Publications 2025

Vigeland MD, Flåm ST, Vigeland MD, Zucknick M, Wigemyr M, Bråten LCH, Gjefsen E, Zwart JA, Storheim K, Pedersen LM, Lie BA, The Aim Study Group (2025)
Gene Expression Correlates with Disability and Pain Intensity in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Modic Changes in a Sex-Specific Manner
Int J Mol Sci, 26 (2)
DOI 10.3390/ijms26020800, PubMed 39859512

Publications 2023

Brun MK, Bjørlykke KH, Viken MK, Stenvik GE, Klaasen RA, Gehin JE, Warren DJ, Sexton J, Sandanger Ø, Kvien TK, Mørk C, Haavardsholm EA, Jahnsen J, Goll GL, Lie BA, Bolstad N, Jørgensen KK, Syversen SW (2023)
HLA-DQ2 is associated with anti-drug antibody formation to infliximab in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
J Intern Med, 293 (5), 648-655
DOI 10.1111/joim.13616, PubMed 36843323

Heimli M, Flåm ST, Hjorthaug HS, Trinh D, Frisk M, Dumont KA, Ribarska T, Tekpli X, Saare M, Lie BA (2023)
Multimodal human thymic profiling reveals trajectories and cellular milieu for T agonist selection
Front Immunol, 13, 1092028
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1092028, PubMed 36741401

Heimli M, Tennebø Flåm S, Sagsveen Hjorthaug H, Bjørnstad PM, Chernigovskaya M, Le QK, Tekpli X, Greiff V, Lie BA (2023)
Human thymic putative CD8αα precursors exhibit a biased TCR repertoire in single cell AIRR-seq
Sci Rep, 13 (1), 17714
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-44693-4, PubMed 37853083

Rydland A, Heinicke F, Flåm ST, Mjaavatten MD, Lie BA (2023)
Small extracellular vesicles have distinct CD81 and CD9 tetraspanin expression profiles in plasma from rheumatoid arthritis patients
Clin Exp Med, 23 (6), 2867-2875
DOI 10.1007/s10238-023-01024-1, PubMed 36826611

Vigeland MD, Flåm ST, Vigeland MD, Espeland A, Zucknick M, Wigemyr M, Bråten LCH, Gjefsen E, Zwart JA, Storheim K, Pedersen LM, Selmer K, Lie BA, Gervin K, The Aim Study Group (2023)
Long-Term Use of Amoxicillin Is Associated with Changes in Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in Patients with Low Back Pain and Modic Changes
Antibiotics (Basel), 12 (7)
DOI 10.3390/antibiotics12071217, PubMed 37508313

Viste R, Follin LF, Kornum BR, Lie BA, Viken MK, Thorsby PM, Rootwelt T, Christensen JAE, Knudsen-Heier S (2023)
Increased muscle activity during sleep and more RBD symptoms in H1N1-(Pandemrix)-vaccinated narcolepsy type 1 patients compared with their non-narcoleptic siblings
Sleep, 46 (3)
DOI 10.1093/sleep/zsac316, PubMed 36562330

Publications 2022

Hajdarevic R, Lande A, Mehlsen J, Rydland A, Sosa DD, Strand EB, Mella O, Pociot F, Fluge Ø, Lie BA, Viken MK (2022)
Genetic association study in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) identifies several potential risk loci
Brain Behav Immun, 102, 362-369
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.03.010, PubMed 35318112

Harrison GF, Leaton LA, Harrison EA, Kichula KM, Viken MK, Shortt J, Gignoux CR, Lie BA, Vukcevic D, Leslie S, Norman PJ (2022)
Allele imputation for the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor KIR3DL1/S1
PLoS Comput Biol, 18 (2), e1009059
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009059, PubMed 35192601

Langton DJ, Bhalekar RM, Joyce TJ, Rushton SP, Wainwright BJ, Nargol ME, Shyam N, Lie BA, Pabbruwe MB, Stewart AJ, Waller S, Natu S, Ren R, Hornick R, Darlay R, Su EP, Nargol AVF (2022)
The influence of HLA genotype on the development of metal hypersensitivity following joint replacement
Commun Med (Lond), 2, 73
DOI 10.1038/s43856-022-00137-0, PubMed 35761834

Langton DJ, Bhalekar RM, Joyce TJ, Rushton SP, Wainwright BJ, Nargol ME, Shyam N, Lie BA, Pabbruwe MB, Stewart AJ, Waller S, Natu S, Ren R, Hornick R, Darlay R, Su EP, Nargol AVF (2022)
Erratum: Author Correction: The influence of HLA genotype on the development of metal hypersensitivity following joint replacement
Commun Med (Lond), 2, 91
DOI 10.1038/s43856-022-00158-9, PubMed 35856082

Li J, Li YR, Glessner JT, Yang J, March ME, Kao C, Vaccaro CN, Bradfield JP, Li J, Mentch FD, Qu HQ, Qi X, Chang X, Hou C, Abrams DJ, Qiu H, Wei Z, Connolly JJ, Wang F, Snyder J, Flatø B, Thompson SD, Langefeld CD, Lie BA, Munro JE et al. (2022)
Identification of Novel Loci Shared by Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Subtypes Through Integrative Genetic Analysis
Arthritis Rheumatol, 74 (8), 1420-1429
DOI 10.1002/art.42129, PubMed 35347896

Saevarsdottir S, Stefansdottir L, Sulem P, Thorleifsson G, Ferkingstad E, Rutsdottir G, Glintborg B, Westerlind H, Grondal G, Loft IC, Sorensen SB, Lie BA, Brink M, Ärlestig L, Arnthorsson AO, Baecklund E, Banasik K, Bank S, Bjorkman LI, Ellingsen T, Erikstrup C, Frei O, Gjertsson I, Gudbjartsson DF, Gudjonsson SA et al. (2022)
Multiomics analysis of rheumatoid arthritis yields sequence variants that have large effects on risk of the seropositive subset
Ann Rheum Dis, 81 (8), 1085-1095
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221754, PubMed 35470158

Ueland M, Hajdarevic R, Mella O, Strand EB, Sosa DD, Saugstad OD, Fluge Ø, Lie BA, Viken MK (2022)
No replication of previously reported association with genetic variants in the T cell receptor alpha (TRA) locus for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
Transl Psychiatry, 12 (1), 277
DOI 10.1038/s41398-022-02046-1, PubMed 35821115

Vigeland MD, Flåm ST, Vigeland MD, Espeland A, Kristoffersen PM, Vetti N, Wigemyr M, Bråten LCH, Gjefsen E, Schistad EI, Haugen AJ, Froholdt A, Skouen JS, Zwart JA, Storheim K, Pedersen LM, Lie BA, AIM Study Group (2022)
Correlation between gene expression and MRI STIR signals in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes indicates immune involvement
Sci Rep, 12 (1), 215
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-04189-5, PubMed 34997115

Publications 2021

Ali M, Giannakopoulou E, Li Y, Lehander M, Virding Culleton S, Yang W, Knetter C, Odabasi MC, Bollineni RC, Yang X, Foldvari Z, Böschen ML, Taraldsrud E, Strønen E, Toebes M, Hillen A, Mazzi S, de Ru AH, Janssen GMC, Kolstad A, Tjønnfjord GE, Lie BA, Griffioen M, Lehmann S, Osnes LT et al. (2021)
T cells targeted to TdT kill leukemic lymphoblasts while sparing normal lymphocytes
Nat Biotechnol, 40 (4), 488-498
DOI 10.1038/s41587-021-01089-x, PubMed 34873326

Creary LE, Gangavarapu S, Caillier SJ, Cavalcante P, Frangiamore R, Lie BA, Bengtsson M, Harbo HF, Brauner S, Hollenbach JA, Oksenberg JR, Bernasconi P, Maniaol AH, Hammarström L, Mantegazza R, Fernández-Viña MA (2021)
Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies Extended HLA Class I and II Haplotypes Associated With Early-Onset and Late-Onset Myasthenia Gravis in Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish Populations
Front Immunol, 12, 667336
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.667336, PubMed 34163474

Gansmo LB, Lie BA, Mæhlen MT, Vatten L, Romundstad P, Hveem K, Lønning PE, Knappskog S (2021)
Polymorphisms in the TP53-MDM2-MDM4-axis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Gene, 793, 145747
DOI 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145747, PubMed 34077778

Guderud K, Sunde LH, Flåm ST, Mæhlen MT, Mjaavatten MD, Norli ES, Evenrød IM, Andreassen BK, Franzenburg S, Franke A, Rayner S, Gervin K, Lie BA (2021)
Methotrexate Treatment of Newly Diagnosed RA Patients Is Associated With DNA Methylation Differences at Genes Relevant for Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacological Action
Front Immunol, 12, 713611
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.713611, PubMed 34867944

Hajdarevic R, Lande A, Rekeland I, Rydland A, Strand EB, Sosa DD, Creary LE, Mella O, Egeland T, Saugstad OD, Fluge Ø, Lie BA, Viken MK (2021)
Fine mapping of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suggests involvement of both HLA class I and class II loci
Brain Behav Immun, 98, 101-109
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.219, PubMed 34403736

Heinicke F, Zhong X, Flåm ST, Breidenbach J, Leithaug M, Mæhlen MT, Lillegraven S, Aga AB, Norli ES, Mjaavatten MD, Haavardsholm EA, Zucknick M, Rayner S, Lie BA (2021)
MicroRNA Expression Differences in Blood-Derived CD19+ B Cells of Methotrexate Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Front Immunol, 12, 663736
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.663736, PubMed 33897713

Langton DJ, Bourke SC, Lie BA, Reiff G, Natu S, Darlay R, Burn J, Echevarria C (2021)
The influence of HLA genotype on the severity of COVID-19 infection
HLA, 98 (1), 14-22
DOI 10.1111/tan.14284, PubMed 33896121

Lie BA, Viken MK, Egeland T, Undlien DE, Vaage JT (2021)
OBITUARY Erik Thorsby (1938-2021)
HLA, 98 (1), 3-4
DOI 10.1111/tan.14290

