Publications 2026

Hetlevik SO, Lilleby V, Pesonen M, Nordal E, Rygg M, Austad C, Jonsson MK, Bilstad M, Høiberg HK, Sande NK, Flatø B, Lillegraven S, Haavardsholm EA, Ramanan AV, Molberg Ø, Bøyesen P, Aga AB (2026)
Moving towards optimized treatment for children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in sustained remission randomized to continue stable treatment, methotrexate withdrawal or tumor necrosis factor inhibitor withdrawal: study protocol for the Norwegian multi-center MOVE-JIA trial
Trials (in press)
DOI 10.1186/s13063-026-09539-0, PubMed 41703606

Ryan SJ, Jørstad ØK, Skjelland M, Pesonen M, Simonsen CZ, Bek T, Blauenfeldt RA, Ijäs P, Laitinen A, Khanevski A, Krohn J, Rødahl E, Lemmens R, Demeestere J, Cassiman C, Nakstad I, Evensen K, Sandell T, Hamann S, Truelsen TC, Christensen LM, Rosenbaum S, Matijošaitis V, Žemaitienė R, Ellekjær H et al. (2026)
A Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
N Engl J Med, 394 (5), 442-450
DOI 10.1056/NEJMoa2508515, PubMed 41604638

Publications 2025

Bernhardsen GP, Pesonen M, Keski-Nisula L, Nordeng H, Lehto SM (2025)
Trajectories of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use in Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes: A Longitudinal Register Study
BJOG, 133 (1), 83-94
DOI 10.1111/1471-0528.18337, PubMed 40836389

Gudmundstuen AM, Iversen PO, Pesonen M, Hjermstad MJ, Bye A, Tjønnfjord GE, Skaarud KJ (2025)
Comparing indirect calorimetry and predictive equations for energy expenditure - 1 year follow-up of adult hematopoietic stem cell transplanted recipients
Clin Nutr ESPEN, 70, 218-226
DOI 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.09.027, PubMed 41038512

Skaarud KJ, Gudmundstuen AM, Pesonen M, Hjermstad MJ, Iversen PO, Tjønnfjord GE (2025)
The role of fat-soluble vitamins for graft-versus host disease after myeloablative conditioning in allogeneic stem cell transplanted patients
Sci Rep, 15 (1), 1675
DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-84805-2, PubMed 39799129

Publications 2024

Bastakoti S, Pesonen M, Ajayi C, Julin K, Corander J, Johannessen M, Hanssen AM (2024)
Co-culturing with Streptococcus anginosus alters Staphylococcus aureus transcriptome when exposed to tonsillar cells
Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 14, 1326730
DOI 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1326730, PubMed 38333035

Berg HB, Alavi DT, Beichmann B, Pesonen M, Henriksen C, Paur I, Bøhn SK, Lauritzen PM, Blomhoff R, Henriksen HB (2024)
The choice of diagnostic modality influences the proportion of low muscle strength, low muscle mass, and sarcopenia in colorectal cancer patients
Clin Nutr ESPEN, 60, 17-23
DOI 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.01.001, PubMed 38479906

Chortatos A, Pesonen M, Thomas O, Toffol E, Airaksinen V, Musakka E, Täubel M, Kirjavainen P, Backman K, Pekkanen J, Keski-Nisula L, Lehto SM (2024)
Microbial exposure at birth and the development of behavioral temperament during the first three years of childhood
Dev Psychopathol, 37 (4), 2087-2098
DOI 10.1017/S0954579424001676, PubMed 39410775

Lambert AT, Sætre DO, Ratajczak-Tretel B, Gleditsch J, Høie G, Al-Ani R, Pesonen M, Atar D, Aamodt AH (2024)
Imaging features for the identification of atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke patients
J Neurol, 271 (8), 5343-5356
DOI 10.1007/s00415-024-12397-y, PubMed 38904781

Löffeler S, Bertilsson H, Müller C, Aas K, Haugnes HS, Aksnessæther B, Pesonen M, Thon K, Tandstad T, Murtola T, Poulsen MH, Nordstrøm T, Vigmostad MN, Ottosson F, Holmsten K, Christiansen O, Slaaen M, Haug ES, Storås AH, Asphaug L, Rannikko A, Brasso K, Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group (SPCG) and the Norwegian Get‐Randomized (GRand) Initiative (2024)
Protocol of a randomised, controlled trial comparing immediate curative therapy with conservative treatment in men aged ≥75 years with non-metastatic high-risk prostate cancer (SPCG 19/GRand-P)
BJU Int, 133 (6), 680-689
DOI 10.1111/bju.16314, PubMed 38469686

Pöntinen AK, Gladstone RA, Pesonen H, Pesonen M, Cléon F, Parcell BJ, Kallonen T, Simonsen GS, Croucher NJ, McNally A, Parkhill J, Johnsen PJ, Samuelsen Ø, Corander J (2024)
Modulation of multidrug-resistant clone success in Escherichia coli populations: a longitudinal, multi-country, genomic and antibiotic usage cohort study
Lancet Microbe, 5 (2), e142-e150
DOI 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00292-6, PubMed 38219757

