Publications 2024

Andreou D, Steen NE, Mørch-Johnsen L, Jørgensen KN, Wortinger LA, Barth C, Szabo A, O'Connell KS, Lekva T, Hjell G, Johansen IT, Ormerod MBEG, Haukvik UK, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Yolken RH, Andreassen OA, Ueland T, Agartz I (2024)
Toxoplasma gondii infection associated with inflammasome activation and neuronal injury
Sci Rep, 14 (1), 5327
DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-55887-9, PubMed 38438515

Barratt-Due A, Pettersen K, Børresdatter-Dahl T, Holter JC, Grønli RH, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Lerum TV, Holten AR, Tonby K, Trøseid M, Skjønsberg OH, Granerud BK, Heggelund L, Kildal AB, Schjalm C, Aaløkken TM, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Halvorsen B, NOR‐Solidarity study groupThe Norwegian SARS‐CoV‐2 study group (2024)
Escalated complement activation during hospitalization is associated with higher risk of 60-day mortality in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients
J Intern Med, 296 (1), 80-92
DOI 10.1111/joim.13783, PubMed 38539241

Bredholt G, Sævik M, Søyland H, Ueland T, Zhou F, Pathirana R, Madsen A, Vahokoski J, Lartey S, Halvorsen BE, Dahl TB, Trieu MC, Mohn KG, Brokstad KA, Aukrust P, Tøndel C, Langeland N, Blomberg B, Cox RJ, Bergen COVID-19 Research Group (2024)
Three doses of Sars-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in older adults result in similar antibody responses but reduced cellular cytokine responses relative to younger adults
Vaccine X, 20, 100564
DOI 10.1016/j.jvacx.2024.100564, PubMed 39403561

Damås JK, Otterdal K, Astrup E, Lekva T, Janardhanan J, Michelsen A, Aukrust P, Varghese GM, Ueland T (2024)
Canonical notch activation in patients with scrub typhus: association with organ dysfunction and poor outcome
Infection, 52 (4), 1357-1365
DOI 10.1007/s15010-024-02192-2, PubMed 38502427

De Bortoli A, Nordøy I, Connelly JP, Viermyr HK, Bjerkreim RH, Broch K, Olsen PAS, Gude E, Fevang B, Jørgensen SF, Trøseid M, Steen T, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK, Skarpengland T (2024)
Diagnostics, treatment and outcomes of cardiac sarcoidosis in a Norwegian cohort
Int J Cardiol, 400, 131809
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.131809, PubMed 38272129

Dingen H, Jordal S, Bratt S, Aukrust P, Busund R, Jakobsen Ø, Dalén M, Ueland T, Svenarud P, Haaverstad R, Saeed S, Risnes I (2024)
Clinical profile, microbiology and outcomes in infective endocarditis treated with aortic valve replacement: a multicenter case-control study
BMC Infect Dis, 24 (1), 913
DOI 10.1186/s12879-024-09782-3, PubMed 39227795

Grannes H, Sharma A, Suntharalingam A, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Birkeland KI, Gregersen I, Lee-Ødegård S, Halvorsen B (2024)
Plasma soluble TIM-3 is increased in normoglycemic South Asian women compared to Nordic women after gestational diabetes mellitus and associated with markers of metaflammation
Heliyon, 10 (22), e40339
DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40339, PubMed 39641064

Grannes H, Ueland T, Simeone P, Liani R, Guagnano MT, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, Birkeland K, di Castelnuovo A, Cipollone F, Consoli A, Halvorsen B, Gregersen I, Santilli F (2024)
Liraglutide and not lifestyle intervention reduces soluble CD163 after comparable weight loss in obese participants with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus
Cardiovasc Diabetol, 23 (1), 146
DOI 10.1186/s12933-024-02237-8, PubMed 38685051

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, Narverud I, Christensen JJ, Hovland A, Øyri LKL, Ueland T, Retterstøl K, Bogsrud MP, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Holven KB (2024)
Plasma legumain in familial hypercholesterolemia: associations with statin use and cardiovascular risk markers
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 84 (1), 24-29
DOI 10.1080/00365513.2024.2309617, PubMed 38319290

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

Hansen ES, Edvardsen MS, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Hansen JB, Brækkan SK, Morelli VM (2024)
Galectin-3-binding protein and future venous thromboembolism
Res Pract Thromb Haemost, 8 (1), 102311
DOI 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102311, PubMed 38327613

Hoel H, Dahl TB, Yang K, Skeie LG, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Damås JK, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Fevang B, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Trøseid M, Sandanger Ø (2024)
Chronic HIV Infection Increases Monocyte NLRP3 Inflammasome-Dependent IL-1α and IL-1β Release
Int J Mol Sci, 25 (13)
DOI 10.3390/ijms25137141, PubMed 39000248

Holm S, Michelsen AE, Schultz NH, Ueland T, Reikvam H, Holme PA, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2024)
Human papilloma virus vaccine induced thrombocytopenia accompanied by a wide spectrum of reversible inflammatory responses - a case report
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 84 (6), 425-427
DOI 10.1080/00365513.2024.2400663, PubMed 39264796

Holme FA, Huse C, Kong XY, Broch K, Gullestad L, Anstensrud AK, Andersen GØ, Amundsen BH, Kleveland O, Quiles-Jimenez A, Holm S, Aukrust P, Alseth I, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB (2024)
Circular RNA Profile in Atherosclerotic Disease: Regulation during ST-Elevated Myocardial Infarction
Int J Mol Sci, 25 (16)
DOI 10.3390/ijms25169014, PubMed 39201700

Jørgensen SF, Macpherson ME, Bjørnetrø T, Holm K, Kummen M, Rashidi A, Michelsen AE, Lekva T, Halvorsen B, Trøseid M, Mollnes TE, Berge RK, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Hov JR, Fevang B (2024)
Retraction Note: Rifaximin alters gut microbiota profile, but does not affect systemic inflammation - a randomized controlled trial in common variable immunodeficiency
Sci Rep, 14 (1), 3704
DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-54117-6, PubMed 38355714

Kindberg KM, Broch K, Andersen GØ, Anstensrud AK, Åkra S, Woxholt S, Tøllefsen IM, Ueland T, Amundsen BH, Kløw NE, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Huse C, Murphy SL, Damås JK, Opdahl A, Wiseth R, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Santos-Gallego C, Seljeflot I, Stokke MK, Helseth R (2024)
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Reduced by Tocilizumab and Associated With Infarct Size
JACC Adv, 3 (9), 101193
DOI 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101193, PubMed 39247678

Kong XY, Lauritzen KH, Dahl TB, Holm S, Olsen MB, Skjelland M, Nielsen C, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Sandanger Ø (2024)
CD38 deficient mice are not protected from atherosclerosis
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 705, 149734
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149734, PubMed 38430607

Løvheim EB, Retterstøl K, Narverud I, Bogsrud MP, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2024)
Adherence to the Healthy Nordic Food Index is associated with reduced plasma levels of inflammatory markers in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Atheroscler Plus, 58, 38-45
DOI 10.1016/j.athplu.2024.10.003, PubMed 39525275

Melnes T, Bogsrud MP, Christensen JJ, Rundblad A, Narverud I, Retterstøl K, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Ulven SM, Holven KB (2024)
Gene expression profiling in elderly patients with familial hypercholesterolemia with and without coronary heart disease
Atherosclerosis, 392, 117507
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.117507, PubMed 38663317

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

Nilsen DWT, Aarsetoey R, Poenitz V, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, Brugger-Andersen T, Staines H, Grundt H (2024)
α1-Antichymotrypsin Complex (SERPINA3) Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause but Not Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Chest Pain of Suspected Coronary Origin
Cardiology, 149 (4), 338-346
DOI 10.1159/000537919, PubMed 38402860

Nilsen DWT, Aarsetoey R, Poenitz V, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, Brugger-Andersen T, Staines H, Grundt H (2024)
Chemokine ligand 18 predicts all-cause mortality in patients hospitalized with chest pain of suspected coronary origin
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev, 21, 200264
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2024.200264, PubMed 38596196

Olsen MB, Kong XY, Louwe MC, Lauritzen KH, Schanke Y, Kaasbøll OJ, Attramadal H, Øgaard J, Holm S, Aukrust P, Ryan L, Espevik T, Yurchenko M, Halvorsen B (2024)
SLAMF1-derived peptide exhibits cardio protection after permanent left anterior descending artery ligation in mice
Front Immunol, 15, 1383505
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1383505, PubMed 38686379

Olsen MB, Louwe MC, Yang K, Øgaard J, Dahl TB, Gregersen I, Alfsnes K, Lauritzen KH, Murphy SL, Ahmed MS, Aukrust P, Vinge LE, Yndestad A, Holven KB, Halvorsen B, Fosshaug LE (2024)
Continuous infusion of resolvin D2 in combination with Angiotensin-II show contrary effects on blood pressure and intracardiac artery remodeling
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 733, 150706
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150706, PubMed 39305571

Patrick-Brown TDJH, Barratt-Due A, Trøseid M, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Nezvalova-Henriksen K, Kåsine T, Aukrust P, Olsen IC, NOR Solidarity consortium (2024)
The effects of remdesivir on long-term symptoms in patients hospitalised for COVID-19: a pre-specified exploratory analysis
Commun Med (Lond), 4 (1), 231
DOI 10.1038/s43856-024-00650-4, PubMed 39533001

Raju SC, Molinaro A, Awoyemi A, Jørgensen SF, Braadland PR, Nendl A, Seljeflot I, Ueland PM, McCann A, Aukrust P, Vestad B, Mayerhofer C, Broch K, Gullestad L, Lappegård KT, Halvorsen B, Kristiansen K, Hov JR, Trøseid M (2024)
Microbial-derived imidazole propionate links the heart failure-associated microbiome alterations to disease severity
Genome Med, 16 (1), 27
DOI 10.1186/s13073-024-01296-6, PubMed 38331891

Sæther LS, Szabo A, Akkouh IA, Haatveit B, Mohn C, Vaskinn A, Aukrust P, Ormerod MBEG, Eiel Steen N, Melle I, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Ueland T, Ueland T (2024)
Cognitive and inflammatory heterogeneity in severe mental illness: Translating findings from blood to brain
Brain Behav Immun, 118, 287-299
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.03.014, PubMed 38461955

Sæther LS, Ueland T, Haatveit B, Vaskinn A, Bärthel Flaaten C, Mohn C, E G Ormerod MB, Aukrust P, Melle I, Steen NE, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2024)
Longitudinal course of inflammatory-cognitive subgroups across first treatment severe mental illness and healthy controls
Psychol Med, 54 (12), 1-11 (in press)
DOI 10.1017/S003329172400206X, PubMed 39354711

Ueland T, Astrup E, Otterdal K, Lekva T, Janardhanan J, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Varghese GM, Damås JK (2024)
C-C Motif Ligand 7 (CCL7) and C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 3 (CCR3) dysregulation in patients with scrub typhus and association with mortality
J Infect Dis (in press)
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiae401, PubMed 39190223

Ueland T, Butt N, Lekva T, Ørn S, Manhenke C, Aukrust P, Larsen AI (2024)
High dose statin treatment reduces circulating Dickkopf-1 following acute myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 406, 132035
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132035, PubMed 38604450

Ueland T, Nkele I, Hoel H, Lockman S, Michelsen AE, Moshomo T, Aukrust P, Mohammed T, Trøseid M, Mosepele M (2024)
Markers of extracellular matrix degradation and inflammasome activation are associated with carotid plaques in virally suppressed people with HIV in Botswana
AIDS, 39 (1), 22-30
DOI 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004014, PubMed 39283741

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

Viermyr HK, Tonby K, Ponzi E, Trouillet-Assant S, Poissy J, Arribas JR, Dyon-Tafani V, Bouscambert-Duchamp M, Assoumou L, Halvorsen B, Tekin NB, Diallo A, De Gastines L, Munthe LA, Murphy SL, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Lund-Johansen F, Aukrust P, Mootien J, Dervieux B, Zerbib Y, Richard JC, Prével R, Malvy D et al. (2024)
Safety of baricitinib in vaccinated patients with severe and critical COVID-19 sub study of the randomised Bari-SolidAct trial
EBioMedicine, 111, 105511 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105511, PubMed 39731852

Woxholt S, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Anstensrud AK, Broch K, Tøllefsen IM, Seljeflot I, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Huse C, Andersen GØ, Gullestad L, Wiseth R, Damås JK, Kleveland O (2024)
Effect of tocilizumab on endothelial and platelet-derived CXC-chemokines and their association with inflammation and myocardial injury in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI
Int J Cardiol, 418, 132613
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132613, PubMed 39374793

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

Zamani M, Skagen K, Lindberg B, Bjerkeli V, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Skjelland M (2024)
Relationship between fibroblast growth factor in plasma and carotid plaque neovascularization: a pilot study
Front Immunol, 15, 1385377
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1385377, PubMed 38711510

Publications 2023

Ali AM, Yakupoglu HY, Fuchs TA, Larsen TH, Aukrust P, Gunnarsson R, Saeed S (2023)
Cardiac Involvement in Systemic and Local Vasculitides: The Value of Noninvasive Multimodality Imaging
Curr Probl Cardiol, 48 (8), 101718
DOI 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101718, PubMed 37003450

Andel PM, Aukrust P, Gleditsch J, Gude E, Haugeberg G, Høie S, Salte T, Steine K, Atar D (2023)
Recurrent pericarditis
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (8)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0580, PubMed 37254974

Andersen IM, Reims HM, Grzyb K, Fevang B, Melum E, Aukrust P, Wiencke K, Nordøy I, Line PD, Jørgensen SF (2023)
Long-term survival after liver transplantation in patients with common variable immunodeficiency
Liver Transpl, 29 (8), 894-899
DOI 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000130, PubMed 36932715

Andersen T, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Nilsen DWT, Grundt H, Staines H, Pönitz V, Kontny F (2023)
Procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide is associated with adverse outcome in acute chest pain of suspected coronary origin
Front Cardiovasc Med, 10, 1191055
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1191055, PubMed 37731526

Edvardsen MS, Hansen ES, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Brækkan SK, Morelli VM, Hansen JB (2023)
Impact of the von Willebrand factor-ADAMTS-13 axis on the risk of future venous thromboembolism
J Thromb Haemost, 21 (5), 1227-1237
DOI 10.1016/j.jtha.2023.01.024, PubMed 36736832

Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Dahl TB, Gregersen I (2023)
Increased cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: do not neglect causality
Eur Heart J Open, 3 (6), oead119
DOI 10.1093/ehjopen/oead119, PubMed 38089856

Hansen ES, Edvardsen MS, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Hansen JB, Brækkan SK, Morelli VM (2023)
Combined effect of high factor VIII levels and high mean platelet volume on the risk of future incident venous thromboembolism
J Thromb Haemost, 21 (10), 2844-2853
DOI 10.1016/j.jtha.2023.06.022, PubMed 37393000

Heldal TF, Åsberg A, Ueland T, Reisæter AV, Pischke SE, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Reinholt F, Hartmann A, Heldal K, Jenssen TG (2023)
Systemic inflammation early after kidney transplantation is associated with long-term graft loss: a cohort study
Front Immunol, 14, 1253991
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1253991, PubMed 37849758

Jensen SB, Sheikh MA, Akkouh IA, Szabo A, O'Connell KS, Lekva T, Engh JA, Agartz I, Elvsåshagen T, Ormerod MBEG, Weibell MA, Johnsen E, Kroken RA, Melle I, Drange OK, Nærland T, Vaaler AE, Westlye LT, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Eiel Steen N, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2023)
Elevated Systemic Levels of Markers Reflecting Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and Inflammasome Activation Are Correlated in Severe Mental Illness
Schizophr Bull, 49 (3), 635-645
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbac191, PubMed 36462169

Jorgensen SF, Macpherson ME, Skarpengland T, Berge RK, Fevang B, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2023)
Disturbed lipid profile in common variable immunodeficiency - a pathogenic loop of inflammation and metabolic disturbances
Front Immunol, 14, 1199727
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1199727, PubMed 37545531

Lekva T, Michelsen AE, Roland MCP, Norwitz ER, Estensen ME, Olstad OK, Akkouh IA, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2023)
Increased ferroptosis in leukocytes from preeclamptic women involving the long non-coding taurine upregulated gene 1 (TUG1)
J Intern Med, 295 (2), 181-195
DOI 10.1111/joim.13732, PubMed 37870937

Lekva T, Sundaram AYF, Roland MCP, Åsheim J, Michelsen AE, Norwitz ER, Aukrust P, Gilfillan GD, Ueland T (2023)
Platelet and mitochondrial RNA is decreased in plasma-derived extracellular vesicles in women with preeclampsia-an exploratory study
BMC Med, 21 (1), 458
DOI 10.1186/s12916-023-03178-x, PubMed 37996819

Macpherson ME, Skarpengland T, Hov JR, Ranheim T, Vestad B, Dahl TB, Fraz MSA, Michelsen AE, Holven KB, Fevang B, Berge RK, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Jørgensen SF (2023)
Increased Plasma Levels of Triglyceride-Enriched Lipoproteins Associate with Systemic Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, and Gut Dysbiosis in Common Variable Immunodeficiency
J Clin Immunol, 43 (6), 1229-1240
DOI 10.1007/s10875-023-01475-x, PubMed 36995502

Murphy SL, Halvorsen B, Holter JC, Huse C, Tveita A, Trøseid M, Hoel H, Kildal AB, Holten AR, Lerum TV, Skjønsberg OH, Michelsen AE, Aaløkken TM, NOR-SOLIDARITY Consortium, The Norwegian SARS-CoV-2 study group investigators, Tonby K, Lind A, Dudman S, Granerud BK, Heggelund L, Bøe S, Dyrholt-Riise AM, Aukrust P, Barratt-Due A, Ueland T, Dahl TB (2023)
Circulating markers of extracellular matrix remodelling in severe COVID-19 patients
J Intern Med, 294 (6), 784-797
DOI 10.1111/joim.13725, PubMed 37718572

Parker N, Cheng W, Hindley GFL, O'Connell KS, Karthikeyan S, Holen B, Shadrin AA, Rahman Z, Karadag N, Bahrami S, Lin A, Steen NE, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Dale AM, Smeland OB, Frei O, Andreassen OA (2023)
Genetic Overlap Between Global Cortical Brain Structure, C-Reactive Protein, and White Blood Cell Counts
Biol Psychiatry, 95 (1), 62-71
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.06.008, PubMed 37348803

Prapiadou S, Živković L, Thorand B, George MJ, van der Laan SW, Malik R, Herder C, Koenig W, Ueland T, Kleveland O, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Bernhagen J, Pasterkamp G, Peters A, Hingorani AD, Rosand J, Dichgans M, Anderson CD, Georgakis MK (2023)
Proteogenomic integration reveals CXCL10 as a potentially downstream causal mediator for IL-6 signaling on atherosclerosis
medRxiv
DOI 10.1101/2023.03.24.23287543, PubMed 37034659

Prapiadou S, Živković L, Thorand B, George MJ, van der Laan SW, Malik R, Herder C, Koenig W, Ueland T, Kleveland O, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Bernhagen J, Pasterkamp G, Peters A, Hingorani AD, Rosand J, Dichgans M, Anderson CD, Georgakis MK (2023)
Proteogenomic Data Integration Reveals CXCL10 as a Potentially Downstream Causal Mediator for IL-6 Signaling on Atherosclerosis
Circulation, 149 (9), 669-683
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064974, PubMed 38152968

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

Risnes I, Aukrust P, Lundblad R, Rødevand O, Ueland T, Rynning SE, Saeed S (2023)
Increased levels of NT-proBNP and troponin T 2 years after coronary artery bypass grafting complicated by mediastinitis
Front Cardiovasc Med, 10, 1008825
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1008825, PubMed 36824453

Risnes I, Aukrust P, Lundblad R, Ueland T, Rynning SE, Solheim E, Saeed S (2023)
Troponin T and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Are Associated with Long-Term All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Post-Sternotomy Mediastinitis following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A 15-Year Follow-Up Study
Cardiology, 148 (6), 599-603
DOI 10.1159/000533631, PubMed 37586344

Solberg OG, Aaberge L, Bosse G, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Stavem K (2023)
Microvascular function and inflammatory activation in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
ESC Heart Fail, 10 (5), 3216-3222
DOI 10.1002/ehf2.14461, PubMed 37537779

Steen NE, Rahman Z, Szabo A, Hindley GFL, Parker N, Cheng W, Lin A, O'Connell KS, Sheikh MA, Shadrin A, Bahrami S, Karthikeyan S, Hoseth EZ, Dale AM, Aukrust P, Smeland OB, Ueland T, Frei O, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA (2023)
Shared Genetic Loci Between Schizophrenia and White Blood Cell Counts Suggest Genetically Determined Systemic Immune Abnormalities
Schizophr Bull, 49 (5), 1345-1354
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbad082, PubMed 37319439

Stø K, Skagen KR, Valeur J, Yang K, Bjerkeli V, Aukrust P, Skjelland M, Halvorsen B (2023)
Increased plasma levels of non-sugar sweeteners in patients with symptomatic carotid atherosclerosis
Scand Cardiovasc J, 57 (1), 2205068
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2023.2205068, PubMed 37102258

Tran TT, Vaage EB, Mehta A, Chopra A, Tietze L, Kolderup A, Anthi A, König M, Nygaard G, Lind A, Müller F, Nissen-Meyer LS, Magnus P, Trogstad L, Mjaaland S, Søraas A, Midtvedt K, Åsberg A, Barratt-Due A, Medhus AW, Høivik ML, Lundin K, Karlsen RF, Dahle R, Danielsson K et al. (2023)
Author Correction: Titers of antibodies against ancestral SARS-CoV-2 correlate with levels of neutralizing antibodies to multiple variants
NPJ Vaccines, 8 (1), 4
DOI 10.1038/s41541-023-00600-6, PubMed 36697432

Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Tveita AA, Kåsine T, Dahl TB, Finbråten AK, Holten AR, Skjønsberg OH, Mathiessen A, Henriksen KN, Trøseid M, Aaløkken TM, Halvorsen B, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Barratt-Due A, Aukrust P (2023)
Coagulopathy and adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: results from the NOR-Solidarity trial
Res Pract Thromb Haemost, 8 (1), 102289
DOI 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102289, PubMed 38292350

Ueland T, Waagsbø B, Berge RK, Trøseid M, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2023)
Fatty Acids Composition and HIV Infection: Altered Levels of n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Are Associated with Disease Progression
Viruses, 15 (7)
DOI 10.3390/v15071613, PubMed 37515299

Ueland T, Äikäs LAO, Dahl TB, Gregersen I, Olsen MB, Michelsen A, Schanke Y, Holopainen M, Ruhanen H, Singh S, NOR-SOLIDARITY Consortium, Tveita AA, Finbråten AK, Heggelund L, Trøseid M, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Nyman TA, Holven KB, Öörni K, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2023)
Low-density lipoprotein particles carrying proinflammatory proteins with altered aggregation pattern detected in COVID-19 patients 3 months after hospitalization
J Infect, 86 (5), 489-492
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.02.024, PubMed 36822413

Woxholt S, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Anstensrud AK, Broch K, Tøllefsen IM, Ryan L, Bendz B, Hopp E, Kløw NE, Seljeflot I, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Huse C, Andersen GØ, Gullestad L, Wiseth R, Amundsen BH, Damas JK, Kleveland O (2023)
Cytokine pattern in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab
Open Heart, 10 (2)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002301, PubMed 37591633

Publications 2022

Andersen T, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Nilsen DW, Grundt H, Staines H, Kontny F (2022)
Podocan and Adverse Clinical Outcome in Patients Admitted With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes
Front Cardiovasc Med, 9, 867944
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2022.867944, PubMed 35669474

Berg J, Halvorsen AR, Bengtson MB, Lindberg M, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Helland Å, Ueland T (2022)
Circulating T Cell Activation and Exhaustion Markers Are Associated With Radiation Pneumonitis and Poor Survival in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Front Immunol, 13, 875152
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.875152, PubMed 35911763

Berg J, Halvorsen AR, Bengtson MB, Lindberg M, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Helland Å, Ueland T (2022)
Corrigendum: Circulating T cell activation and exhaustion markers are associated with radiation pneumonitis and poor survival in non-small-cell lung cancer
Front Immunol, 13, 1051156
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1051156, PubMed 36263024

Brautaset Englund KV, Østby CM, Broch K, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gude E, Andreassen AK, Gullestad L (2022)
Iron homeostasis in heart transplant recipients randomized to ferric derisomaltose or placebo
Clin Transplant, 36 (7), e14695
DOI 10.1111/ctr.14695, PubMed 35532871

Engh JA, Ueland T, Agartz I, Andreou D, Aukrust P, Boye B, Bøen E, Drange OK, Elvsåshagen T, Hope S, Høegh MC, Joa I, Johnsen E, Kroken RA, Lagerberg TV, Lekva T, Malt UF, Melle I, Morken G, Nærland T, Steen VM, Wedervang-Resell K, Weibell MA, Westlye LT, Djurovic S et al. (2022)
Plasma Levels of the Cytokines B Cell-Activating Factor (BAFF) and A Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL) in Schizophrenia, Bipolar, and Major Depressive Disorder: A Cross Sectional, Multisite Study
Schizophr Bull, 48 (1), 37-46
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbab106, PubMed 34499169

Fontaine MAC, Jin H, Gagliardi M, Rousch M, Wijnands E, Stoll M, Li X, Schurgers L, Reutelingsperger C, Schalkwijk C, van den Akker NMS, Molin DGM, Gullestad L, Eritsland J, Hoffman P, Skjelland M, Andersen GØ, Aukrust P, Karel J, Smirnov E, Halvorsen B, Temmerman L, Biessen EAL (2022)
Blood Milieu in Acute Myocardial Infarction Reprograms Human Macrophages for Trauma Repair
Adv Sci (Weinh), 10 (5), e2203053
DOI 10.1002/advs.202203053, PubMed 36526599

Fraz MSA, Michelsen AE, Moe N, Aaløkken TM, Macpherson ME, Nordøy I, Aukrust P, Taraldsrud E, Holm AM, Ueland T, Jørgensen SF, Fevang B (2022)
Raised Serum Markers of T Cell Activation and Exhaustion in Granulomatous-Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency
J Clin Immunol, 42 (7), 1553-1563
DOI 10.1007/s10875-022-01318-1, PubMed 35789314

Frischmuth T, Hindberg K, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Braekkan SK, Hansen JB, Morelli VM (2022)
Elevated plasma levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 are associated with risk of future incident venous thromboembolism
J Thromb Haemost, 20 (7), 1618-1626
DOI 10.1111/jth.15701, PubMed 35289062

Granerud BK, Ueland T, Lind A, Søraas A, Fevang B, Steffensen AK, Al-Baldawi H, Lund-Johansen F, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Dudman S, Müller F, Holter JC (2022)
Omicron Variant Generates a Higher and More Sustained Viral Load in Nasopharynx and Saliva Than the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2
Viruses, 14 (11)
DOI 10.3390/v14112420, PubMed 36366518

Gregersen I, Ueland T, Holter JC, Olsen MB, Michelsen AE, Murphy SL, Tveita AA, Henriksen KN, Hoel H, Nordberg LB, Holten AR, Edvardsen T, Yang K, Heggelund L, Trøseid M, Müller F, Kildal AB, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Barratt-Due A, Dahl TB, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, NOR-SOLIDARITY consortium, The Norwegian SARS-CoV-2 Study Group investigators (2022)
CXCL16 associates with adverse outcome and cardiac involvement in hospitalized patients with Covid-19
J Infect, 85 (6), 702-769
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.09.029, PubMed 36216188

Heldal TF, Åsberg A, Ueland T, Reisaeter AV, Pischke SE, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Hartmann A, Heldal K, Jenssen T (2022)
Inflammation in the early phase after kidney transplantation is associated with increased long-term all-cause mortality
Am J Transplant, 22 (8), 2016-2027
DOI 10.1111/ajt.17047, PubMed 35352462

Huse C, Anstensrud AK, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Broch K, Woxholt S, Yang K, Sharma K, Tøllefsen IM, Bendz B, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Berg ES, Bjørkelund E, Quiles-Jiménez A, Bjerkeli V, Bendz C, Kleveland O, Stensaeth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Halvorsen B, Gullestad L et al. (2022)
Interleukin-6 inhibition in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Immune cell profile in the randomised ASSAIL-MI trial
EBioMedicine, 80, 104013
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104013, PubMed 35504178

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

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

Lee-Ødegård S, Ueland T, Thorsby PM, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, Halvorsen B, Drevon CA, Birkeland KI (2022)
Fetuin-A mediates the difference in adipose tissue insulin resistance between young adult pakistani and norwegian patients with type 2 diabetes
BMC Endocr Disord, 22 (1), 208
DOI 10.1186/s12902-022-01127-y, PubMed 35978354

Lekva T, Ueland T, Halvorsen B, Murphy SL, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Tveita A, Finbråten AK, Mathiessen A, Müller KE, Aaløkken TM, Skjønsberg OH, Lerum TV, Aukrust P, Dahl TB (2022)
Markers of cellular senescence is associated with persistent pulmonary pathology after COVID-19 infection
Infect Dis (Lond), 54 (12), 918-923
DOI 10.1080/23744235.2022.2113135, PubMed 35984738

Murphy SL, Halvorsen B, Barratt-Due A, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Aukrust P, Trøseid M, Dahl TB (2022)
Remdesivir modifies interferon response in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
J Infect, 85 (5), 573-607
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.07.021, PubMed 35914611

Nilsen DWT, Røysland M, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, Staines H, Barvik S, Kontny F, Nordrehaug JE, Bonarjee VVS (2022)
The Effect of Protease-Activated Receptor-1 (PAR-1) Inhibition on Endothelial-Related Biomarkers in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Thromb Haemost, 123 (5), 510-521
DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1760256, PubMed 36588289

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

Oppen K, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Steinsvik T, Skadberg Ø, Brede C, Siljan WW, Husebye E, Holter JC, Heggelund L (2022)
Hepcidin predicts 5-year mortality after community-acquired pneumonia
Infect Dis (Lond), 54 (6), 403-409
DOI 10.1080/23744235.2021.2022194, PubMed 35057702

Seim BE, Holt MF, Ratajska A, Michelsen A, Ringseth MM, Halvorsen BE, Skjelland M, Kvitting JP, Lundblad R, Krohg-Sørensen K, Osnes LTN, Aukrust P, Paus B, Ueland T (2022)
Markers of extracellular matrix remodeling and systemic inflammation in patients with heritable thoracic aortic diseases
Front Cardiovasc Med, 9, 1073069
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1073069, PubMed 36606286

Sheikh MA, O'Connell KS, Lekva T, Szabo A, Akkouh IA, Osete JR, Agartz I, Engh JA, Andreou D, Boye B, Bøen E, Elvsåshagen T, Hope S, Frogner Werner MC, Joa I, Johnsen E, Kroken RA, Lagerberg TV, Melle I, Drange OK, Morken G, Nærland T, Sørensen K, Vaaler AE, Weibell MA et al. (2022)
Systemic Cell Adhesion Molecules in Severe Mental Illness: Potential Role of Intercellular CAM-1 in Linking Peripheral and Neuroinflammation
Biol Psychiatry, 93 (2), 187-196
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.06.029, PubMed 36182530

Simeone P, Tripaldi R, Michelsen A, Ueland T, Liani R, Ciotti S, Birkeland KI, Gulseth HL, Di Castelnuovo A, Cipollone F, Aukrust P, Consoli A, Halvorsen B, Santilli F (2022)
Effects of liraglutide vs. lifestyle changes on soluble suppression of tumorigenesis-2 (sST2) and galectin-3 in obese subjects with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes after comparable weight loss
Cardiovasc Diabetol, 21 (1), 36
DOI 10.1186/s12933-022-01469-w, PubMed 35277168

Simonsen HE, Berkman R, Skorpen PK, Hallstensen RF, Aukrust P (2022)
A man in his fifties with recurrent urticaria, fever and joint pain
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (4)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0028, PubMed 35239264

Sæther LS, Ueland T, Haatveit B, Maglanoc LA, Szabo A, Djurovic S, Aukrust P, Roelfs D, Mohn C, Ormerod MBEG, Lagerberg TV, Steen NE, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2022)
Inflammation and cognition in severe mental illness: patterns of covariation and subgroups
Mol Psychiatry, 28 (3), 1284-1292
DOI 10.1038/s41380-022-01924-w, PubMed 36577840

Søraas A, Grødeland G, Granerud BK, Ueland T, Lind A, Fevang B, Murphy SL, Huse C, Nygaard AB, Steffensen AK, Al-Baldawi H, Holberg-Petersen M, Andresen LL, Ågnes C, Ranheim T, Schanke Y, Istre M, Dahl JA, Chopra A, Dudman S, Kaarbø M, Andersen JT, Vaage EB, Tran TT, Vaage JT et al. (2022)
Breakthrough infections with the omicron and delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 result in similar re-activation of vaccine-induced immunity
Front Immunol, 13, 964525
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.964525, PubMed 36159859

Søvik S, Barrat-Due A, Kåsine T, Olasveengen T, Strand MW, Tveita AA, Berdal JE, Lehre MA, Lorentsen T, Heggelund L, Stenstad T, Ringstad J, Müller F, Aukrust P, Holter JC, Nordøy I (2022)
Corticosteroids and superinfections in COVID-19 patients on invasive mechanical ventilation
J Infect, 85 (1), 57-63
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.015, PubMed 35605805

Tennøe AH, Murbræch K, Didriksen H, Ueland T, Palchevskiy V, Weigt SS, Fretheim H, Midtvedt Ø, Garen T, Brunborg C, Aukrust P, Molberg Ø, Belperio JA, Hoffmann-Vold AM (2022)
Serum markers of cardiac complications in a systemic sclerosis cohort
Sci Rep, 12 (1), 4661
DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-08815-8, PubMed 35304587

Tran TT, Vaage EB, Mehta A, Chopra A, Tietze L, Kolderup A, Anthi A, König M, Nygaard G, Lind A, Müller F, Nissen-Meyer LS, Magnus P, Trogstad L, Mjaaland S, Søraas A, Midtvedt K, Åsberg A, Barratt-Due A, Medhus AW, Høivik ML, Lundin K, Karlsen RF, Dahle R, Danielsson K et al. (2022)
Titers of antibodies against ancestral SARS-CoV-2 correlate with levels of neutralizing antibodies to multiple variants
NPJ Vaccines, 7 (1), 174
DOI 10.1038/s41541-022-00586-7, PubMed 36585405

Trøseid M, Dahl TB, Holter JC, Kildal AB, Murphy SL, Yang K, Quiles-Jiménez A, Heggelund L, Müller KE, Tveita A, Michelsen AE, Bøe S, Holten AR, Hoel H, Mathiessen A, Aaløkken TM, Fevang B, Granerud BK, Tonby K, Henriksen KN, Lerum TV, Müller F, Skjønsberg OH, Barratt-Due A, Dyrhol-Riise AM et al. (2022)
Persistent T-cell exhaustion in relation to prolonged pulmonary pathology and death after severe COVID-19: Results from two Norwegian cohort studies
J Intern Med, 292 (5), 816-828
DOI 10.1111/joim.13549, PubMed 35982589

Tveita A, Murphy SL, Holter JC, Kildal AB, Michelsen AE, Lerum TV, Kaarbø M, Heggelund L, Holten AR, Finbråten AK, Müller KE, Mathiessen A, Bøe S, Fevang B, Granerud BK, Tonby K, Lind A, Dudman SG, Henriksen KN, Müller F, Skjønsberg OH, Trøseid M, Barratt-Due A, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Aukrust P et al. (2022)
High Circulating Levels of the Homeostatic Chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 Predict Mortality and Disease Severity in COVID-19
J Infect Dis, 226 (12), 2150-2160
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiac313, PubMed 35876699