Viken MK, Pedersen AL, Andersen M, Jensen T, Lie BA, Boulland LML (2021)
HLA-B*27 typing using a triplex real time PCR in routine laboratory
HLA, 98 (4), 366-369
DOI 10.1111/tan.14386, PubMed 34342381

Viste R, Lie BA, Viken MK, Rootwelt T, Knudsen-Heier S, Kornum BR (2021)
Narcolepsy type 1 patients have lower levels of effector memory CD4⁺ T cells compared to their siblings when controlling for H1N1-(Pandemrix™)-vaccination and HLA DQB1∗06:02 status
Sleep Med, 85, 271-279
DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.07.024, PubMed 34388506

Viste R, Viken MK, Lie BA, Juvodden HT, Nordstrand SEH, Thorsby PM, Rootwelt T, Kornum BR, Knudsen-Heier S (2021)
High nocturnal sleep fragmentation is associated with low T lymphocyte P2Y11 protein levels in narcolepsy type 1
Sleep, 44 (8)
DOI 10.1093/sleep/zsab062, PubMed 33710305

Publications 2020

Gjefsen E, Bråten LCH, Goll GL, Wigemyr M, Bolstad N, Valberg M, Schistad EI, Marchand GH, Granviken F, Selmer KK, Froholdt A, Haugen AJ, Dagestad MH, Vetti N, Bakland G, Lie BA, Haavardsholm EA, Nilsen AT, Holmgard TE, Kadar TI, Kvien T, Skouen JS, Grøvle L, Brox JI, Espeland A et al. (2020)
The effect of infliximab in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the BackToBasic study): study protocol of a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 21 (1), 698
DOI 10.1186/s12891-020-03720-5, PubMed 33087100

Guderud K, Sunde LH, Flåm ST, Mæhlen MT, Mjaavatten MD, Lillegraven S, Aga AB, Evenrød IM, Norli ES, Andreassen BK, Franzenburg S, Franke A, Haavardsholm EA, Rayner S, Gervin K, Lie BA (2020)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Both Newly Diagnosed and Methotrexate Treated, Show More DNA Methylation Differences in CD4⁺ Memory Than in CD4⁺ Naïve T Cells
Front Immunol, 11, 194
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00194, PubMed 32117312

Heinicke F, Zhong X, Zucknick M, Breidenbach J, Sundaram AYM, T Flåm S, Leithaug M, Dalland M, Rayner S, Lie BA, Gilfillan GD (2020)
An extension to: Systematic assessment of commercially available low-input miRNA library preparation kits
RNA Biol, 17 (9), 1284-1292
DOI 10.1080/15476286.2020.1761081, PubMed 32436772

Helgeland H, Gabrielsen I, Akselsen H, Sundaram AYM, Flåm ST, Lie BA (2020)
Transcriptome profiling of human thymic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells compared to primary peripheral T cells
BMC Genomics, 21 (1), 350
DOI 10.1186/s12864-020-6755-1, PubMed 32393182

Juvodden HT, Viken MK, Nordstrand SEH, Viste R, Westlye LT, Thorsby PM, Lie BA, Knudsen-Heier S (2020)
HLA and sleep parameter associations in post-H1N1 narcolepsy type 1 patients and first-degree relatives
Sleep, 43 (3)
DOI 10.1093/sleep/zsz239, PubMed 31606740

Lande A, Fluge Ø, Strand EB, Flåm ST, Sosa DD, Mella O, Egeland T, Saugstad OD, Lie BA, Viken MK (2020)
Human Leukocyte Antigen alleles associated with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 5267
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-62157-x, PubMed 32210306

Rekeland IG, Fosså A, Lande A, Ktoridou-Valen I, Sørland K, Holsen M, Tronstad KJ, Risa K, Alme K, Viken MK, Lie BA, Dahl O, Mella O, Fluge Ø (2020)
Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. An Open-Label Phase II Study
Front Med (Lausanne), 7, 162
DOI 10.3389/fmed.2020.00162, PubMed 32411717

Sandling JK, Pucholt P, Hultin Rosenberg L, Farias FHG, Kozyrev SV, Eloranta ML, Alexsson A, Bianchi M, Padyukov L, Bengtsson C, Jonsson R, Omdal R, Lie BA, Massarenti L, Steffensen R, Jakobsen MA, Lillevang ST, ImmunoArray Development Consortium and DISSECT consortium, Lerang K, Molberg Ø, Voss A, Troldborg A, Jacobsen S, Syvänen AC, Jönsen A et al. (2020)
Molecular pathways in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus revealed by gene-centred DNA sequencing
Ann Rheum Dis, 80 (1), 109-117
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218636, PubMed 33037003

Tapia G, Mortimer G, Ye J, Mårild K, Chipper-Keating S, Gillard BT, Viken MK, Lie BA, Stene LC, Gillespie KM, Størdal K (2020)
Maternal Microchimerism in Cord Blood and Risk of Celiac Disease in Childhood
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 71 (3), 321-327
DOI 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002811, PubMed 32833392

Publications 2019

Bråten LCH, Rolfsen MP, Espeland A, Wigemyr M, Aßmus J, Froholdt A, Haugen AJ, Marchand GH, Kristoffersen PM, Lutro O, Randen S, Wilhelmsen M, Winsvold BS, Kadar TI, Holmgard TE, Vigeland MD, Vetti N, Nygaard ØP, Lie BA, Hellum C, Anke A, Grotle M, Schistad EI, Skouen JS, Grøvle L et al. (2019)
Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre trial
BMJ, 367, l5654
DOI 10.1136/bmj.l5654, PubMed 31619437

Gabrielsen ISM, Helgeland H, Akselsen H, D Aass HC, Sundaram AYM, Snowhite IV, Pugliese A, Flåm ST, Lie BA (2019)
Transcriptomes of antigen presenting cells in human thymus
PLoS One, 14 (7), e0218858
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0218858, PubMed 31261375

Heinicke F, Zhong X, Zucknick M, Breidenbach J, Sundaram AYM, T Flåm S, Leithaug M, Dalland M, Farmer A, Henderson JM, Hussong MA, Moll P, Nguyen L, McNulty A, Shaffer JM, Shore S, Yip HK, Vitkovska J, Rayner S, Lie BA, Gilfillan GD (2019)
Systematic assessment of commercially available low-input miRNA library preparation kits
RNA Biol, 17 (1), 75-86
DOI 10.1080/15476286.2019.1667741, PubMed 31559901

Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Titze TL, Lie BA, Vaage JT, Kjær M (2019)
HLA-DRB3*01:01 exhibits a dose-dependent impact on HPA-1a antibody levels in HPA-1a-immunized women
Blood Adv, 3 (7), 945-951
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019032227, PubMed 30923048

Tapia G, Mortimer G, Ye J, Gillard BT, Chipper-Keating S, Mårild K, Viken MK, Lie BA, Joner G, Skrivarhaug T, Njølstad PR, Størdal K, Gillespie KM, Stene LC (2019)
Maternal microchimerism in cord blood and risk of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes
Pediatr Diabetes, 20 (6), 728-735
DOI 10.1111/pedi.12875, PubMed 31173445

Tapia G, Mårild K, Dahl SR, Lund-Blix NA, Viken MK, Lie BA, Njølstad PR, Joner G, Skrivarhaug T, Cohen AS, Størdal K, Stene LC (2019)
Maternal and Newborn Vitamin D-Binding Protein, Vitamin D Levels, Vitamin D Receptor Genotype, and Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Care, 42 (4), 553-559
DOI 10.2337/dc18-2176, PubMed 30692241

Zhong X, Heinicke F, Lie BA, Rayner S (2019)
Accurate Adapter Information Is Crucial for Reproducibility and Reusability in Small RNA Seq Studies
Noncoding RNA, 5 (4)
DOI 10.3390/ncrna5040049, PubMed 31661777

Publications 2018

Guderud K, Mæhlen MT, Nordang GBN, Viken MK, Andreassen BK, Molberg Ø, Flåm ST, Lie BA (2018)
Lack of Association among Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase Type 4 Autoantibodies, PADI4 Polymorphisms, and Clinical Characteristics in Rheumatoid Arthritis
J Rheumatol, 45 (9), 1211-1219
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.170769, PubMed 29858238

Lande A, Andersen I, Egeland T, Lie BA, Viken MK (2018)
HLA -A, -C, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 allele and haplotype frequencies in 4514 healthy Norwegians
Hum Immunol, 79 (7), 527-529
DOI 10.1016/j.humimm.2018.04.012, PubMed 29684411

Størdal K, McArdle HJ, Hayes H, Tapia G, Viken MK, Lund-Blix NA, Haugen M, Joner G, Skrivarhaug T, Mårild K, Njølstad PR, Eggesbø M, Mandal S, Page CM, London SJ, Lie BA, Stene LC (2018)
Prenatal iron exposure and childhood type 1 diabetes
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 9067
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-27391-4, PubMed 29899542

Publications 2017

Henriksen EKK, Viken MK, Wittig M, Holm K, Folseraas T, Mucha S, Melum E, Hov JR, Lazaridis KN, Juran BD, Chazouillères O, Färkkilä M, Gotthardt DN, Invernizzi P, Carbone M, Hirschfield GM, Rushbrook SM, Goode E, UK-PSC Consortium, Ponsioen CY, Weersma RK, Eksteen B, Yimam KK, Gordon SC, Goldberg D et al. (2017)
HLA haplotypes in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients of admixed and non-European ancestry
HLA, 90 (4), 228-233
DOI 10.1111/tan.13076, PubMed 28695657

Mårild K, Tapia G, Haugen M, Dahl SR, Cohen AS, Lundqvist M, Lie BA, Stene LC, Størdal K (2017)
Maternal and neonatal vitamin D status, genotype and childhood celiac disease
PLoS One, 12 (7), e0179080
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0179080, PubMed 28686601

Popperud TH, Viken MK, Kerty E, Lie BA (2017)
Juvenile myasthenia gravis in Norway: HLA-DRB1*04:04 is positively associated with prepubertal onset
PLoS One, 12 (10), e0186383
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0186383, PubMed 29036181

