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  • KAGE: fast alignment-free graph-based genotyping of SNPs and short indels 
    Grytten, Ivar; Dagestad Rand, Knut; Sandve, Geir K. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Genotyping is a core application of high-throughput sequencing. We present KAGE, a genotyper for SNPs and short indels that is inspired by recent developments within graph-based genome representations and alignment-free ...
  • Knockdown of NAT12/NAA30 reduces tumorigenic features of glioblastoma-initiating cells 
    Mughal, Awais A; Grieg, Zanina; Skjellegrind, Håvard; Fayzullin, Artem; Lamkhannat, Mustapha; Joel, Mrinal; Ahmed, M. S; Murrell, Wayne; Vik-Mo, Einar O; Langmoen, Iver A; Stangeland, Biljana (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain malignancy and confers a dismal prognosis. GBMs harbor glioblastoma-initiating cells (GICs) that drive tumorigenesis and contribute to therapeutic ...
  • Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia 
    Legesse, Mengistu; Ameni, Gobena; Mamo, Gezahegne; Medhin, Girmay; Shawel, Dawit; Bjune, Gunnar; Abebe, Fekadu (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    Background Afar pastoralists live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part of the country, where there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) ...
  • Knowledge of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among Norwegian pharmacy customers – a cross-sectional study 
    Waaseth, Marit; Adan, Abdifatah; Røen, Ingrid L; Eriksen, Karoline; Stanojevic, Tijana; Halvorsen, Kjell H; Garcia, Beate H; Holst, Lone; Ulshagen, Karen M; Blix, Hege S; Ariansen, Hilde; Nordeng, Hedvig M (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat. Public knowledge is considered a prerequisite for appropriate use of antibiotics and limited spread of antibiotic resistance. Our aim was to examine ...
  • Knowledge of cervical tuberculosis lymphadenitis and its treatment in pastoral communities of the Afar region, Ethiopia 
    Legesse, Mengistu; Ameni, Gobena; Mamo, Gezahegne; Medhin, Girmay; Bjune, Gunnar; Abebe, Fekadu (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background Infection with Mycobacterium bovis (Mb) predominantly causes cervical TB lymphadenitis (TBL). Raw milk is considered the main source of Mb infection and raw milk is a major food source for Afar ...
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Tanzania 
    Nyangi, Chacha; Stelzle, Dominik; Mkupasi, Ernatus M.; Ngowi, Helena A.; Churi, Ayubu J.; Schmidt, Veronika; Mahonge, Christopher; Winkler, Andrea S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Background Taenia solium cysticercosis/taeniasis (TSCT) is reported to be endemic in pig producing areas around the world, causing significant disease burden and economic losses. ...
  • Knowledge, opinions, and practices related to oral cancer prevention and oral mucosal examination among dentists in Moldova, Belarus and Armenia: a multi-country cross-sectional study 
    Golburean, Olga; Hagen, Maria H.; Uncuta, Diana; Tighineanu, Marcela; Manrikyan, Gayane; Vardanian, Izabella; Andresen, Christoffer; Singh, Bhavdeep; Porosencova, Tatiana; Ivasiuc, Irina; Cheptanaru, Olga; Markaryan, Marina; Shakavets, Natalia; Sapkota, Dipak; Søland, Tine M.; Costea, Daniela-Elena; Özkaya, Ferda (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Introduction Moldova, Belarus, and Armenia are post-Soviet countries with a high rate of heavy smokers and a relatively high age-standardized incidence of oral cancer. However, to our knowledge, there is ...
  • Krill oil attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in rats 
    Fosshaug, Linn E; Berge, Rolf K; Beitnes, Jan O; Berge, Kjetil; Vik, Hogne; Aukrust, Pål; Gullestad, Lars; Vinge, Leif E; Øie, Erik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background In the western world, heart failure (HF) is one of the most important causes of cardiovascular mortality. Supplement with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has been shown to improve cardiac ...
  • Kv1.1 null mice have enlarged hippocampus and ventral cortex 
    Persson, Ann-Sophie; Westman, Eric; Wang, Fu-Hua; Khan, Firoj H; Spenger, Christian; Lavebratt, Catharina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)
    Background Mutations in the Shaker-like voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.1 are known to cause episodic ataxia type 1 and temporal lobe epilepsy. Mice that express a malfunctional, truncated Kv1.1 ...
