thomopoulos, Sophia I.; van der Meer, Dennis; Sun, Daqiang; Villalon-Reina, Julio E.; Agartz, Ingrid; Amunts, Katrin; Arango, Celso; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa; Bakker, Geor; Bassett, Anne S.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Bulow, Robin; Butcher, Nancy J.; Calhoun, Vince D.; Caspers, Svenja; Chow, Eva W. C.; Cichon, Sven; Ciufolini, Simone; Craig, Michael C.; Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto; Cunningham, Adam C.; Dale, Anders M.; Dazzan, Paola; de Zubicaray, Greig I.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Doherty, Joanne L.; Donohoe, Gary; Draganski, Bogdan; Durdle, Courtney A.; Ehrlich, Stefan; Emanuel, Beverly S.; Espeseth, Thomas; Fisher, Simon E.; Ge, Tian; Glahn, David C.; Grabe, Hans J.; Gur, Raquel E.; Gutman, Boris A.; Lundervold, Astri J.; Haavik, Jan; Håberg, Asta; Hansen, Laura A.; Moberget, Torgeir; Sánchez, Jennifer Monereo; Reinbold, Céline Sonja; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Andreassen, Ole; et al., , (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis copy number variant (ENIGMA-CNV) and 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Working Groups (22q-ENIGMA WGs) were created to gain insight into the involvement of genetic factors ...

• Identification of pleiotropy at the gene level between psychiatric disorders and related traits 

  Polushina, Tatiana; Banerjee, Niladri; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Bettella, Francesco; Espeseth, Thomas; Lundervold, Astri J.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Cichon, Sven; Hoffmann, Per; Nöthen, Markus M.; Steen, Vidar Martin; Andreassen, Ole A.; Le Hellard, Stéphanie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Major mental disorders are highly prevalent and make a substantial contribution to the global disease burden. It is known that mental disorders share clinical characteristics, and genome-wide association studies (GWASs) ...

• Artifacts on Magnetic Resonance Imaging from Electronic Identification Enablement in Silicone Gel Implants Are Not Negligible 

  Kurz, Kathinka Dæhli; Kallevåg, Øystein; Austrått, Kenneth; Styr, Bodil Margrethe; Leiknes, Jon Bjarne; Krøger, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Breast implants filled with silicone gel are used worldwide for cosmetic reasons, or breast reconstruction following risk-reducing or therapeutic mastectomy. The importance of identifiable implants is undeniable. A recent ...

• Increased circulating IL-18 levels in severe mental disorders indicate systemic inflammasome activation 

  Szabo, Attila; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Ueland, Thor; Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed; Agartz, Ingrid; Andreou, Dimitrios; Aukrust, Pål; Boye, Birgitte; Bøen, Erlend; Drange, Ole Kristian; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Engh, John; Hope, Sigrun; Høegh, Margrethe Collier; Joa, Inge; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Lekva, Tove; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Melle, Ingrid; Morken, Gunnar; Nærland, Terje; Steen, Vidar Martin; Sørensen, Kjetil; Wedervang-Resell, Kirsten; Weibell, Melissa Anne Elin Authen; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe mental illnesses (SMI) that are part of a psychosis continuum, and dysregulated innate immune responses have been suggested to be involved in their ...

• Persistent pulmonary pathology after COVID‑19 is associated with high viral load, weak antibody response, and high levels of matrix metalloproteinase‑9 

  Lerum, Tøri Vigeland; Maltzahn, Niklas; Aukrust, Pål; Trøseid, Marius; Nezvalova-Henriksen, Katerina; Kåsine, Trine; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Stiksrud, Birgitte; Haugli, Mette; Blomberg, Bjørn; Kittang, Bård Reiakvam; Johannessen, Asgeir; Hannula, Raisa; Aballi, Saad; Kildal, Anders Benjamin; Eiken, Ragnhild; Dahl, Tuva Børresdatter; Lund-Johansen, Fridtjof; Müller, Fredrik; Rivero, Jezabel Rodriguez; Meltzer, Carin; Einvik, Gunnar; Ueland, Thor; Olsen, Inge Christoffer; Barratt-Due, Andreas; Aaløkken, Trond Mogens; Skjønsberg, Ole Henning (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The association between pulmonary sequelae and markers of disease severity, as well as pro-fibrotic mediators, were studied in 108 patients 3 months after hospital admission for COVID-19. The COPD assessment test (CAT-score), ...

• Breathing patterns in people with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction 

  Lie, Astrid Haugen; Grønnevik, Ingvild; Frisk, Bente; Røksund, Ola Drange; Hammer, Ida; Vollsæter, Maria; Halvorsen, Thomas; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is common, but we lack readily available diagnostic tools. The larynx represents an important point of resistance in the airways, and we therefore hypothesized that EILO is ...

• Potential Transcriptional Biomarkers to Guide Glucocorticoid Replacement in Autoimmune Addison's Disease 

  Sævik, Åse Bjorvatn; Wolff, Anette Susanne Bøe; Björnsdottir, Sigridur; Simunkova, Katerina; Hynne, Martha Schei; Dolan, David William Peter; Bratland, Eirik; Knappskog, Per M; Methlie, Paal; Carlsen, Siri; Isaksson, Magnus; Bensing, Sophie; Kämpe, Olof; Husebye, Eystein S; Løvås, Kristian; Øksnes, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background No reliable biomarkers exist to guide glucocorticoid (GC) replacement treatment in autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD), leading to overtreatment with alarming and persistent side effects or undertreatment, which ...

• Sex-Specific Limitations in Physical Health in Primary Adrenal Insufficiency 

  Didriksen, Nora Møller; Sævik, Åse Bjorvatn; Sortland, Linn Solveig; Øksnes, Marianne; Husebye, Eystein Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background: Patients with primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) suffer reduced quality of life (QoL), but comparisons with large-scale normative data are scarce. The clinical characteristics associated with reduced QoL are ...

• Sleep and physical activity from before conception to the end of pregnancy in healthy women: a longitudinal actigraphy study 

  Vietheer, Alexander; Kiserud, Torvid; Lie, Rolv Terje; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Kessler, Jörg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background Sleep and physical activity changes are common in pregnancy, but longitudinal data starting before conception are scarce. Our aim was to determine the changes of the daily total sleep time (TST) and physical ...

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