Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Holien, Toril"
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Activin A inhibits BMP-signaling by binding ACVR2A and ACVR2B
Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Wader, Karin Fahl; Hella, Hanne; Mylin, Anne K.; Turesson, Ingemar; Nesthus, Ingerid; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders; Holien, Toril (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Activins are members of the TGF-β family of ligands that have multiple biological functions in embryonic stem cells as well as in differentiated tissue. Serum levels of activin A were found to be elevated ... -
Activins as Dual Specificity TGF-β Family Molecules: SMAD-Activation via Activin- and BMP-Type 1 Receptors
Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Hella, Hanne; Elsaadi, Samah; Jacobi, Carsten; Martinez-Hackert, Erik; Holien, Toril (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Activins belong to the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β family of multifunctional cytokines and signal via the activin receptors ALK4 or ALK7 to activate the SMAD2/3 pathway. In some cases, activins also signal via the ... -
Application of photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid to extracorporeal photopheresis in the treatment of patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease: A first-in-human study
Christensen, Eidi; Foss, Olav A.; Quist-Paulsen, Petter; Staur, Ingrid; Pettersen, Frode; Holien, Toril; Juzenzas, Petras; Qian, Peng (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), an immunomodulatory therapy for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD), exposes isolated white blood cells to photoactivatable 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and UVA light ... -
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 ... -
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 Gene Therapy in Mice Inhibits Myeloma Tumor Growth, But Has a Negative Impact on Bone
Westhrin, Marita; Holien, Toril; Zahoor, Muhammad; Moen, Siv Helen; Buene, Glenn; Størdal, Berit Fladvad; Hella, Hanne; Yuan, Huipin; de Bruijn, Joost D; Martens, Anton; Groen, Richard WJ; Bosch, Fátima; Smith, Ulf; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Sundan, Anders; Standal, Therese (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Multiple myeloma is characterized by accumulation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Most patients suffer from an osteolytic bone disease, caused by increased bone degradation and reduced bone formation. Bone ... -
Bone morphogenetic protein-9 suppresses growth of myeloma cells by signaling through ALK2 but is inhibited by endoglin
Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Wader, Karin Fahl; Misund, Kristine; Våtsveen, Thea Kristin; Rø, Torstein Baade; Mylin, Anne K.; Turesson, I; Størdal, Berit Fladvad; Moen, Siv Helen; Standal, Therese; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders; Holien, Toril (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Multiple myeloma is a malignancy of plasma cells predominantly located in the bone marrow. A number of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) induce apoptosis in myeloma cells in vitro, and with this study we add BMP-9 to the ... -
Bone morphogenetic proteins and MYC in multiple myeloma
Holien, Toril (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:44, Doctoral thesis, 2012) -
BRD4 degradation by PROTAC technology in carfilzomib-treated multiple myeloma cells
Maisiuk, Aliaksandr (Master thesis, 2020) -
Characterization of Multiple Myeloma Cell Lines by Surface Antigen Expression and DNA Fingerprinting
Rasmussen, Jenny Malm (Master thesis, 2020)Myelomatose er en krefttype som oppstår i de antistoffproduserende plasmacellene i beinmargen. Introduksjon av ny behandling de siste tiårene har ført til lengre levetid for myelompasienter, men sykdommen er fremdeles ... -
Chemical, Physical and Biological Triggers of Evolutionary Sonserved Bcl-xL-Mediated Apoptosis
Ianevski, Aleksandr; Kulesskiy, Evgeny; Krpina, Klara; Lou, Guofeng; Aman, Yahyah; Bugai, Andrii; Aasumets, Koit; Akimov, Yevhen; Bulanova, Daria; Gildemann, Kiira; Arutyunyan, Albert F.; Susova, Olga Yu.; Zhuze, Alexei L.; Ji, Ping; Wang, Wei; Holien, Toril; Bugge, Marit; Zusinaite, Eva; Oksenych, Valentyn; Lysvand, Hilde; Gerhold, Joachim M.; Bjørås, Magnar; Johansen, Pål; Waage, Anders; Heckman, Caroline A.; Fang, Evandro Fei; Kainov, Denis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The evidence that pan-Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL-specific inhibitors prematurely kill virus-infected or RNA/DNA-transfected cells provides rationale for investigating these apoptotic inducers further. We hypothesized that ... -
