• Assessing PDL-1 and PD-1 in NoneSmall Cell Lung Cancer: A Novel Immunoscore Approach 

      Paulsen, Erna-Elise; Kilvær, Thomas Karsten; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Al-Saad, Samer; Hald, Sigurd; Andersen, Sigve; Richardsen, Elin; Ness, Nora; Busund, Lill-Tove; Bremnes, Roy M.; Dønnem, Tom (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-05)
      Novel immune biomarkers could complement the TNM classification for nonesmall cell cancer (NSCLC), improving the prognostic accuracy. The present study evaluated the prognostic significance of the immune checkpoint molecules programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) in 536 patients with stage I to IIIA NSCLC using an Immunoscore approach. Independently, and in combination, ...
    • Estrogen receptors α and β and aromatase as independent predictors for prostate cancer outcome 

      Grindstad, Thea; Skjefstad, Kaja; Andersen, Sigve; Ness, Nora; Nordby, Yngve; Al-Saad, Samer; Fismen, Silje; Dønnem, Tom; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Busund, Lill-Tove; Bremnes, Roy M.; Richardsen, Elin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-09)
      Androgens are considered important in normal prostate physiology and prostate cancer (PCa) pathogenesis. However, androgen-targeted treatment preventing PCa recurrence is still lacking. This indicates additional mediators contributing to cancer development. We sought to determine the prognostic significance of estrogen receptors, ERα and -β, and the aromatase enzyme in PCa. Tissue microarrays ...
    • Evaluation of the proliferation marker Ki-67 in a large prostatectomy cohort 

      Richardsen, Elin; Andersen, Sigve; Al-Saad, Samer; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Nordby, Yngve; Pedersen, Mona Irene; Ness, Nora; Grindstad, Thea K.W.; Movik, Ingeborg; Dønnem, Tom; Bremnes, Roy M.; Busund, Lill-Tove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-15)
      The tumor proliferation index marker Ki-67 is strongly associated with tumor cell proliferation, growth and progression, and is widely used in routine clinicopathological investigation. Prostate cancer is a complex multifaceted and biologically heterogeneous disease, and overtreatment of localized, low volume indolent tumors, is evident. Here, we aimed to assess Ki-67 expression and related ...
    • Evaluation of the proliferation marker Ki-67 in a large prostatectomy cohort. 

      Richardsen, Elin; Andersen, Sigve; Al-Saad, Samer; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Nordby, Yngve; Pedersen, Mona Irene; Ness, Nora; Grindstad, Thea K.W.; Movik, Ingeborg; Dønnem, Tom; Bremnes, Roy M.; Busund, Lill-Tove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-15)
      The tumor proliferation index marker Ki-67 is strongly associated with tumor cell proliferation, growth and progression, and is widely used in routine clinicopathological investigation. Prostate cancer is a complex multifaceted and biologically heterogeneous disease, and overtreatment of localized, low volume indolent tumors, is evident. Here, we aimed to assess Ki-67 expression and related ...
    • High expression of miR-17-5p in tumor epithelium is a predictor for poor prognosis for prostate cancer patients 

      Støen, Maria Jenvin; Andersen, Sigve; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Pedersen, Mona Irene; Ingebriktsen, Lise Martine; Bremnes, Roy M.; Dønnem, Tom; Lombardi, Ana Paola; Kilvær, Thomas Karsten; Rasmussen Busund, Lill-Tove; Richardsen, Elin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-05)
      MicroRNAs (miRs) are small non-coding RNA molecules, which are involved in the development of various malignancies, including prostate cancer (PCa). miR-17-5p is considered the most prominent member of the miR-17-92 cluster, with an essential regulatory function of fundamental cellular processes. In many malignancies, up-regulation of miR-17-5p is associated with worse outcome. In PCa, miR-17-5p has ...
    • High expression of PDGFR-β in prostate cancer stroma is independently associated with clinical and biochemical prostate cancer recurrence 

      Nordby, Yngve; Richardsen, Elin; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Ness, Nora; Dønnem, Tom; Patel, Hitendra R.H.; Busund, Lill-Tove; Bremnes, Roy M.; Andersen, Sigve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-24)
      Due to a lack of sufficient diagnostic tools to predict aggressive disease, there is a significant overtreatment of patients with prostate cancer. Platelet derived growth factors (PDGFs) and their receptors (PDGFRs) are key regulators of mesenchymal cells in the tumor microenvironment, and has been associated with unfavorable outcome in several other cancers. Herein, we aimed to investigate the ...
    • The impact of MET, IGF-1, IGF1R expression and EGFR mutations on survival of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer 

      Al-Saad, Samer; Richardsen, Elin; Kilvær, Thomas Karsten; Dønnem, Tom; Andersen, Sigve; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Bremnes, Roy M.; Busund, Lill-Tove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-25)
      Introduction: <br> To compare the efficacy of silver in situ hybridization (SISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in detecting MET and IGF1R alterations and to investigate their prevalence and prognostic significance. A possible correlation between MET receptor expression, MET gene alterations and the two most frequent occurring EGFR gene mutations was also investigated. <br>Materials and ...
    • Interplay of immune and kidney resident cells in the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures in lupus nephritis 

      Jamaly, Simin; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Abdi, Reza; tsokos, George; Fenton, Kristin Andreassen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-27)
      Kidney involvement confers significant morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN) involves diverse mechanisms instigated by elements of the autoimmune response which alter the biology of kidney resident cells. Processes in the glomeruli and in the interstitium may proceed independently albeit crosstalk between the two is ...
    • Low Expression of miR-424-3p is Highly Correlated with Clinical Failure in Prostate Cancer 

