Delineating the genetic and environmental risk factors in autoimmune diseases
Transcriptome profiling of immune cells in thymus with focus on autoimmune risk loci
Immunogenetic studies of CFS/ME
Functional genomic studies of chronic low back pain patients with modic changes and response to antibiotic treatment
Exploring the phenotype of the immunological cells infiltrating the joint tissue of the juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients by transcriptome profiling both the synovial fluid and tissue.
Multiomic studies of disease activity and treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis and other phenotypes
Recent publications
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 SAet al.(2022) Multiomics analysis of rheumatoid arthritis yields sequence variants that have large effects on risk of the seropositive subset Ann Rheum Dis(in press) DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221754, PubMed 35470158
Li J, Li YR, Glessner JT, Yang J, March ME, Kao C, Vaccaro CN, Bradfield JP, Li J, Mentch FD, Qu H, 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 JEet al.(2022) Identification of Novel Loci Shared by Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Subtypes through Integrative Genetic Analysis Arthritis Rheumatol(in press) DOI 10.1002/art.42129, PubMed 35347896
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