Ueland T, Hausberg I, Mørtberg TV, Dahl TB, Lerum TV, Michelsen A, Ranheim T, Nezvalova Henriksen K, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Holme PA, Aaløkken TM, Skjønsberg OH, Barratt-Due A, Ahlén MT, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2022)
Anti-PF4/polyanion antibodies in COVID-19 patients are associated with disease severity and pulmonary pathology
Platelets, 33 (4), 640-644
DOI 10.1080/09537104.2022.2042238, PubMed 35225150

Vergaro G, Gentile F, Aimo A, Januzzi JL, Richards AM, Lam CSP, de Boer RA, Meems LMG, Latini R, Staszewsky L, Anand IS, Cohn JN, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Bayes-Genis A, Lupón J, Yoshihisa A, Takeishi Y, Egstrup M, Gustafsson I, Gaggin HK, Eggers KM, Huber K et al. (2022)
Circulating levels and prognostic cut-offs of sST2, hs-cTnT, and NT-proBNP in women vs. men with chronic heart failure
ESC Heart Fail, 9 (4), 2084-2095
DOI 10.1002/ehf2.13883, PubMed 35510529

Vestad B, Ueland T, Lerum TV, Dahl TB, Holm K, Barratt-Due A, Kåsine T, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Stiksrud B, Tonby K, Hoel H, Olsen IC, Henriksen KN, Tveita A, Manotheepan R, Haugli M, Eiken R, Berg Å, Halvorsen B, Lekva T, Ranheim T, Michelsen AE, Kildal AB, Johannessen A, Thoresen L et al. (2022)
Respiratory dysfunction three months after severe COVID-19 is associated with gut microbiota alterations
J Intern Med, 291 (6), 801-812
DOI 10.1111/joim.13458, PubMed 35212063

Werner MCF, Wirgenes KV, Shadrin A, Lunding SH, Rødevand L, Hjell G, Ormerod MBEG, Haram M, Agartz I, Djurovic S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Steen NE (2022)
Immune marker levels in severe mental disorders: associations with polygenic risk scores of related mental phenotypes and psoriasis
Transl Psychiatry, 12 (1), 38
DOI 10.1038/s41398-022-01811-6, PubMed 35082268

Werner MCF, Wirgenes KV, Shadrin AA, Lunding SH, Rødevand L, Hjell G, Ormerod MBEG, Haram M, Agartz I, Djurovic S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Steen NE (2022)
Limited association between infections, autoimmune disease and genetic risk and immune activation in severe mental disorders
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 116, 110511
DOI 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2022.110511, PubMed 35063598

Publications 2021

Andreou D, Steen NE, Jørgensen KN, Smelror RE, Wedervang-Resell K, Nerland S, Westlye LT, Nærland T, Myhre AM, Joa I, Reitan SMK, Vaaler A, Morken G, Bøen E, Elvsåshagen T, Boye B, Malt UF, Aukrust P, Skrede S, Kroken RA, Johnsen E, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Ueland T, Agartz I (2021)
Lower circulating neuron-specific enolase concentrations in adults and adolescents with severe mental illness
Psychol Med, 53 (4), 1479-1488
DOI 10.1017/S0033291721003056, PubMed 35387700

Aukrust P, Kleveland O, Gullestad L (2021)
Targeting IL-6 Trans-Signaling: Amplifying the Benefits of IL-6 Inhibition in Myocardial Infarction
JACC Basic Transl Sci, 6 (5), 444-446
DOI 10.1016/j.jacbts.2021.01.007, PubMed 34102669

Awoyemi A, Mayerhofer C, Felix AS, Hov JR, Moscavitch SD, Lappegård KT, Hovland A, Halvorsen S, Halvorsen B, Gregersen I, Svardal A, Berge RK, Hansen SH, Götz A, Holm K, Aukrust P, Åkra S, Seljeflot I, Solheim S, Lorenzo A, Gullestad L, Trøseid M, Broch K (2021)
Rifaximin or Saccharomyces boulardii in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Results from the randomized GutHeart trial
EBioMedicine, 70, 103511
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103511, PubMed 34329947

Barratt-Due A, Olsen IC, Nezvalova-Henriksen K, Kåsine T, Lund-Johansen F, Hoel H, Holten AR, Tveita A, Mathiessen A, Haugli M, Eiken R, Kildal AB, Berg Å, Johannessen A, Heggelund L, Dahl TB, Skåra KH, Mielnik P, Le LAK, Thoresen L, Ernst G, Hoff DAL, Skudal H, Kittang BR, Olsen RB et al. (2021)
Evaluation of the Effects of Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine on Viral Clearance in COVID-19 : A Randomized Trial
Ann Intern Med, 174 (9), 1261-1269
DOI 10.7326/M21-0653, PubMed 34251903

Bjørkto MH, Barratt-Due A, Nordøy I, Dörje C, Galteland E, Lind A, Hilli A, Aukrust P, Mjøen G (2021)
The use of eculizumab in Capnocytophaga canimorsus associated thrombotic microangiopathy: a case report
BMC Infect Dis, 21 (1), 137
DOI 10.1186/s12879-021-05789-2, PubMed 33526010

Broch K, Anstensrud AK, Woxholt S, Sharma K, Tøllefsen IM, Bendz B, Aakhus S, Ueland T, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Berg ES, Bjørkelund E, Bendz C, Hopp E, Kleveland O, Stensæth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Seljeflot I, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2021)
Randomized Trial of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibition in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol, 77 (15), 1845-1855
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.049, PubMed 33858620

Edvardsen MS, Hansen ES, Hindberg K, Morelli VM, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Brækkan SK, Evensen LH, Hansen JB (2021)
Combined effects of plasma von Willebrand factor and platelet measures on the risk of incident venous thromboembolism
Blood, 138 (22), 2269-2277
DOI 10.1182/blood.2021011494, PubMed 34161566

Edvardsen MS, Hindberg K, Hansen ES, Morelli VM, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Brækkan SK, Evensen LH, Hansen JB (2021)
Plasma levels of von Willebrand factor and future risk of incident venous thromboembolism
Blood Adv, 5 (1), 224-232
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003135, PubMed 33570640

Fraz MSA, Moe N, Revheim ME, Stavrinou ML, Durheim MT, Nordøy I, Macpherson ME, Aukrust P, Jørgensen SF, Aaløkken TM, Fevang B (2021)
Granulomatous-Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency-Features of CT and ¹⁸F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography/CT in Clinically Progressive Disease
Front Immunol, 11, 617985
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.617985, PubMed 33584710

Frischmuth T, Hindberg K, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB, Morelli VM (2021)
Plasma Levels of Leptin and Risk of Future Incident Venous Thromboembolism
Thromb Haemost, 122 (4), 560-569
DOI 10.1055/s-0041-1732295, PubMed 34264516

Hansen ES, Rinde FB, Edvardsen MS, Hindberg K, Latysheva N, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Hansen JB, Brækkan SK, Morelli VM (2021)
Elevated plasma D-dimer levels are associated with risk of future incident venous thromboembolism
Thromb Res, 208, 121-126
DOI 10.1016/j.thromres.2021.10.020, PubMed 34763296

Helseth R, Kleveland O, Ueland T, Wiseth R, Damas JK, Broch K, Michelsen A, Bendz B, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Seljeflot I (2021)
Tocilizumab increases citrullinated histone 3 in non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
Open Heart, 8 (1)
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001492, PubMed 33972404

Holm S, Kared H, Michelsen AE, Kong XY, Dahl TB, Schultz NH, Nyman TA, Fladeby C, Seljeflot I, Ueland T, Stensland M, Mjaaland S, Goll GL, Nissen-Meyer LS, Aukrust P, Skagen K, Gregersen I, Skjelland M, Holme PA, Munthe LA, Halvorsen B (2021)
Immune complexes, innate immunity, and NETosis in ChAdOx1 vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia
Eur Heart J, 42 (39), 4064-4072
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab506, PubMed 34405870

Holt MF, Michelsen AE, Shahini N, Bjørkelund E, Bendz CH, Massey RJ, Schjalm C, Halvorsen B, Broch K, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Nilsson PH, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Louwe MC (2021)
The Alternative Complement Pathway Is Activated Without a Corresponding Terminal Pathway Activation in Patients With Heart Failure
Front Immunol, 12, 800978
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.800978, PubMed 35003128

Hustad NB, Degerud HM, Hjelmerud I, Fraz MSA, Nordøy I, Trøseid M, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Jørgensen SF (2021)
Real-World Experiences With Facilitated Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Substitution in Patients With Hypogammaglobulinemia, Using a Three-Step Ramp-Up Schedule
Front Immunol, 12, 670547
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.670547, PubMed 34012453

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

Jørgensen SF, Buechner J, Myhre AE, Galteland E, Spetalen S, Kulseth MA, Sorte HS, Holla ØL, Lundman E, Alme C, Heier I, Flægstad T, Fløisand Y, Benneche A, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Stray-Pedersen A, Gedde-Dahl T, Nordøy I (2021)
A Nationwide Study of GATA2 Deficiency in Norway-the Majority of Patients Have Undergone Allo-HSCT
J Clin Immunol, 42 (2), 404-420
DOI 10.1007/s10875-021-01189-y, PubMed 34893945

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

Kåsine T, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Barratt-Due A, Kildal AB, Olsen IC, Nezvalova-Henriksen K, Lund-Johansen F, Hoel H, Holten AR, Tveita A, Mathiessen A, Haugli M, Eiken R, Berg Å, Johannessen A, Heggelund L, Dahl TB, Halvorsen B, Mielnik P, Le LAK, Thoresen L, Ernst G, Hoff DAL, Skudal H, Kittang BR et al. (2021)
Neutrophil count predicts clinical outcome in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Results from the NOR-Solidarity trial
J Intern Med, 291 (2), 241-243
DOI 10.1111/joim.13377, PubMed 34411368

Lauritzen KH, Olsen MB, Ahmed MS, Yang K, Rinholm JE, Bergersen LH, Esbensen QY, Sverkeli LJ, Ziegler M, Attramadal H, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2021)
Instability in NAD⁺ metabolism leads to impaired cardiac mitochondrial function and communication
Elife, 10
DOI 10.7554/eLife.59828, PubMed 34343089

Lekva T, Roland MCP, Estensen ME, Norwitz ER, Tilburgs T, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Normann KR, Magnus P, Olstad OK, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2021)
Dysregulated non-coding telomerase RNA component and associated exonuclease XRN1 in leucocytes from women developing preeclampsia-possible link to enhanced senescence
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 19735
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-99140-z, PubMed 34611223

Lekva T, Roland MCP, Estensen ME, Norwitz ER, Tilburgs T, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Normann KR, Magnus P, Olstad OK, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2021)
Author Correction: Dysregulated non-coding telomerase RNA component and associated exonuclease XRN1 in leucocytes from women developing preeclampsia-possible link to enhanced senescence
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 22572
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-00917-z, PubMed 34782619

Lerum TV, Maltzahn NN, Aukrust P, Trøseid M, Henriksen KN, Kåsine T, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Stiksrud B, Haugli M, Blomberg B, Kittang BR, Johannessen A, Hannula R, Aballi S, Kildal AB, Eiken R, Dahl TB, Lund-Johansen F, Müller F, Rodriguez JR, Meltzer C, Einvik G, Ueland T, Olsen IC, NOR-SOLIDARITY Consortium et al. (2021)
Persistent pulmonary pathology after COVID-19 is associated with high viral load, weak antibody response, and high levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 23205
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-02547-x, PubMed 34853380

Olsen MB, Gregersen I, Sandanger Ø, Yang K, Sokolova M, Halvorsen BE, Gullestad L, Broch K, Aukrust P, Louwe MC (2021)
Targeting the Inflammasome in Cardiovascular Disease
JACC Basic Transl Sci, 7 (1), 84-98
DOI 10.1016/j.jacbts.2021.08.006, PubMed 35128212

Oppen K, Ueland T, Siljan WW, Skadberg Ø, Brede C, Lauritzen T, Aukrust P, Steinsvik T, Husebye E, Michelsen AE, Holter JC, Heggelund L (2021)
Hepcidin and Ferritin Predict Microbial Etiology in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Open Forum Infect Dis, 8 (4), ofab082
DOI 10.1093/ofid/ofab082, PubMed 33880390

Otterdal K, Berg A, Michelsen AE, Yndestad A, Patel S, Gregersen I, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Langeland N, Aukrust P (2021)
IL-18 and IL-18 binding protein are related to disease severity and parasitemia during falciparum malaria
BMC Infect Dis, 21 (1), 1073
DOI 10.1186/s12879-021-06751-y, PubMed 34663245

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

Roland MCP, Godang K, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Lekva T (2021)
Low CETP activity and unique composition of large VLDL and small HDL in women giving birth to small-for-gestational age infants
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 6213
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-85777-3, PubMed 33737686

Sikkeland LIB, Qiao SW, Ueland T, Myrdal O, Wyrożemski Ł, Aukrust P, Jahnsen FL, Sjåheim T, Kongerud J, Molberg Ø, Lund MB, Bækkevold ES (2021)
Lung CD4+ T-cells in patients with lung fibrosis produce pro-fibrotic interleukin-13 together with interferon-γ
Eur Respir J, 57 (3)
DOI 10.1183/13993003.00983-2020, PubMed 33154027

Skarpengland T, Macpherson ME, Hov JR, Kong XY, Bohov P, Halvorsen B, Fevang B, Berge RK, Aukrust P, Jørgensen SF (2021)
Altered Plasma Fatty Acids Associate with Gut Microbial Composition in Common Variable Immunodeficiency
J Clin Immunol, 42 (1), 146-157
DOI 10.1007/s10875-021-01146-9, PubMed 34669143

Szabo A, O'Connell KS, Ueland T, Sheikh MA, Agartz I, Andreou D, Aukrust P, Boye B, Bøen E, Drange OK, Elvsåshagen T, Engh JA, Hope S, Collier Høegh M, Joa I, Johnsen E, Kroken RA, Vik Lagerberg T, Lekva T, Malt UF, Melle I, Morken G, Nærland T, Steen VM, Sørensen K et al. (2021)
Increased circulating IL-18 levels in severe mental disorders indicate systemic inflammasome activation
Brain Behav Immun, 99, 299-306
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.10.017, PubMed 34758379

Tangen J, Aukrust P, Barratt-Due A, Skulstad H, Edvardsen T (2021)
Reduced Cardiac Function by Echocardiography in a Minority of COVID-19 Patients 3 Months after Hospitalization
J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 35 (2), 243-244
DOI 10.1016/j.echo.2021.10.014, PubMed 34758386

Thorsen IS, Gøransson LG, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Manhenke CA, Skadberg Ø, Jonsson G, Ørn S (2021)
The relationship between Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF23) and cardiac MRI findings following primary PCI in patients with acute first time STEMI
Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc, 33, 100727
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100727, PubMed 33665349

Ueland T, Abraityte A, Norum H, Varathalingam S, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK (2021)
Circulating regulators of the wingless pathway in precapillary pulmonary hypertension
Respirology, 26 (6), 574-581
DOI 10.1111/resp.14048, PubMed 33830565

Ueland T, Astrup E, Otterdal K, Lekva T, Janardhanan J, Prakash JAJ, Thomas K, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Varghese GM, Damås JK (2021)
Secreted Wnt antagonists in scrub typhus
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 15 (4), e0009185
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009185, PubMed 33914733

Ueland T, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Woll BM, Holten AR, Petteresen F, Lind A, Dudman SG, Heggelund L, Holter JC, Aukrust P (2021)
Increased inflammatory markers reflecting fibrogenesis are independently associated with cardiac involvement in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
J Infect, 82 (5), 186-230
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.017, PubMed 33516748

Ueland T, Gullestad L, Kou L, Young JB, Pfeffer MA, van Veldhuisen DJ, Swedberg K, Mcmurray JJV, Desai AS, Anand IS, Aukrust P (2021)
Growth differentiation factor 15 predicts poor prognosis in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction and anemia: results from RED-HF
Clin Res Cardiol, 111 (4), 440-450
DOI 10.1007/s00392-021-01944-6, PubMed 34611778

Vergaro G, Gentile F, Meems LMG, Aimo A, Januzzi JL, Richards AM, Lam CSP, Latini R, Staszewsky L, Anand IS, Cohn JN, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Bayes-Genis A, Lupón J, Yoshihisa A, Takeishi Y, Egstrup M, Gustafsson I, Gaggin HK, Eggers KM, Huber K, Gamble GD et al. (2021)
NT-proBNP for Risk Prediction in Heart Failure: Identification of Optimal Cutoffs Across Body Mass Index Categories
JACC Heart Fail, 9 (9), 653-663
DOI 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.05.014, PubMed 34246607

Aamodt AH, Høgestøl EA, Popperud TH, Holter JC, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Tonby K, Stiksrud B, Quist-Paulsen E, Berge T, Barratt-Due A, Aukrust P, Heggelund L, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Harbo HF (2021)
Blood neurofilament light concentration at admittance: a potential prognostic marker in COVID-19
J Neurol, 268 (10), 3574-3583
DOI 10.1007/s00415-021-10517-6, PubMed 33743046

Aarsetøy R, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, de la Fuente RL, Pönitz V, Brügger-Andersen T, Grundt H, Staines H, Nilsen DWT (2021)
Angiopoietin-2 and angiopoietin-like 4 protein provide prognostic information in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome
J Intern Med, 290 (4), 894-909
DOI 10.1111/joim.13339, PubMed 34237166

Aarsetøy R, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, Leon de la Fuente R, Grundt H, Staines H, Nygaard O, Nilsen DWT (2021)
Complement component 7 is associated with total- and cardiac death in chest-pain patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 21 (1), 496
DOI 10.1186/s12872-021-02306-w, PubMed 34649504

Publications 2020

Aimo A, Januzzi JL, Vergaro G, Richards AM, Lam CSP, Latini R, Anand IS, Cohn JN, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Bayes-Genis A, Lupón J, de Boer RA, Takeishi Y, Egstrup M, Gustafsson I, Gaggin HK, Eggers KM, Huber K, Gamble GD, Ling LH, Leong KTG, Yeo PSD et al. (2020)
Circulating levels and prognostic value of soluble ST2 in heart failure are less influenced by age than N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity troponin T
Eur J Heart Fail, 22 (11), 2078-2088
DOI 10.1002/ejhf.1701, PubMed 31919929

Akkouh IA, Ueland T, Hansson L, Inderhaug E, Hughes T, Steen NE, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA, Szabo A, Djurovic S (2020)
Decreased IL-1β-induced CCL20 response in human iPSC-astrocytes in schizophrenia: Potential attenuating effects on recruitment of regulatory T cells
Brain Behav Immun, 87, 634-644
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.02.008, PubMed 32109548

Arain F, Abraityte A, Bogdanova M, Solberg OG, Michelsen AE, Lekva T, Aakhus S, Holm S, Halvorsen B, Finsen AV, Vinge LE, Nymo S, Espeland T, Ranheim T, Aukrust P, Vaage IJ, Auensen A, Gullestad L, Ueland T (2020)
YKL-40 (Chitinase-3-Like Protein 1) Serum Levels in Aortic Stenosis
Circ Heart Fail, 13 (10), e006643
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006643, PubMed 32962417

Berg A, Patel S, Tellevik MG, Haanshuus CG, Dalen I, Otterdal K, Ueland T, Moyo SJ, Aukrust P, Langeland N (2020)
Plasma parasitemia as assessed by quantitative PCR in relation to clinical disease severity in African adults with falciparum malaria with and without HIV co-infection
Infection, 48 (3), 367-373
DOI 10.1007/s15010-020-01399-3, PubMed 32077073

George MJ, Kleveland O, Garcia-Hernandez J, Palmen J, Lovering R, Wiseth R, Aukrust P, Engmann J, Damås JK, Hingorani AD, Gullestad L, Casas JP, Ueland T (2020)
Novel Insights Into the Effects of Interleukin 6 Antagonism in Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Employing the SOMAscan Proteomics Platform
J Am Heart Assoc, 9 (12), e015628
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.119.015628, PubMed 32515246

Gregersen I, Michelsen AE, Lunde NN, Åkerblom A, Lakic TG, Skjelland M, Ryeng Skagen K, Becker RC, Lindbäck J, Himmelmann A, Solberg R, Johansen HT, James SK, Siegbahn A, Storey RF, Kontny F, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Wallentin L, Halvorsen B (2020)
Legumain in Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Substudy of the PLATO (Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes) Trial
J Am Heart Assoc, 9 (17), e016360
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.120.016360, PubMed 32809893

Hansen ES, Hindberg K, Latysheva N, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Hansen JB, Brækkan SK, Morelli VM, INVENT Consortium (2020)
Plasma levels of growth differentiation factor 15 are associated with future risk of venous thromboembolism
Blood, 136 (16), 1863-1870
DOI 10.1182/blood.2019004572, PubMed 32645137

Hoel H, Heggelund L, Reikvam DH, Stiksrud B, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Otterdal K, Muller KE, Lind A, Muller F, Dudman S, Aukrust P, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Holter JC, Trøseid M (2020)
Elevated markers of gut leakage and inflammasome activation in COVID-19 patients with cardiac involvement
J Intern Med, 289 (4), 523-531
DOI 10.1111/joim.13178, PubMed 32976665

Hoel H, Ueland T, Hove-Skovsgaard M, Hartling HJ, Gelpi M, Benfield T, Ullum H, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Nielsen SD, Trøseid M (2020)
Soluble T-Cell Immunoglobulin Mucin Domain-3 Is Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection and Low-Grade Inflammation During Chronic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Open Forum Infect Dis, 7 (2), ofaa033
DOI 10.1093/ofid/ofaa033, PubMed 32055642

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

Holter JC, Pischke SE, de Boer E, Lind A, Jenum S, Holten AR, Tonby K, Barratt-Due A, Sokolova M, Schjalm C, Chaban V, Kolderup A, Tran T, Tollefsrud Gjølberg T, Skeie LG, Hesstvedt L, Ormåsen V, Fevang B, Austad C, Müller KE, Fladeby C, Holberg-Petersen M, Halvorsen B, Müller F, Aukrust P et al. (2020)
Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117 (40), 25018-25025
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2010540117, PubMed 32943538

Hovland A, Narverud I, Lie Øyri LK, Bogsrud MP, Aagnes I, Ueland T, Mulder M, Leijten F, Langslet G, Wium C, Svilaas A, Arnesen KE, Roeters van Lennep J, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Retterstøl K, Holven KB (2020)
Subjects with familial hypercholesterolemia have lower aortic valve area and higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers
J Clin Lipidol, 15 (1), 134-141
DOI 10.1016/j.jacl.2020.12.006, PubMed 33358307

Hovland A, Retterstøl K, Mollnes TE, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Lappegård KT (2020)
Anti-inflammatory effects of non-statin low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering drugs: an unused potential?
Scand Cardiovasc J, 54 (5), 274-279
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2020.1775878, PubMed 32500743

Jøntvedt Jørgensen M, Holter JC, Christensen EE, Schjalm C, Tonby K, Pischke SE, Jenum S, Skeie LG, Nur S, Lind A, Opsand H, Enersen TB, Grøndahl R, Hermann A, Dudman S, Muller F, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Heggelund L, Holten AR, Dyrhol-Riise AM (2020)
Increased interleukin-6 and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 are associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 21697
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-78710-7, PubMed 33303843

Jørgensen SF, Fevang B, Aukrust P (2020)
Commentary: Gut Antibody Deficiency in a Mouse Model of CVID Results in Spontaneous Development of a Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
Front Immunol, 11, 1921
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01921, PubMed 32983117

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

Kummen M, Solberg OG, Storm-Larsen C, Holm K, Ragnarsson A, Trøseid M, Vestad B, Skårdal R, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Svardal A, Berge RK, Seljeflot I, Gullestad L, Karlsen TH, Aaberge L, Aukrust P, Hov JR (2020)
Rosuvastatin alters the genetic composition of the human gut microbiome
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 5397
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-62261-y, PubMed 32214138

Lekva T, Gullestad L, Broch K, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK, Ueland T (2020)
Distinct patterns of soluble leukocyte activation markers are associated with etiology and outcomes in precapillary pulmonary hypertension
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 18540
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-75654-w, PubMed 33122779

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

Macpherson ME, Hov JR, Ueland T, Dahl TB, Kummen M, Otterdal K, Holm K, Berge RK, Mollnes TE, Trøseid M, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Fevang B, Jørgensen SF (2020)
Gut Microbiota-Dependent Trimethylamine N-Oxide Associates With Inflammation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Front Immunol, 11, 574500
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.574500, PubMed 33042155

Mayerhofer CCK, Kummen M, Holm K, Broch K, Awoyemi A, Vestad B, Storm-Larsen C, Seljeflot I, Ueland T, Bohov P, Berge RK, Svardal A, Gullestad L, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Hov JR, Trøseid M (2020)
Low fibre intake is associated with gut microbiota alterations in chronic heart failure
ESC Heart Fail, 7 (2), 456-466
DOI 10.1002/ehf2.12596, PubMed 31978943

Mochol M, Taubøll E, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Svalheim S (2020)
Interleukin 18 (IL-18) and its binding protein (IL-18BP) are increased in patients with epilepsy suggesting low-grade systemic inflammation
Seizure, 80, 221-225
DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.05.018, PubMed 32659652

Niyonzima N, Bakke SS, Gregersen I, Holm S, Sandanger Ø, Orrem HL, Sporsheim B, Ryan L, Kong XY, Dahl TB, Skjelland M, Sørensen KK, Rokstad AM, Yndestad A, Latz E, Gullestad L, Andersen GØ, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Halvorsen B, Espevik T (2020)
Cholesterol crystals use complement to increase NLRP3 signaling pathways in coronary and carotid atherosclerosis
EBioMedicine, 60, 102985
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102985, PubMed 32927275

Nordøy I, Fraz MAS, Trøseid M, Fevang B, Aukrust P (2020)
[Elevated serum ferritin is not only a sign of liver failure]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (8)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0376, PubMed 32463199

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

Pihlstrøm HK, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Gatti F, Hammarström C, Kasprzycka M, Wang J, Haraldsen G, Mjøen G, Dahle DO, Midtvedt K, Eide IA, Hartmann A, Holdaas H (2020)
Exploring the potential effect of paricalcitol on markers of inflammation in de novo renal transplant recipients
PLoS One, 15 (12), e0243759
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0243759, PubMed 33326471

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

Reponen EJ, Dieset I, Tesli M, Mørch RH, Aas M, Vedal TSJ, Haug E, Drange OK, Steen NE, Hope S, Szabo A, Gohar SM, Wedervang-Resell K, Djurovic S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2020)
Atherogenic Lipid Ratios Related to Myeloperoxidase and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Psychotic Disorders
Front Psychiatry, 11, 672
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00672, PubMed 32754070

Shahini N, Schjalm C, Nilsson PH, Holt MF, Øgaard JDS, Lien E, Ahmed MS, Attramadal H, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Mollnes TE, Louwe MC (2020)
Complement component C3 and the TLR co-receptor CD14 are not involved in angiotensin II induced cardiac remodelling
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 523 (4), 867-873
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.01.018, PubMed 31955888

Sokolova M, Yang K, Hansen SH, Louwe MC, Kummen M, Hov JER, Sjaastad I, Berge RK, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Ranheim T (2020)
NLRP3 inflammasome deficiency attenuates metabolic disturbances involving alterations in the gut microbial profile in mice exposed to high fat diet
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 21006
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-76497-1, PubMed 33273482

Szabo A, Akkouh IA, Ueland T, Lagerberg TV, Dieset I, Bjella T, Aukrust P, Le Hellard S, Stavrum AK, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Djurovic S (2020)
Cannabis Use Is Associated With Increased Levels of Soluble gp130 in Schizophrenia but Not in Bipolar Disorder
Front Psychiatry, 11, 642
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00642, PubMed 32714224

Tholin B, Hauge MT, Aukrust P, Fehrle L, Tvedt TH (2020)
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with COVID-19 treated with tocilizumab: a case report
J Med Case Rep, 14 (1), 187
DOI 10.1186/s13256-020-02503-9, PubMed 33054818

Tveiten H, Aukrust P, Lehne G, Rodriguez JR, Skjønsberg OH (2020)
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in COVID-19 cases?
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (6)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0240, PubMed 32321221

Tveiten H, Lehne G, Aukrust P, Rodriguez JR, Skjønsberg OH (2020)
A man in his forties with increasing shortness of breath
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (6)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0692, PubMed 32321231

Ueland T, Estensen ME, Grindheim G, Bollerslev J, Henriksen T, Aukrust P, Aakhus S, Gullestad L, Lekva T (2020)
Elevated levels of the secreted wingless agonist R-spondin 3 in preeclamptic pregnancies
J Hypertens, 38 (7), 1347-1354
DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002362, PubMed 31990902

Ueland T, Heggelund L, Lind A, Holten AR, Tonby K, Michelsen AE, Jenum S, Jørgensen MJ, Barratt-Due A, Skeie LG, Nordøy I, Aanensen Fraz MS, Quist-Paulsen E E, Pischke SE, Johal SK, Hesstvedt L, Bogen M, Fevang B, Halvorsen B, Müller F, Bekken GK, Mollnes TE, Dudman S, Aukrust P, Dyrhol-Riise AM et al. (2020)
Elevated plasma sTIM-3 levels in patients with severe COVID-19
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 147 (1), 92-98
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.09.007, PubMed 32971109

Ueland T, Holter JC, Holten AR, Müller KE, Lind A, Bekken GK, Dudman S, Aukrust P, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Heggelund L (2020)
Distinct and early increase in circulating MMP-9 in COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure
J Infect, 81 (3), e41-e43
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.061, PubMed 32603675

Ueland T, Roland MCP, Michelsen AE, Godang K, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Lekva T (2020)
Elevated Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Activity Early in Pregnancy Predicts Prediabetes 5 Years Later
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 105 (3)
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgz119, PubMed 31665383

Wedervang-Resell K, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Friis S, Holven KB, H Johannessen C, Lekva T, Lonning V, Smelror RE, Szabo A, Andreassen OA, Myhre AM, Agartz I (2020)
Reduced levels of circulating adhesion molecules in adolescents with early-onset psychosis
NPJ Schizophr, 6 (1), 20
DOI 10.1038/s41537-020-00112-5, PubMed 32811840

WHO Solidarity Trial Consortium, Pan H, Peto R, Henao-Restrepo AM, Preziosi MP, Sathiyamoorthy V, Abdool Karim Q, Alejandria MM, Hernández García C, Kieny MP, Malekzadeh R, Murthy S, Reddy KS, Roses Periago M, Abi Hanna P, Ader F, Al-Bader AM, Alhasawi A, Allum E, Alotaibi A, Alvarez-Moreno CA, Appadoo S, Asiri A, Aukrust P, Barratt-Due A et al. (2020)
Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for Covid-19 - Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results
N Engl J Med, 384 (6), 497-511
DOI 10.1056/NEJMoa2023184, PubMed 33264556

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

Yaqub S, Rana MU, Aukrust P (2020)
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Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0390, PubMed 32378869

Aamodt AH, Flinstad Harbo H, Eldøen G, Barratt-Due A, Aukrust P (2020)
How does COVID-19 affect the brain?
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (10)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0444, PubMed 32602331

Publications 2019

Andersen T, Ueland T, Ghukasyan Lakic T, Åkerblom A, Bertilsson M, Aukrust P, Michelsen AE, James SK, Becker RC, Storey RF, Wallentin L, Siegbahn A, Kontny F (2019)
C-X-C Ligand 16 Is an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Death and Morbidity in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 39 (11), 2402-2410
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.312633, PubMed 31554419

Anstensrud AK, Woxholt S, Sharma K, Broch K, Bendz B, Aakhus S, Ueland T, Amundsen BH, Damås JK, Hopp E, Kleveland O, Stensæth KH, Opdahl A, Kløw NE, Seljeflot I, Andersen GØ, Wiseth R, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2019)
Rationale for the ASSAIL-MI-trial: a randomised controlled trial designed to assess the effect of tocilizumab on myocardial salvage in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Open Heart, 6 (2), e001108
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001108, PubMed 31673391

Brumpton BM, Fritsche LG, Zheng J, Nielsen JB, Mannila M, Surakka I, Rasheed H, Vie GÅ, Graham SE, Gabrielsen ME, Laugsand LE, Aukrust P, Vatten LJ, Damås JK, Ueland T, Janszky I, Zwart JA, Van't Hooft FM, Seidah NG, Hveem K, Willer C, Smith GD, Åsvold BO, INVENT Consortium (2019)
Variation in Serum PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9), Cardiovascular Disease Risk, and an Investigation of Potential Unanticipated Effects of PCSK9 Inhibition
Circ Genom Precis Med, 12 (1), e002335
DOI 10.1161/CIRCGEN.118.002335, PubMed 30645169

Caidahl K, Hartford M, Ravn-Fischer A, Lorentzen E, Yndestad A, Karlsson T, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2019)
Homeostatic Chemokines and Prognosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol, 74 (6), 774-782
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.06.030, PubMed 31395128

Christensen JJ, Bakke SS, Ulven SM, Retterstøl K, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Holven KB (2019)
Serum Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Immunology-Related Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Healthy Children
Mol Nutr Food Res, 63 (7), e1800990
DOI 10.1002/mnfr.201800990, PubMed 30702198

Dimopoulou C, Lundgren JD, Sundal J, Ullum H, Aukrust P, Nielsen FC, Marvig RL (2019)
Variant in ERAP1 promoter region is associated with low expression in a patient with a Behçet-like MHC-I-opathy
J Hum Genet, 65 (3), 325-335
DOI 10.1038/s10038-019-0709-y, PubMed 31873220

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

Gregersen I, Høibraaten E, Holven KB, Løvdahl L, Ueland T, Mowinckel MC, Dahl TB, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Sandset PM (2019)
Effect of hormone replacement therapy on atherogenic lipid profile in postmenopausal women
Thromb Res, 184, 1-7
DOI 10.1016/j.thromres.2019.10.005, PubMed 31677448

Holm S, Oma I, Hagve TA, Saatvedt K, Brosstad F, Mikkelsen K, Rydningen H, Risnes I, Almdahl SM, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Hollan I (2019)
Levels of Lipoprotein (a) in patients with coronary artery disease with and without inflammatory rheumatic disease: a cross-sectional study
BMJ Open, 9 (5), e030651
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030651, PubMed 31079089

Holt MF, Seim BE, Øgaard J, Olsen MB, Woldbæk PR, Kvitting JP, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Mollnes TE, Nilsson PH, Louwe MC, Ranheim T (2019)
Selective and marked decrease of complement receptor C5aR2 in human thoracic aortic aneurysms: a dysregulation with potential inflammatory effects
Open Heart, 6 (2), e001098
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001098, PubMed 31798913

Husebø GR, Nielsen R, Hardie J, Bakke PS, Lerner L, D'Alessandro-Gabazza C, Gyuris J, Gabazza E, Aukrust P, Eagan T (2019)
Risk factors for lung cancer in COPD - results from the Bergen COPD cohort study
Respir Med, 152, 81-88
DOI 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.04.019, PubMed 31128615

Isaksen K, Halvorsen B, Munk PS, Aukrust P, Larsen AI (2019)
Effects of interval training on inflammatory biomarkers in patients with ischemic heart failure
Scand Cardiovasc J, 53 (4), 213-219
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2019.1629004, PubMed 31169417

Jørgensen SF, Holm K, Macpherson ME, Storm-Larsen C, Kummen M, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Hov JR (2019)
Selective IgA deficiency in humans is associated with reduced gut microbial diversity
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 143 (5), 1969-1971.e11
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.01.019, PubMed 30707969

Jørgensen SF, Macpherson ME, Bjørnetrø T, Holm K, Kummen M, Rashidi A, Michelsen AE, Lekva T, Halvorsen B, Trøseid M, Mollnes TE, Berge RK, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Hov JR, Fevang B (2019)
Rifaximin alters gut microbiota profile, but does not affect systemic inflammation - a randomized controlled trial in common variable immunodeficiency
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 167 (Retracted)
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-35367-7, PubMed 30655568

