Browsing Institutt for klinisk og molekylær medisin by Author "Waage, 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 ...

    • 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

    • Carfilzomib and dexamethasone maintenance following salvage ASCT in multiple myeloma: A randomised phase 2 trial by the Nordic Myeloma Study Group 

      Gregersen, Henrik; Peceliunas, Valdas; Remes, Kari; Schjesvold, Fredrik Hellem; Abildgaard, Niels; Nahi, Hareth; Andersen, Niels Frost; Vangsted, Annette Juul; Klausen, Tobias Wirenfeldt; Helleberg, Carsten; Carlson, Kristina; Frølund, Ulf Christian; Axelsson, Per; Stromberg, Olga; Blimark, Cecilie Hveding; Crafoord, Jacob; Tsykunova, Galina; Eshoj, Henrik Rode; Waage, Anders; Hansson, Markus; Gulbrandsen, Nina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective We investigated the efficacy and safety of carfilzomib-containing induction before salvage high-dose melphalan with autologous stem-cell transplantation (salvage ASCT) and maintenance with carfilzomib and ...

    • Chemerin is elevated in multiple myeloma patients and is expressed by stromal cells and pre-adipocytes 

      Westhrin, Marita; Moen, Siv Helen; Kristensen, Ida Bruun; Buene, Glenn; Mylin, Anne Kærsgaard; Turesson, Ingemar; Abildgaard, Niels; Waage, Anders; Standal, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Chemerin is a recently discovered adipokine shown to be involved in both inflammatory and metabolic processes. Here, we demonstrate that chemerin serum levels are elevated in patients with multiple myeloma and that it ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Comparson og two methods for evaluation of tumor mass in multiple myeloma 

      Thyness, Cathinka (Master thesis, 2016)
      Background: The size of malignant tumours are in many instances proven or thought to mirror the risk of progression and/or death. In multiple myeloma, tumour cell mass can not be directly measured as the cells do not adhere ...

    • Comprehensive small RNA-sequencing of primary myeloma cells identifies miR-105-5p as a predictor of patient survival 

      Aass, Kristin Roseth; Nedal, Tonje Marie Vikene; Bouma, Siri Anshushaug; Tryggestad, Synne Stokke; Haukås, Einar; Slørdahl, Tobias Schmidt; Waage, Anders; Standal, Therese; Mjelle, Robin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

    • CONGENITAL THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AND ADAMTS13 MUTATIONS IN NORWAY: Studies on epidemiology, genotype and phenotype 

      von Krogh, Anne Sophie (Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:148, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      Trombotisk trombocytopenisk purpura (TTP) er en livstruende tilstand som er kjennetegnet ved trombosering (tilstopping) av små blodkar i ulike organer i kroppen samtidig som man blir blodfattig og kan få blødningstendens ...

    • Content of endothelial progenitor cells in autologous stem cellgrafts predict survival after transplantation for multiplemyeloma 

      Blix, Egil Støre; Kildal, Anders Benjamin; Bertelsen, Eirin Listau; Waage, Anders; Myklebust, June; Kolstad, Arne; Husebekk, Anne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is considered an incurable B cell malignancy, although many patients can benefit from high-dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) as a first-line treatment. In non-Hodgkin ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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) ...

    • Functional dissection of inherited non-coding variation influencing multiple myeloma risk 

      Ajore, Ram; Niroula, Abhishek; Pertesi, Maroulio; Cafaro, Caterina; Thodberg, Malte; Went, Molly; Bao, Erik L.; Duran-Lozano, Laura; Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Aitzkoa; Olafsdottir, Thorunn; Ugidos-Damboriena, Nerea; Magnusson, Olafur; Samur, Mehmet; Lareau, Caleb A.; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Norddahl, Gudmundur L.; Gunnarsdottir, Kristbjorg; Försti, Asta; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Hemminki, Kari; van Rhee, Frits; Kimber, Scott; Sperling, Adam S.; Kaiser, Martin; Anderson, Kenneth; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Munshi, Nikhil; Rafnar, Thorunn; Waage, Anders; Weinhold, Niels; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Sankaran, Vijay G.; Stefansson, Kari; Houlston, Richard; Nilsson, Björn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Thousands of non-coding variants have been associated with increased risk of human diseases, yet the causal variants and their mechanisms-of-action remain obscure. In an integrative study combining massively parallel ...