  • K∗ (892)0 meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 40 and 80 GeV/c beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS 
    Acharya, A.; Adhikary, H.; Allison, K. K.; Amin, N.; Andronov, E. V.; Antićić, T.; Arsene, I. -.; Baszczyk, M.; Battagia, D.; Bhosale, S.; Blondel, A.; Bogomilov, M.; Bondar, Y.; Bostan, N.; Brandin, A.; Bravar, A.; Bryliński, W.; Brzychczyk, J.; Buryakov, M.; Ćirković, M.; Csanad, M.; Cybowska, J.; Czopowicz, T.; Damyanova, A.; Davis, N.; Dmitriev, A.; Dominik, W.; Dorosz, P.; Dumarchez, J.; Engel, R.; Feofilov, G. A.; Fields, L.; Fodor, Z.; Friend, M.; Garibov, A.; Gaździcki, M.; Golosov, O.; Golovatyuk, V.; Golubeva, M.; Grebieszkow, K.; Guber, F.; Haesler, A.; Igolkin, S. N.; Ilieva, S.; Ivashkin, A.; Izvestnyy, A.; Johnson, S. R.; Kadija, K.; Kargin, N.; Karpushkin, N.; Kashirin, E.; Kiełbowicz, M.; Kireyeu, V. A.; Kolesnikov, R.; Kolev, D.; Korzenev, A.; Koshio, J.; Kovalenko, V. N.; Kowalski, S.; Kozłowski, B.; Krasnoperov, A.; Kucewicz, W.; Kuich, M.; Kurepin, A.; László, A.; Lewicki, M.; Łojek, K.; Lykasov, G.; Lyubushkin, V. V.; Maćkowiak-Pawłowska, M.; Majka, Z.; Makhnev, A.; Maksiak, B.; Malakhov, A. I.; Marcinek, A.; Marino, A. D.; Marton, K.; Mathes, H. -.; Matulewicz, T.; Matveev, V.; Matyja, A.; Melkumov, G. L.; Merzlaya, A.; Merzlaya, A. O.; Messerly, B.; Mik, Ł.; Morozov, S.; Nagai, Y.; Nakadaira, T.; Naskręt, M.; Ozvenchuk, V.; Panova, O.; Paolone, V.; Petukhov, O.; Pidhurskyi, I.; Płaneta, R.; Podlaski, P.; Popov, B. A.; Porfy, B.; Posiadała-Zezula, M.; Prokhorova, D. S.; Pszczel, D.; Puławski, S.; Puzović, J.; Ravonel, M.; Renfordt, R.; Röhrich, D.; Rondio, E.; Roth, M.; Rumberger, B. T.; Rumyantsev, M.; Rustamov, A.; Rybczynski, M.; Rybicki, A.; Sadhu, S.; Sakashita, K.; Schmidt, K.; Selyuzhenkov, I.; Seryakov, A. Y.; Seyboth, P.; Słodkowski, M.; Staszel, P.; Stefanek, G.; Stepaniak, J.; Strikhanov, M.; Ströbele, H.; Šuša, T.; Taranenko, A.; Tefelska, A.; Tefelski, D.; Tereshchenko, V.; Toia, A.; Tsenov, R.; Turko, L.; Tveter, T. S.; Unger, M.; Valiev, F. F.; Veberič, D.; Vechernin, V. V.; Volkov, V.; Wickremasinghe, A.; Wójcik, K.; Wyszyński, O.; Zaitsev, A.; Zimmerman, E. D.; Zviagina, A.; Zwaska, R. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Measurements of K∗ (892)0 resonance production via its K+ π − decay mode in inelastic p+p collisions at beam momenta 40 and 80 GeV/c (√sNN = 8.8 and 12.3 GeV) are presented. The data were recorded by the NA61/SHINE hadron ...
  • l-Amphetamine improves poor sustained attention while d-amphetamine reduces overactivity and impulsiveness as well as improves sustained attention in an animal model of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 
    Sagvolden, Terje; Xu, Tong (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)
    Background ADHD is currently defined as a cognitive/behavioral developmental disorder where all clinical criteria are behavioral. Overactivity, impulsiveness, and inattentiveness are presently regarded as ...
  • L1CAM as a prognostic marker in stage I endometrial cancer: a validation study 
    Smogeli, Elisabeth; Davidson, Ben; Cvancarova, Milada; Holth, Arild; Katz, Betina; Risberg, Bjørn; Kristensen, Gunnar; Lindemann, Kristina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    Background L1 cell adhesion molecule (L1CAM) overexpression has been reported to be strongly associated with poor prognosis in early stage endometrial cancer (EC). We aimed at the validation ...
