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
Incidence and genetic risk of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Norway by latitude
Arthritis Rheumatol (in press)
DOI 10.1002/art.43040, PubMed 39431377
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
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
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
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
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
DNA methylation in newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technology
Nat Commun, 13 (1), 1896
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-29540-w, PubMed 35393427
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
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
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