Kristine Løkås Haftorn

  • Post doc; PhD

Research interests

In my postdoc, I am exploring the interactions between genetic and environmental risk factors for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. My background is in molecular biology and genetic epidemiology, and I have a strong interest in immunology, epigenetics and bioinformatics.

PROJECT: PREVENT-JIA

 

Publications 2024

Hestetun SV, Rudsari HK, Jaholkowski P, Shadrin A, Haftorn KL, Andersen S, Rygg M, Nordal E, Frei O, Andreassen OA, Selvaag AM, Størdal K, Sanner H (2024)
Incidence and genetic risk of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Norway by latitude
Arthritis Rheumatol (in press)
DOI 10.1002/art.43040, PubMed 39431377

Murgatroyd C, Salontaji K, Smajlagic D, Page C, Sanders F, Jugessur A, Lyle R, Tsotsi S, Haftorn K, Felix J, Walton E, Tiemeier H, Cecil C, Bekkhus M (2024)
Prenatal stress and gestational epigenetic age: No evidence of associations based on a large prospective multi-cohort study
Res Sq
DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4257223/v1, PubMed 39011115

Salontaji K, Haftorn KL, Sanders F, Page CM, Walton E, Felix JF, Bekkhus M, Bohlin J, Tiemeier H, Cecil CAM (2024)
Gestational epigenetic age and ADHD symptoms in childhood: a prospective, multi-cohort study
Mol Psychiatry, 29 (9), 2911-2918
DOI 10.1038/s41380-024-02544-2, PubMed 38561466

Publications 2023

Haftorn KL, Denault WRP, Lee Y, Page CM, Romanowska J, Lyle R, Næss ØE, Kristjansson D, Magnus PM, Håberg SE, Bohlin J, Jugessur A (2023)
Nucleated red blood cells explain most of the association between DNA methylation and gestational age
Commun Biol, 6 (1), 224
DOI 10.1038/s42003-023-04584-w, PubMed 36849614

Haftorn KL, Romanowska J, Lee Y, Page CM, Magnus PM, Håberg SE, Bohlin J, Jugessur A, Denault WRP (2023)
Stability selection enhances feature selection and enables accurate prediction of gestational age using only five DNA methylation sites
Clin Epigenetics, 15 (1), 114
DOI 10.1186/s13148-023-01528-3, PubMed 37443060

Romanowska J, Nustad HE, Page CM, Denault WRP, Lee Y, Magnus MC, Haftorn KL, Gjerdevik M, Novakovic B, Saffery R, Gjessing HK, Lyle R, Magnus P, Håberg SE, Jugessur A (2023)
The X-factor in ART: does the use of assisted reproductive technologies influence DNA methylation on the X chromosome?
Hum Genomics, 17 (1), 35
DOI 10.1186/s40246-023-00484-6, PubMed 37085889

Publications 2022

Håberg SE, Page CM, Lee Y, Nustad HE, Magnus MC, Haftorn KL, Carlsen EØ, Denault WRP, Bohlin J, Jugessur A, Magnus P, Gjessing HK, Lyle R (2022)
DNA methylation in newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technology
Nat Commun, 13 (1), 1896
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-29540-w, PubMed 35393427

Sammallahti S, Koopman-Verhoeff ME, Binter AC, Mulder RH, Cabré-Riera A, Kvist T, Malmberg ALK, Pesce G, Plancoulaine S, Heiss JA, Rifas-Shiman SL, Röder SW, Starling AP, Wilson R, Guerlich K, Haftorn KL, Page CM, Luik AI, Tiemeier H, Felix JF, Raikkonen K, Lahti J, Relton CL, Sharp GC, Waldenberger M et al. (2022)
Longitudinal associations of DNA methylation and sleep in children: a meta-analysis
Clin Epigenetics, 14 (1), 83
DOI 10.1186/s13148-022-01298-4, PubMed 35790973

Publications 2021

Haftorn KL, Lee Y, Denault WRP, Page CM, Nustad HE, Lyle R, Gjessing HK, Malmberg A, Magnus MC, Næss Ø, Czamara D, Räikkönen K, Lahti J, Magnus P, Håberg SE, Jugessur A, Bohlin J (2021)
An EPIC predictor of gestational age and its application to newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technologies
Clin Epigenetics, 13 (1), 82
DOI 10.1186/s13148-021-01055-z, PubMed 33875015

Publications 2020

Lee Y, Haftorn KL, Denault WRP, Nustad HE, Page CM, Lyle R, Lee-Ødegård S, Moen GH, Prasad RB, Groop LC, Sletner L, Sommer C, Magnus MC, Gjessing HK, Harris JR, Magnus P, Håberg SE, Jugessur A, Bohlin J (2020)
Blood-based epigenetic estimators of chronological age in human adults using DNA methylation data from the Illumina MethylationEPIC array
BMC Genomics, 21 (1), 747
DOI 10.1186/s12864-020-07168-8, PubMed 33109080