Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Skorpen, Frank"
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The causal role of smoking in anxiety and depression: a Mendelian randomization analysis of the HUNT study
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Gunnell, David; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Davey Smith, George; Skorpen, Frank; Krokan, Hans Einar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Romundstad, Pål Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Cigarette smoking is strongly associated with mental illness but the causal direction of the association is uncertain. We investigated the causal relationship between smoking and symptoms of anxiety and depression in the ... -
The causal role of smoking on the risk of headache. A Mendelian randomization analysis in the HUNT Study
Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Børte, Sigrid; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Storheim, Kjersti; Skorpen, Frank; Hagen, Knut; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Zwart, John-Anker (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background and purpose Headache has been associated with various lifestyle and psychosocial factors, one of which is smoking. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the association between smoking intensity ... -
The causal role of smoking on the risk of hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis: a Mendelian randomisation analysis of the HUNT study
Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Hellevik, Alf Inge; Langhammer, Arnulf; Furnes, Ove; Flugsrud, Gunnar B; Skorpen, Frank; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Storheim, Kjersti; Nordsletten, Lars; Zwart, John-Anker (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective Smoking has been associated with a reduced risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and subsequent joint replacement. The aim of the present study was to assess whether the observed association is likely to be ... -
The N-Terminally Truncated µ3 and µ3-Like Opioid Receptors Are Transcribed from a Novel Promoter Upstream of Exon 2 in the Human OPRM1 Gene
Andersen, Sonja; Baar, Cecilie Christensen; Fladvad, Torill; Laugsand, Eivor Alette; Skorpen, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The human µ opioid receptor gene, OPRM1, produces a multitude of alternatively spliced transcripts encoding full-length or truncated receptor variants with distinct pharmacological properties. The majority of these transcripts ... -
The rare Arg181Cys mutation in the μ opioid receptor can abolish opioid responses
Skorpen, Frank; von Hofacker, Sebastian; Bjørngaard, Mads; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Dale, Ola; Kaasa, Stein; Klepstad, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)BACKGROUND: Genetic variability contributes to variable clinical response to opioids. This study emerged from the observation of three Norwegian patients who showed no or extraordinary poor response to very high doses of ... -
The relevance of tumor mutation profiling in interpretation of NGS data from cell-free DNA in non-small cell lung cancer patients
Ottestad, Anine Larsen; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Skorpen, Frank; Dai, Hong Yan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Studies have indicated that detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) prior to treatment is a negative prognostic marker in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ctDNA is currently identified by detection of tumor mutations. ...