• Disc and nerve root findings on lumbar MRI with straightened vs flexed hips and knees—pilot study 

  Espeland, Ansgar; Seime, Nina Dalen (Journal article, 2019)

  Objective: To compare disc and nerve root findings, image quality, and pain between supine lumbar MRI positions with straightened vs flexed hips and knees. Methods: In this prospective pilot study, 14 adults with sciatica ...

• Sequential bortezomib and temozolomide treatment promotes immunological responses in glioblastoma patients with positive clinical outcomes: A phase 1B study 

  Rahman, Mohummad Aminur; Brekke, Jorunn; Arnesen, Victoria Smith; Hannisdal, Marianne; Navarro, Andrea Gras; Waha, Andreas; Herfindal, Lars; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Bratland, Eirik; Brandal, Petter; Haász, Judit; Oltedal, Leif; Miletic, Hrvoje; Lundervold, Arvid; Lie, Stein Atle; Goplen, Dorota; Chekenya, Martha (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive malignant brain tumor where median survival is approximately 15 months after best available multimodal treatment. Recurrence is inevitable, largely due to O6 methylguanine ...

• Dialektisk atferdsterapi for ungdom (DBT-A) (1.utg.). Kunnskapsoppsummering og klassifisering av tiltaket 

  Reedtz, Charlotte; Wergeland, Gro Janne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Bakgrunn: Denne artikkelen er en kunnskapsoppsummering og klassifisering av behandlingsprogrammet Dialektisk atferdsterapi for ungdom (DBT-A). DBT-A er et manual- og gruppebasert tiltak på 24 ukentlige sesjoner, rettet mot ...

• Triangulating data sources for further learning from and about the MDSR in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional review of facilitybased maternal death data from EmONCassessment and MDSR system 

  Hadush, Azmach; Dagnaw, Ftalew; Zemedu, Theodros Getachew; Bailey, Patricia; Ruano, Ana Lorena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-09)

  Background Triangulating findings from MDSR with other sources can better inform maternal health programs. A national Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) assessment and the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response ...

• Residual Corticosteroid Production in Autoimmune Addison Disease 

  Sævik, Åse Bjorvatn; Åkerman, Anna-Karin; Methlie, Paal; Quinkler, Marcus; Jørgensen, Anders Palmstrøm; Høybye, Charlotte; Debowska, Aleksandra; Nedrebø, Bjørn Gunnar; Dahle, Anne Lise; Carlsen, Siri; Tomkowicz, Aneta; Sollid, Stina Therese; Nermoen, Ingrid; Grønning, Kaja; Dahlqvist, Per; Grimnes, Guri; Skov, Jakob; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Valland, Susanna Fonneland; Wahlberg, Jeanette; Holte, Synnøve Emblem; Simunkova, Katerina; Kämpe, Olle; Husebye, Eystein Sverre; Bensing, Sophie; Øksnes, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Design: Two-staged, cross-sectional clinical study in 17 centers (Norway, Sweden, and Germany). Residual glucocorticoid (GC) production was defined as quantifiable serum cortisol and 11-deoxycortisol and residual ...

• Isoniazid resistance profile and associated levofloxacin and pyrazinamide resistance in rifampicin resistant and sensitive isolates/ from pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan: A laboratory based surveillance study 2015-19 

  Tahseen, Sabira; Khanzada, Faisal Masood; Rizvi, Alamdar Hussain; Qadir, Mahmood; Ghazal, Aisha; Baloch, Aurangzaib Quadir; Mustafa, Tehmina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Background Pakistan is among top five high burden countries for tuberculosis and drug resistant TB. Among rifampicin sensitive new pulmonary TB (PTB), prevalence of isoniazid resistance is 8.3% (95%CI: 7.0–10.7) and ...

• Human mucosal IgA immune responses against enterotoxigenic escherichia coli 

  Riaz, Saman; Steinsland, Hans; Hanevik, Kurt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-29)

  Infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major contributor to diarrheal illness in children in low- and middle-income countries and travelers to these areas. There is an ongoing effort to develop vaccines ...

• Bioinformatic analyses of miRNA-mRNA signature during hiPSC differentiation towards insulin-producing cells upon HNF4α mutation 

  Ghila, Luiza; Bjørlykke, Yngvild; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Vethe, Heidrun; Furuyama, Kenichiro; Chera, Simona; Ræder, Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) gene affect prenatal and postnatal pancreas development, being characterized by insulin-producing β-cell dysfunction. Little is known about the cellular and molecular ...

• Monocytes from neonates and adults have a similar capacity to adapt their cytokine production after previous exposure to BCG and β-glucan 

  Namakula, Rhoda; de Bree, L Charlotte J; Tvedt, Tor Henrik Anderson; Netea, Mihai G; Cose, Stephen; Hanevik, Kurt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-21)

  The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered at birth in tuberculosis (TB) endemic countries. BCG vaccination is also associated with protective non-specific effects against non-tuberculous infections. This ...

• The core clock transcription factor BMAL1 drives circadian β-cell proliferation during compensatory regeneration of the endocrine pancreas 

  Petrenko, Volodymyr; Stolovich-Rain, Miri; Vandereycken, Bart; Giovannoni, Laurianne; Storch, Kai-Florian; Dor, Yuval; Chera, Simona; Dibner, Charna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Circadian clocks in pancreatic islets participate in the regulation of glucose homeostasis. Here we examined the role of these timekeepers in β-cell regeneration after the massive ablation of β cells by doxycycline-induced ...

