• Intestinal epithelial cells express immunomodulatory ISG15 during active ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease 

      Østvik, Ann Elisabet; Svendsen, Tarjei Dahl; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Doseth, Berit; Skovdahl, Helene Kolstad; Bakke, Ingunn; Thorsvik, Silje; Afroz, Wahida; Walaas, Gunnar Andreas; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Gustafsson, Björn; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Bruland, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-05)
      <i>Background and Aims</i> - Intestinal epithelial cells [IECs] secrete cytokines that recruit immune cells to the mucosa and regulate immune responses that drive inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. However, experiments in patient-derived IEC models are still scarce. Here, we aimed to investigate how innate immunity and IEC-specific pattern recognition receptor [PRR] signalling can be ...
    • Patient derived colonoids as drug testing platforms - Critical importance of oxygen concentration 

      Skovdahl, Helene Kolstad; Gopalakrishnan, Shreya; Svendsen, Tarjei Dahl; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Bakke, Ingunn; Ginbot, Zekarias; Thorsvik, Silje; Flatberg, Arnar; Sporsheim, Bjørnar; Ostrop, Jenny; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Bruland, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-13)
      Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is challenging, with a series of available drugs each helping only a fraction of patients. Patients may face time-consuming drug trials while the disease is active, thus there is an unmet need for biomarkers and assays to predict drug effect. It is well known that the intestinal epithelium is an important factor in disease pathogenesis, exhibiting physical, ...