• The Cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor etoricoxib as adjunctive therapy in tuberculosis impairs macrophage control of mycobacterial growth 

      Nore, Kristin Grotle; Louet, Claire; Bugge, Marit; Gidon, Alexandre; Jørgensen, Marthe Jøntvedt; Jenum, Synne; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Tonby, Kristian; Flo, Trude Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Current tuberculosis treatment regimens could be improved by adjunct host-directed therapies (HDT) targeting host responses. We investigated the antimycobacterial capacity of macrophages from patients with ...
    • DNA Repair Mechanisms are Activated in Circulating Lymphocytes of Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients 

      Olsen, Maria Belland; Huse, Camilla; Sousa, Mirta; Murphy, Sarah Louise Mikalsen; Sarno, Antonio; Obermann, Tobias Sebastian; Yang, Kuan; Holter, Jan Cato; Jørgensen, Marthe Jøntvedt; Christensen, Erik Egeland; Wang, Wei; Ji, Ping; Heggelund, Lars; Hoel, Hedda; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Gregersen, Ida; Aukrust, Pål; Bjørås, Magnar; Halvorsen, Bente; Dahl, Tuva Børresdatter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an important part of the inflammatory response during infection but can also promote DNA damage. Due to the sustained inflammation in severe Covid-19, we hypothesized that ...
    • Elevated plasma sTIM-3 levels in patients with severe COVID-19 

      Ueland, Thor; Heggelund, Lars; Lind, Andreas; Holten, Aleksander Rygh; Tonby, Kristian; Michelsen, Annika; Jenum, Synne; Jørgensen, Marthe Jøntvedt; Barratt-Due, Andreas; Skeie, Linda Gail; Nordøy, Ingvild; Aanensen Fraz, Mai Sasaki; Paulsen, Else Quist; Pischke, Soeren; Johal, Simreen Kaur; Hesstvedt, Liv; Bogen, Mette; Fevang, Børre; Halvorsen, Bente; Müller, Fredrik; Bekken, Gry Kloumann; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Dudman, Susanne Gjeruldsen; Aukrust, Pål; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Holter, Jan Cato (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background The pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still incompletely understood, but it seems to involve immune activation and immune dysregulation. Objective We examined the parameters of activation ...
    • Increased interleukin-6 and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 are associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 

      Jørgensen, Marthe Jøntvedt; Holter, Jan Cato; Christensen, Erik; Schjalm, Camilla; Tonby, Kristian; Pischke, Soeren; Jenum, Synne; Skeie, Linda Gail; Nur, Sarah; Lind, Andreas; Opsand, Hanne; Enersen, Tone Burvald; Grøndahl, Ragnhild; Hermann, Anne; Dudman, Susanne Gjeruldsen; Müller, Fredrik; Ueland, Thor; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Aukrust, Pål; Heggelund, Lars; Holten, Aleksander Rygh; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In SARS-CoV-2 infection there is an urgent need to identify patients that will progress to severe COVID-19 and may benefit from targeted treatment. In this study we analyzed plasma cytokines in COVID-19 patients and ...