Thorpe HA, Pesonen M, Corbella M, Pesonen H, Gaiarsa S, Boinett CJ, Tonkin-Hill G, Mäklin T, Pöntinen AK, MacAlasdair N, Gladstone RA, Arredondo-Alonso S, Kallonen T, Jamrozy D, Lo SW, Chaguza C, Blackwell GA, Honkela A, Schürch AC, Willems RJL, Merla C, Petazzoni G, Feil EJ, Cambieri P, Thomson NR et al. (2024)
Pan-pathogen deep sequencing of nosocomial bacterial pathogens in Italy in spring 2020: a prospective cohort study
Lancet Microbe, 5 (10), 100890
DOI 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00113-7, PubMed 39178869

Publications 2023

Tancin Lambert A, Ratajczak-Tretel B, Al-Ani R, Arntzen K, Bakkejord GK, Bekkeseth HMO, Bjerkeli V, Eldøen G, Gulsvik AK, Halvorsen B, Høie GA, Ihle-Hansen H, Ihle-Hansen H, Ingebrigtsen S, Johansen H, Kremer C, Krogseth SB, Kruuse C, Kurz M, Nakstad I, Novotny V, Naess H, Qazi R, Rezai MK, Rørholt DM et al. (2023)
Biomarkers predictive of atrial fibrillation in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Insights from the Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke (NOR-FIB) study
Eur J Neurol, 30 (5), 1352-1363
DOI 10.1111/ene.15746, PubMed 36786305

Zivadinovic N, Abrahamsen R, Pesonen M, Wagstaff A, Torén K, Henneberger PK, Kongerud J, Fell AKM (2023)
Loss to 5-year follow-up in the population-based Telemark Study: risk factors and potential for bias
BMJ Open, 13 (3), e064311
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064311, PubMed 36997259

Publications 2022

Chewapreecha C, Pensar J, Chattagul S, Pesonen M, Sangphukieo A, Boonklang P, Potisap C, Koosakulnirand S, Feil EJ, Dunachie S, Chantratita N, Limmathurotsakul D, Peacock SJ, Day NPJ, Parkhill J, Thomson NR, Sermswan RW, Corander J (2022)
Co-evolutionary Signals Identify Burkholderia pseudomallei Survival Strategies in a Hostile Environment
Mol Biol Evol, 39 (1)
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msab306, PubMed 34662416

Hagemo JS, Skulberg AK, Rehn M, Valberg M, Pesonen M, Heimdal HJ, Heyerdahl F (2022)
Inhaled nitric oxide as temporary respiratory stabilization in patients with COVID-19 related respiratory failure (INOCOV): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
PLoS One, 17 (5), e0268822
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0268822, PubMed 35622848

Mäklin T, Thorpe HA, Pöntinen AK, Gladstone RA, Shao Y, Pesonen M, McNally A, Johnsen PJ, Samuelsen Ø, Lawley TD, Honkela A, Corander J (2022)
Strong pathogen competition in neonatal gut colonisation
Nat Commun, 13 (1), 7417
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-35178-5, PubMed 36456554

Publications 2021

Hoffmann-Vold AM, Fretheim HH, Sarna VK, Barua I, Carstens MN, Distler O, Khanna D, Volkmann ER, Midtvedt Ø, Didriksen H, Dhainaut A, Halse AK, Bakland G, Pesonen M, Olsen I, Molberg Ø (2021)
Safety and efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation by Anaerobic Cultivated Human Intestinal Microbiome (ACHIM) in patients with systemic sclerosis: study protocol for the randomised controlled phase II ReSScue trial
BMJ Open, 11 (6), e048541
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048541, PubMed 34168032

MacAlasdair N, Pesonen M, Brynildsrud O, Eldholm V, Kristiansen PA, Corander J, Caugant DA, Bentley SD (2021)
The effect of recombination on the evolution of a population of Neisseria meningitidis
Genome Res, 31 (7), 1258-1268
DOI 10.1101/gr.264465.120, PubMed 34108268

Pöntinen AK, Top J, Arredondo-Alonso S, Tonkin-Hill G, Freitas AR, Novais C, Gladstone RA, Pesonen M, Meneses R, Pesonen H, Lees JA, Jamrozy D, Bentley SD, Lanza VF, Torres C, Peixe L, Coque TM, Parkhill J, Schürch AC, Willems RJL, Corander J (2021)
Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era
Nat Commun, 12 (1), 1523
DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-21749-5, PubMed 33750782

Publications 2020

Top J, Arredondo-Alonso S, Schürch AC, Puranen S, Pesonen M, Pensar J, Willems RJL, Corander J (2020)
Genomic rearrangements uncovered by genome-wide co-evolution analysis of a major nosocomial pathogen, Enterococcus faecium
Microb Genom, 6 (12)
DOI 10.1099/mgen.0.000488, PubMed 33253085

Aalto-Araneda M, Pöntinen A, Pesonen M, Corander J, Markkula A, Tasara T, Stephan R, Korkeala H (2020)
Strain Variability of Listeria monocytogenes under NaCl Stress Elucidated by a High-Throughput Microbial Growth Data Assembly and Analysis Protocol
Appl Environ Microbiol, 86 (6)
DOI 10.1128/AEM.02378-19, PubMed 31900307