Kontny F, Andersen T, Ueland T, Åkerblom A, Lakic TG, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Bertilsson M, Becker RC, Himmelmann A, James SK, Siegbahn A, Storey RF, Wallentin L, PLATO Investigators (2019)
Pentraxin-3 vs C-reactive protein and other prognostic biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome: A substudy of the Platelet Inhibition and Patients Outcomes (PLATO) trial
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care, 9 (4), 313-322
DOI 10.1177/2048872619846334, PubMed 31017470

Larsen AI, Valborgland T, Ogne C, Lindal S, Halvorsen B, Munk PS, Kvaløy JT, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2019)
Plasma tumour necrosis factor correlates with mRNA expression of tumour necrosis factor and mitochondrial transcription factors in skeletal muscle in patients with chronic heart failure treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy: potential role in myopathy
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 27 (19), 2362-2366
DOI 10.1177/2047487319855796, PubMed 31389718

Liang RA, Høiland II, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Snir O, Hindberg K, Braekkan SK, Garred P, Mollnes TE, Hansen JB (2019)
Plasma levels of mannose-binding lectin and future risk of venous thromboembolism
J Thromb Haemost, 17 (10), 1661-1669
DOI 10.1111/jth.14539, PubMed 31220397

Lunde NN, Gregersen I, Ueland T, Shetelig C, Holm S, Kong XY, Michelsen AE, Otterdal K, Yndestad A, Broch K, Gullestad L, Nyman TA, Bendz B, Eritsland J, Hoffmann P, Skagen K, Gonçalves I, Nilsson J, Grenegård M, Poreba M, Drag M, Seljeflot I, Sporsheim B, Espevik T, Skjelland M et al. (2019)
Legumain is upregulated in acute cardiovascular events and associated with improved outcome - potentially related to anti-inflammatory effects on macrophages
Atherosclerosis, 296, 74-82
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.12.008, PubMed 31870625

Macpherson ME, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Berge RK, Rashidi A, Otterdal K, Gregersen I, Kong XY, Holven KB, Aukrust P, Fevang B, Jørgensen SF (2019)
Impaired HDL Function Amplifies Systemic Inflammation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 9427
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-45861-1, PubMed 31263122

Mørch RH, Dieset I, Færden A, Reponen EJ, Hope S, Hoseth EZ, Gardsjord ES, Aas M, Iversen T, Joa I, Morken G, Agartz I, Melle I, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2019)
Inflammatory markers are altered in severe mental disorders independent of comorbid cardiometabolic disease risk factors
Psychol Med, 49 (10), 1749-1757
DOI 10.1017/S0033291718004142, PubMed 30688187

Mørch RH, Dieset I, Færden A, Reponen EJ, Hope S, Hoseth EZ, Gardsjord ES, Aas M, Iversen T, Joa I, Morken G, Agartz I, Melle I, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2019)
Inflammatory markers are altered in severe mental disorders independent of comorbid cardiometabolic disease risk factors - ERRATUM
Psychol Med, 49 (10), 1758
DOI 10.1017/S0033291719000291, PubMed 30803457

Narverud I, Bogsrud MP, Øyri LKL, Ulven SM, Retterstøl K, Ueland T, Mulder M, Roeters van Lennep J, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Veierød MB, Holven KB (2019)
Lipoprotein(a) concentration is associated with plasma arachidonic acid in subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia
Br J Nutr, 122 (7), 790-799
DOI 10.1017/S0007114519001600, PubMed 31262370

Narverud I, Christensen JJ, Bakke SS, Ulven SM, Rundblad A, Aukrust P, Espevik T, Bogsrud MP, Retterstøl K, Ueland T, Halvorsen B, Holven KB (2019)
Profiling of immune-related gene expression in children with familial hypercholesterolaemia
J Intern Med, 287 (3), 310-321
DOI 10.1111/joim.13001, PubMed 31631426

Nome ME, Euceda LR, Jabeen S, Debik J, Bathen TF, Giskeødegård GF, Taskén KA, Maelandsmo GM, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Borgen E, Garred Ø, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Engebraaten O, Kristensen VN, Tekpli X (2019)
Serum levels of inflammation-related markers and metabolites predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with and without bevacizumab in breast cancers
Int J Cancer, 146 (1), 223-235
DOI 10.1002/ijc.32638, PubMed 31444972

Nyakas M, Aamdal E, Jacobsen KD, Guren TK, Aamdal S, Hagene KT, Brunsvig P, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B, Tasken KA, Aukrust P, Maelandsmo GM, Ueland T (2019)
Prognostic biomarkers for immunotherapy with ipilimumab in metastatic melanoma
Clin Exp Immunol, 197 (1), 74-82
DOI 10.1111/cei.13283, PubMed 30821848

Quist-Paulsen E, Ormaasen V, Kran AB, Dunlop O, Ueland PM, Ueland T, Eikeland R, Aukrust P, Nordenmark TH (2019)
Encephalitis and aseptic meningitis: short-term and long-term outcome, quality of life and neuropsychological functioning
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 16158
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-52570-2, PubMed 31695095

Shahini N, Ueland T, Auensen A, Michelsen AE, Ludviksen JK, Hussain AI, Pettersen KI, Aakhus S, Espeland T, Lunde IG, Kirschfink M, Nilsson PH, Mollnes TE, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Louwe MC (2019)
Increased Complement Factor B and Bb Levels Are Associated with Mortality in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis
J Immunol, 203 (7), 1973-1980
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1801244, PubMed 31492744

Siljan WW, Holter JC, Michelsen AE, Nymo SH, Lauritzen T, Oppen K, Husebye E, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Heggelund L (2019)
Inflammatory biomarkers are associated with aetiology and predict outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia: results of a 5-year follow-up cohort study
ERJ Open Res, 5 (1)
DOI 10.1183/23120541.00014-2019, PubMed 30863773

Sokolova M, Ranheim T, Louwe MC, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Aukrust P (2019)
NLRP3 Inflammasome: A Novel Player in Metabolically Induced Inflammation-Potential Influence on the Myocardium
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol, 74 (4), 276-284
DOI 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000704, PubMed 31584530

Sokolova M, Sjaastad I, Louwe MC, Alfsnes K, Aronsen JM, Zhang L, Haugstad SB, Bendiksen BA, Øgaard J, Bliksøen M, Lien E, Berge RK, Aukrust P, Ranheim T, Yndestad A (2019)
NLRP3 Inflammasome Promotes Myocardial Remodeling During Diet-Induced Obesity
Front Immunol, 10, 1621
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01621, PubMed 31379826

Solberg OG, Stavem K, Ragnarsson A, Beitnes JO, Skårdal R, Seljeflot I, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Aaberge L (2019)
Index of microvascular resistance to assess the effect of rosuvastatin on microvascular function in women with chest pain and no obstructive coronary artery disease: A double-blind randomized study
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 94 (5), 660-668
DOI 10.1002/ccd.28157, PubMed 30790446

Torp MK, Yang K, Ranheim T, Husø Lauritzen K, Alfsnes K, Vinge LE, Aukrust P, Stensløkken KO, Yndestad A, Sandanger Ø (2019)
Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) and the Proteasome Attenuates IL-1β Expression in Primary Mouse Cardiac Fibroblasts
Front Immunol, 10, 1285
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01285, PubMed 31244838

Trøseid M, Mayerhofer CCK, Broch K, Arora S, Svardal A, Hov JR, Andreassen AK, Gude E, Karason K, Dellgren G, Berge RK, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2019)
The carnitine-butyrobetaine-TMAO pathway after cardiac transplant: Impact on cardiac allograft vasculopathy and acute rejection
J Heart Lung Transplant, 38 (10), 1097-1103
DOI 10.1016/j.healun.2019.06.003, PubMed 31301965

Udjus C, Cero FT, Halvorsen B, Behmen D, Carlson CR, Bendiksen BA, Espe EKS, Sjaastad I, Løberg EM, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Christensen G, Skjønsberg OH, Larsen KO (2019)
Caspase-1 induces smooth muscle cell growth in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 316 (6), L999-L1012
DOI 10.1152/ajplung.00322.2018, PubMed 30908936

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Caidahl K (2019)
CCL21 and prognosis in acute coronary syndrome
Aging (Albany NY), 11 (21), 9225-9226
DOI 10.18632/aging.102443, PubMed 31694981

Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Lekva T (2019)
Adipokines and macrophage markers during pregnancy-Possible role for sCD163 in prediction and progression of gestational diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 35 (3), e3114
DOI 10.1002/dmrr.3114, PubMed 30548982

Ueland T, Åkerblom A, Ghukasyan T, Michelsen AE, Becker RC, Bertilsson M, Budaj A, Cornel JH, Himmelmann A, James SK, Siegbahn A, Storey RF, Kontny F, Aukrust P, Wallentin L, PLATO Investigators (2019)
ALCAM predicts future cardiovascular death in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the PLATO trial
Atherosclerosis, 293, 35-41
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.11.031, PubMed 31835039

Ueland T, Åkerblom A, Ghukasyan T, Michelsen AE, Becker RC, Bertilsson M, Himmelmann A, James SK, Siegbahn A, Storey RF, Kontny F, Aukrust P, Wallentin L, PLATO Investigators (2019)
Admission Levels of DKK1 (Dickkopf-1) Are Associated With Future Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 39 (2), 294-302
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.311042, PubMed 30580572

van der Vorst EPC, Daissormont I, Aslani M, Seijkens T, Wijnands E, Lutgens E, Duchene J, Santovito D, Döring Y, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Weber C, Höpken UE, Biessen EAL (2019)
Interruption of the CXCL13/CXCR5 Chemokine Axis Enhances Plasma IgM Levels and Attenuates Atherosclerosis Development
Thromb Haemost, 120 (2), 344-347
DOI 10.1055/s-0039-3400746, PubMed 31837653

Wedervang-Resell K, Friis S, Lonning V, Smelror RE, Johannessen C, Reponen EJ, Lyngstad SH, Lekva T, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Agartz I, Myhre AM (2019)
Increased interleukin 18 activity in adolescents with early-onset psychosis is associated with cortisol and depressive symptoms
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 112, 104513
DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104513, PubMed 31761332

Yang K, Lauritzen KH, Olsen MB, Dahl TB, Ranheim T, Ahmed MS, Attramadal H, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Nyman TA, Sandanger Ø, Yndestad A (2019)
Low Cellular NAD⁺ Compromises Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Responses via Inhibiting TLR4 Signal Transduction in Human Monocytes
J Immunol, 203 (6), 1598-1608
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1801382, PubMed 31427442

Publications 2018

Abadpour S, Halvorsen B, Sahraoui A, Korsgren O, Aukrust P, Scholz H (2018)
Interleukin-22 reverses human islet dysfunction and apoptosis triggered by hyperglycemia and LIGHT
J Mol Endocrinol, 60 (3), 171-183
DOI 10.1530/JME-17-0182, PubMed 29330151

Abraityte A, Aukrust P, Kou L, Anand IS, Young J, Mcmurray JJV, van Veldhuisen DJ, Gullestad L, Ueland T (2018)
T cell and monocyte/macrophage activation markers associate with adverse outcome, but give limited prognostic value in anemic patients with heart failure: results from RED-HF
Clin Res Cardiol, 108 (2), 133-141
DOI 10.1007/s00392-018-1331-2, PubMed 30051179

Arora S, Andreassen AK, Karason K, Gustafsson F, Eiskjær H, Bøtker HE, Rådegran G, Gude E, Ioanes D, Solbu D, Dellgren G, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, SCHEDULE (Scandinavian Heart Transplant Everolimus De Novo Study With Early Calcineurin Inhibitors Avoidance) Investigators (2018)
Effect of Everolimus Initiation and Calcineurin Inhibitor Elimination on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in De Novo Heart Transplant Recipients
Circ Heart Fail, 11 (9), e004050
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004050, PubMed 30354362

Berg J, Halvorsen AR, Bengtson MB, Taskén KA, Mælandsmo GM, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B, Brustugun OT, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Helland Å (2018)
Levels and prognostic impact of circulating markers of inflammation, endothelial activation and extracellular matrix remodelling in patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
BMC Cancer, 18 (1), 739
DOI 10.1186/s12885-018-4659-0, PubMed 30005623

Dieset I, Mørch RH, Hope S, Hoseth EZ, Reponen EJ, Gran JM, Aas M, Michelsen AE, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Nesvåg R, Agartz I, Melle I, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2018)
An association between YKL-40 and type 2 diabetes in psychotic disorders
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 139 (1), 37-45
DOI 10.1111/acps.12971, PubMed 30328100

Ellingsen TS, Lappegård J, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB (2018)
Plasma hepcidin is associated with future risk of venous thromboembolism
Blood Adv, 2 (11), 1191-1197
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018018465, PubMed 29844204

Fevang B, Fagerli UM, Sorte H, Aarset H, Hov H, Langmyr M, Keil TM, Bjørge E, Aukrust P, Stray-Pedersen A, Gedde-Dahl T (2018)
Runaway Train: A Leaky Radiosensitive SCID with Skin Lesions and Multiple Lymphomas
Case Reports Immunol, 2018, 2053716
DOI 10.1155/2018/2053716, PubMed 29888014

Heldal TF, Ueland T, Jenssen T, Hartmann A, Reisaeter AV, Aukrust P, Michelsen A, Åsberg A (2018)
Inflammatory and related biomarkers are associated with post-transplant diabetes mellitus in kidney recipients: a retrospective study
Transpl Int, 31 (5), 510-519
DOI 10.1111/tri.13116, PubMed 29341300

Hoel H, Hove-Skovsgaard M, Hov JR, Gaardbo JC, Holm K, Kummen M, Rudi K, Nwosu F, Valeur J, Gelpi M, Seljeflot I, Ueland PM, Gerstoft J, Ullum H, Aukrust P, Nielsen SD, Trøseid M (2018)
Impact of HIV and Type 2 diabetes on Gut Microbiota Diversity, Tryptophan Catabolism and Endothelial Dysfunction
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 6725
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-25168-3, PubMed 29712976

Hoffmann-Vold AM, Hesselstrand R, Fretheim H, Ueland T, Andreassen AK, Brunborg C, Palchevskiy V, Midtvedt Ø, Garen T, Aukrust P, Belperio JA, Molberg Ø (2018)
CCL21 as a Potential Serum Biomarker for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Arthritis Rheumatol, 70 (10), 1644-1653
DOI 10.1002/art.40534, PubMed 29687634

Hoffmann-Vold AM, Weigt SS, Palchevskiy V, Volkmann E, Saggar R, Li N, Midtvedt Ø, Lund MB, Garen T, Fishbein MC, Ardehali A, Ross DJ, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Lynch JP, Elashoff RM, Molberg Ø, Belperio JA (2018)
Augmented concentrations of CX3CL1 are associated with interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis
PLoS One, 13 (11), e0206545
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0206545, PubMed 30457999

Hoseth EZ, Krull F, Dieset I, Mørch RH, Hope S, Gardsjord ES, Steen NE, Melle I, Brattbakk HR, Steen VM, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2018)
Exploring the Wnt signaling pathway in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Transl Psychiatry, 8 (1), 55
DOI 10.1038/s41398-018-0102-1, PubMed 29507296

Hoseth EZ, Krull F, Dieset I, Mørch RH, Hope S, Gardsjord ES, Steen NE, Melle I, Brattbakk HR, Steen VM, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2018)
Attenuated Notch signaling in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 5349
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-23703-w, PubMed 29593239

Jørgensen SF, Fevang B, Aukrust P (2018)
Autoimmunity and Inflammation in CVID: a Possible Crosstalk between Immune Activation, Gut Microbiota, and Epigenetic Modifications
J Clin Immunol, 39 (1), 30-36
DOI 10.1007/s10875-018-0574-z, PubMed 30465180

Kleveland O, Ueland T, Kunszt G, Bratlie M, Yndestad A, Broch K, Holte E, Ryan L, Amundsen BH, Bendz B, Aakhus S, Espevik T, Halvorsen B, Mollnes TE, Wiseth R, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2018)
Interleukin-6 receptor inhibition with tocilizumab induces a selective and substantial increase in plasma IP-10 and MIP-1β in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 271, 1-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.04.136, PubMed 29961572

Kvaslerud AB, Hussain AI, Auensen A, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Pettersen KI, Aukrust P, Mørkrid L, Gullestad L, Broch K (2018)
Prevalence and prognostic implication of iron deficiency and anaemia in patients with severe aortic stenosis
Open Heart, 5 (2), e000901
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000901, PubMed 30613413

Lekva T, Godang K, Michelsen AE, Qvigstad E, Normann KR, Norwitz ER, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Roland MCP, Ueland T (2018)
Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Pre-diabetes 5 Years Postpartum using 75 g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test at 14-16 Weeks' Gestation
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 13392
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-31614-z, PubMed 30190548

Mayerhofer CCK, Awoyemi AO, Moscavitch SD, Lappegård KT, Hov JR, Aukrust P, Hovland A, Lorenzo A, Halvorsen S, Seljeflot I, Gullestad L, Trøseid M, Broch K (2018)
Design of the GutHeart-targeting gut microbiota to treat heart failure-trial: a Phase II, randomized clinical trial
ESC Heart Fail, 5 (5), 977-984
DOI 10.1002/ehf2.12332, PubMed 30088346

Norum HM, Michelsen AE, Lekva T, Arora S, Otterdal K, Olsen MB, Kong XY, Gude E, Andreassen AK, Solbu D, Karason K, Dellgren G, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2018)
Circulating delta-like Notch ligand 1 is correlated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy and suppressed in heart transplant recipients on everolimus-based immunosuppression
Am J Transplant, 19 (4), 1050-1060
DOI 10.1111/ajt.15141, PubMed 30312541

Nymo SH, Hartford M, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Lorentzen E, Truvé K, Karlsson T, Ravn-Fischer A, Aukrust P, Caidahl K (2018)
Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) concentration is independently associated with mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Int J Cardiol, 262, 79-84
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.03.028, PubMed 29622507

Oma I, Olstad OK, Andersen JK, Lyberg T, Molberg Ø, Fostad I, Wang Fagerland M, Almdahl SM, Rynning SE, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Whist JE, Hollan I (2018)
Differential expression of vitamin D associated genes in the aorta of coronary artery disease patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis
PLoS One, 13 (8), e0202346
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0202346, PubMed 30138371

Orrem HL, Nilsson PH, Pischke SE, Grindheim G, Garred P, Seljeflot I, Husebye T, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Andersen GØ, Barratt-Due A, Mollnes TE (2018)
Acute heart failure following myocardial infarction: complement activation correlates with the severity of heart failure in patients developing cardiogenic shock
ESC Heart Fail, 5 (3), 292-301
DOI 10.1002/ehf2.12266, PubMed 29424484

Orrem HL, Nilsson PH, Pischke SE, Kleveland O, Yndestad A, Ekholt K, Damås JK, Espevik T, Bendz B, Halvorsen B, Gregersen I, Wiseth R, Andersen GØ, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Barratt-Due A, Mollnes TE (2018)
IL-6 Receptor Inhibition by Tocilizumab Attenuated Expression of C5a Receptor 1 and 2 in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Front Immunol, 9, 2035
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02035, PubMed 30258440

Orrem HL, Shetelig C, Ueland T, Limalanathan S, Nilsson PH, Husebye T, Aukrust P, Seljeflot I, Hoffmann P, Eritsland J, Mollnes TE, Andersen GØ, Yndestad A (2018)
Soluble IL-1 receptor 2 is associated with left ventricular remodelling in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 268, 187-192
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.032, PubMed 29853279

Otterdal K, Berg A, Michelsen AE, Patel S, Tellevik MG, Haanshuus CG, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Langeland N, Ueland T (2018)
Soluble markers of neutrophil, T-cell and monocyte activation are associated with disease severity and parasitemia in falciparum malaria
BMC Infect Dis, 18 (1), 670
DOI 10.1186/s12879-018-3593-8, PubMed 30563486

Quist-Paulsen E, Aukrust P, Kran AB, Dunlop O, Ormaasen V, Stiksrud B, Midttun Ø, Ueland T, Ueland PM, Mollnes TE, Dyrhol-Riise AM (2018)
High neopterin and IP-10 levels in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with neurotoxic tryptophan metabolites in acute central nervous system infections
J Neuroinflammation, 15 (1), 327
DOI 10.1186/s12974-018-1366-3, PubMed 30470234

Sikkeland LIB, Borander AK, Voie ØA, Aass HCD, Øvstebø R, Aukrust P, Longva K, Alexis NE, Kongerud J, Ueland T (2018)
Systemic and Airway Inflammation after Exposure to Fumes from Military Small Arms
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 197 (10), 1349-1353
DOI 10.1164/rccm.201709-1857LE, PubMed 29144885

Siljan WW, Holter JC, Nymo SH, Husebye E, Ueland T, Skattum L, Bosnes V, Garred P, Frøland SS, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Heggelund L (2018)
Low Levels of Immunoglobulins and Mannose-Binding Lectin Are Not Associated With Etiology, Severity, or Outcome in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Open Forum Infect Dis, 5 (2), ofy002
DOI 10.1093/ofid/ofy002, PubMed 29410975

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

Sokolova M, Sahraoui A, Høyem M, Øgaard J, Lien E, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Ranheim T, Scholz H (2018)
NLRP3 inflammasome mediates oxidative stress-induced pancreatic islet dysfunction
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 315 (5), E912-E923
DOI 10.1152/ajpendo.00461.2017, PubMed 30016155

Steineger J, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen A, Osnes T, Heimdal K, Dheyauldeen S (2018)
Pentraxin 3 level is elevated in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and reflects the severity of disease-associated epistaxis
Laryngoscope, 129 (1), E44-E49
DOI 10.1002/lary.27548, PubMed 30329172

Troseid M, Nordoy I, Fevang B, Aukrust P (2018)
Tenders for HIV medicines are not academically justified
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (20), 1912-1913

Trøseid M, Nordøy I, Fevang B, Aukrust P (2018)
[Tendering for HIV drugs is not clinically justified]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (20)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0808, PubMed 30539614

Traaen GM, Aakerøy L, Hunt TE, Øverland B, Lyseggen E, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Helle-Valle T, Steinshamn S, Edvardsen T, Khiabani Zaré H, Aakhus S, Akre H, Anfinsen OG, Loennechen JP, Gullestad L (2018)
Treatment of sleep apnea in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial
Scand Cardiovasc J, 52 (6), 372-377
DOI 10.1080/14017431.2019.1567933, PubMed 30638392

Ueland T, Gullestad L, Kou L, Aukrust P, Anand IS, Broughton MN, McMurray JJ, van Veldhuisen DJ, Warren DJ, Bolstad N (2018)
Pro-gastrin-releasing peptide and outcome in patients with heart failure and anaemia: results from the RED-HF study
ESC Heart Fail, 5 (6), 1052-1059
DOI 10.1002/ehf2.12312, PubMed 30145817

Ueland T, Kleveland O, Michelsen AE, Wiseth R, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A (2018)
Serum PCSK9 is modified by interleukin-6 receptor antagonism in patients with hypercholesterolaemia following non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Open Heart, 5 (2), e000765
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000765, PubMed 30258647

Ueland T, Kleveland O, Michelsen AE, Wiseth R, Damås JK, Holven KB, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B (2018)
Serum lipoprotein(a) is not modified by interleukin-6 receptor antagonism or associated with inflammation in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 274, 348-350
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.06.093, PubMed 29961573

Ueland T, Åkerblom A, Ghukasyan T, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Becker RC, Bertilsson M, Himmelmann A, James SK, Siegbahn A, Storey RF, Kontny F, Wallentin L, PLATO (Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes) Trial Investigators (2018)
Osteoprotegerin Is Associated With Major Bleeding But Not With Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the PLATO (Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes) Trial
J Am Heart Assoc, 7 (2)
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.117.007009, PubMed 29330256

Aas M, Dieset I, Mørch R, Steen NE, Hope S, Reponen EJ, Laskemoen JF, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Melle I, Agartz I, Andreassen OA (2018)
Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor is associated with childhood trauma experiences and number of depressive episodes in severe mental disorders
Schizophr Res, 205, 45-50
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2018.08.007, PubMed 30126813

Publications 2017

Abraityte A, Lunde IG, Askevold ET, Michelsen AE, Christensen G, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Fiane A, Andreassen A, Aakhus S, Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Broch K, Ueland T (2017)
Wnt5a is associated with right ventricular dysfunction and adverse outcome in dilated cardiomyopathy
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 3490
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-03625-9, PubMed 28615692

Abraityte A, Vinge LE, Askevold ET, Lekva T, Michelsen AE, Ranheim T, Alfsnes K, Fiane A, Aakhus S, Lunde IG, Dahl CP, Aukrust P, Christensen G, Gullestad L, Yndestad A, Ueland T (2017)
Wnt5a is elevated in heart failure and affects cardiac fibroblast function
J Mol Med (Berl), 95 (7), 767-777
DOI 10.1007/s00109-017-1529-1, PubMed 28357477

Auensen A, Hussain AI, Falk RS, Walle-Hansen MM, Bye J, Pettersen KI, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Gullestad LL (2017)
Associations of brain-natriuretic peptide, high-sensitive troponin T, and high-sensitive C-reactive protein with outcomes in severe aortic stenosis
PLoS One, 12 (6), e0179304
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0179304, PubMed 28604834

Bakke SS, Aune MH, Niyonzima N, Pilely K, Ryan L, Skjelland M, Garred P, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Latz E, Damås JK, Mollnes TE, Espevik T (2017)
Cyclodextrin Reduces Cholesterol Crystal-Induced Inflammation by Modulating Complement Activation
J Immunol, 199 (8), 2910-2920
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1700302, PubMed 28855312

Bermudez B, Dahl TB, Medina I, Groeneweg M, Holm S, Montserrat-de la Paz S, Rousch M, Otten J, Herias V, Varela LM, Ranheim T, Yndestad A, Ortega-Gomez A, Abia R, Nagy L, Aukrust P, Muriana FJG, Halvorsen B, Biessen EAL (2017)
Leukocyte Overexpression of Intracellular NAMPT Attenuates Atherosclerosis by Regulating PPARγ-Dependent Monocyte Differentiation and Function
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 37 (6), 1157-1167
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.308187, PubMed 28408371

Christensen JJ, Ulven SM, Retterstøl K, Narverud I, Bogsrud MP, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2017)
Comprehensive lipid and metabolite profiling of children with and without familial hypercholesterolemia: A cross-sectional study
Atherosclerosis, 266, 48-57
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.09.021, PubMed 28963918

Dhondup Y, Sjaastad I, Sandanger Ø, Aronsen JM, Ahmed MS, Attramadal H, Finsen AV, Zhang L, Ranheim T, Alfsnes K, Aukrust P, Christensen G, Yndestad A, Vinge LE (2017)
Toll-Like Receptor 9 Promotes Survival in SERCA2a KO Heart Failure Mice
Mediators Inflamm, 2017, 9450439
DOI 10.1155/2017/9450439, PubMed 28490840

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

Holm KL, Syljuåsen RG, Hasvold G, Alsøe L, Nilsen H, Ivanauskiene K, Collas P, Shaposhnikov S, Collins A, Indrevær RL, Aukrust P, Fevang B, Blomhoff HK (2017)
TLR9 stimulation of B-cells induces transcription of p53 and prevents spontaneous and irradiation-induced cell death independent of DNA damage responses. Implications for Common variable immunodeficiency
PLoS One, 12 (10), e0185708
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0185708, PubMed 28973009

Holte E, Kleveland O, Ueland T, Kunszt G, Bratlie M, Broch K, Michelsen AE, Bendz B, Amundsen BH, Aakhus S, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Wiseth R (2017)
Effect of interleukin-6 inhibition on coronary microvascular and endothelial function in myocardial infarction
Heart, 103 (19), 1521-1527
DOI 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310875, PubMed 28432157

Hoseth EZ, Ueland T, Dieset I, Birnbaum R, Shin JH, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Mørch RH, Hope S, Lekva T, Abraityte AJ, Michelsen AE, Melle I, Westlye LT, Ueland T, Djurovic S, Aukrust P, Weinberger DR, Andreassen OA (2017)
A Study of TNF Pathway Activation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Plasma and Brain Tissue
Schizophr Bull, 43 (4), 881-890
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbw183, PubMed 28049760

Hovland A, Nestvold T, Bohov P, Trøseid M, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Waage-Nielsen E, Retterstøl K, Lappegård KT (2017)
Bariatric surgery reduces fasting total fatty acids and increases n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in morbidly obese individuals
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 77 (8), 628-633
DOI 10.1080/00365513.2017.1393691, PubMed 29069988

Jørgensen SF, Reims HM, Aukrust P, Lundin KE, Fevang B (2017)
CVID and Celiac Disease
Am J Gastroenterol, 112 (2), 393
DOI 10.1038/ajg.2016.551, PubMed 28154406

Kleiven Ø, Bjørkavoll-Bergseth M, Melberg T, Skadberg Ø, Bergseth R, Selvåg J, Auestad B, Aukrust P, Aarsland T, Ørn S (2017)
High physical fitness is associated with reduction in basal- and exercise-induced inflammation
Scand J Med Sci Sports, 28 (1), 172-179
DOI 10.1111/sms.12878, PubMed 28314078

Lekva T, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Ueland T (2017)
Leptin and adiponectin as predictors of cardiovascular risk after gestational diabetes mellitus
Cardiovasc Diabetol, 16 (1), 5
DOI 10.1186/s12933-016-0492-4, PubMed 28068986

Lekva T, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Paasche Roland MC, Henriksen T, Bollerslev J, Ueland T (2017)
CXC chemokine ligand 16 is increased in gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia and associated with lipoproteins in gestational diabetes mellitus at 5 years follow-up
Diab Vasc Dis Res, 14 (6), 525-533
DOI 10.1177/1479164117728011, PubMed 28856928

Lekva T, Roland MCP, Michelsen AE, Friis CM, Aukrust P, Bollerslev J, Henriksen T, Ueland T (2017)
Large Reduction in Adiponectin During Pregnancy Is Associated With Large-for-Gestational-Age Newborns
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 102 (7), 2552-2559
DOI 10.1210/jc.2017-00289, PubMed 28460045

Mayerhofer CCK, Ueland T, Broch K, Vincent RP, Cross GF, Dahl CP, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Hov JR, Trøseid M (2017)
Increased Secondary/Primary Bile Acid Ratio in Chronic Heart Failure
J Card Fail, 23 (9), 666-671
DOI 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.06.007, PubMed 28688889

Mørch RH, Dieset I, Faerden A, Hope S, Aas M, Nerhus M, Gardsjord ES, Haram M, Falk RS, Joa I, Morken G, Agartz I, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Melle I, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2017)
Persistent increase in TNF and IL-1 markers in severe mental disorders suggests trait-related inflammation: a one year follow-up study
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 136 (4), 400-408
DOI 10.1111/acps.12783, PubMed 28815548

Norum HM, Broch K, Michelsen AE, Lunde IG, Lekva T, Abraityte A, Dahl CP, Fiane AE, Andreassen AK, Christensen G, Aakhus S, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Ueland T (2017)
The Notch Ligands DLL1 and Periostin Are Associated with Symptom Severity and Diastolic Function in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
J Cardiovasc Transl Res, 10 (4), 401-410
DOI 10.1007/s12265-017-9748-y, PubMed 28474304

Nymo SH, Aukrust P, Kjekshus J, McMurray JJ, Cleland JG, Wikstrand J, Muntendam P, Wienhues-Thelen U, Latini R, Askevold ET, Gravning J, Dahl CP, Broch K, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Ueland T, CORONA Study Group (2017)
Limited Added Value of Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers in Chronic Heart Failure
JACC Heart Fail, 5 (4), 256-264
DOI 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.01.008, PubMed 28359413

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

Retterstøl K, Narverud I, Selmer R, Berge KE, Osnes IV, Ulven SM, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Holven KB, Iversen PO (2017)
Severe hypertriglyceridemia in Norway: prevalence, clinical and genetic characteristics
Lipids Health Dis, 16 (1), 115
DOI 10.1186/s12944-017-0511-9, PubMed 28606150

Schlums H, Jung M, Han H, Theorell J, Bigley V, Chiang SC, Allan DS, Davidson-Moncada JK, Dickinson RE, Holmes TD, Hsu AP, Townsley D, Winkler T, Wang W, Aukrust P, Nordøy I, Calvo KR, Holland SM, Collin M, Dunbar CE, Bryceson YT (2017)
Adaptive NK cells can persist in patients with GATA2 mutation depleted of stem and progenitor cells
Blood, 129 (14), 1927-1939
DOI 10.1182/blood-2016-08-734236, PubMed 28209719

Shahini N, Michelsen AE, Nilsson PH, Ekholt K, Gullestad L, Broch K, Dahl CP, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Yndestad A, Louwe MC (2017)
The alternative complement pathway is dysregulated in patients with chronic heart failure
Sci Rep, 7, 42532
DOI 10.1038/srep42532, PubMed 28195242

Shetelig C, Limalanathan S, Eritsland J, Hoffmann P, Seljeflot I, Gran JM, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Andersen GØ (2017)
Osteoprotegerin levels in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Temporal profile and association with myocardial injury and left ventricular function
PLoS One, 12 (3), e0173034
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0173034, PubMed 28253327

Siljan WW, Holter JC, Nymo SH, Husebye E, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Heggelund L (2017)
Cytokine responses, microbial aetiology and short-term outcome in community-acquired pneumonia
Eur J Clin Invest, 48 (1)
DOI 10.1111/eci.12865, PubMed 29171871

Taraldsrud E, Fevang B, Jørgensen SF, Moltu K, Hilden V, Taskén K, Aukrust P, Myklebust JH, Olweus J (2017)
Defective IL-4 signaling in T cells defines severe common variable immunodeficiency
J Autoimmun, 81, 110-119
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2017.04.004, PubMed 28476239

Ueland T, Laugsand LE, Vatten LJ, Janszky I, Platou C, Michelsen AE, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Åsvold BO (2017)
Extracellular matrix markers and risk of myocardial infarction: The HUNT Study in Norway
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 24 (11), 1161-1167
DOI 10.1177/2047487317703826, PubMed 28429960

Ueland T, Laugsand LE, Vatten LJ, Janszky I, Platou C, Michelsen AE, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Åsvold BO (2017)
Monocyte/macrophage and T cell activation markers are not independently associated with MI risk in healthy individuals - results from the HUNT Study
Int J Cardiol, 243, 502-504
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.106, PubMed 28615143

Vikum D, Nordøy I, Torp Andersen C, Fevang B, Line PD, Kolrud FK, Aukrust P, Buanes T (2017)
A Young, Immunocompetent Woman with Small Bowel and Hepatic Mucormycosis Successfully Treated with Aggressive Surgical Debridements and Antifungal Therapy
Case Rep Infect Dis, 2017, 4173246
DOI 10.1155/2017/4173246, PubMed 29435377

Welsh P, Kou L, Yu C, Anand I, van Veldhuisen DJ, Maggioni AP, Desai AS, Solomon SD, Pfeffer MA, Cheng S, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Swedberg K, Young JB, Kattan MW, Sattar N, McMurray JJV (2017)
Prognostic importance of emerging cardiac, inflammatory, and renal biomarkers in chronic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and anaemia: RED-HF study
Eur J Heart Fail, 20 (2), 268-277
DOI 10.1002/ejhf.988, PubMed 28960777

Yardley M, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Michelsen A, Bjørkelund E, Gullestad L, Nytrøen K (2017)
Immediate response in markers of inflammation and angiogenesis during exercise: a randomised cross-over study in heart transplant recipients
Open Heart, 4 (2), e000635
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000635, PubMed 29225901

Aas M, Dieset I, Hope S, Hoseth E, Mørch R, Reponen E, Steen NE, Laskemoen JF, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2017)
Childhood maltreatment severity is associated with elevated C-reactive protein and body mass index in adults with schizophrenia and bipolar diagnoses
Brain Behav Immun, 65, 342-349
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.06.005, PubMed 28619247

