• Increased p53 signaling impairs neural differentiation in HUWE1-promoted intellectual disabilities 

      Aprigliano, Rossana; Aksu, Merdane Ezgi; Bradamante, Stefano; Mihaljevic, Boris; Wang, Wei; Rian, Kristin; Montaldo, Nicola Pietro; Grooms, Kayla; Martin, Sarah; Bordin, Diana Lilian; Bosshard, Matthias; Peng, Yunhui; Alexov, Emil; Skinner, Cindy; Liabakk, Nina-Beate; Sullivan, Gareth; Bjørås, Magnar; Schwartz, Charles; van Loon, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Essential E3 ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 (HECT, UBA, and WWE domain containing 1) regulates key factors, such as p53. Although mutations in HUWE1 cause heterogenous neurodevelopmental X-linked intellectual disabilities (XLIDs), ...
    • Integrative whole-genome sequence analysis reveals roles of regulatory mutations in BCL6 and BCL2 in follicular lymphoma 

      Batmanov, Kirill; Wang, Wei; Bjørås, Magnar; Delabie, Jan; Wang, Junbai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The contribution of mutations in regulatory regions to tumorigenesis has been the subject of many recent studies. We propose a new framework for integrative analysis of genome-wide sequencing data by considering diverse ...
    • Lactate receptor HCAR1 regulates neurogenesis and microglia activation after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia 

      Kennedy, Lauritz Hagen; Glesaaen, Emilie Rylund; Palibrk, Vuk; Pannone, Marco; Wang, Wei; Al-Jabri, Ali; Suganthan, Rajikala; Meyer, Niklas; Austbø, Marie Landa; Lin, Xiaolin; Bergersen, Linda Hildegard; Bjørås, Magnar; Rinholm, Johanne Egge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia (HI) is the leading cause of death and disability in newborns with the only current treatment being hypothermia. An increased understanding of the pathways that facilitate tissue repair ...
    • Loss of Mediator complex subunit 13 (MED13) promotes resistance to alkylation through cyclin D1 upregulation 

      Rolinski, Milosz; Montaldo, Nicola Pietro; Aksu, Merdane Ezgi; Martin, Sarah Fordyce; Brambilla, Alessandro; Kunath, Nicolas; Johansen, Jostein; Erlandsen, Sten Even; Liabakk, Nina-Beate; Rian, Kristin; Bjørås, Magnar; Sætrom, Pål; van Loon, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Alkylating drugs are among the most often used chemotherapeutics. While cancer cells frequently develop resistance to alkylation treatments, detailed understanding of mechanisms that lead to the resistance is limited. Here, ...
    • A loss-of-function mutation in human Oxidation Resistance 1 disrupts the spatial–temporal regulation of histone arginine methylation in neurodevelopment 

      Lin, Xiaolin; Wang, Wei; Yang, Mingyi; Damseh, Nadirah; Sousa, Mirta; Jacob, Fadi; lång, anna ulrika; Kristiansen, Elise; Pannone, Marco; Kissova, Miroslava; Almaas, Runar; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Siller, Richard; Shahrour, Maher; Al-Ashhab, Motee; Abu-Libdeh, Bassam; Tang, Wannan; Slupphaug, Geir; Elpeleg, Orly; Bøe, Stig Ove; Eide, Lars; Sullivan, Gareth John; Rinholm, Johanne Egge; Song, Hongjun; Ming, Guo-li; van Loon, Barbara; Edvardson, Simon; Ye, Jing; Bjørås, Magnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Oxidation Resistance 1 (OXR1) gene is a highly conserved gene of the TLDc domain-containing family. OXR1 is involved in fundamental biological and cellular processes, including DNA damage response, antioxidant ...
    • Mapping of pituitary stress-induced gene regulation connects Nrcam to negative emotions 

      Olsen, Maria Belland; Sannes, Ann-Christin; Yang, Kuan; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne; Christensen, Jan Olav; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjørås, Magnar; Gjerstad, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Environmental stressors such as repeated social defeat may initiate powerful activation of subconscious parts of the brain. Here, we examine the consequences of such stress (induced by resident-intruder paradigm) on the ...
    • Metabolism and DNA repair shape a specific modification pattern in mitochondrial DNA 

      Pawar, Tina; Bjørås, Magnar; Klungland, Arne; Eide, Lars (Journal article, 2017)
      The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) resides in the vicinity of energy-rich reactions. Thus, chemical modifications of mtDNA might mirror mitochondrial processes and could serve as biomarkers of metabolic processes in the ...
    • Mitotic chromosome condensation resets chromatin to safeguard transcriptional homeostasis during interphase 

      Ramos Alonso, Lucia; Holland, Petter; Le Gras, Stéphanie; Zhao, Xu; Jost, Bernard; Bjørås, Magnar; Barral, Yves; Enserink, Jorrit; Chymkowitch, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Mitotic entry correlates with the condensation of the chromosomes, changes in histone modifications, exclusion of transcription factors from DNA, and the broad downregulation of transcription. However, whether mitotic ...
    • Monitoring of the spatial and temporal dynamics of BER/SSBR pathway proteins, including MYH, UNG2, MPG, NTH1 and NEIL1-3, during DNA replication. 