Størdal K, Mårild K, Tapia G, Haugen M, Cohen AS, Lie BA, Stene LC (2017)
Fetal and Maternal Genetic Variants Influencing Neonatal Vitamin D Status
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 102 (11), 4072-4079
DOI 10.1210/jc.2017-00827, PubMed 28938476

Viken MK, Flåm ST, Skrivarhaug T, Amundsen SS, Sollid LM, Drivvoll AK, Joner G, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Lie BA (2017)
HLA class II alleles in Norwegian patients with coexisting type 1 diabetes and celiac disease
HLA, 89 (5), 278-284
DOI 10.1111/tan.12986, PubMed 28247576

Witoelar A, Jansen IE, Wang Y, Desikan RS, Gibbs JR, Blauwendraat C, Thompson WK, Hernandez DG, Djurovic S, Schork AJ, Bettella F, Ellinghaus D, Franke A, Lie BA, McEvoy LK, Karlsen TH, Lesage S, Morris HR, Brice A, Wood NW, Heutink P, Hardy J, Singleton AB, Dale AM, Gasser T et al. (2017)
Genome-wide Pleiotropy Between Parkinson Disease and Autoimmune Diseases
JAMA Neurol, 74 (7), 780-792
DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.0469, PubMed 28586827

Publications 2016

Carmona FD, Vaglio A, Mackie SL, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Monach PA, Castañeda S, Solans R, Morado IC, Narváez J, Ramentol-Sintas M, Pease CT, Dasgupta B, Watts R, Khalidi N, Langford CA, Ytterberg S, Boiardi L, Beretta L, Govoni M, Emmi G, Bonatti F, Cimmino MA, Witte T, Neumann T, Holle J et al. (2016)
A Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Risk Alleles in Plasminogen and P4HA2 Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis
Am J Hum Genet, 100 (1), 64-74
DOI 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.11.013, PubMed 28041642

Dominguez-Valentin M, Gras Navarro A, Rahman AM, Kumar S, Retière C, Ulvestad E, Kristensen V, Lund-Johansen M, Lie BA, Enger PØ, Njølstad G, Kristoffersen E, Lie SA, Chekenya M (2016)
Identification of a Natural Killer Cell Receptor Allele That Prolongs Survival of Cytomegalovirus-Positive Glioblastoma Patients
Cancer Res, 76 (18), 5326-36
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1162, PubMed 27406829

Finkel TH, Li J, Wei Z, Wang W, Zhang H, Behrens EM, Reuschel EL, Limou S, Wise C, Punaro M, Becker ML, Munro JE, Flatø B, Førre Ø, Thompson SD, Langefeld CD, Glass DN, Glessner JT, Kim CE, Frackelton E, Shivers DK, Thomas KA, Chiavacci RM, Hou C, Xu K et al. (2016)
Variants in CXCR4 associate with juvenile idiopathic arthritis susceptibility
BMC Med Genet, 17, 24
DOI 10.1186/s12881-016-0285-3, PubMed 27005825

Gabrielsen IS, Amundsen SS, Helgeland H, Flåm ST, Hatinoor N, Holm K, Viken MK, Lie BA (2016)
Genetic risk variants for autoimmune diseases that influence gene expression in thymus
Hum Mol Genet, 25 (14), 3117-3124
DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddw152, PubMed 27199374

Gabrielsen IS, Viken MK, Amundsen SS, Helgeland H, Holm K, Flåm ST, Lie BA (2016)
Autoimmune risk variants in ERAP2 are associated with gene-expression levels in thymus
Genes Immun, 17 (7), 406-411
DOI 10.1038/gene.2016.39, PubMed 27829666

Gustavsen MW, Celius EG, Winsvold BS, Moen SM, Nygaard GO, Berg-Hansen P, Lie BA, Zwart JA, Harbo HF (2016)
Migraine and frequent tension-type headache are not associated with multiple sclerosis in a Norwegian case-control study
Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin, 2, 2055217316682976
DOI 10.1177/2055217316682976, PubMed 28607748

Hov JR, Boberg KM, Taraldsrud E, Vesterhus M, Boyadzhieva M, Solberg IC, Schrumpf E, Vatn MH, Lie BA, Molberg Ø, Karlsen TH (2016)
Antineutrophil antibodies define clinical and genetic subgroups in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Liver Int, 37 (3), 458-465
DOI 10.1111/liv.13238, PubMed 27558072

Wang Y, Bos SD, Harbo HF, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Bettella F, Witoelar A, Lie BA, Li W, McEvoy LK, Djurovic S, Desikan RS, Dale AM, Andreassen OA (2016)
Genetic overlap between multiple sclerosis and several cardiovascular disease risk factors
Mult Scler, 22 (14), 1783-1793
DOI 10.1177/1352458516635873, PubMed 26920376

Publications 2015

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

Chiaroni-Clarke RC, Li YR, Munro JE, Chavez RA, Scurrah KJ, Pezic A, Akikusa JD, Allen RC, Piper SE, Becker ML, Thompson SD, Lie BA, Flato B, Forre O, Punaro M, Wise C, Saffery R, Finkel TH, Hakonarson H, Ponsonby AL, Ellis JA (2015)
The association of PTPN22 rs2476601 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis is specific to females
Genes Immun, 16 (7), 495-8
DOI 10.1038/gene.2015.32, PubMed 26291515

Cortes A, Pulit SL, Leo PJ, Pointon JJ, Robinson PC, Weisman MH, Ward M, Gensler LS, Zhou X, Garchon HJ, Chiocchia G, Nossent J, Lie BA, Førre Ø, Tuomilehto J, Laiho K, Bradbury LA, Elewaut D, Burgos-Vargas R, Stebbings S, Appleton L, Farrah C, Lau J, Haroon N, Mulero J et al. (2015)
Major histocompatibility complex associations of ankylosing spondylitis are complex and involve further epistasis with ERAP1
Nat Commun, 6, 7146
DOI 10.1038/ncomms8146, PubMed 25994336

Hov JR, Zhong H, Qin B, Anmarkrud JA, Holm K, Franke A, Lie BA, Karlsen TH (2015)
The Influence of the Autoimmunity-Associated Ancestral HLA Haplotype AH8.1 on the Human Gut Microbiota: A Cross-Sectional Study
PLoS One, 10 (7), e0133804
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0133804, PubMed 26207384

Li YR, Li J, Zhao SD, Bradfield JP, Mentch FD, Maggadottir SM, Hou C, Abrams DJ, Chang D, Gao F, Guo Y, Wei Z, Connolly JJ, Cardinale CJ, Bakay M, Glessner JT, Li D, Kao C, Thomas KA, Qiu H, Chiavacci RM, Kim CE, Wang F, Snyder J, Richie MD et al. (2015)
Meta-analysis of shared genetic architecture across ten pediatric autoimmune diseases
Nat Med, 21 (9), 1018-27
DOI 10.1038/nm.3933, PubMed 26301688

Li YR, Zhao SD, Li J, Bradfield JP, Mohebnasab M, Steel L, Kobie J, Abrams DJ, Mentch FD, Glessner JT, Guo Y, Wei Z, Connolly JJ, Cardinale CJ, Bakay M, Li D, Maggadottir SM, Thomas KA, Qui H, Chiavacci RM, Kim CE, Wang F, Snyder J, Flatø B, Førre Ø et al. (2015)
Genetic sharing and heritability of paediatric age of onset autoimmune diseases
Nat Commun, 6, 8442
DOI 10.1038/ncomms9442, PubMed 26450413

Omair A, Mannion AF, Holden M, Fairbank J, Lie BA, Hägg O, Fritzell P, Brox JI (2015)
Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene polymorphisms are associated with baseline disability but not long-term treatment outcome in patients with chronic low back pain
Eur Spine J, 24 (11), 2425-31
DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-3866-5, PubMed 25772090

Robinson PC, Costello ME, Leo P, Bradbury LA, Hollis K, Cortes A, Lee S, Joo KB, Shim SC, Weisman M, Ward M, Zhou X, Garchon HJ, Chiocchia G, Nossent J, Lie BA, Førre Ø, Tuomilehto J, Laiho K, Jiang L, Liu Y, Wu X, Elewaut D, Burgos-Vargas R, Gensler LS et al. (2015)
ERAP2 is associated with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27-positive and HLA-B27-negative patients
Ann Rheum Dis, 74 (8), 1627-9
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207416, PubMed 25917849

Seldin MF, Alkhairy OK, Lee AT, Lamb JA, Sussman J, Pirskanen-Matell R, Piehl F, Verschuuren JJGM, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Szczudlik P, McKee D, Maniaol AH, Harbo HF, Lie BA, Melms A, Garchon HJ, Willcox N, Gregersen PK, Hammarstrom L (2015)
Genome-Wide Association Study of Late-Onset Myasthenia Gravis: Confirmation of TNFRSF11A and Identification of ZBTB10 and Three Distinct HLA Associations
Mol Med, 21 (1), 769-781
DOI 10.2119/molmed.2015.00232, PubMed 26562150

Publications 2014

Amundsen SS, Viken MK, Sollid LM, Lie BA (2014)
Coeliac disease-associated polymorphisms influence thymic gene expression
Genes Immun, 15 (6), 355-60
DOI 10.1038/gene.2014.26, PubMed 24871462

Andreassen OA, Harbo HF, Wang Y, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Mattingsdal M, Zuber V, Bettella F, Ripke S, Kelsoe JR, Kendler KS, O'Donovan MC, Sklar P, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Work Groups, International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC), McEvoy LK, Desikan RS, Lie BA, Djurovic S, Dale AM (2014)
Genetic pleiotropy between multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia but not bipolar disorder: differential involvement of immune-related gene loci
Mol Psychiatry, 20 (2), 207-14
DOI 10.1038/mp.2013.195, PubMed 24468824

