Publications 2024

Gregersen I, Kong XY, Kooijman S, Foyn H, Grannes H, Olsen MB, Lone AM, Yang K, Quiles-Jiménez A, Tran M, Øgaard J, Segers FM, Rashidi A, Sagen EL, Lauritzen KH, Pronk ACM, de Boer JF, Holven KB, Melum E, Aukrust P, Taskén K, Holm S, Rensen PCN, Dahl TB, Halvorsen B (2024)
T cells with increased responsiveness cause obesity in mice without diet intervention
iScience, 27 (4), 109471
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109471, PubMed 38551005

Gregersen I, Scarth ME, Abdullah R, Thorsby PM, Hauger LE, Haugaa KH, Sagen EL, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Edvardsen T, Aukrust P, Almaas VM, Bjørnebekk AK, Halvorsen B (2024)
Elevated interleukin 8 and matrix metalloproteinase 9 levels are associated with myocardial pathology in users of anabolic-androgenic steroids
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 31 (12), 1469-1476
DOI 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae126, PubMed 38573232

Halvorsen B, Viermyr HK, Ueland T, Sagen EL, Michelsen AE, Bjerkeli V, Nor-Solidarity Study Group, Tveita AA, Henriksen KN, Kåsine T, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Trøseid M, Dahl TB, Aukrust P, Gregersen I (2024)
IL-22 is increased in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and associates with cardiac involvement
J Infect, 89 (1), 106176
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106176, PubMed 38719108

Murphy SL, Balzer NR, Ranheim T, Sagen EL, Huse C, Bjerkeli V, Michelsen AE, Finbråten AK, Heggelund L, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Tveita A, Holten AR, Trøseid M, Ueland T, Ulas T, Aukrust P, Barratt-Due A, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB (2024)
Extracellular matrix remodelling pathway in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from severe COVID-19 patients: an explorative study
Front Immunol, 15, 1379570
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1379570, PubMed 38957465

Udjus C, Halvorsen B, Kong XY, Sagen EL, Martinsen M, Yang K, Løberg EM, Christensen G, Skjønsberg OH, Larsen KO (2024)
Alveolar hypoxia induces organ-specific inflammasome-related inflammation in male mouse lungs
Physiol Rep, 12 (14), e16143
DOI 10.14814/phy2.16143, PubMed 39034131

Viermyr HK, Halvorsen B, Sagen EL, Michelsen AE, Barrat-Due A, Kåsine T, Nezvalova-Henriksen K, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Nor‐Solidarity Consortium, Lerum TV, Müller F, Tonby K, Tveita A, Aukrust P, Trøseid M, Ueland T, Dahl TB (2024)
High viral loads combined with inflammatory markers predict disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Results from the NOR-Solidarity trial
J Intern Med, 296 (3), 249-259
DOI 10.1111/joim.13820, PubMed 39011800

Publications 2021

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

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

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

Publications 2020

Hoel H, Ueland T, Knudsen A, Kjær A, Michelsen AE, Sagen EL, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Nielsen SD, Aukrust P, Lebech AM, Trøseid M (2020)
Soluble Markers of Interleukin 1 Activation as Predictors of First-Time Myocardial Infarction in HIV-Infected Individuals
J Infect Dis, 221 (4), 506-509
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiz253, PubMed 31077280

Otterdal K, Berg A, Michelsen AE, Patel S, Gregersen I, Sagen EL, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Langeland N, Aukrust P (2020)
Plasma levels of interleukin 27 in falciparum malaria is increased independently of co-infection with HIV: potential immune-regulatory role during malaria
BMC Infect Dis, 20 (1), 65
DOI 10.1186/s12879-020-4783-8, PubMed 31964363

Publications 2019

Fosshaug LE, Colas RA, Anstensrud AK, Gregersen I, Nymo S, Sagen EL, Michelsen A, Vinge LE, Øie E, Gullestad L, Halvorsen B, Hansen TV, Aukrust P, Dalli J, Yndestad A (2019)
Early increase of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
EBioMedicine, 46, 264-273
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.07.024, PubMed 31345784

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

Publications 2018

Skarpengland T, Skjelland M, Kong XY, Skagen K, Holm S, Otterdal K, Dahl CP, Krohg-Sørensen K, Sagen EL, Bjerkeli V, Aamodt AH, Abbas A, Gregersen I, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB (2018)
Increased Levels of Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1 in Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
J Am Heart Assoc, 7 (2)
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.117.006479, PubMed 29330254