      Bjørås, Karine; Sousa, Mirta; Sharma, Animesh; Fonseca, Davi de Miranda; Søgaard, Caroline Danielsen; Bjørås, Magnar; Otterlei, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Base lesions in DNA can stall the replication machinery or induce mutations if bypassed. Consequently, lesions must be repaired before replication or in a post-replicative process to maintain genomic stability. Base excision ...
    • Mono- and combinational drug therapies for global viral pandemic preparedness 

      Ianevski, Aleksandr; Yao, Rouan; Simonsen, Ronja Meyer; Myhre, Vegard; Ravlo, Erlend; Kaynova, Gerda D.; Zusinaite, Eva; White, Judith M.; Polyak, Stephen J.; Oksenych, Valentyn; Windisch, Marc P.; Pan, Qiuwei; Lastauskienė, Eglė; Vitkauskienė, Astra; Matukevičius, Algimantas; Tenson, Tanel; Bjørås, Magnar; Kainov, Denis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Broadly effective antiviral therapies must be developed to be ready for clinical trials, which should begin soon after the emergence of new life-threatening viruses. Here, we pave the way towards this goal by reviewing ...
    • Multi-OMICs landscape of SARS-CoV-2-induced host responses in human lung epithelial cells 

      Pinto, Sneha M.; Subbannayya, Yashwanth; Kim, Hera; Hagen, Lars; Górna, Maria W; Nieminen, Anni I.; Bjørås, Magnar; Espevik, Terje; Kaynov, Denis; Kandasamy, Richard Kumaran (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      COVID-19 pandemic continues to remain a global health concern owing to the emergence of newer variants. Several multi-Omics studies have produced extensive evidence on host-pathogen interactions and potential therapeutic ...
    • N6-methyladenosine in RNA of atherosclerotic plaques: An epitranscriptomic signature of human carotid atherosclerosis 

      Quiles Jimenez, Ana Maria Teresa; Gregersen, Ida; Sousa, Mirta; Abbas, Azhar; Kong, Xiang Yi; Alseth, Ingrun; Holm, Sverre; Dahl, Tuva Børresdatter; Skagen, Karolina Ryeng; Skjelland, Mona; Aukrust, Pål; Bjørås, Magnar; Halvorsen, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background More than 170 post-transcriptional RNA modifications regulate the localization, processing and function of cellular RNAs, and aberrant RNA modifications have been linked to a range of human diseases. The RNA ...
    • Nafamostat–interferon-α combination suppresses sars-cov-2 infection in vitro and in vivo by cooperatively targeting host TMPRSS2 

      Ianevski, Aleksandr; Yao, Rouan; Lysvand, Hilde; Grødeland, Gunnveig; Legrand, Nicolas; Oksenych, Valentyn; Zusinaite, Eva; Tenson, Tanel; Bjørås, Magnar; Kainov, Denis E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      SARS-CoV-2 and its vaccine/immune-escaping variants continue to pose a serious threat to public health due to a paucity of effective, rapidly deployable, and widely available treatments. Here, we address these challenges ...
    • NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles for low-cost, efficient isolation of mammalian DNA and RNA 

      Starheim, Eirin Johannessen; Ravlo, Erlend; Schjølberg, Jørn-Ove; Solvang, Vanessa; Wang, Wei; Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert; Manaf, Adeel; Erlandsen, Sten Even; Aas, Per Arne; Hagen, Lars; Sousa, Mirta; Bjørås, Magnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A cost-effective, viral nucleic acid (NA) isolation kit based on NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles was developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in response to the shortage of commercial kits for isolation ...
    • NEIL1 and NEIL2 DNA glycosylases modulate anxiety and learning in a cooperative manner in mice 

      Hildrestrand, Gunn Annette; Rolseth, Veslemøy; Kunath, Nicolas; Suganthan, Rajikala; Jensen, Vidar; Bugaj, Anna Maria; Fernandez Berrocal, Marion Silvana; SIkko, Sunniva Bøe; Vetlesen, Susanne; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Olsen, Ann-Karin Hardie; Gutzkow, Kristine Bjerve; Rowe, Alexander D.; Wang, Wei; Moldestad, Olve; Syrstad, Monika; Slupphaug, Geir; Eide, Lars; Klungland, Arne; Sætrom, Pål; Luna, Luisa; Ye, Jing; Scheffler, Katja; Bjørås, Magnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Oxidative DNA damage in the brain has been implicated in neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. DNA glycosylases initiate base excision repair (BER), the main pathway for oxidative DNA base lesion repair. NEIL1 and NEIL3 ...
    • Neil3 induced neurogenesis protects against prion disease during the clinical phase 