Publications 2016

Ahmed A, Hollan I, Curran SA, Kitson SM, Riggio MP, Mikkelsen K, Almdahl SM, Aukrust P, McInnes IB, Goodyear CS (2016)
Brief Report: Proatherogenic Cytokine Microenvironment in the Aortic Adventitia of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Rheumatol, 68 (6), 1361-6
DOI 10.1002/art.39574, PubMed 26749303

Arain F, Gullestad L, Nymo S, Kjekshus J, Cleland JG, Michelsen A, McMurray JJ, Wikstrand J, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2016)
Low YKL-40 in chronic heart failure may predict beneficial effects of statins: analysis from the controlled rosuvastatin multinational trial in heart failure (CORONA)
Biomarkers, 22 (3-4), 261-267
DOI 10.1080/1354750X.2016.1204003, PubMed 27325138

Christensen JJ, Osnes L, Halvorsen B, Retterstøl K, Bogsrud MP, Wium C, Svilaas A, Narverud I, Ulven SM, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2016)
Data on circulating leukocyte subpopulations and inflammatory proteins in children with familial hypercholesterolemia and healthy children
Data Brief, 10, 587-592
DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2016.12.042, PubMed 28070551

Christensen JJ, Osnes LT, Halvorsen B, Retterstøl K, Bogsrud MP, Wium C, Svilaas A, Narverud I, Ulven SM, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2016)
Altered leukocyte distribution under hypercholesterolemia: A cross-sectional study in children with familial hypercholesterolemia
Atherosclerosis, 256, 67-74
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.11.031, PubMed 28024183

Dhondup Y, Ueland T, Dahl CP, Askevold ET, Sandanger Ø, Fiane A, Ohm IK, Sjaastad I, Finsen AV, Wæhre A, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Vinge LE (2016)
Low Circulating Levels of Mitochondrial and High Levels of Nuclear DNA Predict Mortality in Chronic Heart Failure
J Card Fail, 22 (10), 823-8
DOI 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.06.013, PubMed 27349571

Eide IA, Åsberg A, Svensson M, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Hartmann A, Bjerve KS, Michelsen A, Aukrust P, Christensen JH, Schmidt EB, Jenssen T (2016)
Plasma Levels of Marine n-3 Fatty Acids Are Inversely Correlated With Proinflammatory Markers sTNFR1 and IL-6 in Renal Transplant Recipients
J Ren Nutr, 27 (3), 161-168
DOI 10.1053/j.jrn.2016.09.008, PubMed 27838193

Haissman JM, Knudsen A, Hoel H, Kjær A, Kristoffersen US, Berge RK, Katzenstein TL, Svardal A, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Lebech AM, Nielsen SD, Trøseid M (2016)
Microbiota-Dependent Marker TMAO Is Elevated in Silent Ischemia but Is Not Associated With First-Time Myocardial Infarction in HIV Infection
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 71 (2), 130-6
DOI 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000843, PubMed 26413854

Halvorsen B, Santilli F, Scholz H, Sahraoui A, Gulseth HL, Wium C, Lattanzio S, Formoso G, Di Fulvio P, Otterdal K, Retterstøl K, Holven KB, Gregersen I, Stavik B, Bjerkeli V, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Liani R, Davi G, Aukrust P (2016)
LIGHT/TNFSF14 is increased in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and promotes islet cell dysfunction and endothelial cell inflammation in vitro
Diabetologia, 59 (10), 2134-44
DOI 10.1007/s00125-016-4036-y, PubMed 27421726

Hestad KA, Engedal K, Whist JE, Aukrust P, Farup PG, Mollnes TE, Ueland T (2016)
Patients with depression display cytokine levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid similar to patients with diffuse neurological symptoms without a defined diagnosis
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat, 12, 817-22
DOI 10.2147/NDT.S101925, PubMed 27110115

Hoffmann-Vold AM, Tennøe AH, Garen T, Midtvedt Ø, Abraityte A, Aaløkken TM, Lund MB, Brunborg C, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Molberg Ø (2016)
High Level of Chemokine CCL18 Is Associated With Pulmonary Function Deterioration, Lung Fibrosis Progression, and Reduced Survival in Systemic Sclerosis
Chest, 150 (2), 299-306
DOI 10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.004, PubMed 26997242

Holter JC, Ueland T, Jenum PA, Müller F, Brunborg C, Frøland SS, Aukrust P, Husebye E, Heggelund L (2016)
Risk Factors for Long-Term Mortality after Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A 5-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study
PLoS One, 11 (2), e0148741
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0148741, PubMed 26849359

Holter JC, Ueland T, Norseth J, Brunborg C, Frøland SS, Husebye E, Aukrust P, Heggelund L (2016)
Vitamin D Status and Long-Term Mortality in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Secondary Data Analysis from a Prospective Cohort
PLoS One, 11 (7), e0158536
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0158536, PubMed 27367810

Husebø GR, Bakke PS, Grønseth R, Hardie JA, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Eagan TM (2016)
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor, a role in COPD
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 311 (1), L1-7
DOI 10.1152/ajplung.00461.2015, PubMed 27190066

Jørgensen SF, Macpherson ME, Bjøro K, Karlsen TH, Reims HM, Grzyb K, Fosby B, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Nordøy I (2016)
Liver transplantation in patients with primary antibody deficiency
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 139 (5), 1708-1710.e2
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.10.025, PubMed 27931972

Jørgensen SF, Reims HM, Frydenlund D, Holm K, Paulsen V, Michelsen AE, Jørgensen KK, Osnes LT, Bratlie J, Eide TJ, Dahl CP, Holter E, Tronstad RR, Hanevik K, Brattbakk HR, Kaveh F, Fiskerstrand T, Kran AB, Ueland T, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Lundin KE, Fevang B (2016)
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Pathology in Patients With Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Am J Gastroenterol, 111 (10), 1467-1475
DOI 10.1038/ajg.2016.329, PubMed 27527747

Jørgensen SF, Trøseid M, Kummen M, Anmarkrud JA, Michelsen AE, Osnes LT, Holm K, Høivik ML, Rashidi A, Dahl CP, Vesterhus M, Halvorsen B, Mollnes TE, Berge RK, Moum B, Lundin KE, Fevang B, Ueland T, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Hov JR (2016)
Altered gut microbiota profile in common variable immunodeficiency associates with levels of lipopolysaccharide and markers of systemic immune activation
Mucosal Immunol, 9 (6), 1455-1465
DOI 10.1038/mi.2016.18, PubMed 26982597

Kiani AN, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Hollan I, Barr E, Magder LS, Petri M (2016)
Serum osteoprotegrin (OPG) in subclinical atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus
Lupus, 26 (8), 865-870
DOI 10.1177/0961203316682101, PubMed 27927880

Kleveland O, Kunszt G, Bratlie M, Ueland T, Broch K, Holte E, Michelsen AE, Bendz B, Amundsen BH, Espevik T, Aakhus S, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Wiseth R, Gullestad L (2016)
Effect of a single dose of the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab on inflammation and troponin T release in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial
Eur Heart J, 37 (30), 2406-13
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw171, PubMed 27161611

Kummen M, Holm K, Anmarkrud JA, Nygård S, Vesterhus M, Høivik ML, Trøseid M, Marschall HU, Schrumpf E, Moum B, Røsjø H, Aukrust P, Karlsen TH, Hov JR (2016)
The gut microbial profile in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis is distinct from patients with ulcerative colitis without biliary disease and healthy controls
Gut, 66 (4), 611-619
DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310500, PubMed 26887816

Kummen M, Vesterhus M, Trøseid M, Moum B, Svardal A, Boberg KM, Aukrust P, Karlsen TH, Berge RK, Hov JR (2016)
Elevated trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is associated with poor prognosis in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients with normal liver function
United European Gastroenterol J, 5 (4), 532-541
DOI 10.1177/2050640616663453, PubMed 28588885

Laugsand LE, Åsvold BO, Vatten LJ, Janszky I, Platou CG, Michelsen AE, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2016)
Circulating PCSK9 and Risk of Myocardial Infarction: The HUNT Study in Norway
JACC Basic Transl Sci, 1 (7), 568-575
DOI 10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.06.007, PubMed 30167541

Lekva T, Michelsen AE, Bollerslev J, Norwitz ER, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Ueland T (2016)
Low circulating pentraxin 3 levels in pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes and increased apoB/apoA ratio: a 5-year follow-up study
Cardiovasc Diabetol, 15, 23
DOI 10.1186/s12933-016-0345-1, PubMed 26842615

Lekva T, Norwitz ER, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2016)
Impact of Systemic Inflammation on the Progression of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Curr Diab Rep, 16 (4), 26
DOI 10.1007/s11892-016-0715-9, PubMed 26879309

Mørch RH, Dieset I, Færden A, Hope S, Aas M, Nerhus M, Gardsjord ES, Joa I, Morken G, Agartz I, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Melle I, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2016)
Inflammatory evidence for the psychosis continuum model
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 67, 189-97
DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.02.011, PubMed 26923849

Niyonzima N, Halvorsen B, Sporsheim B, Garred P, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Espevik T (2016)
Complement activation by cholesterol crystals triggers a subsequent cytokine response
Mol Immunol, 84, 43-50
DOI 10.1016/j.molimm.2016.09.019, PubMed 27692470

Norum HM, Kolberg ES, Solhaug V, Nordal K, Aukrust P (2016)
Rhabdomyolysis and capillary leak syndrome in a patient treated with topical imiquimod
Int J Dermatol, 55 (9), 1030-2
DOI 10.1111/ijd.13255, PubMed 27061736

Otterdal K, Portillo A, Astrup E, Ludviksen J, Davì G, Holm S, Santilli F, Vitale G, Raoult D, Olano JP, Schjalm C, Halvorsen B, Oteo JA, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Nilsson PH (2016)
High serum CXCL10 in Rickettsia conorii infection is endothelial cell mediated subsequent to whole blood activation
Cytokine, 83, 269-274
DOI 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.05.006, PubMed 27180202

Otterdal K, Portillo A, Astrup E, Ludviksen JK, Schjalm C, Raoult D, Olano JP, Halvorsen B, Oteo JA, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Nilsson PH (2016)
Rickettsia conorii is a potent complement activator in vivo and combined inhibition of complement and CD14 is required for attenuation of the cytokine response ex vivo
Clin Microbiol Infect, 22 (8), 734.e1-6
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.05.010, PubMed 27217049

Palm Ø, Ueland T, Garen T, Michelsen AE, Reiseter S, Aukrust P, Aaløkken TM, Molberg Ø (2016)
Endostatin is higher and associated with pulmonary involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome
Clin Exp Rheumatol, 34 (4), 690-3
PubMed 27214260

Paramel Varghese G, Folkersen L, Strawbridge RJ, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Ranheim T, Krohg-Sørensen K, Skjelland M, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Lengquist M, Hedin U, Jansson JH, Fransén K, Hansson GK, Eriksson P, Sirsjö A (2016)
NLRP3 Inflammasome Expression and Activation in Human Atherosclerosis
J Am Heart Assoc, 5 (5)
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.115.003031, PubMed 27207962

Pilely K, Rosbjerg A, Genster N, Gal P, Pál G, Halvorsen B, Holm S, Aukrust P, Bakke SS, Sporsheim B, Nervik I, Niyonzima N, Bartels ED, Stahl GL, Mollnes TE, Espevik T, Garred P (2016)
Cholesterol Crystals Activate the Lectin Complement Pathway via Ficolin-2 and Mannose-Binding Lectin: Implications for the Progression of Atherosclerosis
J Immunol, 196 (12), 5064-74
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1502595, PubMed 27183610

Santilli F, Liani R, Di Fulvio P, Formoso G, Simeone P, Tripaldi R, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Davì G (2016)
Increased circulating resistin is associated with insulin resistance, oxidative stress and platelet activation in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Thromb Haemost, 116 (6), 1089-1099
DOI 10.1160/TH16-06-0471, PubMed 27709225

Siljan WW, Holter JC, Nymo SH, Schjalm C, Müller F, Jenum PA, Husebye E, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Heggelund L (2016)
Circulating cell-free DNA is elevated in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and predicts short-term outcome
J Infect, 73 (4), 383-6
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.07.011, PubMed 27452197

Skagen K, Trøseid M, Ueland T, Holm S, Abbas A, Gregersen I, Kummen M, Bjerkeli V, Reier-Nilsen F, Russell D, Svardal A, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Hov JE, Halvorsen B, Skjelland M (2016)
The Carnitine-butyrobetaine-trimethylamine-N-oxide pathway and its association with cardiovascular mortality in patients with carotid atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, 247, 64-9
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.01.033, PubMed 26868510

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

Sokolova M, Vinge LE, Alfsnes K, Olsen MB, Eide L, Kaasbøll OJ, Attramadal H, Torp MK, Fosshaug LE, Rashidi A, Lien E, Finsen AV, Sandanger Ø, Aukrust P, Ranheim T, Yndestad A (2016)
Palmitate promotes inflammatory responses and cellular senescence in cardiac fibroblasts
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids, 1862 (2), 234-245
DOI 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.11.003, PubMed 27845246

Sorte HS, Osnes LT, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Erichsen HC, Backe PH, Abrahamsen TG, Kittang OB, Øverland T, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Vigeland MD, Samarakoon P, Gambin T, Akdemir ZH, Gibbs RA, Rødningen OK, Lyle R, Lupski JR, Stray-Pedersen A (2016)
A potential founder variant in CARMIL2/RLTPR in three Norwegian families with warts, molluscum contagiosum, and T-cell dysfunction
Mol Genet Genomic Med, 4 (6), 604-616
DOI 10.1002/mgg3.237, PubMed 27896283

Stray-Pedersen A, Sorte HS, Samarakoon P, Gambin T, Chinn IK, Coban Akdemir ZH, Erichsen HC, Forbes LR, Gu S, Yuan B, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Rødningen OK, Sheng Y, Nicholas SK, Noroski LM, Seeborg FO, Davis CM, Canter DL, Mace EM, Vece TJ, Allen CE, Abhyankar HA, Boone PM, Beck CR et al. (2016)
Primary immunodeficiency diseases: Genomic approaches delineate heterogeneous Mendelian disorders
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 139 (1), 232-245
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.05.042, PubMed 27577878

Stylianou E, Ueland T, Borchsenius F, Michelsen AE, Øvstebø R, Mollnes TE, Skjønsberg OH, Aukrust P (2016)
Specific allergen immunotherapy: effect on IgE, IgG4 and chemokines in patients with allergic rhinitis
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 76 (2), 118-27
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2015.1110856, PubMed 26878875

Taraldsrud E, Aukrust P, Jørgensen S, Lingjærde OC, Olweus J, Myklebust JH, Fevang B (2016)
Patterns of constitutively phosphorylated kinases in B cells are associated with disease severity in common variable immunodeficiency
Clin Immunol, 175, 69-74
DOI 10.1016/j.clim.2016.11.014, PubMed 27919819

Waagsbø B, Svardal A, Ueland T, Landrø L, Øktedalen O, Berge RK, Flo TH, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2016)
Low levels of short- and medium-chain acylcarnitines in HIV-infected patients
Eur J Clin Invest, 46 (5), 408-17
DOI 10.1111/eci.12609, PubMed 26913383

Yndestad A, Sandanger Ø, Jong WMC, Aukrust P, Zuurbier CJ (2016)
Response to letter from Toldo et al. on "NLRP3 inflammasome activation during myocardial ischemia reperfusion is cardioprotective"
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 474 (2), 328-329
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.04.096, PubMed 27109473

Åsberg A, Humar A, Rollag H, Jardine AG, Kumar D, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Bignamini AA, Hartmann A (2016)
Lessons Learned From a Randomized Study of Oral Valganciclovir Versus Parenteral Ganciclovir Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: The VICTOR Trial
Clin Infect Dis, 62 (9), 1154-60
DOI 10.1093/cid/ciw084, PubMed 26908810

Publications 2015

Abbas A, Gregersen I, Holm S, Daissormont I, Bjerkeli V, Krohg-Sørensen K, Skagen KR, Dahl TB, Russell D, Almås T, Bundgaard D, Alteheld LH, Rashidi A, Dahl CP, Michelsen AE, Biessen EA, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Skjelland M (2015)
Interleukin 23 levels are increased in carotid atherosclerosis: possible role for the interleukin 23/interleukin 17 axis
Stroke, 46 (3), 793-9
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006516, PubMed 25649806

Andreassen OA, Desikan RS, Wang Y, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Zuber V, Doncheva NT, Ellinghaus E, Albrecht M, Mattingsdal M, Franke A, Lie BA, Mills IG, Aukrust P, McEvoy LK, Djurovic S, Karlsen TH, Dale AM (2015)
Abundant genetic overlap between blood lipids and immune-mediated diseases indicates shared molecular genetic mechanisms
PLoS One, 10 (4), e0123057
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0123057, PubMed 25853426

Andreassen OA, Desikan RS, Wang Y, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Zuber V, Doncheva NT, Ellinghaus E, Albrecht M, Mattingsdal M, Franke A, Lie BA, Mills IG, Aukrust P, McEvoy LK, Djurovic S, Karlsen TH, Dale AM (2015)
Correction: Abundant Genetic Overlap between Blood Lipids and Immune-Mediated Diseases Indicates Shared Molecular Genetic Mechanisms
PLoS One, 10 (5), e0128048
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0128048, PubMed 25978331

Arora S, Andreassen AK, Andersson B, Gustafsson F, Eiskjaer H, Bøtker HE, Rådegran G, Gude E, Ioanes D, Solbu D, Sigurdardottir V, Dellgren G, Erikstad I, Solberg OG, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, SCHEDULE (SCandinavian HEart transplant everolimus De novo stUdy with earLy calcineurin inhibitors avoidancE) Investigators (2015)
The Effect of Everolimus Initiation and Calcineurin Inhibitor Elimination on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in De Novo Recipients: One-Year Results of a Scandinavian Randomized Trial
Am J Transplant, 15 (7), 1967-75
DOI 10.1111/ajt.13214, PubMed 25783974

Askevold ET, Gullestad L, Nymo S, Kjekshus J, Yndestad A, Latini R, Cleland JG, McMurray JJ, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2015)
Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 3 in Chronic Heart Failure: Analysis from the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
PLoS One, 10 (8), e0133970
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0133970, PubMed 26288364

Berg A, Otterdal K, Patel S, Gonca M, David C, Dalen I, Nymo S, Nilsson M, Nordling S, Magnusson PU, Ueland T, Prato M, Giribaldi G, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Langeland N, Nilsson PH (2015)
Complement Activation Correlates With Disease Severity and Contributes to Cytokine Responses in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
J Infect Dis, 212 (11), 1835-40
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiv283, PubMed 25980034

Cero FT, Hillestad V, Sjaastad I, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Ranheim T, Lunde IG, Olsen MB, Lien E, Zhang L, Haugstad SB, Løberg EM, Christensen G, Larsen KO, Skjønsberg OH (2015)
Absence of the inflammasome adaptor ASC reduces hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in mice
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 309 (4), L378-87
DOI 10.1152/ajplung.00342.2014, PubMed 26071556

Dhondup Y, Sjaastad I, Scott H, Sandanger Ø, Zhang L, Haugstad SB, Aronsen JM, Ranheim T, Holmen SD, Alfsnes K, Ahmed MS, Attramadal H, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Christensen G, Yndestad A, Vinge LE (2015)
Sustained Toll-Like Receptor 9 Activation Promotes Systemic and Cardiac Inflammation, and Aggravates Diastolic Heart Failure in SERCA2a KO Mice
PLoS One, 10 (10), e0139715
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0139715, PubMed 26461521

Estensen ME, Grindheim G, Remme EW, Godang K, Henriksen T, Aukrust P, Aakhus S, Gullestad L, Ueland T (2015)
Elevated inflammatory markers in preeclamptic pregnancies, but no relation to systemic arterial stiffness
Pregnancy Hypertens, 5 (4), 325-9
DOI 10.1016/j.preghy.2015.09.003, PubMed 26597749

Fosshaug LE, Dahl CP, Risnes I, Bohov P, Berge RK, Nymo S, Geiran O, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Vinge LE, Øie E (2015)
Altered Levels of Fatty Acids and Inflammatory and Metabolic Mediators in Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure
J Card Fail, 21 (11), 916-23
DOI 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.07.014, PubMed 26231517

Gregersen I, Holm S, Dahl TB, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2015)
A focus on inflammation as a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 14 (3), 391-403
DOI 10.1586/14779072.2016.1128828, PubMed 26641944

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

Holter JC, Müller F, Bjørang O, Samdal HH, Marthinsen JB, Jenum PA, Ueland T, Frøland SS, Aukrust P, Husebye E, Heggelund L (2015)
Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia and diagnostic yields of microbiological methods: a 3-year prospective study in Norway
BMC Infect Dis, 15, 64
DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0803-5, PubMed 25887603

Hope S, Hoseth E, Dieset I, Mørch RH, Aas M, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Melle I, Ueland T, Agartz I, Ueland T, Westlye LT, Andreassen OA (2015)
Inflammatory markers are associated with general cognitive abilities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients and healthy controls
Schizophr Res, 165 (2-3), 188-94
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2015.04.004, PubMed 25956633

Hoseth EZ, Westlye LT, Hope S, Dieset I, Aukrust P, Melle I, Haukvik UK, Agartz I, Ueland T, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2015)
Association between cytokine levels, verbal memory and hippocampus volume in psychotic disorders and healthy controls
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 133 (1), 53-62
DOI 10.1111/acps.12467, PubMed 26189721

Hovland A, Jonasson L, Garred P, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Lappegård KT, Espevik T, Mollnes TE (2015)
The complement system and toll-like receptors as integrated players in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, 241 (2), 480-94
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.05.038, PubMed 26086357

Indrevær RL, Moskaug JØ, Paur I, Bøhn SK, Jørgensen SF, Blomhoff R, Aukrust P, Fevang B, Blomhoff HK (2015)
IRF4 Is a Critical Gene in Retinoic Acid-Mediated Plasma Cell Formation and Is Deregulated in Common Variable Immunodeficiency-Derived B Cells
J Immunol, 195 (6), 2601-11
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1500250, PubMed 26276871

Kvistad SS, Myhr KM, Holmøy T, Šaltytė Benth J, Wergeland S, Beiske AG, Bjerve KS, Hovdal H, Lilleås F, Midgard R, Pedersen T, Bakke SJ, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Sagen JV, Torkildsen Ø (2015)
Body mass index influence interferon-beta treatment response in multiple sclerosis
J Neuroimmunol, 288, 92-7
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.09.008, PubMed 26531700

Laugsand LE, Åsvold BO, Vatten LJ, Janszky I, Platou C, Michelsen AE, Arain F, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2015)
Soluble CXCL16 and risk of myocardial infarction: The HUNT study in Norway
Atherosclerosis, 244, 188-94
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.11.022, PubMed 26649903

LeBlanc M, Zuber V, Andreassen BK, Witoelar A, Zeng L, Bettella F, Wang Y, McEvoy LK, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Reppe S, Barrett-Connor E, Ligthart S, Dehghan A, Gautvik KM, Nelson CP, Schunkert H, Samani NJ, CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Frigessi A, Desikan RS et al. (2015)
Identifying Novel Gene Variants in Coronary Artery Disease and Shared Genes With Several Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Circ Res, 118 (1), 83-94
DOI 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306629, PubMed 26487741

Lekva T, Bollerslev J, Norwitz ER, Aukrust P, Henriksen T, Ueland T (2015)
Aortic Stiffness and Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
PLoS One, 10 (8), e0136892
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0136892, PubMed 26309121

Li J, Jørgensen SF, Maggadottir SM, Bakay M, Warnatz K, Glessner J, Pandey R, Salzer U, Schmidt RE, Perez E, Resnick E, Goldacker S, Buchta M, Witte T, Padyukov L, Videm V, Folseraas T, Atschekzei F, Elder JT, Nair RP, Winkelmann J, Gieger C, Nöthen MM, Büning C, Brand S et al. (2015)
Association of CLEC16A with human common variable immunodeficiency disorder and role in murine B cells
Nat Commun, 6, 6804
DOI 10.1038/ncomms7804, PubMed 25891430

Narverud I, van Lennep JR, Christensen JJ, Versmissen J, Gran JM, Iversen PO, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Ulven SM, Ose L, Veierød MB, Sijbrands E, Retterstøl K, Holven KB (2015)
Maternal inheritance does not predict cholesterol levels in children with familial hypercholesterolemia
Atherosclerosis, 243 (1), 155-60
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.09.014, PubMed 26386212

Neupane SP, Lien L, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Bramness JG (2015)
Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in relation to comorbid depression and cytokine levels in Nepalese men with alcohol-use disorders
Alcohol, 49 (5), 471-8
DOI 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.01.012, PubMed 25873205

Norum HM, Gullestad L, Abraityte A, Broch K, Aakhus S, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2015)
Increased Serum Levels of the Notch Ligand DLL1 are Associated with Diastolic Dysfunction, Reduced Exercise Capacity, and Adverse Outcome in Chronic Heart Failure
J Card Fail, 22 (3), 218-23
DOI 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.07.012, PubMed 26211721

Nymo SH, Ueland T, Askevold E, Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2015)
Circulating nucleosomes in chronic heart failure
Int J Cardiol, 203, 742-3
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.219, PubMed 26595779

Otterdal K, Haukeland JW, Yndestad A, Dahl TB, Holm S, Segers FM, Gladhaug IP, Konopski Z, Damås JK, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2015)
Increased Serum Levels of LIGHT/TNFSF14 in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Possible Role in Hepatic Inflammation
Clin Transl Gastroenterol, 6 (7), e95
DOI 10.1038/ctg.2015.23, PubMed 26133108

Persson LJ, Aanerud M, Hiemstra PS, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Hardie JA, Aukrust P, Bakke PS, Eagan TM (2015)
Vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein, and longitudinal outcomes in COPD
PLoS One, 10 (3), e0121622
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0121622, PubMed 25803709

Prebensen C, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Lind A, Pettersen FO, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Kvale D (2015)
High MIP-1β Levels in Plasma Predict Long-Term Immunological Nonresponse to Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV Infection
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 69 (4), 395-402
DOI 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000617, PubMed 26115437

Reiseter S, Molberg Ø, Gunnarsson R, Lund MB, Aalokken TM, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Garen T, Brunborg C, Michelsen A, Abraityte A, Hoffmann-Vold AM (2015)
Associations between circulating endostatin levels and vascular organ damage in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disease: an observational study
Arthritis Res Ther, 17 (1), 231
DOI 10.1186/s13075-015-0756-5, PubMed 26315510

Røsjø E, Myhr KM, Løken-Amsrud KI, Bakke SJ, Beiske AG, Bjerve KS, Hovdal H, Lilleås F, Midgard R, Pedersen T, Šaltytė Benth J, Torkildsen Ø, Wergeland S, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Holmøy T (2015)
Vitamin D status and effect of interferon-β1a treatment on MRI activity and serum inflammation markers in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
J Neuroimmunol, 280, 21-8
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.02.001, PubMed 25773151

Røsjø E, Steffensen LH, Jørgensen L, Lindstrøm JC, Šaltytė Benth J, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Kampman MT, Torkildsen Ø, Holmøy T (2015)
Vitamin D supplementation and systemic inflammation in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
J Neurol, 262 (12), 2713-21
DOI 10.1007/s00415-015-7902-5, PubMed 26429571

Sandanger Ø, Gao E, Ranheim T, Bliksøen M, Kaasbøll OJ, Alfsnes K, Nymo SH, Rashidi A, Ohm IK, Attramadal H, Aukrust P, Vinge LE, Yndestad A (2015)
NLRP3 inflammasome activation during myocardial ischemia reperfusion is cardioprotective
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 469 (4), 1012-20
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.12.051, PubMed 26706279

Schurgers LJ, Burgmaier M, Ueland T, Schutters K, Aakhus S, Hofstra L, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Hellmich M, Narula J, Reutelingsperger CP (2015)
Circulating annexin A5 predicts mortality in patients with heart failure
J Intern Med, 279 (1), 89-97
DOI 10.1111/joim.12396, PubMed 26223343

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

Sveaas SH, Berg IJ, Provan SA, Semb AG, Olsen IC, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Vøllestad N, Hagen KB, Kvien TK, Dagfinrud H (2015)
Circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines and cytokine receptors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional comparative study
Scand J Rheumatol, 44 (2), 118-24
DOI 10.3109/03009742.2014.956142, PubMed 25756521

Ueland T, Caidahl K, Askevold ET, Karlsson T, Hartford M, Aukrust P (2015)
Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 3 (sFRP3) in acute coronary syndromes
Int J Cardiol, 190, 217-9
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.401, PubMed 25920031

Ueland T, Rollag H, Hartmann A, Jardine A, Humar A, Bignamini AA, Åsberg A, Aukrust P (2015)
Increased osteoprotegerin predicts poor virological outcome during anticytomegalovirus therapy in solid organ transplant recipients
Transplantation, 99 (1), 100-5
DOI 10.1097/TP.0000000000000227, PubMed 24983306

Wergeland I, Pullar N, Assmus J, Ueland T, Tonby K, Feruglio S, Kvale D, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Dyrhol-Riise AM (2015)
IP-10 differentiates between active and latent tuberculosis irrespective of HIV status and declines during therapy
J Infect, 70 (4), 381-91
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.12.019, PubMed 25597826

Zahid W, Bergestuen D, Haugaa KH, Ueland T, Thiis-Evensen E, Aukrust P, Fosse E, Edvardsen T (2015)
Myocardial Function by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Activin A May Predict Mortality in Patients with Carcinoid Intestinal Disease
Cardiology, 132 (2), 81-90
DOI 10.1159/000431076, PubMed 26111973

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

Abraityte A, Gullestad L, Askevold ET, Nymo S, Dahl CP, Aakhus S, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2014)
The Notch ligand Delta-like 1 is elevated and associated with mortality in patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis
Int J Cardiol, 180, 18-20
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.111, PubMed 25438200

Andreassen OA, McEvoy LK, Thompson WK, Wang Y, Reppe S, Schork AJ, Zuber V, Barrett-Connor E, Gautvik K, Aukrust P, Karlsen TH, Djurovic S, Desikan RS, Dale AM, International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies, Genetic Factors for Osteoporosis Consortium (2014)
Identifying common genetic variants in blood pressure due to polygenic pleiotropy with associated phenotypes
Hypertension, 63 (4), 819-26
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02077, PubMed 24396023

Askevold ET, Aukrust P, Nymo SH, Lunde IG, Kaasbøll OJ, Aakhus S, Florholmen G, Ohm IK, Strand ME, Attramadal H, Fiane A, Dahl CP, Finsen AV, Vinge LE, Christensen G, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Latini R, Masson S, Tavazzi L, GISSI-HF Investigators, Ueland T (2014)
The cardiokine secreted Frizzled-related protein 3, a modulator of Wnt signalling, in clinical and experimental heart failure
J Intern Med, 275 (6), 621-30
DOI 10.1111/joim.12175, PubMed 24330105

Askevold ET, Gullestad L, Dahl CP, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Aukrust P (2014)
Interleukin-6 signaling, soluble glycoprotein 130, and inflammation in heart failure
Curr Heart Fail Rep, 11 (2), 146-55
DOI 10.1007/s11897-014-0185-9, PubMed 24477903

Astrup E, Janardhanan J, Otterdal K, Ueland T, Prakash JA, Lekva T, Strand ØA, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Damås JK, Mathews P, Mathai D, Aukrust P, Varghese GM (2014)
Cytokine network in scrub typhus: high levels of interleukin-8 are associated with disease severity and mortality
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 8 (2), e2648
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002648, PubMed 24516677

Astrup E, Ranheim T, Damås JK, Davì G, Santilli F, Jensenius M, Vitale G, Aukrust P, Olano JP, Otterdal K (2014)
Increased expression of the homeostatic chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 in clinical and experimental Rickettsia conorii infection
BMC Infect Dis, 14, 70
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-14-70, PubMed 24507453

Berg A, Patel S, Aukrust P, David C, Gonca M, Berg ES, Dalen I, Langeland N (2014)
Increased severity and mortality in adults co-infected with malaria and HIV in Maputo, Mozambique: a prospective cross-sectional study
PLoS One, 9 (2), e88257
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0088257, PubMed 24505451

Berg A, Patel S, Gonca M, David C, Otterdal K, Ueland T, Dalen I, Kvaløy JT, Mollnes TE, Aukrust P, Langeland N (2014)
Cytokine network in adults with falciparum Malaria and HIV-1: increased IL-8 and IP-10 levels are associated with disease severity
PLoS One, 9 (12), e114480
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0114480, PubMed 25503583

Broch K, Andreassen AK, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Stueflotten W, Aukrust P, Aakhus S, Gullestad L (2014)
Soluble ST2 reflects hemodynamic stress in non-ischemic heart failure
Int J Cardiol, 179, 378-84
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.003, PubMed 25464491

Broch K, Askevold ET, Gjertsen E, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Godang K, Stueflotten W, Andreassen J, Svendsmark R, Smith HJ, Aakhus S, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2014)
The effect of rosuvastatin on inflammation, matrix turnover and left ventricular remodeling in dilated cardiomyopathy: a randomized, controlled trial
PLoS One, 9 (2), e89732
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0089732, PubMed 24586994

Dieset I, Haukvik UK, Melle I, Røssberg JI, Ueland T, Hope S, Dale AM, Djurovic S, Aukrust P, Agartz I, Andreassen OA (2014)
Association between altered brain morphology and elevated peripheral endothelial markers--implications for psychotic disorders
Schizophr Res, 161 (2-3), 222-8
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2014.11.006, PubMed 25433965

Finsen AV, Ueland T, Sjaastad I, Ranheim T, Ahmed MS, Dahl CP, Askevold ET, Aakhus S, Husberg C, Fiane AE, Lipp M, Gullestad L, Christensen G, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2014)
The homeostatic chemokine CCL21 predicts mortality in aortic stenosis patients and modulates left ventricular remodeling
PLoS One, 9 (11), e112172
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0112172, PubMed 25398010

Gustafsson F, Gude E, Sigurdardottir V, Aukrust P, Solbu D, Goetze JP, Gullestad L (2014)
Plasma NGAL and glomerular filtration rate in cardiac transplant recipients treated with standard or reduced calcineurin inhibitor levels
Biomark Med, 8 (2), 239-45
DOI 10.2217/bmm.13.95, PubMed 24521021

Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Smedbakken LM, Singh A, Michelsen AE, Skjelland M, Krohg-Sørensen K, Russell D, Höpken UE, Lipp M, Damås JK, Holm S, Yndestad A, Biessen EA, Aukrust P (2014)
Increased levels of CCR7 ligands in carotid atherosclerosis: different effects in macrophages and smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res, 102 (1), 148-56
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvu036, PubMed 24518141

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

Holven KB, Narverud I, Lindvig HW, Halvorsen B, Langslet G, Nenseter MS, Ulven SM, Ose L, Aukrust P, Retterstøl K (2014)
Subjects with familial hypercholesterolemia are characterized by an inflammatory phenotype despite long-term intensive cholesterol lowering treatment
Atherosclerosis, 233 (2), 561-567
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.01.022, PubMed 24530965

Husebø GR, Bakke PS, Aanerud M, Hardie JA, Ueland T, Grønseth R, Persson LJ, Aukrust P, Eagan TM (2014)
Predictors of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease--results from the Bergen COPD cohort study
PLoS One, 9 (10), e109721
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0109721, PubMed 25279458

Lappegård KT, Garred P, Jonasson L, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Mollnes TE, Hovland A (2014)
A vital role for complement in heart disease
Mol Immunol, 61 (2), 126-34
DOI 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.06.036, PubMed 25037633

Lattanzio S, Santilli F, Liani R, Vazzana N, Ueland T, Di Fulvio P, Formoso G, Consoli A, Aukrust P, Davì G (2014)
Circulating dickkopf-1 in diabetes mellitus: association with platelet activation and effects of improved metabolic control and low-dose aspirin
J Am Heart Assoc, 3 (4)
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.114.001000, PubMed 25037197