Publications 2017

Espada S, Stavik B, Holm S, Sagen EL, Bjerkeli V, Skjelland M, Dahl TB, Espevik T, Kanse S, Sandset PM, Skretting G, Halvorsen B (2017)
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor attenuates ER stress-induced inflammation in human M2-polarized macrophages
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 491 (2), 442-448
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.070, PubMed 28712870

Gregersen I, Sandanger Ø, Askevold ET, Sagen EL, Yang K, Holm S, Pedersen TM, Skjelland M, Krohg-Sørensen K, Hansen TV, Dahl TB, Otterdal K, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B (2017)
Interleukin 27 is increased in carotid atherosclerosis and promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation
PLoS One, 12 (11), e0188387
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0188387, PubMed 29176764

Publications 2015

Halvorsen B, Espeland MZ, Andersen GØ, Yndestad A, Sagen EL, Rashidi A, Knudsen EC, Skjelland M, Skagen KR, Krohg-Sørensen K, Holm S, Ritschel V, Holven KB, Biessen EA, Aukrust P, Dahl TB (2015)
Increased expression of NAMPT in PBMC from patients with acute coronary syndrome and in inflammatory M1 macrophages
Atherosclerosis, 243 (1), 204-10
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.09.010, PubMed 26402139

Publications 2014

Abbas A, Aukrust P, Russell D, Krohg-Sørensen K, Almås T, Bundgaard D, Bjerkeli V, Sagen EL, Michelsen AE, Dahl TB, Holm S, Ueland T, Skjelland M, Halvorsen B (2014)
Matrix metalloproteinase 7 is associated with symptomatic lesions and adverse events in patients with carotid atherosclerosis
PLoS One, 9 (1), e84935
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0084935, PubMed 24400123

Halvorsen B, Holm S, Yndestad A, Scholz H, Sagen EL, Nebb H, Holven KB, Dahl TB, Aukrust P (2014)
Interleukin-10 increases reverse cholesterol transport in macrophages through its bidirectional interaction with liver X receptor α
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 450 (4), 1525-30
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.07.036, PubMed 25035925

Halvorsen B, Smedbakken LM, Michelsen AE, Skjelland M, Bjerkeli V, Sagen EL, Taskén K, Bendz B, Gullestad L, Holm S, Biessen EA, Aukrust P (2014)
Activated platelets promote increased monocyte expression of CXCR5 through prostaglandin E2-related mechanisms and enhance the anti-inflammatory effects of CXCL13
Atherosclerosis, 234 (2), 352-9
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.03.021, PubMed 24732574

Publications 2012

Rødland EK, Ueland T, Bjørnsen S, Sagen EL, Dahl CP, Naalsund A, Mollnes TE, Brosstad FR, Müller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2012)
Systemic biomarkers of inflammation and haemostasis in patients with chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis
BMC Infect Dis, 12, 144
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-12-144, PubMed 22731696

Smedbakken LM, Halvorsen B, Daissormont I, Ranheim T, Michelsen AE, Skjelland M, Sagen EL, Folkersen L, Krohg-Sørensen K, Russell D, Holm S, Ueland T, Fevang B, Hedin U, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Hansson GK, Biessen EA, Aukrust P (2012)
Increased levels of the homeostatic chemokine CXCL13 in human atherosclerosis - Potential role in plaque stabilization
Atherosclerosis, 224 (1), 266-73
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.06.071, PubMed 22840692

Publications 2008

Handberg A, Skjelland M, Michelsen AE, Sagen EL, Krohg-Sørensen K, Russell D, Dahl A, Ueland T, Oie E, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2008)
Soluble CD36 in plasma is increased in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic carotid plaques and is related to plaque instability
Stroke, 39 (11), 3092-5
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.517128, PubMed 18723424

Publications 2006

Florholmen G, Halvorsen B, Beraki K, Lyberg T, Sagen EL, Aukrust P, Christensen G, Yndestad A (2006)
Activin A inhibits organization of sarcomeric proteins in cardiomyocytes induced by leukemia inhibitory factor
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 41 (4), 689-97
DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.07.009, PubMed 16926021

Publications 2004

Scholz H, Aukrust P, Damås JK, Tonstad S, Sagen EL, Kolset SO, Hall C, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B (2004)
8-isoprostane increases scavenger receptor A and matrix metalloproteinase activity in THP-1 macrophages, resulting in long-lived foam cells
Eur J Clin Invest, 34 (7), 451-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2004.01376.x, PubMed 15255781