• Blood Transcriptome Analysis of Septic Patients Reveals a Long Non-Coding Alu-RNA in the Complement C5a Receptor 1 Gene 

      Emblem, Åse; Knutsen, Erik; Jørgensen, Tor Erik; Fure, Hilde; Johansen, Steinar Daae; Brekke, Ole Lars; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Karlsen, Bård Ove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-29)
      Many severe inflammation conditions are complement-dependent with the complement component C5a-C5aR1 axis as an important driver. At the RNA level, the blood transcriptome undergoes programmed expression of coding and long non-coding RNAs to combat invading microorganisms. Understanding the expression of long non-coding RNAs containing Alu elements in inflammation is important for reconstructing ...
    • Blood Transcriptome Analysis of Septic Patients Reveals a Long Non-Coding Alu-RNA in the Complement C5a Receptor 1 Gene 

      Emblem, Åse; Knutsen, Erik; Jørgensen, Tor Erik; Fure, Hilde; Johansen, Steinar Daae; Brekke, Ole Lars; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Karlsen, Bård Ove (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-29)
      Many severe inflammation conditions are complement-dependent with the complement component C5a-C5aR1 axis as an important driver. At the RNA level, the blood transcriptome undergoes programmed expression of coding and long non-coding RNAs to combat invading microorganisms. Understanding the expression of long non-coding RNAs containing Alu elements in inflammation is important for reconstructing ...
    • Complement C3b contributes to Escherichia coli-induced platelet aggregation in human whole blood 

      Landsem, Anne; Emblem, Åse; Lau, Corinna; Christiansen, Dorte; Gerogianni, Alexandra; Karlsen, Bård Ove; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Nilsson, Per; Brekke, Ole Lars (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-14)
      We found that compstatin, which inhibits the cleavage of complement component C3 to its components C3a and C3b, reduced the E. coli-induced platelet aggregation by 42%-76% (p = 0.0417). This C3-dependent aggregation was not C3a-mediated as neither inhibition of C3a using a blocking antibody or a C3a receptor antagonist, nor the addition of purified C3a had any effects. In contrast, a C3b-blocking ...
    • Digital Marine Bioprospecting: Mining New Neurotoxin Drug Candidates from the Transcriptomes of Cold-Water Sea Anemones 

      Urbarova, Ilona; Karlsen, Bård Ove; Okkenhaug, Siri; Seternes, Ole Morten; Johansen, Steinar; Emblem, Åse (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-10-18)
      Marine bioprospecting is the search for new marine bioactive compounds and large-scale screening in extracts represents the traditional approach. Here, we report an alternative complementary protocol, called digital marine bioprospecting, based on deep sequencing of transcriptomes. We sequenced the transcriptomes from the adult polyp stage of two cold-water sea anemones, Bolocera tuediae and Hormathia ...
    • Giant group I intron in a mitochondrial genome is removed by RNA back-splicing 

      Chi, Sylvia Ighem; Dahl, Mikael; Emblem, Åse; Johansen, Steinar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-01)
      <p><i>Background - </i>The mitochondrial genomes of mushroom corals (Corallimorpharia) are remarkable for harboring two complex group I introns; ND5-717 and COI-884. How these autocatalytic RNA elements interfere with mitochondrial RNA processing is currently not known. Here, we report experimental support for unconventional processing events of ND5-717 containing RNA. <p><i>Results - </i>We obtained ...
    • Mitochondrial genome variation of Atlantic cod 

      Jørgensen, Tor Erik; Karlsen, Bård Ove; Emblem, Åse; Breines, Ragna; Andreassen, morten; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Nymark, Marianne; Ursvik, anita; Coucheron, Dag H; Jakt, Lars Martin; Nordeide, Jarle Tryti; Moum, Truls Borg; Johansen, Steinar Daae (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-19)
      Objective:<br> The objective of this study was to analyse intraspecifc sequence variation of Atlantic cod mitochondrial DNA, based on a comprehensive collection of completely sequenced mitochondrial genomes. <br>Results:<br> We determined the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of 124 cod specimens from the eastern and western part of the species’ distribution range in the North Atlantic Ocean. ...