Publications

Publication • Published year 2018

Physicochemical predictors of Multi‐Walled Carbon Nanotube‐induced pulmonary histopathology and toxicity one year after pulmonary deposition of 11 different Multi‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes in mice

Multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) are widely used nanomaterials that cause pulmonary toxicity upon inhalation. The physicochemical pr...

Kristina Bram Knudsen; Trine Berthing; Petra Jackson; Sarah S. Poulsen; Alicja Mortensen; Nicklas Raun Jacobsen; Vidar Skaug; Józef Szarek; Karin Sørig Hougaard; Henrik Wollf; Håkan Wallin ...

Publication • Published year 2018

Alcohol use among Norwegian workers: Associations with health and well-being

Background: There is a lack of published data on the association between alcohol consumption and health and well-being in working popula...

Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Johannes Gjerstad; Michael Frone

Publication • Published year 2018

The MMP9 rs17576 A>G polymorphism is associated with increased lumbopelvic pain-intensity in pregnant women

Background and aims: Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is an enzyme that may affect degradation of several extracellular matrix (ECM) co...

Aqsa Mahmood; Aurora Lie Moen; Signe Nilssen Stafne; Hilde Stendal Robinson; Nina Køpke Vøllestad; Kjell Å Salvesen; Siv Mørkved; Johannes Gjerstad

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Effects of defined mixtures of POPs and endocrine disruptors on the steroid metabolome of the human H295R adrenocortical cell line

The presence of environmental pollutants in our ecosystem may impose harmful health effects to wildlife and humans. Several of these toxi...

Kareem Eldin Mohammed Ahmed; Håvard G Frøysa; Odd Andre Karlsen; Nello Blaser; Karin Elisabeth Zimmer; Hanne Friis Berntsen; Steven Verhaegen; Erik Ropstad; Ralf Kellmann; Anders Goksøyr

Publication • Published year 2018

Inflammation in the pleural cavity following injection of multi-walled carbon nanotubes is dependent on their characteristics and the presence of IL-1 genes

Upon inhalation, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) may reach the subpleura and pleural spaces, and induce pleural inflammation and/o...

Yke Jildouw Arnoldussen; Vidar Skaug; Mona Aleksandersen; Erik Ropstad; Kristine Haugen Anmarkrud; Elin Einarsdóttir Thornér; Fang-Chin Lin; Cesilie Granum Bjørklund; Mayes Kasem; Einar Eilertsen; Ron N. Apte ...

Publication • Published year 2018

Bullying among people with visual impairment. Prevalence, associated factors and relationship to self-efficacy and life satisfaction

AIM: To examine associated factors of bullying and to determine associations between bullying and psychosocial outcomes among individual...

Audun Brunes; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Trond Heir

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Predictors for increased and reduced rat and mouse allergen exposure in laboratory animal facilities

Introduction: Exposure to rat and mouse allergens during work in laboratory animal facilities represents a risk for being sensitized and...

Anne Straumfors; Eduard Wijnand; Knut Andresen; Ann Kristin Sjaastad

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Role of D1- and D2-like dopaminergic receptors in the nucleus accumbens in modulation of formalin-induced orofacial pain: Involvement of lateral hypothalamus

The role of dopaminergic system in modulation of formalin-induced orofacial nociception has been established. The present study aims to i...

Iman Shafiei; Mahsaneh Vatankhah; Leila Zarepour; Somayeh Ezzatpanah; Abbas Haghparast

Publication • Published year 2018

DNA methylation of the cancer-related genes F2RL3 and AHRR is associated with occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are known carcinogens and workplace PAH exposure may increase the risk of cancer. Monitoring ...

A. Alhamdow; C. Lindh; J. Hagberg; Pål Graff; H. Westberg; A.M. Krais; M. Albin; P. Gustavsson; H. Tinnerberg; K. Broberg

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Targeted deletion of the aquaglyceroporin AQP9 is protective in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

More than 90% of the cases of Parkinson’s disease have unknown etiology. Gradual loss of dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra is the ...

Katja Stahl; Soulmaz Rahmani; Agnete Prydz; Nadia Skauli; Nanna MacAulay; Maria-Niki Mylonakou; Reidun Torp; Øivind Skare; Torill Berg; Trygve Brauns Leergaard; Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen ...