Magnar Bjørås

  • Research scientist, Group leader; M.Sc.
 

Publications 2024

Bordin DL, Grooms K, Montaldo NP, Fordyce Martin SL, Sætrom P, Samson LD, Bjørås M, van Loon B (2024)
Loss of alkyladenine DNA glycosylase alters gene expression in the developing mouse brain and leads to reduced anxiety and improved memory
DNA Repair (Amst), 135, 103632
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103632, PubMed 38280242

Bugaj AM, Kunath N, Saasen VL, Fernandez-Berrocal MS, Vankova A, Sætrom P, Bjørås M, Ye J (2024)
Dissecting gene expression networks in the developing hippocampus through the lens of NEIL3 depletion
Prog Neurobiol, 235, 102599
DOI 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2024.102599, PubMed 38522610

Ianevski A, Frøysa IT, Lysvand H, Calitz C, Smura T, Schjelderup Nilsen HJ, Høyer E, Afset JE, Sridhar A, Wolthers KC, Zusinaite E, Tenson T, Kurg R, Oksenych V, Galabov AS, Stoyanova A, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2024)
The combination of pleconaril, rupintrivir, and remdesivir efficiently inhibits enterovirus infections in vitro, delaying the development of drug-resistant virus variants
Antiviral Res, 224, 105842
DOI 10.1016/j.antiviral.2024.105842, PubMed 38417531

Neurauter CG, Pannone M, Sousa MML, Wang W, Kuśnierczyk A, Luna L, Sætrom P, Scheffler K, Bjørås M (2024)
Enhanced glutathione levels confer resistance to apoptotic and ferroptotic programmed cell death in NEIL DNA glycosylase deficient HAP1 cells
Free Radic Biol Med, 213, 470-487
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.01.037, PubMed 38301978

Wang J, Yang M, Ali O, Dragland JS, Bjørås M, Farkas L (2024)
Predicting regulatory mutations and their target genes by new computational integrative analysis: A study of follicular lymphoma
Comput Biol Med, 178, 108787
DOI 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108787, PubMed 38901187

Yang M, Kaarbø M, Myhre V, Reims HM, Karlsen TH, Wang J, Rognes T, Halvorsen B, Fevang B, Lundin KEA, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Jørgensen SF (2024)
Altered Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in the Duodenum of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Patients
J Clin Immunol, 44 (6), 133
DOI 10.1007/s10875-024-01726-5, PubMed 38780872

Publications 2023

Bali N, Brennhaug SJ, Bjørås M, Bandyopadhyay S, Manaf A (2023)
Optimized synthesis of polyacrylic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles for high-efficiency DNA isolation and size selection
RSC Adv, 13 (42), 29109-29120
DOI 10.1039/d3ra04687g, PubMed 37800135

Benjakul S, Anthi AK, Kolderup A, Vaysburd M, Lode HE, Mallery D, Fossum E, Vikse EL, Albecka A, Ianevski A, Kainov D, Karlsen KF, Sakya SA, Nyquist-Andersen M, Gjølberg TT, Moe MC, Bjørås M, Sandlie I, James LC, Andersen JT (2023)
A pan-SARS-CoV-2-specific soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-albumin fusion engineered for enhanced plasma half-life and needle-free mucosal delivery
PNAS Nexus, 2 (12), pgad403
DOI 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad403, PubMed 38077689

Lin X, Wang W, Yang M, Damseh N, de Sousa MML, Jacob F, Lång A, Kristiansen E, Pannone M, Kissova M, Almaas R, Kuśnierczyk A, Siller R, Shahrour M, Al-Ashhab M, Abu-Libdeh B, Tang W, Slupphaug G, Elpeleg O, Bøe SO, Eide L, Sullivan GJ, Rinholm JE, Song H, Ming GL et al. (2023)
A loss-of-function mutation in human Oxidation Resistance 1 disrupts the spatial-temporal regulation of histone arginine methylation in neurodevelopment
Genome Biol, 24 (1), 216
DOI 10.1186/s13059-023-03037-1, PubMed 37773136

Quiles-Jiménez A, Sousa MML, Huse C, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Holter JC, Christensen EE, Tonby K, Holten AR, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Dahl TB, Halvorsen B (2023)
Severely ill COVID-19 patients have altered circulating levels of proteins controlling the epitranscriptome
J Infect, 86 (6), 593-595
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.03.002, PubMed 36889510

Ramos-Alonso L, Holland P, Le Gras S, Zhao X, Jost B, Bjørås M, Barral Y, Enserink JM, Chymkowitch P (2023)
Mitotic chromosome condensation resets chromatin to safeguard transcriptional homeostasis during interphase
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 120 (4), e2210593120
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2210593120, PubMed 36656860

Ravlo E, Ianevski A, Starheim E, Wang W, Ji P, Lysvand H, Smura T, Kivi G, Voolaid ML, Plaan K, Ustav M, Ustav M, Zusinaite E, Tenson T, Kurg R, Oksenych V, Walstad K, Nordbø SA, Kaarbø M, Ernits K, Bjørås M, Kainov DE, Fenstad MH (2023)
Boosted production of antibodies that neutralized different SARS-CoV-2 variants in a COVID-19 convalescent following messenger RNA vaccination - a case study
Int J Infect Dis, 137, 75-78
DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.10.011, PubMed 37852599

Ravlo E, Sousa MML, Andersen LL, Holberg-Petersen M, Klundby I, Aas PA, Hagen L, Erlandsen SE, Malmring JF, Ali Z, Sharma A, Ottesen V, Bandyopadhyay S, Bjørås M (2023)
A fast, low-cost, robust and high-throughput method for viral nucleic acid isolation based on NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles
Sci Rep, 13 (1), 11714
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-38743-0, PubMed 37474666

Schipmann-Miletic S, Sivakanesan S, Rath DS, Brandal P, Vik-Mo E, Bjørås M, Solheim O, Ingebrigtsen T, Sund F, Bjerkvig R, Miletic H, Johannessen TA, Sundstrøm T (2023)
[Glioblastoma in adults]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (2)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0314, PubMed 36718891

Starheim EJ, Ravlo E, Schjølberg JO, Solvang V, Wang W, Scrimgeour NR, Manaf A, Erlandsen SE, Aas PA, Hagen L, de Sousa MML, Bjørås M (2023)
NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles for low-cost, efficient isolation of mammalian DNA and RNA
Sci Rep, 13 (1), 20836
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-46868-5, PubMed 38012172

Sæbø IP, Bjørås M, Franzyk H, Helgesen E, Booth JA (2023)
Optimization of the Hemolysis Assay for the Assessment of Cytotoxicity
Int J Mol Sci, 24 (3)
DOI 10.3390/ijms24032914, PubMed 36769243

Yang M, Ali O, Bjørås M, Wang J (2023)
Identifying functional regulatory mutation blocks by integrating genome sequencing and transcriptome data
iScience, 26 (8), 107266
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107266, PubMed 37520692

Publications 2022

Ali O, Farooq A, Yang M, Jin VX, Bjørås M, Wang J (2022)
abc4pwm: affinity based clustering for position weight matrices in applications of DNA sequence analysis
BMC Bioinformatics, 23 (1), 83
DOI 10.1186/s12859-022-04615-z, PubMed 35240993

Egiazarian MA, Strømstad S, Sakshaug T, Nunez-Nescolarde AB, Bethge N, Bjørås M, Scheffler K (2022)
Age- and sex-dependent effects of DNA glycosylase Neil3 on amyloid pathology, adult neurogenesis, and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Free Radic Biol Med, 193 (Pt 2), 685-693
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.11.020, PubMed 36395955

Ianevski A, Ahmad S, Anunnitipat K, Oksenych V, Zusinaite E, Tenson T, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2022)
Seven classes of antiviral agents
Cell Mol Life Sci, 79 (12), 605
DOI 10.1007/s00018-022-04635-1, PubMed 36436108

Ianevski A, Simonsen RM, Myhre V, Tenson T, Oksenych V, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2022)
DrugVirus.info 2.0: an integrative data portal for broad-spectrum antivirals (BSA) and BSA-containing drug combinations (BCCs)
Nucleic Acids Res, 50 (W1), W272-W275
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkac348, PubMed 35610052

Ianevski A, Yao R, Simonsen RM, Myhre V, Ravlo E, Kaynova GD, Zusinaite E, White JM, Polyak SJ, Oksenych V, Windisch MP, Pan Q, Lastauskienė E, Vitkauskienė A, Matukevičius A, Tenson T, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2022)
Mono- and combinational drug therapies for global viral pandemic preparedness
iScience, 25 (4), 104112
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104112, PubMed 35402870

Ianevski A, Zusinaite E, Tenson T, Oksenych V, Wang W, Afset JE, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2022)
Novel Synergistic Anti-Enteroviral Drug Combinations
Viruses, 14 (9)
DOI 10.3390/v14091866, PubMed 36146673

Karlsen TR, Olsen MB, Kong XY, Yang K, Quiles-Jiménez A, Kroustallaki P, Holm S, Lines GT, Aukrust P, Skarpengland T, Bjørås M, Dahl TB, Nilsen H, Gregersen I, Halvorsen B (2022)
NEIL3-deficient bone marrow displays decreased hematopoietic capacity and reduced telomere length
Biochem Biophys Rep, 29, 101211
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101211, PubMed 35079641

Kennedy L, Glesaaen ER, Palibrk V, Pannone M, Wang W, Al-Jabri A, Suganthan R, Meyer N, Austbø ML, Lin X, Bergersen LH, Bjørås M, Rinholm JE (2022)
Lactate receptor HCAR1 regulates neurogenesis and microglia activation after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia
Elife, 11
DOI 10.7554/eLife.76451, PubMed 35942676

Kaarbø M, Yang M, Hov JR, Holm K, de Sousa MML, Macpherson ME, Reims HM, Kran AB, Halvorsen B, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Lundin KEA, Fevang B, Bjørås M, Jørgensen SF (2022)
Duodenal inflammation in common variable immunodeficiency has altered transcriptional response to viruses
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 151 (3), 767-777
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.09.029, PubMed 36220400

Liu X, Risbakk S, Carvalho PA, Yang M, Backe PH, Bjørås M, Norby T, Chatzitakis A (2022)
Immobilization of FeFe-hydrogenase on black TiO2 nanotubes as biocathodes for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Electrochemistry Communications, 135, 107221
DOI 10.1016/j.elecom.2022.107221, PublikaID 419

Olsen MB, Huse C, de Sousa MML, Murphy SL, Sarno A, Obermann TS, Yang K, Holter JC, Jørgensen MJ, Christensen EE, Wang W, Ji P, Heggelund L, Hoel H, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Gregersen I, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB (2022)
DNA Repair Mechanisms are Activated in Circulating Lymphocytes of Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients
J Inflamm Res, 15, 6629-6644
DOI 10.2147/JIR.S379331, PubMed 36514358

Olsen MB, Sannes AC, Yang K, Nielsen MB, Einarsen SV, Christensen JO, Pallesen S, Bjørås M, Gjerstad J (2022)
Mapping of pituitary stress-induced gene regulation connects Nrcam to negative emotions
iScience, 25 (9), 104953
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104953, PubMed 36060062

Pinto SM, Subbannayya Y, Kim H, Hagen L, Górna MW, Nieminen AI, Bjørås M, Espevik T, Kainov D, Kandasamy RK (2022)
Multi-OMICs landscape of SARS-CoV-2-induced host responses in human lung epithelial cells
iScience, 26 (1), 105895
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105895, PubMed 36590899

Quiles-Jiménez A, Dahl TB, Bjørås M, Alseth I, Halvorsen B, Gregersen I (2022)
Epitranscriptome in Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease: Potential Target for Therapies
Stroke, 53 (6), 2114-2122
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.037581, PubMed 35240858