Avidan N, Le Panse R, Harbo HF, Bernasconi P, Poulas K, Ginzburg E, Cavalcante P, Colleoni L, Baggi F, Antozzi C, Truffault F, Horn-Saban S, Pöschel S, Zagoriti Z, Maniaol A, Lie BA, Bernard I, Saoudi A, Illes Z, Casasnovas Pons C, Melms A, Tzartos S, Willcox N, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Tallaksen C et al. (2014)
VAV1 and BAFF, via NFκB pathway, are genetic risk factors for myasthenia gravis
Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 1 (5), 329-39
DOI 10.1002/acn3.51, PubMed 25356403

Bossini-Castillo L, de Kovel C, Kallberg H, van 't Slot R, Italiaander A, Coenen M, Tak PP, Posthumus MD, Wijmenga C, Huizinga T, van der Helm-van Mil AH, Stoeken-Rijsbergen G, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Balsa A, González-Álvaro I, González-Gay MÁ, Gómez-Vaquero C, Franke B, LifeLines Cohort Study, Vermeulen S, van der Horst-Bruinsma Ie, Dijkmans BA, Wolbink GJ, Ophoff RA, Maehlen MT et al. (2014)
A genome-wide association study of rheumatoid arthritis without antibodies against citrullinated peptides
Ann Rheum Dis, 74 (3), e15
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204591, PubMed 24532677

Ellis JA, Scurrah KJ, Li YR, Ponsonby AL, Chavez RA, Pezic A, Dwyer T, Akikusa JD, Allen RC, Becker ML, Thompson SD, Lie BA, Flatø B, Førre O, Punaro M, Wise C, Finkel TH, Hakonarson H, Munro JE (2014)
Epistasis amongst PTPN2 and genes of the vitamin D pathway contributes to risk of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 145, 113-20
DOI 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.10.012, PubMed 25460303

Flåm ST, Gunnarsson R, Garen T, Norwegian MCTD Study Group, Lie BA, Molberg Ø (2014)
The HLA profiles of mixed connective tissue disease differ distinctly from the profiles of clinically related connective tissue diseases
Rheumatology (Oxford), 54 (3), 528-35
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/keu310, PubMed 25187641

Gustavsen MW, Celius EG, Moen SM, Bjølgerud A, Berg-Hansen P, Nygaard GO, Sandvik L, Lie BA, Harbo HF (2014)
No association between multiple sclerosis and periodontitis after adjusting for smoking habits
Eur J Neurol, 22 (3), 588-90
DOI 10.1111/ene.12520, PubMed 25041906

Gustavsen MW, Page CM, Moen SM, Bjølgerud A, Berg-Hansen P, Nygaard GO, Sandvik L, Lie BA, Celius EG, Harbo HF (2014)
Environmental exposures and the risk of multiple sclerosis investigated in a Norwegian case-control study
BMC Neurol, 14, 196
DOI 10.1186/s12883-014-0196-x, PubMed 25274070

Gustavsen MW, Viken MK, Celius EG, Berge T, Mero IL, Berg-Hansen P, Aarseth JH, Myhr KM, Søndergaard HB, Sellebjerg F, Oturai AB, Hillert J, Alfredsson L, Olsson T, Kockum I, Lie BA, Harbo HF (2014)
Oligoclonal band phenotypes in MS differ in their HLA class II association, while specific KIR ligands at HLA class I show association to MS in general
J Neuroimmunol, 274 (1-2), 174-9
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.06.024, PubMed 25037176

Moreno-Mayar JV, Rasmussen S, Seguin-Orlando A, Rasmussen M, Liang M, Flåm ST, Lie BA, Gilfillan GD, Nielsen R, Thorsby E, Willerslev E, Malaspinas AS (2014)
Genome-wide ancestry patterns in Rapanui suggest pre-European admixture with Native Americans
Curr Biol, 24 (21), 2518-25
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.057, PubMed 25447991

Naess S, Björnsson E, Anmarkrud JA, Al Mamari S, Juran BD, Lazaridis KN, Chapman R, Bergquist A, Melum E, Marsh SG, Schrumpf E, Lie BA, Boberg KM, Karlsen TH, Hov JR (2014)
Small duct primary sclerosing cholangitis without inflammatory bowel disease is genetically different from large duct disease
Liver Int, 34 (10), 1488-95
DOI 10.1111/liv.12492, PubMed 24517468

Næss S, Lie BA, Melum E, Olsson M, Hov JR, Croucher PJ, Hampe J, Thorsby E, Bergquist A, Traherne JA, Schrumpf E, Boberg KM, Schreiber S, Franke A, Karlsen TH (2014)
Refinement of the MHC risk map in a scandinavian primary sclerosing cholangitis population
PLoS One, 9 (12), e114486
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0114486, PubMed 25521205

Tinholt M, Viken MK, Dahm AE, Vollan HK, Sahlberg KK, Garred O, Børresen-Dale AL, Jacobsen AF, Kristensen V, Bukholm I, Kåresen R, Schlichting E, Skretting G, Lie BA, Sandset PM, Iversen N (2014)
Increased coagulation activity and genetic polymorphisms in the F5, F10 and EPCR genes are associated with breast cancer: a case-control study
BMC Cancer, 14, 845
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-14-845, PubMed 25407022

Publications 2013

Andersen IM, Tengesdal G, Lie BA, Boberg KM, Karlsen TH, Hov JR (2013)
Effects of coffee consumption, smoking, and hormones on risk for primary sclerosing cholangitis
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 12 (6), 1019-28
DOI 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.024, PubMed 24076415

International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium (IGAS), Cortes A, Hadler J, Pointon JP, Robinson PC, Karaderi T, Leo P, Cremin K, Pryce K, Harris J, Lee S, Joo KB, Shim SC, Weisman M, Ward M, Zhou X, Garchon HJ, Chiocchia G, Nossent J, Lie BA, Førre Ø, Tuomilehto J, Laiho K, Jiang L, Liu Y et al. (2013)
Identification of multiple risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis through high-density genotyping of immune-related loci
Nat Genet, 45 (7), 730-8
DOI 10.1038/ng.2667, PubMed 23749187

International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC), Beecham AH, Patsopoulos NA, Xifara DK, Davis MF, Kemppinen A, Cotsapas C, Shah TS, Spencer C, Booth D, Goris A, Oturai A, Saarela J, Fontaine B, Hemmer B, Martin C, Zipp F, D'Alfonso S, Martinelli-Boneschi F, Taylor B, Harbo HF, Kockum I, Hillert J, Olsson T, Ban M et al. (2013)
Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis
Nat Genet, 45 (11), 1353-60
DOI 10.1038/ng.2770, PubMed 24076602

Maehlen MT, Olsen IC, Andreassen BK, Viken MK, Jiang X, Alfredsson L, Källberg H, Brynedal B, Kurreeman F, Daha N, Toes R, Zhernakova A, Gutierrez-Achury J, de Bakker PI, Martin J, Teruel M, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Rodríguez-Rodríguez L, Balsa A, Uhlig T, Kvien TK, Lie BA (2013)
Genetic risk scores and number of autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis, 74 (4), 762-8
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204173, PubMed 24336335

Maehlen MT, Provan SA, de Rooy DP, van der Helm-van Mil AH, Krabben A, Saxne T, Lindqvist E, Semb AG, Uhlig T, van der Heijde D, Mero IL, Olsen IC, Kvien TK, Lie BA (2013)
Associations between APOE genotypes and disease susceptibility, joint damage and lipid levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
PLoS One, 8 (4), e60970
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0060970, PubMed 23613766

Mero IL, Gustavsen MW, Sæther HS, Flåm ST, Berg-Hansen P, Søndergaard HB, Jensen PE, Berge T, Bjølgerud A, Muggerud A, Aarseth JH, International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium, Myhr KM, Celius EG, Sellebjerg F, Hillert J, Alfredsson L, Olsson T, Oturai AB, Kockum I, Lie BA, Andreassen BK, Harbo HF (2013)
Oligoclonal band status in Scandinavian multiple sclerosis patients is associated with specific genetic risk alleles
PLoS One, 8 (3), e58352
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0058352, PubMed 23472185

Nordang GB, Flåm ST, Maehlen MT, Kvien TK, Viken MK, Lie BA (2013)
HLA-C alleles confer risk for anti-citrullinated peptide antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis independent of HLA-DRB1 alleles
Rheumatology (Oxford), 52 (11), 1973-82
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/ket252, PubMed 23901134

Omair A, Holden M, Lie BA, Reikeras O, Brox JI (2013)
Treatment outcome of chronic low back pain and radiographic lumbar disc degeneration are associated with inflammatory and matrix degrading gene variants: a prospective genetic association study
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 14, 105
DOI 10.1186/1471-2474-14-105, PubMed 23522322

Serrano A, Márquez A, Mackie SL, Carmona FD, Solans R, Miranda-Filloy JA, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Cid MC, Castañeda S, Morado IC, Narváez J, Blanco R, Sopeña B, García-Villanueva MJ, Monfort J, Ortego-Centeno N, Unzurrunzaga A, Marí-Alfonso B, Sánchez Martín J, de Miguel E, Magro C, Raya E, UK GCA Consortium, Spanish GCA Consortium, Braun N et al. (2013)
Identification of the PTPN22 functional variant R620W as susceptibility genetic factor for giant cell arteritis
Ann Rheum Dis, 72 (11), 1882-1886
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203641, PubMed 23946333

Teruel M, McKinney C, Balsa A, Pascual-Salcedo D, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Ortiz AM, Gómez-Vaquero C, González-Gay MA, Smith M, Witte T, Merriman T, Lie BA, Martin J (2013)
Association of CD247 polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis: a replication study and a meta-analysis
PLoS One, 8 (7), e68295
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0068295, PubMed 23861880

Vang T, Landskron J, Viken MK, Oberprieler N, Torgersen KM, Mustelin T, Tasken K, Tautz L, Rickert RC, Lie BA (2013)
The autoimmune-predisposing variant of lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase favors T helper 1 responses
Hum Immunol, 74 (5), 574-85
DOI 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.12.017, PubMed 23333624