      Richardsen, Elin; Andersen, Sigve; Al-Saad, Samer; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Nordby, Yngve; Pedersen, Mona Irene; Ness, Nora; Ingebriktsen, Lise; Fassina, Ambrogio; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Millls, Ian; Dønnem, Tom; Bremnes, Roy M.; Rasmussen Busund, Lill-Tove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-23)
      Prostate cancer (PC) is a highly heterogenous disease and one of the leading causes of mortality in developed countries. Recently, studies have shown that expression of immune checkpoint proteins are directly or indirectly repressed by microRNAs (miRs) in many types of cancers. The great advantages of using miRs based therapy is the capacity of these short transcripts to target multiple molecules ...
    • Machine learning-based immune phenotypes correlate with STK11/KEAP1 co-mutations and prognosis in resectable NSCLC: a sub-study of the TNM-I trial 

      Rakaee, Mehrdad; Andersen, S.; Giannikou, K.; Paulsen, Erna-Elise; Kilvær, Thomas Karsten; Rasmussen Busund, Lill-Tove; Berg, Thomas; Richardsen, Elin; Lombardi, Ana Paola; Adib, E.; Pedersen, Mona Irene; Tafavvoghi, Masoud; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Petersen, R.H.; Bondgaard, A.L.; Yde, C.W.; Baudet, C.; Licht, P.; Lund-Iversen, Marius; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Fjellbirkeland, Lars; Helland, Åslaug; Pøhl, M.; Kwiatkowski, D.J.; Dønnem, Tom (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-24)
      Background - We aim to implement an immune cell score model in routine clinical practice for resected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients (NCT03299478). Molecular and genomic features associated with immune phenotypes in NSCLC have not been explored in detail.<p> <p>Patients and methods - We developed a machine learning (ML)-based model to classify tumors into one of three categories: ...
    • MicroRNA 141 is associated to outcome and aggressive tumor characteristics in prostate cancer 

      Richardsen, Elin; Andersen, Sigve; Melbø-Jørgensen, Christian; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Ness, Nora; Al-Saad, Samer; Nordby, Yngve; Pedersen, Mona Irene; Dønnem, Tom; Bremnes, Roy M.; Rasmussen Busund, Lill-Tove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-23)
      A large number of miRNAs influence key cellular processes involved in prostate tumorigenesis. Previous studies have demonstrated high expression of miRNAs in human prostate cancer (PC) tissues and cell lines. In previous microarray data, we found miR-141 to be upregulated and miR-145 to be downregulated in PC. In this large PC cohort (n = 535), we explored the prognostic role of miR-141 and miR-145 ...
    • Progesterone receptors in prostate cancer: Progesterone receptor B is the isoform associated with disease progression 

      Grindstad, Thea K.W.; Richardsen, Elin; Andersen, Sigve; Skjefstad, Kaja Konstanse; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Dønnem, Tom; Ness, Nora; Nordby, Yngve; Bremnes, Roy M.; Al-Saad, Samer; Busund, Lill-Tove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-27)
      The role of steroid hormones in carcinogenesis of the prostate is to some extent unraveled thorough the effect of androgen deprivation therapy on prostate cancer (PCa) progression. Other members of the steroid hormone family, such as progesterone, are also implicated in PCa, but progesterone’s role remains undefined. This study aimed to examine the distribution of progesterone receptor isoforms ...
    • Prognostic effect of intratumoral neutrophils across histological subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer 

      Rakaee, Mehrdad; Busund, Lill-Tove; Paulsen, Erna-Elise; Richardsen, Elin; Al-Saad, Samer; Andersen, Sigve; Dønnem, Tom; Bremnes, Roy M.; Kilvær, Thomas Karsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Recent data indicate that tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) serve a dual role in tumor progression and regression. CD66b is a neutrophil marker and has been associated with patient outcome in various cancers. However, its clinical impact in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. 536 NSCLC patients, of which 172 harbored lymph node metastases, were included in this study. Tissue ...
    • Prognostic Value of Macrophage Phenotypes in Resectable Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Assessed by Multiplex Immunohistochemistry 

      Rakaee, Mehrdad; Busund, Lill-Tove; Jamaly, Simin; Paulsen, Erna-Elise; Richardsen, Elin; Andersen, Sigve; Al-Saad, Samer; Bremnes, Roy M.; Dønnem, Tom; Kilvær, Thomas Karsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-10)
      Macrophages are important inflammatory cells that regulate innate and adaptive immunity in cancer. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are thought to differentiate into two main phenotypes: proinflammatory M1 and protumorigenic M2. Currently, the prognostic impact of TAMs and their M1 and M2 phenotypes is unclear in non–small cell cancer (NSCLC). The present study was set up to evaluate an approach ...
    • Proteomic analyses identify major vault protein as a prognostic biomarker for fatal prostate cancer 

      Ramberg, Håkon Andre; Richardsen, Elin; De Souza, Gustavo Antonio; Rakaee, Mehrdad; Stensland, Maria; Braadland, Peder Rustøen; Nygård, Ståle; Ögren, Olov; Guldvik, Ingrid; Berge, Viktor; Svindland, Aud; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Andersen, Sigve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-20)
      The demographic shift toward an older population will increase the number of prostate cancer cases. A challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer is to avoid undertreatment of patients at high risk of progression following curative treatment. These men can benefit from early salvage treatment. An explorative cohort consisting of tissue from 16 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy, and were ...