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
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(in press) DOI 10.1111/tan.14284, PubMed 33896121
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 Aet 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