Comparison Between 8-Methoxypsoralen and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in Killing T Cells of Photopheresis Patients Ex Vivo
Holien, Toril; Gederaas, Odrun Arna; Darvekar, Sagar; Christensen, Eidi; Qian, Peng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background and Objective Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), an established modality for cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL) and graft‐versus‐host disease, involves ex vivo treatment of isolated leukocytes of a patient with ... -
Cytotoxic Effect on Human Myeloma Cells and Leukemic Cells by the Agaricus blazei Murill Based Mushroom Extract, Andosan™
Tangen, Jon-Magnus; Holien, Toril; Mirlashari, Mohammad Reza; Misund, Kristine; Hetland, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Agaricus blazei Murill is an edible mushroom of the Basidiomycetes family, which has been found to contain a number of compounds with antitumor properties, such as proteoglycans and ergosterol. In the present investigation, ... -
Direct inhibition of c-Myc-Max heterodimers by celastrol and celastrol-inspired triterpenoids
Wang, Huabo; Teriete, Peter; Hu, Angela; Raveendra-Panickar, Dhanya; Pendelton, Kelsey; Lazo, John S; Eiseman, Julie; Holien, Toril; Misund, Kristine; Oliynyk, Ganna; Arsenian-Henriksson, Marie; Cosford, Nicholas DP; Sundan, Anders; Prochownik, Edward V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Many oncogenic signals originate from abnormal protein-protein interactions that are potential targets for small molecule inhibitors. However, the therapeutic disruption of these interactions has proved elusive. We report ... -
Effects of FKBP12-degrading PROTACs on receptor-specific TGF-β signaling in multiple myeloma
Vik, Megan (Master thesis, 2021)Abstract Background and aims: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a form of cancer caused by the proliferation of aberrant plasma cells. Myeloma cells are addicted to the MYC oncogene, and this research group has previously shown ... -
Expression and function of FSTL5 in multiple myeloma cells
Bai, Lu (Master thesis, 2021)Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable cancer arising in the antibody-producing plasma cells that are located in the bone marrow. The malignant cells disturb the balance between bone forming and bone degrading cells, leading ... -
FKBP12 is a major regulator of ALK2 activity in multiple myeloma cells
Quist-Løkken, Ingrid; Andersson-Rusch, Clara Leticia; Kastnes, Martin Haugrud; Jürgen Markus Kolos, , Jürgen Markus; Jatzlau, Jerome; Hella, Hanne; Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Sundan, Anders; Knaus, Petra; Hausch, Felix; Holien, Toril (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: The immunophilin FKBP12 binds to TGF-β family type I receptors, including the BMP type I receptor ALK2. FKBP12 keeps the type I receptor in an inactive state and controls signaling activity. Removal of FKBP12 ... -
GDF-15 signalling in multiple myeloma
Skjærvik, Anette (Master thesis, 2015)Abstract Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as bone marrow cancer, is a malignancy of hypermutated antibody-producing plasma cells in the bone marrow. An accumulation of this antibody (M-protein) can be detected in blood- ... -
Genredigering i myelomcellinjer med hjälp av CRISPR/Cas9-teknik
Wadman, Wilma (Bachelor thesis, 2023)Multipelt myelom eller myelom är en benmärgscancer som drabbar de vita blodkropparna. Myelom är en sjukdom som skördar många liv varje år, framför allt då det idag inte finns någon botande behandling. Därav är det av stort ... -
GREM1 is associated with metastasis and predicts poor prognosis in ER-negative breast cancer patients
Neckmann, Ulrike; Wolowczyk, Camilla; Hall, Martina; Almaas, Eivind; Ren, Jiang; Zhao, Sen; Johannessen, Bjarne; Skotheim, Rolf I.; Bjørkøy, Geir; Dijke, Peter Ten; Holien, Toril (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background In breast cancer, activation of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling and elevated levels of BMP-antagonists have been linked to tumor progression and metastasis. However, the simultaneous upregulation of ... -
High concentrations of soluble endoglin can inhibit BMP9 signaling in non-endothelial cells
Andersson-Rusch, Clara Leticia; Liu, Bin; Quist-Løkken, Ingrid; Upton, Paul D.; Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Hella, Hanne; Yang, Xudong; Tong, Zhen; Morrell, Nicholas W.; Holien, Toril; Li, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Endoglin (ENG) is a single-pass transmembrane protein highly expressed on vascular endothelial cells, although low expression levels can be detected in many other cell types. Its extracellular domain can be found in ...