• Intestinal epithelial cells express immunomodulatory ISG15 during active ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease 

      Østvik, Ann Elisabet; Svendsen, Tarjei Dahl; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Doseth, Berit; Skovdahl, Helene Kolstad; Bakke, Ingunn; Thorsvik, Silje; Afroz, Wahida; Walaas, Gunnar Andreas; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Gustafsson, Björn; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Bruland, Torunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background and Aims Intestinal epithelial cells [IECs] secrete cytokines that recruit immune cells to the mucosa and regulate immune responses that drive inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. However, experiments ...
    • Mucosal and faecal neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as potential biomarkers for collagenous colitis 

      Bakke, Ingunn; Walaas, Gunnar Andreas; Bruland, Torunn; Røyset, Elin Synnøve; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Escudero-Hernandez, Celia; Thorsvik, Silje; Münch, Andreas; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Østvik, Ann Elisabet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Collagenous colitis (CC) is an inflammatory bowel disease where chronic diarrhoea is the main symptom. Diagnostic markers distinguishing between CC and other causes of chronic diarrhoea remain elusive. This study ...
    • Patient derived colonoids as drug testing platforms-Critical importance of oxygen concentration 

      Skovdahl, Helene Kolstad; Gopalakrishnan, Shreya; Svendsen, Tarjei Dahl; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Bakke, Ingunn; Ginbot, Zekarias; Thorsvik, Silje; Flatberg, Arnar; Sporsheim, Bjørnar; Ostrop, Jenny; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Bruland, Torunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is challenging, with a series of available drugs each helping only a fraction of patients. Patients may face time-consuming drug trials while the disease is active, thus there ...