Publications 2012

Daha NA, Lie BA, Trouw LA, Stoeken G, Schonkeren JJ, Ding B, Kvien TK, Schilham MW, Padyukov L, Huizinga TW, Toes R (2012)
Novel genetic association of the VTCN1 region with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis, 71 (4), 567-71
DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200574, PubMed 22323440

Eike MC, Skinningsrud B, Ronninger M, Stormyr A, Kvien TK, Joner G, Njølstad PR, Førre O, Flatø B, Alfredsson L, Padyukov L, Undlien DE, Lie BA (2012)
CIITA gene variants are associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Scandinavian populations
Genes Immun, 13 (5), 431-6
DOI 10.1038/gene.2012.11, PubMed 22513452

Elbarbary NS, Tjora E, Molnes J, Lie BA, Habib MA, Salem MA, Njølstad PR (2012)
An Egyptian family with H syndrome due to a novel mutation in SLC29A3 illustrating overlapping features with pigmented hypertrichotic dermatosis with insulin-dependent diabetes and Faisalabad histiocytosis
Pediatr Diabetes, 14 (6), 466-72
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2012.00925.x, PubMed 22989030

Gregersen PK, Kosoy R, Lee AT, Lamb J, Sussman J, McKee D, Simpfendorfer KR, Pirskanen-Matell R, Piehl F, Pan-Hammarstrom Q, Verschuuren JJ, Titulaer MJ, Niks EH, Marx A, Ströbel P, Tackenberg B, Pütz M, Maniaol A, Elsais A, Tallaksen C, Harbo HF, Lie BA, Raychaudhuri S, de Bakker PI, Melms A et al. (2012)
Risk for myasthenia gravis maps to a (151) Pro→Ala change in TNIP1 and to human leukocyte antigen-B*08
Ann Neurol, 72 (6), 927-35
DOI 10.1002/ana.23691, PubMed 23055271

Leikfoss IS, Mero IL, Dahle MK, Lie BA, Harbo HF, Spurkland A, Berge T (2012)
Multiple sclerosis-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms in CLEC16A correlate with reduced SOCS1 and DEXI expression in the thymus
Genes Immun, 14 (1), 62-6
DOI 10.1038/gene.2012.52, PubMed 23151489

Link J, Kockum I, Lorentzen AR, Lie BA, Celius EG, Westerlind H, Schaffer M, Alfredsson L, Olsson T, Brynedal B, Harbo HF, Hillert J (2012)
Importance of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II alleles on the risk of multiple sclerosis
PLoS One, 7 (5), e36779
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0036779, PubMed 22586495

Maniaol AH, Elsais A, Lorentzen ÅR, Owe JF, Viken MK, Sæther H, Flåm ST, Bråthen G, Kampman MT, Midgard R, Christensen M, Rognerud A, Kerty E, Gilhus NE, Tallaksen CM, Lie BA, Harbo HF (2012)
Late onset myasthenia gravis is associated with HLA DRB1*15:01 in the Norwegian population
PLoS One, 7 (5), e36603
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0036603, PubMed 22590574

Mero IL, Smestad C, Lie BA, Lorentzen ÅR, Sandvik L, Landrø NI, Aarseth JH, Myhr KM, Celius EG, Harbo HF (2012)
Polymorphisms of the BDNF gene show neither association with multiple sclerosis susceptibility nor clinical course
J Neuroimmunol, 244 (1-2), 107-10
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2012.01.011, PubMed 22341604

Nordang GB, Carpenter D, Viken MK, Kvien TK, Armour JA, Lie BA (2012)
Association analysis of the CCL3L1 copy number locus by paralogue ratio test in Norwegian rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy controls
Genes Immun, 13 (7), 579-82
DOI 10.1038/gene.2012.30, PubMed 22785612

Omair A, Lie BA, Reikeras O, Brox JI (2012)
An Association Study of Interleukin 18 Receptor Genes (IL18R1 and IL18RAP) in Lumbar Disc Degeneration
Open Orthop J, 6, 164-71
DOI 10.2174/1874325001206010164, PubMed 22550553

Omair A, Lie BA, Reikeras O, Holden M, Brox JI (2012)
Genetic contribution of catechol-O-methyltransferase variants in treatment outcome of low back pain: a prospective genetic association study
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 13, 76
DOI 10.1186/1471-2474-13-76, PubMed 22612913

Ronninger M, Seddighzadeh M, Eike MC, Plant D, Daha NA, Skinningsrud B, Worthington J, Kvien TK, Toes RE, Lie BA, Alfredsson L, Padyukov L (2012)
Interaction analysis between HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles and MHC class II transactivator CIITA gene with regard to risk of rheumatoid arthritis
PLoS One, 7 (3), e32861
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0032861, PubMed 22461888

Rønningen KS, Yap SE, Brandal K, Stormyr A, Lie BA, Rasmussen T, Stray-Pedersen B, Akselsen HE (2012)
HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in first-generation Pakistani immigrants in Norway
Scand J Immunol, 75 (4), 426-30
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02669.x, PubMed 22171671

Vang T, Liu WH, Delacroix L, Wu S, Vasile S, Dahl R, Yang L, Musumeci L, Francis D, Landskron J, Tasken K, Tremblay ML, Lie BA, Page R, Mustelin T, Rahmouni S, Rickert RC, Tautz L (2012)
LYP inhibits T-cell activation when dissociated from CSK
Nat Chem Biol, 8 (5), 437-46
DOI 10.1038/nchembio.916, PubMed 22426112

Publications 2011

Eerligh P, Koeleman BP, Lie BA, Roep BO, Thorsby E (2011)
No extreme genetic risk for type 1 diabetes among DR3/4-DQ8 siblings sharing both extended HLA haplotypes with their diabetic proband
Tissue Antigens, 77 (4), 338-40
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2011.01636.x, PubMed 21388358

Gorlova O, Martin JE, Rueda B, Koeleman BP, Ying J, Teruel M, Diaz-Gallo LM, Broen JC, Vonk MC, Simeon CP, Alizadeh BZ, Coenen MJ, Voskuyl AE, Schuerwegh AJ, van Riel PL, Vanthuyne M, van 't Slot R, Italiaander A, Ophoff RA, Hunzelmann N, Fonollosa V, Ortego-Centeno N, González-Gay MA, García-Hernández FJ, González-Escribano MF et al. (2011)
Identification of novel genetic markers associated with clinical phenotypes of systemic sclerosis through a genome-wide association strategy
PLoS Genet, 7 (7), e1002178
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002178, PubMed 21779181

Harbo HF, Lorentzen AR, Lie BA, Celius EG, Spurkland A (2011)
[New gene map for multiple sclerosis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 131 (21), 2126-30
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.10.0823, PubMed 22048209

Hov JR, Kosmoliaptsis V, Traherne JA, Olsson M, Boberg KM, Bergquist A, Schrumpf E, Bradley JA, Taylor CJ, Lie BA, Trowsdale J, Karlsen TH (2011)
Electrostatic modifications of the human leukocyte antigen-DR P9 peptide-binding pocket and susceptibility to primary sclerosing cholangitis
Hepatology, 53 (6), 1967-76
DOI 10.1002/hep.24299, PubMed 21413052

Maehlen MT, Nordang GB, Syversen SW, van der Heijde DM, Kvien TK, Uhlig T, Lie BA (2011)
FCRL3 -169C/C genotype is associated with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis and with radiographic progression
J Rheumatol, 38 (11), 2329-35
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.110489, PubMed 21885492

Martín JE, Alizadeh BZ, González-Gay MA, Balsa A, Pascual-Salcedo D, González-Escribano MF, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Fernández-Gutiérrez B, Raya E, Coenen MJ, van Riel P, Radstake TR, Kvien TK, Viken MK, Lie BA, Koeleman BP, Martín J (2011)
Evidence for PTPN22 R620W polymorphism as the sole common risk variant for rheumatoid arthritis in the 1p13.2 region
J Rheumatol, 38 (11), 2290-6
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.110361, PubMed 21965649

Nordang GB, Viken MK, Amundsen SS, Sanchez ES, Flatø B, Førre OT, Martin J, Kvien TK, Lie BA (2011)
Interferon regulatory factor 5 gene polymorphism confers risk to several rheumatic diseases and correlates with expression of alternative thymic transcripts
Rheumatology (Oxford), 51 (4), 619-26
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/ker364, PubMed 22179739

Rodríguez-Rodríguez L, Taib WR, Topless R, Steer S, González-Escribano MF, Balsa A, Pascual-Salcedo D, González-Gay MA, Raya E, Fernandez-Gutierrez B, González-Álvaro I, Bottini N, Witte T, Viken MK, Coenen MJ, van Riel PL, Franke B, den Heijer M, Radstake TR, Wordsworth P, Lie BA, Merriman TR, Martín J (2011)
The PTPN22 R263Q polymorphism is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis in Caucasian case-control samples
Arthritis Rheum, 63 (2), 365-72
DOI 10.1002/art.30145, PubMed 21279993

Skinningsrud B, Lie BA, Lavant E, Carlson JA, Erlich H, Akselsen HE, Gervin K, Wolff AB, Erichsen MM, Løvås K, Husebye ES, Undlien DE (2011)
Multiple loci in the HLA complex are associated with Addison's disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 96 (10), E1703-8
DOI 10.1210/jc.2011-0645, PubMed 21816777

Zaiss DM, Bekker CP, Gröne A, Lie BA, Sijts AJ (2011)
Proteasome immunosubunits protect against the development of CD8 T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases
J Immunol, 187 (5), 2302-9
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1101003, PubMed 21804012

Publications 2010

Bossini-Castillo L, Broen JC, Simeon CP, Beretta L, Vonk MC, Ortego-Centeno N, Espinosa G, Carreira P, Camps MT, Navarrete N, González-Escribano MF, Vicente-Rabaneda E, Rodríguez L, Tolosa C, Román-Ivorra JA, Gómez-Gracia I, García-Hernández FJ, Castellví I, Gallego M, Fernández-Nebro A, García-Portales R, Egurbide MV, Fonollosa V, de la Peña PG, Pros A et al. (2010)
A replication study confirms the association of TNFSF4 (OX40L) polymorphisms with systemic sclerosis in a large European cohort
Ann Rheum Dis, 70 (4), 638-41
DOI 10.1136/ard.2010.141838, PubMed 21187296

