• Artesunate shows potent anti-tumor activity in B-cell lymphoma 

      Våtsveen, Thea Kristin; Myhre, Marit Renee; Steen, Chloe Beate; Wälchli, Sébastien; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Bai, Baoyan; Dillard, Pierre; Theodossiou, Theodossis; Holien, Toril; Sundan, Anders; Inderberg, Else Marit; Smeland, Erlend B; Myklebust, June; Oksvold, Morten Pedersen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Although chemo-immunotherapy has led to an improved overall survival for most B-cell lymphoma types, relapsed and refractory disease remains a challenge. The malaria drug artesunate has previously been identified ...
    • Selective Killing of Activated T Cells by 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Mediated Photodynamic Effect: Potential Improvement of Extracorporeal Photopheresis 

      Darvekar, Sagar; Juzenas, Petras; Oksvold, Morten Pedersen; Kleinauskas, Andrius; Holien, Toril; Christensen, Eidi; Stokke, Trond; Sioud, Mouldy; Qian, Peng (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), a modality that exposes isolated leukocytes to the photosensitizer 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and ultraviolet-A (UV-A) light, is used to treat conditions such as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma ...