Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Sundan, Anders"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Biomarker discovery in multiple myeloma progression by quantitative proteomics
Dikic, Aida (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:305, Doctoral thesis, 2018)SAMMENDRAG Myelomatose (multipel myelom, benmargskreft) er en krefttype som skyldes ukontrollert vekst av plasmaceller i benmarg. Det er den nest vanligste hematologiske kreftformen og rammer ca. 300 personer i Norge hvert ... -
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 ... -
BRAF V600E mutation in early-stage multiple myeloma: good response to broad acting drugs and no relation to prognosis
Rustad, Even Holth; Dai, Hong Yan; Hov, Håkon; Coward, Eivind; Beisvag, Vidar; Myklebost, Ola; Hovig, Eivind; Nakken, Sigve; Vodak, Daniel; Meza-Zepeda, Leonardo A.; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Wader, Karin Fahl; Misund, Kristine; Sundan, Anders; Aarset, Harald; Waage, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In this study, we analyzed the prevalence and clone size of BRAF V600E mutation in 209 patients with multiple myeloma and related the results to clinical phenotype, response and survival. Biopsies were screened for BRAF ... -
Bystander memory T cells and IMiD/checkpoint therapy in multiple myeloma: A dangerous tango?
Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Waage, Anders; Vandsemb, Esten; Misund, Kristine; Børset, Magne; Sundan, Anders; Slørdahl, Tobias Schmidt; Standal, Therese (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this review article we discuss the role of the memory T cells in multiple myeloma (MM) and how they may influence immune responses in patients that received immunomodulating drugs and check point therapy -
Caspase-8 regulates the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells
Moen, Siv Helen; Westhrin, Marita; Zahoor, Muhammad; Nikolai N., Nørgaard; Hella, Hanne; Størdal, Berit Fladvad; Sundan, Anders; Nilsen, Nadra J.; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Standal, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Introduction: Mesenchymal stem cells, also called mesenchymal stromal cells, MSCs, have great potential in stem cell therapy partly due to their immunosuppressive properties. How these cells respond to chronic inflammatory ... -
Clonal evolution after treatment pressure in multiple myeloma: heterogenous genomic aberrations and transcriptomic convergence
Misund, Kristine; Hofste op Bruinink, Davine; Coward, Eivind; Hoogenboezem, Remco M.; Rustad, Even Holth; Sanders, Mathijs A.; Rye, Morten Beck; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; van der Holt, Bronno; Zweegman, Sonja; Hovig, Eivind; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda; Sundan, Anders; Myklebost, Ola; Sonneveld, Pieter; Waage, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We investigated genomic and transcriptomic changes in paired tumor samples of 29 in-house multiple myeloma (MM) patients and 28 patients from the MMRF CoMMpass study before and after treatment. A change in clonal composition ... -
Conversion of ATP to adenosine by CD39 and CD73 in multiple myeloma can be successfully targeted together with adenosine receptor A2A blockade
Yang, Rui; Elsaadi, Samah; Misund, Kristine; Abdollahi, Pegah; Vandsemb, Esten; Moen, Siv Helen; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Slupphaug, Geir; Standal, Therese; Waage, Anders; Slørdahl, Tobias Schmidt; Rø, Torstein Baade; Rustad, Even Holth; Sundan, Anders; Hay, Carl; Cooper, Zachary; Schuller, Alwin G.; Woessner, Richard; Borodowski, Alexandra; Menu, Eline; Børset, Magne; Sponaas, Anne-Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background PD1/PDL1-directed therapies have been unsuccessful for multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow (BM). Therefore, other immune checkpoints such as extracellular adenosine and ... -
Cyclic AMP induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells and inhibits tumor development in a mouse myeloma model
Follin-Arbelet, Virginie; Hofgaard, Peter Olaf; Hauglin, Harald; Naderi, Soheil; Sundan, Anders; Blomhoff, Rune; Bogen, Bjarne; Blomhoff, Heidi Kiil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background Multiple myeloma is an incurable disease requiring the development of effective therapies which can be used clinically. We have elucidated the potential for manipulating the cAMP signaling pathway as a target ... -
Cytotoxicity of poly(Alkyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticles
Sulheim, Einar; Iversen, Tore Geir; To, Vu; Klinkenberg, Geir; Sletta, Håvard; Schmid, Ruth; Hatletveit, Anne Rein; Wågbø, Ane Marit; Sundan, Anders; Skotland, Tore; Sandvig, Kirsten; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Although nanotoxicology has become a large research field, assessment of cytotoxicity is often reduced to analysis of one cell line only. Cytotoxicity of nanoparticles is complex and should, preferentially, be evaluated ... -
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 ... -
Erythropoietin (EPO)-receptor signaling induces cell death of primary myeloma cells in vitro
Våtsveen, Thea Kristin; Sponaas, Anne Marit; Tian, Erming; Zhang, Qing; Misund, Kristine; Sundan, Anders; Børset, Magne; Waage, Anders; Brede, Gaute (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Multiple myeloma is an incurable complex disease characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells in a hypoxic bone marrow environment. Hypoxia-dependent erythropoietin (EPO)-receptor (EPOR) ... -
Establishment of Multiple Myeloma Cell lines with Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) overexpression and knockdown
Qadir, Fouzia (Master thesis, 2013)Multiple myeloma is the malignancy of plasma cells which causes 0.9 % of all cancer related deaths. These malignant plasma cells acquire chromosomal abnormalities and complex genetic instability. Hepatocyte growth factor ... -
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 ... -
Genetic biomarkers in multiple myeloma
Rustad, Even Holth (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019: 223, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow that accounts for 2 % of cancer cases globally. Improved understanding of the molecular basis of this disease has resulted in new treatment options and prolonged ... -
Hypoxia promotes IL-32 expression in myeloma cells, and high expression is associated with poor survival and bone loss
Zahoor, Muhammad; Westhrin, Marita; Aass, Kristin Roseth; Moen, Siv Helen; Misund, Kristine; Psonka-Antonczyk, Katarzyna Maria; Giliberto, Mariaserena; Buene, Glenn; Sundan, Anders; Waage, Anders; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Standal, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic cancer characterized by expansion of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Most patients develop an osteolytic bone disease, largely caused by increased osteoclastogenesis. The ... -
Identification of the source of elevated hepatocyte growth factor levels in multiple myeloma patients
Rampa, Christoph Samuel; Tian, Erming; Våtsveen, Thea Kristin; Buene, Glenn; Slørdahl, Tobias Schmidt; Børset, Magne; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a pleiotropic cytokine which can lead to cancer cell proliferation, migration and metastasis. In multiple myeloma (MM) patients it is an abundant component of the bone marrow. ... -
Intracellular glutathione determines bortezomib cytotoxicity in multiple myeloma cells
Starheim, Kristian Kobbenes; Holien, Toril; Misund, Kristine; Johansson, Ida; Baranowska, Katarzyna Anna; Sponaas, Anne Marit; Hella, Hanne; Buene, Glenn; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders; Bjørkøy, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Multiple myeloma (myeloma in short) is an incurable cancer of antibody-producing plasma cells that comprise 13% of all hematological malignancies. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib has improved treatment significantly, ...