Bowlus CL, Li CS, Karlsen TH, Lie BA, Selmi C (2010)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis in genetically diverse populations listed for liver transplantation: unique clinical and human leukocyte antigen associations
Liver Transpl, 16 (11), 1324-30
DOI 10.1002/lt.22161, PubMed 21031548

Hov JR, Keitel V, Laerdahl JK, Spomer L, Ellinghaus E, ElSharawy A, Melum E, Boberg KM, Manke T, Balschun T, Schramm C, Bergquist A, Weismüller T, Gotthardt D, Rust C, Henckaerts L, Onnie CM, Weersma RK, Sterneck M, Teufel A, Runz H, Stiehl A, Ponsioen CY, Wijmenga C, Vatn MH et al. (2010)
Mutational characterization of the bile acid receptor TGR5 in primary sclerosing cholangitis
PLoS One, 5 (8), e12403
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0012403, PubMed 20811628

Link J, Lorentzen AR, Kockum I, Duvefelt K, Lie BA, Celius EG, Harbo HF, Hillert J, Brynedal B (2010)
Two HLA class I genes independently associated with multiple sclerosis
J Neuroimmunol, 226 (1-2), 172-6
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.07.006, PubMed 20678810

Lorentzen AR, Melum E, Ellinghaus E, Smestad C, Mero IL, Aarseth JH, Myhr KM, Celius EG, Lie BA, Karlsen TH, Franke A, Harbo HF (2010)
Association to the Glypican-5 gene in multiple sclerosis
J Neuroimmunol, 226 (1-2), 194-7
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.07.003, PubMed 20692050

Mero IL, Ban M, Lorentzen ÅR, Smestad C, Celius EG, Sæther H, Saeedi H, Viken MK, Skinningsrud B, Undlien DE, Aarseth J, Myhr KM, Granum S, Spurkland A, Sawcer S, Compston A, Lie BA, Harbo HF (2010)
Exploring the CLEC16A gene reveals a MS-associated variant with correlation to the relative expression of CLEC16A isoforms in thymus
Genes Immun, 12 (3), 191-8
DOI 10.1038/gene.2010.59, PubMed 21179112

Radstake TR, Gorlova O, Rueda B, Martin JE, Alizadeh BZ, Palomino-Morales R, Coenen MJ, Vonk MC, Voskuyl AE, Schuerwegh AJ, Broen JC, van Riel PL, van 't Slot R, Italiaander A, Ophoff RA, Riemekasten G, Hunzelmann N, Simeon CP, Ortego-Centeno N, González-Gay MA, González-Escribano MF, Spanish Scleroderma Group, Airo P, van Laar J, Herrick A et al. (2010)
Genome-wide association study of systemic sclerosis identifies CD247 as a new susceptibility locus
Nat Genet, 42 (5), 426-9
DOI 10.1038/ng.565, PubMed 20383147

Sanner H, Kirkhus E, Merckoll E, Tollisen A, Røisland M, Lie BA, Taraldsrud E, Gran JT, Flatø B (2010)
Long-term muscular outcome and predisposing and prognostic factors in juvenile dermatomyositis: A case-control study
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 62 (8), 1103-11
DOI 10.1002/acr.20203, PubMed 20506141

van der Woude D, Lie BA, Lundström E, Balsa A, Feitsma AL, Houwing-Duistermaat JJ, Verduijn W, Nordang GB, Alfredsson L, Klareskog L, Pascual-Salcedo D, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Lopez-Nevot MA, Valero F, Roep BO, Huizinga TW, Kvien TK, Martín J, Padyukov L, de Vries RR, Toes RE (2010)
Protection against anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis is predominantly associated with HLA-DRB1*1301: a meta-analysis of HLA-DRB1 associations with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive and anti-citrullinated protein antibody-negative rheumatoid arthritis in four European populations
Arthritis Rheum, 62 (5), 1236-45
DOI 10.1002/art.27366, PubMed 20131291

Publications 2009

Amundsen SS, Rundberg J, Adamovic S, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Ascher H, Ek J, Nilsson S, Lie BA, Naluai AT, Sollid LM (2009)
Four novel coeliac disease regions replicated in an association study of a Swedish-Norwegian family cohort
Genes Immun, 11 (1), 79-86
DOI 10.1038/gene.2009.67, PubMed 19693089

Eike MC, Humphreys K, Becker T, Olsson M, Lie BA, Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium (2009)
Three microsatellites from the T1DGC MHC data set show highly significant association with type 1 diabetes, independent of the HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 genes
Diabetes Obes Metab, 11 Suppl 1 (Suppl 1), 17-24
DOI 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2008.00999.x, PubMed 19143811

Harbo HF, Riccio ME, Lorentzen AR, Utsi E, Myhr KM, Mellgren SI, Flåm ST, Thorsby E, Sanchez-Mazas A, Lie BA (2009)
Norwegian Sami differs significantly from other Norwegians according to their HLA profile
Tissue Antigens, 75 (3), 207-17
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01425.x, PubMed 20047643

Karlsen TH, Franke A, Melum E, Kaser A, Hov JR, Balschun T, Lie BA, Bergquist A, Schramm C, Weismüller TJ, Gotthardt D, Rust C, Philipp EE, Fritz T, Henckaerts L, Weersma RK, Stokkers P, Ponsioen CY, Wijmenga C, Sterneck M, Nothnagel M, Hampe J, Teufel A, Runz H, Rosenstiel P et al. (2009)
Genome-wide association analysis in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Gastroenterology, 138 (3), 1102-11
DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.11.046, PubMed 19944697

Lorentzen AR, Karlsen TH, Olsson M, Smestad C, Mero IL, Woldseth B, Sun JY, Senitzer D, Celius EG, Thorsby E, Spurkland A, Lie BA, Harbo HF (2009)
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor ligand HLA-Bw4 protects against multiple sclerosis
Ann Neurol, 65 (6), 658-66
DOI 10.1002/ana.21695, PubMed 19630074

Mero IL, Lorentzen AR, Ban M, Smestad C, Celius EG, Aarseth JH, Myhr KM, Link J, Hillert J, Olsson T, Kockum I, Masterman T, Oturai AB, Søndergaard HB, Sellebjerg F, Saarela J, Kemppinen A, Elovaara I, Spurkland A, Dudbridge F, Lie BA, Harbo HF (2009)
A rare variant of the TYK2 gene is confirmed to be associated with multiple sclerosis
Eur J Hum Genet, 18 (4), 502-4
DOI 10.1038/ejhg.2009.195, PubMed 19888296

Nordang GB, Viken MK, Hollis-Moffatt JE, Merriman TR, Førre ØT, Helgetveit K, Kvien TK, Lie BA (2009)
Association analysis of the interleukin 17A gene in Caucasian rheumatoid arthritis patients from Norway and New Zealand
Rheumatology (Oxford), 48 (4), 367-70
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/ken512, PubMed 19208686

Ramagopalan SV, Link J, Byrnes JK, Dyment DA, Giovannoni G, Hintzen RQ, Sundqvist E, Kockum I, Smestad C, Lie BA, Harbo HF, Padyukov L, Alfredsson L, Olsson T, Sadovnick AD, Hillert J, Ebers GC (2009)
HLA-DRB1 and month of birth in multiple sclerosis
Neurology, 73 (24), 2107-11
DOI 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c679f3, PubMed 20018638

Skinningsrud B, Lie BA, Husebye ES, Kvien TK, Førre Ø, Flatø B, Stormyr A, Joner G, Njølstad PR, Egeland T, Undlien DE (2009)
A CLEC16A variant confers risk for juvenile idiopathic arthritis and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody negative rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis, 69 (8), 1471-4
DOI 10.1136/ard.2009.114934, PubMed 19734133

Syversen SW, Goll GL, van der Heijde D, Landewé R, Lie BA, Odegård S, Uhlig T, Gaarder PI, Kvien TK (2009)
Prediction of radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis and the role of antibodies against mutated citrullinated vimentin: results from a 10-year prospective study
Ann Rheum Dis, 69 (2), 345-51
DOI 10.1136/ard.2009.113092, PubMed 19648126

Viken MK, Blomhoff A, Olsson M, Akselsen HE, Pociot F, Nerup J, Kockum I, Cambon-Thomsen A, Thorsby E, Undlien DE, Lie BA (2009)
Reproducible association with type 1 diabetes in the extended class I region of the major histocompatibility complex
Genes Immun, 10 (4), 323-33
DOI 10.1038/gene.2009.13, PubMed 19295542

Publications 2008

Adamovic S, Amundsen SS, Lie BA, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Ascher H, Ek J, van Heel DA, Nilsson S, Sollid LM, Torinsson Naluai A (2008)
Association study of IL2/IL21 and FcgRIIa: significant association with the IL2/IL21 region in Scandinavian coeliac disease families
Genes Immun, 9 (4), 364-7
DOI 10.1038/gene.2008.27, PubMed 18418394

Eike MC, Becker T, Humphreys K, Olsson M, Lie BA (2008)
Conditional analyses on the T1DGC MHC dataset: novel associations with type 1 diabetes around HLA-G and confirmation of HLA-B
Genes Immun, 10 (1), 56-67
DOI 10.1038/gene.2008.74, PubMed 18830248

Eike MC, Olsson M, Undlien DE, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Joner G, Rønningen KS, Thorsby E, Lie BA (2008)
Genetic variants of the HLA-A, HLA-B and AIF1 loci show independent associations with type 1 diabetes in Norwegian families
Genes Immun, 10 (2), 141-50
DOI 10.1038/gene.2008.88, PubMed 18987644

Lorentzen AR, Smestad C, Lie BA, Oturai AB, Akesson E, Saarela J, Myhr KM, Vartdal F, Celius EG, Sørensen PS, Hillert J, Spurkland A, Harbo HF (2008)
The SH2D2A gene and susceptibility to multiple sclerosis
J Neuroimmunol, 197 (2), 152-8
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.037, PubMed 18554728

