
Liv Ingunn Bjoner Sikkeland
- Senior engineer; PhD, MSc
- +47 23072997
Publications 2019
Endotoxin and Hydrogen Sulphide Exposure and Effects on the Airways Among Waste Water Workers in Sewage Treatment Plants and Sewer Net System
Ann Work Expo Health, 63 (4), 437-447
DOI 10.1093/annweh/wxz020, PubMed 30938763
Annual decline in forced expiratory volume and airway inflammatory cells and mediators in a general population-based sample
BMC Pulm Med, 19 (1), 90
DOI 10.1186/s12890-018-0765-7, PubMed 31072364
Publications 2018
Isolating and culturing of sputum macrophages: A potential ex vivo/in vitro model
Exp Lung Res, 44 (6), 312-322
DOI 10.1080/01902148.2018.1539788, PubMed 30465455
Risk factors for impaired pulmonary function and cardiorespiratory fitness in very long-term adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia after treatment with chemotherapy only
Acta Oncol, 57 (5), 658-664
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1423177, PubMed 29303026
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
The Role of Airway Inflammation and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in Athlete's Asthma
Med Sci Sports Exerc, 50 (4), 659-666
DOI 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001478, PubMed 29189668
Publications 2017
Military small arms fire in association with acute decrements in lung function
Occup Environ Med, 74 (9), 639-644
DOI 10.1136/oemed-2016-104207, PubMed 28408655
Publications 2016
Long-term persistence of human donor alveolar macrophages in lung transplant recipients
Thorax, 71 (11), 1006-1011
DOI 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208292, PubMed 27329043
Sputum neutrophils are elevated in smelter workers, and systemic neutrophils are associated with rapid decline in FEV1
Occup Environ Med, 73 (7), 459-66
DOI 10.1136/oemed-2015-103083, PubMed 27052769
Publications 2015
Airway inflammation and ammonia exposure among female Palestinian hairdressers: a cross-sectional study
Occup Environ Med, 72 (6), 428-34
DOI 10.1136/oemed-2014-102437, PubMed 25653315
Publications 2014
Immunological Analysis of Induced Sputum in Work Exposures
JEIT, 1 (4), 183-189
DOI 10.7178/jeit.10, PublikaID 207
Health effects after firing small arms comparing leaded and unleaded ammunition
Inhal Toxicol, 26 (14), 873-9
DOI 10.3109/08958378.2014.970783, PubMed 25373830
Publications 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
Publications 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
Recovery from workplace-induced airway inflammation 1 year after cessation of exposure
Occup Environ Med, 69 (10), 721-6
DOI 10.1136/oemed-2011-100632, PubMed 22833663
Publications 2011
Long-term occupational outcomes of endotoxin exposure and the effect of exposure cessation
Occup Environ Med, 69 (2), 107-12
DOI 10.1136/oem.2010.062414, PubMed 21810928
Publications 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
Publications 2009
Airway inflammation in cement production workers
Occup Environ Med, 67 (6), 395-400
DOI 10.1136/oem.2009.047852, PubMed 19854695
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
Publications 2007
Airway inflammation in paper mill workers
J Occup Environ Med, 49 (10), 1135-42
DOI 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31814b2e87, PubMed 18000418
Macrophage enrichment from induced sputum
Thorax, 62 (6), 558-9
DOI 10.1136/thx.2006.073544, PubMed 17536036
Circulating lipopolysaccharides in the blood from "bioprotein" production workers
Occup Environ Med, 65 (3), 211-4
DOI 10.1136/oem.2007.032938, PubMed 17855504
Complement activation and cytokine response by BioProtein, a bacterial single cell protein
Clin Exp Immunol, 148 (1), 146-52
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03339.x, PubMed 17302729
Publications 2005
Resuscitation of hypoxic piglets with 100% O2 increases pulmonary metalloproteinases and IL-8
Pediatr Res, 58 (3), 542-8
DOI 10.1203/01.PDR.0000179407.46810.2D, PubMed 16148071
Publications 2004
Resuscitation with 100% O2 increases cerebral injury in hypoxemic piglets
Pediatr Res, 56 (5), 783-90
DOI 10.1203/01.PDR.0000141988.89820.E3, PubMed 15347772
Publications 2003
DNA transfection of mononuclear cells in muscle tissue
J Gene Med, 5 (10), 909-917
DOI 10.1002/jgm.416, PubMed 14533200
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
Publications 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