Ravlo E, Evensen L, Sanson G, Hildonen S, Ianevski A, Skjervold PO, Ji P, Wang W, Kaarbø M, Kaynova GD, Kainov DE, Bjørås M (2022)
Antiviral Immunoglobulins of Chicken Egg Yolk for Potential Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Viruses, 14 (10)
DOI 10.3390/v14102121, PubMed 36298676

Publications 2021

Ahmadi A, Till K, Backe PH, Blicher P, Diekmann R, Schüttpelz M, Glette K, Tørresen J, Bjørås M, Rowe AD, Dalhus B (2021)
Non-flipping DNA glycosylase AlkD scans DNA without formation of a stable interrogation complex
Commun Biol, 4 (1), 876
DOI 10.1038/s42003-021-02400-x, PubMed 34267321

Aprigliano R, Aksu ME, Bradamante S, Mihaljevic B, Wang W, Rian K, Montaldo NP, Grooms KM, Fordyce Martin SL, Bordin DL, Bosshard M, Peng Y, Alexov E, Skinner C, Liabakk NB, Sullivan GJ, Bjørås M, Schwartz CE, van Loon B (2021)
Increased p53 signaling impairs neural differentiation in HUWE1-promoted intellectual disabilities
Cell Rep Med, 2 (4), 100240
DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100240, PubMed 33948573

de Sousa MML, Ye J, Luna L, Hildrestrand G, Bjørås K, Scheffler K, Bjørås M (2021)
Impact of Oxidative DNA Damage and the Role of DNA Glycosylases in Neurological Dysfunction
Int J Mol Sci, 22 (23)
DOI 10.3390/ijms222312924, PubMed 34884729

Hildrestrand GA, Rolseth V, Kunath N, Suganthan R, Jensen V, Bugaj AM, Fernandez-Berrocal MS, Sikko SB, Vetlesen S, Kuśnierczyk A, Olsen AK, Gützkow KB, Rowe AD, Wang W, Moldestad O, Syrstad MD, Slupphaug G, Eide L, Klungland A, Sætrom P, Luna L, Ye J, Scheffler K, Bjørås M (2021)
NEIL1 and NEIL2 DNA glycosylases modulate anxiety and learning in a cooperative manner in mice
Commun Biol, 4 (1), 1354
DOI 10.1038/s42003-021-02864-x, PubMed 34857879

Ianevski A, Yao R, Lysvand H, Grødeland G, Legrand N, Oksenych V, Zusinaite E, Tenson T, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2021)
Nafamostat-Interferon-α Combination Suppresses SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Vitro and In Vivo by Cooperatively Targeting Host TMPRSS2
Viruses, 13 (9)
DOI 10.3390/v13091768, PubMed 34578348

Ianevski A, Yao R, Zusinaite E, Lello LS, Wang S, Jo E, Yang J, Ravlo E, Wang W, Lysvand H, Løseth K, Oksenych V, Tenson T, Windisch MP, Poranen MM, Nieminen AI, Nordbø SA, Fenstad MH, Grødeland G, Aukrust P, Trøseid M, Kantele A, Lastauskienė E, Vitkauskienė A, Legrand N et al. (2021)
Synergistic Interferon-Alpha-Based Combinations for Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viral Infections
Viruses, 13 (12)
DOI 10.3390/v13122489, PubMed 34960758

Ianevski A, Yao R, Zusinaite E, Lysvand H, Oksenych V, Tenson T, Bjørås M, Kainov D (2021)
Active Components of Commonly Prescribed Medicines Affect Influenza A Virus-Host Cell Interaction: A Pilot Study
Viruses, 13 (8)
DOI 10.3390/v13081537, PubMed 34452402

Karlsen TR, Kong XY, Holm S, Quiles-Jiménez A, Dahl TB, Yang K, Sagen EL, Skarpengland T, S Øgaard JD, Holm K, Vestad B, Olsen MB, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Hov JR, Halvorsen B, Gregersen I (2021)
NEIL3-deficiency increases gut permeability and contributes to a pro-atherogenic metabolic phenotype
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 19749
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-98820-0, PubMed 34611194

Ko M, Chang SY, Byun SY, Ianevski A, Choi I, Pham Hung d'Alexandry d'Orengiani AL, Ravlo E, Wang W, Bjørås M, Kainov DE, Shum D, Min JY, Windisch MP (2021)
Screening of FDA-Approved Drugs Using a MERS-CoV Clinical Isolate from South Korea Identifies Potential Therapeutic Options for COVID-19
Viruses, 13 (4)
DOI 10.3390/v13040651, PubMed 33918958

Kong XY, Huse C, Yang K, Øgaard J, Berges N, Vik ES, Nawaz MS, Quiles-Jiménez A, Abbas A, Gregersen I, Holm S, Bjerkli V, Rashidi A, Fladeby C, Suganthan R, Sagen EL, Skjelland M, Lång A, Bøe SO, Bjørås M, Aukrust P, Alseth I, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB (2021)
Endonuclease V Regulates Atherosclerosis Through C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2-Mediated Monocyte Infiltration
J Am Heart Assoc, 10 (14), e020656
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.120.020656, PubMed 34259011

Kunath N, Bugaj AM, Bigonah P, Fernandez-Berrocal MS, Bjørås M, Ye J (2021)
DNA repair enzyme NEIL3 enables a stable neural representation of space by shaping transcription in hippocampal neurons
iScience, 24 (12), 103470
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103470, PubMed 34988395

Ladner JT, Henson SN, Boyle AS, Engelbrektson AL, Fink ZW, Rahee F, D'ambrozio J, Schaecher KE, Stone M, Dong W, Dadwal S, Yu J, Caligiuri MA, Cieplak P, Bjørås M, Fenstad MH, Nordbø SA, Kainov DE, Muranaka N, Chee MS, Shiryaev SA, Altin JA (2021)
Epitope-resolved profiling of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response identifies cross-reactivity with endemic human coronaviruses
Cell Rep Med, 2 (1), 100189
DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100189, PubMed 33495758

Lobie TA, Roba AA, Booth JA, Kristiansen KI, Aseffa A, Skarstad K, Bjørås M (2021)
Antimicrobial resistance: A challenge awaiting the post-COVID-19 era
Int J Infect Dis, 111, 322-325
DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.003, PubMed 34508864

Maddirevula S, Alameer S, Ewida N, de Sousa MML, Bjørås M, Vågbø CB, Alkuraya FS (2021)
Insight into ALKBH8-related intellectual developmental disability based on the first pathogenic missense variant
Hum Genet, 141 (2), 209-215
DOI 10.1007/s00439-021-02391-z, PubMed 34757492

Quan Z, Luo C, Zhu B, Zhao C, Yang M, Bjørås M, Zhu K, Kjøniksen AL (2021)
Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of chitosan/polypropylene carbonate-based nanoparticles
RSC Adv, 11 (17), 10121-10129
DOI 10.1039/d0ra09257f, PubMed 35423476

Quiles-Jiménez A, Gregersen I, Segers FM, Skarpengland T, Kroustallaki P, Yang K, Kong XY, Lauritzen KH, Olsen MB, Karlsen TR, Nyman TA, Sagen EL, Bjerkeli V, Suganthan R, Nygård S, Scheffler K, Prins J, Van der Veer E, Øgaard JD, Fløisand Y, Jørgensen HF, Holven KB, Biessen EA, Nilsen H, Dahl TB et al. (2021)
DNA glycosylase Neil3 regulates vascular smooth muscle cell biology during atherosclerosis development
Atherosclerosis, 324, 123-132
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.02.023, PubMed 33714552

Roliński M, Montaldo NP, Aksu ME, Fordyce Martin SL, Brambilla A, Kunath N, Johansen J, Erlandsen SE, Liabbak NB, Rian K, Bjørås M, Sætrom P, van Loon B (2021)
Loss of Mediator complex subunit 13 (MED13) promotes resistance to alkylation through cyclin D1 upregulation
Nucleic Acids Res, 49 (3), 1470-1484
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1289, PubMed 33444446

Wollen KL, Hagen L, Vågbø CB, Rabe R, Iveland TS, Aas PA, Sharma A, Sporsheim B, Erlandsen HO, Palibrk V, Bjørås M, Fonseca DM, Mosammaparast N, Slupphaug G (2021)
ALKBH3 partner ASCC3 mediates P-body formation and selective clearance of MMS-induced 1-methyladenosine and 3-methylcytosine from mRNA
J Transl Med, 19 (1), 287
DOI 10.1186/s12967-021-02948-6, PubMed 34217309

Xu KQ, Chatzitakis A, Backe PH, Ruan QS, Tang JW, Rise F, Bjoras M, Norby T (2021)
In situ cofactor regeneration enables selective CO2 reduction in a stable and efficient enzymatic photoelectrochemical cell
Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 296, 120349
DOI 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120349

Xu KQ, Chatzitakis A, Risbakk S, Yang MY, Backe PH, Grandcolas M, Bjoras M, Norby T (2021)
High performance and toxicity assessment of Ta3N5 nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Catal. Today, 361, 57-62
DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.12.031

Publications 2020

Andersen PI, Ianevski A, Lysvand H, Vitkauskiene A, Oksenych V, Bjørås M, Telling K, Lutsar I, Dumpis U, Irie Y, Tenson T, Kantele A, Kainov DE (2020)
Discovery and development of safe-in-man broad-spectrum antiviral agents
Int J Infect Dis, 93, 268-276
DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.018, PubMed 32081774

Backe PH, Laerdahl JK, Kittelsen LS, Dalhus B, Mørkrid L, Bjørås M (2020)
Structural basis for substrate and product recognition in human phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM1) isoform 2, a member of the α-D-phosphohexomutase superfamily
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 5656
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-62548-0, PubMed 32221390

Bjoras M (2020)
Nobel Prize for discovering how cells adapt to changing oxygen levels
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 140 (1), 8

Booth JA, Špírek M, Lobie TA, Skarstad K, Krejci L, Bjørås M (2020)
Antibiotic-induced DNA damage results in a controlled loss of pH homeostasis and genome instability
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 19422
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-76426-2, PubMed 33173044

Farooq A, Grønmyr S, Ali O, Rognes T, Scheffler K, Bjørås M, Wang J (2020)
HMST-Seq-Analyzer: A new python tool for differential methylation and hydroxymethylation analysis in various DNA methylation sequencing data
Comput Struct Biotechnol J, 18, 2877-2889
DOI 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.09.038, PubMed 33163148

Ianevski A, Kulesskiy E, Krpina K, Lou G, Aman Y, Bugai A, Aasumets K, Akimov Y, Bulanova D, Gildemann K, Arutyunyan AF, Susova OY, Zhuze AL, Ji P, Wang W, Holien T, Bugge M, Zusinaite E, Oksenych V, Lysvand H, Gerhold JM, Bjørås M, Johansen P, Waage A, Heckman CA et al. (2020)
Chemical, Physical and Biological Triggers of Evolutionary Conserved Bcl-xL-Mediated Apoptosis
Cancers (Basel), 12 (6)
DOI 10.3390/cancers12061694, PubMed 32630560

Ianevski A, Yao R, Biza S, Zusinaite E, Mannik A, Kivi G, Planken A, Kurg K, Tombak EM, Ustav M, Shtaida N, Kulesskiy E, Jo E, Yang J, Lysvand H, Løseth K, Oksenych V, Aas PA, Tenson T, Vitkauskienė A, Windisch MP, Fenstad MH, Nordbø SA, Ustav M, Bjørås M et al. (2020)
Identification and Tracking of Antiviral Drug Combinations
Viruses, 12 (10)
DOI 10.3390/v12101178, PubMed 33080984

Ianevski A, Yao R, Fenstad MH, Biza S, Zusinaite E, Reisberg T, Lysvand H, Løseth K, Landsem VM, Malmring JF, Oksenych V, Erlandsen SE, Aas PA, Hagen L, Pettersen CH, Tenson T, Afset JE, Nordbø SA, Bjørås M, Kainov DE (2020)
Potential Antiviral Options against SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Viruses, 12 (6)
DOI 10.3390/v12060642, PubMed 32545799