    • 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 ...

    • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for multiple myeloma 

      Mitchell, Jonathan S; Li, Ni; Weinhold, Niels; Försti, Asta; Ali, Mina; Van Duin, Mark; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Johnson, David C; Chen, Bowang; Halvarsson, Britt-Marie; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Kuiper, Rowan; Stephens, Owen W; Bertsch, Uta; Broderick, Peter; Campo, Chiara; Einsele, Hermann; Gregory, Walter A; Gullberg, Urban; Henrion, Marc; Hillengass, Jens; Hoffmann, Per; Jackson, Graham H.; Johnsson, Ellinor; Jöud, Magnus; Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y; Lenhoff, Stig; Lenive, Oleg; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Migliorini, Gabriele; Nahi, Hareth; Nelander, Sven; Nickel, Jolanta; Nothen, Markus M; Rafnar, Thorunn; Ross, Fiona M; Da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio; Swaminathan, Bhairavi; Thomsen, Hauke; Turesson, Ingemar; Vangsted, Annette; Vogel, Ulla; Waage, Anders; Walker, Brian A; Wihlborg, Anna-Karin; Broyl, Annemiek; Davies, Faith E; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Langer, Christian; Hansson, Markus; Kaiser, Martin; Sonneveld, Pieter; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Gareth J; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Hemminki, Kari; Nilsson, Björn; Houlston, Richard S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy with a significant heritable basis. Genome-wide association studies have transformed our understanding of MM predisposition, but individual studies have had limited power ...

    • Germline variants at SOHLH2 influence multiple myeloma risk 

      Duran-Lozano, Laura; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Aitzkoa; Niroula, Abhishek; Went, Molly; Thodberg, Malte; Pertesi, Maroulio; Ajore, Ram; Cafaro, Caterina; Olason, P; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Bragi Walters, Walters; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Turesson, Ingemar; Kaiser, Martin; Weinhold, Niels; Abildgaard, Niels; Andersen, Niels Frost; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Waage, Anders; Vangsted, Annette; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Hansson, Markus; Houlston, Richard S.; Rafnar, Thorunn; Stefansson, Kari; Nilsson, Björn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is caused by the uncontrolled, clonal expansion of plasma cells. While there is epidemiological evidence for inherited susceptibility, the molecular basis remains incompletely understood. We report a ...

    • Health-related quality of life in transplant ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients treated with either thalidomide or lenalidomide-based regimen until progression: a prospective, open-label, multicenter, randomized, phase 3 study 

      Nielsen, Lene Kongsgaard; Stege, Claudia; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.; van der Holt, Bronno; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Salomo, Morten; Bos, Gerard; Levin, Mark-David; Visser-Wisselaar, Heleen; Hansson, Markus; van der Velden, Annette W.G.; Deenik, Wendy; Coenen, Juleon; Hinge, Maja; Klein, Saskia K.; Tanis, Bea C.; Szatkowski, Damian Lukasz; Brouwer, Rolf E.; Westerman, Matthijs; Leys, Rineke; Sinnige, Harm A.M.; Haukås, Einar; van der Hem, Klaas G.; Durian, Marc F.; Gimsing, Peter; van de Donk, Niels; Sonneveld, Pieter; Waage, Anders; Abildgaard, Niels; Zweegman, Sonja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Data on the impact of long term treatment with immunomodulatory drugs (IMiD) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is limited. The HOVON-87/NMSG18 study was a randomized, phase 3 study in newly diagnosed transplant ...

    • 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 ...