• Associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autoimmune diseases are modified by sex: a population-based cross-sectional study 

      Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Instanes, Johanne Telnes; Haavik, Jan; Klungsøyr, Kari; Engeland, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)
      Several studies have demonstrated associations between neuropsychiatric disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the immune system, including autoimmune diseases. Since ADHD and many autoimmune ...
    • Atomic view into plasmodium actin polymerization, ATP hydrolysis, and fragmentation 

      Kumpula, Esa-Pekka; Lopez Moreno, Andrea Johana; Tajedin, Leila; Han, Huijong; Kursula, Inari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Plasmodium actins form very short filaments and have a noncanonical link between ATP hydrolysis and polymerization. Long filaments are detrimental to the parasites, but the structural factors constraining Plasmodium ...
    • Attention Network Test in adults with ADHD - the impact of affective fluctuations 

      Lundervold, Astri Johansen; Adólfsdóttir, Steinunn; Halleland, Helene Barone; Halmøy, Anne; Plessen, Kerstin von; Haavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-27)
      Background: The Attention Network Test (ANT) generates measures of different aspects of attention/executive function. In the present study we investigated whether adults with ADHD performed different from controls on ...
    • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and smoking habits in pregnant women 

      Anderson, Anneli; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Chen, Qi; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Almqvist, Catarina; D'Onofrio, Brian M.; Hartman, Catharina A; Klungsøyr, Kari; Haavik, Jan; Tuvblad, Catherine; Larsson, Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with an increased risk of tobacco smoking, and more difficulties with smoking cessation compared to non-ADHD individuals. Women with ADHD may ...
    • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in adults. Clinical characteristics and pre- and perinatal risk factors 

      Halmøy, Anne (Doctoral thesis, 2011-01-28)
      Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is currently a prevalent diagnosis in child psychiatry, typically affecting 2-5 % of school-aged children world-wide. The recent and increasing awareness that ADHD may persist ...
    • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and dietary habits in adulthood: A large population-based twin study in Sweden 

      Li, Lin; Taylor, Mark J.; Bälter, Katarina; Kuja-Halkola, Ralf; Chen, Qi; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Tate, Ashley E.; Chang, Zheng; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Hartman, Catharina A.; Larsson, Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Associations between adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and dietary habits have not been well established and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We explored these associations using a ...
    • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; sex differences in psychiatric comorbidity and transgenerational recurrence risks : A population-based study using Norwegian registry data 

      Solberg, Berit Skretting (Doctoral thesis, 2020-02-07)
      Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heterogeneous, multifactorial and life-spanning neurodevelopmental disorder for which the underlying mechanisms and causes are not fully understood. Psychiatric ...
    • Autoimmune Addison's Disease and DNA Methylation. Identification of Differentially Methylated Regions and Development of Methylation Specific PCR for Selected Genes 

      Islam, Shahinul (Master thesis, 2012-07-01)
      Autoimmune Addison's Disease (AAD) is a classical organ-specific autoimmune disease (AID) that is characterized by autoreactivity towards the adrenal cortex, leading to insufficient production of steroid hormones and death ...
    • Automated Quantification and Integrative Analysis of 2D and 3D Mitochondrial Shape and Network Properties 

      Nikolaisen, Julie; Nilsson, Linn Iren Hodneland; Pettersen, Ina Katrine Nitschke; Willems, Peter H. G. M.; Lorens, James B.; Koopman, Werner J. H.; Tronstad, Karl Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-02)
      Mitochondrial morphology and function are coupled in healthy cells, during pathological conditions and (adaptation to) endogenous and exogenous stress. In this sense mitochondrial shape can range from small globular ...
    • Automated splitting into batches for observational biomedical studies with sequential processing 

      Burger, Bram; Vaudel, Marc; Barsnes, Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Experimental design usually focuses on the setting where treatments and/or other aspects of interest can be manipulated. However, in observational biomedical studies with sequential processing, the set of available samples ...
    • AXL is a driver of stemness in normal mammary gland and breast cancer 

      Engelsen, Agnete; Wnuk-Lipinska, Katarzyna; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Vatter, Fanny A. Pelissier; Tiron, Crina Elena; Villadsen, René; Miyano, Masaru; Lotsberg, Maria Lie; Madeleine, Noëlly; Panahandeh, Pouda; Dhakal, Sushil; Tan, Tuan Zea; Peters, Stacey D'Mello; Grøndal, Sturla Magnus; Aziz, Sura Mohammed; Nord, Silje; Herfindal, Lars; Stampfer, Martha R.; Sørlie, Therese; Brekken, Rolf A; Straume, Oddbjørn; Halberg, Nils; Gausdal, Gro; Thiery, Jean Paul; Akslen, Lars A.; Petersen, Ole W.; LaBarge, Mark A.; Lorens, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The receptor tyrosine kinase AXL is associated with epithelial plasticity in several solid tumors including breast cancer and AXL-targeting agents are currently in clinical trials. We hypothesized that AXL is a driver of ...
    • AXL Targeting Abrogates Autophagic Flux and Induces Immunogenic Cell Death in Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells 

