• Perioperative infusion of glucagon-like peptide-1 prevents insulin resistance after surgical trauma in female pigs 

      Hagve, Martin Iversen; Gjessing, Petter Fosse; Hole, Mikal Jacob; Jansen, Kirsten M; Fuskevåg, Ole Martin; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Larsen, Terje S; Irtun, Øivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Insulin resistance is an independent negative predictor of outcome after elective surgery and increases mortality among surgical patients in intensive care. The incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) potentiates ...
    • Search for Early Pancreatic Cancer Blood Biomarkers in Five European Prospective Population Biobanks Using Metabolomics 

      Fest, Jesse; Vijfhuizen, Lisanne S.; Goeman, Jelle J.; Veth, Olga; Joensuu, Anni; Perola, Markus; Männistö, Satu; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Hveem, Kristian; Haller, Toomas; Tönisson, Neeme; Mikkel, Kairit; Metspalu, Andres; Van Duijn, Cornelia M; Ikram, Arfan M; Stricker, Bruno H; Ruiter, Rikje; Van Eijck, Casper H J; Van Ommen, Gert-Jan B.; Thoen, Peter A C (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Most patients with pancreatic cancer present with advanced disease and die within the first year after diagnosis. Predictive biomarkers that signal the presence of pancreatic cancer in an early stage are desperately needed. ...