Kong XY, Vik ES, Nawaz MS, Berges N, Dahl TB, Vågbø C, Suganthan R, Segers F, Holm S, Quiles-Jiménez A, Gregersen I, Fladeby C, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Klungland A, Halvorsen B, Alseth I (2020)
Deletion of Endonuclease V suppresses chemically induced hepatocellular carcinoma
Nucleic Acids Res, 48 (8), 4463-4479
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa115, PubMed 32083667

Ladner JT, Henson SN, Boyle AS, Engelbrektson AL, Fink ZW, Rahee F, D'ambrozio J, Schaecher KE, Stone M, Dong W, Dadwal S, Yu J, Caligiuri MA, Cieplak P, Bjørås M, Fenstad MH, Nordbø SA, Kainov DE, Muranaka N, Chee MS, Shiryaev SA, Altin JA (2020)
Epitope-resolved profiling of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response identifies cross-reactivity with an endemic human CoV
bioRxiv
DOI 10.1101/2020.07.27.222943, PubMed 32743570

Lobie TA, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Beyene D, Bjørås M, Aseffa A (2020)
Genetic diversity and drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the Benishangul Gumuz region and its surroundings, Northwest Ethiopia
PLoS One, 15 (4), e0231320
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0231320, PubMed 32267877

Louwe MC, Olsen MB, Kaasbøll OJ, Yang K, Fosshaug LE, Alfsnes K, Øgaard JDS, Rashidi A, Skulberg VM, Yang M, de Miranda Fonseca D, Sharma A, Aronsen JM, Schrumpf E, Ahmed MS, Dahl CP, Nyman TA, Ueland T, Melum E, Halvorsen BE, Bjørås M, Attramadal H, Sjaastad I, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2020)
Absence of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Hematopoietic Cells Reduces Adverse Remodeling After Experimental Myocardial Infarction
JACC Basic Transl Sci, 5 (12), 1210-1224
DOI 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.09.013, PubMed 33426377

Nedal A, Ræder SB, Dalhus B, Helgesen E, Forstrøm RJ, Lindland K, Sumabe BK, Martinsen JH, Kragelund BB, Skarstad K, Bjørås M, Otterlei M (2020)
Peptides containing the PCNA interacting motif APIM bind to the β-clamp and inhibit bacterial growth and mutagenesis
Nucleic Acids Res, 48 (10), 5540-5554
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa278, PubMed 32347931

Połeć A, Rowe AD, Blicher P, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Bøe SO (2020)
PML Regulates the Epidermal Differentiation Complex and Skin Morphogenesis during Mouse Embryogenesis
Genes (Basel), 11 (10)
DOI 10.3390/genes11101130, PubMed 32992884

Quiles-Jiménez A, Gregersen I, Mittelstedt Leal de Sousa M, Abbas A, Kong XY, Alseth I, Holm S, Dahl TB, Skagen K, Skjelland M, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Halvorsen B (2020)
N6-methyladenosine in RNA of atherosclerotic plaques: An epitranscriptomic signature of human carotid atherosclerosis
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 533 (4), 631-637
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.09.057, PubMed 33004177

Rodriguez-Vargas JM, Martin-Hernandez K, Wang W, Kunath N, Suganthan R, Amé JC, Oliver FJ, Ye J, Bjørås M, Dantzer F (2020)
Parp3 promotes astrocytic differentiation through a tight regulation of Nox4-induced ROS and mTorc2 activation
Cell Death Dis, 11 (11), 954
DOI 10.1038/s41419-020-03167-5, PubMed 33159039

Sahaf Naeini A, Farooq A, Bjørås M, Wang J (2020)
IGAP-integrative genome analysis pipeline reveals new gene regulatory model associated with nonspecific TF-DNA binding affinity
Comput Struct Biotechnol J, 18, 1270-1286
DOI 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.05.024, PubMed 32612751

Scheffler K, Jalland CMO, Benestad SL, Moldal T, Ersdal C, Gunnes G, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Tranulis MA (2020)
DNA glycosylase Neil2 contributes to genomic responses in the spleen during clinical prion disease
Free Radic Biol Med, 152, 348-354
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.03.030, PubMed 32259578

Yang M, Lin X, Segers F, Suganthan R, Hildrestrand GA, Rinholm JE, Aas PA, Sousa MML, Holm S, Bolstad N, Warren D, Berge RK, Johansen RF, Yndestad A, Kristiansen E, Klungland A, Luna L, Eide L, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Bjørås M (2020)
OXR1A, a Coactivator of PRMT5 Regulating Histone Arginine Methylation
Cell Rep, 30 (12), 4165-4178.e7
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.063, PubMed 32209476

Publications 2019

Ahmadi A, Rosnes I, Blicher P, Diekmann R, Schüttpelz M, Glette K, Tørresen J, Bjørås M, Dalhus B, Rowe AD (2019)
Publisher Correction: Breaking the speed limit with multimode fast scanning of DNA by Endonuclease V
Nat Commun, 10 (1), 1991
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-10070-x, PubMed 31024006

Ahmadi A, Till K, Hafting Y, Schüttpelz M, Bjørås M, Glette K, Tørresen J, Rowe AD, Dalhus B (2019)
Additive manufacturing of laminar flow cells for single-molecule experiments
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 16784
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-53151-z, PubMed 31727950

Andersen PI, Krpina K, Ianevski A, Shtaida N, Jo E, Yang J, Koit S, Tenson T, Hukkanen V, Anthonsen MW, Bjoras M, Evander M, Windisch MP, Zusinaite E, Kainov DE (2019)
Novel Antiviral Activities of Obatoclax, Emetine, Niclosamide, Brequinar, and Homoharringtonine
Viruses, 11 (10)
DOI 10.3390/v11100964, PubMed 31635418

Berges N, Nawaz MS, Børresdatter Dahl T, Hagen L, Bjørås M, Laerdahl JK, Alseth I (2019)
Complex alternative splicing of human Endonuclease V mRNA, but evidence for only a single protein isoform
PLoS One, 14 (11), e0225081
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0225081, PubMed 31703097

Bjørås M (2019)
[Nobel Prize for discovery of how cells adapt to changing oxygen level]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 139 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0764, PubMed 31948215

Bösl K, Ianevski A, Than TT, Andersen PI, Kuivanen S, Teppor M, Zusinaite E, Dumpis U, Vitkauskiene A, Cox RJ, Kallio-Kokko H, Bergqvist A, Tenson T, Merits A, Oksenych V, Bjørås M, Anthonsen MW, Shum D, Kaarbø M, Vapalahti O, Windisch MP, Superti-Furga G, Snijder B, Kainov D, Kandasamy RK (2019)
Common Nodes of Virus-Host Interaction Revealed Through an Integrated Network Analysis
Front Immunol, 10, 2186
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02186, PubMed 31636628

Castañeda-Zegarra S, Huse C, Røsand Ø, Sarno A, Xing M, Gago-Fuentes R, Zhang Q, Alirezaylavasani A, Werner J, Ji P, Liabakk NB, Wang W, Bjørås M, Oksenych V (2019)
Generation of a Mouse Model Lacking the Non-Homologous End-Joining Factor Mri/Cyren
Biomolecules, 9 (12)
DOI 10.3390/biom9120798, PubMed 31795137

Ianevski A, Andersen PI, Merits A, Bjørås M, Kainov D (2019)
Expanding the activity spectrum of antiviral agents
Drug Discov Today, 24 (5), 1224-1228
DOI 10.1016/j.drudis.2019.04.006, PubMed 30980905

Li X, Zhao Q, Wei W, Lin Q, Magnan C, Emami MR, Wearick-Silva LE, Viola TW, Marshall PR, Yin J, Madugalle SU, Wang Z, Nainar S, Vågbø CB, Leighton LJ, Zajaczkowski EL, Ke K, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bjørås M, Baldi PF, Spitale RC, Bredy TW (2019)
The DNA modification N6-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine (m6dA) drives activity-induced gene expression and is required for fear extinction
Nat Neurosci, 22 (4), 534-544
DOI 10.1038/s41593-019-0339-x, PubMed 30778148

Montaldo NP, Bordin DL, Brambilla A, Rösinger M, Fordyce Martin SL, Bjørås KØ, Bradamante S, Aas PA, Furrer A, Olsen LC, Kunath N, Otterlei M, Sætrom P, Bjørås M, Samson LD, van Loon B (2019)
Alkyladenine DNA glycosylase associates with transcription elongation to coordinate DNA repair with gene expression
Nat Commun, 10 (1), 5460
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-13394-w, PubMed 31784530

Scheffler K, Bjørås KØ, Bjørås M (2019)
Diverse functions of DNA glycosylases processing oxidative base lesions in brain
DNA Repair (Amst), 81, 102665
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102665, PubMed 31327582

Xu K, Chatzitakis A, Risbakk S, Yang M, Backe PH, Grandcolas M, Bjørås M, Norby T (2019)
High performance and toxicity assessment of Ta3N5 nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Catalysis Today, 0, 1-6 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.12.031, PublikaID 337

Ystgaard MB, Scheffler K, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Ranheim T, Sagen EL, Halvorsen B, Saugstad OD, Yndestad A (2019)
Neuromodulatory Effect of NLRP3 and ASC in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Neonatology, 115 (4), 355-362
DOI 10.1159/000497200, PubMed 30909283

Zhang Z, Manaf A, Li Y, Perez SP, Suganthan R, Dahl JA, Bjørås M, Klungland A (2019)
Histone Methylations Define Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Subtypes in the Mouse Subventricular Zone
Mol Neurobiol, 57 (2), 997-1008
DOI 10.1007/s12035-019-01777-5, PubMed 31654318

Publications 2018

Ahmadi A, Rosnes I, Blicher P, Diekmann R, Schüttpelz M, Glette K, Tørresen J, Bjørås M, Dalhus B, Rowe AD (2018)
Breaking the speed limit with multimode fast scanning of DNA by Endonuclease V
Nat Commun, 9 (1), 5381
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-07797-4, PubMed 30568191

Alexeeva M, Guragain P, Tesfahun AN, Tomkuvienė M, Arshad A, Gerasimaitė R, Rukšėnaitė A, Urbanavičiūtė G, Bjørås M, Laerdahl JK, Klungland A, Klimašauskas S, Bjelland S (2018)
Excision of the doubly methylated base N4,5-dimethylcytosine from DNA by Escherichia coli Nei and Fpg proteins
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 373 (1748)
DOI 10.1098/rstb.2017.0337, PubMed 29685966

Askeland G, Dosoudilova Z, Rodinova M, Klempir J, Liskova I, Kuśnierczyk A, Bjørås M, Nesse G, Klungland A, Hansikova H, Eide L (2018)
Increased nuclear DNA damage precedes mitochondrial dysfunction in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Huntington's disease patients
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 9817
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-27985-y, PubMed 29959348

Askeland G, Rodinova M, Štufková H, Dosoudilova Z, Baxa M, Smatlikova P, Bohuslavova B, Klempir J, Nguyen TD, Kuśnierczyk A, Bjørås M, Klungland A, Hansikova H, Ellederova Z, Eide L (2018)
A transgenic minipig model of Huntington's disease shows early signs of behavioral and molecular pathologies
Dis Model Mech, 11 (10)
DOI 10.1242/dmm.035949, PubMed 30254085

Bosshard M, Aprigliano R, Gattiker C, Palibrk V, Markkanen E, Backe PH, Pellegrino S, Raymond FL, Froyen G, Altmeyer M, Bjørås M, Dianov GL, Loon BV (2018)
Publisher Correction: Impaired oxidative stress response characterizes HUWE1-promoted X-linked intellectual disability
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 6010
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-24189-2, PubMed 29651030

