• Autocrine activin A signalling in ovarian cancer cells regulates secretion of interleukin 6, autophagy, and cachexia 

      Pettersen, Kristine; Andersen, Sonja Benedikte; van der Veen, Anna; Nonstad, Unni; Hatakeyema, Shinji; Lambert, Christian; Lach-Trifilieff, Estelle; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Kim, Jana; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Schilb, Alain; Jacobi, Carsten; Bjørkøy, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background The majority of patients with advanced cancer develop cachexia, a weight loss syndrome that severely reduces quality of life and limits survival. Our understanding of the underlying mechanisms that cause the ...
    • Cancer cachexia associates with a systemic autophagy-inducing activity mimicked by cancer cell-derived IL-6 trans-signaling 

      Pettersen, Kristine; Andersen, Sonja Benedikte; Degen, simone; Tadini, Valentina; Grosjean, Joel; Hatakeyama, Shinji; Tesfahun, Almaz Nigatu; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Kim, Jana; Nonstad, Unni; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Skorpen, Frank; Sørhaug, Sveinung; Amundsen, Tore; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Strasser, Florian; Stephens, Nathan; Hoem, Dag; Molven, Anders; Kaasa, Stein; Fearon, Kenneth; Jacobi, Carsten; Bjørkøy, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The majority of cancer patients with advanced disease experience weight loss, including loss of lean body mass. Severe weight loss is characteristic for cancer cachexia, a condition that significantly impairs functional ...
    • Discovery of a new marker to identify myeloid cells associated with metastatic breast tumours 

      Bokil, Ansooya Avinash; Børkja, Mathieu; Wolowczyk, Camilla Izabel; Lamsal, Apsana; Prestvik, Wenche S.; Nonstad, Unni; Pettersen, Kristine; Andersen, Sonja Benedikte; Bofin, Anna M.; Bjørkøy, Geir; Hak, Sjoerd; Giambelluca, Miriam Soledad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Myeloid cells play an essential role in cancer metastasis. The phenotypic diversity of these cells during cancer development has attracted great interest; however, their functional heterogeneity and plasticity ...
    • Smac-mimetics reduce numbers and viability of human osteoclasts 

      Moen, Ingrid Nyhus; Westhrin, Marita; Håland, Erling; Haug, Markus; Nonstad, Unni; Klaharn, Merisa; Standal, Therese; Starheim, Kristian K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Elevated activity of bone-degrading osteoclasts (OC) contributes to pathological bone degradation in diseases such as multiple myeloma. Several proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF, contribute to osteoclastogenesis. ...