• Calprotectin and CRP as biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk in patients with chronic kidney disease: a follow-up study at 5 and 10 years 

      Løfblad, Lena; Hov, Gunhild Garmo; Åsberg, Arne; Videm, Vibeke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and low-grade inflammation are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Calprotectin, a protein mainly secreted by activated neutrophils during inflammatory conditions, ...
    • New reference intervals for cortisol, cortisol binding globulin and free cortisol index in women using ethinyl estradiol 

      Panton, Kristine Kollerøs; Mikkelsen, Gustav; Irgens, Wenche Elna Øiestad; Hovde, Ann Kristin; Killingmo, Marte Wien; Øien, Monja Airin; Thorsby, Per Medbøe; Åsberg, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Healthy women using contraceptives containing a low dose of an estrogen may have a higher serum concentration of cortisol (s-cortisol) and cortisol binding globulin (s-CBG) than the commonly used upper reference limits. ...
    • Preprocessing of NMR metabolomics data 

      Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Bathen, Tone Frost; Euceda, Leslie R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Metabolomics involves the large scale analysis of metabolites and thus, provides information regarding cellular processes in a biological sample. Independently of the analytical technique used, a vast amount of data is ...
    • Using blood calprotectin as a measure of blood neutrophils 

      Åsberg, Arne; Løfblad, Lena; Felic, Amela; Aune, Marthe Wedø; Hov, Gunhild Garmo; Fagerli, Unn-Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Presently, bed-side or at home quantification of neutrophils in blood (b-neutrophils) is not practical, because cytometric methods are too expensive and technically demanding. We have explored whether calprotectin concentration ...