Gago-Fuentes R, Xing M, Sæterstad S, Sarno A, Dewan A, Beck C, Bradamante S, Bjørås M, Oksenych V (2018)
Normal development of mice lacking PAXX, the paralogue of XRCC4 and XLF
FEBS Open Bio, 8 (3), 426-434
DOI 10.1002/2211-5463.12381, PubMed 29511619

Ianevski A, Zusinaite E, Kuivanen S, Strand M, Lysvand H, Teppor M, Kakkola L, Paavilainen H, Laajala M, Kallio-Kokko H, Valkonen M, Kantele A, Telling K, Lutsar I, Letjuka P, Metelitsa N, Oksenych V, Bjørås M, Nordbø SA, Dumpis U, Vitkauskiene A, Öhrmalm C, Bondeson K, Bergqvist A, Aittokallio T et al. (2018)
Novel activities of safe-in-human broad-spectrum antiviral agents
Antiviral Res, 154, 174-182
DOI 10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.04.016, PubMed 29698664

Li M, Zhao X, Wang W, Shi H, Pan Q, Lu Z, Perez SP, Suganthan R, He C, Bjørås M, Klungland A (2018)
Ythdf2-mediated m6A mRNA clearance modulates neural development in mice
Genome Biol, 19 (1), 69
DOI 10.1186/s13059-018-1436-y, PubMed 29855337

Reiten MR, Malachin G, Kommisrud E, Østby GC, Waterhouse KE, Krogenæs AK, Kusnierczyk A, Bjørås M, Jalland CMO, Nekså LH, Røed SS, Stenseth EB, Myromslien FD, Zeremichael TT, Bakkebø MK, Espenes A, Tranulis MA (2018)
Stress Resilience of Spermatozoa and Blood Mononuclear Cells without Prion Protein
Front Mol Biosci, 5, 1
DOI 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00001, PubMed 29417049

Rognlien AGW, Wollen EJ, Atneosen-Åsegg M, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Saugstad OD (2018)
Neonatal Ogg1/Mutyh knockout mice have altered inflammatory gene response compared to wildtype mice in the brain and lung after hypoxia-reoxygenation
J Perinat Med, 47 (1), 114-124
DOI 10.1515/jpm-2018-0172, PubMed 30020889

Zusinaite E, Ianevski A, Niukkanen D, Poranen MM, Bjørås M, Afset JE, Tenson T, Velagapudi V, Merits A, Kainov DE (2018)
A Systems Approach to Study Immuno- and Neuro-Modulatory Properties of Antiviral Agents
Viruses, 10 (8)
DOI 10.3390/v10080423, PubMed 30103549

Publications 2017

Batmanov K, Wang W, Bjørås M, Delabie J, Wang J (2017)
Integrative whole-genome sequence analysis reveals roles of regulatory mutations in BCL6 and BCL2 in follicular lymphoma
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 7040
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-07226-4, PubMed 28765546

Bj Rås KØ, Sousa MML, Sharma A, Fonseca DM, S Gaard CK, Bj Rås M, Otterlei M (2017)
Monitoring of the spatial and temporal dynamics of BER/SSBR pathway proteins, including MYH, UNG2, MPG, NTH1 and NEIL1-3, during DNA replication
Nucleic Acids Res, 45 (14), 8291-8301
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkx476, PubMed 28575236

Bosshard M, Aprigliano R, Gattiker C, Palibrk V, Markkanen E, Backe PH, Pellegrino S, Raymond FL, Froyen G, Altmeyer M, Bjørås M, Dianov GL, van Loon B (2017)
Impaired oxidative stress response characterizes HUWE1-promoted X-linked intellectual disability
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 15050
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-15380-y, PubMed 29118367

Morland C, Andersson KA, Haugen ØP, Hadzic A, Kleppa L, Gille A, Rinholm JE, Palibrk V, Diget EH, Kennedy LH, Stølen T, Hennestad E, Moldestad O, Cai Y, Puchades M, Offermanns S, Vervaeke K, Bjørås M, Wisløff U, Storm-Mathisen J, Bergersen LH (2017)
Exercise induces cerebral VEGF and angiogenesis via the lactate receptor HCAR1
Nat Commun, 8, 15557
DOI 10.1038/ncomms15557, PubMed 28534495

Olsen MB, Hildrestrand GA, Scheffler K, Vinge LE, Alfsnes K, Palibrk V, Wang J, Neurauter CG, Luna L, Johansen J, Øgaard JDS, Ohm IK, Slupphaug G, Kuśnierczyk A, Fiane AE, Brorson SH, Zhang L, Gullestad L, Louch WE, Iversen PO, Østlie I, Klungland A, Christensen G, Sjaastad I, Sætrom P et al. (2017)
NEIL3-Dependent Regulation of Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation Prevents Myocardial Rupture
Cell Rep, 18 (1), 82-92
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.009, PubMed 28052262

Ottesen AH, Carlson CR, Louch WE, Dahl MB, Sandbu RA, Johansen RF, Jarstadmarken H, Bjørås M, Høiseth AD, Brynildsen J, Sjaastad I, Stridsberg M, Omland T, Christensen G, Røsjø H (2017)
Glycosylated Chromogranin A in Heart Failure: Implications for Processing and Cardiomyocyte Calcium Homeostasis
Circ Heart Fail, 10 (2)
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003675, PubMed 28209766

Pawar T, Bjørås M, Klungland A, Eide L (2017)
Metabolism and DNA repair shape a specific modification pattern in mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrion, 40, 16-28
DOI 10.1016/j.mito.2017.09.002, PubMed 28893634

Rolseth V, Luna L, Olsen AK, Suganthan R, Scheffler K, Neurauter CG, Esbensen Y, Kuśnierczyk A, Hildrestrand GA, Graupner A, Andersen JM, Slupphaug G, Klungland A, Nilsen H, Bjørås M (2017)
No cancer predisposition or increased spontaneous mutation frequencies in NEIL DNA glycosylases-deficient mice
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 4384
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-04472-4, PubMed 28663564

Rydning SL, Backe PH, Sousa MML, Iqbal Z, Øye AM, Sheng Y, Yang M, Lin X, Slupphaug G, Nordenmark TH, Vigeland MD, Bjørås M, Tallaksen CM, Selmer KK (2017)
Novel UCHL1 mutations reveal new insights into ubiquitin processing
Hum Mol Genet, 26 (6), 1031-1040
DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddw391, PubMed 28007905

Rydning SL, Backe PH, Sousa MML, Iqbal Z, Øye AM, Sheng Y, Yang M, Lin X, Slupphaug G, Nordenmark TH, Vigeland MD, Bjørås M, Tallaksen CM, Selmer KK (2017)
Novel UCHL1 mutations reveal new insights into ubiquitin processing
Hum Mol Genet, 26 (6), 1217-1218
DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddx072, PubMed 28334853

Scheffler K, Rachek L, You P, Rowe AD, Wang W, Kuśnierczyk A, Kittelsen L, Bjørås M, Eide L (2017)
8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (Ogg1) controls hepatic gluconeogenesis
DNA Repair (Amst), 61, 56-62
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.11.008, PubMed 29207315

Xing M, Bjørås M, Daniel JA, Alt FW, Oksenych V (2017)
Synthetic lethality between murine DNA repair factors XLF and DNA-PKcs is rescued by inactivation of Ku70
DNA Repair (Amst), 57, 133-138
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.07.008, PubMed 28759779

Zimmermann C, Santos A, Gable K, Epstein S, Gururaj C, Chymkowitch P, Pultz D, Rødkær SV, Clay L, Bjørås M, Barral Y, Chang A, Færgeman NJ, Dunn TM, Riezman H, Enserink JM (2017)
TORC1 Inhibits GSK3-Mediated Elo2 Phosphorylation to Regulate Very Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis and Autophagy
Cell Rep, 18 (8), 2073-2074
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.020, PubMed 28228270

Publications 2016

Benterud T, Ystgaard MB, Manueldas S, Pankratov L, Alfaro-Cervello C, Florholmen G, Ahmed MS, Sandvik L, Norgren S, Bjørås M, Baumbusch LO, Solberg R, Saugstad OD (2016)
N-Acetylcysteine Amide Exerts Possible Neuroprotective Effects in Newborn Pigs after Perinatal Asphyxia
Neonatology, 111 (1), 12-21
DOI 10.1159/000447255, PubMed 27497671

Dahl JA, Jung I, Aanes H, Greggains GD, Manaf A, Lerdrup M, Li G, Kuan S, Li B, Lee AY, Preissl S, Jermstad I, Haugen MH, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Hansen K, Dalen KT, Fedorcsak P, Ren B, Klungland A (2016)
Broad histone H3K4me3 domains in mouse oocytes modulate maternal-to-zygotic transition
Nature, 537 (7621), 548-552
DOI 10.1038/nature19360, PubMed 27626377

Jalland CM, Scheffler K, Benestad SL, Moldal T, Ersdal C, Gunnes G, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Tranulis MA (2016)
Neil3 induced neurogenesis protects against prion disease during the clinical phase
Sci Rep, 6, 37844
DOI 10.1038/srep37844, PubMed 27886261

Kristiansen KI, Weel-Sneve R, Booth JA, Bjørås M (2016)
Mutually exclusive RNA secondary structures regulate translation initiation of DinQ in Escherichia coli
RNA, 22 (11), 1739-1749
DOI 10.1261/rna.058461.116, PubMed 27651528

Nawaz MS, Vik ES, Berges N, Fladeby C, Bjørås M, Dalhus B, Alseth I (2016)
Regulation of Human Endonuclease V Activity and Relocalization to Cytoplasmic Stress Granules
J Biol Chem, 291 (41), 21786-21801
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M116.730911, PubMed 27573237

Nawaz MS, Vik ES, Ronander ME, Solvoll AM, Blicher P, Bjørås M, Alseth I, Dalhus B (2016)
Crystal structure and MD simulation of mouse EndoV reveal wedge motif plasticity in this inosine-specific endonuclease
Sci Rep, 6, 24979
DOI 10.1038/srep24979, PubMed 27108838

Palibrk V, Suganthan R, Scheffler K, Wang W, Bjørås M, Bøe SO (2016)
PML regulates neuroprotective innate immunity and neuroblast commitment in a hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy model
Cell Death Dis, 7 (7), e2320
DOI 10.1038/cddis.2016.223, PubMed 27468695

Petrova L, Gran C, Bjoras M, Doetsch PW (2016)
Efficient and Reliable Production of Vectors for the Study of the Repair, Mutagenesis, and Phenotypic Consequences of Defined DNA Damage Lesions in Mammalian Cells
PLoS One, 11 (6), e0158581
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0158581, PubMed 27362559

Schuermann D, Scheidegger SP, Weber AR, Bjørås M, Leumann CJ, Schär P (2016)
3CAPS - a structural AP-site analogue as a tool to investigate DNA base excision repair
Nucleic Acids Res, 44 (5), 2187-98
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkv1520, PubMed 26733580

Skarpengland T, Dahl TB, Skjelland M, Scheffler K, de Sousa MML, Gregersen I, Kuśnierczyk A, Sharma A, Slupphaug G, Eide L, Segers FM, Skagen KR, Dahl CP, Russell D, Folkersen L, Krohg-Sørensen K, Holm S, Bjørås M, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2016)
Enhanced base excision repair capacity in carotid atherosclerosis may protect nuclear DNA but not mitochondrial DNA
Free Radic Biol Med, 97, 386-397
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.07.001, PubMed 27381496

Skarpengland T, Holm S, Scheffler K, Gregersen I, Dahl TB, Suganthan R, Segers FM, Østlie I, Otten JJ, Luna L, Ketelhuth DF, Lundberg AM, Neurauter CG, Hildrestrand G, Skjelland M, Bjørndal B, Svardal AM, Iversen PO, Hedin U, Nygård S, Olstad OK, Krohg-Sørensen K, Slupphaug G, Eide L, Kuśnierczyk A et al. (2016)
Neil3-dependent base excision repair regulates lipid metabolism and prevents atherosclerosis in Apoe-deficient mice
Sci Rep, 6, 28337
DOI 10.1038/srep28337, PubMed 27328939

