• Integrative metabolic and transcriptomic profiling of prostate cancer tissue containing reactive stroma 

      Andersen, Maria Karoline; Rise, Kjersti; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Richardsen, Elin; Bertilsson, Helena; Størkersen, Øystein; Bathen, Tone Frost; Rye, Morten Beck; Tessem, May-Britt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-24)
      Reactive stroma is a tissue feature commonly observed in the tumor microenvironment of prostate cancer and has previously been associated with more aggressive tumors. The aim of this study was to detect differentially expressed genes and metabolites according to reactive stroma content measured on the exact same prostate cancer tissue sample. Reactive stroma was evaluated using histopathology from ...
    • A novel non-canonical Wnt signature for prostate cancer aggressiveness 

      Sandsmark, Elise; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Bertilsson, Helena; Bofin, Anna M.; Wright, Alan J.; Viset, Trond; Richardsen, Elin; Drabløs, Finn Sverre; Bathen, Tone Frost; Tessem, May-Britt; Rye, Morten Beck (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-24)
      Activation of the Canonical Wnt pathway (CWP) has been linked to advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, whereas the Wnt5a-induced non-canonical Wnt pathway (NCWP) has been associated with both good and poor prognosis. A newly discovered NCWP, Wnt5/Fzd2, has been shown to induce epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancers, but has not been investigated in prostate cancer. The aim of this ...
    • Presence of TMPRSS2-ERG is associated with alterations of the metabolic profile in human prostate cancer 

      Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Sandsmark, Elise; Rye, Morten Beck; Wright, Alan J; Bertilsson, Helena; Richardsen, Elin; Viset, Trond; Bofin, Anna M.; Angelsen, Anders; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Bathen, Tone Frost; Tessem, May-Britt (Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-03)
      TMPRSS2-ERG has been proposed to be a prognostic marker for prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to identify changes in metabolism, genes and biochemical recurrence related to TMPRSS2-ERG by using an integrated approach, combining metabolomics, transcriptomics, histopathology and clinical data in a cohort of 129 human prostate samples (41 patients). Metabolic analyses revealed lower con ...
    • Simultaneous Detection of Zinc and Its Pathway Metabolites Using MALDI MS Imaging of Prostate Tissue 

      Andersen, Maria Karoline; Krossa, Sebastian; Høiem, Therese Stork; Buchholz, Rebecca; Claes, Britt S.R.; Balluff, Benjamin; Ellis, Shane; Richardsen, Elin; Bertilsson, Helena; Heeren, Ron M.A.; Bathen, Tone Frost; Karst, Uwe; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Tessem, May-Britt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-16)
      Levels of zinc, along with its mechanistically related metabolites citrate and aspartate, are widely reported as reduced in prostate cancer compared to healthy tissue and are therefore pointed out as potential cancer biomarkers. Previously, it has only been possible to analyze zinc and metabolites by separate detection methods. Through matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry ...
    • Spatial differentiation of metabolism in prostate cancer tissue by MALDI-TOF MSI 

      Andersen, Maria Karoline; Høiem, Therese Stork; Claes, Britt S.R.; Balluff, Benjamin; Marta, Martin-Lorenzo; Richardsen, Elin; Krossa, Sebastian; Bertilsson, Helena; Heeren, Ron M.A.; Rye, Morten Beck; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Bathen, Tone Frost; Tessem, May-Britt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-29)
      Background - Prostate cancer tissues are inherently heterogeneous, which presents a challenge for metabolic profiling using traditional bulk analysis methods that produce an averaged profile. The aim of this study was therefore to spatially detect metabolites and lipids on prostate tissue sections by using mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), a method that facilitates molecular imaging of heterogeneous ...