Lung cancer is a major public health problem throughout the world. Among the most frequent cancer types (prostate, breast, colorectal, st...
Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Vidar Skaug
Key roles of macroglia are inextricably coupled to specialized membrane domains. The perivascular endfoot membrane has drawn particular a...
Rune Enger; Georg Andreas Gundersen; Nadia Nabil Haj-Yasein; Martine Eilert-Olsen; Anna Thoren; Gry Fluge Vindedal; Petur Henry Petersen; Øivind Skare; Maiken Nedergaard; Ole Petter Ottersen; Erlend Arnulf Nagelhus
Background: The COMT enzyme metabolizes catecholamines and thus modulates adrenergic, noradrenergic and dopaminergic signaling. A functi...
Line Melå Jacobsen; Ellina Iordanova; Anette Storesund; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Lars Jørgen Rygh; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad
Insulin stimulates glycogen synthase (GS) through dephosphorylation of serine residues, and this effect is impaired in skeletal muscle fr...
Jørgen Jensen; Puntip Tantiwong; Jorid Thrane Stuenæs; Marjorie Molina-Carrion; Ralph DeFronzo; Kei Sakamoto; Nicolas Musi
Purpose. To examine the performance of the MetaMax® I metabolic analyser of Cortex Biophysik, running a recent version of the software (M...
Jon Ingulf Medbø; Asgeir Mamen; Geir Kåre Resaland
Earlier studies have shown that the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) A118G (rs1799971) in the opioid receptor mu 1 (OPRM1) gene may a...
Maria Belland Olsen; Line Melå Jacobsen; Ellina Iordanova; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Lars Jørgen Rygh; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad
Purpose: To study the association between muscle rest of vocational electromyographic (EMG) recordings and perceived muscle tension, and ...
Morten Wærsted; Liv Berit Hæg; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Gert-Åke Hansson; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Introduction: The presence of neuropsychological impairment is a hallmark of chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE), and using cli...
Evelien van Valen; Christoph van Thriel; Ritva Akila; Linda Nordling Nilson; Rita Bast-Pettersen; Markku Sainio; Frank van Dijk; Gert van der Laan; Maarten Verberk; Ellie Wekking
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether previous long-term exposure to manganese (Mn) via inhalation of welding...
Gunilla Wastensson; Gerd Sallsten; Rita Bast-Pettersen; Lars Barregard
CYP1A1 (cytochrome P4501A1) catalyze the conversion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into reactive metabolites, which may induce DNA d...
Xavier Tekpli; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Vidar Skaug; Lodve Stangeland; Aage Haugen; Steen Kristen Mollerup
This paper reports results from two meta-analyses of the potential individual-level outcomes of exposure to workplace bullying. After int...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen
The aim of this study is to examine whether and how laissez‐faire, transformational, and authentic leadership styles are related to the o...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Purpose: We have investigated the association between respiratory symptoms and dust exposure among employees in 18 Norwegian smelters us...
Vidar Søyseth; Helle Laier Johnsen; Merete Drevvatne Bugge; Johny Kongerud
This study explores the pharmacokinetics of 22-S-hydroxycholesterol (22SHC) in vivo in rats. We also carried out a metabolic study to exp...
Eili Tranheim Kase; Natasa Nikolic; Nina Pettersen Hessvik; Åse-Karine Fjeldheim; Jørgen Jensen; G. Hege Thoresen; Arild Rustan
In the present study, the effects of insulin and contraction on glycogen synthase (GS) kinetic properties and phosphorylation were invest...
Fang-Chin Lin; Astrid Bolling; Jorid Thrane Stuenæs; Kristoffer T. Cumming; Ada Ingvaldsen; Yu-Chiang Lai; J.L. Ivy; Jørgen Jensen
The aim of this study was to characterise personal exposures to dust, acid vapours, and gases among workers in a Norwegian nitrate fertil...
Kristin Hildegard Hovland; Yngvar Thomassen; Nils Petter Skaugset; Knut Skyberg; Marit Skogstad; Berit Bakke
Human, low level, chronic exposure to mercury (Hg) from fish is of concern because of potential neurodevelopmental and cardiovascular tox...
Marthe Torunn Solhaug Jenssen; Anne Lise Brantsæter; Margaretha Haugen; Helle Margrete Meltzer; Thorjørn Larssen; Helen Engelstad Kvalem; Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir; Yngvar Thomassen; Dag Ellingsen; Jan Alexander; Helle Katrine Knutsen
The aim was to analyze the relationship between periods with uninterrupted neck muscle activity for ≥4 min and neck and shoulder pain. Th...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Morten Wærsted; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Background: Exposure to workplace sexual harassment (SH) has been associated with impaired mental health, but longitudinal studies confi...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Ståle Einarsen
Objective: People living in industrialized societies have developed specific working schedules during the day and at night, including per...
Edyta Reszka; Beata Peplonska; Edyta Wieczorek; Wojciech Sobala; Agnieszka Bukowska; Jolanta Gromadzinska; Jenny-Anne Sigstad Lie; Helge Kjuus; Wojciech Wasowicz
Alumina used in the production of primary aluminium contains Be which partly vaporises from the cryolite bath into the workroom atmospher...
Nils Petter Skaugset; Dag Ellingsen; Kari Dahl; Ivar Martinsen; Lars Jordbekken; Per Arne Drabløs; Yngvar Thomassen
Headache is a common health complaint responsible for substantial suffering and disability. Although musculoskeletal complaints such as b...
Jan Olav Christensen; Stein Knardahl
Objectives: We aimed at extending the Natural and Orthogonal Interaction (NOIA) framework, developed for modeling gene-gene interactions ...
Jianzhong Ma; Feifei Xiao; Momiao Xiong; Angeline S. Andrew; Hermann Brenner; Eric J. Duell; Aage Haugen; Clive Hoggart; Rayjean J. Hung; Philip Lazarus; Changlu Liu ...
In recent years, bismuth has been promoted as a “green element” and is used as a substitute for the toxic lead in ammunition and other ap...
Dagmar S. Urgast; Dag G. Ellingsen; Balazs Berlinger; Einar Eilertsen; Grete Friisk; Vidar Skaug; Yngvar Thomassen; John H. Beattie; In-Sook Kwun; Jörg Feldmann
Rationale: The prevalence of respiratory symptoms amongemployees in smelters is positively associated with dust exposure. Objectives: T...
Vidar Søyseth; Helle Laier Johnsen; Paul K. Henneberger; Johny Kongerud