Narverud I, Retterstøl K, Iversen PO, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Ulven SM, Ose L, Aukrust P, Veierød MB, Holven KB (2014)
Markers of atherosclerotic development in children with familial hypercholesterolemia: a literature review
Atherosclerosis, 235 (2), 299-309
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.917, PubMed 24908240

Neupane SP, Lien L, Martinez P, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Hestad K, Bramness JG (2014)
High frequency and intensity of drinking may attenuate increased inflammatory cytokine levels of major depression in alcohol-use disorders
CNS Neurosci Ther, 20 (10), 898-904
DOI 10.1111/cns.12303, PubMed 24995667

Ohm IK, Alfsnes K, Belland Olsen M, Ranheim T, Sandanger Ø, Dahl TB, Aukrust P, Finsen AV, Yndestad A, Vinge LE (2014)
Toll-like receptor 9 mediated responses in cardiac fibroblasts
PLoS One, 9 (8), e104398
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0104398, PubMed 25126740

Ohm IK, Gao E, Belland Olsen M, Alfsnes K, Bliksøen M, Øgaard J, Ranheim T, Nymo SH, Holmen YD, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Vinge LE (2014)
Toll-like receptor 9-activation during onset of myocardial ischemia does not influence infarct extension
PLoS One, 9 (8), e104407
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0104407, PubMed 25126943

Otterdal K, Janardhanan J, Astrup E, Ueland T, Prakash JA, Lekva T, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Damås JK, Mathews P, Mathai D, Aukrust P, Varghese GM (2014)
Increased endothelial and macrophage markers are associated with disease severity and mortality in scrub typhus
J Infect, 69 (5), 462-9
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.06.018, PubMed 24995849

Ovchinnikova OA, Folkersen L, Persson J, Lindeman JH, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gavrisheva N, Shlyakhto E, Paulsson-Berne G, Hedin U, Olofsson PS, Hansson GK (2014)
The collagen cross-linking enzyme lysyl oxidase is associated with the healing of human atherosclerotic lesions
J Intern Med, 276 (5), 525-36
DOI 10.1111/joim.12228, PubMed 24588843

Parolini C, Vik R, Busnelli M, Bjørndal B, Holm S, Brattelid T, Manzini S, Ganzetti GS, Dellera F, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Sirtori CR, Nordrehaug JE, Skorve J, Berge RK, Chiesa G (2014)
A salmon protein hydrolysate exerts lipid-independent anti-atherosclerotic activity in ApoE-deficient mice
PLoS One, 9 (5), e97598
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0097598, PubMed 24840793

Røsjø E, Myhr KM, Løken-Amsrud KI, Bakke SJ, Beiske AG, Bjerve KS, Hovdal H, Lilleås F, Midgard R, Pedersen T, Benth JS, Torkildsen Ø, Wergeland S, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Holmøy T (2014)
Increasing serum levels of vitamin A, D and E are associated with alterations of different inflammation markers in patients with multiple sclerosis
J Neuroimmunol, 271 (1-2), 60-5
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.03.014, PubMed 24713402

Sveaas SH, Berg IJ, Provan SA, Semb AG, Hagen KB, Vøllestad N, Fongen C, Olsen IC, Michelsen A, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Kvien TK, Dagfinrud H (2014)
Efficacy of high intensity exercise on disease activity and cardiovascular risk in active axial spondyloarthritis: a randomized controlled pilot study
PLoS One, 9 (9), e108688
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0108688, PubMed 25268365

Taraldsrud E, Fevang B, Aukrust P, Beiske KH, Fløisand Y, Frøland S, Rollag H, Olweus J (2014)
Common variable immunodeficiency revisited: normal generation of naturally occurring dendritic cells that respond to Toll-like receptors 7 and 9
Clin Exp Immunol, 175 (3), 439-48
DOI 10.1111/cei.12239, PubMed 24237110

Trøseid M, Ueland T, Hov JR, Svardal A, Gregersen I, Dahl CP, Aakhus S, Gude E, Bjørndal B, Halvorsen B, Karlsen TH, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Berge RK, Yndestad A (2014)
Microbiota-dependent metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide is associated with disease severity and survival of patients with chronic heart failure
J Intern Med, 277 (6), 717-26
DOI 10.1111/joim.12328, PubMed 25382824

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Nymo SH, Kjekshus J, McMurray JJ, Wikstrand J, Block D, Zaugg C, Gullestad L (2014)
Novel extracellular matrix biomarkers as predictors of adverse outcome in chronic heart failure: association between biglycan and response to statin therapy in the CORONA trial
J Card Fail, 21 (2), 153-9
DOI 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.10.016, PubMed 25451704

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Nymo SH, Kjekshus J, McMurray JJ, Wikstrand J, Wienhues-Thelen UH, Block D, Zaugg C, Gullestad L (2014)
Predictive value of endostatin in chronic heart failure patients with poor kidney function
Cardiology, 130 (1), 17-22
DOI 10.1159/000368220, PubMed 25428583

Ueland T, Gullestad L, Nymo SH, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Askevold ET (2014)
Inflammatory cytokines as biomarkers in heart failure
Clin Chim Acta, 443, 71-7
DOI 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.001, PubMed 25199849

Ueland T, Olarescu NC, Jørgensen AP, Otterdal K, Aukrust P, Godang K, Lekva T, Bollerslev J (2014)
Increased serum and bone matrix levels of the secreted Wnt antagonist DKK-1 in patients with growth hormone deficiency in response to growth hormone treatment
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 100 (2), 736-43
DOI 10.1210/jc.2014-2912, PubMed 25459913

Wium C, Eggesbø HB, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Torjesen PA, Aukrust P, Birkeland K (2014)
Adipose tissue distribution in relation to insulin sensitivity and inflammation in Pakistani and Norwegian subjects with type 2 diabetes
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 74 (8), 700-7
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2014.953571, PubMed 25223599

Publications 2013

Dahl CP, Aukrust P, Nymo SH, Kjekshus J, Cleland JG, McMurray JJ, Wikstrand J, Gullestad L, Ueland T (2013)
Prognostic value of CXCL16 in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure
Int J Cardiol, 168 (4), 4427-9
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.05.008, PubMed 23714594

Engebretsen KV, Waehre A, Bjørnstad JL, Skrbic B, Sjaastad I, Behmen D, Marstein HS, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Christensen G, Tønnessen T (2013)
Decorin, lumican, and their GAG chain-synthesizing enzymes are regulated in myocardial remodeling and reverse remodeling in the mouse
J Appl Physiol (1985), 114 (8), 988-97
DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.00793.2012, PubMed 23412898

Gravning J, Askevold ET, Nymo SH, Ueland T, Wikstrand J, McMurray JJ, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Kjekshus J, CORONA Study Group (2013)
Prognostic effect of high-sensitive troponin T assessment in elderly patients with chronic heart failure: results from the CORONA trial
Circ Heart Fail, 7 (1), 96-103
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000450, PubMed 24284025

Gregersen I, Skjelland M, Holm S, Holven KB, Krogh-Sørensen K, Russell D, Askevold ET, Dahl CP, Ørn S, Gullestad L, Mollnes TE, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2013)
Increased systemic and local interleukin 9 levels in patients with carotid and coronary atherosclerosis
PLoS One, 8 (8), e72769
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0072769, PubMed 24023645

Gregersen S, Holm AM, Fevang B, Ueland T, Sikkeland LI, Aaløkken TM, Mynarek G, Kongerud J, Aukrust P, Johansen B, Frøland SS (2013)
Lung disease, T-cells and inflammation in common variable immunodeficiency disorders
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 73 (6), 514-22
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2013.819523, PubMed 23957371

Hamre H, Zeller B, Kanellopoulos A, Ruud E, Fosså SD, Loge JH, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Mollnes TE, Kiserud CE (2013)
Serum cytokines and chronic fatigue in adults surviving after childhood leukemia and lymphoma
Brain Behav Immun, 30, 80-7
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.01.006, PubMed 23333795

Hollan I, Nebuloni M, Bottazzi B, Mikkelsen K, Førre OT, Almdahl SM, Mantovani A, Fagerland MW, Aukrust P, Meroni PL, Feiring Heart Biopsy Study Group (2013)
Pentraxin 3, a novel cardiovascular biomarker, is expressed in aortic specimens of patients with coronary artery disease with and without rheumatoid arthritis
Cardiovasc Pathol, 22 (5), 324-31
DOI 10.1016/j.carpath.2013.01.007, PubMed 23434196

Holmøy T, Løken-Amsrud KI, Bakke SJ, Beiske AG, Bjerve KS, Hovdal H, Lilleås F, Midgard R, Pedersen T, Saltytė Benth J, Torkildsen O, Wergeland S, Myhr KM, Michelsen AE, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2013)
Inflammation markers in multiple sclerosis: CXCL16 reflects and may also predict disease activity
PLoS One, 8 (9), e75021
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0075021, PubMed 24069377

Holven KB, Retterstøl K, Ueland T, Ulven SM, Nenseter MS, Sandvik M, Narverud I, Berge KE, Ose L, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2013)
Subjects with low plasma HDL cholesterol levels are characterized by an inflammatory and oxidative phenotype
PLoS One, 8 (11), e78241
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0078241, PubMed 24244297

Hope S, Ueland T, Steen NE, Dieset I, Lorentzen S, Berg AO, Agartz I, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA (2013)
Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with general severity and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Schizophr Res, 145 (1-3), 36-42
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2012.12.023, PubMed 23403415

Indrevær RL, Holm KL, Aukrust P, Osnes LT, Naderi EH, Fevang B, Blomhoff HK (2013)
Retinoic acid improves defective TLR9/RP105-induced immune responses in common variable immunodeficiency-derived B cells
J Immunol, 191 (7), 3624-33
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1300213, PubMed 24006462

Janardhanan J, Joseph Martin S, Astrup E, Veeramanikandan R, Aukrust P, Abraham OC, Varghese GM (2013)
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, TLR4 and heat shock protein 70 genes and susceptibility to scrub typhus
J Hum Genet, 58 (11), 707-10
DOI 10.1038/jhg.2013.89, PubMed 23985798

Larsen AI, Lindal S, Myreng K, Ogne C, Kvaløy JT, Munk PS, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Dickstein K, Nilsen DW (2013)
Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production slope and skeletal muscle capillary density without reversal of skeletal muscle pathology or inflammation
Europace, 15 (6), 857-64
DOI 10.1093/europace/eus428, PubMed 23322010

Lekva T, Bollerslev J, Sahraoui A, Scholz H, Bøyum H, Evang JA, Godang K, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2013)
Thioredoxin interacting protein is a potential regulator of glucose and energy homeostasis in endogenous Cushing's syndrome
PLoS One, 8 (5), e64247
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0064247, PubMed 23691179

Lund MB, Paulsen V, Aukrust P (2013)
Intestinal Kaposi sarcoma in a lung transplant recipient: therapy with mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor and immunosuppression reduction
J Heart Lung Transplant, 32 (3), 376-7
DOI 10.1016/j.healun.2012.11.031, PubMed 23305694

Manhenke C, Ueland T, Jugdutt BI, Godang K, Aukrust P, Dickstein K, Ørn S (2013)
The relationship between markers of extracellular cardiac matrix turnover: infarct healing and left ventricular remodelling following primary PCI in patients with first-time STEMI
Eur Heart J, 35 (6), 395-402
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/eht482, PubMed 24255130

Nenseter MS, Aukrust P, Ose L, Holven KB (2013)
Low level of inflammatory marker in hyperhomocysteinemic patients on statin therapy
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 74 (1), 1-7
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2013.854926, PubMed 24236948

Nymo SH, Hulthe J, Ueland T, McMurray J, Wikstrand J, Askevold ET, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2013)
Inflammatory cytokines in chronic heart failure: interleukin-8 is associated with adverse outcome. Results from CORONA
Eur J Heart Fail, 16 (1), 68-75
DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hft125, PubMed 23918775

Nytrøen K, Rustad LA, Erikstad I, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Lekva T, Gude E, Wilhelmsen N, Hervold A, Aakhus S, Gullestad L, Arora S (2013)
Effect of high-intensity interval training on progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy
J Heart Lung Transplant, 32 (11), 1073-80
DOI 10.1016/j.healun.2013.06.023, PubMed 23906899

Ofstad AP, Gullestad L, Orvik E, Aakhus S, Endresen K, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Fagerland MW, Birkeland KI, Johansen OE (2013)
Interleukin-6 and activin A are independently associated with cardiovascular events and mortality in type 2 diabetes: the prospective Asker and Bærum Cardiovascular Diabetes (ABCD) cohort study
Cardiovasc Diabetol, 12, 126
DOI 10.1186/1475-2840-12-126, PubMed 23987834

Prohászka Z, Munthe-Fog L, Ueland T, Gombos T, Yndestad A, Förhécz Z, Skjoedt MO, Pozsonyi Z, Gustavsen A, Jánoskuti L, Karádi I, Gullestad L, Dahl CP, Askevold ET, Füst G, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Garred P (2013)
Association of ficolin-3 with severity and outcome of chronic heart failure
PLoS One, 8 (4), e60976
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0060976, PubMed 23596511

Rollag H, Ueland T, Asberg A, Hartmann A, Jardine AG, Humar A, Pescovitz MD, Bignamini AA, Aukrust P (2013)
Characterization of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients by markers of inflammation in plasma
PLoS One, 8 (4), e60767
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0060767, PubMed 23593305

Sandanger Ø, Ranheim T, Vinge LE, Bliksøen M, Alfsnes K, Finsen AV, Dahl CP, Askevold ET, Florholmen G, Christensen G, Fitzgerald KA, Lien E, Valen G, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2013)
The NLRP3 inflammasome is up-regulated in cardiac fibroblasts and mediates myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury
Cardiovasc Res, 99 (1), 164-74
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvt091, PubMed 23580606

Sandanger Ø, Ranheim T, Vinge LE, Bliksøen M, Valen G, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2013)
A role for NLRP3 inflammasome in acute myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury? Reply
Cardiovasc Res, 99 (1), 226-7
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvt130, PubMed 23708737

Ueland T, Nymo SH, Latini R, McMurray JJ, Kjekshus J, Yndestad A, Fucili A, Grosu A, Masson S, Maggioni AP, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Investigators of the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Study in Heart Failure (CORONA) trial, Investigators of the GISSI-Heart Failure (GISSI-HF) trial (2013)
CCL21 is associated with fatal outcomes in chronic heart failure: data from CORONA and GISSI-HF trials
Eur J Heart Fail, 15 (7), 747-55
DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hft031, PubMed 23487539

Ueland T, Rollag H, Hartmann A, Jardine AG, Humar A, Michelsen AE, Bignamini AA, Åsberg A, Aukrust P (2013)
Secreted Wnt antagonists during eradication of cytomegalovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients
Am J Transplant, 14 (1), 210-5
DOI 10.1111/ajt.12506, PubMed 24224707

van der Velde AR, Gullestad L, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Guo Y, Adourian A, Muntendam P, van Veldhuisen DJ, de Boer RA (2013)
Prognostic value of changes in galectin-3 levels over time in patients with heart failure: data from CORONA and COACH
Circ Heart Fail, 6 (2), 219-26
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.000129, PubMed 23395934

Vik R, Busnelli M, Parolini C, Bjørndal B, Holm S, Bohov P, Halvorsen B, Brattelid T, Manzini S, Ganzetti GS, Dellera F, Nygård OK, Aukrust P, Sirtori CR, Chiesa G, Berge RK (2013)
An immunomodulating fatty acid analogue targeting mitochondria exerts anti-atherosclerotic effect beyond plasma cholesterol-lowering activity in apoe(-/-) mice
PLoS One, 8 (12), e81963
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0081963, PubMed 24324736

Wangensteen T, Retterstøl L, Rødningen OK, Hjelmesaeth J, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2013)
De novo 19p13.2 microdeletion encompassing the insulin receptor and resistin genes in a patient with obesity and learning disability
Am J Med Genet A, 161A (6), 1480-6
DOI 10.1002/ajmg.a.35927, PubMed 23637016

Wium C, Aasheim ET, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Thorsby PM, Larsen IF, Torjesen PA, Aukrust P, Birkeland KI (2013)
Differences in insulin sensitivity, lipid metabolism and inflammation between young adult Pakistani and Norwegian patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross sectional study
BMC Endocr Disord, 13, 49
DOI 10.1186/1472-6823-13-49, PubMed 24148878

Publications 2012

Abbas A, Aukrust P, Dahl TB, Bjerkeli V, Sagen EB, Michelsen A, Russell D, Krohg-Sørensen K, Holm S, Skjelland M, Halvorsen B (2012)
High levels of S100A12 are associated with recent plaque symptomatology in patients with carotid atherosclerosis
Stroke, 43 (5), 1347-53
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.642256, PubMed 22382154

Arora S, Erikstad I, Ueland T, Sigurdardottir V, Ekmehag B, Jansson K, Eiskjaer H, Bøtker HE, Mortensen SA, Saunamaki K, Gude E, Ragnarsson A, Solbu D, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2012)
Virtual histology assessment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy following introduction of everolimus--results of a multicenter trial
Am J Transplant, 12 (10), 2700-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04234.x, PubMed 22958738

Arora S, Gude E, Sigurdardottir V, Mortensen SA, Eiskjær H, Riise G, Mared L, Bjørtuft O, Ekmehag B, Jansson K, Simonsen S, Aukrust P, Solbu D, Iversen M, Gullestad L (2012)
Improvement in renal function after everolimus introduction and calcineurin inhibitor reduction in maintenance thoracic transplant recipients: the significance of baseline glomerular filtration rate
J Heart Lung Transplant, 31 (3), 259-65
DOI 10.1016/j.healun.2011.12.010, PubMed 22333403

Arora S, Aarones M, Aakhus S, Skaardal R, Aass H, Aukrust P, Kongsgaard E, Gullestad L (2012)
Peak oxygen uptake during cardiopulmonary exercise testing determines response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
J Cardiol, 60 (3), 228-35
DOI 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.03.004, PubMed 22542140

Askevold ET, Gullestad L, Aakhus S, Ranheim T, Tønnessen T, Solberg OG, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2012)
Secreted Wnt modulators in symptomatic aortic stenosis
J Am Heart Assoc, 1 (6), e002261
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.112.002261, PubMed 23316316

Askevold ET, Nymo S, Ueland T, Gravning J, Wergeland R, Kjekshus J, Yndestad A, Cleland JG, McMurray JJ, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2012)
Soluble glycoprotein 130 predicts fatal outcomes in chronic heart failure: analysis from the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
Circ Heart Fail, 6 (1), 91-8
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.972653, PubMed 23230311

Astrup E, Lekva T, Davì G, Otterdal K, Santilli F, Oie E, Halvorsen B, Damås JK, Raoult D, Vitale G, Olano JP, Ueland T, Aukrust P (2012)
A complex interaction between Rickettsia conorii and Dickkopf-1--potential role in immune evasion mechanisms in endothelial cells
PLoS One, 7 (9), e43638
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0043638, PubMed 23028464

Bliksøen M, Mariero LH, Ohm IK, Haugen F, Yndestad A, Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Ranheim T, Andersen GØ, Aukrust P, Valen G, Vinge LE (2012)
Increased circulating mitochondrial DNA after myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 158 (1), 132-4
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.047, PubMed 22578950

Broch K, Eek C, Wergeland R, Ueland T, Skårdal R, Aukrust P, Skulstad H, Gullestad L (2012)
NT-proBNP predicts myocardial recovery after non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome
Scand Cardiovasc J, 46 (2), 65-71
DOI 10.3109/14017431.2011.652981, PubMed 22191851

Broch K, Ueland T, Nymo SH, Kjekshus J, Hulthe J, Muntendam P, McMurray JJ, Wikstrand J, Cleland JG, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2012)
Soluble ST2 is associated with adverse outcome in patients with heart failure of ischaemic aetiology
Eur J Heart Fail, 14 (3), 268-77
DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs006, PubMed 22302661

Broch K, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2012)
Heart failure biomarkers: focus on interleukin-1 receptor-like 1-based blood tests
Drugs Today (Barc), 48 (7), 479-91
DOI 10.1358/dot.2012.48.7.1811719, PubMed 22844659

Dahl TB, Bermudez B, Ranheim T, Otterdal K, Holm S, Biessen EAL, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2012)
Unraveling the role of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase on lipids in atherosclerosis
Clin. Lipidol., 7 (6), 697-707
DOI 10.2217/CLP.12.71

Dahl TB, Holm S, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2012)
Visfatin/NAMPT: a multifaceted molecule with diverse roles in physiology and pathophysiology
Annu Rev Nutr, 32, 229-43
DOI 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071811-150746, PubMed 22462624

Damås JK, Bækken M, Ueland T, Manner IW, Os I, Yndestad A, Flo TH, Øktedalen O, Aukrust P (2012)
Serum levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin are associated with microalbuminuria in HIV-infected patients
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 59 (2), e24-5
DOI 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31823f35a7, PubMed 22245717

Damås JK, Øktedalen O, Ueland T, Landrø L, Barstad J, Müller F, Frøland SS, Flo TH, Aukrust P (2012)
Enhanced levels of CCL19 in patients with advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Clin Exp Immunol, 167 (3), 492-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04524.x, PubMed 22288592

Dieset I, Djurovic S, Tesli M, Hope S, Mattingsdal M, Michelsen A, Joa I, Larsen TK, Agartz I, Melle I, Røssberg JI, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2012)
Up-regulation of NOTCH4 gene expression in bipolar disorder
Am J Psychiatry, 169 (12), 1292-300
DOI 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11091431, PubMed 23212060

Dieset I, Hope S, Ueland T, Bjella T, Agartz I, Melle I, Aukrust P, Røssberg JI, Andreassen OA (2012)
Cardiovascular risk factors during second generation antipsychotic treatment are associated with increased C-reactive protein
Schizophr Res, 140 (1-3), 169-74
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2012.06.040, PubMed 22817875

Gullestad L, Orn S, Dickstein K, Eek C, Edvardsen T, Aakhus S, Askevold ET, Michelsen A, Bendz B, Skårdal R, Smith HJ, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Aukrust P (2012)
Intravenous immunoglobulin does not reduce left ventricular remodeling in patients with myocardial dysfunction during hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 168 (1), 212-8
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.092, PubMed 23046599

Gullestad L, Ueland T, Kjekshus J, Nymo SH, Hulthe J, Muntendam P, Adourian A, Böhm M, van Veldhuisen DJ, Komajda M, Cleland JG, Wikstrand J, McMurray JJ, Aukrust P, CORONA Study Group (2012)
Galectin-3 predicts response to statin therapy in the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
Eur Heart J, 33 (18), 2290-6
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs077, PubMed 22513778

Gullestad L, Ueland T, Kjekshus J, Nymo SH, Hulthe J, Muntendam P, McMurray JJ, Wikstrand J, Aukrust P (2012)
The predictive value of galectin-3 for mortality and cardiovascular events in the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA)
Am Heart J, 164 (6), 878-83
DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.08.021, PubMed 23194488

Gullestad L, Ueland T, Vinge LE, Finsen A, Yndestad A, Aukrust P (2012)
Inflammatory cytokines in heart failure: mediators and markers
Cardiology, 122 (1), 23-35
DOI 10.1159/000338166, PubMed 22699305

Halvorsen B, Dahl TB, Aukrust P (2012)
Visfatin/NAMPT - a hot spot in thrombosis?
Thromb Res, 130 (3), 289-90
DOI 10.1016/j.thromres.2012.06.027, PubMed 22809845

Hol J, Otterdal K, Breland UM, Stang E, Pedersen TM, Hagelsteen K, Ranheim T, Kasprzycka M, Halvorsen B, Haraldsen G, Aukrust P (2012)
Statins affect the presentation of endothelial chemokines by targeting to multivesicular bodies
PLoS One, 7 (7), e40673
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0040673, PubMed 22815786

Jansson AM, Hartford M, Omland T, Karlsson T, Lindmarker P, Herlitz J, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Caidahl K (2012)
Multimarker risk assessment including osteoprotegerin and CXCL16 in acute coronary syndromes
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 32 (12), 3041-9
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300326, PubMed 23023373

Jensen JK, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Antonsen L, Kristensen SR, Januzzi JL, Ravkilde J (2012)
Highly sensitive troponin T in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Eur Neurol, 68 (5), 287-93
DOI 10.1159/000341340, PubMed 23051820

Latini R, Gullestad L, Masson S, Nymo SH, Ueland T, Cuccovillo I, Vårdal M, Bottazzi B, Mantovani A, Lucci D, Masuda N, Sudo Y, Wikstrand J, Tognoni G, Aukrust P, Tavazzi L, Investigators of the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA) and GISSI-Heart Failure (GISSI-HF) trials (2012)
Pentraxin-3 in chronic heart failure: the CORONA and GISSI-HF trials
Eur J Heart Fail, 14 (9), 992-9
DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs092, PubMed 22740508

Liani R, Halvorsen B, Sestili S, Handberg A, Santilli F, Vazzana N, Formoso G, Aukrust P, Davì G (2012)
Plasma levels of soluble CD36, platelet activation, inflammation, and oxidative stress are increased in type 2 diabetic patients
Free Radic Biol Med, 52 (8), 1318-24
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.02.012, PubMed 22343420

Narverud I, Halvorsen B, Nenseter MS, Retterstøl K, Yndestad A, Dahl TB, Ulven SM, Olstad OK, Ose L, Holven KB, Aukrust P (2012)
Oxidized LDL level is related to gene expression of tumour necrosis factor super family members in children and young adults with familial hypercholesterolaemia
J Intern Med, 273 (1), 69-78
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2012.02584.x, PubMed 22891927

Narverud I, Iversen PO, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Johansen SG, Nenseter MS, Sandset PM, Ulven SM, Ose L, Retterstøl K, Holven KB (2012)
Maternal familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) confers altered haemostatic profile in offspring with and without FH
Thromb Res, 131 (2), 178-82
DOI 10.1016/j.thromres.2012.11.008, PubMed 23199546

Nenseter MS, Bogsrud MP, Græsdal A, Narverud I, Halvorsen B, Ose L, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2012)
LDL-apheresis affects markers of endothelial function in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Thromb Res, 130 (5), 823-5
DOI 10.1016/j.thromres.2012.06.004, PubMed 22728023

Nenseter MS, Narverud I, Græsdal A, Bogsrud MP, Aukrust P, Retterstøl K, Ose L, Halvorsen B, Holven KB (2012)
Cholesterol efflux mediators in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients on low-density lipoprotein apheresis
J Clin Lipidol, 7 (2), 109-16
DOI 10.1016/j.jacl.2012.08.001, PubMed 23415429

Nenseter MS, Narverud I, Græsdal A, Bogsrud MP, Halvorsen B, Ose L, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2012)
Elevated serum MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: effects of LDL-apheresis
Cytokine, 61 (1), 194-8
DOI 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.09.016, PubMed 23131422

Nymo SH, Ueland T, Askevold ET, Flo TH, Kjekshus J, Hulthe J, Wikstrand J, McMurray J, Van Veldhuisen DJ, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2012)
The association between neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and clinical outcome in chronic heart failure: results from CORONA*
J Intern Med, 271 (5), 436-43
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02503.x, PubMed 22211640

Nytrøen K, Rustad LA, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Hallén J, Holm I, Rolid K, Lekva T, Fiane AE, Amlie JP, Aakhus S, Gullestad L (2012)
High-intensity interval training improves peak oxygen uptake and muscular exercise capacity in heart transplant recipients
Am J Transplant, 12 (11), 3134-42
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04221.x, PubMed 22900793

Olarescu NC, Ueland T, Lekva T, Dahl TB, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Bollerslev J (2012)
Adipocytes as a source of increased circulating levels of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase/visfatin in active acromegaly
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 97 (4), 1355-62
DOI 10.1210/jc.2011-2417, PubMed 22319029

Orn S, Aukrust P (2012)
The prediction of adverse cardiac remodelling following myocardial infarction: defining the need for a dynamic multimarker approach
Heart, 98 (15), 1112-3
DOI 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302204, PubMed 22773683

Rollag H, Asberg A, Ueland T, Hartmann A, Jardine AG, Humar A, Pescovitz MD, Bignamini AA, Aukrust P (2012)
Treatment of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients: markers of inflammation as predictors of outcome
Transplantation, 94 (10), 1060-5
DOI 10.1097/TP.0b013e31826c39de, PubMed 23104251

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

Sikkeland LI, Dahl CP, Ueland T, Andreassen AK, Gude E, Edvardsen T, Holm T, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Kongerud J, Aukrust P, Øie E (2012)
Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines and endothelin-1 in alveolar macrophages from patients with chronic heart failure
PLoS One, 7 (5), e36815
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0036815, PubMed 22615818

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

Solberg OG, Ueland T, Wergeland R, Dahl CP, Aakhus S, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2012)
High-sensitive troponin T and N-terminal-brain-natriuretic-peptide predict outcome in symptomatic aortic stenosis
Scand Cardiovasc J, 46 (5), 278-85
DOI 10.3109/14017431.2012.687836, PubMed 22545649

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Aakhus S, Smith C, Endresen K, Birkeland KI, Gullestad L, Johansen OE (2012)
Activin A and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diab Vasc Dis Res, 9 (3), 234-7
DOI 10.1177/1479164111431171, PubMed 22234949

Ueland T, Svardal A, Øie E, Askevold ET, Nymoen SH, Bjørndal B, Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Berge RK, Aukrust P (2012)
Disturbed carnitine regulation in chronic heart failure--increased plasma levels of palmitoyl-carnitine are associated with poor prognosis
Int J Cardiol, 167 (5), 1892-9
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.150, PubMed 22622056

Ueland T, Yndestad A, Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2012)
TNF revisited: osteoprotegerin and TNF-related molecules in heart failure
Curr Heart Fail Rep, 9 (2), 92-100
DOI 10.1007/s11897-012-0088-6, PubMed 22453763

Waehre A, Vistnes M, Sjaastad I, Nygård S, Husberg C, Lunde IG, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Vinge LE, Behmen D, Neukamm C, Brun H, Thaulow E, Christensen G (2012)
Chemokines regulate small leucine-rich proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix of the pressure-overloaded right ventricle
J Appl Physiol (1985), 112 (8), 1372-82
DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.01350.2011, PubMed 22345433

Waatevik M, Johannessen A, Hardie JA, Bjordal JM, Aukrust P, Bakke PS, Eagan TM (2012)
Different COPD disease characteristics are related to different outcomes in the 6-minute walk test
COPD, 9 (3), 227-34
DOI 10.3109/15412555.2011.650240, PubMed 22497532

Yndestad A, Finsen AV, Ueland T, Husberg C, Dahl CP, Øie E, Vinge LE, Sjaastad I, Sandanger Ø, Ranheim T, Dickstein K, Kjekshus J, Damås JK, Fiane AE, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Lipp M, Gullestad L, Christensen G, Aukrust P (2012)
The homeostatic chemokine CCL21 predicts mortality and may play a pathogenic role in heart failure
PLoS One, 7 (3), e33038
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0033038, PubMed 22427939

Øie E, Berge RK, Ueland T, Dahl CP, Edvardsen T, Beitnes JO, Bohov P, Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2012)
Tetradecylthioacetic acid increases fat metabolism and improves cardiac function in experimental heart failure
Lipids, 48 (2), 139-54
DOI 10.1007/s11745-012-3749-z, PubMed 23266898

Ørn S, Ueland T, Manhenke C, Sandanger Ø, Godang K, Yndestad A, Mollnes TE, Dickstein K, Aukrust P (2012)
Increased interleukin-1β levels are associated with left ventricular hypertrophy and remodelling following acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention
J Intern Med, 272 (3), 267-76
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2012.02517.x, PubMed 22243053

Publications 2011

Andersen GØ, Knudsen EC, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Oie E, Müller C, Seljeflot I, Ueland T (2011)
Elevated serum osteoprotegerin levels measured early after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction predict final infarct size
Heart, 97 (6), 460-5
DOI 10.1136/hrt.2010.206714, PubMed 21270073

Andersen GØ, Ueland T, Knudsen EC, Scholz H, Yndestad A, Sahraoui A, Smith C, Lekva T, Otterdal K, Halvorsen B, Seljeflot I, Aukrust P (2011)
Activin A levels are associated with abnormal glucose regulation in patients with myocardial infarction: potential counteracting effects of activin A on inflammation
Diabetes, 60 (5), 1544-51
DOI 10.2337/db10-1493, PubMed 21464440

Arora S, Ueland T, Wennerblom B, Sigurdadottir V, Eiskjær H, Bøtker HE, Ekmehag B, Jansson K, Mortensen SA, Saunamaki K, Simonsen S, Gude E, Bendz B, Solbu D, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2011)
Effect of everolimus introduction on cardiac allograft vasculopathy--results of a randomized, multicenter trial
Transplantation, 92 (2), 235-43
DOI 10.1097/TP.0b013e31822057f1, PubMed 21677600

Berdal JE, Mollnes TE, Wæhre T, Olstad OK, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Laake JH, Furuseth MT, Maagaard A, Kjekshus H, Aukrust P, Jonassen CM (2011)
Excessive innate immune response and mutant D222G/N in severe A (H1N1) pandemic influenza
J Infect, 63 (4), 308-16
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.07.004, PubMed 21781987

Brun H, Ueland T, Thaulow E, Damas JK, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Holmstrøm H (2011)
No inflammatory response related to pulmonary hemodynamics in children with systemic to pulmonary shunts
Congenit Heart Dis, 6 (4), 338-46
DOI 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00505.x, PubMed 21450032

Dahl T, Ranheim T, Holm S, Berge R, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2011)
Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase and lipid accumulation in macrophages
Eur J Clin Invest, 41 (10), 1098-104
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02515.x, PubMed 21426336

Daissormont IT, Christ A, Temmerman L, Sampedro Millares S, Seijkens T, Manca M, Rousch M, Poggi M, Boon L, van der Loos C, Daemen M, Lutgens E, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Janssen E, Biessen EA (2011)
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells protect against atherosclerosis by tuning T-cell proliferation and activity
Circ Res, 109 (12), 1387-95
DOI 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.256529, PubMed 22021930

Fosshaug LE, Berge RK, Beitnes JO, Berge K, Vik H, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Vinge LE, Øie E (2011)
Krill oil attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in rats
Lipids Health Dis, 10, 245
DOI 10.1186/1476-511X-10-245, PubMed 22206454

Grub C, Brunborg C, Hasseltvedt V, Aukrust P, Førre O, Almdahl SM, Hollan I (2011)
Antibodies to common infectious agents in coronary artery disease patients with and without rheumatic conditions
Rheumatology (Oxford), 51 (4), 679-85
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/ker251, PubMed 22157685

Haukeland JW, Dahl TB, Yndestad A, Gladhaug IP, Løberg EM, Haaland T, Konopski Z, Wium C, Aasheim ET, Johansen OE, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Birkeland KI (2011)
Fetuin A in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: in vivo and in vitro studies
Eur J Endocrinol, 166 (3), 503-10
DOI 10.1530/EJE-11-0864, PubMed 22170794

Holm S, Ueland T, Dahl TB, Michelsen AE, Skjelland M, Russell D, Nymo SH, Krohg-Sørensen K, Clausen OP, Atar D, Januzzi JL, Aukrust P, Jensen JK, Halvorsen B (2011)
Fatty Acid binding protein 4 is associated with carotid atherosclerosis and outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke
PLoS One, 6 (12), e28785
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0028785, PubMed 22174896

Hope S, Dieset I, Agartz I, Steen NE, Ueland T, Melle I, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA (2011)
Affective symptoms are associated with markers of inflammation and immune activation in bipolar disorders but not in schizophrenia
J Psychiatr Res, 45 (12), 1608-16
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.08.003, PubMed 21889167

Landrø L, Ueland T, Otterdal K, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2011)
Persistently raised plasma levels of platelet-derived inflammatory mediators in HIV-infected patients during highly active anti-retroviral therapy
J Thromb Haemost, 9 (5), 1075-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04242.x, PubMed 21324059