  • Laboratory characterisation of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from Zimbabwe, 2009–2017 
    Mashe, Tapfumanei; Gudza-Mugabe, Muchaneta; Tarupiwa, Andrew; Munemo, Ellen; Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Sekesai; Smouse, Shannon L; Sooka, Arvinda; Stray-Pedersen, Babill; Smith, Anthony M; Mbanga, Joshua (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Typhoid fever remains a major public health problem in Zimbabwe with recurrent outbreaks reported since 2009. To provide guidance on appropriate treatment choice in order to minimise the morbidity ...
  • Lack of association between screening interval and cancer stage in Lynch syndrome may be accounted for by over-diagnosis; a prospective Lynch syndrome database report 
    Seppälä, Toni T; Ahadova, Aysel; Dominguez-Valentin, Mev; Macrae, Finlay; Evans, D. G; Therkildsen, Christina; Sampson, Julian; Scott, Rodney; Burn, John; Möslein, Gabriela; Bernstein, Inge; Holinski-Feder, Elke; Pylvänäinen, Kirsi; Renkonen-Sinisalo, Laura; Lepistö, Anna; Lautrup, Charlotte K; Lindblom, Annika; Plazzer, John-Paul; Winship, Ingrid; Tjandra, Douglas; Katz, Lior H; Aretz, Stefan; Hüneburg, Robert; Holzapfel, Stefanie; Heinimann, Karl; Valle, Adriana D; Neffa, Florencia; Gluck, Nathan; de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, Wouter H; Vasen, Hans; Morak, Monika; Steinke-Lange, Verena; Engel, Christoph; Rahner, Nils; Schmiegel, Wolff; Vangala, Deepak; Thomas, Huw; Green, Kate; Lalloo, Fiona; Crosbie, Emma J; Hill, James; Capella, Gabriel; Pineda, Marta; Navarro, Matilde; Blanco, Ignacio; ten Broeke, Sanne; Nielsen, Maartje; Ljungmann, Ken; Nakken, Sigve; Lindor, Noralane; Frayling, Ian; Hovig, Eivind; Sunde, Lone; Kloor, Matthias; Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka; Kalager, Mette; Møller, Pål (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Recent epidemiological evidence shows that colorectal cancer (CRC) continues to occur in carriers of pathogenic mismatch repair (path_MMR) variants despite frequent colonoscopy surveillance in ...
  • Lack of association between the chemokine receptor 5 polymorphism CCR5delta32 in rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis 
    Lindner, Ewald; Nordang, Gry B; Melum, Espen; Flatø, Berit; Selvaag, Anne M; Thorsby, Erik; Kvien, Tore K; Førre, Øystein T; Lie, Benedicte A (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)
    Background The chemokine receptor CCR5 has been detected at elevated levels on synovial T cells, and a 32 bp deletion in the CCR5 gene leads to a non-functional receptor. A negative association between the ...
  • Lack of exon 10 in the murine tau gene results in mild sensorimotor defects with aging 
    Gumucio, Astrid; Lannfelt, Lars; Nilsson, Lars N (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    Background Complex species-specific, developmental- and tissue-dependent mechanisms regulate alternative splicing of tau, thereby diversifying tau protein synthesis. The functional role of alternative ...
  • Lack of informed consent for surgical procedures by elderly patients with inability to consent: a retrospective chart review from an academic medical center in Norway 
    Dahlberg, Jorgen; Dahl, Vegard; Forde, Reidun; Pedersen, Reidar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Respect for patient autonomy and the requirement of informed consent is an essential basic patient right. It is constituted through international conventions and implemented in health law in ...
  • Lactation and cardiovascular risk factors in mothers in a population-based study: the HUNT-study 
    Natland, Siv T; Nilsen, Tom I L; Midthjell, Kristian; Andersen, Lene F; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    Background Lactation has beneficial short term effects on maternal metabolic health, but the long term effects are less well known. Methods We ...
  • Lamina-associated domains: peripheral matters and internal affairs 
    Briand, Nolwenn; Collas, Philippe (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    At the nuclear periphery, associations of chromatin with the nuclear lamina through lamina-associated domains (LADs) aid functional organization of the genome. We review the organization of LADs and provide evidence of LAD ...
  • Laparoscopic and open surgery for pheochromocytoma 
    Edwin, Bjørn; Kazaryan, Airazat M; Mala, Tom; Pfeffer, Per F; Tønnessen, Tor I; Fosse, Erik (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2001)
    Backround Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a promising alternative to open surgery although concerns exist in regard to laparoscopic treatment of pheocromocytoma. This report compares the outcome of laparoscopic ...