• Molecular mechanisms of nutlin-3 involve acetylation of p53, histones and heat shock proteins in acute myeloid leukemia 

      Haaland, Ingvild; Opsahl, Jill Anette; Berven, Frode S.; Reikvam, Håkon; Fredly, Hanne Kristin; Haugse, Ragnhild; Thiede, Bernd; McCormack, Emmet; Lain, Sonia; Bruserud, Øystein; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-21)
      Background: The small-molecule MDM2 antagonist nutlin-3 has proved to be an effective p53 activating therapeutic compound in several preclinical cancer models, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We and others have ...
    • Molecular mechanisms of sonoporation in cancer therapy : Optimization of sonoporation parameters and investigations of intracellular signalling 

      Haugse, Ragnhild (Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-17)
      Background: Sonoporation, which is treatment with ultrasound (US) and microbubbles (MB), has shown great potential for enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy in cancer therapy. However, there is still very ...
    • Molecular pathways in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus revealed by gene-centred DNA sequencing 

      Sandling, Johanna K.; Pucholt, Pascal; Hultin Rosenberg, Lina; Farias, Fabiana H.G.; Kozyrev, Sergey V.; Eloranta, Maija-Leena; Alexsson, Andrei; Bianchi, Matteo; Padyukov, Leonid; Bengtsson, Christine; Jonsson, Roland; Omdal, Roald; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Massarenti, Laura; Steffensen, Rudi; Jakobsen, Marianne A.; Lillevang, Søren T.; Lerang, Karoline; Molberg, Øyvind; Voss, Anne; Troldborg, Anne; Jacobsen, Søren; Syvänen, Ann-Christine; Jönsen, Andreas; Gunnarsson, Iva; Svenungsson, Elisabet; Rantapää-Dahlqvist, Solbritt; Bengtsson, Anders A.; Sjöwall, Christopher; Leonard, Dag; Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin; Rönnblom, Lars (Journal article, 2021)
      Objectives Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with extensive heterogeneity in disease presentation between patients, which is likely due to an underlying molecular diversity. Here, we aimed at ...
    • Molecular profiling of circulating tumor cells links plasticity to the metastatic process in endometrial cancer 

      Alonso-Alconada, Lorena; Muinelo-Romay, Laura; Madissoo, Kadri; Diaz-Lopez, Antonio; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Wik, Elisabeth; Hapangama, Dharani; Coenegrachts, Lieve; Cano, Amparo; Gil-Moreno, Antonio; Chiva, Luis; Cueva, Juan; Vieito, Maria; Ortega, Eugenia; Mariscal, Javier; Colas, Eva; Castellvi, Josep; Cusido, Maite; Dolcet, Xavier; Nijman, Hans W.; Bosse, Tjalling; Green, John A.; Romano, Andrea; Reventos, Jaume; Lopez-Lopez, Rafael; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Amant, Frederic; Matias-Guiu, Xavier; Moreno-Bueno, Gema; Abal, Miguel; on behalf of ENITEC Consortium (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-27)
      Background: About 20% of patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer (EC) are considered high-risk with unfavorable prognosis. In the framework of the European Network for Individualized Treatment in EC (ENITEC), we ...
    • Monitoring children and adolescents with severe obesity: body mass index (BMI), BMI z‐score or percentage above the International Obesity Task Force overweight cut‐off? 

      Løkling, Hanne L; Roelants, Mathieu; Kommedal, Kristin; Skjåkødegård, Hanna Flækøy; Apalset, Ellen M; Benestad, Beate; Morken, Mette Helvik; Hjelmesæth, Jøran; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Aim: Body mass index (BMI) metrics are widely used as a proxy for adiposity in children with severe obesity. The BMI expressed as the percentage of a cut‐off percentile for overweight or obesity has been proposed as a ...
    • Monitoring multiple myeloma by quantification of recurrent mutations in serum 

      Rustad, Even Holth; Coward, Eivind; Skytøen, Emilie R; Misund, Kristine; Holien, Toril; Standal, Therese; Børset, Magne; Beisvag, Vidar; Myklebost, Ola; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda; Hong, Yan Dai; Sundan, Anders; Waage, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Circulating tumor DNA is a promising biomarker to monitor tumor load and genome alterations. We explored the presence of circulating tumor DNA in multiple myeloma patients and its relation to disease activity during long-term ...
    • The monocyte system in haematological malignancies 