Publications 2015

Bjørge MD, Hildrestrand GA, Scheffler K, Suganthan R, Rolseth V, Kuśnierczyk A, Rowe AD, Vågbø CB, Vetlesen S, Eide L, Slupphaug G, Nakabeppu Y, Bredy TW, Klungland A, Bjørås M (2015)
Synergistic Actions of Ogg1 and Mutyh DNA Glycosylases Modulate Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice
Cell Rep, 13 (12), 2671-8
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.001, PubMed 26711335

Dalhus B, Alseth I, Bjørås M (2015)
Structural basis for incision at deaminated adenines in DNA and RNA by endonuclease V
Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 117 (2-3), 134-142
DOI 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.03.005, PubMed 25824682

Lundin KE, Hamasy A, Backe PH, Moens LN, Falk-Sörqvist E, Elgstøen KB, Mørkrid L, Bjørås M, Granert C, Norlin AC, Nilsson M, Christensson B, Stenmark S, Smith CI (2015)
Susceptibility to infections, without concomitant hyper-IgE, reported in 1976, is caused by hypomorphic mutation in the phosphoglucomutase 3 (PGM3) gene
Clin Immunol, 161 (2), 366-72
DOI 10.1016/j.clim.2015.10.002, PubMed 26482871

Ottesen AH, Louch WE, Carlson CR, Landsverk OJB, Kurola J, Johansen RF, Moe MK, Aronsen JM, Høiseth AD, Jarstadmarken H, Nygård S, Bjørås M, Sjaastad I, Pettilä V, Stridsberg M, Omland T, Christensen G, Røsjø H (2015)
Secretoneurin is a novel prognostic cardiovascular biomarker associated with cardiomyocyte calcium handling
J Am Coll Cardiol, 65 (4), 339-351
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.10.065, PubMed 25634832

Seeberg TM, Austad HO, Clausen I, Cederkvist H, Bjørås M, Johansen RF (2015)
An in vitro Study of Protein Adsorption to Biocompatible Coatings
Stud Health Technol Inform, 211, 166-71
DOI 10.3233/978-1-61499-516-6-166, PubMed 25980864

Skarpengland T, Laugsand LE, Janszky I, Luna L, Halvorsen B, Platou CG, Wang W, Vatten LJ, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Bjørås M, Åsvold BO (2015)
Genetic variants in the DNA repair gene NEIL3 and the risk of myocardial infarction in a nested case-control study. The HUNT Study
DNA Repair (Amst), 28, 21-7
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.01.013, PubMed 25703835

Xue JH, Xu GF, Gu TP, Chen GD, Han BB, Xu ZM, Bjørås M, Krokan HE, Xu GL, Du YR (2015)
Uracil-DNA Glycosylase UNG Promotes Tet-mediated DNA Demethylation
J Biol Chem, 291 (2), 731-8
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M115.693861, PubMed 26620559

Yang M, Lin X, Rowe A, Rognes T, Eide L, Bjørås M (2015)
Transcriptome analysis of human OXR1 depleted cells reveals its role in regulating the p53 signaling pathway
Sci Rep, 5, 17409
DOI 10.1038/srep17409, PubMed 26616534

Publications 2014

Alseth I, Dalhus B, Bjørås M (2014)
Inosine in DNA and RNA
Curr Opin Genet Dev, 26, 116-23
DOI 10.1016/j.gde.2014.07.008, PubMed 25173738

Andersen JT, Dalhus B, Viuff D, Ravn BT, Gunnarsen KS, Plumridge A, Bunting K, Antunes F, Williamson R, Athwal S, Allan E, Evans L, Bjørås M, Kjærulff S, Sleep D, Sandlie I, Cameron J (2014)
Extending serum half-life of albumin by engineering neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) binding
J Biol Chem, 289 (19), 13492-502
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M114.549832, PubMed 24652290

Bliksøen M, Baysa A, Eide L, Bjørås M, Suganthan R, Vaage J, Stensløkken KO, Valen G (2014)
Mitochondrial DNA damage and repair during ischemia-reperfusion injury of the heart
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 78, 9-22
DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.11.010, PubMed 25446179

Booth JA, Suganthan R, Gaustad P, Bjørås M (2014)
Development of DinQ from Escherichia coli as an anti-cell-envelope antibiotic
Int J Antimicrob Agents, 45 (2), 196-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.10.005, PubMed 25465525

Maier L, Hylse O, Necas M, Trbusek M, Ytre-Arne M, Dalhus B, Bjoras M, Paruch K (2014)
New carbocyclic nucleosides: synthesis of carbocyclic pseudoisocytidine and its analogs
Tetrahedron Lett., 55 (27), 3713-3716
DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.05.030

Sand KM, Dalhus B, Christianson GJ, Bern M, Foss S, Cameron J, Sleep D, Bjørås M, Roopenian DC, Sandlie I, Andersen JT (2014)
Dissection of the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn)-albumin interface using mutagenesis and anti-FcRn albumin-blocking antibodies
J Biol Chem, 289 (24), 17228-39
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M113.522565, PubMed 24764301

Strand JM, Scheffler K, Bjørås M, Eide L (2014)
The distribution of DNA damage is defined by region-specific susceptibility to DNA damage formation rather than repair differences
DNA Repair (Amst), 18, 44-51
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.03.003, PubMed 24685126

Strand JM, Skinnes R, Scheffler K, Rootvelt T, Woldseth B, Bjørås M, Eide L (2014)
Genome instability in Maple Syrup Urine Disease correlates with impaired mitochondrial biogenesis
Metabolism, 63 (8), 1063-70
DOI 10.1016/j.metabol.2014.05.003, PubMed 24928662

Stray-Pedersen A, Backe PH, Sorte HS, Mørkrid L, Chokshi NY, Erichsen HC, Gambin T, Elgstøen KB, Bjørås M, Wlodarski MW, Krüger M, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Patel A, Raymond KM, Sasa GS, Krance RA, Martinez CA, Abraham SM, Speckmann C, Ehl S, Hall P, Forbes LR, Merckoll E, Westvik J et al. (2014)
PGM3 mutations cause a congenital disorder of glycosylation with severe immunodeficiency and skeletal dysplasia
Am J Hum Genet, 95 (1), 96-107
DOI 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.05.007, PubMed 24931394

Wang W, Scheffler K, Esbensen Y, Strand JM, Stewart JB, Bjørås M, Eide L (2014)
Addressing RNA integrity to determine the impact of mitochondrial DNA mutations on brain mitochondrial function with age
PLoS One, 9 (5), e96940
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0096940, PubMed 24819950

Yang M, Luna L, Sørbø JG, Alseth I, Johansen RF, Backe PH, Danbolt NC, Eide L, Bjørås M (2014)
Human OXR1 maintains mitochondrial DNA integrity and counteracts hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress by regulating antioxidant pathways involving p21
Free Radic Biol Med, 77, 41-8
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.09.003, PubMed 25236744

Aamann MD, Hvitby C, Popuri V, Muftuoglu M, Lemminger L, Skeby CK, Keijzers G, Ahn B, Bjørås M, Bohr VA, Stevnsner T (2014)
Cockayne Syndrome group B protein stimulates NEIL2 DNA glycosylase activity
Mech Ageing Dev, 135, 1-14
DOI 10.1016/j.mad.2013.12.008, PubMed 24406253

Publications 2013

Backe PH, Simm R, Laerdahl JK, Dalhus B, Fagerlund A, Okstad OA, Rognes T, Alseth I, Kolstø AB, Bjørås M (2013)
A new family of proteins related to the HEAT-like repeat DNA glycosylases with affinity for branched DNA structures
J Struct Biol, 183 (1), 66-75
DOI 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.04.007, PubMed 23623903

Backe PH, Ytre-Arne M, Røhr AK, Brodtkorb E, Fowler B, Rootwelt H, Bjørås M, Mørkrid L (2013)
Novel Deletion Mutation Identified in a Patient with Late-Onset Combined Methylmalonic Acidemia and Homocystinuria, cblC Type
JIMD Rep, 11, 79-85
DOI 10.1007/8904_2013_225, PubMed 23580368

Booth JA, Thomassen GO, Rowe AD, Weel-Sneve R, Lagesen K, Kristiansen KI, Bjørås M, Rognes T, Lindvall JM (2013)
Tiling array study of MNNG treated Escherichia coli reveals a widespread transcriptional response
Sci Rep, 3, 3053
DOI 10.1038/srep03053, PubMed 24157950

Jalland CM, Benestad SL, Ersdal C, Scheffler K, Suganthan R, Nakabeppu Y, Eide L, Bjørås M, Tranulis MA (2013)
Accelerated clinical course of prion disease in mice compromised in repair of oxidative DNA damage
Free Radic Biol Med, 68, 1-7
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.11.013, PubMed 24296244

Krokan HE, Bjørås M (2013)
Base excision repair
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 5 (4), a012583
DOI 10.1101/cshperspect.a012583, PubMed 23545420

Krokeide SZ, Laerdahl JK, Salah M, Luna L, Cederkvist FH, Fleming AM, Burrows CJ, Dalhus B, Bjørås M (2013)
Human NEIL3 is mainly a monofunctional DNA glycosylase removing spiroimindiohydantoin and guanidinohydantoin
DNA Repair (Amst), 12 (12), 1159-64
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.04.026, PubMed 23755964

Rolseth V, Krokeide SZ, Kunke D, Neurauter CG, Suganthan R, Sejersted Y, Hildrestrand GA, Bjørås M, Luna L (2013)
Loss of Neil3, the major DNA glycosylase activity for removal of hydantoins in single stranded DNA, reduces cellular proliferation and sensitizes cells to genotoxic stress
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1833 (5), 1157-64
DOI 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.12.024, PubMed 23305905

Rosnes I, Rowe AD, Vik ES, Forstrøm RJ, Alseth I, Bjørås M, Dalhus B (2013)
Structural basis of DNA loop recognition by endonuclease V
Structure, 21 (2), 257-65
DOI 10.1016/j.str.2012.12.007, PubMed 23313664

Simonelli V, Camerini S, Mazzei F, Van Loon B, Allione A, D'Errico M, Barone F, Minoprio A, Ricceri F, Guarrera S, Russo A, Dalhus B, Crescenzi M, Hübscher U, Bjørås M, Matullo G, Dogliotti E (2013)
Genotype-phenotype analysis of S326C OGG1 polymorphism: a risk factor for oxidative pathologies
Free Radic Biol Med, 63, 401-9
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.05.031, PubMed 23726996

Vik ES, Nawaz MS, Strøm Andersen P, Fladeby C, Bjørås M, Dalhus B, Alseth I (2013)
Endonuclease V cleaves at inosines in RNA
Nat Commun, 4, 2271
DOI 10.1038/ncomms3271, PubMed 23912683

Weel-Sneve R, Kristiansen KI, Odsbu I, Dalhus B, Booth J, Rognes T, Skarstad K, Bjørås M (2013)
Single transmembrane peptide DinQ modulates membrane-dependent activities
PLoS Genet, 9 (2), e1003260
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003260, PubMed 23408903

Zhang X, Shi M, Bjørås M, Wang W, Zhang G, Han J, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Wang B, Chen J, Zhu Y, Xiong L, Zhao G (2013)
Ginsenoside Rd promotes glutamate clearance by up-regulating glial glutamate transporter GLT-1 via PI3K/AKT and ERK1/2 pathways
Front Pharmacol, 4, 152
DOI 10.3389/fphar.2013.00152, PubMed 24376419