Larsen KO, Yndestad A, Sjaastad I, Løberg EM, Goverud IL, Halvorsen B, Jia J, Andreassen AK, Husberg C, Jonasson S, Lipp M, Christensen G, Aukrust P, Skjønsberg OH (2011)
Lack of CCR7 induces pulmonary hypertension involving perivascular leukocyte infiltration and inflammation
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 301 (1), L50-9
DOI 10.1152/ajplung.00048.2010, PubMed 21498626

Manhenke C, Ørn S, von Haehling S, Wollert KC, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Voors AA, Squire I, Zannad F, Anker SD, Dickstein K (2011)
Clustering of 37 circulating biomarkers by exploratory factor analysis in patients following complicated acute myocardial infarction
Int J Cardiol, 166 (3), 729-35
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.089, PubMed 22197217

Morken T, Bohov P, Skorve J, Ulvik R, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Livden JK (2011)
Anti-inflammatory and hypolipidemic effects of the modified fatty acid tetradecylthioacetic acid in psoriasis--a pilot study
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 71 (4), 269-73
DOI 10.3109/00365513.2011.559552, PubMed 21338276

Munk PS, Breland UM, Aukrust P, Skadberg O, Ueland T, Larsen AI (2011)
Inflammatory response to percutaneous coronary intervention in stable coronary artery disease
J Thromb Thrombolysis, 31 (1), 92-8
DOI 10.1007/s11239-010-0471-7, PubMed 20373128

Munk PS, Breland UM, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Kvaløy JT, Larsen AI (2011)
High intensity interval training reduces systemic inflammation in post-PCI patients
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 18 (6), 850-7
DOI 10.1177/1741826710397600, PubMed 21450602

Orre IJ, Reinertsen KV, Aukrust P, Dahl AA, Fosså SD, Ueland T, Murison R (2011)
Higher levels of fatigue are associated with higher CRP levels in disease-free breast cancer survivors
J Psychosom Res, 71 (3), 136-41
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.04.003, PubMed 21843747

Saure EW, Eagan TM, Jensen RL, Voll-Aanerud M, Aukrust P, Bakke PS, Hardie JA (2011)
Explained variance for blood gases in a population with COPD
Clin Respir J, 6 (2), 72-80
DOI 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2011.00248.x, PubMed 21812941

Smedbakken L, Jensen JK, Hallén J, Atar D, Januzzi JL, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2011)
Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule and prognosis in acute ischemic stroke
Stroke, 42 (9), 2453-8
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.612440, PubMed 21757661

Søyland E, Heier I, Rodríguez-Gallego C, Mollnes TE, Johansen FE, Holven KB, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Jahnsen FL, de la Rosa Carrillo D, Krogstad AL, Nenseter MS (2011)
Sun exposure induces rapid immunological changes in skin and peripheral blood in patients with psoriasis
Br J Dermatol, 164 (2), 344-55
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10149.x, PubMed 21271993

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Broch K, Aakhus S, Skårdal R, Muntendam P, Gullestad L (2011)
Galectin-3 in heart failure: high levels are associated with all-cause mortality
Int J Cardiol, 150 (3), 361-4
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.081, PubMed 21641051

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Dahl CP, Husebye T, Solberg OG, Tønnessen T, Aakhus S, Gullestad L (2011)
Osteoprotegerin levels predict mortality in patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis
J Intern Med, 270 (5), 452-60
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02393.x, PubMed 21623962

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Omdal TR, Damås JK, Endresen K, Ren F, Hysing J (2011)
Effect of eptifibatide on platelet-mediated inflammation in acute coronary syndromes
Int J Cardiol, 151 (3), 385-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.06.117, PubMed 21782261

Ueland T, Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Aakhus S, Broch K, Skårdal R, Vermeer C, Aukrust P, Schurgers LJ (2011)
Circulating levels of non-phosphorylated undercarboxylated matrix Gla protein are associated with disease severity in patients with chronic heart failure
Clin Sci (Lond), 121 (3), 119-27
DOI 10.1042/CS20100589, PubMed 21294711

Ueland T, Dahl CP, Kjekshus J, Hulthe J, Böhm M, Mach F, Goudev A, Lindberg M, Wikstrand J, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2011)
Osteoprotegerin predicts progression of chronic heart failure: results from CORONA
Circ Heart Fail, 4 (2), 145-52
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.957332, PubMed 21216833

Ueland T, Jørgensen AP, Godang K, Fougner KJ, Aukrust P, Burman P, Bollerslev J (2011)
Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist is associated with changes in body composition during physiological GH substitution in patients with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 74 (1), 60-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03884.x, PubMed 21039720

Ueland T, Lekva T, Otterdal K, Dahl TB, Olarescu NC, Jørgensen AP, Fougner KJ, Brixen K, Aukrust P, Bollerslev J (2011)
Increased serum and bone matrix levels of transforming growth factor {beta}1 in patients with GH deficiency in response to GH treatment
Eur J Endocrinol, 165 (3), 393-400
DOI 10.1530/EJE-11-0442, PubMed 21653735

Ueland T, Smedbakken LM, Hallén J, Atar D, Januzzi JL, Halvorsen B, Jensen JK, Aukrust P (2011)
Soluble CXCL16 and long-term outcome in acute ischemic stroke
Atherosclerosis, 220 (1), 244-9
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.10.004, PubMed 22055341

Waehre A, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Husberg C, Sjaastad I, Nygård S, Dahl CP, Ahmed MS, Finsen AV, Reims H, Louch WE, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Vinge LE, Roald B, Attramadal H, Lipp M, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Christensen G (2011)
Lack of chemokine signaling through CXCR5 causes increased mortality, ventricular dilatation and deranged matrix during cardiac pressure overload
PLoS One, 6 (4), e18668
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0018668, PubMed 21533157

Yndestad A, Haukeland JW, Dahl TB, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2011)
Activin A in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Vitam Horm, 85, 323-42
DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-385961-7.00015-9, PubMed 21353887

Øie E, Ueland T, Dahl CP, Bohov P, Berge C, Yndestad A, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Berge RK (2011)
Fatty acid composition in chronic heart failure: low circulating levels of eicosatetraenoic acid and high levels of vaccenic acid are associated with disease severity and mortality
J Intern Med, 270 (3), 263-72
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02384.x, PubMed 21466599

Aarones M, Gullestad L, Aakhus S, Ueland T, Skaardal R, Aass H, Wergeland R, Smith HJ, Aukrust P, Kongsgaard E (2011)
Prognostic value of cardiac troponin T in patients with moderate to severe heart failure scheduled for cardiac resynchronization therapy
Am Heart J, 161 (6), 1031-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.09.021, PubMed 21641347

Publications 2010

Arora S, Gunther A, Wennerblom B, Ueland T, Andreassen AK, Gude E, Endresen K, Geiran O, Wilhelmsen N, Andersen R, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2010)
Systemic markers of inflammation are associated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy and an increased intimal inflammatory component
Am J Transplant, 10 (6), 1428-36
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03118.x, PubMed 20486911

Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Michelsen AE, Skjelland M, Gullestad L, Yndestad A, Otterdal K (2010)
Activated platelets and atherosclerosis
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 8 (9), 1297-307
DOI 10.1586/erc.10.92, PubMed 20828352

Aukrust P, Sandberg WJ, Otterdal K, Vinge LE, Gullestad L, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B, Ueland T (2010)
Tumor necrosis factor superfamily molecules in acute coronary syndromes
Ann Med, 43 (2), 90-103
DOI 10.3109/07853890.2010.523711, PubMed 21039303

Aukrust P, Yndestad A (2010)
Inadequate Masking of Testosterone Reply
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 55 (20), 2291
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.083

Baekken M, Manner I, Ueland T, Frøland SS, Os I, Aukrust P, Oktedalen O, Damås JK (2010)
Osteoprotegrin and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with microalbuminuria in nontreated HIV-infected patients
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 53 (3), 419-20
DOI 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ba4101, PubMed 20190590

Bergestuen DS, Edvardsen T, Aakhus S, Ueland T, Oie E, Vatn M, Aukrust P, Thiis-Evensen E (2010)
Activin A in carcinoid heart disease: a possible role in diagnosis and pathogenesis
Neuroendocrinology, 92 (3), 168-77
DOI 10.1159/000318014, PubMed 20720391

Bergestuen DS, Gravning J, Haugaa KH, Sahakyan LG, Aakhus S, Thiis-Evensen E, Øie E, Aukrust P, Attramadal H, Edvardsen T (2010)
Plasma CCN2/connective tissue growth factor is associated with right ventricular dysfunction in patients with neuroendocrine tumors
BMC Cancer, 10, 6
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-10-6, PubMed 20053285

Breland UM, Hollan I, Saatvedt K, Almdahl SM, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Mikkelsen K, Førre OT, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2010)
Inflammatory markers in patients with coronary artery disease with and without inflammatory rheumatic disease
Rheumatology (Oxford), 49 (6), 1118-27
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/keq005, PubMed 20231178

Breland UM, Michelsen AE, Skjelland M, Folkersen L, Krohg-Sørensen K, Russell D, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Paulsson-Berne G, Damås JK, Oie E, Hansson GK, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2010)
Raised MCP-4 levels in symptomatic carotid atherosclerosis: an inflammatory link between platelet and monocyte activation
Cardiovasc Res, 86 (2), 265-73
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvq044, PubMed 20139115

Caidahl K, Ueland T, Aukrust P (2010)
Osteoprotegerin: a biomarker with many faces
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 30 (9), 1684-6
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.208843, PubMed 20720194

Dahl TB, Haukeland JW, Yndestad A, Ranheim T, Gladhaug IP, Damås JK, Haaland T, Løberg EM, Arntsen B, Birkeland K, Bjøro K, Ulven SM, Konopski Z, Nebb HI, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2010)
Intracellular nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase protects against hepatocyte apoptosis and is down-regulated in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 95 (6), 3039-47
DOI 10.1210/jc.2009-2148, PubMed 20392873

Eagan TM, Aukrust P, Bakke PS, Damås JK, Skorge TD, Hardie JA, Ueland T, Mollnes TE (2010)
Systemic mannose-binding lectin is not associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Respir Med, 104 (2), 283-90
DOI 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.09.015, PubMed 19836222

Eagan TM, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Hardie JA, Johannessen A, Mollnes TE, Damås JK, Bakke PS, Wagner PD (2010)
Body composition and plasma levels of inflammatory biomarkers in COPD
Eur Respir J, 36 (5), 1027-33
DOI 10.1183/09031936.00194209, PubMed 20413541

Eagan TM, Damås JK, Ueland T, Voll-Aanerud M, Mollnes TE, Hardie JA, Bakke PS, Aukrust P (2010)
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: a biomarker in COPD
Chest, 138 (4), 888-95
DOI 10.1378/chest.09-2718, PubMed 20495108

Gran JT, Midtvedt Ø, Haug S, Aukrust P (2010)
Treatment of Schnitzler's syndrome with anakinra: report of three cases and review of the literature
Scand J Rheumatol, 40 (1), 74-9
DOI 10.3109/03009742.2010.493894, PubMed 20936987

Gregersen S, Aaløkken TM, Mynarek G, Fevang B, Holm AM, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Kongerud J, Johansen B, Frøland SS (2010)
Development of pulmonary abnormalities in patients with common variable immunodeficiency: associations with clinical and immunologic factors
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, 104 (6), 503-10
DOI 10.1016/j.anai.2010.04.015, PubMed 20568383

Hoekstra M, van der Lans CA, Halvorsen B, Gullestad L, Kuiper J, Aukrust P, van Berkel TJ, Biessen EA (2010)
The peripheral blood mononuclear cell microRNA signature of coronary artery disease
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 394 (3), 792-7
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.03.075, PubMed 20230787

Hope S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Agartz I, Lorentzen S, Steen NE, Djurovic S, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2010)
Osteoprotegerin levels in patients with severe mental disorders
J Psychiatry Neurosci, 35 (5), 304-10
DOI 10.1503/jpn.090088, PubMed 20569643

Jensen JK, Aukrust P, Januzzi JL (2010)
Osteoprotegerin and acute ischaemic stroke: reply
J. Intern. Med., 267 (4), 437
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2009.02170.x

Michelsen AE, Rathcke CN, Skjelland M, Holm S, Ranheim T, Krohg-Sørensen K, Klingvall MF, Brosstad F, Oie E, Vestergaard H, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2010)
Increased YKL-40 expression in patients with carotid atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, 211 (2), 589-95
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.02.035, PubMed 20347092

Narverud I, Ueland T, Nenseter MS, Retterstøl K, Telle-Hansen VH, Halvorsen B, Ose L, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2010)
Children with familial hypercholesterolemia are characterized by an inflammatory imbalance between the tumor necrosis factor α system and interleukin-10
Atherosclerosis, 214 (1), 163-8
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.10.002, PubMed 21040915

Pedersen ER, Ueland T, Seifert R, Aukrust P, Schartum-Hansen H, Ebbing M, Bleie Ø, Igland J, Svingen G, Nordrehaug JE, Nygård O (2010)
Serum osteoprotegerin levels and long-term prognosis in patients with stable angina pectoris
Atherosclerosis, 212 (2), 644-9
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.027, PubMed 20621297

Ueland T, Gullestad L, Dahl CP, Aukrust P, Aakhus S, Solberg OG, Vermeer C, Schurgers LJ (2010)
Undercarboxylated matrix Gla protein is associated with indices of heart failure and mortality in symptomatic aortic stenosis
J Intern Med, 268 (5), 483-92
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02264.x, PubMed 20804515

Wethal T, Haugnes HS, Kjekshus J, Småstuen MC, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Fosså SD (2010)
C-reactive protein; a potential marker of second cancer and cardiovascular disease in testicular cancer survivors?
Eur J Cancer, 46 (18), 3425-33
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.08.004, PubMed 20832295

Øie E, Ahmed MS, Ueland T, Sikkeland LI, Dahl CP, Hagelin EM, von Lueder T, Edvardsen T, Andreassen AK, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Vinge LE, Attramadal H (2010)
Adrenomedullin is increased in alveolar macrophages and released from the lungs into the circulation in severe heart failure
Basic Res Cardiol, 105 (1), 89-98
DOI 10.1007/s00395-009-0070-y, PubMed 19823891

Øie E, Sandberg WJ, Ahmed MS, Yndestad A, Lærum OD, Attramadal H, Aukrust P, Eiken HG (2010)
Activation of Notch signaling in cardiomyocytes during post-infarction remodeling
Scand Cardiovasc J, 44 (6), 359-66
DOI 10.3109/14017431.2010.511256, PubMed 20799913

Publications 2009

Arora S, Aukrust P, Andreassen A, Simonsen S, Gude E, Grov I, Geiran O, Fiane A, Gullestad L (2009)
The prognostic importance of modifiable risk factors after heart transplantation
Am Heart J, 158 (3), 431-6
DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.036, PubMed 19699867

Arora S, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Broch K, Simonsen S, Gude E, Fiane AE, Geiran O, Wergeland R, Andreassen AK, Gullestad L (2009)
Elevated serum uric acid levels following heart transplantation predict all-cause and cardiac mortality
Eur J Heart Fail, 11 (10), 1005-13
DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp115, PubMed 19737803

Aukrust P, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Yndestad A (2009)
Testosterone: a novel therapeutic approach in chronic heart failure?
J Am Coll Cardiol, 54 (10), 928-9
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.05.039, PubMed 19712803

Brun H, Holmstrøm H, Thaulow E, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2009)
Patients with pulmonary hypertension related to congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunts are characterized by inflammation involving endothelial cell activation and platelet-mediated inflammation
Congenit Heart Dis, 4 (3), 153-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00297.x, PubMed 19489942

Dahl CP, Husberg C, Gullestad L, Waehre A, Damås JK, Vinge LE, Finsen AV, Ueland T, Florholmen G, Aakhus S, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Oie E, Yndestad A, Christensen G (2009)
Increased production of CXCL16 in experimental and clinical heart failure: a possible role in extracellular matrix remodeling
Circ Heart Fail, 2 (6), 624-32
DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.108.821074, PubMed 19919988

Damås JK, Landrø L, Fevang B, Heggelund L, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2009)
Enhanced levels of the CCR7 ligands CCL19 and CCL21 in HIV infection: correlation with viral load, disease progression and response to highly active antiretroviral therapy
AIDS, 23 (1), 135-8
DOI 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32831cf595, PubMed 19050397

Damås JK, Landrø L, Fevang B, Heggelund L, Tjønnfjord GE, Fløisand Y, Halvorsen B, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2009)
Homeostatic chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 promote inflammation in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with ongoing viral replication
Clin Exp Immunol, 157 (3), 400-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03976.x, PubMed 19664149

de Jager SC, Canté-Barrett K, Bot I, Husberg C, van Puijvelde GH, van Santbrink PJ, Yndestad A, van den Oever JM, Kuiper J, van Berkel TJ, Lipp M, Zwaginga JJ, Fibbe WE, Aukrust P, Biessen EA (2009)
Impaired effector memory T-cell regulation facilitates graft versus host disease in CCR7-deficient bone marrow transplant chimeras
Transplantation, 88 (5), 631-9
DOI 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181b241df, PubMed 19741459

Eagan TM, Ueland T, Wagner PD, Hardie JA, Mollnes TE, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Bakke PS (2009)
Systemic inflammatory markers in COPD: results from the Bergen COPD Cohort Study
Eur Respir J, 35 (3), 540-8
DOI 10.1183/09031936.00088209, PubMed 19643942

Eggum R, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Videm V, Fiane AE, Aukrust P, Lindberg HL (2009)
Perfusion temperature, thyroid hormones and inflammation during pediatric cardiac surgery
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 10 (1), 76-80
DOI 10.1510/icvts.2009.213876, PubMed 19822605

Fevang B, Eugen-Olsen J, Yndestad A, Brosstad F, Beiske K, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2009)
Enhanced levels of urokinase plasminogen activator and its soluble receptor in common variable immunodeficiency
Clin Immunol, 131 (3), 438-46
DOI 10.1016/j.clim.2009.01.007, PubMed 19232508

Fevang B, Yndestad A, Damås JK, Halvorsen B, Holm AM, Beiske K, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2009)
Chemokines and common variable immunodeficiency; possible contribution of CCL19, CCL21 and CCR7 to immune dysregulation
Clin Exp Immunol, 158 (2), 237-45
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04013.x, PubMed 19747210

Gregersen S, Aaløkken TM, Mynarek G, Kongerud J, Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Johansen B (2009)
High resolution computed tomography and pulmonary function in common variable immunodeficiency
Respir Med, 103 (6), 873-80
DOI 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.12.015, PubMed 19181508

Halvorsen B, Heggen E, Ueland T, Smith C, Sandberg WJ, Damås JK, Otterdal K, Tonstad S, Aukrust P (2009)
Treatment with the PPARgamma agonist rosiglitazone downregulates interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in individuals with metabolic syndrome
Eur J Endocrinol, 162 (2), 267-73
DOI 10.1530/EJE-09-0706, PubMed 19926782

Hestad KA, Aukrust P, Tonseth S, Reitan SK (2009)
Depression has a Strong Relationship to Alterations in the Immune, Endocrine and Neural System
Curr. Psychiatry Rev., 5 (4), 287-297
DOI 10.2174/157340009789542105

Heymans S, Hirsch E, Anker SD, Aukrust P, Balligand JL, Cohen-Tervaert JW, Drexler H, Filippatos G, Felix SB, Gullestad L, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Janssens S, Latini R, Neubauer G, Paulus WJ, Pieske B, Ponikowski P, Schroen B, Schultheiss HP, Tschöpe C, Van Bilsen M, Zannad F, McMurray J, Shah AM (2009)
Inflammation as a therapeutic target in heart failure? A scientific statement from the Translational Research Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
Eur J Heart Fail, 11 (2), 119-29
DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hfn043, PubMed 19168509

Hofsø D, Ueland T, Hager H, Jenssen T, Bollerslev J, Godang K, Aukrust P, Røislien J, Hjelmesaeth J (2009)
Inflammatory mediators in morbidly obese subjects: associations with glucose abnormalities and changes after oral glucose
Eur J Endocrinol, 161 (3), 451-8
DOI 10.1530/EJE-09-0421, PubMed 19542241

Hope S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Steen NE, Birkenaes AB, Lorentzen S, Agartz I, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2009)
Similar immune profile in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: selective increase in soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor I and von Willebrand factor
Bipolar Disord, 11 (7), 726-34
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00757.x, PubMed 19839997

Jansson AM, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Smith C, Omland T, Hartford M, Caidahl K (2009)
Soluble CXCL16 predicts long-term mortality in acute coronary syndromes
Circulation, 119 (25), 3181-8
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.806877, PubMed 19528340

Jensen JK, Ueland T, Atar D, Gullestad L, Mickley H, Aukrust P, Januzzi JL (2009)
Osteoprotegerin concentrations and prognosis in acute ischaemic stroke
J Intern Med, 267 (4), 410-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2009.02163.x, PubMed 19895657

Johansen OE, Birkeland KI, Jørgensen AP, Orvik E, Sørgård B, Torjussen BR, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2009)
Diabetic foot ulcer burden may be modified by high-dose atorvastatin: A 6-month randomized controlled pilot trial
J Diabetes, 1 (3), 182-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2009.00031.x, PubMed 20923537

Kolsgaard ML, Wangensteen T, Brunborg C, Joner G, Holven KB, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Tonstad S (2009)
Elevated visfatin levels in overweight and obese children and adolescents with metabolic syndrome
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 69 (8), 858-64
DOI 10.3109/00365510903348677, PubMed 19929281

Kåsin JI, Kjekshus J, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Wagstaff A (2009)
A helicopter flight does not induce significant changes in systemic biomarker profiles
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 69 (4), 462-74
DOI 10.1080/00365510902745360, PubMed 19333819

Landrø L, Damås JK, Halvorsen B, Fevang B, Ueland T, Otterdal K, Heggelund L, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2009)
CXCL16 in HIV infection - a link between inflammation and viral replication
Eur J Clin Invest, 39 (11), 1017-24
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02207.x, PubMed 19674076

Orn S, Breland UM, Mollnes TE, Manhenke C, Dickstein K, Aukrust P, Ueland T (2009)
The chemokine network in relation to infarct size and left ventricular remodeling following acute myocardial infarction
Am J Cardiol, 104 (9), 1179-83
DOI 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.028, PubMed 19840558

Orre IJ, Murison R, Dahl AA, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Fosså SD (2009)
Levels of circulating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and C-reactive protein in long-term survivors of testicular cancer with chronic cancer-related fatigue
Brain Behav Immun, 23 (6), 868-74
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.04.003, PubMed 19362138

Rødland EK, Ueland T, Pedersen TM, Halvorsen B, Muller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2009)
Activation of platelets by Aspergillus fumigatus and potential role of platelets in the immunopathogenesis of Aspergillosis
Infect Immun, 78 (3), 1269-75
DOI 10.1128/IAI.01091-09, PubMed 20008537

Sandanger Ø, Ryan L, Bohnhorst J, Iversen AC, Husebye H, Halaas Ø, Landrø L, Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Elson G, Visintin A, Øktedalen O, Damås JK, Sundan A, Golenbock D, Espevik T (2009)
IL-10 enhances MD-2 and CD14 expression in monocytes and the proteins are increased and correlated in HIV-infected patients
J Immunol, 182 (1), 588-95
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.182.1.588, PubMed 19109192

Sandberg WJ, Otterdal K, Gullestad L, Halvorsen B, Ragnarsson A, Frøland SS, Damås JK, Oie E, Aukrust P, Hansson GK, Yndestad A (2009)
The tumour necrosis factor superfamily ligand APRIL (TNFSF13) is released upon platelet activation and expressed in atherosclerosis
Thromb Haemost, 102 (4), 704-10
DOI 10.1160/TH08-10-0665, PubMed 19806256

Semb AG, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Wareham NJ, Luben R, Gullestad L, Kastelein JJ, Khaw KT, Boekholdt SM (2009)
Osteoprotegerin and soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand and risk for coronary events: a nested case-control approach in the prospective EPIC-Norfolk population study 1993-2003
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 29 (6), 975-80
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.184101, PubMed 19325145

Sikkeland LI, Eduard W, Stangeland AM, Thorgersen EB, Haug T, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Mollnes TE, Kongerud J (2009)
Occupational exposure to bacterial single cell protein induces inflammation in lung and blood
Inhal Toxicol, 21 (8), 674-81
DOI 10.1080/08958370802491425, PubMed 19558225

Tobin KA, Holven KB, Retterstøl K, Strøm E, Ose L, Aukrust P, Nenseter MS (2009)
Cystatin C levels in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells among hyperhomocysteinaemic subjects: effect of treatment with B-vitamins
Br J Nutr, 102 (12), 1783-9
DOI 10.1017/S0007114509991048, PubMed 19682403

Ueland T, Fougner SL, Godang K, Lekva T, Schurgers LJ, Scholz H, Halvorsen B, Schreiner T, Aukrust P, Bollerslev J (2009)
Associations between body composition, circulating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, osteocalcin, and insulin metabolism in active acromegaly
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 95 (1), 361-8
DOI 10.1210/jc.2009-0422, PubMed 19880791

Ueland T, Otterdal K, Lekva T, Halvorsen B, Gabrielsen A, Sandberg WJ, Paulsson-Berne G, Pedersen TM, Folkersen L, Gullestad L, Oie E, Hansson GK, Aukrust P (2009)
Dickkopf-1 enhances inflammatory interaction between platelets and endothelial cells and shows increased expression in atherosclerosis
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 29 (8), 1228-34
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.189761, PubMed 19498175

Yndestad A, Haukeland JW, Dahl TB, Bjøro K, Gladhaug IP, Berge C, Damås JK, Haaland T, Løberg EM, Linnestad P, Birkeland K, Konopski Z, Halvorsen B, Berge RK, Aukrust P (2009)
A complex role of activin A in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Am J Gastroenterol, 104 (9), 2196-205
DOI 10.1038/ajg.2009.318, PubMed 19532130

Yndestad A, Landrø L, Ueland T, Dahl CP, Flo TH, Vinge LE, Espevik T, Frøland SS, Husberg C, Christensen G, Dickstein K, Kjekshus J, Øie E, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2009)
Increased systemic and myocardial expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in clinical and experimental heart failure
Eur Heart J, 30 (10), 1229-36
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp088, PubMed 19329498

Yndestad A, Larsen KO, Oie E, Ueland T, Smith C, Halvorsen B, Sjaastad I, Skjønsberg OH, Pedersen TM, Anfinsen OG, Damås JK, Christensen G, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK (2009)
Elevated levels of activin A in clinical and experimental pulmonary hypertension
J Appl Physiol (1985), 106 (4), 1356-64
DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.90719.2008, PubMed 19196915

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

Ørn S, Manhenke C, Ueland T, Damås JK, Mollnes TE, Edvardsen T, Aukrust P, Dickstein K (2009)
C-reactive protein, infarct size, microvascular obstruction, and left-ventricular remodelling following acute myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J, 30 (10), 1180-6
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp070, PubMed 19299430

Publications 2008

Aukrust P, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Øie E, Otterdal K, Gullestad L, Damås JK (2008)
Chemokines and cardiovascular risk
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28 (11), 1909-19
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.161240, PubMed 18669888

Aukrust P, Otterdal K, Yndestad A, Sandberg WJ, Smith C, Ueland T, Øie E, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Halvorsen B (2008)
The complex role of T-cell-based immunity in atherosclerosis
Curr Atheroscler Rep, 10 (3), 236-43
DOI 10.1007/s11883-008-0037-8, PubMed 18489852

Bjørnstad HH, Bruvik J, Bjørnstad AB, Hjellestad BL, Damås JK, Aukrust P (2008)
Exercise training decreases plasma levels of soluble CD40 ligand and P-selectin in patients with chronic heart failure
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 15 (1), 43-8
DOI 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3281ca7023, PubMed 18277184

Breland UM, Halvorsen B, Hol J, Øie E, Paulsson-Berne G, Yndestad A, Smith C, Otterdal K, Hedin U, Waehre T, Sandberg WJ, Frøland SS, Haraldsen G, Gullestad L, Damås JK, Hansson GK, Aukrust P (2008)
A potential role of the CXC chemokine GROalpha in atherosclerosis and plaque destabilization: downregulatory effects of statins
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28 (5), 1005-11
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.162305, PubMed 18276907

Bryn T, Mahic M, Aandahl EM, Frøland SS, Aukrust P, Taskén K (2008)
Inhibition of protein kinase A improves effector function of monocytes from HIV-infected patients
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 24 (7), 1013-5
DOI 10.1089/aid.2008.0071, PubMed 18593346

Dahl CP, Gullestad L, Fevang B, Holm AM, Landrø L, Vinge LE, Fiane AE, Sandberg WJ, Otterdal K, Frøland SS, Damås JK, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Øie E, Yndestad A (2008)
Increased expression of LIGHT/TNFSF14 and its receptors in experimental and clinical heart failure
Eur J Heart Fail, 10 (4), 352-9
DOI 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.02.010, PubMed 18353719

Damås JK, Davì G, Jensenius M, Santilli F, Otterdal K, Ueland T, Flo TH, Lien E, Espevik T, Frøland SS, Vitale G, Raoult D, Aukrust P (2008)
Relative chemokine and adhesion molecule expression in Mediterranean spotted fever and African tick bite fever
J Infect, 58 (1), 68-75
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.11.008, PubMed 19091423

Eggum R, Ueland T, Mollnes TE, Videm V, Aukrust P, Fiane AE, Lindberg HL (2008)
Effect of perfusion temperature on the inflammatory response during pediatric cardiac surgery
Ann Thorac Surg, 85 (2), 611-7
DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.062, PubMed 18222275

Fevang B, Yndestad A, Damås JK, Bjerkeli V, Ueland T, Holm AM, Beiske K, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2008)
Chemokines and common variable immunodeficiency; possible contribution of the fractalkine system (CX3CL1/CX3CR1) to chronic inflammation
Clin Immunol, 130 (2), 151-61
DOI 10.1016/j.clim.2008.09.002, PubMed 18938112

Halvorsen B, Otterdal K, Dahl TB, Skjelland M, Gullestad L, Øie E, Aukrust P (2008)
Atherosclerotic plaque stability--what determines the fate of a plaque?
Prog Cardiovasc Dis, 51 (3), 183-94
DOI 10.1016/j.pcad.2008.09.001, PubMed 19026853

Halvorsen B, Otterdal K, Tonstad S, Aukrust P (2008)
Smoking and Inflammation: Their Synergistic Roles in Chronic Disease
Curr. Cardiovascu. Risk Rep., 2 (6), 446-451
DOI 10.1007/s12170-008-0079-z

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

Herrman H, Braekhus A, Aaserud O, Aukrust P, Stubhaug A, Hassel B (2008)
Early treatment of tetanus-induced trismus with botulinum toxin A
Anesth Analg, 106 (5), 1591
DOI 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31816a30f0, PubMed 18420892

Holven KB, Aukrust P, Retterstøl K, Otterdal K, Bjerkeli V, Ose L, Nenseter MS, Halvorsen B (2008)
The antiatherogenic function of HDL is impaired in hyperhomocysteinemic subjects
J Nutr, 138 (11), 2070-5
DOI 10.3945/jn.108.090704, PubMed 18936200

Husberg C, Nygård S, Finsen AV, Damås JK, Frigessi A, Oie E, Waehre A, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Christensen G (2008)
Cytokine expression profiling of the myocardium reveals a role for CX3CL1 (fractalkine) in heart failure
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 45 (2), 261-9
DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.05.009, PubMed 18585734

Kristo C, Ueland T, Godang K, Aukrust P, Bollerslev J (2008)
Biochemical markers for cardiovascular risk following treatment in endogenous Cushing's syndrome
J Endocrinol Invest, 31 (5), 400-5
DOI 10.1007/BF03346383, PubMed 18560257

Landrø L, Damås JK, Flo TH, Heggelund L, Ueland T, Tjønnfjord GE, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2008)
Decreased serum lipocalin-2 levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: increase during highly active anti-retroviral therapy
Clin Exp Immunol, 152 (1), 57-63
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03592.x, PubMed 18241231

Nenseter MS, Ueland T, Retterstøl K, Strøm E, Mørkrid L, Landaas S, Ose L, Aukrust P, Holven KB (2008)
Dysregulated RANK ligand/RANK axis in hyperhomocysteinemic subjects: effect of treatment with B-vitamins
Stroke, 40 (1), 241-7
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.522995, PubMed 19008470

Olofsson PS, Söderström LA, Wågsäter D, Sheikine Y, Ocaya P, Lang F, Rabu C, Chen L, Rudling M, Aukrust P, Hedin U, Paulsson-Berne G, Sirsjö A, Hansson GK (2008)
CD137 is expressed in human atherosclerosis and promotes development of plaque inflammation in hypercholesterolemic mice
Circulation, 117 (10), 1292-301
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.699173, PubMed 18285570

Omland T, Ueland T, Jansson AM, Persson A, Karlsson T, Smith C, Herlitz J, Aukrust P, Hartford M, Caidahl K (2008)
Circulating osteoprotegerin levels and long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol, 51 (6), 627-33
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.058, PubMed 18261681

Risnes I, Wagner K, Ueland T, Mollnes T, Aukrust P, Svennevig J (2008)
Interleukin-6 may predict survival in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment
Perfusion, 23 (3), 173-8
DOI 10.1177/0267659108097882, PubMed 19029268

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

Sandberg WJ, Halvorsen B, Yndestad A, Smith C, Otterdal K, Brosstad FR, Frøland SS, Olofsson PS, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Hansson GK, Oie E, Aukrust P (2008)
Inflammatory interaction between LIGHT and proteinase-activated receptor-2 in endothelial cells: potential role in atherogenesis
Circ Res, 104 (1), 60-8
DOI 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.188078, PubMed 19023130

Smith C, Halvorsen B, Otterdal K, Waehre T, Yndestad A, Fevang B, Sandberg WJ, Breland UM, Frøland SS, Oie E, Gullestad L, Damås JK, Aukrust P (2008)
High levels and inflammatory effects of soluble CXC ligand 16 (CXCL16) in coronary artery disease: down-regulatory effects of statins
Cardiovasc Res, 79 (1), 195-203
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvn071, PubMed 18339644

Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Lunde K, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Grøgaard HK, Aakhus S, Forfang K, Arnesen H (2008)
Inflammatory responses after intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Am Heart J, 155 (1), 55.e1-9
DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.10.005, PubMed 18082489

Publications 2007

Arora S, Jenum PA, Aukrust P, Rollag H, Andreassen AK, Simonsen S, Gude E, Fiane AE, Geiran O, Gullestad L (2007)
Pre-transplant Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity among heart transplant recipients is associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiac mortality
J Am Coll Cardiol, 50 (20), 1967-72
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.068, PubMed 17996562

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Damås JK, Ueland T, Øie E, Gullestad L (2007)
Potential mechanisms of benefit with thalidomide in chronic heart failure
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs, 7 (2), 127-34
DOI 10.2165/00129784-200707020-00004, PubMed 17503883

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Sandberg WJ, Gullestad L, Damås JK (2007)
T cells in coronary artery disease: different effects of different T-cell subsets
J Am Coll Cardiol, 50 (15), 1459-61
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.06.041, PubMed 17919565

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Smith C, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Damås JK (2007)
Chemokines in cardiovascular risk prediction
Thromb Haemost, 97 (5), 748-54
DOI 10.1160/TH07-01-0029, PubMed 17479185

Bjerkeli V, Damås JK, Fevang B, Holter JC, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2007)
Increased expression of fractalkine (CX3CL1) and its receptor, CX3CR1, in Wegener's granulomatosis--possible role in vascular inflammation
Rheumatology (Oxford), 46 (9), 1422-7
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/kem168, PubMed 17616549

Dahl TB, Yndestad A, Skjelland M, Øie E, Dahl A, Michelsen A, Damås JK, Tunheim SH, Ueland T, Smith C, Bendz B, Tonstad S, Gullestad L, Frøland SS, Krohg-Sørensen K, Russell D, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2007)
Increased expression of visfatin in macrophages of human unstable carotid and coronary atherosclerosis: possible role in inflammation and plaque destabilization
Circulation, 115 (8), 972-80
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.665893, PubMed 17283255