      Rundgren, Ida Marie (Doctoral thesis, 2020-04-17)
      Monocytes consist of classical, intermediate, and non-classical monocytes. In haematological malignancies, such as multiple myeloma and acute myeloid leukaemia, monocytes are affected by both the disease itself and the ...
    • Monocyte-derived dendritic cells in cancer immunotherapy : Considerations on their applicability 

      Yi, Dag Heiro (Doctoral thesis, 2021-02-17)
      Cancer is the leading cause of death in the developed world. While treatment options and detection have improved over the last century, mortality rate remains high especially in metastatic disease. Traditional treatment ...
    • Morphine enhances doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in the rat 

      Hole, Lisa Drange; Larsen, Terje H.; Fossan, Kjell Ove; Limé, Fredrik; Schjøtt, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09)
      Interventions to reduce the cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin are clinically relevant. Pharmacological preconditioning mimicking ischemic preconditioning has been demonstrated with morphine and represents an acceptable clinical ...
    • Mortality related to hospital-associated infections in a tertiary hospital; repeated cross-sectional studies between 2004-2011 

      Koch, Anne Mette; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Eriksen, Hanne-Merete; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-29)
      Background: Hospital-associated infections (HAIs) are reported to increase patient mortality and incur longer hospital stays. Most studies to date have focused on specific groups of hospitalised patients with a rather short ...
    • Motivation and response rates in bronchoscopy studies 

      Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Eagan, Tomas Mikal; Leiten, Elise Orvedal; Nordeide, Eli; Bakke, Per S.; Lehmann, Sverre; Nielsen, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-02)
      Background Bronchoscopy is frequently used to sample the lower airways in lung microbiome studies. Despite being a safe procedure, it is associated with discomfort that may result in reservations regarding participation ...
    • Motor development related to duration of exclusive breastfeeding, B vitamin status and B12 supplementation in infants with a birth weight between 2000-3000 g, results from a randomized intervention trial 

      Torsvik, Ingrid Kristin; Ueland, Per Magne; Markestad, Trond; Midttun, Øivind; Monsen, Anne-Lise Bjørke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-18)
      Background: Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is assumed to ensure adequate micronutrients for term infants. Our objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged breastfeeding on B vitamin status and neurodevelopment ...
    • Moxetumomab pasudotox in heavily pre-treated patients with relapsed/refractory hairy cell leukemia (HCL): long-term follow-up from the pivotal trial 

      Kreitman, Robert J.; Dearden, Claire; Zinzani, Pier Luigi; Delgado, Julio; Robak, Tadeusz; le Coutre, Philipp; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Troussard, Xavier; Roboz, Gail J.; Karlin, Lionel; Gladstone, Douglas E.; Kuptsova-Clarkson, Nataliya; Liu, Shiyao; Patel, Priti; Rotolo, Federico; Mitry, Emmanuel; Pastan, Ira; Giles, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Moxetumomab pasudotox is a recombinant CD22-targeting immunotoxin. Here, we present the long-term follow-up analysis of the pivotal, multicenter, open-label trial (NCT01829711) of moxetumomab pasudotox in ...
    • MRI adipose tissue segmentation and quantification in R (RAdipoSeg) 

      Haugen, Christine; Lysne, Vegard; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Tjora, Erling; Gudbrandsen, Oddrun Anita; Sagen, Jørn Vegard; Dankel, Simon N; Mellgren, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-08)
      Background: Excess adipose tissue is associated with increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk, but the volume of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue poses different metabolic risks. MRI with fat suppression can be ...
    • MtDNA sequence features associated with 'selfish genomes' predict tissue-specific segregation and reversion 

      Røyrvik, Ellen Christine; Johnston, Iain (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes cellular machinery vital for cell and organism survival. Mutations, genetic manipulation, and gene therapies may produce cells where different types of mtDNA coexist in admixed populations. ...
    • MTHFD1 and relevant biomarkers in cardiovascular disease: Observational studies in patients with suspected stable angina pectoris in Norway 

      Ding, Yunpeng (Doctoral thesis, 2017-03-24)
      Background: As the leading cause of death globally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major public health burden. Epidemiological and experimental studies consistently demonstrate an association between elevated total ...
    • Mulige interaksjoner mellom tyrosin kinase reseptoren Axl, metabolisme og proliferasjon i brystkreftceller (MDA-MB-231) 

      Bergslien, Ingunn (Master thesis, 2009-05-19)
      Metabolismen i kreftceller er assosiert med økt aerob glykolyse, et fenomen omtalt som Warburg effekten. Den forhøyede glykolytiske raten utgjør en av de større forskjellene, som skiller normale celler fra kreftceller, og ...
    • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk 