Zimmermann C, Santos A, Gable K, Epstein S, Gururaj C, Chymkowitch P, Pultz D, Rødkær SV, Clay L, Bjørås M, Barral Y, Chang A, Færgeman NJ, Dunn TM, Riezman H, Enserink JM (2013)
TORC1 inhibits GSK3-mediated Elo2 phosphorylation to regulate very long chain fatty acid synthesis and autophagy
Cell Rep, 5 (4), 1036-46
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.024, PubMed 24239358

Publications 2012

Andersen JT, Dalhus B, Cameron J, Daba MB, Plumridge A, Evans L, Brennan SO, Gunnarsen KS, Bjørås M, Sleep D, Sandlie I (2012)
Structure-based mutagenesis reveals the albumin-binding site of the neonatal Fc receptor
Nat Commun, 3, 610
DOI 10.1038/ncomms1607, PubMed 22215085

Bliksrud YT, Ellingsen A, Bjørås M (2012)
Fumarylacetoacetate inhibits the initial step of the base excision repair pathway: implication for the pathogenesis of tyrosinemia type I
J Inherit Metab Dis, 36 (5), 773-8
DOI 10.1007/s10545-012-9556-0, PubMed 23138988

Chymkowitch P, Eldholm V, Lorenz S, Zimmermann C, Lindvall JM, Bjørås M, Meza-Zepeda LA, Enserink JM (2012)
Cdc28 kinase activity regulates the basal transcription machinery at a subset of genes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109 (26), 10450-5
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1200067109, PubMed 22689984

Dalhus B, Nilsen L, Korvald H, Huffman J, Forstrøm RJ, McMurray CT, Alseth I, Tainer JA, Bjørås M (2012)
Sculpting of DNA at abasic sites by DNA glycosylase homolog mag2
Structure, 21 (1), 154-166
DOI 10.1016/j.str.2012.11.004, PubMed 23245849

Fladeby C, Vik ES, Laerdahl JK, Gran Neurauter C, Heggelund JE, Thorgaard E, Strøm-Andersen P, Bjørås M, Dalhus B, Alseth I (2012)
The human homolog of Escherichia coli endonuclease V is a nucleolar protein with affinity for branched DNA structures
PLoS One, 7 (11), e47466
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0047466, PubMed 23139746

Hereng TH, Backe PH, Kahmann J, Scheich C, Bjørås M, Skålhegg BS, Rosendal KR (2012)
Structure and function of the human sperm-specific isoform of protein kinase A (PKA) catalytic subunit Cα2
J Struct Biol, 178 (3), 300-10
DOI 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.03.013, PubMed 22504716

Hudecová A, Kusznierewicz B, Rundén-Pran E, Magdolenová Z, Hasplová K, Rinna A, Fjellsbø LM, Kruszewski M, Lankoff A, Sandberg WJ, Refsnes M, Skuland T, Schwarze P, Brunborg G, Bjøras M, Collins A, Miadoková E, Gálová E, Dusinská M (2012)
Silver nanoparticles induce premutagenic DNA oxidation that can be prevented by phytochemicals from Gentiana asclepiadea
Mutagenesis, 27 (6), 759-69
DOI 10.1093/mutage/ges046, PubMed 22940646

Jobert L, Skjeldam HK, Dalhus B, Galashevskaya A, Vågbø CB, Bjørås M, Nilsen H (2012)
The human base excision repair enzyme SMUG1 directly interacts with DKC1 and contributes to RNA quality control
Mol Cell, 49 (2), 339-45
DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.11.010, PubMed 23246433

Korvald H, Falnes PØ, Laerdahl JK, Bjørås M, Alseth I (2012)
The Schizosaccharomyces pombe AlkB homolog Abh1 exhibits AP lyase activity but no demethylase activity
DNA Repair (Amst), 11 (5), 453-62
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.01.014, PubMed 22365419

Lång E, Grudic A, Pankiv S, Bruserud O, Simonsen A, Bjerkvig R, Bjørås M, Bøe SO (2012)
The arsenic-based cure of acute promyelocytic leukemia promotes cytoplasmic sequestration of PML and PML/RARA through inhibition of PML body recycling
Blood, 120 (4), 847-57
DOI 10.1182/blood-2011-10-388496, PubMed 22692509

Møllersen L, Rowe AD, Illuzzi JL, Hildrestrand GA, Gerhold KJ, Tveterås L, Bjølgerud A, Wilson DM, Bjørås M, Klungland A (2012)
Neil1 is a genetic modifier of somatic and germline CAG trinucleotide repeat instability in R6/1 mice
Hum Mol Genet, 21 (22), 4939-47
DOI 10.1093/hmg/dds337, PubMed 22914735

Neurauter CG, Luna L, Bjørås M (2012)
Release from quiescence stimulates the expression of human NEIL3 under the control of the Ras dependent ERK-MAP kinase pathway
DNA Repair (Amst), 11 (4), 401-9
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.01.007, PubMed 22365498

Payne CM, Baban J, Horn SJ, Backe PH, Arvai AS, Dalhus B, Bjørås M, Eijsink VG, Sørlie M, Beckham GT, Vaaje-Kolstad G (2012)
Hallmarks of processivity in glycoside hydrolases from crystallographic and computational studies of the Serratia marcescens chitinases
J Biol Chem, 287 (43), 36322-30
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M112.402149, PubMed 22952223

Ranneberg-Nilsen T, Rollag H, Slettebakk R, Backe PH, Olsen Ø, Luna L, Bjørås M (2012)
The chromatin remodeling factor SMARCB1 forms a complex with human cytomegalovirus proteins UL114 and UL44
PLoS One, 7 (3), e34119
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0034119, PubMed 22479537

Regnell CE, Hildrestrand GA, Sejersted Y, Medin T, Moldestad O, Rolseth V, Krokeide SZ, Suganthan R, Luna L, Bjørås M, Bergersen LH (2012)
Hippocampal adult neurogenesis is maintained by Neil3-dependent repair of oxidative DNA lesions in neural progenitor cells
Cell Rep, 2 (3), 503-10
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.08.008, PubMed 22959434

Saugstad OD, Sejersted Y, Solberg R, Wollen EJ, Bjørås M (2012)
Oxygenation of the newborn: a molecular approach
Neonatology, 101 (4), 315-25
DOI 10.1159/000337345, PubMed 22940621

Søberg K, Larsen AC, Diskar M, Backe PH, Bjørås M, Jahnsen T, Laerdahl JK, Rognes T, Herberg FW, Skålhegg BS (2012)
Identification and characterization of novel mutations in the human gene encoding the catalytic subunit Calpha of protein kinase A (PKA)
PLoS One, 7 (4), e34838
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0034838, PubMed 22514673

Vik ES, Alseth I, Forsbring M, Helle IH, Morland I, Luna L, Bjørås M, Dalhus B (2012)
Biochemical mapping of human NEIL1 DNA glycosylase and AP lyase activities
DNA Repair (Amst), 11 (9), 766-73
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.07.002, PubMed 22858590

Publications 2011

Dalhus B, Forsbring M, Helle IH, Vik ES, Forstrøm RJ, Backe PH, Alseth I, Bjørås M (2011)
Separation-of-function mutants unravel the dual-reaction mode of human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase
Structure, 19 (1), 117-27
DOI 10.1016/j.str.2010.09.023, PubMed 21220122

Halsne R, Esbensen Y, Wang W, Scheffler K, Suganthan R, Bjørås M, Eide L (2011)
Lack of the DNA glycosylases MYH and OGG1 in the cancer prone double mutant mouse does not increase mitochondrial DNA mutagenesis
DNA Repair (Amst), 11 (3), 278-85
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.12.001, PubMed 22209780

Hašplová K, Hudecová A, Magdolénová Z, Bjøras M, Gálová E, Miadoková E, Dušinská M (2011)
DNA alkylation lesions and their repair in human cells: modification of the comet assay with 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase (AlkD)
Toxicol Lett, 208 (1), 76-81
DOI 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.10.005, PubMed 22019460

Korvald H, Mølstad Moe AM, Cederkvist FH, Thiede B, Laerdahl JK, Bjørås M, Alseth I (2011)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ofd2 is a nuclear 2-oxoglutarate and iron dependent dioxygenase interacting with histones
PLoS One, 6 (9), e25188
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0025188, PubMed 21949882

Lauritzen KH, Dalhus B, Storm JF, Bjørås M, Klungland A (2011)
Modeling the impact of mitochondrial DNA damage in forebrain neurons and beyond
Mech Ageing Dev, 132 (8-9), 424-8
DOI 10.1016/j.mad.2011.02.006, PubMed 21354441

Nilsen L, Forstrøm RJ, Bjørås M, Alseth I (2011)
AP endonuclease independent repair of abasic sites in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Nucleic Acids Res, 40 (5), 2000-9
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkr933, PubMed 22084197

Sejersted Y, Hildrestrand GA, Kunke D, Rolseth V, Krokeide SZ, Neurauter CG, Suganthan R, Atneosen-Åsegg M, Fleming AM, Saugstad OD, Burrows CJ, Luna L, Bjørås M (2011)
Endonuclease VIII-like 3 (Neil3) DNA glycosylase promotes neurogenesis induced by hypoxia-ischemia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108 (46), 18802-7
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1106880108, PubMed 22065741

Vaaje-Kolstad G, Bøhle LA, Gåseidnes S, Dalhus B, Bjørås M, Mathiesen G, Eijsink VG (2011)
Characterization of the chitinolytic machinery of Enterococcus faecalis V583 and high-resolution structure of its oxidative CBM33 enzyme
J Mol Biol, 416 (2), 239-54
DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.12.033, PubMed 22210154

Wang W, Esbensen Y, Kunke D, Suganthan R, Rachek L, Bjørås M, Eide L (2011)
Mitochondrial DNA damage level determines neural stem cell differentiation fate
J Neurosci, 31 (26), 9746-51
DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0852-11.2011, PubMed 21715639

Yang M, Aamodt RM, Dalhus B, Balasingham S, Helle I, Andersen P, Tønjum T, Alseth I, Rognes T, Bjørås M (2011)
The ada operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes two DNA methyltransferases for inducible repair of DNA alkylation damage
DNA Repair (Amst), 10 (6), 595-602
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.03.007, PubMed 21570366

Zimmermann C, Chymkowitch P, Eldholm V, Putnam CD, Lindvall JM, Omerzu M, Bjørås M, Kolodner RD, Enserink JM (2011)
A chemical-genetic screen to unravel the genetic network of CDC28/CDK1 links ubiquitin and Rad6-Bre1 to cell cycle progression
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108 (46), 18748-53
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1115885108, PubMed 22042866

Publications 2010

Arczewska KD, Baumeier C, Kassahun H, Sengupta T, Bjørås M, Kuśmierek JT, Nilsen H (2010)
Caenorhabditis elegans NDX-4 is a MutT-type enzyme that contributes to genomic stability
DNA Repair (Amst), 10 (2), 176-87
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.10.009, PubMed 21111690

Brodtkorb E, Strand J, Backe PH, Lund AM, Bjørås M, Rootwelt T, Rootwelt H, Woldseth B, Eide L (2010)
Four novel mutations identified in Norwegian patients result in intermittent maple syrup urine disease when combined with the R301C mutation
Mol Genet Metab, 100 (4), 324-32
DOI 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.04.017, PubMed 20570198

Bøyum A, Skrede KK, Myhre O, Tennfjord VA, Neurauter CG, Tolleshaug H, Knudsen E, Opstad PK, Bjørås M, Benestad HB (2010)
Calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9) and myeloperoxidase: co-regulators of formation of reactive oxygen species
Toxins (Basel), 2 (1), 95-115
DOI 10.3390/toxins2010095, PubMed 22069549

Dalen ML, Alme TN, Bjørås M, Munkeby BH, Rootwelt T, Saugstad OD (2010)
Reduced expression of DNA glycosylases in post-hypoxic newborn pigs undergoing therapeutic hypothermia
Brain Res, 1363, 198-205
DOI 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.080, PubMed 20883672