Magitta NF, Bøe Wolff AS, Johansson S, Skinningsrud B, Lie BA, Myhr KM, Undlien DE, Joner G, Njølstad PR, Kvien TK, Førre Ø, Knappskog PM, Husebye ES (2008)
A coding polymorphism in NALP1 confers risk for autoimmune Addison's disease and type 1 diabetes
Genes Immun, 10 (2), 120-4
DOI 10.1038/gene.2008.85, PubMed 18946481

Melum E, Karlsen TH, Schrumpf E, Bergquist A, Thorsby E, Boberg KM, Lie BA (2008)
Cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with NKG2D polymorphisms
Hepatology, 47 (1), 90-6
DOI 10.1002/hep.21964, PubMed 18023027

Publications 2007

Adamovic S, Amundsen SS, Lie BA, Hellqvist A, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Ek J, Nilsson S, Wahlström J, Ascher H, Sollid LM, Naluai AT (2007)
Fine mapping study in Scandinavian families suggests association between coeliac disease and haplotypes in chromosome region 5q32
Tissue Antigens, 71 (1), 27-34
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00955.x, PubMed 17971050

Amundsen SS, Adamovic S, Hellqvist A, Nilsson S, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Ascher H, Ek J, Larsson K, Wahlström J, Lie BA, Sollid LM, Naluai AT (2007)
A comprehensive screen for SNP associations on chromosome region 5q31-33 in Swedish/Norwegian celiac disease families
Eur J Hum Genet, 15 (9), 980-7
DOI 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201870, PubMed 17551518

Eike MC, Nordang GB, Karlsen TH, Boberg KM, Vatn MH, IBSEN study group, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Rønningen KS, Joner G, Flatø B, Bergquist A, Thorsby E, Førre O, Kvien TK, Undlien DE, Lie BA (2007)
The FCRL3 -169T>C polymorphism is associated with rheumatoid arthritis and shows suggestive evidence of involvement with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a Scandinavian panel of autoimmune diseases
Ann Rheum Dis, 67 (9), 1287-91
DOI 10.1136/ard.2007.077826, PubMed 18065500

Harbo HF, Utsi E, Lorentzen AR, Kampman MT, Celius EG, Myhr KM, Lie BA, Mellgren SI, Thorsby E (2007)
Low frequency of the disease-associated DRB1*15-DQB1*06 haplotype may contribute to the low prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Sami
Tissue Antigens, 69 (4), 299-304
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00803.x, PubMed 17389012

Karlsen TH, Boberg KM, Olsson M, Sun JY, Senitzer D, Bergquist A, Schrumpf E, Thorsby E, Lie BA (2007)
Particular genetic variants of ligands for natural killer cell receptors may contribute to the HLA associated risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis
J Hepatol, 46 (5), 899-906
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.01.032, PubMed 17383044

Karlsen TH, Boberg KM, Vatn M, Bergquist A, Hampe J, Schrumpf E, Thorsby E, Schreiber S, Lie BA, IBSEN Study Group (2007)
Different HLA class II associations in ulcerative colitis patients with and without primary sclerosing cholangitis
Genes Immun, 8 (3), 275-8
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6364377, PubMed 17301827

Lie BA, Dupuy BM, Spurkland A, Fernández-Viña MA, Hagelberg E, Thorsby E (2007)
Molecular genetic studies of natives on Easter Island: evidence of an early European and Amerindian contribution to the Polynesian gene pool
Tissue Antigens, 69 (1), 10-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00717.x, PubMed 17212703

Lie BA, Viken MK, Akselsen HE, Flåm ST, Pociot F, Nerup J, Kockum I, Cambon-Thomsen A, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2007)
Association analysis in type 1 diabetes of the PRSS16 gene encoding a thymus-specific serine protease
Hum Immunol, 68 (7), 592-8
DOI 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.03.009, PubMed 17584581

Lie BA, Viken MK, Odegård S, van der Heijde D, Landewé R, Uhlig T, Kvien TK (2007)
Associations between the PTPN22 1858C->T polymorphism and radiographic joint destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from a 10-year longitudinal study
Ann Rheum Dis, 66 (12), 1604-9
DOI 10.1136/ard.2006.067892, PubMed 17472988

Lindner E, Nordang GB, Melum E, Flatø B, Selvaag AM, Thorsby E, Kvien TK, Førre OT, Lie BA (2007)
Lack of association between the chemokine receptor 5 polymorphism CCR5delta32 in rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis
BMC Med Genet, 8, 33
DOI 10.1186/1471-2350-8-33, PubMed 17565662

Smestad C, Brynedal B, Jonasdottir G, Lorentzen AR, Masterman T, Akesson E, Spurkland A, Lie BA, Palmgren J, Celius EG, Hillert J, Harbo HF (2007)
The impact of HLA-A and -DRB1 on age at onset, disease course and severity in Scandinavian multiple sclerosis patients
Eur J Neurol, 14 (8), 835-40
DOI 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01825.x, PubMed 17662002

Viken MK, Olsson M, Flåm ST, Førre O, Kvien TK, Thorsby E, Lie BA (2007)
The PTPN22 promoter polymorphism -1123G>C association cannot be distinguished from the 1858C>T association in a Norwegian rheumatoid arthritis material
Tissue Antigens, 70 (3), 190-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00871.x, PubMed 17661906

Viken MK, Sollid HD, Joner G, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Rønningen KS, Undlien DE, Flatø B, Selvaag AM, Førre Ø, Kvien TK, Thorsby E, Melms A, Tolosa E, Lie BA (2007)
Polymorphisms in the cathepsin L2 (CTSL2) gene show association with type 1 diabetes and early-onset myasthenia gravis
Hum Immunol, 68 (9), 748-55
DOI 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.05.009, PubMed 17869649

Wiencke K, Karlsen TH, Boberg KM, Thorsby E, Schrumpf E, Lie BA, Spurkland A (2007)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with extended HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR6 haplotypes
Tissue Antigens, 69 (2), 161-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00738.x, PubMed 17257319

Publications 2006

Amundsen SS, Monsuur AJ, Wapenaar MC, Lie BA, Ek J, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Ascher H, Wijmenga C, Sollid LM (2006)
Association analysis of MYO9B gene polymorphisms with celiac disease in a Swedish/Norwegian cohort
Hum Immunol, 67 (4-5), 341-5
DOI 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.03.020, PubMed 16720215

Amundsen SS, Vatn M, IBSEN study group, Wijmenga C, Sollid LM, Lie BA (2006)
Association analysis of MYO9B gene polymorphisms and inflammatory bowel disease in a Norwegian cohort
Tissue Antigens, 68 (3), 249-52
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00665.x, PubMed 16948647

Bjørnvold M, Amundsen SS, Stene LC, Joner G, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Njølstad PR, Ek J, Ascher H, Gudjònsdòttir AH, Lie BA, Skinningsrud B, Akselsen HE, Rønningen KS, Sollid LM, Undlien DE (2006)
FOXP3 polymorphisms in type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease
J Autoimmun, 27 (2), 140-4
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2006.06.007, PubMed 16996248

Blomhoff A, Olsson M, Johansson S, Akselsen HE, Pociot F, Nerup J, Kockum I, Cambon-Thomsen A, Thorsby E, Undlien DE, Lie BA (2006)
Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype blocks in the MHC vary in an HLA haplotype specific manner assessed mainly by DRB1*03 and DRB1*04 haplotypes
Genes Immun, 7 (2), 130-40
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6364272, PubMed 16395395

Bowlus CL, Karlsen TH, Broomé U, Thorsby E, Vatn M, Schrumpf E, Lie BA, Boberg KM (2006)
Analysis of MAdCAM-1 and ICAM-1 polymorphisms in 365 Scandinavian patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
J Hepatol, 45 (5), 704-10
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.03.012, PubMed 16750586

Karlsen TH, Hampe J, Wiencke K, Schrumpf E, Thorsby E, Lie BA, Broomé U, Schreiber S, Boberg KM (2006)
Genetic polymorphisms associated with inflammatory bowel disease do not confer risk for primary sclerosing cholangitis
Am J Gastroenterol, 102 (1), 115-21
DOI 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00928.x, PubMed 17100974

Karlsen TH, Lie BA, Frey Frøslie K, Thorsby E, Broomé U, Schrumpf E, Boberg KM (2006)
Polymorphisms in the steroid and xenobiotic receptor gene influence survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Gastroenterology, 131 (3), 781-7
DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.05.057, PubMed 16952547

Melum E, Karlsen TH, Broomé U, Thorsby E, Schrumpf E, Boberg KM, Lie BA (2006)
The 32-base pair deletion of the chemokine receptor 5 gene (CCR5-Delta32) is not associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis in 363 Scandinavian patients
Tissue Antigens, 68 (1), 78-81
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00604.x, PubMed 16774544

Publications 2005

Blomhoff A, Kemp EH, Gawkrodger DJ, Weetman AP, Husebye ES, Akselsen HE, Lie BA, Undlien DE (2005)
CTLA4 polymorphisms are associated with vitiligo, in patients with concomitant autoimmune diseases
Pigment Cell Res, 18 (1), 55-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00196.x, PubMed 15649153

Lie BA, Thorsby E (2005)
Several genes in the extended human MHC contribute to predisposition to autoimmune diseases
Curr Opin Immunol, 17 (5), 526-31
DOI 10.1016/j.coi.2005.07.001, PubMed 16054351

Lorentzen AR, Celius EG, Ekstrøm PO, Wiencke K, Lie BA, Myhr KM, Ling V, Thorsby E, Vartdal F, Spurkland A, Harbo HF (2005)
Lack of association with the CD28/CTLA4/ICOS gene region among Norwegian multiple sclerosis patients
J Neuroimmunol, 166 (1-2), 197-201
DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.06.002, PubMed 16005527

Smerdel-Ramoya A, Finholt C, Lilleby V, Gilboe IM, Harbo HF, Maslinski S, Førre Ø, Thorsby E, Lie BA (2005)
Systemic lupus erythematosus and the extended major histocompatibility complex--evidence for several predisposing loci
Rheumatology (Oxford), 44 (11), 1368-73
DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/kei015, PubMed 16174649