      Lotsberg, Maria Lie; Wnuk-Lipinska, Katarzyna; Terry, Stéphane; Tan, Tuan Zea; Lu, Ning; Trachsel-Moncho, Laura; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Siraji, Muntequa Ishtiaq; Hellesøy, Monica; Rayford, Austin James; Jacobsen, Kirstine; Ditzel, Henrik J; Vintermyr, Olav Karsten; Bivona, Trever G; Minna, John; Brekken, Rolf A; Baguley, Bruce; Micklem, David; Akslen, Lars A.; Gausdal, Gro; Simonsen, Anne; Thiery, Jean Paul; Chouaib, Salem; Lorens, James; Engelsen, Agnete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Introduction Acquired cancer therapy resistance evolves under selection pressure of immune surveillance and favors mechanisms that promote drug resistance through cell survival and immune evasion. AXL receptor tyrosine ...
    • AXL targeting restores PD-1 blockade sensitivity of STK11/LKB1 mutant NSCLC through expansion of TCF1+ CD8 T cells 

      Li, Huiyu; Liu, Zhida; Liu, Longchao; Zhang, Hongyi; Han, Chuanhui; Girard, Luc; Park, Hyunsil; Zhang, Anli; Dong, Chunbo; Ye, Jianfeng; Rayford, Austin James; Peyton, Michael; Li, Xiaoguang; Avila, Kimberley; Cao, Xuezhi; Hu, Shuiqing; Alam, Md Maksudul; Akbay, Esra A.; Solis, Luisa M.; Behrens, Carmen; Hernandez-Ruiz, Sharia; Lu, Wei; Wistuba, Ignacio; Heymach, John V.; Chisamore, Michael; Micklem, David Robert; Gabra, Hani; Gausdal, Gro; Lorens, James; Li, Bo; Fu, Yang-Xin; Minna, John D.; Brekken, Rolf A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Mutations in STK11/LKB1 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are associated with poor patient responses to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), and introduction of a Stk11/Lkb1 (L) mutation into murine lung adenocarcinomas ...
    • B-type natriuretic peptide expression and cardioprotection is regulated by Akt dependent signaling at early reperfusion 

      Breivik, Lars Ertesvåg; Jensen, Andreas; Guvåg, Steinar; Aarnes, Eva-Katrine; Aspevik, Anne; Helgeland, Erik; Hovland, Siren; Brattelid, Trond; Jonassen, Anne K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)
      Exogenously administered B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been shown to offer cardioprotection through activation of particulate guanylyl cyclase (pGC), protein kinase G (PKG) and KATP channel opening. The current study ...
    • The balance between NAD+ biosynthesis and consumption in ageing 

      Strømland, Øyvind; Diab, Joseph; Ferrario, Eugenio; Sverkeli, Lars Jansen; Ziegler, Mathias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a vital coenzyme in redox reactions. NAD+ is also important in cellular signalling as it is consumed by PARPs, SARM1, sirtuins and CD38. Cellular NAD+ levels regulate several ...
    • BDNF-induced LTP is associated with rapid Arc/Arg3.1-dependent enhancement in adult hippocampal neurogenesis 

      Kuipers, Sjoukje; Trentani, Andrea; Tiron, Adrian; Mao, Xiaosong; Kuhl, Dietmar; Bramham, Clive R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-18)
      Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus is a remarkable phenomenon involved in various aspects of learning and memory as well as disease pathophysiology. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) represents a major player in ...
    • The Benefit of Large Neutral Amino Acid Supplementation to a Liberalized Phenylalanine-Restricted Diet in Adult Phenylketonuria Patients: Evidence from Adult Pah-Enu2 Mice 

      Van Vliet, Danique; van der Goot, Els; van Ginkel, Wiggert G; van Faassen, Martijn H J R; de Blaauw, Pim; Kema, Ido P.; Martinez, Aurora; Heiner-Fokkema, M Rebecca; van der Zee, Eddy A; van Spronsen, Francjan J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-19)
      Many phenylketonuria (PKU) patients cannot adhere to the severe dietary restrictions as advised by the European PKU guidelines, which can be accompanied by aggravated neuropsychological impairments that, at least in part, ...
    • Bevacizumab treatment induces metabolic adaptation toward anaerobic metabolism in glioblastomas 

      Fack, Fred; Espedal, Heidi; Keunen, Olivier; Golebiewska, Anna; Obad, Nina; Harter, Patrick N.; Mittelbronn, Michel; Bähr, Oliver; Weyerbrock, Astrid; Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug; Miletic, Hrvoje; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Stieber, Daniel; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Zheng, Liang; Gottlieb, Eyal; Niclou, Simone P.; Bjerkvig, Rolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01)
      Anti-angiogenic therapy in glioblastoma (GBM) has unfortunately not led to the anticipated improvement in patient prognosis. We here describe how human GBM adapts to bevacizumab treatment at the metabolic level. By performing ...
    • Bi-specific tenascin-C and fibronectin targeted peptide for solid tumor delivery 

      Lingasamy, Prakash; Tobi, Allan; Haugas, Maarja; Hunt, Hedi; Paiste, Paarn; Asser, Toomas; Ratsep, Tonu; Kotamraju, Venkata Ramana; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Teesalu, Tambet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Oncofetal fibronectin (FN-EDB) and tenascin-C C domain (TNC-C) are nearly absent in extracellular matrix of normal adult tissues but upregulated in malignant tissues. Both FN-EDB and TNC-C are developed as targets of ...
    • Bidirectional Dysregulation of AMPA Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Brain Disorders 

      Zhang, Hongyu; Bramham, Clive R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-10)
      AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels that mediate the majority of fast excitatory synaptic transmission throughout the brain. Changes in the properties and postsynaptic abundance of AMPARs are pivotal ...