• 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 ...
    • 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), ...
    • PIK3CA exon9 mutations associate with reduced survival, and are highly concordant between matching primary tumors and metastases in endometrial cancer 

      Mjøs, Siv; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Birkeland, Even; Holst, Frederik; Berg, Anna; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Kusonmano, Kanthida; Mauland, Karen Klepsland; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Lewis, Aurelia Eva; Mills, Gordon B.; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Salvesen, Helga; Høivik, Erling Andre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-31)
      Mutations of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) catalytic subunit alpha gene (PIK3CA) are frequent in endometrial cancer. We sequenced exon9 and exon20 of PIK3CA in 280 primary endometrial cancers to assess the relationship ...
    • Pre-diagnostic circulating concentrations of fat-soluble vitamins and risk of glioma in three cohort studies 

      Yue, Yiyang; Creed, Jordan H.; Cote, David J.; Stampfer, Meir J.; Wang, Molin; Midttun, Øivind; McCann, Adrian; Ueland, Per Magne; Furtado, Jeremy; Egan, Kathleen; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Few prospective studies have evaluated the relation between fat-soluble vitamins and glioma risk. Using three cohorts—UK Biobank (UKB), Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS), we ...
    • Prenatal iron exposure and childhood type 1 diabetes 

      Størdal, Ketil; McArdle, Harry J.; Hayes, Helen; Tapia, German; Viken, Marte K; Lund-Blix, Nicolai Andre; Haugen, Margaretha; Joner, Geir; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Mårild, Karl Staffan; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Eggesbø, Merete Åse; Mandal, Siddhartha; Page, Christian; London, Stephanie J.; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-13)
      Iron overload due to environmental or genetic causes have been associated diabetes. We hypothesized that prenatal iron exposure is associated with higher risk of childhood type 1 diabetes. In the Norwegian Mother and Child ...
    • 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 ...
    • Rifaximin alters gut microbiota profile, but does not affect systemic inflammation - a randomized controlled trial in common variable immunodeficiency 

      Jørgensen, Silje Fjellgård; Macpherson, Magnhild Eide; Bjørnetrø, Tonje; Holm, Kristian; Kummen, Martin; Rashidi, Azita; Michelsen, Annika; Lekva, Tove; Halvorsen, Bente; Trøseid, Marius; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Berge, Rolf Kristian; Yndestad, Arne; Ueland, Thor; Karlsen, Tom Hemming; Aukrust, Pål; Hov, Johannes Espolin Roksund; Fevang, Børre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-17)
      Common variable immunodefciency (CVID) patients have reduced gut microbial diversity compared to healthy controls. The reduced diversity is associated with gut leakage, increased systemic infammation and ten “key” bacteria ...
    • Rosuvastatin alters the genetic composition of the human gut microbiome 

      Kummen, Martin; Solberg, Ole Geir; Larsen, Christopher Storm; Holm, Kristian; Ragnarsson, Asgrimur; Trøseid, Marius; Vestad, Beate; Skårdal, Rita; Yndestad, Arne; Ueland, Thor; Svardal, Asbjørn M.; Berge, Rolf Kristian; Seljeflot, Ingebjørg; Gullestad, Lars; Karlsen, Tom Hemming; Aaberge, Lars; Aukrust, Pål; Hov, Johannes Espolin Roksund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The gut microbiome contributes to the variation of blood lipid levels, and secondary bile acids are associated with the effect of statins. Yet, our knowledge of how statins, one of our most common drug groups, affect the ...
    • Runaway multi-allelic copy number variation at the α-defensin locus in African and Asian populations 

      Hughes, Timothy; Hansson, Lars; Akkouh, Ibrahim; Hajdarevic, Riad; Bringsli, Jorunn; Torsvik, Anja; Inderhaug, Elin; Steen, Vidar Martin; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-04)
      Alpha defensins are anti-microbial peptides of the innate immune system. The defensin A1 and A3 genes are located in a repeat array of variable copy number (the DEFA1A3 locus) and encode the human neutrophil peptides 1, 2 ...
    • Sample-Index Misassignment Impacts Tumour Exome Sequencing 

      Vodak, Daniel; Lorenz, Susanne; Nakken, Sigve; Aasheim, Lars Birger; Holte, Harald; Bai, Baoyan; Myklebost, Ola; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda; Hovig, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03-28)
      Sample pooling enabled by dedicated indexes is a common strategy for cost-effective and robust high-throughput sequencing. Index misassignment leading to mutual contamination between pooled samples has however been described ...
    • Species Level Description of the Human Ileal Bacterial Microbiota 

      Villmones, Heidi Cecilie; Haug, Erik Skaaheim; Ulvestad, Elling; Grude, Nils; Stenstad, Tore; Halland, Adrian; Kommedal, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The small bowel is responsible for most of the body’s nutritional uptake and for the development of intestinal and systemic tolerance towards microbes. Nevertheless, the human small bowel microbiota has remained poorly ...
    • Transcriptomic landscape of blood platelets in healthy donors 

      Supernat, Anna; Popęda, Marta; Pastuszak, Krzysztof; Best, Myron G.; Grešner, Peter; Veld, Sjors In ’t; Siek, Bartłomiej; Bednarz-Knoll, Natalia; Rondina, Matthew T.; Stokowy, Tomasz; Würdinger, Thomas; Jassem, Jacek; Żaczek, Anna J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Blood platelet RNA-sequencing is increasingly used among the scientific community. Aberrant platelet transcriptome is common in cancer or cardiovascular disease, but reference data on platelet RNA content in healthy ...
    • Within-person reproducibility of proteoforms related to inflammation and renal dysfunction 

      Gao, Jie; McCann, Adrian; Laupsa-Borge, Johnny; Nygård, Ottar Kjell; Ueland, Per Magne; Meyer, Klaus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Protein biomarkers and microheterogeneity have attracted increasing attention in epidemiological and clinical research. Knowledge of within-person reproducibility over time is paramount to determine whether a single ...