      Shrine, Nick; Izquierdo, Abril G.; Chen, Jing; Packer, Richard; Hall, Robert J.; Guyatt, Anna L.; Batini, Chiara; Thompson, Rebecca J.; Pavuluri, Chandan; Malik, Vidhi; Hobbs, Brian D.; Moll, Matthew; Kim, Wonji; Tal-Singer, Ruth; Bakke, Per S.; Fawcett, Katherine A.; John, Catherine; Coley, Kayesha; Piga, Noemi Nicole; Pozarickij, Alfred; Lin, Kuang; Millwood, Iona Y.; Chen, Zhengming; Li, Liming; Wijnant, Sara R A; Lahousse, Lies; Brusselle, Guy; Uitterlinden, Andre G.; Manichaikul, Ani; Oelsner, Elizabeth C.; Rich, Stephen S.; Barr, R Graham; Kerr, Shona M.; Vitart, Veronique; Brown, Michael R.; Wielscher, Matthias; Imboden, Medea; Jeong, Ayoung; Bartz, Traci M.; Gharib, Sina A.; Flexeder, Claudia; Karrasch, Stefan; Gieger, Christian; Peters, Annette; Stubbe, Beate; Hu, Xiaowei; Ortega, Victor E.; Meyers, Deborah A.; Bleecker, Eugene R.; Gabriel, Stacey B.; Gupta, Namrata; Smith, Albert Vernon; Luan, Jian'an; Zhao, Jing-Hua; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Langhammer, Arnulf; Willer, Cristen; Bhatta, Laxmi; Porteous, David; Smith, Blair H.; Campbell, Archie; Sofer, Tamar; Lee, Jiwon; Daviglus, Martha L.; Yu, Bing; Lim, Elise; Xu, Hanfei; O'Connor, George T.; Thareja, Gaurav; Albagha, Omar M E; Suhre, Karsten; Granell, Raquel; Faquih, Tariq O.; Hiemstra, Pieter S.; Slats, Annelies M.; Mullin, Benjamin H.; Hui, Jennie; James, Alan; Beilby, John; Patasova, Karina; Hysi, Pirro; Koskela, Jukka T.; Wyss, Annah B.; Jin, Jianping; Sikdar, Sinjini; Lee, Mikyeong; May-Wilson, Sebastian; Pirastu, Nicola; Kentistou, Katherine A.; Joshi, Peter K.; Timmers, Paul R H J; Williams, Alexander T.; Free, Robert C.; Wang, Xueyang; Morrison, John L.; Gilliland, Frank D.; Chen, Zhanghua; Wang, Carol A.; Foong, Rachel E.; Harris, Sarah E.; Taylor, Adele; Redmond, Paul; Cook, James P.; Mahajan, Anubha; Lind, Lars; Palviainen, Teemu; Lehtimäki, Terho; Raitakari, Olli T.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Rantanen, Taina; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Cox, Simon R.; Pennell, Craig E.; Hall, Graham L.; Gauderman, W James; Brightling, Chris; Wilson, James F.; Vasankari, Tuula; Laitinen, Tarja; Salomaa, Veikko; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Dupuis, Josée; Hayward, Caroline; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Langenberg, Claudia; Weiss, Stefan; Homuth, Georg; Schmidt, Carsten Oliver; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Morrison, Alanna C.; Polasek, Ozren; Rudan, Igor; Lee, Joo-Hyeon; Sayers, Ian; Rawlins, Emma L.; Dudbridge, Frank; Silverman, Edwin K.; Strachan, David P.; Walters, Robin G.; Morris, Andrew P.; London, Stephanie J.; Cho, Michael H.; Wain, Louise V.; Hall, Ian P.; Tobin, Martin D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Lung-function impairment underlies chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and predicts mortality. In the largest multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of lung function to date, comprising 580,869 ...
    • Multi-omics and machine learning for the prevention and management of female reproductive health 

      Kharb, Simmi; Joshi, Anagha (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Females typically carry most of the burden of reproduction in mammals. In humans, this burden is exacerbated further, as the evolutionary advantage of a large and complex human brain came at a great cost of women’s ...
    • The multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20): psychometrical testing in a Norwegian sample of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients 

      Jelsness-Jørgensen, Lars-Petter; Moum, Bjørn Allan; Grimstad, Tore Bjørn; Jahnsen, Jørgen; Hovde, Øistein; Frigstad, Svein Oskar; Bernklev, Tomm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      OBJECTIVES To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS Participants were recruited from nine ...