• Autofagi sin kontekstavhengige rolle i kreft 

      Nilsen, Mai Vilde Bakken; Bakkenget, Helene Aurstad (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Ordet autofagi er sammensatt av de to greske ordene «auto» og «fagi», som direkte oversatt betyr «selvspising». Autofagi er en evolusjonært bevart katabolsk prosess der cytosoliske substrater og eventuelle invaderende ...
    • 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 ...
    • NRF2 drives an oxidative stress response predictive of breast cancer 

      Wolowczyk, Camilla; Neckmann, Ulrike; Aure, Miriam Ragle; Hall, Martina; Johannessen, Bjarne; Zhao, Sen; Skotheim, Rolf I.; Andersen, Sonja Benedikte; Zwiggelaar, Rosalie Theda Margien; Steigedal, Tonje S.; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Sahlberg, Kristine Kleivi; Almaas, Eivind; Bjørkøy, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Many breast cancer patients are diagnosed with small, well-differentiated, hormone receptor-positive tumors. Risk of relapse is not easily identified in these patients, resulting in overtreatment. To identify metastasis-related ...
    • Opposite and dynamic regulation of the interferon response in metastatic and non-metastatic breast cancer 

      Lamsal, Apsana; Andersen, Sonja Benedikte; Johansson, Ida; Vietri, Marina; Bokil, Ansooya Avinash; Kurganovs, Natalie Jayne; Rylander, Felicia; Bjørkøy, Geir; Pettersen, Kristine; Giambelluca, Miriam Soledad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background To our current understanding, solid tumors depend on suppressed local immune reactions, often elicited by the interaction between tumor cells and tumor microenvironment (TME) components. Despite an improved ...
    • Tumorheterogenitet og autofagiflux 

      Ashfaq, Aiza; Landmark, Mika Othélo; Ringsrud, Cathrine (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Kreftsvulster er kompliserte nettverk bestående av flere celletyper med ulike funksjoner og mekanismer, noe som beskrives som heterogenitet. I dette prosjektet ble autofagiflux, morfologi og veksthastighet til kloner av ...