      Jalland, Clara Maria Osnes; Scheffler, Katja; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Moldal, Torfinn; Ersdal, Cecilie; Gunnes, Gjermund; Suganthan, Rajikala; Bjørås, Magnar; Tranulis, Michael A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Base excision repair (BER) is the major pathway for repair of oxidative DNA damage. Mice with genetic knockout of the BER enzyme Neil3 display compromised neurogenesis in the sub-ventricular zone of the lateral ventricle ...
    • NEIL3-deficiency increases gut permeability and contributes to a pro-atherogenic metabolic phenotype 

      Karlsen, Tom Rune; Kong, Xiang Yi; Holm, Sverre; Quiles-Jiménez, Ana M T; Dahl, Tuva Børresdatter; Yang, Kuan; Sagen, Ellen Lund; Skarpengland, Tonje; Øgaard, Jonas; Holm, Kristian; Vestad, Beate; Olsen, Maria Belland; Aukrust, Pål; Bjørås, Magnar; Hov, Johannes Espolin Roksund; Halvorsen, Bente; Gregersen, Ida (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Atherosclerosis and its consequences cause considerable morbidity and mortality world-wide. We have previously shown that expression of the DNA glycosylase NEIL3 is regulated in human atherosclerotic plaques, and that ...
    • NEIL3-deficient bone marrow displays decreased hematopoietic capacity and reduced telomere length 

      Karlsen, Tom Rune; Olsen, Maria Belland; Kong, Xiang Yi; Yang, Kuan; Quiles-Jiménez, Ana M T; Kroustallaki, Pinelopi; Holm, Sverre; Lines, Glenn Terje; Aukrust, Pål; Skarpengland, Tonje; Bjørås, Magnar; Dahl, Tuva Børresdatter; Nilsen, Hilde; Gregersen, Ida; Halvorsen, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Deficiency of NEIL3, a DNA repair enzyme, has significant impact on mouse physiology, including vascular biology and gut health, processes related to aging. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is suggested as a marker of ...
    • Neil3-dependent base excision repair regulates lipid metabolism and prevents atherosclerosis in Apoe-deficient mice 

      Skarpengland, Tonje; Holm, Sverre; Scheffler, Katja; Gregersen, Ida; Dahl, Tuva Børresdatter; Suganthan, Rajikala; Segers, Filip; Østlie, Ingunn; Otten, Jeroen J.T.; Gomez, Luisa Fernanda Luna; Ketelhuth, Daniel F.J.; Lundberg, Anna M.; Neurauter, Christine Gran; Hildrestrand, Gunn Annette; Skjelland, Mona; Bjørndal, Bodil; Svardal, Asbjørn M.; Iversen, Per Ole; Hedin, Ulf; Nygård, Ståle; Olstad, Ole Kristoffer; Krohg-Sørensen, Kirsten; Slupphaug, Geir; Eide, Lars; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Folkersen, Lasse; Ueland, Thor; Berge, Rolf Kristian; Hansson, Göran K.; Biessen, Erik A.L.; Halvorsen, Bente; Bjørås, Magnar; Aukrust, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Increasing evidence suggests that oxidative DNA damage accumulates in atherosclerosis. Recently, we showed that a genetic variant in the human DNA repair enzyme NEIL3 was associated with increased risk of myocardial ...
    • NEIL3-Dependent Regulation of Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation Prevents Myocardial Rupture 

      Olsen, Maria Belland; Hildrestrand, Gunn Annette; Scheffler, Katja; Vinge, Leif Erik; Alfsnes, Katrine; Palibrk, Vuk; Wang, Junbai; Neurauter, Christine Gran; Gomez, Luisa Fernanda Luna; Johansen, Jostein; Øgaard, Jonas; Ohm, Ingrid Kristine; Slupphaug, Geir; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Fiane, Arnt E; Brorson, Sverre Henning; Zhang, Lili; Gullestad, Lars; Louch, William Edward; Iversen, Per Ole; Østlie, Ingunn; Klungland, Arne; Christensen, Geir Arve; Sjaastad, Ivar; Sætrom, Pål; Yndestad, Arne; Aukrust, Pål; Bjørås, Magnar; Finsen, Alexandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Myocardial infarction (MI) triggers a reparative response involving fibroblast proliferation and differentiation driving extracellular matrix modulation necessary to form a stabilizing scar. Recently, it was shown that a ...