Fevang B, Yndestad A, Sandberg WJ, Holm AM, Müller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2007)
Low numbers of regulatory T cells in common variable immunodeficiency: association with chronic inflammation in vivo
Clin Exp Immunol, 147 (3), 521-5
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03314.x, PubMed 17302902

Gullestad L, Oie E, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Aukrust P (2007)
The role of statins in heart failure
Fundam Clin Pharmacol, 21 Suppl 2, 35-40
DOI 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2007.00538.x, PubMed 18001320

Halvorsen B, Lund Sagen E, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Tonstad S (2007)
Effect of smoking cessation on markers of inflammation and endothelial cell activation among individuals with high risk for cardiovascular disease
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 67 (6), 604-11
DOI 10.1080/00365510701283878, PubMed 17852807

Johansen OE, Birkeland KI, Orvik E, Flesland Ø, Wergeland R, Ueland T, Smith C, Endresen K, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2007)
Inflammation and coronary angiography in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic subjects
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 67 (3), 306-16
DOI 10.1080/00365510601045088, PubMed 17454845

Omland T, Drazner MH, Ueland T, Abedin M, Murphy SA, Aukrust P, de Lemos JA (2007)
Plasma osteoprotegerin levels in the general population: relation to indices of left ventricular structure and function
Hypertension, 49 (6), 1392-8
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.087742, PubMed 17470718

Otterdal K, Andreassen AK, Yndestad A, Oie E, Sandberg WJ, Dahl CP, Pedersen TM, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Brosstad FR, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2007)
Raised LIGHT levels in pulmonary arterial hypertension: potential role in thrombus formation
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 177 (2), 202-7
DOI 10.1164/rccm.200703-506OC, PubMed 17962639

Skjelland M, Michelsen AE, Krohg-Sørensen K, Tennøe B, Dahl A, Bakke S, Brosstad F, Damås JK, Russell D, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2007)
Plasma levels of granzyme B are increased in patients with lipid-rich carotid plaques as determined by echogenicity
Atherosclerosis, 195 (2), e142-6
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.05.001, PubMed 17568588

Stanton C, Mookadam F, Cha S, McNamara D, Aukrust P, Wojnicz R, Bailey KR, Cooper LT (2007)
Greater symptom duration predicts response to immunomodulatory therapy in dilated cardiomyopathy
Int J Cardiol, 128 (1), 38-41
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.016, PubMed 17707091

Wethal T, Kjekshus J, Røislien J, Ueland T, Andreassen AK, Wergeland R, Aukrust P, Fosså SD (2007)
Treatment-related differences in cardiovascular risk factors in long-term survivors of testicular cancer
J Cancer Surviv, 1 (1), 8-16
DOI 10.1007/s11764-007-0012-3, PubMed 18648940

Yndestad A, Damås JK, Øie E, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2007)
Role of inflammation in the progression of heart failure
Curr Cardiol Rep, 9 (3), 236-41
DOI 10.1007/BF02938356, PubMed 17470337

Publications 2006

Abedin M, Omland T, Ueland T, Khera A, Aukrust P, Murphy SA, Jain T, Gruntmanis U, McGuire DK, de Lemos JA (2006)
Relation of osteoprotegerin to coronary calcium and aortic plaque (from the Dallas Heart Study)
Am J Cardiol, 99 (4), 513-8
DOI 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.064, PubMed 17293196

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Damås JK, Frøland SS, Gullestad L (2006)
The role of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of chronic heart failure
Int J Cardiol, 112 (1), 40-5
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.05.015, PubMed 16893578

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Damås JK, Gullestad L (2006)
Anti-inflammatory trials in chronic heart failure
Heart Fail Monit, 5 (1), 2-9
PubMed 16547529

Damås JK, Aukrust P (2006)
Systemic markers of inflammation--are they useful predictive tools in coronary artery disease?
Scand Cardiovasc J, 40 (5), 262-6
DOI 10.1080/14017430600970645, PubMed 17012135

Damås JK, Jensenius M, Ueland T, Otterdal K, Yndestad A, Frøland SS, Rolain JM, Myrvang B, Raoult D, Aukrust P (2006)
Increased levels of soluble CD40L in African tick bite fever: possible involvement of TLRs in the pathogenic interaction between Rickettsia africae, endothelial cells, and platelets
J Immunol, 177 (4), 2699-706
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.177.4.2699, PubMed 16888032

Damås JK, Smith C, Øie E, Fevang B, Halvorsen B, Waehre T, Boullier A, Breland U, Yndestad A, Ovchinnikova O, Robertson AK, Sandberg WJ, Kjekshus J, Taskén K, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Hansson GK, Quehenberger O, Aukrust P (2006)
Enhanced expression of the homeostatic chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 in clinical and experimental atherosclerosis: possible pathogenic role in plaque destabilization
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27 (3), 614-20
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000255581.38523.7c, PubMed 17170367

Dyrøy E, Røst TH, Pettersen RJ, Halvorsen B, Gudbrandsen OA, Ueland T, Muna Z, Müller F, Nordrehaug JE, Aukrust P, Berge RK (2006)
Tetradecylselenoacetic acid, a PPAR ligand with antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and hypolipidemic properties
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27 (3), 628-34
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000255950.70774.d5, PubMed 17185614

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

Halvorsen B, Waehre T, Scholz H, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Aukrust P (2006)
Role of interleukin-10 in atherogenesis and plaque stabilization
Future Cardiol, 2 (1), 75-83
DOI 10.2217/14796678.2.1.75, PubMed 19804134

Haukeland JW, Aukrust P (2006)
Inflammatory interactions between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the metabolic syndrome
J. Hepatol., 45 (6), 881-882
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.09.006

Haukeland JW, Damås JK, Konopski Z, Løberg EM, Haaland T, Goverud I, Torjesen PA, Birkeland K, Bjøro K, Aukrust P (2006)
Systemic inflammation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is characterized by elevated levels of CCL2
J Hepatol, 44 (6), 1167-74
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.02.011, PubMed 16618517

Holm AM, Tjønnfjord G, Yndestad A, Beiske K, Müller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2006)
Polyclonal expansion of large granular lymphocytes in common variable immunodeficiency - association with neutropenia
Clin Exp Immunol, 144 (3), 418-24
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03086.x, PubMed 16734610

Holm T, Ueland T, Halvorsen B, Hognestad A, Holm AG, Wergeland R, Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Kjekshus J (2006)
A protective anti-inflammatory phenotype in high-risk individuals who do not develop coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol, 47 (5), 1085-6
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.042, PubMed 16516099

Holven KB, Aukrust P, Pedersen TM, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2006)
Enhanced platelet activation in hyperhomocysteinemic individuals
J Thromb Haemost, 5 (1), 193-5
DOI 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02275.x, PubMed 17059422

Holven KB, Aukrust P, Retterstol K, Hagve TA, Mørkrid L, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2006)
Increased levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in hyperhomocysteinemic subjects
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 66 (1), 45-54
DOI 10.1080/00335510500429821, PubMed 16464786

Holven KB, Halvorsen B, Bjerkeli V, Damås JK, Retterstøl K, Mørkrid L, Ose L, Aukrust P, Nenseter MS (2006)
Impaired inhibitory effect of interleukin-10 on the balance between matrix metalloproteinase-9 and its inhibitor in mononuclear cells from hyperhomocysteinemic subjects
Stroke, 37 (7), 1731-6
DOI 10.1161/01.STR.0000226465.84561.cb, PubMed 16728689

Johansen OE, Birkeland KI, Brustad E, Aaser E, Lindahl AK, Midha R, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2006)
Undiagnosed dysglycaemia and inflammation in cardiovascular disease
Eur J Clin Invest, 36 (8), 544-51
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01679.x, PubMed 16893376

Kvale D, Ormaasen V, Kran AM, Johansson CC, Aukrust P, Aandahl EM, Frøland SS, Taskén K (2006)
Immune modulatory effects of cyclooxygenase type 2 inhibitors in HIV patients on combination antiretroviral treatment
AIDS, 20 (6), 813-20
DOI 10.1097/01.aids.0000218544.54586.f1, PubMed 16549964

Otterdal K, Smith C, Oie E, Pedersen TM, Yndestad A, Stang E, Endresen K, Solum NO, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2006)
Platelet-derived LIGHT induces inflammatory responses in endothelial cells and monocytes
Blood, 108 (3), 928-35
DOI 10.1182/blood-2005-09-010629, PubMed 16861346

Sandberg WJ, Yndestad A, Øie E, Smith C, Ueland T, Ovchinnikova O, Robertson AK, Müller F, Semb AG, Scholz H, Andreassen AK, Gullestad L, Damås JK, Frøland SS, Hansson GK, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P (2006)
Enhanced T-cell expression of RANK ligand in acute coronary syndrome: possible role in plaque destabilization
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 26 (4), 857-63
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000204334.48195.6a, PubMed 16424351

Smith C, Damås JK, Otterdal K, Øie E, Sandberg WJ, Yndestad A, Waehre T, Scholz H, Endresen K, Olofsson PS, Halvorsen B, Gullestad L, Frøland SS, Hansson GK, Aukrust P (2006)
Increased levels of neutrophil-activating peptide-2 in acute coronary syndromes: possible role of platelet-mediated vascular inflammation
J Am Coll Cardiol, 48 (8), 1591-9
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.060, PubMed 17045893

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Damas JK, Gullestad L, Yndestad A (2006)
The tumor necrosis factor superfamily in heart failure
Future Cardiol, 2 (1), 101-11
DOI 10.2217/14796678.2.1.101, PubMed 19804137

Ueland T, Espevik T, Kjekshus J, Gullestad L, Omland T, Squire IB, Frøland SS, Mollnes TE, Dickstein K, Aukrust P (2006)
Mannose binding lectin and soluble Toll-like receptor 2 in heart failure following acute myocardial infarction
J Card Fail, 12 (8), 659-63
DOI 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.07.002, PubMed 17045187

Ueland T, Gullestad L, Simonsen S, Endresen K, Scott H, Frøland SS, Geiran O, Fiane AE, Aukrust P (2006)
Decreased endomyocardial RANKL expression in transplant coronary artery disease
Transplantation, 81 (10), 1467-70
DOI 10.1097/01.tp.0000209413.45179.f6, PubMed 16732187

Ueland T, Vissers MN, Wiegman A, Rodenburg J, Hutten B, Gullestad L, Ose L, Rifai N, Ridker PM, Kastelein JJ, Aukrust P, Semb AG (2006)
Increased inflammatory markers in children with familial hypercholesterolaemia
Eur J Clin Invest, 36 (3), 147-52
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01613.x, PubMed 16506958

Waehre T, Damås JK, Pedersen TM, Gullestad L, Yndestad A, Andreassen AK, Frøland SS, Semb AG, Hansteen V, Gjertsen E, Ueland T, Brosstad F, Solum NO, Aukrust P (2006)
Clopidogrel increases expression of chemokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with coronary artery disease: results of a double-blind placebo-controlled study
J Thromb Haemost, 4 (10), 2140-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02131.x, PubMed 16856976

Yndestad A, Damås JK, Oie E, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2006)
Systemic inflammation in heart failure--the whys and wherefores
Heart Fail Rev, 11 (1), 83-92
DOI 10.1007/s10741-006-9196-2, PubMed 16819581

Yndestad A, Vinge LE, Bjørnerheim R, Ueland T, Wang JE, Frøland SS, Attramadal H, Aukrust P, Oie E (2006)
Thalidomide attenuates the development of fibrosis during post-infarction myocardial remodelling in rats
Eur J Heart Fail, 8 (8), 790-6
DOI 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.02.007, PubMed 16549389

Publications 2005

Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Ueland T, Damås JK, Yndestad A (2005)
Inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in chronic heart failure: potential therapeutic implications
Ann Med, 37 (2), 74-85
DOI 10.1080/07853890510007232, PubMed 16026115

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

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Smith C, Sandberg WJ, Ueland T, Waehre T, Halvorsen B, Gullestad L, Damås JK (2005)
Potential role for immunomodulatory therapy in atherosclerotic plaque stabilisation
Expert Opin Pharmacother, 6 (13), 2169-80
DOI 10.1517/14656566.6.13.2169, PubMed 16218879

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Waehre T, Gullestad L, Halvorsen B, Damås JK (2005)
Inflammation in coronary artery disease: potential role for immunomodulatory therapy
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 3 (6), 1111-24
DOI 10.1586/14779072.3.6.1111, PubMed 16293001

Damås JK, Boullier A, Waehre T, Smith C, Sandberg WJ, Green S, Aukrust P, Quehenberger O (2005)
Expression of fractalkine (CX3CL1) and its receptor, CX3CR1, is elevated in coronary artery disease and is reduced during statin therapy
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 25 (12), 2567-72
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000190672.36490.7b, PubMed 16224053

Damås JK, Puccetti L, Aukrust P (2005)
Early anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory actions of statins and fibrates--time for adjuvant therapy in acute coronary syndromes?
Thromb Haemost, 94 (1), 1-3
DOI 10.1160/TH05-05-0317, PubMed 16113777

Dyrøy E, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Halvorsen B, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Berge RK (2005)
Antiinflammatory effects of tetradecylthioacetic acid involve both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha-dependent and -independent pathways
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 25 (7), 1364-9
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000171982.57713.96, PubMed 15920037

Fevang B, Mollnes TE, Holm AM, Ueland T, Heggelund L, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2005)
Common variable immunodeficiency and the complement system; low mannose-binding lectin levels are associated with bronchiectasis
Clin Exp Immunol, 142 (3), 576-84
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2005.02951.x, PubMed 16297171

Fiane AE, Ueland T, Simonsen S, Scott H, Endresen K, Gullestad L, Geiran OR, Haraldsen G, Heggelund L, Andreassen AK, Wergeland R, Frøland S, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE (2005)
Low mannose-binding lectin and increased complement activation correlate to allograft vasculopathy, ischaemia, and rejection after human heart transplantation
Eur Heart J, 26 (16), 1660-5
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi198, PubMed 15821010

Glosli H, Gudbrandsen OA, Mullen AJ, Halvorsen B, Røst TH, Wergedahl H, Prydz H, Aukrust P, Berge RK (2005)
Down-regulated expression of PPARalpha target genes, reduced fatty acid oxidation and altered fatty acid composition in the liver of mice transgenic for hTNFalpha
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1734 (3), 235-46
DOI 10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.02.011, PubMed 15893958

Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2005)
Review of trials in chronic heart failure showing broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory approaches
Am J Cardiol, 95 (11A), 17C-23C; discussion 38C-40C
DOI 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.008, PubMed 15925560

Gullestad L, Kjekshus J, Damås JK, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Aukrust P (2005)
Agents targeting inflammation in heart failure
Expert Opin Investig Drugs, 14 (5), 557-66
DOI 10.1517/13543784.14.5.557, PubMed 15926863

Gullestad L, Ueland T, Fjeld JG, Holt E, Gundersen T, Breivik K, Følling M, Hodt A, Skårdal R, Kjekshus J, Andreassen A, Kjekshus E, Wergeland R, Yndestad A, Frøland SS, Semb AG, Aukrust P (2005)
Effect of thalidomide on cardiac remodeling in chronic heart failure: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Circulation, 112 (22), 3408-14
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.564971, PubMed 16301340

Gurantz D, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B, Lunde OV, Omens JH, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Moore CD, Kjekshus J, Greenberg BH (2005)
Etanercept or intravenous immunoglobulin attenuates expression of genes involved in post-myocardial infarction remodeling
Cardiovasc Res, 67 (1), 106-15
DOI 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.02.016, PubMed 15949474

Heggelund L, Mollnes TE, Espevik T, Müller F, Kristiansen KI, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2005)
Modulatory effect of mannose-binding lectin on cytokine responses: possible roles in HIV infection
Eur J Clin Invest, 35 (12), 765-70
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2005.01579.x, PubMed 16313253

Hestad KA, Tønseth S, Støen CD, Ueland T, Aukrust P (2005)
Inflammation and depression: further studies are needed
J ECT, 21 (1), 52
DOI 10.1097/01.yct.0000154053.58022.10, PubMed 15791184

Hognestad A, Endresen K, Wergeland R, Mellembakken JR, Mollnes TE, Omland T, Kjekshus JK, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK (2005)
Inflammatory response and re-stenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention in heart transplant recipients and patients with native atherosclerosis
J Heart Lung Transplant, 24 (8), 1026-32
DOI 10.1016/j.healun.2004.07.018, PubMed 16102437

Holven KB, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Waehre T, Ueland T, Halvorsen B, Heggelund L, Sandberg WJ, Semb AG, Frøland SS, Ose L, Nenseter MS, Aukrust P (2005)
Chemokines in children with heterozygous familiar hypercholesterolemia: selective upregulation of RANTES
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 26 (1), 200-5
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000193619.67288.ed, PubMed 16254204

Overland G, Stuestøl JF, Dahle MK, Myhre AE, Netea MG, Verweij P, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Kullberg BJ, Warris A, Wang JE, Aasen AO (2005)
Cytokine responses to fungal pathogens in Kupffer Cells are Toll-like receptor 4 independent and mediated by tyrosine kinases
Scand J Immunol, 62 (2), 148-54
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01653.x, PubMed 16101821

Scholz H, Sandberg W, Damås JK, Smith C, Andreassen AK, Gullestad L, Frøland SS, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2005)
Enhanced plasma levels of LIGHT in unstable angina: possible pathogenic role in foam cell formation and thrombosis
Circulation, 112 (14), 2121-9
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.544676, PubMed 16186421

Torheim EA, Yndestad A, Bjerkeli V, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2005)
Increased expression of chemokines in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis - modulating effects of methylprednisolone in vitro
Clin Exp Immunol, 140 (2), 376-83
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2005.02770.x, PubMed 15807865

Ueland T, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Otterdal K, Frøland SS, Dickstein K, Kjekshus J, Gullestad L, Damås JK (2005)
Soluble CD40 ligand in acute and chronic heart failure
Eur Heart J, 26 (11), 1101-7
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi132, PubMed 15716285

Ueland T, Kjekshus J, Frøland SS, Omland T, Squire IB, Gullestad L, Dickstein K, Aukrust P (2005)
Plasma levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type I during the acute phase following complicated myocardial infarction predicts survival in high-risk patients
J Am Coll Cardiol, 46 (11), 2018-21
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.039, PubMed 16325035

Ueland T, Yndestad A, Øie E, Florholmen G, Halvorsen B, Frøland SS, Simonsen S, Christensen G, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2005)
Dysregulated osteoprotegerin/RANK ligand/RANK axis in clinical and experimental heart failure
Circulation, 111 (19), 2461-8
DOI 10.1161/01.CIR.0000165119.62099.14, PubMed 15883214

Publications 2004

Aukrust P, Damas JK, Solum NO (2004)
Soluble CD40 ligand and platelets: self-perpetuating pathogenic loop in thrombosis and inflammation?
J Am Coll Cardiol, 43 (12), 2326-8
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.023, PubMed 15193701

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Damås JK, Gullestad L (2004)
Inflammation and chronic heart failure-potential therapeutic role of intravenous immunoglobulin
Autoimmun Rev, 3 (3), 221-7
DOI 10.1016/S1568-9972(03)00103-4, PubMed 15110235

Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Damås JK, Gullestad L (2004)
Therapeutic potential of anticytokine therapy in congestive heart failure
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs, 4 (3), 169-77
DOI 10.2165/00129784-200404030-00004, PubMed 15134469

Bjerkeli V, Halvorsen B, Damås JK, Nordøy I, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2004)
Expression of matrix metalloproteinases in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis
Ann Rheum Dis, 63 (12), 1659-63
DOI 10.1136/ard.2003.017954, PubMed 15547092

Damås JK, Otterdal K, Yndestad A, Aass H, Solum NO, Frøland SS, Simonsen S, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK (2004)
Soluble CD40 ligand in pulmonary arterial hypertension: possible pathogenic role of the interaction between platelets and endothelial cells
Circulation, 110 (8), 999-1005
DOI 10.1161/01.CIR.0000139859.68513.FC, PubMed 15302794

Fredriksen J, Ueland T, Dyrøy E, Halvorsen B, Melby K, Melbye L, Skalhegg BS, Bohov P, Skorve J, Berge RK, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2004)
Lipid-lowering and anti-inflammatory effects of tetradecylthioacetic acid in HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy
Eur J Clin Invest, 34 (10), 709-15
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2004.01410.x, PubMed 15473896

Halvorsen B, Waehre T, Scholz H, Clausen OP, von der Thüsen JH, Müller F, Heimli H, Tonstad S, Hall C, Frøland SS, Biessen EA, Damås JK, Aukrust P (2004)
Interleukin-10 enhances the oxidized LDL-induced foam cell formation of macrophages by antiapoptotic mechanisms
J Lipid Res, 46 (2), 211-9
DOI 10.1194/jlr.M400324-JLR200, PubMed 15547296

Heggelund L, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Holm AM, Mūller F, Lien E, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2004)
Stimulation of toll-like receptor 2 in mononuclear cells from HIV-infected patients induces chemokine responses: possible pathogenic consequences
Clin Exp Immunol, 138 (1), 116-21
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02595.x, PubMed 15373913

Heggelund L, Flo T, Berg K, Lien E, Mollnes TE, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Espevik T, Frøland SS (2004)
Soluble toll-like receptor 2 in HIV infection: association with disease progression
AIDS, 18 (18), 2437-9
PubMed 15622324

Heggelund L, Müller F, Lien E, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Kristiansen KI, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2004)
Increased expression of toll-like receptor 2 on monocytes in HIV infection: possible roles in inflammation and viral replication
Clin Infect Dis, 39 (2), 264-9
DOI 10.1086/421780, PubMed 15307037

Hognestad A, Aukrust P, Wergeland R, Stokke O, Gullestad L, Semb AG, Holm T, Andreassen AK, Kjekshus JK (2004)
Effects of conventional and aggressive statin treatment on markers of endothelial function and inflammation
Clin Cardiol, 27 (4), 199-203
DOI 10.1002/clc.4960270405, PubMed 15119693

Hognestad A, Michelsen A, Brosstad F, Damås JK, Holm T, Simonsen S, Kjekshus JK, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK (2004)
Platelet activation in heart transplant recipients
Clin Transplant, 18 (2), 142-7
DOI 10.1046/j.1399-0012.2003.00137.x, PubMed 15016127

Holm AM, Aukrust P, Damås JK, Müller F, Halvorsen B, Frøland SS (2004)
Abnormal interleukin-7 function in common variable immunodeficiency
Blood, 105 (7), 2887-90
DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-06-2423, PubMed 15598813

Holm AM, Sivertsen EA, Tunheim SH, Haug T, Bjerkeli V, Yndestad A, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2004)
Gene expression analysis of peripheral T cells in a subgroup of common variable immunodeficiency shows predominance of CCR7(-) effector-memory T cells
Clin Exp Immunol, 138 (2), 278-89
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02630.x, PubMed 15498038

Johansson CC, Bryn T, Yndestad A, Eiken HG, Bjerkeli V, Frøland SS, Aukrust P, Taskén K (2004)
Cytokine networks are pre-activated in T cells from HIV-infected patients on HAART and are under the control of cAMP
AIDS, 18 (2), 171-9
DOI 10.1097/00002030-200401230-00005, PubMed 15075533

Johansson CC, Bryn T, Aandahl EM, Areklett MA, Aukrust P, Taskén K, Frøland SS (2004)
Treatment with type-2 selective and non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitors improves T-cell proliferation in HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy
AIDS, 18 (6), 951-2
DOI 10.1097/00002030-200404090-00015, PubMed 15060445

Johansson CC, Yndestad A, Enserink JM, Ree AH, Aukrust P, Taskén K (2004)
The epidermal growth factor-like growth factor amphiregulin is strongly induced by the adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate pathway in various cell types
Endocrinology, 145 (11), 5177-84
DOI 10.1210/en.2004-0232, PubMed 15284208

Larsen AI, Gjesdal K, Hall C, Aukrust P, Aarsland T, Dickstein K (2004)
Effect of exercise training in patients with heart failure: a pilot study on autonomic balance assessed by heart rate variability
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 11 (2), 162-7
DOI 10.1097/01.hjr.0000124214.21584.bb, PubMed 15187821

Larsson L, Mobini R, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Wallukat G, Waagstein F, Fu M (2004)
Beneficial effect on cardiac function by intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy is not due to neutralization of anti-receptor autoantibody
Autoimmunity, 37 (6-7), 489-93
DOI 10.1080/08916930400011684, PubMed 15621576

Laake JH, Bergmann JB, Riddervold F, Bjørneklett A, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2004)
[Should patients with severe sepsis be treated with activated protein C?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (6), 782-4
PubMed 15039808

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

Smith C, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B, Ueland T, Waehre T, Otterdal K, Scholz H, Endresen K, Gullestad L, Frøland SS, Damås JK, Aukrust P (2004)
Potential anti-inflammatory role of activin A in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol, 44 (2), 369-75
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.069, PubMed 15261933

Ueland T, Jemtland R, Godang K, Kjekshus J, Hognestad A, Omland T, Squire IB, Gullestad L, Bollerslev J, Dickstein K, Aukrust P (2004)
Prognostic value of osteoprotegerin in heart failure after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol, 44 (10), 1970-6
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.06.076, PubMed 15542278

Waehre T, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Taskén K, Pedersen TM, Smith C, Halvorsen B, Frøland SS, Solum NO, Aukrust P (2004)
Effect of activated platelets on expression of cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells - potential role of prostaglandin E2
Thromb Haemost, 92 (6), 1358-67
DOI 10.1160/TH04-03-0146, PubMed 15583745

Waehre T, Yndestad A, Smith C, Haug T, Tunheim SH, Gullestad L, Frøland SS, Semb AG, Aukrust P, Damås JK (2004)
Increased expression of interleukin-1 in coronary artery disease with downregulatory effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Circulation, 109 (16), 1966-72
DOI 10.1161/01.CIR.0000125700.33637.B1, PubMed 15051633

Wang JE, Dahle MK, Yndestad A, Bauer I, McDonald MC, Aukrust P, Foster SJ, Bauer M, Aasen AO, Thiemermann C (2004)
Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus causes inflammation and organ injury in the rat
Crit Care Med, 32 (2), 546-52
DOI 10.1097/01.CCM.0000109775.22138.8F, PubMed 14758177

Yndestad A, Ueland T, Øie E, Florholmen G, Halvorsen B, Attramadal H, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Christensen G, Damås JK, Aukrust P (2004)
Elevated levels of activin A in heart failure: potential role in myocardial remodeling
Circulation, 109 (11), 1379-85
DOI 10.1161/01.CIR.0000120704.97934.41, PubMed 14993131

Publications 2003

Aukrust P, Damås JK, Gullestad L (2003)
Immunomodulating therapy: new treatment modality in congestive heart failure
Congest Heart Fail, 9 (2), 64-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2003.00682.x, PubMed 12671336

Aukrust P, Müller F, Svardal AM, Ueland T, Berge RK, Frøland SS (2003)
Disturbed glutathione metabolism and decreased antioxidant levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during highly active antiretroviral therapy--potential immunomodulatory effects of antioxidants
J Infect Dis, 188 (2), 232-8
DOI 10.1086/376459, PubMed 12854078

Aukrust P, Wergedahl H, Müller F, Ueland T, Dyrøy E, Damås JK, Frøland SS, Berge RK (2003)
Immunomodulating effects of 3-thia fatty acids in activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Eur J Clin Invest, 33 (5), 426-33
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2003.01140.x, PubMed 12713457

Damås JK, Waehre T, Yndestad A, Otterdal K, Hognestad A, Solum NO, Gullestad L, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2003)
Interleukin-7-mediated inflammation in unstable angina: possible role of chemokines and platelets
Circulation, 107 (21), 2670-6
DOI 10.1161/01.CIR.0000070542.18001.87, PubMed 12742982

Heggelund L, Mollnes TE, Ueland T, Christophersen B, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2003)
Mannose-binding lectin in HIV infection: relation to disease progression and highly active antiretroviral therapy
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 32 (4), 354-61
DOI 10.1097/00126334-200304010-00002, PubMed 12640191

Hestad KA, Tønseth S, Støen CD, Ueland T, Aukrust P (2003)
Raised plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with depression: normalization during electroconvulsive therapy
J ECT, 19 (4), 183-8
DOI 10.1097/00124509-200312000-00002, PubMed 14657769

Holm AM, Aukrust P, Aandahl EM, Müller F, Taskén K, Frøland SS (2003)
Impaired secretion of IL-10 by T cells from patients with common variable immunodeficiency--involvement of protein kinase A type I
J Immunol, 170 (11), 5772-7
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.170.11.5772, PubMed 12759461

Holm T, Damås JK, Holven K, Nordøy I, Brosstad FR, Ueland T, Währe T, Kjekshus J, Frøland SS, Eiken HG, Solum NO, Gullestad L, Nenseter M, Aukrust P (2003)
CXC-chemokines in coronary artery disease: possible pathogenic role of interactions between oxidized low-density lipoprotein, platelets and peripheral blood mononuclear cells
J Thromb Haemost, 1 (2), 257-62
DOI 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.00065.x, PubMed 12871498

Holven KB, Halvorsen B, Schulz H, Aukrust P, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2003)
Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in mononuclear cells of hyperhomocysteinaemic subjects
Eur J Clin Invest, 33 (7), 555-60
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2003.01189.x, PubMed 12814391

Holven KB, Haugstad TS, Holm T, Aukrust P, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2003)
Folic acid treatment reduces elevated plasma levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine in hyperhomocysteinaemic subjects
Br J Nutr, 89 (3), 359-63
DOI 10.1079/BJN2002779, PubMed 12628031

Holven KB, Myhre AM, Aukrust P, Hagve TA, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2003)
Patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia show enhanced spontaneous chemokine release from peripheral blood mononuclear cells ex vivo. Dependency of xanthomas/xanthelasms, smoking and gender
Eur Heart J, 24 (19), 1756-62
DOI 10.1016/s0195-668x(03)00467-6, PubMed 14522571

Holven KB, Scholz H, Halvorsen B, Aukrust P, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2003)
Hyperhomocysteinemic subjects have enhanced expression of lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 in mononuclear cells
J Nutr, 133 (11), 3588-91
DOI 10.1093/jn/133.11.3588, PubMed 14608078

Jensenius M, Ueland T, Fournier PE, Brosstad F, Stylianou E, Vene S, Myrvang B, Raoult D, Aukrust P (2003)
Systemic inflammatory responses in African tick-bite fever
J Infect Dis, 187 (8), 1332-6
DOI 10.1086/368415, PubMed 12696016

Jensenius M, Ueland T, Fournier PE, Brosstad F, Stylianou E, Vene S, Myrvang B, Raoult D, Aukrust P (2003)
Systematic inflammatory responses in African tick-bite fever
In Journal of infectious diseases, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 187(2003)8, s.1332-6
BIBSYS 041718305

Larsen AI, Hall C, Aukrust P, Aarsland T, Faris P, Dickstein K (2003)
Prognostic usefulness of an increase of N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure
Am J Cardiol, 92 (1), 91-4
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00478-8, PubMed 12842259

Madebo T, Lindtjørn B, Aukrust P, Berge RK (2003)
Circulating antioxidants and lipid peroxidation products in untreated tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia
Am J Clin Nutr, 78 (1), 117-22
DOI 10.1093/ajcn/78.1.117, PubMed 12816780

Nordøy I, Rollag H, Lien E, Sindre H, Degré M, Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Müller F (2003)
Cytomegalovirus infection induces production of human interleukin-10 in macrophages
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 22 (12), 737-41
DOI 10.1007/s10096-003-1028-x, PubMed 14610657

Risnes I, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Lundblad R, Baksaas ST, Mollnes TE, Svennevig JL (2003)
Complement activation and cytokine and chemokines release during mediastinitis
Ann Thorac Surg, 75 (3), 981-5
DOI 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04556-3, PubMed 12645727

Risnes I, Ueland T, Lundblad R, Mollnes TE, Baksaas ST, Aukrust P, Svennevig JL (2003)
Changes in the cytokine network and complement parameters during open heart surgery
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 2 (1), 19-24
DOI 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00088-9, PubMed 17669979

Scholz H, Yndestad A, Damås JK, Waehre T, Tonstad S, Aukrust P, Halvorsen B (2003)
8-isoprostane increases expression of interleukin-8 in human macrophages through activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases
Cardiovasc Res, 59 (4), 945-54
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(03)00538-8, PubMed 14553834

Semb AG, van Wissen S, Ueland T, Smilde T, Waehre T, Tripp MD, Frøland SS, Kastelein JJ, Gullestad L, Pedersen TR, Aukrust P, Stalenhoef AF (2003)
Raised serum levels of soluble CD40 ligand in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: downregulatory effect of statin therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol, 41 (2), 275-9
DOI 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02718-3, PubMed 12535822

Semb AGP, Wissen S, Ueland T, Smilde T, Wæhre T, Tripp MD, Froland SS, Kastelein JJ, Gullestad L, Pedersen TR, Aukrust P, Stalenhoef AF (2003)
Raised serum levels of soluble CD40 ligand in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: downregulatory effect of statin therapy
In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Elsevier, New York, 41(2003)2, s.275-9
BIBSYS 041726308

Stylianou E, Bjerkeli V, Yndestad A, Heggelund L, Waehre T, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2003)
Raised serum levels of interleukin-18 is associated with disease progression and may contribute to virological treatment failure in HIV-1-infected patients
Clin Exp Immunol, 132 (3), 462-6
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02179.x, PubMed 12780693

Ueland T, Kristo C, Godang K, Aukrust P, Bollerslev J (2003)
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist is associated with fat distribution in endogenous Cushing's syndrome: a longitudinal study
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 88 (4), 1492-6
DOI 10.1210/jc.2002-021030, PubMed 12679428

Ueland T, Sikkeland LI, Yndestad A, Eiken HG, Holm T, Guevara C, Haug T, Endresen K, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Andreassen AK, Geiran O, Simonsen S, Aukrust P (2003)
Myocardial gene expression of inflammatory cytokines after heart transplantation in relation to the development of transplant coronary artery disease
Am J Cardiol, 92 (6), 715-7
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00836-1, PubMed 12972116

Waehre T, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Holm AM, Pedersen TR, Arnesen KE, Torsvik H, Frøland SS, Semb AG, Aukrust P (2003)
Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors down-regulate chemokines and chemokine receptors in patients with coronary artery disease
J Am Coll Cardiol, 41 (9), 1460-7
DOI 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00263-8, PubMed 12742282

Wæhre T, Damas JK, Gullestad L, Holm AM, Pedersen TR, Arnesen KE, Torsvik H, Froland SS, Semb AGP, Aukrust P (2003)
Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors down-regulate chemokines and chemokine receptors in patients with coronary artery disease
In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Elsevier, New York, 41(2003)9, s.1460-7
BIBSYS 041728793

Yndestad A, Holm AM, Müller F, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2003)
Enhanced expression of inflammatory cytokines and activation markers in T-cells from patients with chronic heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, 60 (1), 141-6
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(03)00362-6, PubMed 14522416

Øverland G, Morath S, Yndestad A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Smedsrød B, Mathisen Ø, Aukrust P, Aasen AO, Wang JE (2003)
Lipoteichoic acid is a potent inducer of cytokine production in rat and human Kupffer cells in vitro
Surg Infect (Larchmt), 4 (2), 181-91
DOI 10.1089/109629603766956979, PubMed 12906718

Publications 2002

Damås JK, Waehre T, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Müller F, Eiken HG, Holm AM, Halvorsen B, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2002)
Stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha in unstable angina: potential antiinflammatory and matrix-stabilizing effects
Circulation, 106 (1), 36-42
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.0000020001.09990.90, PubMed 12093767

Glosli H, Tronstad KJ, Wergedal H, Müller F, Svardal A, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Prydz H (2002)
Human TNF-alpha in transgenic mice induces differential changes in redox status and glutathione-regulating enzymes
FASEB J, 16 (11), 1450-2
DOI 10.1096/fj.01-0948fje, PubMed 12205044