• Identification of a Blood-Based Protein Biomarker Panel for Lung Cancer Detection 

  El-Khoury, Victoria; Schritz, Anna; Kim, Sang-Yoon; Lesur, Antoine; Sertamo, Katriina; Bernardin, Francois; Petritis, Konstantinos; Pirrotte, Patrick; Selinsky, Cheryl; Whiteaker, Jeffrey R; Zhang, Haizhen; Kennedy, Jacob J; Lin, Chenwei; Lee, Lik Wee; Yan, Ping; Tran, Nhan L; Inge, Landon J; Chalabi, Khaled; Decker, Georges; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Paulovich, Amanda G; Berchem, Guy; Kim, Yeoun Jin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer worldwide, mainly due to its advanced stage at the time of diagnosis. A non-invasive method for its early detection remains mandatory to improve patients’ survival. Plasma levels of 351 ...

• Maternal risk factors for the VACTERL association: A EUROCAT case-control study 

  van de Putte, Romy; van Rooij, Iris A.L.M.; Haanappel, Cynthia P.; Marcelis, Carlo L.M.; Brunner, Han G.; Addor, Marie-Claude; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; Dias, Carlos Matias; Draper, Elizabeth S.; Etxebarriarteun, Larraitz; Gatt, Miriam; Khoshnood, Babak; Kinsner-Ovaskainen, Agnieszka; Klungsøyr, Kari; Kurinczuk, Jenny J.; Latos-Bielenska, Anna; Luyt, Karen; O'Mahony, Mary T.; Miller, Nicola; Mullaney, Carmel; Nelen, Vera; Neville, Amanda J.; Perthus, Isabelle; Pierini, Anna; Randrianaivo, Hanitra; Rankin, Judith; Rissmann, Anke; Rouget, Florence; Schaub, Bruno; Tucker, David; Wellesley, Diana; Wiesel, Awi; Zymak-Zakutnia, Natalya; Loane, Maria; Barisic, Ingeborg; de Walle, Hermien E.K.; Bergman, Jorieke E. H.; Roeleveld, Nel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Background The VACTERL association (VACTERL) is the nonrandom occurrence of at least three of these congenital anomalies: vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal, and limb anomalies. Despite suggestions for ...

• Getting Physically Active by E-Bike : An Active Commuting Intervention Study 

  Mildestvedt, Thomas; Hovland, Olav Johannes; Berntsen, Sveinung; Bere, Elling Tufte; Fegran, Liv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Introduction: Increased physical activity (PA) is a major component in promoting public health, and active commuting could make an important contribution. Using an electric bicycle (e-bike) is reported to be of at least ...

• The cost-effectiveness of using resultsbased financing to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in Malawi 

  Chinkhumba, Jobiba Joe Henderson; De Allergi, Manuela; Brenner, Stephan; Robberstad, Bjarne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Introduction Results-based financing (RBF) is being promoted to increase coverage and quality of maternal and perinatal healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Evidence on the cost-effectiveness of RBF is ...

• Effects of a multicomponent high intensity exercise program on physical function and health-related quality of life in older adults with or at risk of mobility disability after discharge from hospital: a randomised controlled trial 

  Sunde, Sylvia; Hesseberg, Karin; Skelton, Dawn A.; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Pripp, Are Hugo; Aarønæs, Marit; Brovold, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Background Many older people suffer from mobility limitations and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after discharge from hospital. A consensus regarding the most effective exercise-program to optimize physical ...

• Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Pumps and Tumor Cell Differentiation 

  Papp, Bela; Launay, Sophie; Gelebart, Pascal; Arbabian, Atousa; Enyedi, Agnes; Brouland, Jean-Philippe; Carosella, Edgardo D.; Adle-Biassette, Homa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium homeostasis plays an essential role in cellular calcium signaling, intra-ER protein chaperoning and maturation, as well as in the interaction of the ER with other organelles. Calcium is ...

• Effect of continuous positive airway pressure on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with obstructive sleep apnea 

  Lundetræ, Ragnhild Stokke; Saxvig, Ingvild W.; Lehmann, Sverre; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Purpose The objective was to assess the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We hypothesized a decrease in symptoms at ...

• The novel microRNAs hsa-miR-nov7 and hsamiR- nov3 are over-expressed in locally advanced breast cancer 

  Poduval, Deepak; Sichmanovà, Zuzana; Straume, Anne Hege; Lønning, Per Eystein; Knappskog, Stian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  miRNAs are an important class of small non-coding RNAs, which play a versatile role in gene regulation at the post-transcriptional level. Expression of miRNAs is often deregulated in human cancers. We analyzed small RNA ...

• Association of adult lung function with accelerated biological aging 

  Rezwan, Faizal I; Imboden, Medea; Amaral, André F.S.; Wielscher, Matthias; Jeong, Ayoung; Triebner, Kai; Gomez Real, Francisco; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Jarvis, Deborah; Probst-Hensch, Nicole M; Holloway, John W (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Lung function, strongly associated with morbidity and mortality, decreases with age. This study examines whether poor adult lung function is associated with age accelerations (AAs). DNA methylation (DNAm) based AAs, lifespan ...

• References for ultrasound staging of breast maturation, tanner breast staging, pubic hair, and menarche in Norwegian girls 

  Bruserud, Ingvild Særvold; Roelants, Mathieu; Oehme, Ninnie; Madsen, Andre; Eide, Geir Egil; Bjerknes, Robert; Rosendahl, Karen; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Context: Discriminating adipose and glandular tissue is challenging when clinically assessing breast development. Ultrasound facilitates staging of pubertal breast maturation (US B), but has not been systematically compared ...

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