Sollid LM, Lie BA (2005)
Celiac disease genetics: current concepts and practical applications
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 3 (9), 843-51
DOI 10.1016/s1542-3565(05)00532-x, PubMed 16234020

Thorsby E, Lie BA (2005)
HLA associated genetic predisposition to autoimmune diseases: Genes involved and possible mechanisms
Transpl Immunol, 14 (3-4), 175-82
DOI 10.1016/j.trim.2005.03.021, PubMed 15982560

Viken MK, Amundsen SS, Kvien TK, Boberg KM, Gilboe IM, Lilleby V, Sollid LM, Førre OT, Thorsby E, Smerdel A, Lie BA (2005)
Association analysis of the 1858C>T polymorphism in the PTPN22 gene in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other autoimmune diseases
Genes Immun, 6 (3), 271-3
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6364178, PubMed 15759012

Publications 2004

Amundsen SS, Naluai AT, Ascher H, Ek J, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Wahlström J, Lie BA, Sollid LM (2004)
Genetic analysis of the CD28/CTLA4/ICOS (CELIAC3) region in coeliac disease
Tissue Antigens, 64 (5), 593-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00312.x, PubMed 15496203

Blomhoff A, Lie BA, Myhre AG, Kemp EH, Weetman AP, Akselsen HE, Huseby ES, Undlien DE (2004)
Polymorphisms in the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 gene region confer susceptibility to Addison's disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 89 (7), 3474-6
DOI 10.1210/jc.2003-031854, PubMed 15240634

Harbo HF, Lie BA, Sawcer S, Celius EG, Dai KZ, Oturai A, Hillert J, Lorentzen AR, Laaksonen M, Myhr KM, Ryder LP, Fredrikson S, Nyland H, Sørensen PS, Sandberg-Wollheim M, Andersen O, Svejgaard A, Edland A, Mellgren SI, Compston A, Vartdal F, Spurkland A (2004)
Genes in the HLA class I region may contribute to the HLA class II-associated genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis
Tissue Antigens, 63 (3), 237-47
DOI 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00173.x, PubMed 14989713

Koeleman BP, Lie BA, Undlien DE, Dudbridge F, Thorsby E, de Vries RR, Cucca F, Roep BO, Giphart MJ, Todd JA (2004)
Genotype effects and epistasis in type 1 diabetes and HLA-DQ trans dimer associations with disease
Genes Immun, 5 (5), 381-8
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6364106, PubMed 15164102

Munthe-Kaas MC, Carlsen KH, Helms PJ, Gerritsen J, Whyte M, Feijen M, Skinningsrud B, Main M, Kwong GN, Lie BA, Lødrup Carlsen KC, Undlien DE (2004)
CTLA-4 polymorphisms in allergy and asthma and the TH1/ TH2 paradigm
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 114 (2), 280-7
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.03.050, PubMed 15316504

Publications 2003

Bowlus CL, Lie BA (2003)
Discussion of the role of hemochromatosis susceptibility gene mutation in protecting against iron deficiency in celiac disease
Gastroenterology, 124 (5), 1562-3; author reply 1564
DOI 10.1016/s0016-5085(03)00354-8, PubMed 12744238

Etokebe GE, Opsahl M, Tveter AK, Lie BA, Thorsby E, Vartdal F, Spurkland A (2003)
Physical separation of HLA-A alleles by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography
Tissue Antigens, 61 (6), 443-50
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00058.x, PubMed 12823768

Johansson S, Lie BA, Cambon-Thomsen A, Pociot F, Nerup J, Kockum I, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2003)
No evidence of type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes in the region centromeric of the HLA complex
Hum Immunol, 64 (10), 951-9
DOI 10.1016/s0198-8859(03)00172-1, PubMed 14522092

Johansson S, Lie BA, Pociot F, Nerup J, Cambon-Thomsen A, Kockum I, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2003)
HLA associations in type 1 diabetes: DPB1 alleles may act as markers of other HLA-complex susceptibility genes
Tissue Antigens, 61 (5), 344-51
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00055.x, PubMed 12753653

Johansson S, Lie BA, Todd JA, Pociot F, Nerup J, Cambon-Thomsen A, Kockum I, Akselsen HE, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2003)
Evidence of at least two type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes in the HLA complex distinct from HLA-DQB1, -DQA1 and -DRB1
Genes Immun, 4 (1), 46-53
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6363917, PubMed 12595901

Louka AS, Lie BA, Talseth B, Ascher H, Ek J, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Sollid LM (2003)
Coeliac disease patients carry conserved HLA-DR3-DQ2 haplotypes revealed by association of TNF alleles
Immunogenetics, 55 (5), 339-43
DOI 10.1007/s00251-003-0586-5, PubMed 12845502

Smerdel A, Lie BA, Finholt C, Ploski R, Førre Ø, Undlien DE, Thorsby E (2003)
An additional susceptibility gene for juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the HLA class I region on several DR-DQ haplotypes
Tissue Antigens, 61 (1), 80-4
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.610107.x, PubMed 12622778

Twells RC, Mein CA, Phillips MS, Hess JF, Veijola R, Gilbey M, Bright M, Metzker M, Lie BA, Kingsnorth A, Gregory E, Nakagawa Y, Snook H, Wang WY, Masters J, Johnson G, Eaves I, Howson JM, Clayton D, Cordell HJ, Nutland S, Rance H, Carr P, Todd JA (2003)
Haplotype structure, LD blocks, and uneven recombination within the LRP5 gene
Genome Res, 13 (5), 845-55
DOI 10.1101/gr.563703, PubMed 12727905

Publications 2002

Lie BA, Akselsen HE, Bowlus CL, Gruen JR, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2002)
Polymorphisms in the gene encoding thymus-specific serine protease in the extended HLA complex: a potential candidate gene for autoimmune and HLA-associated diseases
Genes Immun, 3 (5), 306-12
DOI 10.1038/sj.gene.6363858, PubMed 12140752

Louka AS, Nilsson S, Olsson M, Talseth B, Lie BA, Ek J, Gudjónsdóttir AH, Ascher H, Sollid LM (2002)
HLA in coeliac disease families: a novel test of risk modification by the 'other' haplotype when at least one DQA1*05-DQB1*02 haplotype is carried
Tissue Antigens, 60 (2), 147-54
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600205.x, PubMed 12392509

Smerdel A, Lie BA, Ploski R, Koeleman BP, Førre Ø, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2002)
A gene in the telomeric HLA complex distinct from HLA-A is involved in predisposition to juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Arthritis Rheum, 46 (6), 1614-9
DOI 10.1002/art.10337, PubMed 12115193

Publications 2001

Johansson S, Lie BA, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2001)
The polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of IL12B has a negligible effect on the susceptibility to develop type 1 diabetes in Norway
Immunogenetics, 53 (7), 603-5
DOI 10.1007/s002510100370, PubMed 11685474

Undlien DE, Lie BA, Thorsby E (2001)
HLA complex genes in type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. Which genes are involved?
Trends Genet, 17 (2), 93-100
DOI 10.1016/s0168-9525(00)02180-6, PubMed 11173119

Publications 2000

Lie BA, Ronningen KS, Akselsen HE, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (2000)
Application and interpretation of transmission/disequilibrium tests: transmission of HLA-DQ haplotypes to unaffected siblings in 526 families with type 1 diabetes
Am J Hum Genet, 66 (2), 740-3
DOI 10.1086/302780, PubMed 10677335

Redondo MJ, Kawasaki E, Mulgrew CL, Noble JA, Erlich HA, Freed BM, Lie BA, Thorsby E, Eisenbarth GS, Undlien DE, Ronningen KS (2000)
DR- and DQ-associated protection from type 1A diabetes: comparison of DRB1*1401 and DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602*
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 85 (10), 3793-7
DOI 10.1210/jcem.85.10.6920, PubMed 11061540

Publications 1999

Lie BA, Sollid LM, Ascher H, Ek J, Akselsen HE, Rønningen KS, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (1999)
A gene telomeric of the HLA class I region is involved in predisposition to both type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease
Tissue Antigens, 54 (2), 162-8
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540207.x, PubMed 10488743

Lie BA, Todd JA, Pociot F, Nerup J, Akselsen HE, Joner G, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Rønningen KS, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (1999)
The predisposition to type 1 diabetes linked to the human leukocyte antigen complex includes at least one non-class II gene
Am J Hum Genet, 64 (3), 793-800
DOI 10.1086/302283, PubMed 10053014

Undlien DE, Kockum I, Rønningen KS, Lowe R, Saanjeevi CB, Graham J, Lie BA, Akselsen HE, Lernmark A, Thorsby E (1999)
HLA associations in type 1 diabetes among patients not carrying high-risk DR3-DQ2 or DR4-DQ8 haplotypes
Tissue Antigens, 54 (6), 543-51
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540602.x, PubMed 10674967

Publications 1997

Lie BA, Akselsen HE, Joner G, Dahl-Jørgensen K, Rønningen KS, Thorsby E, Undlien DE (1997)
HLA associations in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: no independent association to particular DP genes
Hum Immunol, 55 (2), 170-5
DOI 10.1016/s0198-8859(97)00095-5, PubMed 9361969

Publications 1996

Jacobsen T, Lie BA, Lysvand H, Wiig M, Pettersen HB, Iversen OJ (1996)
Detection of psoriasis-associated antigen pso p27 in sarcoidosis bronchoalveolar lavage fluid using monoclonal antibodies
Clin Immunol Immunopathol, 81 (1), 82-7
DOI 10.1006/clin.1996.0161, PubMed 8808646

Publications 1995

Iversen OJ, Lysvand H, Jacobsen T, Bergh K, Lie BA (1995)
The psoriasis-associated antigen, pso p27, is expressed by tryptase-positive cells in psoriatic lesions
Arch Dermatol Res, 287 (5), 503-5
DOI 10.1007/BF00373437, PubMed 7625863