• Correlation of expression of Major Vault Protein with androgen receptor and immune checkpoint protein B7-H3, and with poor prognosis in prostate cancer 

      Nunes-Xavier, Caroline Elisabeth; Emaldi, Maite; Guldvik, Ingrid Jenny; Ramberg, Håkon; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Fodstad, Øystein; Llarena, Roberto; Pulido, Rafael; Lopez, José I. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-24)
      Prostate cancer diagnosis and early stratification is an important aspect to avoid undertreatment of high-risk prostate cancer patients. Major Vault Protein (MVP) has been proposed as a prognostic biomarker in prostate cancer. PTEN and the immune checkpoint protein B7-H3 interact with MVP and are important in prostate cancer progression and therapy response. We evaluated the expression of MVP by ...
    • 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 ...
    • Low β2-adrenergic receptor level may promote development of castration resistant prostate cancer and altered steroid metabolism 

      Braadland, Peder; Grytli, Helene Hartvedt; Ramberg, Håkon Andre; Katz, Betina; Kellmann, Ralf; Fazli, Ladan; Krobert, Kurt Allen; Wang, Wanzhong; Levy, Finn Olav; Bjartell, Anders; Berge, Viktor; Rennie, Paul S.; Mellgren, Gunnar; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Svindland, Aud; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Gauthier-Landry, Louis; Barbier, Olivier (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The underlying mechanisms responsible for the development of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in patients who have undergone androgen deprivation therapy are not fully understood. This is the first study to address whether β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2)- mediated signaling may affect CRPC progression in vivo. By immunohistochemical analyses, we observed that low levels of ADRB2 is associated ...
    • Prognostic biomarkers for immunotherapy with ipilimumab in metastatic melanoma 

      Nyakas, Marta Sølvi; Aamdal, Elin; Jacobsen, Kari Dolven; Guren, Tormod Kyrre; Aamdal, Steinar; Hagene, Kirsten Thorin; Brunsvig, Paal Fr.; Yndestad, Arne; Halvorsen, Bente; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Aukrust, Pål; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Ueland, Thor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-01)
      New therapies, including the anti‐cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen (CTLA)‐4 antibody, ipilimumab, is approved for metastatic melanoma. Prognostic biomarkers need to be identified, because the treatment has serious side effects. Serum samples were obtained before and during treatment from 56 patients with metastatic or unresectable malignant melanoma, receiving treatment with ipilimumab in a national ...
    • 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 ...
    • Serum levels of inflammation-related markers and metabolites predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with and without bevacizumab in breast cancers 

      Nome, Marianne Eikhom; Euceda, Leslie R.; Jabeen, Shakila; Debik, Julia; Bathen, Tone Frost; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Halvorsen, Bente; Yndestad, Arne; Borgen, Elin; Garred, Øystein; Aukrust, Pål; Ueland, Thor; Engebraaten, Olav; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Tekpli, Xavier (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-24)
      Angiogenesis is necessary for tumor growth and has been targeted in breast cancer; however, it is unclear which patients will respond and benefit from antiangiogenic therapy. We report noninvasive monitoring of patient response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy given alone or in combination with anti‐vascular endothelial growth factor (bevacizumab) in a randomized clinical trial. At four time points during ...