Urinary tract infections are common amongst infectious diseases in humans, and often these infections are caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Effective antimicrobial treatment of infections are medical achievements that should not be taken for granted, as antimicrobial resistance has developed and causes treatments to become ineffective. Further, resistance traits can be spread between unrelated ...

Discoidin domene reseptor 2 (DDR2) er en unik reseptor tyrosinkinase (RTK) som aktiveres av ulike typer kollagen. DDR2 er involvert i regulering av celledifferensiering, remodelering av ekstracellulær matriks, cellemigrasjon, og celleproliferasjon. Nye studier viser at DDR2 er mutert i flere kreftformer, og spesielt lungekreft. Konsekvensen av disse kreftspesifikke mutasjoner er i midlertidig ikke ...

Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process where cell components get digested in autolysosomes and are recycled. Dysregulation of autophagy is involved in major diseases like cancer, neurodegeneration, inflammation and ischemia. In this thesis we have worked with fasciculation and elongation zeta (Fez) proteins, which are reported to inhibit autophagy. There are at least two mammalian Fez proteins, ...

The escalating emergence of AMR is a growing public health concern, and a result of the use and misuse of antibiotics since its introduction. To prevent the development of resistance and preserve the efficacy of antimicrobial agents, new treatment strategies is of utmost importance. One possible approach may be to take advantage of collateral sensitivity, a phenomenon where bacteria acquiring ...

Signal transduction mediated by protein kinases and phosphatases is complex and highly coordinated. The mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are key components that transduce extracellular stimuli to biological responses by a three-tier module. The biological functions of steroid receptor coactivator-3 (SRC-3), a coactivator of nuclear hormone receptors and numerous transcription factors, is ...

BAKGRUNN: Uhensiktsmessig og feilaktig bruk av antibiotika er en av de viktigste årsakene til fremveksten av resistente bakterier. Økt antibiotikakunnskap blant allmennheten kan bidra til å oppnå bedre behandlingsresultater og samtidig redusere resistensutvikling hos bakterier. Ett av målene fra Nasjonal strategi mot antibiotikaresistens 2015-2020 er å øke befolkningens kunnskapsnivå om riktig bruk ...

DYRK1A is one of five members of the dual-specificity tyrosine (Y) phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRK) family. The DYRK1A gene is located in the Down syndrome critical region and regulates cellular processes related to proliferation and differentiation of neuronal progenitor cells during early development. This has focused research on its role in neuronal degenerative diseases, including ...

Population biology changes in native dimorphic whitefish <i>Coregonus lavaretus</i> were studied over a decade in the subarctic Pasvik watercourse, where large biotric changes occurred due to an invasion by vendace <i> C. albula</i>. Although initially recorded in the upstream part of the watercourse, where it is now the dominant pelagic species, the vendace subsequently also colonised the downstream ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Nursing home residents often have several conditions that necessitate the use of multiple medicines. This study investigates the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and its associations with sex, age, number of medicines, and study location (rural/urban).</p> <p><i>Methods:</i> A cross-sectional study of long-term care residents from six nursing ...

Marine bioprospecting is the systematic search for and discovery of products from Nature, with potential of being developed into commercially available pharmaceuticals. The ocean represents the largest habitat on Earth, and represent a great resource of organisms with unique biological and chemical diversity. The marine environment makes the living condition challenging. To survive these conditions, ...