Gullestad L, Semb AG, Holt E, Skårdal R, Ueland T, Yndestad A, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2002)
Effect of thalidomide in patients with chronic heart failure
Am Heart J, 144 (5), 847-50
DOI 10.1067/mhj.2002.125628, PubMed 12422154

Hammer HB, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2002)
[Churg-Strauss syndrome after treatment with Singulair (montelukast)]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 122 (5), 484-6
PubMed 11961976

Holm T, Aukrust P, Aagaard E, Ueland T, Haugstad TS, Kjekshus J, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Andreassen AK (2002)
Hypertension in relation to nitric oxide, asymmetric dimethylarginine, and inflammation: different patterns in heart transplant recipients and individuals with essential hypertension
Transplantation, 74 (10), 1395-400
DOI 10.1097/00007890-200211270-00009, PubMed 12451238

Holven KB, Aukrust P, Holm T, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2002)
Folic acid treatment reduces chemokine release from peripheral blood mononuclear cells in hyperhomocysteinemic subjects
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 22 (4), 699-703
DOI 10.1161/01.atv.0000013288.35930.90, PubMed 11950713

Kristo C, Godang K, Ueland T, Lien E, Aukrust P, Froland SS, Bollerslev J (2002)
Raised serum levels of interleukin-8 and interleukin-18 in relation to bone metabolism in endogenous Cushing's syndrome
Eur J Endocrinol, 146 (3), 389-95
DOI 10.1530/eje.0.1460389, PubMed 11888846

Larsen AI, Lindal S, Aukrust P, Toft I, Aarsland T, Dickstein K (2002)
Effect of exercise training on skeletal muscle fibre characteristics in men with chronic heart failure. Correlation between skeletal muscle alterations, cytokines and exercise capacity
Int J Cardiol, 83 (1), 25-32
DOI 10.1016/s0167-5273(02)00014-1, PubMed 11959380

Liabakk NB, Sundan A, Torp S, Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Espevik T (2002)
Development, characterization and use of monoclonal antibodies against sTRAIL: measurement of sTRAIL by ELISA
J Immunol Methods, 259 (1-2), 119-28
DOI 10.1016/s0022-1759(01)00501-4, PubMed 11730847

Mellembakken JR, Aukrust P, Olafsen MK, Ueland T, Hestdal K, Videm V (2002)
Activation of leukocytes during the uteroplacental passage in preeclampsia
Hypertension, 39 (1), 155-60
DOI 10.1161/hy0102.100778, PubMed 11799095

Müller F, Tjønnfjord GE, Nordøy I, Kvale D, Mellbye OJ, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2002)
Immunophenotypic analyses of CD34(+) cell subsets in bone marrow from HIV-infected patients during highly- active antiretroviral therapy
Eur J Clin Invest, 32 (7), 535-40
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2002.00995.x, PubMed 12153555

Stylianou E, Yndestad A, Sikkeland LI, Bjerkeli V, Damås JK, Haug T, Eiken HG, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2002)
Effects of interferon-alpha on gene expression of chemokines and members of the tumour necrosis factor superfamily in HIV-infected patients
Clin Exp Immunol, 130 (2), 279-85
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01980.x, PubMed 12390316

Waehre T, Halvorsen B, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Brosstad F, Gullestad L, Kjekshus J, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2002)
Inflammatory imbalance between IL-10 and TNFalpha in unstable angina potential plaque stabilizing effects of IL-10
Eur J Clin Invest, 32 (11), 803-10
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2002.01069.x, PubMed 12423320

Yndestad A, Damås JK, Geir Eiken H, Holm T, Haug T, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2002)
Increased gene expression of tumor necrosis factor superfamily ligands in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during chronic heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, 54 (1), 175-82
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(02)00238-9, PubMed 12062373

Publications 2001

Aukrust P, Berge RK, Ueland T, Aaser E, Damås JK, Wikeby L, Brunsvig A, Müller F, Forfang K, Frøland SS, Gullestad L (2001)
Interaction between chemokines and oxidative stress: possible pathogenic role in acute coronary syndromes
J Am Coll Cardiol, 37 (2), 485-91
DOI 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)01110-4, PubMed 11216967

Aukrust P, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Frøland SS (2001)
Chemokines in myocardial failure -- pathogenic importance and potential therapeutic targets
Clin Exp Immunol, 124 (3), 343-5
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01527.x, PubMed 11472392

Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Lappegård KT, Ueland T, Aass H, Wikeby L, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Mollnes TE (2001)
Complement activation in patients with congestive heart failure: effect of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin treatment
Circulation, 104 (13), 1494-500
DOI 10.1161/hc3801.096353, PubMed 11571242

Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Aass H, Fjeld JG, Wikeby L, Andreassen AK, Ihlen H, Simonsen S, Kjekshus J, Nitter-Hauge S, Ueland T, Froland SS (2001)
Increase in anti-inflammatory cytokine levels in chronic heart failure: A measure of treatment success or failure? Response
Circulation, 104 (18), E97-E98

Aukrust P, Waehre T, Damås JK, Gullestad L, Solum NO (2001)
Inflammatory role of platelets in acute coronary syndromes
Heart, 86 (6), 605-6
DOI 10.1136/heart.86.6.605, PubMed 11711447

Damås JK, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Odegaard A, Eiken HG, Gullestad L, Sejersted OM, Christensen G (2001)
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 enhances and interleukin-10 suppresses the production of inflammatory cytokines in adult rat cardiomyocytes
Basic Res Cardiol, 96 (4), 345-52
DOI 10.1007/s003950170042, PubMed 11518190

Damås JK, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2001)
Cytokines as new treatment targets in chronic heart failure
Curr Control Trials Cardiovasc Med, 2 (6), 271-277
DOI 10.1186/cvm-2-6-271, PubMed 11806813

Damås JK, Gullestad L, Aass H, Simonsen S, Fjeld JG, Wikeby L, Ueland T, Eiken HG, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2001)
Enhanced gene expression of chemokines and their corresponding receptors in mononuclear blood cells in chronic heart failure--modulatory effect of intravenous immunoglobulin
J Am Coll Cardiol, 38 (1), 187-93
DOI 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01335-3, PubMed 11451272

Eiken HG, Øie E, Damås JK, Yndestad A, Bjerkeli V, Aass H, Simonsen S, Geiran OR, Tønnessen T, Christensen G, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Attramadal H, Aukrust P (2001)
Myocardial gene expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor, interleukin-6 and glycoprotein 130 in end-stage human heart failure
Eur J Clin Invest, 31 (5), 389-97
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00795.x, PubMed 11380590

Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2001)
The cytokine network in heart failure: pathogenetic importance and potential therapeutic targets
Heart Fail Monit, 2 (1), 8-13
PubMed 12634893

Gullestad L, Ueland T, Brunsvig A, Kjekshus J, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2001)
Effect of metoprolol on cytokine levels in chronic heart failure--a substudy in the Metoprolol Controlled-Release Randomised Intervention Trial in Heart Failure (MERIT-HF)
Am Heart J, 141 (3), 418-21
DOI 10.1067/mhj.2001.112785, PubMed 11231439

Gullestad L, Aass H, Andreassen AK, Ihlen H, Simonsen S, Kjekshus J, Wikeby L, Nitter-Hauge S, Fjeld JG, Lien E, Ueland T, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2001)
[Immunomodulating treatment in advanced heart failure--effect of intravenous immunoglobulin]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (16), 1902-7
PubMed 11488180

Gullestad L, Aass H, Fjeld JG, Wikeby L, Andreassen AK, Ihlen H, Simonsen S, Kjekshus J, Nitter-Hauge S, Ueland T, Lien E, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2001)
Immunomodulating therapy with intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with chronic heart failure
Circulation, 103 (2), 220-5
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.103.2.220, PubMed 11208680

Helle SI, Ueland T, Ekse D, Frøland SS, Holly JM, Lønning PE, Aukrust P (2001)
The insulin-like growth factor system in human immunodeficiency virus infection: relations to immunological parameters, disease progression, and antiretroviral therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 86 (1), 227-33
DOI 10.1210/jcem.86.1.7135, PubMed 11232005

Holm T, Andreassen AK, Aukrust P, Andersen K, Geiran OR, Kjekshus J, Simonsen S, Gullestad L (2001)
Omega-3 fatty acids improve blood pressure control and preserve renal function in hypertensive heart transplant recipients
Eur Heart J, 22 (5), 428-36
DOI 10.1053/euhj.2000.2369, PubMed 11207085

Holm T, Andreassen AK, Ueland T, Kjekshus J, Frøland SS, Kjekshus E, Simonsen S, Aukrust P, Gullestad L (2001)
Effect of pravastatin on plasma markers of inflammation and peripheral endothelial function in male heart transplant recipients
Am J Cardiol, 87 (6), 815-8, A9
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01516-2, PubMed 11249916

Holm T, Berge RK, Andreassen AK, Ueland T, Kjekshus J, Simonsen S, Frøland S, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2001)
Omega-3 fatty acids enhance tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels in heart transplant recipients
Transplantation, 72 (4), 706-11
DOI 10.1097/00007890-200108270-00025, PubMed 11544435

Holven KB, Holm T, Aukrust P, Christensen B, Kjekshus J, Andreassen AK, Gullestad L, Hagve TA, Svilaas A, Ose L, Nenseter MS (2001)
Effect of folic acid treatment on endothelium-dependent vasodilation and nitric oxide-derived end products in hyperhomocysteinemic subjects
Am J Med, 110 (7), 536-42
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9343(01)00696-9, PubMed 11343667

Larsen AI, Aukrust P, Aarsland T, Dickstein K (2001)
Effect of aerobic exercise training on plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with heart failure
Am J Cardiol, 88 (7), 805-8
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01859-8, PubMed 11589856

Mellembakken JR, Aukrust P, Hestdal K, Ueland T, Abyholm T, Videm V (2001)
Chemokines and leukocyte activation in the fetal circulation during preeclampsia
Hypertension, 38 (3), 394-8
DOI 10.1161/01.hyp.38.3.394, PubMed 11566911

Mellembakken JR, Solum NO, Ueland T, Videm V, Aukrust P (2001)
Increased concentrations of soluble CD40 ligand, RANTES and GRO-alpha in preeclampsia--possible role of platelet activation
Thromb Haemost, 86 (5), 1272-6
PubMed 11816717

Pettersen RJ, Muna ZA, Kuiper KK, Svendsen E, Müller F, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Nordrehaug JE (2001)
Sustained retention of tetradecylthioacetic acid after local delivery reduces angioplasty-induced coronary stenosis in the minipig
Cardiovasc Res, 52 (2), 306-13
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(01)00404-7, PubMed 11684079

Stylianou E, Aukrust P, Müller F, Nordøy I, Frøland SS (2001)
Complex effects of interferon-alpha on the cytokine network in HIV infection--possible contribution to immunosuppression
Cytokine, 14 (1), 56-62
DOI 10.1006/cyto.2000.0850, PubMed 11298493

Ueland T, Bollerslev J, Godang K, Müller F, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2001)
Increased serum osteoprotegerin in disorders characterized by persistent immune activation or glucocorticoid excess--possible role in bone homeostasis
Eur J Endocrinol, 145 (6), 685-90
DOI 10.1530/eje.0.1450685, PubMed 11720891

Ueland T, Frøland SS, Bollerslev J, Aukrust P (2001)
Increased levels of biochemical markers of bone turnover in relation to persistent immune activation in common variable immunodeficiency
Eur J Clin Invest, 31 (1), 72-8
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00768.x, PubMed 11168441

Publications 2000

Aukrust P, Bjørnsen S, Lunden B, Otterdal K, Ng EC, Ameln W, Ueland T, Müller F, Solum NO, Brosstad F, Frøland SS (2000)
Persistently elevated levels of von Willebrand factor antigen in HIV infection. Downregulation during highly active antiretroviral therapy
Thromb Haemost, 84 (2), 183-7
PubMed 10959687

Aukrust P, Müller F, Ueland T, Svardal AM, Berge RK, Frøland SS (2000)
Decreased vitamin A levels in common variable immunodeficiency: vitamin A supplementation in vivo enhances immunoglobulin production and downregulates inflammatory responses
Eur J Clin Invest, 30 (3), 252-9
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2000.00619.x, PubMed 10692003

Damås JK, Eiken HG, Oie E, Bjerkeli V, Yndestad A, Ueland T, Tonnessen T, Geiran OR, Aass H, Simonsen S, Christensen G, Froland SS, Attramadal H, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (2000)
Myocardial expression of CC- and CXC-chemokines and their receptors in human end-stage heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, 47 (4), 778-87
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(00)00142-5, PubMed 10974226

Damås JK, Gullestad L, Ueland T, Solum NO, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (2000)
CXC-chemokines, a new group of cytokines in congestive heart failure--possible role of platelets and monocytes
Cardiovasc Res, 45 (2), 428-36
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(99)00262-x, PubMed 10728363

Holm T, Aukrust P, Andreassen AK, Ueland T, Brosstad F, Frøland SS, Simonsen S, Gullestad L (2000)
Peripheral endothelial dysfunction in heart transplant recipients: possible role of proinflammatory cytokines
Clin Transplant, 14 (3), 218-25
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2000.140307.x, PubMed 10831080

Jacobsen MB, Aukrust P, Kittang E, Müller F, Ueland T, Bratlie J, Bjerkeli V, Vatn MH (2000)
Relation between food provocation and systemic immune activation in patients with food intolerance
Lancet, 356 (9227), 400-1
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02536-8, PubMed 10972377

Müller F, Svardal AM, Nordoy I, Berge RK, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2000)
Virological and immunological effects of antioxidant treatment in patients with HIV infection
Eur J Clin Invest, 30 (10), 905-14
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2000.00727.x, PubMed 11029606

Nordøy I, Müller F, Nordal KP, Rollag H, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (2000)
Chemokines and soluble adhesion molecules in renal transplant recipients with cytomegalovirus infection
Clin Exp Immunol, 120 (2), 333-7
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01221.x, PubMed 10792384

Nordøy I, Müller F, Nordal KP, Rollag H, Lien E, Aukrust P, Froland SS (2000)
The role of the tumor necrosis factor system and interleukin-10 during cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients
J Infect Dis, 181 (1), 51-7
DOI 10.1086/315184, PubMed 10608750

Stylianou E, Aukrust P, Bendtzen K, Müller F, Frøland SS (2000)
Interferons and interferon (IFN)-inducible protein 10 during highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART)-possible immunosuppressive role of IFN-alpha in HIV infection
Clin Exp Immunol, 119 (3), 479-85
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01144.x, PubMed 10691920

Stylianou E, Aukrust P, Nordøy I, Müller F, Frøland SS (2000)
Enhancement of lymphocyte proliferation induced by interleukin-12 and anti-interleukin-10 in HIV-infected patients during highly active antiretroviral therapy
APMIS, 108 (9), 601-7
DOI 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2000.d01-1410.x, PubMed 11110048

Taskén K, Hansson V, Aukrust P, Frøland S, Skålhegg BS, Müller F, Tobin D, Vang T, Torgersen KM, Aandahl EM (2000)
PKAI as a potential target for therapeutic intervention
Drug News Perspect, 13 (1), 12-8
PubMed 12937648

Publications 1999

Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Frøland SS (1999)
Is apoptosis an important pathogenic factor in cardiovascular disease?
Eur J Clin Invest, 29 (5), 369-71
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1999.00482.x, PubMed 10354192

Aukrust P, Haug CJ, Ueland T, Lien E, Müller F, Espevik T, Bollerslev J, Frøland SS (1999)
Decreased bone formative and enhanced resorptive markers in human immunodeficiency virus infection: indication of normalization of the bone-remodeling process during highly active antiretroviral therapy
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 84 (1), 145-50
DOI 10.1210/jcem.84.1.5417, PubMed 9920075

Aukrust P, Lien E, Espevik T (1999)
Decreased bone formative and enhanced resorptive markers in human immunodeficiency virus infection: indication of normalization of the bone-remodeling process during highly active antiretroviral therapy
Endocrine Society, [Baltimore], S. 145-150
BIBSYS 000273058

Aukrust P, Lien E, Espevik T (1999)
Cytokine network in congestive heart failure secondary toischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Excerpta Medica, [Newton], S. 376-382
BIBSYS 000273155

Aukrust P, Lien E, Espevik T, Liabakk NB (1999)
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) system levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during highly active antiretroviral therapy: persistent TNF activation is associated with virologic and immunologic treatment failure
University of Chicago, [Chicago], S. 74-82
BIBSYS 000273236

Aukrust P, Müller F (1999)
Glutathione redox disturbances in human immunodeficiency virus infection: immunologic and therapeutic consequences
Nutrition, 15 (2), 165-7
DOI 10.1016/s0899-9007(98)00156-7, PubMed 9990587

Aukrust P, Müller F, Lien E, Nordoy I, Liabakk NB, Kvale D, Espevik T, Froland SS (1999)
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) system levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during highly active antiretroviral therapy: persistent TNF activation is associated with virologic and immunologic treatment failure
J Infect Dis, 179 (1), 74-82
DOI 10.1086/314572, PubMed 9841825

Aukrust P, Müller F, Svenson M, Nordøy I, Bendtzen K, Frøland SS (1999)
Administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in vivo--down-regulatory effects on the IL-1 system
Clin Exp Immunol, 115 (1), 136-43
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00757.x, PubMed 9933433

Aukrust P, Müller F, Ueland T, Berget T, Aaser E, Brunsvig A, Solum NO, Forfang K, Frøland SS, Gullestad L (1999)
Enhanced levels of soluble and membrane-bound CD40 ligand in patients with unstable angina. Possible reflection of T lymphocyte and platelet involvement in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes
Circulation, 100 (6), 614-20
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.100.6.614, PubMed 10441098

Aukrust P, Ueland T, Lien E, Bendtzen K, Müller F, Andreassen AK, Nordøy I, Aass H, Espevik T, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Gullestad L (1999)
Cytokine network in congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Am J Cardiol, 83 (3), 376-82
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00872-8, PubMed 10072227

Aukrust P, Aandahl EM, Skålhegg BS, Nordøy I, Hansson V, Taskén K, Frøland SS, Müller F (1999)
Increased activation of protein kinase A type I contributes to the T cell deficiency in common variable immunodeficiency
J Immunol, 162 (2), 1178-85
PubMed 9916750

Gullestad L, Aukrust P, Ueland T, Espevik T, Yee G, Vagelos R, Frøland SS, Fowler M (1999)
Effect of high- versus low-dose angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on cytokine levels in chronic heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol, 34 (7), 2061-7
DOI 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00495-7, PubMed 10588224

Gullestad L, Simonsen S, Ueland T, Holm T, Aass H, Andreassen AK, Madsen S, Geiran O, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (1999)
Possible role of proinflammatory cytokines in heart allograft coronary artery disease
Am J Cardiol, 84 (9), 999-1003
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00487-7, PubMed 10569653

Kvale D, Aukrust P, Osnes K, Müller F, Frøland SS (1999)
CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and HIV RNA in HIV infection: high baseline counts and in particular rapid decrease of CD8+ lymphocytes predict AIDS
AIDS, 13 (2), 195-201
DOI 10.1097/00002030-199902040-00007, PubMed 10202825

Nordøy I, Müller F, Nordal KP, Rollag H, Lien E, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (1999)
Immunologic parameters as predictive factors of cytomegalovirus disease in renal allograft recipients
J Infect Dis, 180 (1), 195-8
DOI 10.1086/314849, PubMed 10353879

Stylianou E, Aukrust P, Kvale D, Müller F, Frøland SS (1999)
IL-10 in HIV infection: increasing serum IL-10 levels with disease progression--down-regulatory effect of potent anti-retroviral therapy
Clin Exp Immunol, 116 (1), 115-20
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00865.x, PubMed 10209514

Torfoss D, Aukrust P, Brinch L, Mathiesen O, Simonsen GS, Axelsen AK, Gaustad P (1999)
Carrier rate of resistant enterococci in a tertiary care hospital in Norway
APMIS, 107 (6), 545-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01591.x, PubMed 10379681

Aandahl EM, Aukrust P, Müller F, Hansson V, Taskén K, Frøland SS (1999)
Additive effects of IL-2 and protein kinase A type I antagonist on function of T cells from HIV-infected patients on HAART
AIDS, 13 (17), F109-14
DOI 10.1097/00002030-199912030-00001, PubMed 10597771

Publications 1998

Andreassen AK, Nordøy I, Simonsen S, Ueland T, Müller F, Frøland SS, Gullestad L, Aukrust P (1998)
Levels of circulating adhesion molecules in congestive heart failure and after heart transplantation
Am J Cardiol, 81 (5), 604-8
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00972-7, PubMed 9514458

Aukrust P, Müller F, Frøland SS (1998)
Circulating levels of RANTES in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection: effect of potent antiretroviral therapy
J Infect Dis, 177 (4), 1091-6
DOI 10.1086/517402, PubMed 9534990

Aukrust P, Ueland T, Müller F, Andreassen AK, Nordøy I, Aas H, Kjekshus J, Simonsen S, Frøland SS, Gullestad L (1998)
Elevated circulating levels of C-C chemokines in patients with congestive heart failure
Circulation, 97 (12), 1136-43
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.97.12.1136, PubMed 9537339

Haug CJ, Aukrust P, Haug E, Mørkrid L, Müller F, Frøland SS (1998)
Severe deficiency of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human immunodeficiency virus infection: association with immunological hyperactivity and only minor changes in calcium homeostasis
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 83 (11), 3832-8
DOI 10.1210/jcem.83.11.5270, PubMed 9814454

Haug CJ, Müller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (1998)
Different effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on replication of Mycobacterium avium in monocyte-derived macrophages from human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects and healthy controls
Immunol Lett, 63 (2), 107-12
DOI 10.1016/s0165-2478(98)00065-0, PubMed 9761372

Holme PA, Müller F, Solum NO, Brosstad F, Frøland SS, Aukrust P (1998)
Enhanced activation of platelets with abnormal release of RANTES in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
FASEB J, 12 (1), 79-89
DOI 10.1096/fasebj.12.1.79, PubMed 9438413

Lien E, Aukrust P, Sundan A, Müller F, Frøland SS, Espevik T (1998)
Elevated levels of serum-soluble CD14 in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection: correlation to disease progression and clinical events
Blood, 92 (6), 2084-92
DOI 10.1182/blood.V92.6.2084.418k26_2084_2092, PubMed 9731066

Müller F, Aukrust P, Lien E, Haug CJ, Frøland SS (1998)
Enhanced interleukin-10 production in response to Mycobacterium avium products in mononuclear cells from patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
J Infect Dis, 177 (3), 586-94
DOI 10.1086/514222, PubMed 9498436

Müller F, Aukrust P, Nordoy I, Froland SS (1998)
Possible role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and CD40 ligand expression in the pathogenesis of hypergammaglobulinemia in human immunodeficiency virus infection: modulation of IL-10 and Ig production after intravenous Ig infusion
Blood, 92 (10), 3721-9
DOI 10.1182/blood.V92.10.3721.422k11_3721_3729, PubMed 9808566

Nordøy I, Müller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (1998)
Adhesion molecules in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)--a decrease in L-selectin-positive T lymphocytes
Clin Exp Immunol, 114 (2), 258-63
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00719.x, PubMed 9822285

Aandahl EM, Aukrust P, Skålhegg BS, Müller F, Frøland SS, Hansson V, Taskén K (1998)
Protein kinase A type I antagonist restores immune responses of T cells from HIV-infected patients
FASEB J, 12 (10), 855-62
DOI 10.1096/fasebj.12.10.855, PubMed 9657525

Publications 1997

Aukrust P, Berge RK, Müller F, Ueland PM, Svardal AM, Frøland SS (1997)
Elevated plasma levels of reduced homocysteine in common variable immunodeficiency--a marker of enhanced oxidative stress
Eur J Clin Invest, 27 (9), 723-30
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1997.18807328.x, PubMed 9352241

Aukrust P, Hestdal K, Lien E, Bjerkeli V, Nordøy I, Espevik T, Müller F, Frøland SS (1997)
Effects of intravenous immunoglobulin in vivo on abnormally increased tumor necrosis factor-alpha activity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
J Infect Dis, 176 (4), 913-23
DOI 10.1086/516510, PubMed 9333149

Aukrust P, Lien E (1997)
Effects of intravenous immunoglobulin in vivo on abnormally increased tumor necrosis factor-ډ activity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
University of Chicago, [Chicago], S. 913-923
BIBSYS 981959342

Aukrust P, Müller F, Nordøy I, Haug CJ, Frøland SS (1997)
Modulation of lymphocyte and monocyte activity after intravenous immunoglobulin administration in vivo
Clin Exp Immunol, 107 (1), 50-6
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.d01-904.x, PubMed 9010256

Hestdal K, Aukrust P, Müller F, Lien E, Bjerkeli V, Espevik T, Frøland SS (1997)
Dysregulation of membrane-bound tumor necrosis factor-alpha and tumor necrosis factor receptors on mononuclear cells in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection: low percentage of p75-tumor necrosis factor receptor positive cells in patients with advanced disease and high viral load
Blood, 90 (7), 2670-9
DOI 10.1182/blood.V90.7.2670.2670_2670_2679, PubMed 9326234

Publications 1996

Aukrust P, Lien E, Kristoffersen AK, Müller F, Haug CJ, Espevik T, Frøland SS (1996)
Persistent activation of the tumor necrosis factor system in a subgroup of patients with common variable immunodeficiency--possible immunologic and clinical consequences
Blood, 87 (2), 674-81
DOI 10.1182/blood.V87.2.674.bloodjournal872674, PubMed 8555490

Aukrust P, Svardal AM, Müller F, Lunden B, Nordøy I, Frøland SS (1996)
Markedly disturbed glutathione redox status in CD45RA+CD4+ lymphocytes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection is associated with selective depletion of this lymphocyte subset
Blood, 88 (7), 2626-33
DOI 10.1182/blood.V88.7.2626.bloodjournal8872626, PubMed 8839856

Espevik T, Aukrust P, Lien E (1996)
Persistent activation of the tumor necrosis factor systemin a subgroup of patients with common variable immunodeficiency: possible immunologic and clinical consequences
American Society of Hematology, [New York], Bl. 674-681
BIBSYS 981032478

Haug CJ, Aukrust P, Lien E, Müller F, Espevik T, Frøland SS (1996)
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in AIDS: immunopathogenic significance of an activated tumor necrosis factor system and depressed serum levels of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D
J Infect Dis, 173 (1), 259-62
DOI 10.1093/infdis/173.1.259, PubMed 8537672

Haug CJ, Müller F, Rollag H, Aukrust P, Degré M, Frøland SS (1996)
The effect of 1,25-vitamin D3 on maturation of monocytes from HIV-infected patients varies with degree of immunodeficiency
APMIS, 104 (7-8), 539-48
DOI 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb04909.x, PubMed 8920807

Hestad K, Aukrust P, Ellertsen B, Kløve H (1996)
Neuropsychological deficits in HIV-1 seropositive and seronegative intravenous drug users (IVDUs): a follow-up study
J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 2 (2), 126-33
DOI 10.1017/s1355617700000977, PubMed 9375197

Müller F, Svardal AM, Aukrust P, Berge RK, Ueland PM, Frøland SS (1996)
Elevated plasma concentration of reduced homocysteine in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Am J Clin Nutr, 63 (2), 242-8
DOI 10.1093/ajcn/63.2.242, PubMed 8561066

Nordøy I, Aukrust P, Müller F, Frøland SS (1996)
Abnormal levels of circulating adhesion molecules in HIV-1 infection with characteristic alterations in opportunistic infections
Clin Immunol Immunopathol, 81 (1), 16-21
DOI 10.1006/clin.1996.0151, PubMed 8808636

Ueland PM, Mansoor MA, Guttormsen AB, Müller F, Aukrust P, Refsum H, Svardal AM (1996)
Reduced, oxidized and protein-bound forms of homocysteine and other aminothiols in plasma comprise the redox thiol status--a possible element of the extracellular antioxidant defense system
J Nutr, 126 (4 Suppl), 1281S-4S
DOI 10.1093/jn/126.suppl_4.1281S, PubMed 8642471

Publications 1995

Aukrust P (1995)
Role of tumor necrosis factor and oxidative stress in theimmunopathogenesis of human immunodeficiency: studies in primary hypogammaglobulinaemia and human immunodeficiency virus infection
Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Department A, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 960918736, ISBN 82-7722-048-0

Aukrust P, Liabakk NB, Müller F, Espevik T, Frøland SS (1995)
Activation of tumor necrosis factor--alpha system in HIV-1 infection: association with markers of immune activation
Infection, 23 (1), 9-15
DOI 10.1007/BF01710050, PubMed 7744500

Aukrust P, Svardal AM, Müller F, Lunden B, Berge RK, Frøland SS (1995)
Decreased levels of total and reduced glutathione in CD4+ lymphocytes in common variable immunodeficiency are associated with activation of the tumor necrosis factor system: possible immunopathogenic role of oxidative stress
Blood, 86 (4), 1383-91
DOI 10.1182/blood.V86.4.1383.bloodjournal8641383, PubMed 7632946

Aukrust P, Svardal AM, Müller F, Lunden B, Berge RK, Ueland PM, Frøland SS (1995)
Increased levels of oxidized glutathione in CD4+ lymphocytes associated with disturbed intracellular redox balance in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
Blood, 86 (1), 258-67
DOI 10.1182/blood.V86.1.258.bloodjournal861258, PubMed 7795231

Müller F, Aukrust P, Nilssen DE, Frøland SS (1995)
Reduced serum level of transforming growth factor-beta in patients with IgA deficiency
Clin Immunol Immunopathol, 76 (2), 203-8
DOI 10.1006/clin.1995.1116, PubMed 7614739

Publications 1994

Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Liabakk NB, Müller F, Nordøy I, Haug C, Espevik T (1994)
Release of cytokines, soluble cytokine receptors, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist after intravenous immunoglobulin administration in vivo
Blood, 84 (7), 2136-43
PubMed 7919327

Aukrust P, Liabakk NB, Müller F, Lien E, Espevik T, Frøland SS (1994)
Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) and soluble TNF receptors in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection--correlations to clinical, immunologic, and virologic parameters
J Infect Dis, 169 (2), 420-4
DOI 10.1093/infdis/169.2.420, PubMed 7906293

Aukrust P, Müller F, Frøland SS (1994)
Elevated serum levels of interleukin-4 and interleukin-6 in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) are associated with chronic immune activation and low numbers of CD4+ lymphocytes
Clin Immunol Immunopathol, 70 (3), 217-24
DOI 10.1006/clin.1994.1032, PubMed 7906214

Aukrust P, Müller F, Frøland SS (1994)
Enhanced generation of reactive oxygen species in monocytes from patients with common variable immunodeficiency
Clin Exp Immunol, 97 (2), 232-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1994.tb06073.x, PubMed 8050170

HAUG C, MULLER F, AUKRUST P, FROLAND SS (1994)
HIV infection and abnormal vitamin D metabolism: Serum levels of 1,25-vitamin D correlates with clinical progression, survival and markers of immunodeficiency
VITAMIN D: PLURIPOTENT STEROID HORMONE: STRUCTURAL STUDIES, MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 912-913

Haug C, Müller F, Aukrust P, Frøland SS (1994)
Subnormal serum concentration of 1,25-vitamin D in human immunodeficiency virus infection: correlation with degree of immune deficiency and survival
J Infect Dis, 169 (4), 889-93
DOI 10.1093/infdis/169.4.889, PubMed 7907645

Hestad K, Aukrust P, Ellertsen B, Kløve H (1994)
Psychological difficulties related to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in intravenous drug users
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 90 (1), 25-31
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01551.x, PubMed 7976445

Müller F, Frøland SS, Aukrust P, Fagerhol MK (1994)
Elevated serum calprotectin levels in HIV-infected patients: the calprotectin response during ZDV treatment is associated with clinical events
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988), 7 (9), 931-9
PubMed 7914232

PEDERSEN TR, KJEKSHUS J, BERG K, HAGHFELT T, FAERGEMAN O, THORGEIRSSON G, PYORALA K, MIETTINEN T, WILHELMSEN L, OLSSON AG, WEDEL H, KRISTIANSON K, THOMSEN H, NORDERO E, THOMSEN B, LYNGBORG K, ANDERSEN GS, NIELSEN F, TALLERUPHUUS U, MCNAIR A, EGSTRUP K, SIMONSEN EH, SIMONSEN I, VEJBYCHRISTENSEN H, SOMMER L et al. (1994)
RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING IN 4444 PATIENTS WITH CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE - THE SCANDINAVIAN SIMVASTATIN SURVIVAL STUDY (4S)
Lancet, 344 (8934), 1383-1389

Publications 1993

Hestad K, Aukrust P, Ellertsen B, Kløve H, Wilberg K (1993)
Neuropsychological deficits in HIV-1 seropositive and seronegative intravenous drug users
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 15 (5), 732-42
DOI 10.1080/01688639308402592, PubMed 8276932

Nilssen DE, Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Müller F, Fausa O, Halstensen TS, Brandtzaeg P (1993)
Duodenal intraepithelial gamma/delta T cells and soluble CD8, neopterin, and beta 2-microglobulin in serum of IgA-deficient subjects with or without IgG subclass deficiency
Clin Exp Immunol, 94 (1), 91-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb05983.x, PubMed 8403524

Publications 1992

Aukrust P, Farstad IN, Frøland SS, Holter E (1992)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis in AIDS patients: the result of intensive CMV replication?
Eur Respir J, 5 (3), 362-4
PubMed 1315296

Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Müller F (1992)
Raised serum neopterin levels in patients with primary hypogammaglobulinaemia; correlation to other immunological parameters and to clinical and histological features
Clin Exp Immunol, 89 (2), 211-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1992.tb06934.x, PubMed 1638765

Moum B, Aukrust P, Schrumpf E, Mørk T, Mathisen O, Elgjo K (1992)
[Natural products can be hazardous to health]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 112 (10), 1308-11
PubMed 1579916

Mølstad P, Smith G, Aukrust P (1992)
Left atrial myxoma and systemic AL-amyloidosis
Eur Heart J, 13 (1), 143-4
DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060036, PubMed 1577023

Publications 1991

Aukrust P, Frøland SS, Kvale D, Egge K, Farstad IN, Holter E, Moum B (1991)
[Symptomatic cytomegalovirus infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 111 (28), 3379-84
PubMed 1665253

Aukrust P, Moum B, Farstad IN, Holter E, Bjørneklett A, Kremer D (1991)
Fatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis in a patient receiving low dose prednisolone therapy
Scand J Infect Dis, 23 (4), 495-9
DOI 10.3109/00365549109075099, PubMed 1659739

Moum B, Aukrust P, Bjørneklett A, Frøland SS, Farstad IN, Holter E (1991)
[Cytomegalovirus disease in the gastrointestinal tract]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 111 (28), 3388-91
PubMed 1665255

Moum B, Aukrust P, Fausa O, Farstad IN, Holter E (1991)
[Cytomegalovirus disease in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopic findings]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 111 (28), 3391-3
PubMed 1665256

Publications 1990

Aukrust P (1990)
[Acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 110 (21), 2770-3
PubMed 2171155

Publications 1989

Aukrust P, Abeler V (1989)
[Intestinal spirochaetosis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 109 (6), 698-9
PubMed 2922737

Aukrust P, Haugtomt H (1989)
[Viral or bacterial meningitis. Differential diagnostic problems]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 109 (4), 448-50
PubMed 2919375

Aukrust P, Haugtomt H (1989)
[Herpes simplex virus infection of the central nervous system]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 109 (4), 451-3
PubMed 2919376

Aukrust P, Hestad K (1989)
[HIV and the central nervous system]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 109 (23), 2298-302
PubMed 2772897

Publications 1988

Aukrust P, Torp R, Bjønnes J (1988)
[Vasculitis of the central nervous system]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 108 (33), 3094-6
PubMed 3206499