Isakson P, Bjørås M, Bøe SO, Simonsen A (2010)
Autophagy contributes to therapy-induced degradation of the PML/RARA oncoprotein
Blood, 116 (13), 2324-31
DOI 10.1182/blood-2010-01-261040, PubMed 20574048

Johnsen L, Flåtten I, Morigen, Dalhus B, Bjørås M, Waldminghaus T, Skarstad K (2010)
The G157C mutation in the Escherichia coli sliding clamp specifically affects initiation of replication
Mol Microbiol, 79 (2), 433-46
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07453.x, PubMed 21219462

Laerdahl JK, Korvald H, Nilsen L, Dahl-Michelsen K, Rognes T, Bjørås M, Alseth I (2010)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a mutated AP endonuclease 1
DNA Repair (Amst), 10 (3), 296-305
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.11.014, PubMed 21193357

Thomassen GO, Weel-Sneve R, Rowe AD, Booth JA, Lindvall JM, Lagesen K, Kristiansen KI, Bjørås M, Rognes T (2010)
Tiling array analysis of UV treated Escherichia coli predicts novel differentially expressed small peptides
PLoS One, 5 (12), e15356
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0015356, PubMed 21203457

Wang W, Osenbroch P, Skinnes R, Esbensen Y, Bjørås M, Eide L (2010)
Mitochondrial DNA integrity is essential for mitochondrial maturation during differentiation of neural stem cells
Stem Cells, 28 (12), 2195-204
DOI 10.1002/stem.542, PubMed 20954243

Publications 2009

Dalhus B, Arvai AS, Rosnes I, Olsen ØE, Backe PH, Alseth I, Gao H, Cao W, Tainer JA, Bjørås M (2009)
Structures of endonuclease V with DNA reveal initiation of deaminated adenine repair
Nat Struct Mol Biol, 16 (2), 138-43
DOI 10.1038/nsmb.1538, PubMed 19136958

Dalhus B, Laerdahl JK, Backe PH, Bjørås M (2009)
DNA base repair--recognition and initiation of catalysis
FEMS Microbiol Rev, 33 (6), 1044-78
DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00188.x, PubMed 19659577

Forsbring M, Vik ES, Dalhus B, Karlsen TH, Bergquist A, Schrumpf E, Bjørås M, Boberg KM, Alseth I (2009)
Catalytically impaired hMYH and NEIL1 mutant proteins identified in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma
Carcinogenesis, 30 (7), 1147-54
DOI 10.1093/carcin/bgp118, PubMed 19443904

Hildrestrand GA, Duggal S, Bjørås M, Luna L, Brinchmann JE (2009)
Modulation of DNA glycosylase activities in mesenchymal stem cells
Exp Cell Res, 315 (15), 2558-67
DOI 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.05.017, PubMed 19477173

Hildrestrand GA, Neurauter CG, Diep DB, Castellanos CG, Krauss S, Bjørås M, Luna L (2009)
Expression patterns of Neil3 during embryonic brain development and neoplasia
BMC Neurosci, 10, 45
DOI 10.1186/1471-2202-10-45, PubMed 19426544

Sejersted Y, Aasland AL, Bjørås M, Eide L, Saugstad OD (2009)
Accumulation of 8-oxoguanine in liver DNA during hyperoxic resuscitation of newborn mice
Pediatr Res, 66 (5), 533-8
DOI 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181ba1a42, PubMed 19668103

Straume D, Johansen RF, Bjørås M, Nes IF, Diep DB (2009)
DNA binding kinetics of two response regulators, PlnC and PlnD, from the bacteriocin regulon of Lactobacillus plantarum C11
BMC Biochem, 10, 17
DOI 10.1186/1471-2091-10-17, PubMed 19519894

Yndestad A, Neurauter CG, Oie E, Forstrøm RJ, Vinge LE, Eide L, Luna L, Aukrust P, Bjørås M (2009)
Up-regulation of myocardial DNA base excision repair activities in experimental heart failure
Mutat Res, 666 (1-2), 32-8
DOI 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.03.008, PubMed 19481677

Publications 2008

Allunans J, Kristiansen KI, Assalkhou R, Bjørås M (2008)
Bacteriocins (meningocins) in Norwegian isolates of Neisseria meningitidis: possible role in the course of a meningococcal epidemic
APMIS, 116 (5), 333-44
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00850.x, PubMed 18452423

Bernardes de Jesus BM, Bjørås M, Coin F, Egly JM (2008)
Dissection of the molecular defects caused by pathogenic mutations in the DNA repair factor XPC
Mol Cell Biol, 28 (23), 7225-35
DOI 10.1128/MCB.00781-08, PubMed 18809580

Garcin ED, Hosfield DJ, Desai SA, Haas BJ, Björas M, Cunningham RP, Tainer JA (2008)
DNA apurinic-apyrimidinic site binding and excision by endonuclease IV
Nat Struct Mol Biol, 15 (5), 515-22
DOI 10.1038/nsmb.1414, PubMed 18408731

Krokeide SZ, Bolstad N, Laerdahl JK, Bjørås M, Luna L (2008)
Expression and purification of NEIL3, a human DNA glycosylase homolog
Protein Expr Purif, 65 (2), 160-4
DOI 10.1016/j.pep.2008.11.014, PubMed 19121397

Ranneberg-Nilsen T, Dale HA, Luna L, Slettebakk R, Sundheim O, Rollag H, Bjørås M (2008)
Characterization of human cytomegalovirus uracil DNA glycosylase (UL114) and its interaction with polymerase processivity factor (UL44)
J Mol Biol, 381 (2), 276-88
DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.028, PubMed 18599070

Rolseth V, Rundén-Pran E, Luna L, McMurray C, Bjørås M, Ottersen OP (2008)
Widespread distribution of DNA glycosylases removing oxidative DNA lesions in human and rodent brains
DNA Repair (Amst), 7 (9), 1578-88
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.06.007, PubMed 18603019

Rolseth V, Rundén-Pran E, Neurauter CG, Yndestad A, Luna L, Aukrust P, Ottersen OP, Bjørås M (2008)
Base excision repair activities in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures exposed to oxygen and glucose deprivation
DNA Repair (Amst), 7 (6), 869-78
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.02.009, PubMed 18406215

Weel-Sneve R, Bjørås M, Kristiansen KI (2008)
Overexpression of the LexA-regulated tisAB RNA in E. coli inhibits SOS functions; implications for regulation of the SOS response
Nucleic Acids Res, 36 (19), 6249-59
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkn633, PubMed 18832374

Publications 2007

Assalkhou R, Balasingham S, Collins RF, Frye SA, Davidsen T, Benam AV, Bjørås M, Derrick JP, Tønjum T (2007)
The outer membrane secretin PilQ from Neisseria meningitidis binds DNA
Microbiology (Reading), 153 (Pt 5), 1593-1603
DOI 10.1099/mic.0.2006/004200-0, PubMed 17464074

Dalhus B, Helle IH, Backe PH, Alseth I, Rognes T, Bjørås M, Laerdahl JK (2007)
Structural insight into repair of alkylated DNA by a new superfamily of DNA glycosylases comprising HEAT-like repeats
Nucleic Acids Res, 35 (7), 2451-9
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkm039, PubMed 17395642

Davidsen T, Tuven HK, Bjørås M, Rødland EA, Tønjum T (2007)
Genetic interactions of DNA repair pathways in the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis
J Bacteriol, 189 (15), 5728-37
DOI 10.1128/JB.00161-07, PubMed 17513474

Hildrestrand GA, Diep DB, Kunke D, Bolstad N, Bjørås M, Krauss S, Luna L (2007)
The capacity to remove 8-oxoG is enhanced in newborn neural stem/progenitor cells and decreases in juvenile mice and upon cell differentiation
DNA Repair (Amst), 6 (6), 723-32
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2006.12.008, PubMed 17236821

Hildrestrand GA, Rolseth V, Bjørås M, Luna L (2007)
Human NEIL1 localizes with the centrosomes and condensed chromosomes during mitosis
DNA Repair (Amst), 6 (10), 1425-33
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.04.008, PubMed 17556049

Kovtun IV, Liu Y, Bjoras M, Klungland A, Wilson SH, McMurray CT (2007)
OGG1 initiates age-dependent CAG trinucleotide expansion in somatic cells
Nature, 447 (7143), 447-52
DOI 10.1038/nature05778, PubMed 17450122

Publications 2006

Alseth I, Rognes T, Lindbäck T, Solberg I, Robertsen K, Kristiansen KI, Mainieri D, Lillehagen L, Kolstø AB, Bjørås M (2006)
A new protein superfamily includes two novel 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylases from Bacillus cereus, AlkC and AlkD
Mol Microbiol, 59 (5), 1602-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05044.x, PubMed 16468998

D'Errico M, Parlanti E, Teson M, de Jesus BM, Degan P, Calcagnile A, Jaruga P, Bjørås M, Crescenzi M, Pedrini AM, Egly JM, Zambruno G, Stefanini M, Dizdaroglu M, Dogliotti E (2006)
New functions of XPC in the protection of human skin cells from oxidative damage
EMBO J, 25 (18), 4305-15
DOI 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601277, PubMed 16957781

Ranneberg-Nilsen T, Bjørås M, Luna L, Slettebakk R, Dale HA, Seeberg E, Rollag H (2006)
Human cytomegalovirus infection modulates DNA base excision repair in fibroblast cells
Virology, 348 (2), 389-97
DOI 10.1016/j.virol.2006.01.001, PubMed 16476462

Sundheim O, Vågbø CB, Bjørås M, Sousa MM, Talstad V, Aas PA, Drabløs F, Krokan HE, Tainer JA, Slupphaug G (2006)
Human ABH3 structure and key residues for oxidative demethylation to reverse DNA/RNA damage
EMBO J, 25 (14), 3389-97
DOI 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601219, PubMed 16858410

Walberg M, Mørk C, Sandven P, Jorde AT, Bjørås M, Gaustad P (2006)
18S rDNA polymerase chain reaction and sequencing in onychomycosis diagnostics
Acta Derm Venereol, 86 (3), 223-6
DOI 10.2340/00015555-0077, PubMed 16710579

Publications 2005

Alseth I, Osman F, Korvald H, Tsaneva I, Whitby MC, Seeberg E, Bjørås M (2005)
Biochemical characterization and DNA repair pathway interactions of Mag1-mediated base excision repair in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Nucleic Acids Res, 33 (3), 1123-31
DOI 10.1093/nar/gki259, PubMed 15722486

Aukrust P, Luna L, Ueland T, Johansen RF, Müller F, Frøland SS, Seeberg EC, Bjørås M (2005)
Impaired base excision repair and accumulation of oxidative base lesions in CD4+ T cells of HIV-infected patients
Blood, 105 (12), 4730-5
DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-11-4272, PubMed 15705786

Davidsen T, Bjørås M, Seeberg EC, Tønjum T (2005)
Antimutator role of DNA glycosylase MutY in pathogenic Neisseria species
J Bacteriol, 187 (8), 2801-9
DOI 10.1128/JB.187.8.2801-2809.2005, PubMed 15805527

Luna L, Rolseth V, Hildrestrand GA, Otterlei M, Dantzer F, Bjørås M, Seeberg E (2005)
Dynamic relocalization of hOGG1 during the cell cycle is disrupted in cells harbouring the hOGG1-Cys326 polymorphic variant
Nucleic Acids Res, 33 (6), 1813-24
DOI 10.1093/nar/gki325, PubMed 15800211

Morland I, Luna L, Gustad E, Seeberg E, Bjørås M (2005)
Product inhibition and magnesium modulate the dual reaction mode of hOgg1
DNA Repair (Amst), 4 (3), 381-7
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.11.002, PubMed 15661661

