• 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 ...
    • Physiological hypoxia improves growth and functional differentiation of human intestinal epithelial organoids 

      Walaas, Gunnar Andreas; Gopalakrishnan, Shreya; Bakke, Ingunn; Skovdahl, Helene Kolstad; Flatberg, Arnar; Østvik, Ann Elisabeth; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Bruland, Torunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: The epithelium in the colonic mucosa is implicated in the pathophysiology of various diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer. Intestinal epithelial organoids from the colon (colonoids) ...