Publications 2004

Alseth I, Korvald H, Osman F, Seeberg E, Bjørås M (2004)
A general role of the DNA glycosylase Nth1 in the abasic sites cleavage step of base excision repair in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Nucleic Acids Res, 32 (17), 5119-25
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkh851, PubMed 15452279

Falnes PØ, Bjørås M, Aas PA, Sundheim O, Seeberg E (2004)
Substrate specificities of bacterial and human AlkB proteins
Nucleic Acids Res, 32 (11), 3456-61
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkh655, PubMed 15229293

Aamodt RM, Falnes PØ, Johansen RF, Seeberg E, Bjørås M (2004)
The Bacillus subtilis counterpart of the mammalian 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase has hypoxanthine and 1,N6-ethenoadenine as preferred substrates
J Biol Chem, 279 (14), 13601-6
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M314277200, PubMed 14729667

Publications 2003

Barone F, Dogliotti E, Cellai L, Giordano C, Bjørås M, Mazzei F (2003)
Influence of DNA torsional rigidity on excision of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine in the presence of opposing abasic sites by human OGG1 protein
Nucleic Acids Res, 31 (7), 1897-903
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkg289, PubMed 12655006

Baynton K, Otterlei M, Bjørås M, von Kobbe C, Bohr VA, Seeberg E (2003)
WRN interacts physically and functionally with the recombination mediator protein RAD52
J Biol Chem, 278 (38), 36476-86
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M303885200, PubMed 12750383

Dantzer F, Bjørås M, Luna L, Klungland A, Seeberg E (2003)
Comparative analysis of 8-oxoG:C, 8-oxoG:A, A:C and C:C DNA repair in extracts from wild type or 8-oxoG DNA glycosylase deficient mammalian and bacterial cells
DNA Repair (Amst), 2 (6), 707-18
DOI 10.1016/s1568-7864(03)00041-7, PubMed 12767349

Maclean MJ, Aamodt R, Harris N, Alseth I, Seeberg E, Bjørås M, Piper PW (2003)
Base excision repair activities required for yeast to attain a full chronological life span
Aging Cell, 2 (2), 93-104
DOI 10.1046/j.1474-9728.2003.00041.x, PubMed 12882322

Moe A, Ringvoll J, Nordstrand LM, Eide L, Bjørås M, Seeberg E, Rognes T, Klungland A (2003)
Incision at hypoxanthine residues in DNA by a mammalian homologue of the Escherichia coli antimutator enzyme endonuclease V
Nucleic Acids Res, 31 (14), 3893-900
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkg472, PubMed 12853604

Olsen AK, Duale N, Bjørås M, Larsen CT, Wiger R, Holme JA, Seeberg EC, Brunborg G (2003)
Limited repair of 8-hydroxy-7,8-dihydroguanine residues in human testicular cells
Nucleic Acids Res, 31 (4), 1351-63
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkg216, PubMed 12582255

Osman F, Bjørås M, Alseth I, Morland I, McCready S, Seeberg E, Tsaneva I (2003)
A new Schizosaccharomyces pombe base excision repair mutant, nth1, reveals overlapping pathways for repair of DNA base damage
Mol Microbiol, 48 (2), 465-80
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03440.x, PubMed 12675805

Aas PA, Otterlei M, Falnes PO, Vågbø CB, Skorpen F, Akbari M, Sundheim O, Bjørås M, Slupphaug G, Seeberg E, Krokan HE (2003)
Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA
Nature, 421 (6925), 859-63
DOI 10.1038/nature01363, PubMed 12594517

Publications 2002

Birkeland NK, Anensen H, Knaevelsrud I, Kristoffersen W, Bjørås M, Robb FT, Klungland A, Bjelland S (2002)
Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus
Biochemistry, 41 (42), 12697-705
DOI 10.1021/bi020334w, PubMed 12379112

Bjørås M, Seeberg E, Luna L, Pearl LH, Barrett TE (2002)
Reciprocal "flipping" underlies substrate recognition and catalytic activation by the human 8-oxo-guanine DNA glycosylase
J Mol Biol, 317 (2), 171-7
DOI 10.1006/jmbi.2002.5400, PubMed 11902834

Dantzer F, Luna L, Bjørås M, Seeberg E (2002)
Human OGG1 undergoes serine phosphorylation and associates with the nuclear matrix and mitotic chromatin in vivo
Nucleic Acids Res, 30 (11), 2349-57
DOI 10.1093/nar/30.11.2349, PubMed 12034821

Morland I, Rolseth V, Luna L, Rognes T, Bjørås M, Seeberg E (2002)
Human DNA glycosylases of the bacterial Fpg/MutM superfamily: an alternative pathway for the repair of 8-oxoguanine and other oxidation products in DNA
Nucleic Acids Res, 30 (22), 4926-36
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkf618, PubMed 12433996

Pascucci B, Maga G, Hübscher U, Bjoras M, Seeberg E, Hickson ID, Villani G, Giordano C, Cellai L, Dogliotti E (2002)
Reconstitution of the base excision repair pathway for 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine with purified human proteins
Nucleic Acids Res, 30 (10), 2124-30
DOI 10.1093/nar/30.10.2124, PubMed 12000832

Publications 2001

Olsen AK, Bjørtuft H, Wiger R, Holme J, Seeberg E, Bjørås M, Brunborg G (2001)
Highly efficient base excision repair (BER) in human and rat male germ cells
Nucleic Acids Res, 29 (8), 1781-90
DOI 10.1093/nar/29.8.1781, PubMed 11292851

Publications 2000

Luna L, Bjørås M, Hoff E, Rognes T, Seeberg E (2000)
Cell-cycle regulation, intracellular sorting and induced overexpression of the human NTH1 DNA glycosylase involved in removal of formamidopyrimidine residues from DNA
Mutat Res, 460 (2), 95-104
DOI 10.1016/s0921-8777(00)00015-x, PubMed 10882850

Mehl A, Rolseth V, Gordon S, Bjøraas M, Seeberg E, Fonnum F (2000)
Brain hypoplasia caused by exposure to trichlorfon and dichlorvos during development can be ascribed to DNA alkylation damage and inhibition of DNA alkyltransferase repair
Neurotoxicology, 21 (1-2), 165-73
PubMed 10794396

Seeberg E, Luna L, Morland I, Eide L, Johnsen B, Larsen E, Alseth I, Dantzer F, Baynton K, Aamodt R, Kristiansen KI, Rognes T, Klungland A, Bjørås M (2000)
Base removers and strand scissors: different strategies employed in base excision and strand incision at modified base residues in DNA
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 65, 135-42
DOI 10.1101/sqb.2000.65.135, PubMed 12760028

Publications 1999

Alseth I, Eide L, Pirovano M, Rognes T, Seeberg E, Bjørås M (1999)
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologues of endonuclease III from Escherichia coli, Ntg1 and Ntg2, are both required for efficient repair of spontaneous and induced oxidative DNA damage in yeast
Mol Cell Biol, 19 (5), 3779-87
DOI 10.1128/MCB.19.5.3779, PubMed 10207101

Luna L, Bjoras M, Berdal KG, Alseth I, Eide L, Rognes T, Seeberg E (1999)
Genes and enzymes for the removal of oxidative DNA base damage
ALFRED BENZON SYMP S, 44, 272-283

Publications 1998

Allunans J, Bjørås M, Seeberg E, Bøvre K (1998)
Production, isolation and purification of bacteriocins expressed by two strains of Neisseria meningitidis
APMIS, 106 (12), 1181-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00275.x, PubMed 10052727

Holme JA, Bjørge C, Trbojevic M, Olsen AK, Brunborg G, Søderlund EJ, Bjørås M, Seeberg E, Scholz T, Dybing E, Wiger R (1998)
Effects of chemical-induced DNA damage on male germ cells
Arch Toxicol Suppl, 20, 151-60
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-46856-8_14, PubMed 9442290

Levy LM, Attwell D, Hoover F, Ash JF, Bjoras M, Danbolt NC (1998)
Inducible expression of the GLT-1 glutamate transporter in a CHO cell line selected for low endogenous glutamate uptake (vol 422, pg 339, 1998)
FEBS Lett., 427 (1), 152
DOI 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00345-7

Levy LM, Attwell D, Hoover F, Ash JF, Bjørås M, Danbolt NC (1998)
Inducible expression of the GLT-1 glutamate transporter in a CHO cell line selected for low endogenous glutamate uptake
FEBS Lett, 422 (3), 339-42
DOI 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00036-2, PubMed 9498811

Publications 1997

Bjorâs M, Luna L, Johnsen B, Hoff E, Haug T, Rognes T, Seeberg E (1997)
Opposite base-dependent reactions of a human base excision repair enzyme on DNA containing 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine and abasic sites
EMBO J, 16 (20), 6314-22
DOI 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6314, PubMed 9321410

Marsteinstredet U, Brunborg G, Bjørås M, Søderlund E, Seeberg E, Kronberg L, Holme JA (1997)
DNA damage induced by 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2[5H]-furanone (MX) in HL-60 cells and purified DNA in vitro
Mutat Res, 390 (1-2), 171-8
DOI 10.1016/s0165-1218(97)00016-5, PubMed 9150766

Publications 1996

Bjørås M, Gjesdal O, Erickson JD, Torp R, Levy LM, Ottersen OP, Degree M, Storm-Mathisen J, Seeberg E, Danbolt NC (1996)
Cloning and expression of a neuronal rat brain glutamate transporter
Brain Res Mol Brain Res, 36 (1), 163-8
DOI 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00279-2, PubMed 9011753

Eide L, Bjørås M, Pirovano M, Alseth I, Berdal KG, Seeberg E (1996)
Base excision of oxidative purine and pyrimidine DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a DNA glycosylase with sequence similarity to endonuclease III from Escherichia coli
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 93 (20), 10735-40
DOI 10.1073/pnas.93.20.10735, PubMed 8855249

Publications 1995

Bjørås M, Klungland A, Johansen RF, Seeberg E (1995)
Purification and properties of the alkylation repair DNA glycosylase encoded the MAG gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Biochemistry, 34 (14), 4577-82
DOI 10.1021/bi00014a010, PubMed 7718559

Seeberg E, Eide L, Bjørås M (1995)
The base excision repair pathway
Trends Biochem Sci, 20 (10), 391-7
DOI 10.1016/s0968-0004(00)89086-6, PubMed 8533150

Publications 1994

Klungland A, Bjørås M, Hoff E, Seeberg E (1994)
Increased removal of 3-alkyladenine reduces the frequencies of hprt mutations induced by methyl- and ethylmethanesulfonate in Chinese hamster fibroblast cells
Nucleic Acids Res, 22 (9), 1670-4
DOI 10.1093/nar/22.9.1670, PubMed 8202370

Torp R, Danbolt NC, Babaie E, Bjørås M, Seeberg E, Storm-Mathisen J, Ottersen OP (1994)
Differential expression of two glial glutamate transporters in the rat brain: an in situ hybridization study
Eur J Neurosci, 6 (6), 936-42
DOI 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1994.tb00587.x, PubMed 7952280

Publications 1993

Bjelland S, Bjørås M, Seeberg E (1993)
Excision of 3-methylguanine from alkylated DNA by 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase I of Escherichia coli
Nucleic Acids Res, 21 (9), 2045-9
DOI 10.1093/nar/21.9.2045, PubMed 8502545

Publications 1992

Pines G, Danbolt NC, Bjørås M, Zhang Y, Bendahan A, Eide L, Koepsell H, Storm-Mathisen J, Seeberg E, Kanner BI (1992)
Cloning and expression of a rat brain L-glutamate transporter
Nature, 360 (6403), 464-7
DOI 10.1038/360464a0, PubMed 1448170

Publications 1990

Berdal KG, Bjørås M, Bjelland S, Seeberg E (1990)
Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a gene for an alkylbase DNA glycosylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae; a homologue to the bacterial alkA gene
EMBO J, 9 (13), 4563-8
DOI 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb07909.x, PubMed 2265619